october the horse won its 19th straight race at laurel park. oke that record at mountaineer park. >>> now to ravens news. that means an update an ray lewis. he once again missed practice today making it questionable whether lewis will be available against the indianapolis colts. he has already missed three games. >>> speaking of the ravens, the player's wives are making sure they are helping out. they are from the off the field organization and they were at the sam's club with the salvation army. each family will also get a $200 sam's club gift card. >> this is what it's about. it's about giving and sharing. we're blessed and fortunate to . it's our way of giving back. >> the salvation army handed out the baskets to those in need this afternoon. >>> we hope you are in the giving spirit. there are two weeks left to help with the annual kindertimeÑi drive. walmartçó and fire departments. log on to abc2news.com for more and complete information. >>> here's a look at what's coming up at 11. gift cards are the perfect solution for those hard to shop

he won yesterday at laurel park in maryland. his 19th consecutive victory which tied the record set by citation in 1948. horses trainers considering retiring the animal at the end of the year. >>> coming up on 6:26, the traffic change coming to tysons corner today. but don't worry, this is a good thing. >> occupy d.c. protestors have been in mcpherson square for two months. learn who is saying now it is time for them to go. >> right now, monika has a quick check on traffic. including this, monika. >> the big story of the morning, andrea. southbound 270, a serious accident here at route 118 in germantown. if you're planning to head southbound 270, i'll keep you posted on this situation and what you need to do to get around it. coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> we're back at 6:30 and we're following breaking news out of germantown, maryland. sky 19 live over southbound 270, the exit there. the pedestrian was struck and killed in some sort of accident. this happened about 45 minutes ago. the

a young man murdered in a parking lot in laurel and there's still no trace of his killer. ke hellgren speaks to the victim's heart broken family. >> reporter: ten years ago, police found derrick peters shot det ded in the park lot in the north part of laurel. throughout the years his mother has been waiting for detectives to arrest her son's killer. >> if i knew who did this, i would go after them myself. >> reporter: now howard county investigators are revealing new information they hope can lead to justice. for the first time, they say the shooter stole a dark cherry colored leather jacket waist length with a brand name. >> across the back coogi is spelled now the colorful letters. >> police -- >> reporter: police believe it was not a random killing andpeterson knew who murdered him and believed the shoot wears low level drug dealer. derrick never had a criminal record and saved up to find the car. >> he was talker. he was a talker. he could talk to you or me he loved to talk. he was a people person. >> reporter: police say the shooter was in his 20s average build and hei

college park, beltsville, laurel, all in the upper 30s. look at reston coming in at 34. and sterling is 41 and leesburg is 37. so temperatures are falling quickly, but not as quickly as they did the last couple of nights. it will become milder still. the immediator meetier shower. it's much better when the sky is dark. it's going to be peek tonight. if you're lucky, you could see 30 or 40 or 50 per hour. there will be a better show on the 3rd of january. not as cold tonight. milder tomorrow. and milder still on thursday. so for tonight, we'll say partly cloudy, not quite as cold. 26 to about 36 with light winds. in fact, downtown, you're going to remain above freezing. you get in the suburbs. you're back in the 20s again. this is still about 3, 4, 5 degrees higher. even down to the south, right around freezing in waldorf. and in the 20s again out to the west in fairfax, loudoun, prince william county, 29 in fairfax. 28 in sterling. 26 in leesburg, middleburg, and manassas. wednesday morning, partly cloudy and chilly. you need a coat still and you need some sunglasses. 30

laurel beltsville, ought to 495 west out of greenbelt college park around to an ax and between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue that they moved to the shoulder. there is a crash now on the inner loop of the beltway on the exit that would take is to 95. allow yourself extra time. i would take either randolph road on the outside or 410/east west highway on the inside. school buses are running so the get stuck behind a bus you have to stop and that will add time to your travel. there are options but to have to be careful. >> thank you so much. 6:41 and 32 degrees. >> coming up, christmas in january? why more and more people are pushing back the holiday season. >> the emotional tribute to a virginia tech police of a cert who was killed in a line of duty. >> we will have alex burns to look >> it's an outrage that he keeps raising it and i put an outrageous number on the table to pointed out. my wife said to me after made that i do a lot of things well that that was not one of them. >> that was a big bet that backfired ny mitt romney says he is not sorry. alex burns is with us and more

