among at least five alleged victims to testify. >> obviously this is a nerve wracking situation for any witness, especially a teenager who has to get up in front of hundreds of people and talk about an issue that is not pleasant to talk about. >> reporter: sandusky allegedly performed oral sex on the boy at least 20 times when the child was 11 or 12 years old, and at least one time had the boy perform oral sex on him. >> i think this young man was taken advantage of by jerry sandusky. i think jerry sandusky robbed this young man of his innocence, robbed him of his youth. >> reporter: sandusky insists he is innocent and his lawyer will do his best to raise questions about the alleged victim's credibility. >> a lot of people find that inappropriate. but it is not criminal. they the way jerry described it the kids with whom he showered were basically like his own kids. >> reporter: sandusky's lawyer may question mike mcqueary especially sharply. the assistant coach told a

grand jury he saw and heard sandusky raping a young boy in a locker room shower. but in 2002 mcqueary may have told a family friend all he saw was a young boy's arm pulled back and then sandusky walking out in a towel. >> i can't imagine him having any reason to make up what he saw. >> reporter: despite ten different victims, alleged victims, now coming forward, jerry sandusky's lawyer said today that he is not, is not, talking to prosecutors about a possible plea bargain. back to you all in washington. thanks bruce. turning now to what was an emotional day at virginia tech. family, friends and faculty and students all gathered to say farewell to campus police officer derek krause. officer krause was shot and killed last week in the coliseum parking lot.

annie hong joins us with more. >> reporter: the married father of five is being remembered for his bravery and service, which led to the ultimate sacrifice, his life. >> the last four years he went to work here protecting the citizens of the state and the students and faculty. >> reporter: hundreds gathered on the virginia tech campus today for the funeral of the 39-year-old officer krause. a big contingent of law enforcement officials honored a fallen brother killed in the line of duty thursday. virginia governor bob mcdonald spoke about his commitment to being a life long public servant. >> we are here this afternoon to be able to grieve with you. >> reporter: a traffic stop last thursday was happening when a

22-year-old student walked up to his cruise and shot him. the shooter is 22-year-old ross ashley. he killed himself soon after. the colleagues spoke of his love of the pittsburgh steelers. >> all the men and women you see here today in uniform will continue to serve. to sacrifice. and the families of the officers will continue to sacrifice right alongside them. for us, it is who we are, it is what we do. >> reporter: krause who was an iraq veteran is survived by his wife, along with his five children and stepchildren. police are still looking for the motive in nurse's shooting. meanwhile the family released a statement offering their condolences to the krause family and saying they are in their prayers. back to you. we have breaking news. there are major delays on route 50 tonight because a serious

crash involving two vehicles. one of them a cement truck. this happened about an hour ago. two people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicle. we don't know how serious their injuries are tonight but route 50 is close in both directionss and it could be sometime before the road reopens. we have a follow-up story. a local woman whose car was booted, towed and sold at auction while she was in the hospital in a coma. the department of public works justified its actions by saying she had three unpaid tickets. but monique jenkins insists there was only one unpaid parking ticket. andrea mccarron joins us with more. >> reporter: in july, you will recall dpw, told us it had sold the car. if that was the case, why is

monique jenkins accruing storage fees from the impound lot? as of today, according to the dmv, she owes more than $4900 and the number keeps growing we met monique jenkins in july when she had just been released from the hospital. while she fought for her life in a 12-day coma her car parked right in front of her washington home was booted, towed away, put on the auction block and sold. >> i started crying and i said how can this happen? it has to be some law to protect you while you are in the hospital. >> the department of public works says jenkins had three unpaid tickets. enough to justify to go and selling it. jenkins insists she only knew of one and she simply had forgotten to pay it. >> they never contacted me by phone. i didn't get anything in the

mail. she last tracked it to the blue plains impound lost in southwest and was told by dpw it was sold at auction. so where is the car tonight? dpw says its records show it was sold, but if that was the case, the department is as baffled as we are that it is still accruing storage fees at the impound lot. we'll keep you posted, anita. >> what a mess. a pair of montgomery county lawmakers aiming to get tough on so-called flash mob robberies, scott broom is in germantown, maryland, where a video of one store being cleaned occupy wall street by a mob of teens sparked calls for change. >> reporter: more than 30 teens on tape simply grabbing anything they want. it is a criminal flash mob.

