i-95, if you are traveling i-95 in virginia, slow at the occoquan. your delays begin at the beltway and from the beltway to the occoquan, you are at 28 miles per hour and it will take you 22 minutes to make the trip. >> back to you, barbara. >>> remember that wildfire burning in virginia? well, it's finally out. the swamp burned for more than three months. officials surveyed the area and found no evidence that smoke out there now. the fire was discovered back in august. it consumed more than 6,500 acres, and authorities believe lightning started the fire. >>> astronauts onboard the international space station are breathing a sigh of relief after dodging space junk out there. a debris from a weather satellite would pass dangerously close to the space station, and around 5:00 this morning the junk did pass by with no problem. it was traveling at 17,000 miles per hour, so it could have caused a lot of damage. >>> and you can call this a christmas miracle. a helicopter was using a cable to install a christmas tree in new zealand this morning, when the rut

taking the trip on i-95 at the occoquan, coming out of dale city as you make your way to the occoquanstarting to definitely slow down. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> our time is now 5:42. ♪ [ gasp ] [ mom ] my husband -- he thinks it's a 3-sheeter. i say 1-sheeter. bounty can clean the mess with less. [ female announcer ] in this lab demo, 1 sheet of bounty leaves this surface as clean as 2 sheets of the bargain brand. ♪ dance cooking? bring it. super durable. super absorbent. super clean. bounty the 1-sheet clean picker-upper. and try bounty napkins. >>> right now wikileaks founder julian assange is in a courtroom waiting to find out whether he'll be returned to sweden to face sex charges. the 39-year-old australian is accused of sexually assaulting two women. assange denies the allegations. many of his supporters say it's a conspiracy to keep assange and wikileaks from exposing any more government secrets. the decision is expected any minute now. >>> republican presidential hopeful herman cain will be on capitol hill today. he's trying to sell gop lawmakers on

traveling north from the occoquan making your way towards the beltway, not seeing any issues for you. southbound looks good as well. i'll give you a travel speed right now. 64 miles per hour as you make your way from the occoquan river bridge to the beltway. only taking you 11 minutes. angie and joe, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> just 17 minutes away from the start of the 5:00 hour. a new twist in the search for a missing mother who vanished after appearing on tv. who police are now focusing on. >>> inside lebanon is hit northern israel, marking the first sign of hostility between the countries in two years. according to israeli media, two buildings in western galilee were damaged. there were no reports of injuries or deaths. israel did return fire. the border between lebanon and israel have been quiet recently, but there have been concerns that tensions in syria could spill over to lebanon. in 1996, israel fight a war with hezbollah guerrillas in lebanon. >>> a nato air strike that killed pakistani soldiers over the weekend may have been provoked by the taliban. nato

lanes here are open as you work your way across the occoquan. no accidents, just volume. you will fine the inner loop of the beltway rolling at speed. southbound 270 starting to bunch up here in germantown headed past mva. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> first, rick perry and now herman cain has a brain freeze moment. it happened when a reporter from the milwaukee journal september nell asked the republican presidential candidate if he disagreed with the president's handling of libya. >> do you agree with president obama on libya or not? >> okay. libya. bya. president obama supported the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of ghadafi. just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say yes i agree or no i didn't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. no, that is a different one. got to go back. >> cain later dismissed that interview saying he paused so he could gather his thoughts. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. we'll talk a little bit. mo

here is a live look right now at the occoquan as you make your commute right now traveling on i-95 south from the beltway to prince william parkway, you are at 40 miles per hour and it will take 20 minutes for that commute. and on the right of the screen, the inner loop, taillights, and no problems on the inner loop or outer loop in this area. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. >> just in time for thanksgiving, and a great big surprise. he arrived home on leave, and he headed for the cafeteria where his unsuspecting daughters were there having lunch. the big surprise was coordinated by his wife and school staff. he got home in time to see his younger daughter play in her first basketball game. >>> well, one of the classic signs of the holiday season is now open for your enjoyment. skaters can take to the ice near washington, d.c. starting at 10:00 this morning they were able to get out there. more than 65,000 people strapped on their skates last year to enjoy the rink. visitors that go skating this weekend will see a coupon for a cup of hot chocolate. the rink will stay open until march

northbound i-95 below speed as you work your way up towards the occoquan leaving the prince william parkway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we continue to follow a developing story this morning. another carjacking at a shopping center in wheaton. >> police believe the same man is targeting elderly men. sherry ly has more. >> reporter: the carjacker seems to follow the same m. o.. he strikes in the parking lot here at wheaton plaza. the latest case, a 77-year-old man who was carjacked just outside the target store. the suspect appears to go after the elderly in the middle of the day and he uses a box cutter or a large knife. yesterday's carjacking comes after i asimilar case on saturday in the giant parking lot. police say a 60-year-old man was forced into his car at knife point, drove to a atm to withdraw cash. the suspect then stole about $380 and drove to a gas station in northwest d.c. he left the victim unharmed and walk tied metro station to escape. the first carjacking took place the day before thanksgiving also at the giant in wheaton plaza. in that case, a suspect

i-95, volume uncreasing here trying to work your way across the occoquan and continuing up in to newingtonthen finally, wrapping it up in northeast washington, that is where we have the incident. this is north capital street at m street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our top story, the white house hit by a bullet. >> the investigators are looking into whether or not this is connected to a recent shooting. stacy cohan is following this story from near the white house this morning. >> if it is not connected, it certainly is a very eerie coincidence. there are many questions surrounding these bullets. first of all, which weapon did they come from and where onering is oscar ortega hernandez, the man they are looking for in connection with the shooting last week. these two bullets, one was found that had shattered a window at the white house. it was stopped by this protective ballistic sealing they have on the inside of the white house. a second bullet was found on the white house lawn and once again, they are still looking for the man connected with the incident on friday.

