as you travel georgia avenue here at emery.le, if you are traveling the beltway, that is where we had some problems as well. the beltway inner loop was troubled with roadwork set up between the exit for connecticut avenue and georgia avenue. all lanes are open. no problems to report out to westbound 66 as you travel between manassas and the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> from warnings to tickets. virginia drivers who use the state's largest commuter parking lots are being told to park legally or pay up. the horner lot has more than 2300 spaces but still it gets full pretty much every weekday so some commuters are parking illegally creating blind spots for drivers. now the warning period is over and virginia state police are issuing tickets. >> by 7:00, pretty much every spot in the whole lot is full inform you want to catch a ride from here, then you have to park next to a curb j what do you -- what do you think about getting a ticket? >> frustrating. >> one of the ropes is the closure of hundreds of

well in the preseason for now 18 year-old brandon saad has made the team at backup goaltender ray emeryaak is more experienced you might not know by this play friday night but ray emery has been all around healthy again a guy back up crawford in need at this season. tomorrow a huge debt at the table for the nba if no progress towards a contract on * start almost impossible to find a way back to chicago bears just today devin hester record-setting return ends with a triple somersault in the end zone last one not so good almost broke his neck got 15 yds for over celebrating at the end of game barber first touchdown and caught up tried 8 backflip got about three-quarters of the way over. reviews were- >> did not want guys to injured to not want people to put themselves at risk normally you learned from that if you decide to make a flat at least make it all of the way over. will correct that next time >> olympics not in the future. baseball rangers defeated tampa bay it raise and yankees losing to detroit for-2 in the seventh batt but the night that is the news for the night. good night. it

post that there were discovered on bridges that carried traffic on needwood road, georgia avenue, and emeryry lane. it comes from a design flaw that the contractor will pay to fix. >>> the board of supervisors in virginia has voted to pass the broadest tax relief possible for the homeowners affected by the earthquake. damage totals $18 million. 2% of the loss is covered by insurance. >>> 201, a heated debate between presidential candidates. -- 2012. mitt romney and curherman cain faced attacks. >> things got needed in nevada. >> i understand you are going to get testy. >> rick perry and mitt romney debated immigration. rick perry attacked mitt romney for employing illegal immigrants. >> the idea use talk about you are strong on immigration is the height of hypocrisy. >> mitt romney said that a lawn service and used had hired illegal employees and that he eventually fired them. >> your plan was the basis for obamacare. >> mitt romney said his plan was not designed as a model for the entire nation. he said that as president he would repeal president obama's health care law. >> obamacare is ba

also the first starting goal for a new backup goaltender ray emery blackhawks fell behind it 2-0 beganot andrew burnett gets the gold still in the first digging it out and the pinpoint pass to wide open patrick kane first goal of the year and early in the second doing the job himself hossa unloading his first goal putting the blackhawks ahead 3-2 and a few minutes later hossa scramble finally able to knock it in and dave boland with a score 4-2 now 4-3 hawks over winnipeg jets at end of 2. do not call theo epstein chicago cubs general manager just yet likely eventually but likely compensation from red sox taking longer to sort through reports say blackhave yet to reach an agreement. red sox seeking prospects. justin verlander try to keep the season going against texas struggled at times plenty of support tigers ahead with this long blast in the fourth in detroit took control again delmon young this time with them and on the tigers lead 6-2 survived a ninth inning rally back to texas for game 6 on saturday. chicago bears lost in detroit on monday coach lovie smith hinted at personnel ch

. >> anyone with information in this case is asked to contact michael emery county police immediately. curtis lopez is due in court on monday. meantime, baltimore police are on the manhunt for an inmate who escaped thursday. the 21-year-old took off while being transported. he was arrested for armed robbery. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. if you have every issue, you're asked to call 911. the condition of a man who was shot inside the university of maryland parking garage has been upgraded to serious but stable this afternoon. but his attackers still remains at large. the victim was shot around 6:00 p.m. thursday night near university hospital. police believe the attack was the result of a robbery attempt. that leaves many use the garage on edge. >> i use this garage pretty much a daily. now i am definitely going to be walking around, looking around, every corner, everything. just because i do not know what is going to happen. >> i am very disturbed. my daughter is out there now with my wife. you know, it is something terrible. >> police still have no descript