organizers using social media like twitter. today police and legislators said a new phenomena in crime requires a new state law in maryland. >> we identified 18 of the kids almost immediately. police officer luther reynolds says despite big losses suffered by the store. individuals could only be charged with petty misdemeanors. the proposed law would make everyone in a flash mob responsible for all the theft. council member craig rice says teens who act as a group need to be held accountable as a group. >> people feel as though they can just run into a store. and no fear or thoughts of what the consequences might be. the teen said the video was shocking but they shouldn't be the targets of an overreaction. i think this is ridiculous. everybody gets the same treatment for some certain group of kids.

this antiflash mob for a proposal is being floated after montgomery county council failed to act. in germantown scott broom 9news now. the antiflash mob law would require the state legislature to act on a signature from the governor. montgomery county police now say three armed robberies might actually be linked. including this one at the little caesar's pizza shop. the robbery happened back on november 30th. there were two suspects, one of them armed with a hand gun. the two fled on foot with cash. both of those were located on old columbia peaks. as the nearly nine year long war in iraq comes to a close. they paid tribute to the american military lives lost during the war. tara reports from the white

house. >> reporter: president obama and iraqi prime minister stood side by side at arlington national cemetery laying a wreath in honor of the 4500 military members who died fighting in iraq. the united states prepares to withdraw all remaining fighting forces. president obama is keeping a pledge to end the almost nine year long war by the end of this month. the last american soldiers will cross the border out of iraq with honor and with their heads held high. at a joint news conference the president and prime minister praised the relationship between the two countries and promised continued cooperation on security equipping the iraqi military and fighting terrorism. some united states officials are concerned iran will step up on iraq. president obama is confident that won't be a problem. i have absolutely no doubt

these decisions are being made based on what prime minister believes is best for iraq. not based on considerations of what iran would like to see. >> on the battlefield united states forces are taking part in what one military officer called the biggest logistical operation since world war ii. they are handing over bases and moving equipment across to kuwait. >> reporter: the white house also announced today it is ready to sell more than a dozen f-16 fighter jets to iraq. the nation's highest court will rule on arizona's controversial immigration law. arizona wants the supreme court to begin enforce not guilty law immediately but lower courts have blocked the measures from going into effect. among the provisions one that

requires an immigration status be questioned. regulating immigration is the federal government's job not the individual state's. sky 9 was over i-95 today with the virginia transportation department took the wraps off new overhead signs of the the electronic signs show the estimated of three northbound and four southbound locations on the interstate between fredericksburg and dc. the signs will be in operation from 5:00 in the morning knot until 7:00 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 to 8:00 on weekends. if you use the dulles toll road, starting january 1, tolls on both roads are going up. if you travel from the toll road interchange at the beltway to the end of the greenway, you would shell out an extra 55 cents if a one way trip. $1.10 for a round trip. the greenway and approval rates

rose every year between now and 2020 no coming up a home improvement chain finds itself at the center of controversy after pulling ads from a reality tv show. going to be cold again tonight. we'll tell if you it is going to be as cold as it was last night. we'll also look ahead to when you might need your umbrella and a coat. british columbia brumes

i'm sending best wishes and happy christmas to my family out in maryland. my mom, brother, sister-in-law, all the other siblings, love you guys, see you soon. terrifying new images of a shooting spree in hollywood. a 26-year-old randomly firing at passing cars along a street friday. in the video, you can also hear the man filming the scene shouting at the gunman, apparently trying to distract him. three people were hurt. the occupy wall street movement shifted its target today. thousands of protesters

gathered along ports along the west coast. >> reporter: a line of blue faced off against protesters at the long beach cargo port in southern california. it is the latest tactic in the occupy wall street movement. a call to block ports along the west connect from alaska -- west coast from alaska to california. >> we think this is about labor across the board. the long beach port is the second busiest in the u.s. it generates billions of dollars each year and supports over a million jobs. and the union that represents dock workers here says it doesn't support attempts to

shut the area down. protesters say with or without that support their movement will gather strength. >> all that is happening is occupy come back with more and more people. >> reporter: blocking trucks from injuring operation 73,000 jobs in their region and a black cade hurts the community. these are good jobs held by real working people and working families. disrupting the port hurts them. here in long beach, police drove back the protesters and while demonstrators may have delivered the message the ports remained open for business. the lowes home improvement chain pulled its ads from a show about muslims after a complaint that it was hiding islam's

