>> he says his commute is every easy. he is stuck on 66 every day. >> you have to sit there and think man this really sucks. >> the list posted on the website thrillis rated freeways based on data. according to the list on average it is slow-going on 66, seven hours and 15 minutes of the day. i-10 in new orleans comes in second with five and a half hours of traffic. third is the 610 loop in houston with five hours of congestion a day. >> it's probably more a reflection of the d.c. metro area than just that area.

>> the farther you go, the worst it gets. >> it will get worse outside the beltway. brianne: that is what we have noticed today. we asked everybody about the proposals and the tolls and the express lanes to put on 66. everyone we asked said they don't believe that tolls are the answer. many said they just don't know how to fix this problem. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we have new information on the car accident that injured people including four children. this was last night. it happened on new new hampshire avenue at popular avenue. today police told abc7 news that speed was not a factor in that crash. there is no indication alcohol was involved. but right now they do not know what caused that crash.

leon: two kids playing with matches can cause a lot of damage. we understand that the kids may have been playing but they are charged with arson, right? brad: absolutely! very serious charges. the fire last week. take a look at this. the damage done. this is the belongings of the house. damaged. this house is gutted. i want to show you when the fire got put out the investigators came back here and started on the deck. but there was no reason for there to be a fire there. no mechanical equipment, no electrical things. they opened up an investigation. they determined that it was arson. so, they started to poke around. they started to talk to neighbors. once they realized it was arson, suspects emerged on the indications from the neighbors. they realize that the two

13-year-old boys were involved. they reached out, the investigators did. with the parents. they came in and met with the fire investigators. after the consultation with the states attorney on the evidence they have it was decided that the two 13-year-olds would be charged with the first degree felony arson. because a 14-year-old boy was home at the time of the fire, they would be charged with reckless endangerment. >> those are serious charges with 20 years in jail or large fines. they are serious charges. felonies and misdemeanors. >> so they will be treated as the juveniles. the proceedings will be secret. they won't be looking at 20 years behind bars but the message is getting out what happened here was a serious crime. we are also being told by the sources that as the

investigation progressed they found evidence that the young men might have been contemplating doing it again. they might have gathered supplies to set even more fires. so there is some relief that this case of arson at least in the minds of the fire investigators has been solved. in germantown, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. turn to the weather now. more clouds outside. record-setting day. it felt like it. alison: gorgeous. what a way end to the week. leon: absolutely. alison: it has to start feeling like november sometime. leon: does it? alison: eventually? chief meteorologist doug hill will the latest on that. we are not ready for it to feel that way. doug: we'll take it. i will clear out later in the weekend. get back to the seasonal levels again. for the moment, comfortable. upper 70's. there are patches of blue up there outside the belfort furniture weather center. it's 77 in fairfax. typical. there are patchy skies. blue skies after the sunset. the skies will increase in the evening hours as the cold

front approaches. we broke the record. the old one set in 1948. the record high is 80 degrees. we tied at record at washington dulles and shattered it at the b.w.i. thurgood marshall. it's 78 in falls church. 77 reported in aspen hill. very warm temperatures. to say the least. we will cool off some overnight. the western zones will see temperatures in the mid-50's. that is anything but chilly. numbers by morning only a few degrees below the average high. things will change. cold front approaching. scattered showers. not impressed by the rain of this. we will talk about the showers in the morning, especially farther south and east. partly sunny through the day. temperatures will start to fall. we will have more in the weekend. alison: see you then. we have new developments in the investigation into the crash of the russian airliner over egypt. french media outlets are reporting that the sound of

the explosion can be distinctly heard in the flight before it crashed. that comes from the black box recording. this afternoon the department of homeland security announced new measures for international flights in and out of the u.s. our northern virginia bureau chief went to dulles international airport to learn more. >> each traveler we spoke with today says the situation has been on their minds leading up to an overseas trip today. but each of them also that we spoke with say they have great confidence in the airline industry and in the action being taken by homeland security. the actions announced today at the international airports, particularly those with the direct flights into the united states. they are offering the security aanalysisment and the assistance for -- assessment and the airport that they are not specifically naming. it will include expanding security screening of items loaded to the commercial airliners. there are no direct flights from sharm el-sheikh, egypt, to the united states.