closed between bachelor's forest forest road and emery lane in both directions.across the roadway in both directions on georgia avenue. this is at the swim center. what you want to do if you're heading out right now is go ahead and take route 108 to 28 and back over to georgia avenue. to virginia, no problems to report here on 395 north of duke street to the 14th street bridge. coming up i will update you on the situation in alno. back to you guys. >>> president obama will continue pushing his jobs plan in north carolina this morning. it's day two of his three day bus tour. >> and yesterday, in ashville he told the crowd that congress will have the vote on the bill in pieces and any no votes are votes against americans. >> reporter: at a packed high school auditorium in north carolina, president obama pushed congress to pass the jobs plan piece by piece. >> we're going to hot up up into -- chop it up into some bite size pieces and give them another chance to look out for your jobs instead of their jobs! >> reporter: he implied that tea party conservatives hijacke

britney norwood is accused of killing john emery last winter. trial in the murder resumes monday. she is accused of killing jayna murray. >>> the main hall of union station is closed as workers check for damage to the ceiling after the earthquake this summer. a small piece of plaster fell and hit a worker who is doing fine. the contractor is working on the repairs. at the main hall will be closed through the weekend. it will reopen monday. >>> a new alert if you are a bank of america customer. a big announcement about their chance to charge a debit card fee. plus, just a few hours away from the arrival of the first snow of the season. bob will update the forecast. >> tickets at the university of maryland. where does the school ranked nationally? [ speaking french ] [ speaking frenc] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the inter

many believe this year's world series is the best in recent in emery. tonight was the take all. game in st. louis. let's do it to the arches. game seven, bottom of the first. how about this. rangers up 1-0. on for josh hamilton and he doubles to right. he scores and it's 2-0 texas bottom of the third. this is cal product alan craig. solo drive to the opposite field and the cardinal bull pen gives a 3-2 lead. st. louis one out away from becoming world series champs. donald murphy flies to left and it's over. cardinals are the new world series champs and they win. >> this is what you dream about. anybody on this team, the other team too when you are a young kid. i don't think about winning world series. it's always game seven. truly a dream come true. it's hard to imagine that it happens. >> this one thing that happened in this world series that i will look back on is being so close. >> to the ice, sharks and red wings in the second period. sharks up one and detroit around the power play. he will redirect the puck in and tied at two. second period with the same score until joe g

rotor crack were found on bridges at needwood road, emery lane and georgia avenue.fix should be completed in the next few weeks. in the months ahead, they will be sorting out a long-term solution. in montgomery county, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> checking a consume anterior letter now. get ready for the pain at the pump. gas prices jumped 1.5 cents and they have been on the rise almost every day now for nearly two weeks. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.47. it is $3.42 in maryland and $3.56 in d.c. and$3.34 in virginia. >>> some air fares are also going up. delta andouille night raised one-way fares $4 to $10 on most u.s. routes inform other airlines don't follow suit, experts say delta andouille night will likely reverse their fare hikes. -- and united will likely reverse their fare hikes. >>> today's deal comes from the vine word in mclean, virginia. $29 buys you two bottles of this wine. that is a $60 value. head to myfoxdc.com and click on the my fox half off link. have a happy weekend with that. >>> the washington redskins have made the big s

the hawks and pens, not a good night for ray emery. a good effort here. matt cooke makes him pay. bags his second goal of the game. the game now late in the third. pens still lead by a score of 3-2. baseball. joe maddon sent rookie matt moore to the hill in game one of the playoffs in texas. all he did was pitch seven two-hit innings and a good showing by kelly shop act. in the fifth he had a two run shot to left center. what a game for shoppach. they have james shields also going in game two. it appears the bears will get major wright and marion barber back for sunday's game against the panthers. chris harris and spathe are questionable. "the chicago tribune" says harris will not play. he's been sorely missed in the last few games battling a hamstring pull. the bears need all the help they can get against cam newton, who is way ahead of the curve for a rookie. he hanked 18 out of 22 quarterbacks in the league. has four touchdown passes, been picked off four times. he's big he can move, and he is smart. >> he's doing some things that no one else has done this quickly. so it has to