northbound 95 heading up into dale city and past the prince william parkway, past the occoquan. all lanes are open. your next check of timesaver traffic at 6:11. andrea, back to you. >>> after half a century on the drawing board and nine months being partially open, the intercounty connector is finally open to drivers from interstate 270 all the way to i- 95. >> on a years, didn't -- 50 years, didn't take long. it opened six hours early. the first commuters are getting a chance to take advantage of it. surae is west of i-95. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning. drivers seem to be in a good mood. motorists are honking as they pass by because they know they're on a brand new stretch of the highway on the icc linking gaithers about org to laurel from 370 to 95. we're on the eastern edge of the icc where 95 meets the intercounty connector. in the next week and a half, you can drive this for free. but after that, you will need an ez pass. if you don't have one of these, you will be billed in the mail for 150% of your toll which means the price of your toll and then some. so

travel speed from the occoquan bridge to the beltway, right now you're at 61 miles per hour. so bad. slight delay on the marc, camden south train number 841, just five-minute delay. metro and vre running on or close to schedule. >>> new from overnight, a jumbo jet made an emergency landing after it blew five tires after taking off. this philippine airline 747 had to return to the international airport. emergency crews helped all the passengers off the plane. no injuries have been reported. >>> we're hearing for the first time from the man accused of firing that gun at the white house. he's now charged with attempted assassination of the president. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us with more on what's on that audiotape and the latest on the investigation. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. a lot of new information this morning. first of all, we found out through court records yesterday it appears he may have fired as many as nine shots at the white house on november 11th. that was last friday. according to court documents as well, we now also know that ortega

definitely keeping speed right now as you travel northbound leaving woodbridge headed towards the occoquan. hov is in good shape as well. overnight roadwork has cleared as you travel the beltway between annandale and merrifield. if you are coming in from the west off of 66, light traffic volume now from manassas head in towards centreville. no problems report the right now coming across the american legion bridge. traffic running at speed leaving montgomery county headed back into fairfax. no problems to report off the inner loop as you continue to work your way around from the dulles toll road back around towards 270. it is the wasn'ter main break that is tying up our commute. if you are travel ago long 410 on the east high pressure west highway near connecticut avenue, some traffic is able to get around this break. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a fox 5 follow-up. do you owe the district money? several leaders got upset after seeing our report about the man who owes more than $17 million in back taxes. >> reporter: the news was stunning. when the d.c. tax office said t

coming up dale city across the occoquan, pace improves for a little bit. northbound volume is building to get up past edsall road, landmark to seminary then getting to the 14th street bridge. in all cases, lanes have been open. the outer loop in maryland, you're in slow traffic heading west of college park around to georgia avenue. prince william county with a crash on southbound 28 just before you reach the road. police say they've got one lane blocked at the scene. your next check of timesaver traffic at 6:25. mike, back to you. >>> thanks, beverly. >>> next in sports, learn who the nba says is headed for a nuclear winter. >> right now, time for another check on our question of the morning. it is concession time for ladies. 33% of us have done which of these things to a coworker. is it a, throw them under the bus. b, eat their lunch or c, let the elevator doors close before they could get in? >> kay writes on our facebook page, a, throw them under the bus. i'm sick and tired of others getting away with stuff and not working. >> jody writes is it a bad sig

where if you're planning to head over to springfield you have that delay at the occoquan river and beyond that it's okay on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. no issues to report right now. coming up in my next report, update on area roadways again at 6:12. back to you guys. >>> its is 6:303. the latest look at unemployment. >> comes out in about two hours, jessica doyle joins us with a preview. >> that's right. we're at the point where the job market, we're not bad. is considered good. >> yeah. right. right. >> it really is the case. and this report is expected to be not all that bad because we are likely to see a lot of jobs created last month. about 100,000. just not enough to do much about that pesky unemployment rate. it remains stuck at 9.1%. for the fourth month in a row. going inside the numbers, the private sector likely added 120 125,000 jobs. where the -- 125,000 jobs. the really good part about this report at least for wall street is that traders are spending a little less time angsting about jobs lately. that's because fears of the double dip recession have eased in the last

