on the altar and pulpit for the exit for andrews air force base, there's an accident where police arethe scene -- on the beltway at andrews air force base on the outer loop. >>> at virginia tech they will say goodbye to the campus police officer shot and killed in what appears to be a random attack. >> officer deriek crouse leaks behind a wife and five children. brianne carter joins us as we learn more about him and the suspected gunman. >> investigators are still trying to determine what led 22- year-old ross ashley a student to fatally shoot the officer. his family offers its condolences and paris to the family of deriek crouse ahead a funeral service is scheduled for today. a number of leaders from across the state will be at the funeral today a, which will be broadcast on the virginia tech website. there are many questions about why all this happened. he was conducting a routine traffic stop when 22-year-old ross ashley walked up and shot and killed him and then turned the gun on himself. many gathered last night for a viewing for the officer who was also a veteran husband, and fa

air machine posing with an open casket. the photo was taken back in august at a texas air base and as will thomas explains, it was long before the fallout at delaware's dover air force base ore the discovery that some remains were improperly disposed. >> present arms! >> reporter: a sad reality of war. dover air force base where all military personnel killed in action return back to the u.s. these images make this photograph taken at lack land air force base outside of san antonio, texas, even more controversial. fifteen airmen are seen posing with an open casket, one that looks just like the metal caskets or transfer cases used to carry war dead home. another live airman is inside the casket with a noose around his next and chains across his body. at the bottom of of the photo is the phrase, dumped. it sucks to be you. congressman whitman is a member of the house armed services committee with oversight over the air force. the photo surfaces at a time when the air force already suffered a recent black eye over the sloppy handling of remains of u.s. military war dead at dover. >> i think what happened at dover is also unacceptable and we need to get to the bottom of

try it today. >>> religious display at travis advice air force base is stirring up controversy. tomduhane reports, it's put up despite objections. >> this will stay in place. along with this menorah put up by air base chaplain. >> i think it should stay. >> the war is over. people want to see good things. >> the air force judge advocate's office decide they do not violent the u.s. constitution. >> i agree with them. national organization, military religious freedom foundation demanded the base remove other relocate the display. it endorses two religions and they say it exists to protect servicemen but after review the military now says the statues of joseph, mary and jesus will not be evicted. >>> another group, military atheists will have their say as well tomorrow. they will post a sign next to the jesus display. >>> raider nation and u.s. marines helped a lot of kids today. they had donations for the toys for tots program outside the coliseum. some fans brought brand-new toys and others reached into their wallets and donated cash. they did shopping for underprivileged kids. >

approximately 175 members of the 113th wing were welcomed by the families at the former andrews air force base. the deployed airmen included pilots, and care craft mechanics, intelligence specialists and all kinds of other great folks. they were the first air guard f-16 combat unit in afghanistan. >>> the international space station will be home for a trio of astronauts. their trip concluded with today's rendezvous with the orbiter. they are going to spend the holidays with three other astronauts already on board the space station. >>> back here on earth, you are keeping your eyes on the national weather picture. because it is kiss and cry central as scott broom would say. >> reporter: the good news is things are looking really quiet. i think good weather for santa to get everyone ready to drop off all the presents for all you good kids out there. as you are heading into the christmas weekend, we are talking about high pressure dominate ago cross the nation. it has been pretty quiet. a couple of spots we are seeing snow. here's a look at the national picture where at the satellite radar we are

. >>> a nativity scene will remain on display at a california air force base. the two are part of a holiday decoration at the travis air force base and last week the military religious freedom foundation complained about them saying the nativity were a military endorsement of religion. the group asked the base to move those displays, but that won't be happening. air force lawyers reviewed the case. they say the two symbols does not violate the first amendment, because they are part of a broader display. >> all right, does including the nativity infringe on the troops or signs of the season, just like christmas trees that are shown in that display? weigh in, mcginty's mail bag. >>> nice weather. we have had a few weeks where it gets cold for a second and then it warms right back up. >> it can't lock into a winter pattern. i know you are upset about that. >> 52 today for the high. it was 29 this morning downtown. >> it was colder. but we're looking at a pretty tame pattern for the next several days. let's start with the satellite picture radar combined. pretty big