fixing cracks in three brims on maryland's new intercounty connector so expect lane closures near emery lane, needwood road and georgia avenue over the next two weeks. all three bridges will remain open during construction. first segment of the icc opened in february. the next segment from georgia avenue to i-95 will open by the end of the year. >>> this could signal the end of the road for red light cameras actually florida judge has ruled in favor of nine drivers who challenged their tickets saying the camera images are not admissible as evidence in court. the tickets came from a camera, not a police officer. so police were not there to verify the situation. but this is just one community where this is happening. other jumps have ruled against the drivers -- other judges have ruled against the drivers. attorneys say they will keep fighting against the cameras. >>> maryland's state senate approved the chains to the congressional districts but the battle may not be over. it is uniting opposing sides. the tea party and a top maryland democrat appear to be on the same side. tom fitzgerald

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smooth with no problems out of emery or berkeley. the construction picked out without issues in the vicinity. now we don't have metering lights on. we'll show you where the backup has started for the friday commute and slowdown. >> now we begin with a threat against a school in martinez. in this case the the district is pulling out all the stops to protect the students. christie smith has more on the aggressive response by the school and by police. good morning, christi. >> good morning, marla. happy friday. a spokesperson for the school district is on his way here now to talk with us. they're billion really pro active after getting an unsettling e-mail threat that somebody something would happen on campus here today. first thing this morning teachers will meet to talk about safety protocol. exactly what the threat is is still unclear. a district employee received it wednesday in an e-mail. police think it was randomly sent to that worker. martinez police are working very hard to find whoever owns the e-mail account. they say so far

she's a graduate of emery university majoring in environmental health and can't get a job in her field and i'm entry level with a very expensive college education not doing me any g $9 an hour just doesn't cut it. you can make $20 taking care of kids. >> some are optimistic because retailers will be hiring so we may see we may see better number autos the demonstrations are gaining traction with middle class americans, several people came to join protestors camping in front of the federal reserve building. and a majority of the demonstrators were older and some took time from jobs to be there. >> as a citizen i don't feel i have a choice. so i'm hoping that this will change that. >> and a call p calling itself occupy sab jose has been camping out accusing the government of being more concerned with bailouts then helping out middle class workers. let's take you live over this protest in san francisco. now, they've been joined by antiwar protestors on the 10th anniversary of the war in afghanistan making their way through the city. we believe they're near union square at this moment. and

the hairline cracks are in the peers that support the overpasses on emery lane and georgia avenue. for now, crews are reinforcing the peers with steel wire. the bridges have been functioning fine and the repairs are more about insuring their long term durability. >>> prosecutors call their last witness to the stand. he's a propofol expert. a video of a hospital operating room was shown in court to give the jury an idea of how the drug should be administers. he testified giving jackson the drug at home amounted to criminal negligence. it was designed to inflame the jury. dr. murray faces four years in prison if convicted. he may not serve any time because of prison overcrowding in the state of california. >>> a crime spree. how burglars got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to create a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america fro

they found them on the over passes at emery lane, and georgia avenue. workers are working to enforce the supports. engineers say the over passes are still safe to drive on, however. >>> a suburban hospital worker accused of killing his supervisor admitted to that crime and a second murder as well. according to the washington examiner, this person confessed to killing another person, and actually made his confession to another inmate. prosecutors say keith little admitted to stabbing his boss, and you may remember that case, on new year's day. he said that he had gotten a poor performance review and that's why he did it. his trial starts in december, and he admitted to killing a worker back in 2003. little was acquitted in that case. >>> d.c. united star, charlie davies, is suing the nightclub and the energy drink red bull. he was a passenger in a horrible wreck on the gw parkway. he claims shadow room and red pull over served the driver. davies was seriously hurt in the crash. the lawsuit, which is seeking $20 million was filed in d.c. superior court la

some hospitals like emery hospital here in atlanta the shortage of drugs that they have right now isll different types of medications used in all different types of settings. the reason for the shortage, some drug companies are having difficulty complying with new regulations, there are manufacturing delays and in some places they can't get the raw materials o they need or in other cases because these are all generic drugs, the profit margins aren't there to keep on producing them so they stop. causing hospitals to swap out and substitute medications. that makes fertile grounds pore for mistakes. you mentioned the 15 deaths so far and led to an exploding grey market in drugs where some warehouses will hoard the drugs and when they go on shortage they call up the hospital and say how much money do you have, do you want this drug. they are charging between 100% to a thousand percent of what the drugs normally go for and causing problems across the country, adding $400 million to the cost of h healthcare every year in america. >> shepard: 33 miners trapped underground for 69 days and wh