you have the delays from the occoquan heading in to lorton. t's go over back to the maps right now on the inbound side of i-66, early morning incident at route 123 was cleared awhile ago. you have a solid back-up from centreville into fairfax. beyond that, you will be ok as you head toward the beltway on 66. on marc, brunswick line 874 and 8892, a 10-minute delay, at least 25 minutes late this morning. more on what's going on on 9 a coming up at 6:58. >> thank you, monika. it is 6:47. today we reintroduce our morning feature called holiday lights. >> it is a chance to show off your christmas or hanukkah decorations. they don't have to look like this but it doesn't hurt. >> clark! >>> todd! >> clark! >> honey, i think i know what's wrong. [alarm sounding] [ laughter ] >> that's the display from "christmas vacation." we want to see what your home looks like whether it can be seen from outer space or driving by it slowly or if you just have a really nice tree, we want to see that, too. >> people already have the lights illuminated. i saw them comi

i-59 but it too is starting to low as you work your way through woodbridge headed out towards the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> protests outside of the white house yesterday. part of a crowd voicing its opposition for a trans-national oil pipeline that would stretch from canada to the gulf coast. another group was pushing for bp to spay victims of the gulf oil dis-- to pay victims of the gulf oil disaster. >>> andy rooney pass wade friday from complications following minor surgy. he had only stepped down from regular appearances on 06 minutes a few weeks ago. of his quick to point out he was not retiring n a statement, cbs called him an icon. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. the debt crisis has become too much to handle. now, the prime minister of greece says he is stepping down. >>> how is this for a bizarre piece of music memorandum rae bill ya. a canadian dentist paid just over $31,000 at auction for one of john len ton's teeth. he gave the molar to his housekeeper who worked for him back in the '60s. part of a collecti

some slowdown on 95 just past the prince william parkway in the occoquan. 66 east. heaviest volume has been in manassas just getting into centerville. montgomery county just the building volume on the outer loop heading into silver spring. another look at timesaver traffic at 6:12. mike? >>> at the top of the hour let's get a check of the stories happening today. wilson ramos will be at nationals park and should be talking with reporters. the nats' catcher was rescued from kidnappers a week ago. he's in town here to undergo a physical and mental evaluation with team doctors. >>> the sheriff's office is hosting a food drive. you can drop off food this morning at the sheriff's office in la plata. indian head and waldorf. all the donations will go to the southern maryland food bank. >>> the national cathedral's reopening festivities will resume with a concert by local students, 400 musicians and singers from the cathedral school will perform tonight. the concert starts at 8:00 and it is open to the public, this weekend will be a busy one for the congressional supercommi

you i don't recollect with our way out from the prince william parkway continuing out towards the occoquan. no accidents, just volume right now and as you can see, definitely below speed here as you work your way northbound head up towards the woodbridge exit and continuing out towards newington. all of the lane here are open. the beltway look pretty good as you travel between annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the search is on for suspects after an armed robbery overnight on the university of maryland campus. campus police say it happened at cecil hall shortly before 12:45 this morning. no one was hurt and it is unclear what the suspects may have gotten away with. >>> a rather strange video you will see first on fox here of the suspected white house shooter, oscar ortega hernandez. he is rambling on about being jesus christ, railing against the u.s. government. this video was made by a student at idaho state university in an attempt to get ortega hernandez on oprah but video was never you be mitted. >> for more, we turn to fox 5's tom fitzgerald li

no problems here as you head through woodbridge to the occoquan river. we'll go a little further north into springfield on the northbound side. leaving this to the beltway on to 395 to the 14th street bridge looks like this all the way up. we'll go to 66 for the last live look at the roosevelt bridge. looking fine inside the beltway into the downtown area. coming up, we'll go into maryland at 5:39. mike and andrea? >> republican presidential candidate herman cain is facing new trouble this morning on top of slipping to third place in a recent poll behind newt gingrich and mitt romney. >> it has been a month since the first of several women have come out making sexual harassment allegations against cain. but now, a woman named ginger white from atlanta says she had an affair with cain for more than a decade. cain says white is only a friend who he helped financially. so, he held a news conference or he talked to wolf blitter on cnn, denying the affair. >> get out in front of it because i have nothing to hide. i have done nothing wrong. >> it is pretty simp

you are getting busy toward dale city as you make your way towards the occoquan. here's a look at 395 at the pentagon. traveling north and south on 395, no issues for you. local roadways look really good as well. if you're making your commute in d.c., here's your view of chinatown. seventh and "h" very clear in this area. if you're driving in silver spring, a look at colesville road and fen ton. not seeing any issues in this area as well. back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> millions of bank of america customers will see a refund in the coming months. the bank will pay $410 million dealing a lawsuit. the lawsuit claims bank of america tried to profit by charging fees on overdraft protection. customers will get an average refund of $27. new regulations prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees without receiving customer >>> it's something many redskins coaches have known for years, but now mike shanahan as admitted the burgundy and gold are rebuilding. the team is on its third quarterback since john beck came to town. beck is 0-3 and the 31st rated quarterback

no problems to report here as we come up from dale city all the way across the occoquan river and theay, you'll be ok this morning. more on that car fire coming up at 4:39. andrea and sneak. >> thank you, monika. republican presidential candidate herman cain is expected to hold a news conference to discuss the latest sexual harassment allegations against him. >> yesterday a fourth woman accused cain of inappropriate behavior more than a decade ago allegedly. cain's campaign incysts the allegations against him are completely false. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: herman cain will hold a press conference in phoenix to fight the latest sexual allegations against him. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean, just admit what you did. >> monday, sharon became the fourth woman to come forward but the first to go public. in graphic detail, she described how cain touched her inappropriately more than a decade ago when she was looking for work. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said what are you doing? mr. cain said you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >>