the federal government says it is doing everything to protect international flights heading here. almost everyone we spoke with said they did not consider changing their plans after the russian-bound airline disaster. that is except for one, a native of egypt. more on her story and her tough decision coming up at 6:00. at dulles international airport, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: "7 on your side" on your side tonight after a viewer e-mailed us about a concern about a gas leak in centreville. this happened near the movie theater there. today we saw crews from colonial pipeline, a company based in atlanta doing maintenance and the clean-up work in the area. the spokesperson said the gas did leak in late september and has been removed, the situation, but the workers did discover contaminated sediment in the area. result, the company is doing a thorough cleaning which could continue to the next week or more. a spokesman for fairfax county

says water is completely clean and there is no overall health risk to the residents or businesses in the area. the search is on for the possible traces of agent orange and radioactive waste at fort dietrich. contractors are out there searching sites where the materials were used and stored. there is a low likelihood of finding a trace of anything harmful but they will perform the soil testing to confirm that. the move by the way spurred by a review of the history of the biological warfare research conducted at the lab. alison: we are tracking a developing story out of the white house where president obama may have ended the battle over the keystone pipeline today. stephanie ramos reports that the commander-in-chief made it clear it will not be built under his watch. stephanie: president obama says no to the keystone x.l. pipeline, a huge political issue for years. the state department started reviewing it seven years ago. plan to have nearly 1,200-mile

pipeline from alberta, canada, through seven states and to the gulf of mexico where the canadian crude oil could be shipped to customers worldwide. prime minister -- president obama: the state department said it would not serve the interest of the united states. i agree with the decision. stephanie: he said he spoke to the canadian prime minister who was disappointment. >> our relationship on a range of energies should provide the basis for closer coordination between the countries going forward. stephanie supporters say it would boost u.s. energy independence and create more jobs. environmental activists say if there is a leak it could cause devastating damage. president obama says the truth lies somewhere in the middle, laying out some of the reasons for rejecting the plan. saying the pipeline would not have made a serious impact on the economy and the job numbers.

it would not lower gas prices in the u.s. approving it would have sent the wrong message about america's commitment to fight climate change. in canada officials in alberta still want to find an environmentally sound way to export the oil. >> pipelines are low emission ways to transport oil. stephanie: transcanada the company building the pipeline days ago asked the state department to have any review until the next president takes office. the g.o.p. candidates weighing in. mao rubio said when he is president keystone will be approved. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. alison: don't look now but gas prices are creeping up again. according to a.a.a. the national average for gallon of regular unleaded is $2.22. up a penny from yesterday. four cents in the last week. but it is still down 73 cents from this time last year. in the greater d.c. area, we are paying an average of $2.18

a gallon. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- >> the shot that killed a child. where did it come from? leon: more questions than answers tonight after a 6-year-old with autism is shot and killed by police. mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. we look at those who lost their lives of a medical helicopter that crashed in 2008. we look at an emotional reunion from the family members that die and the sole survivor of the crash. alison: plus, you think you had a busy day. find out how many times mayor muriel bowser found herself doing this today. >> it may look like a winter wonderland but it feels more like the summer sol tis -- summer sol -- summer solstice. how did you mark the day? we have that when "abc7 news

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gene e-mailed that to us. pretty. two pictures from matt in hagerstown. the first one taken on the appalachian trail near boonsborough. the second is a eck tack lar view of clouds reflect -- spectacular view of the clouds on the potomac. look at that! we want to remind you if you see it send it to us. pics@wjla.com. leon: how do you get a combination like that? great color. perfect peak color of the fall. fog and the temperatures. alison: lucky day. it sounds like this weekend could be a really good weekend if you are interesting in a little leaf peeping. leon: that will feel more like november than it has this week. suzanne kennedy is live in arlington where folks are out making the most of the gorgeous weather before it heads out of town. how is it going out there? suzanne: it is beautiful.

fantastic friday. on a bike or out the ball field. maybe you played tennis. but no matter what you did it was a spectacular day. mother nature forgot it was november. >> this is incredible. >> awesome. >> who wouldn't love today? suzanne: a day that is normally 62, the washington record breaking late summer like temps. >> we looked at the weather and we knew today was going be a warmer day. we went out last saturday and it was cold. >> the conditions were pretty but not as ideal as this. >> on indian summer friday. people were cycling, playing and running. maria spent her morning in rock creek park, hiking in the sunshine. >> my god. is it warm on my face. warm on my body. i just feel rejuvenated. it is great.