he's at andrews air force base. he will be receiving the u.s. joint forces flag in baghdad k57 capping off the iraq war. luke russert, we still have you from capitol hill. i want to talk to you about the tea partiers in congress. if you're a republican and you've been there and doing the bli business and you know how this works and they're in there koging up the wheels, is there any sense of resentment among long-term republican congress votes and the tea partiers, johnny come latelies who is gumming up the machine, if you will? >> sure. those are split in two camps. half of them really like the tea party because they are very much conservatives and they see, okay, here's this new blood that can finally prepet chew wait all of these conservative ideas we've had on the back bench for years and can finally bring them to fruition because we have the numbers. the other group says these folks have no idea how washington operates and they're more than happy to blow up everything if they don't like it and they don't realize you have to govern. the issue

. >>> more troubles for the mortuary after drover air -- at dover air force base. the "washington post" is reporting that the remains of 274 troops were sent to the landfill in king george county. the air force says it has no plans to alert the families of the dead that hair loved ones were dumped there. >>> jerry sandusky is behind bars. the former penn state assistant football coach was arrested yesterday on new child abuse charges. the latest charges against sandusky come after two additional accusers testified in front of a grand jury. sandusky couldn't post the $250,000 bail forcing him to spend the night in jail. the 67-year-old ex-coach now faces more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. >>> health and human services is keeping the age limit on the plan b morning after pill as is. ainsley earhart has more. >> reporter: the so-called morning after pill can prevent pregnancy for taken soon enough after unprotected sex. if you can prove you're over 17, can it without a prescription. the food and drug administration was ready to let it be sold on drugstore shelv

. >> reporter: for the 23rd year the air force reserve chief served up a holiday breakfast as new jersey's mcguire air force base year there are over 300 takers. her final breakfast before she retires. airmen from the past and for the future. >> we certainly can't give them bonuses and awards and decorations as much as we'd like to. just saying thank you, those two words go a long way. that's the gratification i get. >> reporter: this daughter of russian immigrants joined the service out of high school to repay her family's adopted country. >> we were so appreciative. i felt that's something i would want to be a part of and give back. where does this other end connect into, then? >> reporter: rising from the lone woman in her squad to a leader of women and men. but this year the airmen who serve under the chief want to make sure she knows what she means to them. she pays for the breakfast out of her own pocket but collects donations for airmen in need. one year it paid for the funeral of unique scales brown's mother. >> she cut me a check to help pay for funeral costs. >> reporter: this year it will help michell

andrews air force base in columbia also hits at 46 this morning. officially 50. partly to mostly cloudy with a dew point down in the 40s. south wind. right now only 6 miles per hour. while the chilly air continues across the northern and western part of the country, down south, once again, low pressure reloading here. and ramping up across texas. this is tonight's rain. from houston up toward shreveport, louisiana, this stuff is going to move pretty quickly off to the northeast. be here after dark and most of it will be gone by early tomorrow morning. we may start off with a couple of showers for the a.m. rush. that will be about it. this is yesterday's storm system. quickly racing out toward nova scotia. we'll show you the future cast. clouds thickening up here by midday. we'll be overcast likely before lunchtime. as we head toward evening, we're still dry in d.c. at 6:00. look at the heavier rains into west virginia and pittsburgh moving northeast toward the 8:00, 9:00 hour, light to moderate rains with the heavier rains coming through overnight. here's midnigh

no problems to report as you travel past andrews air force base into oxon hill and the wilson bridge and route five, route 301 are incident-free from southern maryland heading up to the beltway. coming up, we'll go into virginia at 4:55. >> bwi marshall airport is getting a makeover. $100 million makeover to be exact. maryland state board of public works approved funds to renovate the oldest part of the airport. >> money comes from a gate lease revenue along with other fees and rent paid out to the terminal. when they're complete, the renovations will create space for more security stations and new concessions in concourse c. it will allow passengers to move between courses a, b, and c without having to go back through the security lines. >> the makers of certain birth control pills could be forced to issue stronger warning labels. a food and drug administration panel recommended the change after a nine hour meeting thursday. >> the meeting and recommendation were the result of recent studies which show the pill posed slightly higher risk of blood clots than the older version to the