you're doing fine leaving the occoquan river. a live look at springfield on the northbound side. no worries here. all lanes are open. just a bit of volume to deal with right now. as you head through 395 and the 14th street bridge. key bridge, no problems to report right now on 66 as you head for the downtown area. the key bridge through the rosslyn area and georgetown looks fine. remember though if you're planning to head northbound on the gw parkway at spout run, the long-term construction project has begun and that's blocking the left lane. just getting word of an incident in greenbelt. i'll have that coming up at 5:24. mike and andrea? >> putting a traditional meal on the table for thanksgiving is easier said than done in some households. >> we're proud to be team up with the boy scouts again this year for food drive 9. you may have received a bag last weekend in maryland and virginia. please consider filling it up and leaving it for the scouts to pick up this saturday. in the district, you can make your donations at any safeway store. just log on to wusa9.com for those locati

here's a look at i-95 at the occoquan.y foggy and actually slow out of dale city, passing the occoquan, as you make your way towards lorton. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> 6:33 right now. republicans in virginia are celebrating a rare feat this morning. the gop is on the verge of controlling both houses under a republican governor for only the second time since the civil war. megan mcgrath is live in loudoun county with the latest. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we're here in senate district 13. this is one of the new seats created through redistricting, and the republicans thought they could win it. indeed they did. the gop only needed two seats in order to effectively take control of the senate. when the votes were counted, republicans got that second seat. by the slimmest of margins. it looks like there's going to be some sort of a challenge. it all comes down to district 17. republican bryce reeves edged out democrat incumbent edd houck by just 86 votes. with so much a

in springfield, no problems to report here as you leave dale city on 9 a heading across the occoquan and into the beltway, you'll be ok. last look live on the beltway north of town on the inner loop at university boulevard, the construction has been cleared. you've got the wet roadways to contend with. take it nice and slow. coming up, we'll head into maryland at 4:39. >>> on the campaign trail, herman cain is facing more trouble. a georgia businesswoman claims she had a 13-year extramarital affair with the republican presidential hopeful that ended shortly before he announced his candidacy. >> cain flatly denies the allegations. he said he tried to help the woman financially. susan mcginnis has more on the race for the white house. >> reporter: herman cain denies he ever cheated on his wife with a georgia businesswoman. monday, ginger white told fox 5 atlanta she had a 13-year affair with the republican presidential hopeful that ended shortly before he launched his white house bid. >> it was pretty simple. it was uncompliccated and i was aware that he was married. and i was also awar

no problems there. 95, 395 off to a quiet start leaving the occoquan for the pentagon.of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> you know how the idea of imposing a curfew on minors in montgomery county has been debated for months. now, some council members say the proposed law needs to go further. they want to stop loitering altogether. sarah simmons has more. >> reporter: teens and their activities in montgomery county are under the microscope. >> what the curfew law would allow us to do is folks we believe are under 18, we have the authority to have those conversations. >> reporter: council members are trying to come up with a law that would allow police officers to crack down on crime without violating a teenager's rights. here is part of the fuel for this debate. a flash mob robbery of the seven 9-11 in germantown. several teens walked in and stole items and walked right out the door. a police officer talked with the group before the crime but was unable to do anything about it. >> if we'd had the curfew, we would have been able to make sure the kids went hom

you make your way past the occoquan. eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks so much. >>> 5:55 now. amtrak is gearing up for thanksgiving travelers. thanksgiving is the rail way's busiest time of the year. extra trains and rail cars will be added to a number of routes, including those going through chicago and the midwest. the day before and the sunday after thanksgiving are typically the busiest travel days. amtrak is advising passengers to arrive at the stations early and carry a valid picture i.d. this holiday season, shoppers have high expectations. they want to get a lot of bang for their buck. the national retail federation reports shoppers want good deals without sacrificing quality, convenience, and service. shoppers tell them those factors will help them decide where to spepd their money. >>> if you're shopping for a new car this holiday season, you are in luck. lexus is rolling out its december to remember promotion one month early. according to "usa today," the red bow themed marketing campaign will begin later t

if you're heading south i'll give you a view of the occoquan. northbound, i'll give you a travel speed right now. you're at 58 miles per hour. to get from the bridge to the belt way, that trip will only take you 11 minutes. >> danella, thanks so much. >> another violent night in cairo, even after egypt's mitt leader offered concessions. he announced the military would hand over control to a civilian president by next july. that wasn't good enough, though, for the tens of thousands of protesters in the swear. they want him to step done now. the military has been in control since hosni mubarak was overthrown by an uprising back in february. the violence has left more than 30 people dead since saturday. thorn a georgetown university student and two other americans remain in an egyptian jail. all they have been studying at the american university in cairo. they were arrested during monday's protest. they're accused of throwing molotov cocktails at security forces. a u.s. embassy officer was present when the students were questioned but the case also

