. a developing story. an outbreak of bed bugs at a local college sparks fear over how far they may spread. plus tv crews arrive from all over the world as a local man fights deportation. also a busy metro station where concrete comes crashing down may have even more safety problems. first we begin with late breaking news out of the district. right now firefighters are working a fire in the 100-block of kennedy street northwest. when crews got there, heavy smoke and flames were pouring out of the building. >> the first floor is a commercial business. the second has apartments. firefighters have already rescued some people from inside, but they're still looking for more potential victims. now thshtion is a live picture of the -- now, this is a live picture of the scene. we'll update you as soon as we

get more. also tonight, we're learning about problems surrounding the metro station. >> and those of you who ride the subway may not find this information particularly reassuring. you likely remember this story from last night at 11:00. a chunk of concrete came down narrowly missing riders. >> there was a door open right in front there and it dropped directly behind me. we had some angels dropping over us. >> angels perhaps watching but powell says he was listening and he could hear the vdot workers jack hammering above on connecticut avenue and that sound getting closer and closer until the concrete fell through the ceiling. five hours later, metro shut down the busy station so structural engineers could check the damage. metro blames the construction workers. but a closer look shows that station's history is a troubled one. in fact, a document from metro's own website released back in april shows an $11 million

budget request. some for track maintenance. the rest to fix two steel beams. beams that keep the ceiling from collapsing. was that work ever done? metro says they'll have to get back to us on that. meantime, though, we know a chunk of metal fell in july of 2004. again, fortunately nobody hurt. and in november of last year, inspectors found a 15-foot crack in the very same ceiling. >> well, we have also learned of the 588 escalators, 10% have had brake trouble. 40 needed the brakes completely replaced. ten had leaking brakes. and 16 are totally out of service right now because they're waiting for new brake pads. dc councilmen says there could have been more than 50 incidents. that is when the brakes failed on an escalator sending 16 people to the hospital. metro's safety chair says the agency will start doing maintenance monthly instead of

quarterly. tonight students are buzzing about the bed bugs found inside at least five buildings in george washington university. and gw is not the only campus infested. >> that's right. almost all colleges all over the country has had to deal with bed bugs at one time or another. the problem is, they may not stay on campus. you know students will be flocking home for the holiday next week, so we asked about could those nasty insects perhaps end up on a plane next to you? kind of creepy, huh? here is brittany morehouse with some answers. >> reporter: well, they're not proud to say it, but then again they're not ashamed either. these roommates now joke about getting bitten by bed bugs two years ago as freshman at gw. >> it was my first class of college and i noticed all of these bumps showing up. i was like, oh, my god. >> mine were kind of mild. i know my chem partner had huge welts. >> reporter: they both got them on a field trip before the start of school. it wasn't likely they brought the critters back to their dorms. but the school sprayed their rooms anyway. >> we want to be extra careful

because they didn't want an epidemic happening in a freshman dorm. >> reporter: yet over time infestation has gotten more widespread on their campus and nationwide. so what is the risk? wainwright is an entomologist. >> it's not so likely they would bring bed bugs home unless their room was the focus of an infestation or they were in a hall where there was a big infestation of bed bugs. bed bugs don't tend to travel that far from where they feed. >> reporter: when they do travel, it's via belongings, not on your body. >> wed bugs are somewhat put -- bed bugs are somewhat put off by disturbances and they're stre likely to disappear -- very likely to disappear when you become active. >> reporter: do they hop around? remember, they don't like movement. >> they will kind of just hunker down and hold on for dear life and then they might crawl off. >> reporter: the bottom line. >> you're more likely to bring something home than when you're sitting next to someone on a plane. >> reporter: which brings up an

even bigger concern for all travelers. hotels, that is an item wayne white addressed today at a special congressional hearing some lawmakers are going to introduce a bill that requires hotels to beef up bed bug standards. they call them their son and brother. now hundreds of residents of a north bethesda high-rise are trying to prevent the deportation of a helper. when we sent gary nurenberg to get the story, he had to wait in line. >> reporter: we were waiting for him to tell his story. >> these are good people. they're not criminals. they're our families. for them to be going through something like there just really captivates our local audience. >> reporter: it's a family that may soon be torn apart because his petition for permanent residency has been denied. he came here legally 15 years ago and now because of legalities. >> my mom and my brother were