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martha: joined by tom kanip and emery mcelvoy. let me ask you first, emery. about the decision think. want to speak to the little boys again. they say they are going to do it with trained professionals that work with children a lot. what are they looking for here. >> they are looking for anything that will give them a concrete lead where they can hopefully find the baby. it's been a while now. they don't have anything that gives them any information that is leading them to any particular suspect. the only people who know what is going on or who may have some idea is the family. as comfortable as it may be they have to speak to these boys, even though they are very young. martha: tom, what is your take on this case? what do you think happened here? do you think the police are handling it well? >> i think the police are handling it well. my suspicion, i think what seems to fit here is that there very may well have been some sort of accident involving the child, involving at least the child's mother. i think that's what the police are after in this case. and i t

he's going to feel like a new man. >> emery will have to cancel all his santa gigs for this year. >> we'll get through this year, and then we'll be full bore. >> thankful santa got his own present -- christmas present a little early y this -- a little early this year. >> coming up this morning, a closer look at teen brain development and the impact it can have on school performance. >> and teen drivers. how to make the first month safer for your family's new driver. >> and howard county is challenging residents to make a major achange. no soda for a month. details in our medical alert next. >> in this morning's "medical alert" you may have had a call back for more testing. that happens to more than half of women. while most women feel a little scared when they are called back, the majority do not turn out to have cancer. the debate over mammograms just got attention. one of hollywood's famous celebrity reporters announced she has breast cancer and early detection may have saved her life. >> they said, we need you to come back. we have seen something. i remember where i was. i was dri

inspectors found small hairline cracks in three bridges which go over the toll road on georgia avenue, emery lane, in montgomery county and the spokesman says there is no safety risk, but more long-term durability of the bridges. drivers should expect lane closures over the next few weeks while workers put in temporary reenforcements. >>> this afternoon the former montgomery county elementary schoolteacher accused of choking and scratching several of her students, she took the stand in her own defense. >> this is day three of susan's trial. she was a first grade teacher in silver spring until her arrest in january. andrea mccarren has been in the courtroom from the beginning and joins us live from rockville. >> reporter: anita and lesli, susan burke testified very briefly today about school policies and disciplinary action before court was adjourned for the day. it was a dramatic afternoon as the mother of an alleged six- year-old victim broke down in tears on the stand when the defense asked her why she didn't report the scratch on her daughter's arm to police or the school right away. also

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inspectors found the cracks on the bridge supports last week on the overpasses at emery lane, needwoodvenue. crews are already working to reinforce the supports until a long term solution could be found, which could include rebuilding the support structure. engineers say the overpasses are still safe to drive on. >>> dominion virginia power is reviewing how a proposed new nuclear reactor would handle a large earthquake at its north anna power plant. the plant's current reactors automatically shut down during the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in august in mineral, virginia. officials say the reactors did not sustain any significant damage. dominion says federal regulators want all proposed new reactors to consider new seismic standards being developed for existing units. dominion has not yet decided whether to build the new reactor. >>> today's rain could hold up earthquake inspections at the national cathedral. the same team that inspected the washington monument is assessing damage at the cathedral through next week. that work is expected to last all week long. engineers are looking for da

investigators found the cracks on the bridge supports last week on the overpass at emery lane, needwood road, and georgia avenue. crews are already working to reinforce the supports until a long term solution can be found, which could include rebuilding the support structure. engineers say the overpasses are still safe to drive on, but there could be lane closures during the next two weeks while those repairs are made. >>> d.c. drivers will no longer have to be arrested and thrown in jail when caught with expired tags. news 4's tom sherwood reports on the change to the law that has been unique to the district. >> reporter: tens of thousands of vehicles travel city streets every day. until now, anyone caught with expired tags would be arrested, handcuffed, and jailed. that law dates back to before the 1970s passed by congress to help fight drug trafficking with stolen vehicles. but growing complaints from forgetful citizens and an angry letter from senator jim webb to mayor vincent gray prompted the mayor to ask the council to change the law, which it did unanimously tuesday. >> there's