>> the potomac river was inviting. it could be the last time people go out to kayak till the spring. >> it's hard to believe this isn't a summer day. we came down and decided to be on the river. >> it's crazy. so happy about it. beautiful. sun is shining. it's wonderful. suzanne: the sun was shining all day. it's still really nice out right now. coming up in a few minute you won't want to miss this, steve rudin will be out on the ice at the potomac row. a little slushy. he will give us the forecast for the weekend. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: okay. we don't want to miss that. doug: he needs to be careful on skates. i don't want to do the 11:00f him. alison: we talk about how it feels strange to walk amongst the leave information the fall and have it be so warm.

doug: it doesn't feel quite right. i wouldn't mind having more of them. but a big record today. this is friday in the city. a time lapse from virginia. john champe high school, 75. they got a lot of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 70's. around 80 degrees. it's delightful. quantico is 80 degrees. winds are out of the west at west/southwest. and a warm direction. the winds will change as a cold front comes through the area. this was a hat-trick. 80 at dulles international airport, thurgood marshall. only the first time since 2003 we hit 80 in washington in the month of november. only the second time this year

it's record temperature in washington. coming back to the basics with the temperatures dropping tomorrow. 79 in hagerstown. 78 in annapolis. 75 as we speak in the capital. the cold front is moving through the appalachians. 48 in o'hare. much of the midatlantic. very mild. the winds of change will bring us back to average. not a lot of rain with the front. that is good if you have the outdoor activities. quite a bit of the cloudiness. high and mid-level stuff. not a lot of low clouds. the front will move through and it's interesting to see how quickly it will move to the east. this is taking us east in the morning. watch through the day. it will follow the track of the cold front.

it's how fast the showers will move out. the front will slow down and we'll have scattered showers in the morning. but by the afternoon the skies should brighten. it's warmer at 10:00 in the morning than 4:00 in the afternoon. we will have a lot of sunshine. tomorrow we have the antique custom car show. there will be no major charges or turn-around. 57 on sunday. it will pass by us on tuesday. veterans day is mild. back to cooler weather friday next week.

>> this is something that we are familiar with. you have to see this. this guy here you can see. sky on the boat underneath the cloud. >> that doesn't even look real. >> yeah. you can see the structure of the storm. high wind gusts out of that. alison: all right. thank you. not quite from the sky. more like from the galaxy far, far away. we'll explain and we will show it to you later in the newscast. leon: plus -- >> i thought i had kept it

together. leon: a woman racing to the hospital is stopped by the cop. find out what she came away with. alison: later, time for friday night lights. we will take you to one of the biggest matchups of the week. leon: but first a look at what is

leon: six people are debt after a charter crush in arkansas along interstate 40 north little rock. police say the bus 'cuz traveling westbound when it left a road and hit a bridge. troopers say six others were taken to the hospital. joaz seven years ago trooper two crashed in prince george's county. today they honored the crew member in the crash. the sole survivor was reunited with the victims' families. >> the fares filled many eyes -- tears fill million dollar eyes as they remember trooper 2. willing to risk lives to serve and protect others. >> in 2008 it crashed in the park. bunker, flight paramedic and

the e.m.t. lost their lives. they were transporting two people. one died and the other survived. >> for many years the communication was discouraged due to the litigation. today they are reunited. >> i'm sorry i can't control it. my heart breaks for them. >> following a path half a mile in the woods crossing a bridge, the visitors come to the second monument marking the site of the crash. this is a quiet space. families and friends can come to reflect. >> everyone coming to see it. they live on forever.