>> reporter: the commanding colonel at the dover air force base morgue and two civilian officials wereciplined but not fired. more questions and consequences, though, could lie ahead. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> new procedures have been put in place at the air force base. this case comes after the scandal over mismarked graves and missing bodies at arlington national cemetery which is now resulted in a criminal investigation. >>> republican lawmakers told attorney general eric holder he could lose his job if he doesn't give congress all the information it wants about operation fast and furious. holder told the house judiciary committee the operation which left hundreds of weapons -- let them fall into the hands of traffickers was deeply flawed and the justice department sent congress a letter about the operation which later turned out to have false statements, but no one pleasant to mislead congress. >> nobody in the -- meant to mislead congress. >> nobody in the justice department lied. >> the thing is if we don't get to the bottom of this and that requires your assistance on that,

here is a look at your current conditions. 59 at andrews air force base. 61 in fredericksburg. leesburg, good morning to you. 57 degrees. your highs for today, low to mid-60s. 60 for manassas. 63 in downtown. here is a look at your next three days. more showers tomorrow. cooler and then main some snow mixing in late wednesday night into thursday. generally north and west of town. not in the immediate d.c. metro area. here is a look at your traffic with monika. >> if you're planning to head into bowie, in case you haven't heard about it, this has been the big story of the evening. it happened at about 9:30 last night. an accident on route 3 between route 450 and route 50 here in bowie. we'll take you over to some video of the accident from overnight. it involved a tractor trailer, a box truck and a vehicle. the tractor trailer overturned in the median and landed on the northbound side of route 3. it was carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline and lucky only 100 of those gallons spilled into the roadway but to off-load all of that gas and to do the cleanup, it took all night. we've be

washington post" report that incinerated partial remains of 274 troops had been taken from dover air force base in delaware and disposed of in a landfill in virginia. this afternoon, the air force said that the practice was stopped three years ago. >> prior to 2008 we took the unidentified -- torsoes under military escort in a dignified manner to a local funeral home and they were cremated. the remains were then turned over to a contractor as was the industry standard. if there was residual mat ter was handle in accordance with the-- the process at the time. in 2008, our own inspection, not driven by any outside force took a look at the process and said we can do better than that. here's a better way to provide dignity and honor to these families and our fallen heroes and we developed the retirement at sea process using a sea solid unfor our loved ones. >> joining us is craig whit lock from "the washington post". he broke the story last month and wrote today's followup. craig so, much bigger than recently known when you first reported thon a month ago. what has happened in that time? >> well, j

andrews air force base. 23-mile-per-hour gusts. that will be the norm through most of the day today. the temperatures are in the 40s right now. the warmer spot right now is the downtown city sister at 44. this number will be dropping as we head in toward later morning hours. most of us should sit into the low 40s. be prepared for the feels like temperature in the 30s as you step out. yes, we'll feel more like the freezing mark as we get through the remainder of the day. in although, it should be a fairly calm weather pattern over the next 24 to 48 hours. we constantly use our future cast forecast model. a bunch of supercomputers give us a suggestion of how things should turn out over the next few hours. they're keeping it calm and quiet. maybe a few clouds coming on through late in the day on wednesday. and into thursday morning. but in all, tomorrow is going to be a lot like today. the difference tomorrow, we'll relax our winds so our temperatures are going to feel a little bit better. highs today about 40 degrees for reagan natio

air force has anything planned. there is a review right now of three supervisors at the dover air force base, secretary of defense leon panetta has ordered to determine whether appropriate discipline has been handed out. in this case and other problems at the mortgage area. and i think we'll find that out in the next few weeks. >> secretary panetta said today he was satisfied. now is there -- desh has ordered a full review, i think, of procedures at dover, where does all that stand? >> he has appointed a commission headed by retired army general john abizaid and public health experts to look at the current mortuary operations. it's a little unclear if they are going to go back, to how far this landfill disposal went, if that is going to the scope or just check out things go now. >> craig whitlock of "the washington post", thanks some of. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: two people were shot and killed at virginia tech, forcing the campus to go on lockdown for hours. late today, school officials said there was no longer an active threat. european leaders gathered in brussels for