praying that dad would be able to say. >> reporter: but not if the residents of the wisconsin condominium can help it. >> we're trying very, very hard to make sure that he gets as much help as we can possibly get him. >> reporter: a petition drive in the building that more than 300 signatures in 24 hours, thousands for the defense fund. >> i call them my angels. they are caring, compassionate. they come crying and say we love you. you're like my son. you're like my brother. stuff like that. i can keep crying all day. it's a great community. i love it here. >> reporter: he started pushing a broom, speaking virtually no english. went to school. is now the building's chief engineer. >> when you call him, you know he's going to do the best he can and it's always right. >> reporter: like what he taught his daughter. >> always tell the truth, to be honest, and -- i can't say it

now, but if you do things the right way, hopefully things will go your way. >> reporter: but time is running out . >> i know it will break my dad because everything he has is here. >> reporter: so his friends, the people whose toilets ez fixed, his friends -- he's fixed, his friends promised to fight until the end and beyond. >> i don't know what is going to happen to me, but i'm going to keep it with me. >> reporter: the denial of residency follows years of mistakes by lawyers in filing the correct paperwork and time has essentially run out for the new legal team to fix it. there is also a 9-year-old boy in the family. he has written a letter saying president obama, you are the best president in the world, can you help me and my dog to keep my family stay together in the united states. please call my mom. we need your help. there is an important hearing next week. but as we said, time is running out. gary nurenberg, 9news now. well, it looks like two

prince george's county police officers accused in the corruption scandal might have tomorrow spend the thanksgiving holiday in federal company. the two were accused in an alleged scheme to deliver untaxed cigarettes and liquor for the owners of tick tock liquor store. a man did speak to reporters and criticized prince george's county police chief. >> i'm upset he threw all of them under the bus. >> why do you think he threw them under the bus? >> you saw the press conference. he convicted them in front the the cameras. >> prosecutors also accused those officers of paying bribes to unnamed county officials. the hearing scheduled for december 7th. tomorrow morning the jury gets back for deliberation in the chandra levy case. they met today but did not get

to a verdict. they have now deliberated for 11 hours. are cheaters getting away with it at a local high school. that is what many students are saying at fairfax county west potomac high. they're upset with a new policy. it allows those caught cheating to retake the test. >> there is a majority of us with good honest character and i think it's unfair. >> it's good for the students but it's not overall good sending a message you can cheat and get away with it. >> the new policy was announced by the principal. he says cheating should result in a disciplinary consequence secondary from an academic one with the goal of getting all students to learn the material. let's turn to the scene of a building fire where crews are working the scene. gary, you have some of the latest story for us. what do you know? >> reporter: the christ

universal church, a two story building. this call came in 50 minutes ago when dc fire and ems got here. they effected some rescues immediately. one person saved from a roof. another from a window. dc fire and ems went in and found a victim unconscious on the floor. brought three people to safety outside. all three are suffering from smoke inhalation. the fire itself essentially knocked down but no doubt the fast work of dc fire and ems saved at least three people tonight. no one killed in this. the three who are saved at the hospital, no word on their current condition. back to zu still ahead, when a heart attack strikes, a portable defibrillator can save your life. but there is a deadly detail you need to know. andrea mccarren reports. a shocking surprise. that is coming up. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. high temperatures 69. temps are falling now. here is the wakeup weather, i would grab your jacket and sun

glasses. it's cold us just before sunrise. we'll come back and take you to the rest of friday and the weekend and look ahead to travel day wednesday. rz

are you getting to that? so you see them everywhere in sports buildings and office building. they never realized that heart