i-95 at the occoquan, not seeing any issues for you just yet. north and south, your lanes are open. as you continue northbound and make your way on 395, you're clear all the way to the 14th street bridge in both directions. no problems out on the roads in this area if you're doing early morning shopping. >>> breaking news out of northwest washington. d.c. police are investigating a stabbing in the 1700 block of columbia road in adams morgan. a man in his 20s was found stabbed in the lower back. he is in serious condition at a local hospital. right now police do not have any further information on a suspect or a possible motive in the attack. >>> police in maryland are trying to determine what caused a driver to lose control hitting seven pedestrians in a home depot parking lot. the accident left one person dead in the 3300 block on east-west highway in hyattsville. the car was leaving the scene yesterday afternoon when it lost control and ran over six people standing on a median. police said the driver, who was in his or her 60s, passed out. at this time, they don't know his conditio

here's the view from the occoquan. not seeing any delays north or southbound. as you continue on to 395, road still looks pretty clear. not seeing anything slowing you down. this is the view from edsall road. from edsall all the way to the 14th street bridge on 395 in both directions, you are clear and very clear as you make your way into the city. joe and eun, back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> today a d.c. firefighter who nearly lost his life battling a fire will return to work. chuck ryan spent seven weeks in the hospital after sustaining burns to more than one-third of his body in that fire back in april. news 4's tracee wilkins is outside that firehouse in southeast where his shift will begin in just a few hours. >> it seems like yesterday that we covered that fire where chuck ryan and four other firefighters were injured and burned in what was a vacant house fire that was actually set by someone who was later charged for doing that. let me take you back to what happened on april 8th, 2011. there were, again, five firefighters who were injured i

let's take a look into springfield on the northbound side of i-95 look great from the occoquan river is point and we'll take a look at the 14th street bridge. this is a good indication of what it looks like on 395, nice and light from the beltway across the potomac river. we'll go into the district at 4:39. andrea and sneak. >> fallout from the penn state university child sex abuse scandal continues! late last night, the university's board of trustees fired university president graham spannier and the legendary head football coach joe paterno. >> both men were fired over how they handled the allegations of sexual abuse and rape. the allegations are against former coach sandusky. it came hours after paterno announced he had planned to retire at the end of the season. >> reporter: police in riot gear moved in after thousands of outraged penn state students took to the streets. they packed downtown state college wednesday night to show their support for ousted coaching legend joe paterno. students shook lampposts and toppled over this news van after the university trustee board made its

all the way across the occoquan river and continuing north of the beltway from college park looks good. back to you. >> thank you. >>> dozens of volunteers waking up this morning to make sure everyone has a special meal this thanksgiving. >> with the number of families in need still growing, cooking that meal is no small task. jummy olabanji joins us from the knights of columbia tip -- from the knights of columbus kitchen in arlington. >> good morning. i had to get out of the kitchen because it is too early to be around all of that starch. it smells too good. this is the dining room. the tables are set already. the place mats were made by students at a local elementary school. they made them for all the tables this morning. it is a whole community efforts of everybody gathering around and doing what they can, doing their part to try to help out some people in our community who are most in need. right now i will step over to take you over to where my favorite part of thanksgiving dinner this is being made. they are putting up dozens of pies right now. look at the table. there are a lot

normal delays across the occoquan river with a clash in warrick on the shoulder. times between washington and baltimore. >>> predominantly dry this morning. thick clouds overhead and a few showers are south of the metro. looking at the small numbers. 48 in northwest d.c. and college park, 46 in germantown if along with gains bill. fairly uniform temperatures and a comfortable start today. terms fredericksburg to montross is the northern edge of the rain. we have steady rains out of that. drive for the most part. along and south of highway 3 we have some showers. -- dry for the most part in the metro area. sunshine after lunch time, but gusty with a north wind at 10 to 20. highs in the low 50's tomorrow. mid 30's in the morning tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. >>> all eyes on the october unemployment report that do this morning. economists say the nation probably added 100,000 jobs last month, but that is only enough to keep the current jobless rate stagnant. as of sept. the nation's unemployment rate stands at 9.1%. >>> let's talk about the global economy. the europea

no problems to report if you are traveling northbound on 95 and 395 coming from the occoquan to the pentagon, the lanes are open at duke street headed up towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain is speaking at events around the d.c. area today. sexual harassment allegations from the late '90s that recently resurfaced are showing no sign of going away. >> one of his accusers who wants to go you believe is meeting with her lawyer in georgetown this afternoon. the first appearance for cain is this afternoon in tyson's. >> herman cain has come to the washington area to tell power brokers he is a serious candidate and yet he is still pending off attacks dating back to the sexual harassment charges that were in the 1990s. merge and cain has been polling at the top of the heap of the republican presidential hopefuls. the former ceo of godfather's pizza said he came to washington today to talk about health care reform but the sexual harassment charges continue to be the topic of the day. now, the woman worked with him at t