that will be the warmest day with a few areas of rain possible. >>> outer loop near andrews air force basehere was an accident. looks good along the clara barton. there's been a crash southbound george washington parkway before sprouts run. newschopper 7 is flying over quantico marine base. northbound travel is very slow out of stafford. and the earlier accident is gone now. look at the pace. back to you. >> thank you. >>> looking for the gunman in northeast d.c. a man is in the hospital after someone shot him along 15th street and w late last night. investigators have not released any information about the suspects of far, but they tell us that robbery may have been a motive. >>>>> virginia tech and the law- enforcement community and remember a fallen friend. >> officer deriek crouse will be laid to rest this afternoon during a memorial in blacksburg. he died in the line of duty on thursday when a gunman walked up to his cruiser and sade anding. brianne-- and shockedt him. >> quarter and student ross ashle -- part-time student ross ashley shot him. a number of leaders from across the stat

service members at dover air force base.o says she is absolutely more fitified, angry betrayed because her husband's remains were dumped in a landfill without her knowledge. we have a special airing tonight on susan powell, the utah mother who disappeared two years ago this week. >>> the dug gars spark national headlines when they announced michelle is pregnant with the 20th child. she vee veals she suffered a miscarriage. what they're saying about it and the reaction on "news nation." to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth

at bwi airport, scott broom, 9 justice of the 9news now. >> at one time, the air force operated 24 different air basesnside the nation of iraq. >>> well, dreading the wait for your flood to grandma's this week? skype is giving you a free way to pass time. the online chat and video service is offering an hour of free wifi. all three d.c. airports are included. down load the skype app and then they can sign on. skype's offer starts tomorrow and runs through next tuesday. >>> a lot of people like the idea of snow during the holidays. like certain weather man we all know. but probably not quite like this. the blizzard making its way across the midwest drops almost a foot of snow right on parts of crest today. a highway patrol dispatcher out there says the entire south western part of the state is shut down. blizzard conditions have also closed highways from new mexico to texas. drivers are stranded. in fact, in at least five different states. so you like that snow too, don't you? >> that's a little crazy. it is going to get milder tomorrow. there's no arctic air anywhere in the country. >> going to melt s

he took off from andrews air force base. and air force one is now headed to hawaii. the president's family is already there. they started their christmas vacation without him. >> people searched for a new place to live, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fast moving fire this afternoon. >> kraig debro has been on the scene and joins us live with what we can expect. >> cloud deny, they are sifting through the -- claudine, they are sifting through here for the cause of yesterday's fire. the damage had been done. many people are losing everything. >> it is crazy. like you see it on tv and in the movies. >> reporter: for many of the residents. on pierce and golden gate, today's mission is a salvage operation. >> if i do get stuff out. i don't know how good it is going to be or what is left. >> for others. this is figuratively or literally ground zero. >> this is all we have left. >> the fire started before noon. it smothered the buildings. and strong gusty wind fed the flames. four people are injured. including two firefighters. the city brought in half

air force. already this year, dover air force base in delaware is under the spotlight for sloppy handling of the remains of u.s. military war dead. and now, a photo. a photo you're not going to like. it was taken back in august. 15 airmen are seen posing with an open casket, another live airmen, he is perfectly fine. he is posing standing up in the casket with a noose around his neck. at the bomb toff of the photo, the dump the dumped, sucks to be you. a congressman we spoke to tonight with oversight over the air force is confident the internal investigation will be sufficient. >> i have trust that secretary donald and the air force leadership will take the appropriate action to get those airmen together that were part of this and take appropriate action. and i know that they feel strongly about this. i feel that they look at this as also being unacceptable and appalling. i think they'll take the appropriate action. >> the photo originally started floating around facebook and eventually made its way to the air force times. an investigation is underway at lachland air base where that photo was ta

the victim is expectedded to survive. >>> disturbing reports on the mishandled remains at dover air force basee "washington post" reporting that the air force dumped more ashes of fallen troops than they first admitted. they dumped them in a virginia landfill. the post says it is air force knows of at least 274 troops whose partial remains were dumped between 2004 and 2008. the office of special counsel found parts of unidentified remains in that landfill in king george county stemming from an investigation started in may of 2010. >>> jerry sandusky back behind bars again. the former penn state assistant football coach arrested yesterday on new child abuse charges. the latest against sandusky came after two additional accusers testified in front of a grand jury. sandusky could not post the $2 other thousand cash bail forcing him to spend the night in jail. the 67-year-old ex-coach now faces more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse. >>> in a surprise move, the government will not make the morning after pill available without restriction. kathleen sebelius made the decision overruling her open