college park and silver spring, laurel all in the mid-40s now. mid to upper 40s in fauquier county. the blue ridge is a touch cooler. for your evening plans, just a few clouds coming in as our skies get closer and closer to midnight. temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40 by 11:00 p.m. no rain for monday evening plans. rain is a big part of your tuesday forecast tomorrow. these highlighted counties have high wind advisories. the high wind spots of north carolina and eastern tennessee, we may see wind advisors in our mountains toward tuesday night and into the day wednesday. heavy rain across most of arkansas. they have had their wettest year on record in many cities in the mid south. the last thing they need is rain. we are more than seven inches ahead in rainfall as well. we don't need the rain, but rain we will be getting. it will arrive here shortly after the morning commute begins tomorrow. folks to the south and west, you'll get the rain drops first. clear skies. clouds come back in place late tonight. tomorrow, by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 in the morning rain over the area. the heav

laurel. he will be extradited to new york very soon. >>> tonight friends and family of a park police officer who died in the line of duty will gather to remember his life. a viewing will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight for sergeant michael bayne at the church of the nativity in burke, virginia. officer bayne was attempting to rescue an injured person from the tow path under the key bridge on december 16th when he suffered a heart attack. funeral services will be held also at the church of the nativity followed by a processional through d.c. officer bayne was a 19-year veteran of the force and leaves behind a wife and son. >>> washington, d.c., plans to take a big step forward with its plan to allow medical marijuana. the washington times is reporting that d.c.'s health department will choose the top 20 out of 28 applications by friday to open cultivation centers in the district. that list will eventually be cut down to ten to start the program. the department also plans to select five dispensaries for the drug. if all goes as scheduled, the program could be up and running by spring. >>> ne

laurel. he will be extradited to new york soon. >>> tonight friends and family of a park police officer who died in the line of duty will gather to remember his life. a viewing will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight for sergeant michael bayne. it's going to happen at the church nativity in burke, virginia. officer bayne was attempting to rescue an injured person from the tow path on the key bridge on december 16th when he suffered a heart attack. funeral services will be held tomorrow, also at the church of nativity, followed by a procession through d.c. he was a 19-year veteran of the force and leaves behind a wife and a son. >>> nearly a dozen people are facing charges in the riot that's broke out at penn state university when they fired coach joe paterno. thousands took to the streets when it happened last month. state college police say they've charged 45 people and may file additional charges on others. 5 of them are facing felony charges for tipping a television news truck. university police also charged two people accuseded of stealing a parking meter. >>> what was supposed to be a life s

park, 46. lots of mid-40s, alexandria down to fort belvoir. 47 in baden. 45 crofton. and laurel, one of our cold spots right now at an even 40 degrees this morning. reagan national is at 45 with mostly cloudy skies. but some breaks south- southwesterly winds at 8 giving us a slight wind chill of 41. we've got the dew points which are holding now at 34 degrees. the air has become a little more moist. the real dampness in the air is with the warmth from detroit back down toward houston. 50s, 60s, even 70 in houston. look at all of the 20s and low 30s. this rain is coming up from texas through income kentucky up toward new england where it turns into snow in maine. it is just not a lot of cold air to work with. as has been the case the last several weeks, the storms continue to bring us chance for rain and that will be the case around here for the afternoon. front pushes through late tonight, early tomorrow. we'll cool down tomorrow. then another little wave comes friday night, saturday. maybe a little rain or even wet snow possible well south of d.c. 58 today. in town, some areas