problems to report at this point as you guys work your way north of dale city headed up towards the occoquan and beyond. you will find the beltway is running smoothly each way now at the wilson bridge. callers hitting me up on twitter -- i should say people tweeting telling me overnight construction has cleared traveling the top stretch of the beltway between 270 and college park. traffic flowing freely out of montgomery county headed down towards tyson's. 207 busy on the top side approaching and passing 109 but still at speed out of germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c. police are investigating an early morning homicide. they were called to the scene in the 500 block of end wood street northeast. this was around 2:20 this morning. a man had been shot. he later died at the hospital. no word this morning on any suspects. ts. >>> also new this morning, more bad news for the redskins. fresh off sunday's loss to the dolphins, several reports say tight end fred davis and offensive tackle trent williams tested positive for what is being described as quote, unquote, rec

if you are traveling northbound on i-95 out of dale city, no problems to report as you head for the occoquan. lanes are open on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. top side of the beltway in good shape leaving college park trying to get past colesville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, a federal judge will hear testimony today on whether the man who shot president reagan should be released into his family's care. john hinckley has been in a mental health facility since his trial ended in 1982. the hearing may last up to a week and a half. not clear if hinckley will testify. >>> gary giordano left a jail last night in aruba after four months in detention there. a judge there said prosecutors had failed to present enough evidence to hold him. giordano claims gardner was swept out to sea while snorkeling. prosecutors will aheel business his release at a hearing later this morning. giordano has hired the same lawyer who defended casey andthony. >>> the suspected east coast rapist back in virginia now expected to appear in a prince william c

really coming right up from 95 at the occoquan river up the line to this point. we'll go over to pennsylvania avenue at the willard hotel. looking really good here as well in the northwest corridor. let's go over to the roosevelt bridge if you're planning to come in on 66 inside the beltway. very quiet there as well. we'll take you over to the american legion bridge on the west side of town. no problems to report if you're leaving the tysons area or bethesda coming down from 270. coming up, we'll go into maryland at 5:09. back to you, jessica and mike. >> investigators with major league baseball are now trying to help venezuelan authorities in the kidnapping of nationals player wilson ramos. >> gunmen took ramos in front of his family home. surae chinn is at nationals park with more on the limited clues police have so far. surae, good morning. >> good morning to both of you. yes, venezuelaen police are working on a couple of leads this morning, one of which is finding the get away car yesterday. they have sketches of captors but no sign or wilson ramos. nationals

i-95, building in sole yum as you work your way north of the prince william parkway headed for the occoquanheck of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> romo steps up. a cowboys first down to the redskins. >> that is one of the damagers and then there is the one that did i d. it in for them. another heartbreaker for the redskins falling to the cowboys in overtime. redskins' longest losing streak in some 13 years. dave ross here to break down the latest in our monday morning quarterback. at least this one was close. it doesn't count in the win column but there were some positive signs we could take out of this one. >> it is funnily. you say they haven't hay streak like this in 13 years but yesterday was probably, aside from week one, clearly the best game that rex grossman has had all year and the crowe was into it. it felt like the rivalry game we all thought it would be. all week long, we were talking about it. and then all of a sudden, you get this great game that seemingly came out of nowhere from the offensive side for the redskins. so you're right. there is a lot of positive signs. we'll tak

your drive on northbound 950 and 395, still slow coming into the prince william parkway across the occoquannew volume in newington. little more volume at landmark and now just coming up from battery channel drive to get to the 14th street bridge. your next check of timesaver traffic coming up. andrea? >> at 6:32, we have a commuter alert. weekend track work with close part of the blue and yellow lines. they will be closed between pentagon city and king street in northern virginia. the closure starts tomorrow night at 10:00 and will go through sunday night. no metro service to national airport this weekend. there will be shuttle bus service including an express bus between the airport and metro center. you should add 30 minutes to your travel time. >>> the man accused of firing an ak-47 at the white house is due in court later today. he could be charged with attempted assassination. >> police caught up with the suspect wednesday. he was found in the town of indiana, pennsylvania. that's in the central part of the state, east of pittsburgh. his name, ortega hernandez. the 21-year-old is accus

northbound i-59 in good shape leaving woodbridge headed northbound coming across the occoquan. you are traveling to and from riverdale, southbound bw parkway checking for the stalled car. northbound, an accident reported at 410. heads up as you leave the beltway headed down towards cheverly. >>> a fox 5 investigation diving deep near a story that had everybody talking recently when we told you about a d.c. man who owes the d.c. government nearly $1 million in dally. went attacks. >> what is being done to get that money paid and what about the other tax offenders out there? matt ackland went looking for the answers. >> reporter: as you add up the 18 biggest alleged tax cheats in d.c., the debt is hard to believe. just on this list, we're talking more than $25 million. you will remember the biggest offender, barry morewitz who allegedly owes more than $18 million. >> upablable. >> i talked to them about it and as recently as today. >> reporter: jack evans has oversiefght d.c.'s tax and revenue. >> where this is money. what are they doing to collect the money. >> reporter: this bu

just a little bit of slow traffic across the occoquan river building there. take a live look into springfield on the northbound side of 95. you know you'll have a bit of volume. incident-free to the beltway. coming up, we'll take a look into maryland at 5:38. mike and andrea? >> thanks, monika. >> several area fire departments have been busy early this morning. in kensington, montgomery county firefighters are dousing flames at a home under construction on summit avenue near franklin street. >>> in fairfax county, investigators think gas may have fueled a large house fire there. this is in the 63 hundred block of indian run parkway. it took firefighters more than an hour to get it under control. two people at the home are now in temporary shelters. >>> a metrobus and a d.c. fire truck collided early this morning. the crash happened at wheeler road and valley avenue in southeast washington. the bus driver, a passenger and a firefighter were transported to local hospitals with nonlife-threatening injuries. no word yet on the cause of the accident or whether eith