clear and present danger to american liberties and traditional values. a california state senator says he is considering a boycott of lowes as well as legislative action if the company does not reserve its decision. people living near parts of carol creek in frederick, maryland are being warned to avoid contact with water that is downstream from a raw sewage spill that. occurred yesterday. the good news is the spill has subsided, the roads around the sewage treatment plant are open again, but the city says drinking water is not affected. a water main break made quite a slippery mess along a busy potomac roadway. this is seven locks road between we'll mill and scotland drive. police were called there earlier today after reports cars were literally sliding downhill. the road was closed, traffic was detoured around the scene and water was shut off to around 153

customers while drews made repairs. >> definitely brisk out there. >> that is what happens to water when it is 22 or 23 degrees. >> you don'ten count their on your way to work you know what? it is going to be cold again. for the most part we have good news here. temperatures are going to moderate. let's start with a satellite picture in the radar combined. we are going to go out to the southwest. heavy rains in southern california. maybe 8 to 14 inches. above about 5000 feet in some of the mountains of new mexico and also arizona, we are talking one to two feet. some of this moisture gets to us, but not until late in the week. in the meantime most of the showers found in the midwest will stay there.

with 43 officially at national, 41 at andrews, and 41 out toward beltsville. temperatures moderating. cold again tonight. a cold start on tuesday morning. good news, milder wednesday and milder still on thursday. so for tonight partly cloudy, we'll call it a two blanket night. 2 to 34. two degrees warmer than it was this morning. light winds. in fact downtown, i think you might remain above freezing if you are inside the beltway. maybe 39 or 33 downtown. out in the burbs, 27 in college park. herndon mid-20s and 26 or so in manassas. winds start to pick up.

northwest 10 to 15. goal to spoil a very nice day tomorrow. remember breezy, highs around 50. northwest wind it will make them feel a little cooler than it actually is. 40s by noon and 47 to 52 breezy by evening. the next three days, keep going up. 52 on wednesday milder clouds come in. 56 on thursday clouds come in with showers late in the day. the next 7-days gets colder over the weekend. we have one more system, kind of a low confidence system. may stay south of us. the rain is possible friday night and early saturday. sunday back in the low 40s. the cold will come.

listen, they don't want toys, they are not even asking for peace on earth. coming up, this year children if our areas, their -- in our area, their letters to santa have taken on a different subject. new insight into autism. we explain, after the break.

a reassuring health alert for adults who take medication for a add. the medications are safe for the heart. a study coming out in the journal of the american medical association this week looked at adults aged 45-65. those taking adhd medications were no more likely to have heart attacks or strokes. research at emory university found children with autism blink far more rapidly than other kids when watching emotional scenes play out. blinking slows down when we are paying close attention and the autistic kids were far more drawn to objects in motion. why does this matter? knowing what makes an impression

on the autistic rain could improve therapy. also tonight a cautionary tale for any woman. if radiation is part of the treatment it could affect reconstructive surgery down the road. a bethesda woman says she is living roof of what can go wrong. a warning now the pictures of mary's reconstructive process may be considered graphic. we first introduce you to marry last fall, after she had been diagnosed with stage iii breast cancer and had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to fight it throughout her treatment the now 53-year-old kept teaching her spinning class at washington sports club dupont circle, offering it for free to anyone else battling cancer. >> it is about considering and getting healthy and talking about what you need to know. >> reporter: mary's now talking about something she didn't know. that radiation can damage the skin of the breast so much it can promote infections and make wounds slower to heal.

not good when it is time for reconstructive surgery an implant. >> i had reconstruction i believe on wednesday and on money found out that it was infected. and and i had to have my right breast removed. it was horned does. >> reporter: mary -- horrendous. >> reporter: mary believes transplanting skin and muscle from the abdomen and rebuilding a new breast. it is what finally worked for her. >> it is fair to say i am a survivor. i am, yes. >> again mary's spinning class is free to anyone battling cancer, tuesday and friday mornings 8:00 a.m. at washington sports club, dupont circle. coming up, first lady michelle obama now a world