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amy chin of emery university.ery closely when michael douglas underwent chemotherapy and radiation. as far as you know, cancer-free? >> as far as i know, yes. i'm not his treating physician but it's not unusual to have scans and so far he is cancer-free. >> he had been seeing a doctor for six months and worried about his throat and they thought maybe had he strained his vocal cords or whatever you. if something like this happens, what should you do? but listen to what michael douglas said about it. >> the reality is, with all the doctors that i have here in new york, if i had been checked back in january for head and neck cancer, this could have all happened a lot early. and the thing with cancer is, you want to get it as early as you can. >> so, doctor, how do you miss that? is it common to miss something like that? >> well, i think some of his symptoms that he described are very nonspecific. all of us can get a sore throat, get some difficulty swallowing. the problem is when the symptoms don't go away, signs don

attorney dennis burke recently resigned and his assistant emery hurley has been transferred. sources say hurley let kingery go saying grenade parts are novelty items and the case lacked jury appeal. now, in august mexican authorities raided kingery's stash house and factory finding materials for 1,000 grenades there. he's charged with trafficking and allegedly admitted to making grenades, teaching cartels how to make them and helping them convert semiautomatic rifles to fully automatic. as one source puts it, no damage he has done in the first year and a half since let go. the speinspector general is investigating this along with fast and furious. >> thank you. >> that investigation just keeps growing, it seems. >>> now, here's jeff glor at the news desk with a check of the day's other headlines. >> betty, good friday morning to you. a new study out this morning with some pretty dramatic numbers on teen driving. aaa put cameras in the cars of north carolina's families with novice drivers. teens are twice as likely to crash in the first month of driving compared to after they

but as that emery professor points out, there is a much stronger psychological impact seeing that $3r bank statement than when it's embedded in the cost of merchandise. jenna? jenna: an important point, jonathan. thank you. >> reporter: certainly. jon: well, halloween might just be a bright spot in a very scary economy right now. americans are spending more than ever to celebrate halloween this year. they were expected to dish out nearly $7 billion on decorations, costumes and, of course, candy. julie banderas live in new york city with that. >> reporter: yeah, well, apparently ghosts and goblins are not being afraid or spooked by the sluggish economy. and so people are really spending a lot of money this year. and the second largest commercial holiday behind only christmas is booming. in fact, possibly propelled by the dismal summer, consumers will be gobbling up more treats than ever with over 160 million people planning on celebrating halloween, according to the national retail federation or the nrf since they began their survey nine years ago. and it's not just the kids that will

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independent emery. caller: first of all, i would like to say, i am not surprised to hear all of the democratic callers attacking christie personally. they should be scared of this guy. i believe he is the only candidate we have that is speaking the truth and not afraid to speak the truth. he reminds me of ronald reagan. and i am praying that he runs for president. he is the guy that i believe in. host: what do you think about the prospects of him beating president obama? caller: i think he has an outstanding chance. in this part of the country, he stands for the conservative values that we love year -- small governments. i think president obama at this point -- i don't think he has a chance. abct: also in the interview president obama responded to a question about chris christie end what he said about president obama. here is what he had to say? caller: a guy who is thinking about running for president will say a lot of stuff. and republican primaries, saying nasty stuff about me -- >> he said in new je

this is along the emery river. it damaged 42 homes. that disaster raised a lot of questions and concerns about how coal ash is stored all across the country. in that case, the t.v.a. used an above-ground, unlined storage pond that broke loose after a heavy rain. some states have appropriate storage stan tards, like my home state of florida. they're appropriate. but the problem is, some states do not have the appropriate standards. i believe e.p.a. was right to begin an appropriate national review of guidelines for proper coal ash disposal. the problem here is the g.o.p. bill stops that effort in its tracks. the g.o.p. bill is too liberal and too permissive. i have relayed to e.p.a. that many actors in the field recycle coal ash material in my hometown in tampa, we send a lot of coal ash for the building of the new panama canal expansion, we use it in wall board, and this needs to be encouraged. we want to see the beneficial reuse industry flourish. recycled ash should not be labeled as hazardous and i don't think it would be labeled as