see the delay form as you travel out of woodbridge in both the mop line and the hovs headed for the occoquanems to report on the top stretch of the beltway, overnight construction now cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new details this morning on that no-show professor at george washington university. the school says students who received a grades for a chas that was never taught will have their tuition for that course repunnedded but they will still get credit for taking t the professor resigned last month after students complained she never taught two semester of his a course in the physician assistants program. officials say student will still receive credit for the class because they have earned it through experiences in clinical rotation and other course work. >>> a police officer made what made may be the easiest and most unusual arrest of his car i'm man told an officer of his a wanted man but he was tired of living life on the run. we get the details from paul wagner. >> reporter: carlton robinson was on routine patrol near lafayette park this morning when wil

and they picked up the last few hours and most is from the south-southwest and to i-95 and to the occoquanou end up with a few more showers to stafford county and this is to the north of fredericksburg. 61 in up to; managed up to 68, believe it or not, with the front noising in here, it's gotten cooler, and some temperatures have dropped. the 50s to the north and into that west. the temperature around 60, 58 at 9, 55 or so at 11:00 and the showers are starting, they will stay with us and that is looking like it's wet for tomorrow. sue will join me again and we're going to talk about our winter weather forecast, what to expect coming up in terms of snowfall amounts. >> oh, good. >> this winter and that is what everyone wants to know. >> okay. >> 540, 5:45. >> okay. good. >> coming up, congresswoman gabby giffords gets her first on-camera interview plus. >> i don't agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. that was a different one. um. >> yikes. we'll tell you why herman cain and rick perry -- well, why herman cain had a rick perry moment of his own. >>> and caught on camer

nice and easy leaving dumfries working your way into woodbridge and coming across the occoquan. , that accident activity reported at route 7 along the right side of the highway. lanes are open as you head out on 66 trying to get past fair oaks and fair lakes. overnight construction cleared. eastbound lanes are open, no problems to report headed inbound from manassas. you will find in you are traveling northbound on 270 just north of falls road in the local lanes, we have accident activity there. that is tying up one of the lanes there. southbound lanes are open, no problems to report leaving germantown headed down towards gaithersburg and out towards rock shill. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> if you're commuting by metrorail this weekend, expect delays. crews will be working on the red, blue and orange line. look for slow downs between glenmont and foggy bottom and mcpherson square. shuttles will be available. >>> small victory for mayor vip gray in d.c. as the congressal investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by his mayoral campaign is over. the oversigh

delays across the occoquan. with all lanes open on to 395, inner loop at telegraph road, crashes on the right lane coming out of oxon hill through alexandria. i-95 heading south down toward richmond. northbound heading up past baltimore through the tunnels making your way north through delaware. the i-70, 68 corridor checks in all right. allow the extra time for the rain and the patience for this travel. your next timesaver traffic at 6:45. back to you. >> all right, beverly, thank you. >> thanksgiving travel time. we have a look at how this year's drive is going to be different from last year. as we reported yesterday, the intercounty connector now links interstates 270 and 95 in maryland. it is a toll road but it is toll free for the holiday which is good news. the bad news though, the tolls have gone up in other spots in maryland. right now, it is $3 at the baltimore tunnels. $6 on i-95 in cecil county. back to good news, the awful toll plaza in delaware is a lot better if you haven't been through there recent

to get from the beltway to the occoquan river biridge, it will take you 21 minutes. 're eastbound route 7 trying to access the inner loop of the beltway, still have the accident on the right side of the ramp. stick to the left to access the inner loop of the beltway. >>> yeah! yeah! yeah! >>> a man jailed in aruba for t disappearances of his travel companion could walk free today. prosecutors will ask judges to keep gary giordano in jail for another 30 days as they try to solve the disappearance of robyn gardner. giordano claims he and gardner were snorkeling, and she was pulled away by the strong current. police tried to recreate that account and say it does not add up. however, they are yet to charge him with any crime. >>> prince george's county may soon be the next maryland county to enforce a 5 cent bag tax. right now the county says it spends more than $2.5 million on cleanup. council members feel that number could be drastically reduced by enacting this bag tax. the county requires the maryland general assembly's permission to implement the new tax. d.c. has ha

we have the slow-going traffic as you work your way out of deal city headed up to the occoquan. there on the highways again. this happens object the shot at randolph road. you can see it will impact your commute coming in through upper montgomery county. you want to allow extra time out there on the roads. this will slow you down this morning. pack that cup of joe to go. the accident activity northbound 295 at howard road has cleared. however, the accident on the freeway westbound at south capital street is still there. only the two right lanes are blocked. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> penn state has fired legendary football coach joe paterno. students took to the streets in protest shortly after that announcement was made. >> they hit the streets late last night cop fronting police an even flipping over a tv news van. stacy cohan joins us now for the latest. things got pretty crazy down there. >> you have a beloved coach. you have these horrific charges again the assistant coach and all of that has added up to a lot of passion. sparks flying, a campus riot.