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new information tonight on the search for a missing

fairfax county man. he was last seen near the 1800 block of international drive. now police believe he may have met with foul play. peggy fox joins us live from springfield with more on why investigators are calling his disappearance suspicious now. >> reporter: police are now collected and analyzed hours of surveillance video. conducted numerous videos and please standby for a realtime translation. carlos os scar montano did not just -- oscar montano did not just walk away from his life and family. >> reporter: this family, their cousin and nephew is missing, and they fear the worst. now so do police. 28-year-old oscar montano mysteriously disappeared five months ago. >> they have uncovered details pointing toward suspicious activity now. we haven't located oscar.

he's been gone five months. they consider it an involuntary disappearance. he was working at an indoor construction job in the tyson's corner area that houses the capital grill on the corner of route 7 and intnational drive. it involved tearing down offices. >> reporter: oscar lived here in springfield with his aunt and uncle. his uncle tells me oscar worked for donahoe construction and that every night after a busy day at work, he never failed to come home. so when he didn't show up july 9th, they knew something was wrong. his friends, both here and in his native bolivia, put up this facebook page. they believe someone knows where he is and what happened to him. three search warrants were taken out. one, we are told, involved where oscar was working. >> if anybody knows about a crime involved in this, call crime stoppers and remain anonymous. we definitely believe there are suspicious circumstances and that crime could be involved.

>> reporter: here's the time line. the time line is july 9th he went missing. july 11th his family reported him missing and his car was found behind the olive garden restaurant across the street from the building where he was working on july 17th. they have taken out a search warrant in maryland. they have some evidence that definitely shows a crime was possibly excited here. if you have any information call police. peggy fox, reporting live in springfield. a doctor is under arrest accusedch selling oxycontin. he put close to 8000 oxycodone pills on the street every week through his doctor's office. four of his patients are under arrest tonight. they are all due in court in february. the iowa caucuss are three

weeks from today as the republican presidential candidates are turning up the heat. newt gingrich and mitt romney are in new hampshire today and will both be back in iowa later this week for thursday's debate. today gingrich fired back at romney for saying gingrich could return the $1.6 million gingrich provided for strategic advice to freddiemac. >> i would just say if governor romney would like to give back all the money he has earned from bankrupting employees, i would be glad to listen to him. and i'll bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won't take the offer. >> reporter: gingrich is referring to the high takes bet romney threw down at saturday night's presidential debate. that bet came as's accused his rival, rick perry, of misquoting him. romney bet perry $10,000 he was right. it is a first for a first

lady. michelle obama has set a world record forgetting the, -- for, having the most people do jumping jacks. 3265 people participated in the event. that includes dozens of elementary and middle school students mrs. obama led in jumping jacks on the southlawn. the event was part of the first lady's let's move initiative. last night the first family participated in the annual christmas in washington concert to benefit the children's national medical center. before the concert the obamas greeted some of the hospital patients dressed as elves. after presenting them way basket of children's books, they struggle told lift that heavy basket and asked elves to help him get it under the christmas tree. children write florissant ta and local volunteers play old st. nick. >> this year is different. instead of toys, many families

are asking for necessities like food for the table. >> reporter: christmas is a time of giving. at brentwood post office. >> dear santa. i'm writing this to make help -- get help for making christmas merry. >> it is a program we can't afford to stop doing. >> reporter: bush helped sort through hundreds of letters addressed to santa. she delivers them to this table where community members read the letters. >> one of my grands lost his mother recently and it is most important for him to have a cheerful christmas. >> reporter: but this year, instead of lavish gifts. >> i'm planning on adopt two to three families. >> reporter: where getting a lot of requests for food cards. the children are not asking for

gifts for themselves, they are actually asking for coats gloves, hats, pajamas and underwear. >> reporter: your special package from santa delivered directly to your home. >> i always have to sell my food stamps to pay bills. then i go find food to feed my kids. >> reporter: postal workers say the need is the most severe they have seen in the 20 plus years of the program please help us. please. >> in northeast,. all gifts will be delivered by christmas. coming up, looking for gifts. we are going to tell you why a well-known that resist store is seeing a surge this holiday shopping season. next a suspect in a string of pizza sandwich shops