>> the families say they are comforted by the monuments but seven years later it's not any easier. >> you still always think about it. >> district heights, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: coming up here at 5:00 -- >> the two fatal shots were to the head and the left thorax or chest. alison: sifting through the evidence to figure out how a 6-year-old boy with autism died in a gunfight with police. leon: later -- >> has this gun been shot somewhere else before? leon:

alison: checking today's top stories now. i-66 tops the list of the worst highways in the u.s. this is according to a website thrillis that put together the worst freeways in america. it looked at daily hours and how slow it gets. and the road roughness. it's slow-going on 66 for seven hours and 15 minutes. every single day. leon: that is all? i thought it was more than that. the wake of last week's airline crash in egypt. the measures have the direct flights to the u.s. t.s.a. offering the security assessment and assistance.

alison: president bam has said no to the -- president obama has said no to the keystone xl pipeline, the pipeline from can do to the gulf of mexico. he cited environmental concerns and said that the pipeline would not add jobs or reduce gas prices. leon: developing story out of louisiana. 6-year-old autistic boy is dead after a police chase ended with the shots fired. state police say it started in marksville. the child's father led police on a car chase. ended in a shoot-out. he was critically unit and the son was killed. investigators say they believe that jeremy was caught in the line of fire. >> 6-year-old hild is killed regardless of how it was killed, it's detrimental to the community. to the police officers and everybody involved. leon: coroner says that jeremy

was shot at least five times. police are handling the case and right now they are only confirming that marshals shot at the car. the largest police union in the country has a surprise for quentin tarantino. the director has been criticizeds for his comments -- criticized for his comments. the fraternal order of police said they will try to hurt him economically and they are planning to boycott his upcoming film entitled "hateful eight." alison: a massachusetts pic officer is being praised. for her touching gesture after pulling over a driver for speeding. shortly before, robin southerland earned that her elderly mother was about to begin hospice care. she broke down in front of the officer. the officer let her go with a

written warning. later that day, southerland received a bouquet of flowers and the card from the officer. >> i felt bad that i couldn't talk with her and give her a hug. after she left i thought about it and it didn't leave me. >> i can't imagine anybody having done that for me. knowing it was a tough time on a hard day for me. you rock. alison: she sent the flowers to her mother who was sick. they will be sitting there at her bedside. beautiful. isn't that really nice. leon: a beautiful gesture. alison: love the story. leon: tomorrow you will get to hear from the park service. the work started after a man was killed from a falling tree in appalachian trail in an effort to weed out the older dead trees. but the neighbors didn't like the plan so both sides are looking to hear the other's

concerns. >> our community loves trees. they don't understand why the national park service thinks they might need to do this in order to protect a human life. leon: that meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. at the hiker bike campground in potomac. alison: coming up here at 5:00. fact-checking. look at the validity of the statements in ben carson's book. >> i'm live at lake braddock high school for the matchup with south county. we know one thing for sure. these guys are ready. [applause] we have more coming up later in the show. leon: then new at 6:00, the "7 on your side" i-team gets results. the new action demanded by two senators after concerns that the athletic fields could be causing cancer.

steve: i'm abc7 steve rudin live at the ice skating rink. a lot of folks are out enjoying themselves. a lot of kids who follow me on twitter are out here. come on, guys. come on by. they are enjoying the nice weather we had today. unfortunately big changes are on the way for the upcoming weekend. take a look at the weekend forecast. temperatures tomorrow will only be in lower 60's. the clouds will decrease moving through the late afternoon hours and by sunday only in the upper 50's for the high temperatures. the big race across the by bay. 10k, chilly with the temperatures in the 40's. wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour. we come by live. wave to the camera. there you have it. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00"

leon: nasa says the spacewalk outside the international space station was successful. the astronauts undid and prepared with cooling lock.

alison: today, fans waiting for the next "star wars" movie treated to themes and the new trailer online. >> the force is strong all over. alison: so the seventh movie in the popular series. the new trailer was released online in japan. the movie is due out september 18. you can watch the rest of the trailer on the website, wjla.com. leon: a "star wars" fan in houston, texas, got a chance to watch "star wars: the force awakens" before it is released. he is battling terminal cancer and he was afraid he wouldn't live long enough to see the movie. his wife began an online campaign to ask the studios to

let him screen the film early. disney studios sent him an unedited version of the film yesterday. coming up, "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a foggy ride. find out where halloween came with water this year. wow. this place is spectacular.