parking spot at any mall. >> you get there early, you can get a good one, that's for sure. but the story this morning, we have avenue had a couple of things. 197 at laurel bowie road. we had an incident with a pole and wires down the roadway. all of that has been cleared so the roadway is opened. if you are working your way outbound on route 50, your lanes remain blocked because of an accident that occurred overnight. you will find coming inbound, inbound towards bladensburg road, all of your lanes are open. no problems to report south on kenilworth as you continue down into northeast washington. overnight construction on the beltway traveling between annandale and merrifield has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it was a promised tax credit to get people to go green. but up next, hundreds of people in our area forked over the cash for a new home energy system and now they are feeling misled. we'll explain this one coming up. up. >>> hi. i'm here in hideleberg, germany. wanted to say hello to my friends in virginia and want to wish you all a merry happy holiday. jesus is the reason for the season. [ screaming ] [ z

laurel. we do have reports of standing watt they're continues to block a portion. route one each way between powder mill road and ritz way. >>> a new report out shows license plate cameras in parkingdo very little to stop crime. research shows the cameras didn't keep thieves from stealing cars arrest breaking in. the cameras take pictures of license plates coming and going. metro says they are just a small part of the crime- fighting effort and the agency will continue to use them. >>> in this morning's health alert, extreme exercise could put your heart in general day. study by the european heart journal shows those who participate in extreme endurance exercise could temporarily damage the heart muscle. scientists looked at those training more than 10 hours aweek for marathons, triathlons or cycling races. they underwent multiple mris and results show their hearts change shape after marathons but usually go back to normal after a week. >>> people would eat exercise before going to work eat half the amount of chocolate of those who don't. employees who take short breaks may have an easier time keeping their minds off all that snacking the. >>> a controversial project to move oil f

laurel. speed may have been a factor. >>> on wednesday a pickup pressed into a metrobus killing nkonou ayaovi edorh. and jenice richards, 22, and tamara nicole johnson, 19 died in a crash in langley park. police are still investigating the causes of both of those crashes. >>> four amdays until iowa. mitt romney is back on top in the latest polls. but ron paul and rick santorum are moving ahead of where they work. >> jennifer donelan joins us from the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning. [no audio] the republican race. it's up this final weekend of 2011 with mitt romney looking at the 2012 election with growing excitement. as i feel like breaking into 76 trombones, not that good a singer. >> he leads the pack nationally. newt gingrich is struggling behind. gingrich slid down 14 points after surging ahead earlier. >> who can be firm enough and decisive enough to defeat barack obama? >> his battle up to run against obama got a boost from who filed the lawsuit to getting rich on the super tuesday ballots in virginia in march. gingrich did not make the cut because it failed to secure 10,000 signatures. cornell all the candidates will have to focus on iowa. >> i believe the future of am

laurel. this was near colesville road. he was speeding and was taken to hospital, where he died. >>> family and friends held a vigil for did bill hyattsville been killed in a car crash yesterday in langley park. -- for two hyattsville women. jenice richards, 22, and tamara nicole johnson 19. >>> republicans will be crossing in iowa headed for votes. mitt romney is the front runner. >>> new orleans police trying to find out what caused a deadly 40-car pileup. two men were killed in the crash on a busy interstate. dozens of others were injured some critically. the highway was shut down for hours. and drivers a there was low visibility because of fog or smoke. >>> 331 prisoners were able to register with the irs as tax preparers. there were given tax preparer id numbers from the agency. 43 of them serving life sentences, but did not disclose their felony convictions. the irs now says it will suspend tax preparer id numbers of the issued to prisoners and will deny any future applications from inmates. >>> a prince george's county man hopes police will find out who vandalized his christmas decorations. you can see someone attacking his holiday display outside his home in brentwood. edie lambert d

park and kenilworth ave. only the left side is squeezing by. that will impact traffic out of laureleltsville i-95 south. not quite asis difficult at the pentagon. outside compared yesterday at this time. degrees at reagan national airport. the storm that brought us the yesterday with snow is quickly the north and east. the daytime highs today will be around 44-49 degrees. we will be back at 7:56. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getetting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> he was screaming. please, don't touch me. don't touch me. don't touch my mommy. please, leave me alone. i want to be with my mommy. >> country star mindy mccready, speaking for the first time about why she defied a court order and what happened in those harrowing mo