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caught on tape. a robber comes face-to-face with a wrong employee. the suspect in a series of pizza shop robberies walked in and confronts the worker behind the counter. the guy walks through the ropes, pulls out a fake gun, points it at me, demands money. i told him i don't think so. he pulls it back out, points it again, give me the money. no, i reached over and pushed button a few times. he turns around and runs out. i chase him out, get his license plate number, come back in and call the cops. >> 30 minutes later the robber hit another subway store, probably with the same toy gun. but this time undercover officers were waiting and placed him under arrest. they are trying to determine whether the same man is behind all 28 robberies. also in washington state, a tech savvy couple is hoping to find a thief who stole a delivery off their front porch and they caught the whole thing

on surveillance video. they installed a camera after someone broke in last year and also set up e-mail alerts, so they are notified anytime someone approaches their front door. both of them were at work last wednesday. they got an alert, saw the packages they left on the porch. about an hour later they got another alert and when they looked at the video feed the packages were gone. police are now looking for that thief. the redskins put up a good fight but still come up short against the powerful patriots. our insiders brian mitchell and david breakdown the heartbreaker. up next, goodwill hunting, why more and more people are looking for perfect holiday gift at a well-known that resist shop -- thrift shop.

i'm samuel smith from steven

city, virginia. currently deployed to afghanistan. i want to say happy holidays to my wife michelle, i love you baby, i'll be home soon. it is green monday. not for tree hugging but for online shopping and shipping. cyber shoppers are placing orders to make sure gifts arrive in time for the holidays and online sales are up 15% this year. fedex expects to move 17 million of those packages just today. the company says shipments are up more than 10% from last year, fedex and other express delivery services have hired a record number of seasonal workers to handle the load. the holiday shopping season is off to a robust start at a place you might not expect. thrift stores. goodwill of greater washington had its biggest black friday in years. i went out to one location to find out what is really driving people to this discount retailer in droves. >> good morning, how are you all? welcome. >> reporter: perhaps it is the

way debra jackson greets each person who enters this arlington goodwill store. or the chance you really could find a treasure on the hunt. just over two weeks ago, this place overflowed with deal seekers on the friday after thanksgiving. >> all my kids were home from the holidays. i said come on, it is a thrift shop. >> since then the sales at goodwill stores are steady as people take others something old and turn it into something new. >> you find things that you won't find in other places. >> consumer behavior is as a result of the down turning economy. people are looking for better value for the dollars. >> reporter: goodwill's brendan hurly says their typical shop soldier change jog we have seen a real shift in the demographic profile. more affluent consumers, more highly educated consumers.

>> reporter: this woman who doesn't want her face shown, is here to prepare for a new job. but it also turns out that giving in thrift has become more socially acceptable. people who give to these bins aren't just after the tax deduction. >> i like that the money is going to the community and i'm recycling. goodwill is doing something right. because customers we talked to say they can't wait to come back. >> see you tomorrow. thank you, too. by the way, tomorrow is tuesday and that's the one day of the week that you'll save the most if you shop at goodwill. that is when they put out the new merchandise and is customer appreciation day, which means you save 25% on your purchases. all right, today's toy pick of the day is for boys and girls who love to wrestle. this is a toy just for you

bruce. the wwe colossal crack down arena. i know you are all wondering how this works. you can launch the toys into the ring, right? >> this one you launch them, he comes up and he goes into the ring. and crashes through there, and then you can collapse. look the at this. doing everything i told it to do. collapse the whole thing. these dolls here that you see, these are sold separately, they do different things. like this one here. if you bend them down, i'm pressing my luck. he is supposed to jump up. >> i know they jump up. >> throw them in the ring, they can go at it, blah, blah, blah, $40 for this thing. the cheapest for target. they are hard, hard to find. they are selling out. >> now you know. >> what do you think? >> i get a thumbs up.

>> you need batteries or something. >> no imagination, that is all you need. >> all right. you know, it got down into the teens this morning at dulles. 21 at national, excuse me, 2 at national this morning. temperatures are chilly. won't be quite as coldton. temperatures right now low 40s. 42 in rockville. 40 bethesda. 37 up in gaithersburg. temperatures are going to be moderating, cold again tonight. a cold start tomorrow morning. you'll need sunglasses but milder on wednesday and milder still on thursday. a good deal. for tonight, partly cloudy cold. 2 to 34. so not quite as cold as it was last night. by tuesday morning, partly cloudy, becoming breezy a cold start 20s and 30s. you need a coat and sunglasses. by afternoon a very nice day partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. high temperatures around 50. the northwest winds at 10 to 15

will make it feel a little cooler than it actually is. milder on wednesday, low 50s. milder still on thursday mid- 50s but showers late in the day. next chance of rain or showers will be late friday, friday night into saturday. still 52 on friday. little cooler on the weekend. 41 on sunday. back to 50 next week. this system may actually stay to our south. you saw the game the redskins fell short 34-27 to the pats. their record now 4-9. >> reporter: bruce, so close and yet so far away the redskins played some pretty good football today. i don't think a lot of people thought the redskins could hang with the patriots. why were they almost able to beat new england? >> they responded well.