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alison: as the boz count keeps mounting in the district, "7 on your side" with an depth look at the weapons used to kill on city streets. leon: fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan has a preview of her investigation with a gun in d.c. and a require look at the race to trace the weapons. jennifer: it's the deadliest year on record in the city in the past five years. 136 people killed. the majority of those were with illegal guns. [gunshot] jennifer: after gunfire erupts on city streets police gather

in and all critical clues. [sirens] shell casings and then send them here. >> tracking is one of the most important things we do. jennifer: the d.c. department of forensic sciences. "7 on your side" went beyond closed doors with the recently pinted agency director dr. jennifer smith. a 23-year veteran of the facebook who served as -- veteran of the administration. we saw firsthand highly trained firearm examiners in the throes of the race to trace the evidence. >> now she is recovering the recovering the projectile and the bullet fired from the weapon. there are markings left on all of those. jennifer: they put examiners on the road to help solve the crime, stemming the tide of violence. >> has the gun been fired before? >> then we enter the digital images of the cartridge cases

in the system. jennifer: it combs through mountain of evidence at the crime scenes looking for a match. >> we link something to an open homicide. >> when there is a match, the expert human eyes take over for verification. >> the verification can take longer. that is something you have to be careful with. >> it's the pain-staking work of matching gun to people, places and violence. >> this is important to be as timely as possible. that can be tough when the volume of crime is going up. >> chasing the gunfire to the criminals. before it erupts all over again. >> this is just part of what you will see and learn on abc7 news at 11:00 p.m. in the special investigation into guns on the d.c. streets. we will be speaking with the grieving families. we asked the critical questions where are the guns coming from. who has them? that is tonight at 11:00 after "20/20." see you then. alison: we look forward to that. thank you very much. we know the life of an elected

official can be a busy one. we have politics and the public events. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser had six ribbon-cuttings or ground-breakings all over the city. d.c. bureau chief sam ford looks at the busy day and a big trip for the mayor. >> the mayor started her day downtown at road island northwest. the taxi program uber opened the east coast headquarters in d.c. 500 employees. the kind of the ribbon cutting any mayor likes. >> the ymca is renovated. it's not a ground breaking but a symbol ig wall breaking. and bowser with the sledge hammer in hand went to work on the wall.

[applause] >> a whole new crowd and a new ribbon to cut. >> one, two, three. make it happen! [applause] >> archer park. the mayor joined by the ward stalwart like christopher berry to celebrate housing. instead of a ribbon cutting, she was pouring concrete. so we are getting ready for another mayor appearance. scissors in case she needs them to dedicate a new restaurant in northeast washington. she said she could have done 16 of these today. she did seven. reporting from northeast washington, sam ford, abc7

news. leon: heads up now for the folks tonight as the emergency work starting tomorrow along canal road in the district. crews will be working between arizona avenue and fox hall road to prepare manholes. and stop ponding water. the roads will be closed saturday and sunday from 6:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. alison: let's check how roads are mauving friday an. jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: it is moving in some areas than we have seen all week. we have had delays and big accidents but we are not working crashes on the beltway. just 95 in virginia. heading northbound. you have to get closer to d.c. for the evening but the crash is in newington. it will be blocking one of the lanes. 11 miles per hour is what you are down to. we are seeing delays but no crashes on 66. let's look to give you an idea of the brake lights we are seeing. traffic in this area in the teens. this is normal.

no crashes up ahead. we move to the map like i said you are in the teens. about 16 miles per hour. top stretch, of course, and 270 along the spur. very slow. 95 in virginia. only accident we are seeing. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: thank you. look ahead to see what is coming up. all new, how new york times square is helping helping in tht for the confused killer in the area. the d.c. mansion where four people were killed may be off the market. the search for a buyer says a woman that said had bad juju. and how much prison time the man flying a gyrocopter at the white house will face. alison: a train company is apologizing after a video showing the trains showing them drive through feet of flood water. on halloween, someone recording that the train rolled through the high water. this is what happened.

it caused the trains to lose lights and blower. leon: they are not water proof. alison: we hear it all the time. not to go through it. leon: not worried about the water here. alison: everybody is in a good move. including you. doug: 80 degree temperature. sunshine. friday an. what more can you want? take care of the weekend. give you the numbers here. to go by them. we hit 80 degrees at the reagan international. washington dulles and thurgood marshal. they set a new record high for this day on november 6. tomorrow, it will not be 80 degrees. we will see the numbers change. cooler tomorrow. cooler for the day on sunday. it's still 70's around the area. 75 in leesburg. frederick. 75 in the capital. 76 in baltimore.