and disturbing details from dover air force base about how the military disposed of the remains of troops killed in action. a report in today's "washington post" says the air force had incinerated partial remains of at least 274 american troops to a virginia landfill. that's many more than the air force originally acknowledged. the paper also says the military concealed the practice from the families of the dead who had authorized them to dispose of the remains with dignity. the military reportedly ended the practice three years ago. >> your time on this thursday morning, 6:owe 5. jerry sandusky back in a virginia -- in a pennsylvania jail cell, that is. police arrested the former penn state football coach yesterday after two more people accused him of sexual abuse. the new accusations bring the total number of molestation charges against him to more than 50. >> we go live for much more on this. paul? >> good morning. that's right sandusky is looking for a way out of jail this morning but even -- pardon me, after failing to post $250,000 bail. but even if he comes up with the money today,

this one photo has launched an investigation at lackland air force base in texas. rmen, you can see, are standing beside an open casket while another airman inside poses with a noose around his neck and chains on his body. air force times writer david larter broke the story and is with us with more on this disturbing photo. thank you for being with us. i priority it. >> thank you. >> and this is e-mailed to you all. what was your reaction when you first saw the photo? >> my initial reaction was mostly due to the letter attached to the e-mail from staff sergeant bonilla who had a strong reaction to the photo and said that it reminded him looking at the airman in there, looking at the soldiers he lost when he was deployed down rainfall. so, because of the strong reaction of the staff sergeant, i realized this is going to be an important story that we needed to jump o. >> do you have any clue in investigating this about the purpose of the photo? i know in some work places, the police department and the new ice room, there is some offcolored jokes made and not meant for

andrews air force base 47 degrees. annapolis at 50 degrees.ur small craft advisory expiring tonight. chilly and milder for the weekend. dry and cold tonight. sunday saturday and chilly. that means chilly for the redskins game. christmas is dry and looking to be a little bit wilder. partly and cloudy cold a two blanket night. mid 30 around downtown but low 30s in gaithersburg. partly and cloudy and cold. a northwest wind at 5 to 10. lots of sunshine but chilly, highs around 45 degrees which is where we should be for this time of year. our zone forecast oakland 37. cumberland the lower 40s. winchester downtown 46 andrews air force base. here's a look at how your saturday breaks down. lots of sunshine by noon. 38 to 40 degrees, chilly by 5:00. chilly tomorrow, but christmas day milder in the 50s. monday upper 40s, cool we are lots of sunshine. here's a look at your 7-day forecast. we are talking about pleasant conditions. tuesday a system to the south and west of us that could potentially bring us a chance for showers. right now if i have to give

. >>> more troubles for the air force's mortuary at dover air force base. more remains of american service members were dumbed in the virginia landfill than the military first reported. the "washington post" reporting that the remains of 274 troops were send to the landfill in king george county. air force says it has no plans to alert the families of the dead that their loved ones were dumped there. >>> the hunt is on if a bank robber wearing a superhero mask. a person dressed like spider- man robbed the bb & t bank on living ton road in fort washington. police say the suspect passed a note to the teller demanding money and showed a gun. he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash in a dark colored chrysler pacifica heading toward otion on hill road. >>> a 17-year-old high school student is behind bars charged in a stabbing at a maryland high school. brianna funez is being charged as an adult for stabbing another 17-year-old during an argument between girls. the victim is expected to survive. >>> another big story we are following is the fight to extend