roy helu played well at running back. the receivers covered tbs. the patriots cannot play pass defense whatsoever. >> it helped the patriots are one of the defensive football teams. kyle shanahan you were very complimentary of him last night. why was this one of his best games as offensive coordinator? >> 34 runs, 33 passes. seemed very balance and he used a little imagination. the double reverse that worked for me. he used some imagination. >> reporter: one of the teams we saw yesterday, guys losing composure. we saw santana moss talk about the referee. we saw deangelo hall pick up a flag and chunk it down the field. mike shanahan was asked about it. >> those are things that i talk about with our football team and if you make too many of those mistakes, then eventually you are not with us.

>> reporter: guys this is one question for the both of you now. a lot of questionable calls. but do they have a case in that? london fletcher had a terrible call. he hit tom brady in the shoulder. didn't him hit him anywhere near his head. santana, bribe will talk about that. -- brian will talk about that. deangelo, i don't know really what his problem was. his bigger problem was failing to tackle yesterday. >> they made bad calls on both sides of the football. both teams could complain. but they lost. >> you are absolutely right about that. guys, time to grade the game. or grade the shame as i like to say. dave, give me your offensive grade from yesterday. >> they really were pretty solid, especially running the ball. scored a lot of points. b. >> roy helu, got to like what he did. b, mitch? could. >> a b, roy had a good game and also the passing game too. >> new england has a great

offense. tom brady is maybe the best quarterback we have ever seen but the redskins made mistakes. they didn't get enough pressure on him. had one interception. >> b, mitch? >> i gave them a c t. they can't tackle. they had many opportunities to tackle, they couldn't do it. coaching? >> i'm not a big nan of mike shanahan and what he has done here in washington but that was impressive. overall a b minus effort. >> i go b, when you look at a team that cannot run the football, you know when they are going to run the football, they had a terrible defense. they should have had a good day. guys, always a pleasure. we will see you back here thursday, redskins getting ready for new york. the russian owner of an american basketball team now running to become the next president of russia.

details, just ahead. plus one of the more unique final exams you'll ever see. a competent tigg to build a flying hovercraft at the university of maryland. and hero central. we'll introduce you to an organization that provides people with special needs meaningful job opportunity.

turning to this week's hero

central story, 50 years ago a group of parents started an organization to create meaningful job opportunities for their children. at the time people with severe disabilities had limited work and living options. but to the lyndon resources is still thriving and j. c. hayward recently visited their headquarters in arlington, virginia. >> reporter: they own two successful commercial businesses, a full service printing company, and a warehousing facility. >> while we are happy to provide paychecks, and help people ensure that they are able to meet their financial obligations, we really enjoy all of those other aspects that come along with unemployment. >> lyndon resources serves the needs of people with severe

intellectual and physical disabilities, including wounded warrior veterans. 28-year-old megan greenwood served four years in the air force as a medic. when she returned from iraq, she suffered from posttraumatic stress. >> i am considered a disabled vet. because of pt s ddepression and migraines as well. and they do hinder me from working sometimes. >> reporter: lyndon is also strongly committed to employment needs of students. they work with local school systems, the virginia department of rehabilitation services, and local community service boards. >> it is absolutely satisfying to see someone come in with a low sense of self esteem. or a low self-confidence to be able to gain some skills in any of our many lines of business and have an opportunitying to

out and to work. megan is a great example of someone who has transitioned due to the help of lyndon resources. today she is studying healthcare administration at george mason university. >> i met a person from lyndon, and he initiated contact with me and he kept pressing me to come and see him for help to find a job. and it was really, was really good. i was like okay, hook me up. if you know a veteran or someone else who has a disability and having trouble finding work go to j. c. hayward.com for more information about lyndon resources family, friends, students and faculty gather at virginia tech's castle coliseum this afternoon to remember campus police officer derek krause. >> krause a 39-year-old father of