piece of his lung had to be removed because he had internal damage. >> reporter: 62-year-old ronald burgess was leaving the metro station and crossing garrett morgan boulevard just before central avenue when he was struck by a police officer heading to work. it was just before 6:30 a.m. burgess was just half a mile away from his job at the southern maryland postal facility, a place where he had worked for the past 25 years. spray paint marks the point of impact and where the car stopped. the victim laying nearby. police say the driver of the car never saw the victim coming. they say he was wearing dark colored clothing and not crossing the street in the crosswalks. >> the officer was traumatized by this. anytime i think anyone is involved in any type of accident is going to be traumatic, so at this time he's going to take a couple of days off because we encourage that as well. >> he was a minister, also had three kids and he just lost his wife eight months ago. so, you know, the family is kind of taking it hard and, you know, we just want some answers. >> reporter: police continue to invest

it county police cruiser struck 62-year-old ronald burgess and about 60 -- at about 6:30 a.m.his morning. he later died at the hospital. burgess, and mail handlers since 1985 was walking to the post office. >> >shourd, one of three american hikers held in iran on has been large charges, was freed -- on espionage charges was freed today. she and two others for a resident in iran after entering illegally. they were accused of spying. >> i want to offer my thanks to everyone in the room, all of the government people involved. >> the other two remain behind bars, and the lawyer for all three of says he hopes they will also be freed soon. it is not known who satisfy demand for $500,000 bail. neither her family nor the u.s. government put up the money. >> a federal judge in florida says he will allow parts of the -- a lawsuit to go to trial that contends that the government is forcing people to have health insurance. >> our weather is once again a winner. how long will it last? >> speaking of winners, you would think the redskins would still be celebrating know, clinton for this has

both were on the way to work. 62-year-old ronald burgess was crossing the street in landover when theicer struck him. burgess was a half mile away from the southern maryland post office where he worked for 25 years. burgess ' nephew said the family prayed for a better outcome. >> the doctor came back with his head down and we knew he had pass away. head trauma, broken ribs, broken jaw a piece of his lung had to be removed because he had internal damage. >> reporter: police will con to investigate what happened but at this point they believe burgess was at fault. >>> an ice hockey team left homeless after the blizzards of 2010 will soon a have a new home when prince william ice center collapsed under the weight of the snow the group had nowhere to go. but next month they will have a new facility in haymarket. the organization used $400,000 in membership dues to build their own rink. they are hoping to put the ice down this week. this story is from the prince william county page on the news section of our website, news where you live at wusa9.com. there are pages for more than 50 local

tell our viewers, cnn received this response boy "operation dark heart" from lieutenant general ronald burgess defense intelligence agency. he says, the dia's investigation identified significant classified information the release of which i had determined could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security. the manuscript contains secret activities of the u.s. special operations command, cia and national security agency. we'll continue to follow this story. >>> go ahead, quit your job. quit your job day. this is quit your job day. how do pursue your passion and make a living on youtube. i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an

it is from lieutenant general ronald burgess with the pentagon's defense intelligence agency.entified significant classified information. the release of which i v determined could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security. the manuscript contains secret activities of the u.s. special operations command, cia and national security agency. >>> an attempt to repeal don't ask, don't tell failed in the senate last week. the policy refuses to let gay people serve open in the military. cnn photojournalist ken toohey has the story of a gay air force master sergeant who retired after hiring -- after hiding his sexual orientation for 21 years. >> my name is dan zaborowski. i joined the air force in '85, and retired in 2006. what was different about me being in the air force is being gay and having a partner. >> you can see it's kind of running there. got to make sure you don't get too much on your brush. >> oh, okay. >> my name is mark byrd. i'm originally from ellisville, mississippi. we've been together 19 years. every time dan's had orders for a permanent cha

but earlier we got the following statement from lieutenant general ronald burgess with the defense intelligencesaying this. quote, the dia's investigation identified significant classified information. the release of which i have determined could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security. it goes on to say, quote, the manuscript contains secret activities of the u.s. special operations command, cia and national security agency. end quote. >>> on to politics now. and a rare situation in california. "the san francisco chronicle" newspaper says it will not endorse anyone in the hotly contested california senate race. former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina is battling incumbent democrat barbara boxer in what has sometimes become a rather nasty race. the paper says californians are left with a deeply unsatisfying choice. >>> and president barack obama is hitting the road again this week to push his economic message. ahead are stops in backyards in des moines as well as albuquerque. joining me right now from washington is jonathan allen, political reporter for politico.com

. >>> 62year -old ronald burr jess was walking to work yesterday when the accident happened. the prince georges county officer said he never saw burgessoming and he was wearing dark clothing and was not in a cross walk. the department is investigating. >>> a woman struck by a car in adams morgan earlier this monday as died. 26-year-old woman was struck while standing on a traffic island near the intersection of 18th street and florida avenue. the car crashed in to a small report. police say the driver was adams of mitchellville, maryland and court papers indicate her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. >>> we will have a few national election results coming up, including a big victory for the tea party movement just up a i- t 5. >>> and mcnabb heads to a ditch playing field to deliver a message about staying in shape to dc youngsters. it is nine after the hour. we'll be right back. chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. ♪ down a bit. too much. [ crowd cheering ] [ grunts ] [ garth ] capital one bank. now with the most branches and