dover air force base where all military personnel killed in action returned back to the u.s. these images make this photograph taken at lackland air force base even more controversial. 15 airmen are seen posing with an open casket. one that looks just like the metal caskets or transfer cases used to carry war dead home. another live airman is inside the casket with a noose around his neck and chains across his body. at the bottom of the photo is the phrase, the dump to dump, sucks to be you. >> it's unacceptable. we owe it to our fallen to make sure we show them the respect and dignity. >> congressman whitman is the member of the house armed services committee with oversight over the air force. the photo surfaces at a time when the air force suffered a black eye over the sloppy handling of war dead at dover. >> i think what happened at dover is also unacceptable and we need to get to the bottom of why it happened, how it happened, how we prevent it from happening again. this obviously doesn't bode well for the overall culture within the air force on the heels of what we found

documentation on allegations of remains of at least 274 troops were handled inappropriately at the dover air force base mortuary. house oversight committee gave the department until 5:00 p.m. eernl time today to hand over information dating back on to 2002. the air force chief of staff says he believes all the problems regarding the improper handling of america's war dead have been identified and fixed. to talk more about it, i'm joined by msnbc military analyst and retired colonel jake jacobs. thank you both for joining us. let's me start off with you first. i saw you on "nightly news" last night featured in the story last night. you talked about the heart break. you did not know that your husband's remains were in that landfill, that image he we see over and over of that place where trash is taken. not the remains of the people we love. >> correct. i did not have any knowledge that that is even a possibility for our military to dispose of our heroes serves overseas and freely dying for this country, to put them in landfills. never crossed my mind. >> how did you learn that your husband's remains were

you can see on live doppler a couple of lonesome rain drops near andrews air force base. coming into northern calvert county right now. a few snowflakes across far western maryland. not anything in the way of accumulating snows. where are hay having a white christmas? west texas and southern parts of new mexico snowing down there this morning and a cold rain down towards houston, texas. no major travel problems anywhere in the country. if you're flying out or waiting on people flying back in, not a whole lot of airline delays, at least not related to weather. the clearing skies moving in for later on this afternoon will allow for partly becoming a mostly sunny day today. clearing skies as we go through the afternoon hours. clear night tonight. that is important news for all the good kids out there for whom santa will be making a visit. then tomorrow after a clear start a beautiful christmas day. a little weak weather front grazing by here means a few extra clouds not much of a precip threat. today morning clouds, afternoon clearing, a bit breezy. temperatures holding in t

controversial holiday display at travis air force base if fairfield can stay. the mill stair decided a nativity scene do not violate the constitution. a group called the military freedom foundation petitioned for the tree to be taken down. they say it's unconstitutional and should be moved to a chapel ill on the base. >> this is usa. mill stair stands for usa and they fight for usa. >> the military religious freedom foundation says it represents 120 people who are against the displays. attorneys for the foundation have threatened to sue in florida court. >>> facebook could -- the products their friends like. asked to have a san jose federal judge. now it claims it violates california law allowing people to control how their names and photos are used for commercial endorsements. the judge refused. there is no way to opt out of the so-called sponsored stories or even know when they are being used in an ad. >>> time is 5:47. now let's get over to sal. it hasn't been that bad on this monday morning is that still the case? >> i think it is. we'll have a lighter than

it's 29 at the air force base. good morning scott for your report. 36 on the bay. and 28 down at pax river. monika samtani, we are now into the 5:00 hour. things looking good still? >>> you know what? things are still looking pretty good except for one area. that's in just a moment. otherwise here's what it looks like on the beltway all around town, the interstates heading for the beltway look good as well. on 95 all lanes are open but i want to give you a heads-up. northbound business route 17 north of route 1 in fredericksburg, there's an accident locking the northbound lane and you need -- blocking the northbound lanes and you need to follow police direction if you need to get on to that. 95 you should be okay up into springfield. a live look at the wilson bridge first on the south side of town here, no problems to report between alexandria and oxon hill on the beltway. the lanes are all open and a last live look on the northbound side of i-395 here at washington boulevard. just a bit of volume forming no big deals heading toward the pentagon and the 14th street