-- defibrillators have parts that can expire. andrea mccarren looks into this. >> i had no idea about this. >> reporter: exactly. anita and derek, i borrowed this aed from our front lobby that shows you two items that actually has an expiration date. the pad. and then you just press this button to eject the battery. that has an expiration date. and like a lot of people, i had absolutely no idea that these items could expire and as you're about to see, it could make a difference between life and death. >> i opened his airway. listened for breath. didn't get any. checked for a pulse. couldn't find one. >> reporter: a routine class at the northern virginia electric cooperative became a critical test of employee's emergency training when a freak accident sent a jolt of 7200 volts through the man demonstrating a new piece of equipment. >> he stepped away from it, put his arms up to his chest, took

three steps towards me and fell over on to that platform right there. >> reporter: the room was filled with utility linemen. guys who are used to putting their lives on the line. but never like this. their training immediately kicked in. >> call 911. start cpr. try to get this gentleman some help. >> reporter: someone grabbed an aed, the automated external defibrillator. after the first shock, nothing. after the second shock, something happened. >> he started to sort of gasp. show signs that he was trying to start breathing. we got a pulse back. >> at the same time, we were still terrified that this man could still die on the way to the hospital. but to find out he did make it was -- other than my daughter being born, that would be the best feeling i've ever had. >> reporter: lee young just celebrated his 35th birthday and his here to tell his story, all because of the working defibrillator. >> i was lucky. absolutely lucky to have the

people here and the equipment here to take care of me. >> they're extremely important. what is most important is using them as quickly as possible. every minute counts. >> reporter: saving lives is what motivates the sergeant. his personal goal is to make sure every dc resident knows how to use a defibrillator. >> if you see it on the wall nice and pretty and it's not working, it's not going to help anybody. >> reporter: it's critical and the battery and pads are checked on a regular basis. >> make sure the pads haven't expired. if your pads are one or two years expired, you don't know it because you never checked it, that means those pads once they get brittle or hard, you try to use them, they can cause a fire. >> reporter: lee young is living proof that working defibrillators can save lives. in fact, last weekend, just two months after he was brought back to life, he ran a half marathon. >> i'm glad that i can be back in this room and be alive. >> nearly 300,000 americans

collapse each year when their heart stops pumping blood. the survival rate of people who are shocked with a defibrillator like this one is as high as 36%. that is according to a study of major cities done in 2006. >> so obviously we want to keep them working. how often should you check them? >> it's an sfwing point. you figure maybe -- interesting point. you figure maybe months. but he suggests that every office have one point person that is responsible for checking the aed every single day. it only takes a minute and it could well save a life. tomorrow morning at 6:15, the sergeant will join andrea and mike to give a step by step demonstration on how to use a defibrillator and how to check the pads and batteries to make sure they're working in an emergency. again, when every minute counts. very simple to do. check the pads for the expiration date as well as the battery. you just press the eject button and look at the expiration date. >> very simple. very important. thanks, andrea.

>> you bet. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. here is what is going on right now. 45 in arlington. 48 downtown. but plenty of 30s and low 40s. 37 in gaithersburg. 46 in college park. and we have 40 in reston and sterling and still 45 in leesburg but in the 30s in manassas. outside story, friday a little chilly. cold again friday night. but then saturday we get milder and southwest winds blow and sunday we get chilly again. and i don't mean crazy chilly. temperatures still in the 50s. a little on the low side of the average. tonight clear skies, breezy, cool. winds northwesterly at 10-15. 34-42. tom's 30s and 40s. thankfully the winds are light for a change. by afternoon, mostly sunny. just a bit chilly. highs low 50s and winds turn south, southwesterly at ten. that is milder air to come our way on saturday. high temps on friday, 53 in

gaithersburg, 53 downtown, 52 in bowie, we might see 54 in arlington and springfield. leesburg 52. manassas 51 or 52. our zone forecast, remember, all six zones are still on our website at wusa9.com. west of the divide, you're in the 30s again. 36 for oakland. we had a little bit of snow today. 48, though, in cumberland. near 50 in hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. low 50s for leesburg. maybe 55 in culpeper. east of town we're looking at 54 for annapolis. all of the advisories expire by 10:00 a.m. in terms of all of the wind advisories, small craft advisories. looking at 53 downtown. 52 up in frederick. the next three days, chilly tomorrow. 53. so you're going to go to high school football game, playoff time. gaithersburg is at sherwood tomorrow night. grab a sweatshirt. 50s. nice on saturday. a little cooler on sunday. we're back into the low 50s. next seven days, after a