overall delays forming in woodbridge to get across the occoquan. more volume. lanes open as you make your way up on to 395 and head for the 14th street bridge. 66 eastbound, already saw slow traffic from manassas to centreville with an incident on the shoulder. here on 66 and falls church, plenty of room to slide under the hov. no problems heading into rosslyn. maryland drivers, outer loop of the beltway, slow traffic forming to get into silver spring. on the outer loop before you reach connecticut avenue, broken down car hit a big tire tread which damaged its windshield on the left shoulder. pace still good here at new hampshire avenue. the volume is building. 270, cleared a crash southbound before 121. volume there as you head in from hyattstown, germantown on into rockville. maryland, you check in all right. bridges into downtown and southeast. routes into northeast checked in incident-free. next check of timesaver traffic coming up at 6:00. andrea? >> most of us know someone who has cancer or has been affected by the disease. interacting with your loved ones

once you're beyond that, you're ok from the occoquan river into springfield and on to 395. more on both of those accidents coming up at 6:14. back to you guys. >>> thanks, monika. the penn state campus turned into somewhat of a violent mob last night. students reacting to the news that football coach joe paterno was fired. >> the university also got rid of its president days after the arrest of a former assistant coach. he's accused of sexually assaulting boys over several years. greg black has the latest from penn state. >> police use pepper spray on some penn state fans who took the streets after learning legendary coach joe paterno has been fired. >>> the police responded after the crowd tore down lampposts and tipped over a news van. earlier, the fans expressed their support for paterno. >> we are penn state! >> they're going after the wrong guy. nothing's been proven wrong. joe, if anyone, joe is legally cleared so if anyone did right, it is joe. >> absolute stunned. i don't understand how they could do this to penn state in general. joe has been here so long. let him p

your delays continue as you head north towards the occoquan. i'm telling you, stop and go along the way. check out the view at fairfax county parkway. these cars actually hitting their brake lights. the good news is on i-95 in virginia, not seeing any accidents in either direction. now back to you all. >> thank you very much, danella. >> 6:12 now. 42 degrees. the big decision for dr. conrad >>> welcome back at 6:15. we'll find out today if the doctor charged in michael jackson's death will testify in his own defense. dr. conrad murray told the judge in his case he is consulting with an attorney and will advise the court this morning of his decision. dr. murray is charged with giving michael jackson a dose of the powerful anesthetic that killed the singer. >>> this morning we're getting a look at surveillance videos from pictures from one of the biggest cold war videos. angie goff is live in the news room. >>> the decades long fbi investigation brought down one of the largest rings of russian spies, including the most famous one, anna chapman. un

here's the view at the occoquan. getting a little busy heading northbound. your lanes are open. delays. southbound looks really good as well. as you continue onto 395, you're clear at edsall all the way to the 14th street bridge in both directions, not seeing any issues for you. travel speeds in that area, 60 miles per hour. to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge t will take you 12 minutes. >>> time is 4:42. 46 degrees in the nation's capital. ahe ahead, ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes, a hint is all the wrapping a gift needs. is that what i think it is? ♪ [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 is 250 and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. >>> good morning. welcome back. two men are being credited with save saving a woman's life by pulling her from a burning car. andre matlock and another man noticed the woman was still inside the car. they pulled her to safety and stayed with her until emergency crews arrived. he was late

no incidents to report as you continue northbound coming across the occoquan. reasing but incident- free. let me take you 359 northbound across the 14th street bridge. earlier accident that we showed you that was tying up the two left lanes now cleared. our lanes are open. delays on 395 building from washington boulevard, eastbound 50 at graham road, follow police direction to get by. not much has changed here inbound new york avenue and northeast washington. the accident involving a tractor-trailer, the inbound lanes headed in the direction of the third street tunnel remain closed. all traffic is being diverted over onto fep wick street. if you are coming outbound leaving northwest to northeast, you squeeze by single file to the right. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- all traffic is being diverted over onto fenwick street. >>> it is election day in virginia around maryland. polls are now open in virginia an open at 7:00 this morning in maryland. voters are electing members of the virginia state house and senate. only about 1/3 of those races are

. >>> traveling out of the occoquan on i-95 northbound, your delays continue as you make your way towards fairfax county parkway. you can see you're pretty much getting bumper to bumper as you get onto 395. travel speeds 30 miles per hour as you make your way from occoquan river bridge to i-95. here's a live look at 395. seeing crowding here as well at duck street. those delays continue as you make your way across the 14th street bridge. this time you're traveling under speed at 40 miles per hour. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> the time now 6:42. ahead the local man held for >>> good morning, breaking news in the district. where police are investigating a bizarre incident that has left a pedestrian seriously injured. this happened just after midnight along connecticut avenue near dupont circle. news 4's tracee wilkins is live on the scene with more about this case. >> reporter: good morning, joe. first let me show you what it's looking like now on connecticut avenue. they still have it blocked as we're going from "k" street to dupont circle. you have to stay on co