"the washington post" reports the bodies were sent from dover air force base in delaware to the king orge county landfill in virginia. the families of fallen americans were not told what happened to the remains of their loved ones. the air force tells "the washington post" there are no plans to tell those families now. >> this morning, there seems to be a new tactic for some of the occupy protestors here in washington. some are going on a hunger strike. surae chinn is live at mcpherson square and surae, the protestors are taking on issue with this hunger strike. good morning. >> good morning, mike. yes, the plan is for three of these protestors to launch this hunger strike, refusing any food and drink, only water until d.c. getsity full voting rights and full control of its budget. well, yesterday, it was a different cause where our d.c. and occupy d.c. protestors joined together and marched through the streets of the district and they were calling then for the end to corporate greed and for the creation of new jobs. but yes, they went through the streets of d.c. they went to capital

look at these numbers. 3 in centerville. 46 at andrews air force base and 45 in rockville. we'll be back with the full 7-day forecast when 9news now at noon returns. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting 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. >>> welcome back. when someone is a victim of domestic violence, oftentimes they don't know where it turn. there is a place for women and children in northern virginia to escape the violence. j. c. hayward salutes bethany house. >> reporter: every day in the united states, three women are killed by an intimate partner. every 12 days a child dies from abuse. every three hours a family enters a domestic violence shelter. >> i had stitches in my head, stitches in my eye, my fingers were broken,

captioning brought to >> tonight the pakistan military is claiming the united states has sake tate an air force base used to service drones. today, equipment at the air pores base were loaded on to an air transport before it took off. pakistan ordered americans out of the building after the strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. >> on a sunday news talk show in iran a general stated a captured american surveillance drone will not be returned the u.s. the drone went down over iraq last week. u.s. officials claim it was a malfunction that brought the drone down. the general says how the drone was captured is a secret and one, quote, america and others should think deeply about. >> at least three people are dead after yesterday's 6.5 earthquake in mexico. >> a earthquake in mexico city. >> the quake shook buildings and caused panic across nine states in mexico. the quake was centered in a western state. officials say there are no reports of i widespread damage from the quake. >> the u.s. is proposing its first unmanned border crossing with mexico in east texas. the border kiosk would be located at

. >>> well, it's warmer in south lake tahoe than travis air force base. the fog if you still have that, really socks it in. if you have the hazy sunshine, it's mild and in the 50s. we have a lot of snow in new mexico, and also in the texas panhandle. this is the pa terp. it seals to be locked in. high pressure to the north. low-pressure system weak as it may be and it intensifies there's really no change in our pattern. some great information from michael in the city talking about how dry the city has been. there's only been .12. there is a no rain forecast for this week. next week does not look promising as well. there have been two decembers where there was no rain at all. that's been very little rain in northern california -- there's been very little rain in northern california. so sunny, breezy in the hills. mainly in the east bay i had. no rain expected. if you have problems -- travel plans, it's wind or fog. other than that, you are good to go. draw your attest to fairfield at 41. concord, 41. yet, 56, oakland, san jose, look at livermore, 15 degree

andrew's air force base in the upper 20s. so, you want to get your heaters going, bring out the extra blankets. for thursday morning, mostly sunny. a cold start. bundle yourself up, the kids with gloves, scarves, everything. temperatures in the 20 20s and 30s. shouldn't be as breezy tomorrow. afternoon, partly cloudy and still chilly. highs 34 to 44 degrees. here's a look at your zone forecast. comperland, mid 40s. leesburg 45. in downtown, around 47 degrees. gaithersburg 46. annapolis in the upper 40s. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. milder on friday. 54 degrees. that's a nice day. again, a slight chance for a passing shower. the weekend for new year's also looks dry. we're going to be in the 50s. here comes, i have a snow flake on there. nothing to worry about. but might see snow, a slight chance for monday and that cold air coming in tuesday, wednesday. highs only in the upper 30s. so january is going to feel like january. so enjoy the mild weather this weekend. get out those sweaters and get ready for a real win

their unit is a detachment from a command at lackland air force base in texas. l military commanders, military wives and widows say they are extremely offended by the photo. air force commanders are trying to figure out if it photo violates any rules or if it was just taken in poor tales. >>> the marketing officers for the travel website has pulled its ad and says he watched the first two episodes and thought it was bad. lowes pulled its ads from the the tlc show all american muslim an after evangelical group claimed the show was muslim propaganda. the first television interview with casey anthony will reportedly cost backside 750,000. that's what a producer is trying to get for anthony's first interview since being acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. casey anthony is currently somewhere in the state of florida serving probation for an unrelated check and fraud case. >>> penn state has announced it has received the largest donation since the child sex abuse scandal arrived last month. an anonymous doran donor gave $10 million to the engineerin