chillily sunday, we go back up to 60 on monday. go to 65 on tuesday. rain and showers develop late tuesday and tuesday night. travel day wednesday. looks wet here in the metro area in the mid atlantic region and in the ohio valley and then on turkey day some of the showers may bleed into the morning hours and perhaps a couple of snow flurries thursday afternoon. temperatures don't go up at all on turkey day. >> they really don't. >> you can have a fire on thanksgiving. >> there you go. >> otherwise you can open your doors and have a fire. what's this i hear shaquille o'neal is getting some additional education? >> listen, i'm not asking him to shoot straight. i'm just asking him to shoot straight when nobody is guarding them. is that too much to ask. everybody misses free throws now and then but 16 of them in a game. maryland had a chance to knock off number four tonight, but they shot themselves in the foot. plus frig gets a big vote of confidence today. and the latest installment of the good, the bad and the broken

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brett haber, the best sports in town. >> gary williams has got to be lying awake in his new york hotel room right now sweating through his second pair of pajamas because no doubt he has done the math. maryland lost to fourth rank pit by just nine points tonight in a game in which they missed 16 free throws at madison square garden. terps went 14 for 30. guess what they'll be practicing in the morning. still they made the pits sweat. he had 17. terps down just three with 12 minutes to go. rice hard to the rack. ties the game. but they never could take the lead in the second half. gorgeous bounce pass. the terps lost 79-70. first loss of the year. down in charleston exact opposite shooting day. the hoyas made the same number

of three pointers as they hit free throws. they'll play tomorrow. george mason in the same tournament playing chore let tonight. and look -- charlotte tonight. and look at this. the ball never touches the ground. mason wins by 22. they play tomorrow. your groin muscle has been torn off the bone. unless you're a frank perdue oven stuffer roaster, that is not news you want to hear. that is what clinton portis heard six week as. he has missed the last five games and says it will be a close call whether he can play in tennessee. he missed last year with a concussion and as he sits just ten months shy of 30, he acts philosophical today. >> it's rough and tough but at the same time you get appreciation. you get the appreciation of football. you get the appreciation of your teammates. and you get the idea that and

enjoy it and make the best. >> meantime big news ralph heison will return as head coach. it was thought that frig might give way to offensive coordinator at the end of the year but he won't. time to reveal this week's dc highschoolsports.net team of the week. more than 18,000 of you voted and your choice is liberty at breyer woods. we're going to ashburn for the second week in the row. this time to see the district champions take on the dulles district champions. that game will get extend coverage tomorrow at 11:00. you can cast your vote for next week's game. with that it is time for our weekly look at the accident and not so excellent in the world of original hair. [ laughing ] >> it's the good, the bad and the ugly. start with the bad. flipping him upside down like a chinese acrobat. if he had gone another quarter revolution, he could have landed

on his feet. best perseverance, look him there. he tore his groin on that. but does he stay on the ground and roll around like albert haynesworth? no. he keeps going. runs the route and makes the catch. remember, folks, if you pull a groin, make sure it's your own. to the bad, worst shootout attempt. $100 million from the delves this off season, you would like to think he could get a shotoff when nobody else is on the ice. but not so much. >> oh, gosh. >> loses the biscuit before he even gets to the basket. worst part-time job, half time act at the bulls game. by the hair? >> ou. >> listen. it's like the guy who shovels the elephant poop in the circus. at least she's in show business. do you know what i'm talking about.

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prior we told you about the christ universal church earlier in the newscast. the fire broke out at 10:00 this evening. update on the number of peoples injured, six. update on the number of people rescued, six. among the six that were injured, three have serious injuries, smoke inhalation, being treated

at a local hospital. also among those injured a firefighter that twisted his ankle. people rescued from windows hanging from the second floor. this fire began in the back apartment on the first floor of the building. spread quickly because a door was open. six injured, six rescued. quick work by dc fire and rescue. saved a lot of people. >> more tomorrow morning at 4:25 a.m. plus go to wusa9.com any time. good night. verizon's your home for samsung galaxy.

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