we will see the crowds roll in. early tomorrow morning scattered showers. to the upper 60's around the region. that is not cold or cool. above average temperatures will continue overnight. through the day tomorrow, we will climb a little bit. but the temperatures are december anyoned to fall off during the day because of the cold front coming through. accompanied by the showers. most of it will be out of here by 7:00 or 8:00. we will sea the clearing and the falling temperatures. form tomorrow, it is fine. the clearing skies. the temperatures are starting off in the 60's. dropping in the lower 50's. sunday morning, 7:00 a.m. to 9:20 time for the across the bay 10k walk. temperatures will be climbing through the 40's. sunshine should be delightful. the next seven days for you. cooler tomorrow. cooler with the sunshine sunday and monday. tuesday, looks like we might have a brief shower. 62. warming up for veterans day. it's friday night and at lake

braddock high school it is a huge friday night. ain't that the truth, erin hawksworth? erin: you know what? south county just took the field. i already heard boos. you can see lake braddock. the players are warming up. those folks, they don't need any warming up. this is the hype squad and they are ready for a hard fought battle. >> they are both undefeated. it will be a big one. >> it all comes down to this. >> it's out of control. every tv station, the radio is calling. >> they are excited. they play music on friday to get hype for the game. it was insane today. >> number four south county at number three, lake braddock. both teams are undefeated battling it out the final weekend of the regular season games. >> with top seed in the playoffs and the conference regular season title at stake. >> it's exciting. from a coaching perspective

one team is 9-1, the other will be 10-0. next week is the playoffs. you can't get carried away. someone from south county came to put a one here. >> we want to show them up on the field. the game tonight starts at

alison: bit of a bombshell in vote 2016 to tell you about. news reports surfacing around noon today that the story about dr. ben carson's acceptance into west point in the presidential candidate's book may not be true. but is that actually the case? our senior political reporter scott thuman in the abc7 satellite center to explain the new one today. scott? scott: a it be of back-and-forth between been a carson's campaignand politico over if carson was accepted in the esdreamed military academy west point. politico is posting a damning head sine saying that ben carson admits fabricating west point scholarship and they reference his book "gifted hands" while he wrote as a member of rotc in high school he was introduced to famed general westmoreland and later offered a scholarship. but politico says west point has no reference of that and

say when confronted carson's campaign admitted the story was "false." carson's team took great issue with the wording. instead giving us their side. perhaps clarifying. saying, "he was not formally offered a scholarship but others, including general westmoreland suggested with his stellar success in the rotc he would be eligible for the appointment to west point." carson never said he applied for appointment to west point. prior to the story surfacing carson was fighting back against people who had been questioning his childhood stories. >> i think it's pathetic. and basically what the media does is they try to get you distracted with all of this stuff so that you don't talk about the things that are important. scott: as you imagine other candidates jumping in on this including donald trump who tweeted "wow, one of many lies by ben carson. big story."

but again, carson's team saying the politico story is an "outright lie." alison: more to come on this. not over. thank you. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". but right now at 6:00 -- new evidence, a russian airliner exploded in midair. the effect it is having on american travelers now. potentie infamous d.c. mansion where four people were killed. plus -- >> the crumb rubber in the scrap tires that are used for the fields are potential risk. alison: senators demand answers after "7 on your side" reveals dangers on the playing field. "abc7 news atns at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: first at 6:00, new evidence that a bomb brought down a russian metro jet

airliner in egypt. french tv reports explosion can be heard on the plane's black box recordings. they show know sign of mechanical problems. today are you is a suspended all flights to and from the sinai peninsula but the family members of the 224 people killed say they are being left in the dark. >> they want just to know the truth, what is really going on. be honest and tell us what has happened. maureen: great britain began special flights today from sinai. evacuating thousands of tourists left stranded there. and here at home, president obama has gone on the record saying it is possible a terrorist become dition stroyed the plane -- destroyed the plane. leon: department of homeland security ordering changes as we head to busy holiday season. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has details and the reaction tonight.