. >> a different controversy is coming out of travis air force base tonight over a minora. the display violates the constitution's freedom of re religion clouz. the group asked the base to move the religio items, but tonight the base denied saying it will not remove the nativity scene or minora. the inclusion of a winged chaplain-sponsored nativity scene as part of a broader secular holiday seasonal display does not violate the establishment clause of the united states constitution. >>> next at 11, bay area freeways and malls are any indication this last saturday before christmas was indeed super. the stores looking to turn a profit for last minute shoppers. >> this is actually a giant thing. i never thought i would host saturday night live. >> a behind-the-scenes look moments before jimmy fallon finds himself in an unusual situation co-starring snl. tonight, he wens host. >> we're seeing some chilly temperatures around the bay area. we're watching out for some patchy fog. we'll have a look at the rest of your weekend forecast when we come right back. [ male announcer ] it's

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. >>> this morning, we're learning that even more fallen soldiers remains from dover air force base have apparently been dumped in a virginia landfill. "the washington post" reports that the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 u.s. service members were sent to the king george county landfill. that's far more than the military initially acknowledged. the families had authorized the military to dispose of the bodies respectfully. >>> this morning, a rockville woman was fighting for her life after being hit by a bus. investigators say a montgomery county ride-on bus struck the woman as she was crossing the street. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong and who was at fault. >>> this morning, the search is on for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in a laundry room. police say a man attacked a woman in gaithersburg yesterday morning. the woman told police the man followed her into the laundry room, pulled out a knife and then assaulted her. if you have any information, call police. >>> a teenager is in cus

forces in iraq at andrews air force base. chris clackum reports to the end of the nine-year conflict. >> reporter: at about the same time president obama was at andrews air force base to greet troops and the or return of the u.s. colors that had flown over baghdad for nearly nine years. anxious families and spontaneous applause greeted those arriving home from iraq. at the airport in baltimore. >> it has been so hard not to see them for so long. >> it means a world to us for people that worked here this way and people appreciate what we are doing for the country. >> reporter: these were the last of the u.s. air force person toll leave iraq. some with huge plans for the holidays. >> going to get marriyormayor. >> reporter: back at andrews, the president did not speak publicly but his presence spoke volumes about the end of the u.s. war in iraq. >> today i am proud to safely return our colors to the rightful place, the united states of america. >> reporter: general lloyd austin was the last commander of u.s. forces in iraq and s

happy holidays, to all of our family and friends in northern virginia from the donaldsons in air force base, germany. merry christmas. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting 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. good morning, welcome back to 9news now. monday morning 4:45 as we calculated 20 days until christmas. this is moving so fast. >> it's been so mild though. >> i know. a mild weekend, really. >> reporter: we are going to start mild. >> you know i feel pretty lucky. my two brothers in law live in denver. >> reporter: colder than some places in alaska. wednesday night there is a slight chance north and west we mix in a little bit of snowflakes there. colder air certainly by the weekend. the bigger problem is going to say dense fog south and e

andrews air force base, 32. out to gaithersburg, you'll cool down to 28 degrees. sterling, 29.eesburg, also a cold 28 degrees. bundle up the kids if they're headed out tomorrow for the bus stop. friday morning, mostly sunny and cold, everyone will pretty much want a jacket. temperatures in the 20s, and 30s. under light winds. the afternoon looking really nice as well. partly cloudy, pleasant. a little bit milder compared to today. you'll need sunglasses. highs near 55. northwest winds will be picking up around 10 to 15 miles per hour. but nothing really too wild as far as the winds are concerned. your highs for friday afternoon, armed 54 in downtown. so a couple degrees warmer compared to today. 53 in fairfax. gaithersburg, 50. buoy 54. annapolis in the upper 50s. here's your next three days. friday dame planner, a cold start in the morning. 48 to 53 degrees. still lots of sunshine. by 5:00, as your headed home tomorrow, 49 to 54, under partly cloudy conditions. your next three days, here you go. a little milder tomorrow. saturday, then a little cooler. but still sunny and dry.