. >>> remembering trayvon martin in alexandria tonight. thanks for staying with us. i'm maureen umeh. even the mayor calling for justice for a gunned down teen. he led a special service tonight to call attention to the case. matt ackland is here with more. >> these special services have been happening across the country just about every day for the last month and tonight the mayor of alexandria said it was time he stepped forward and voiced his concerns. some wore hoodies. others brought signs for a short service in front of alexandria's city hall sunday night. there was a moment of silence for trayvon martin followed by speeches and song. ♪we shall overcome >> mayor bill euille wearing a hoodie is asking for swift action by the justice department when it comes to the man who allegedly shot and killed trayvon martin. george zimmerman claims it was in self-defense. >> mr. zimmerman needs to be arrested and charged and an investigation needs to be complete and nor row. all the facts need -- thorough. all the facts need to be brought up and a trial needs to take place o

john gonzalez has more from alexandria. >> alexandria police are still staking out this office building behind us. the vacant building sits next to 95 and near eisenhower metro station. the suspect was last seen inside. >> it is. . >> it was still daylight at around 6:00 last evening when two women were assaulted after being lured into an abandoned office building. >> it's happening in your backyard but, it's disturbing. >> completely random and almost ambush-style, these two women together were assaulted by a man they arranged to meet. they had responded to an online ad for a vacant apartment. >> it is unfortunate. i kinda felt as though the girls might have been young and maybe a little naive. >> alexandria police and k-9 units fans want teams searched the neighborhood for hours focusing the search inside the building that once housed the headquarters for the american trucking association vacant for almost three years now. \ detectives believe the women were dragged into the vacant building and beaten. man is described as having red hair with a ponytail. the attempted to assault them.

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alexandria police this morning are still staking out the building. at around 6:00 last evening the two women were assaulted after being lured into this building. unlike most of these attacks completely random and almost ambush-style, these women who were to gather were assaulted by a man they're arranged to meet here on mill road. the victims had responded to an online ad for a vacant apartment. alexandria police, the swat team and k-9 units, certification scott or the neighborhood, focusing the search inside the building that once housed the headquarters for the american trucking association, vacant for about three years now according to neighbors. the women were dragged into the vacant of this building and were beaten. there were able to break free. the front of the building, the windows and doors, are boarded up this morning. police are still around the building searching for this man. we understand one of the women was taken to hospital as a precaution. the other woman left the scene with detectives and provided a lot of information. the search c

charged with attacking two women in alexandria. >> this is just the beginning. we have a long way to go. >> some relief for the family of trayvon martin. his shooter george zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder nearly two months after the death of the teenager. good morning, washington. it's thursday, april 12. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. bride-to-be with you. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> a little chilly outside to start the day, but a warming trend will commence this afternoon. later today will be warmer than yesterday and especially on the weekend, if low to mid '80s. 41 in manassas right now, 39 in clarksburg, and temperatures will drop a few more degrees. if by 1:00 p.m. for the nationals, 57 degrees and breezy with a northwest early wind at 10-20. 5060 degrees once the game is over. total sunshine tomorrow, mid 60's. seven days on saturday. there is a warming trend especially into the weekend sunday. and early next week, highs in the low 80s. e

and alexandria which were all hubs for slave trading. from the 1790s to the 1810s, 40,000 to 50,000 enslaved people were sent from the upper to the lower south either through the slave trade or plan to migration. historians attribute approximately 30% to 50% of these movements were due to the domestic slave trade. during the years of 1820 to 1860 approximately 875,000 enslaved people were forced to migrate from the upper to the lower south. it is estimated the slave trade accounted for at least 60 to 70 of those movements. sorry about that. alexandria during john gadsby's time from the 1700s to the 1810s teamed with slave trading businesses, particularly because it was a port city and it allowed for easy shipping. slave traders operated in taverns and hotels in places like king and duke street. african-americans had few protections whether they were free or enslaved, and free people were in danger of being sold if they denied free passes or not registered in accordance with the laws. however, there was a substantial population of african

it happened at an abandoned office building in alexandria. news4's tracee wilkins has more on the investigation. >> reporter: hours after this whole thing unfolded, the city of alexandria police department is still camped out in froth of the building where these women were attacked. and it's a good thing. because this morning, a neighbor thought he spotted the suspect nearby. early this morning, our cameras rolled as a man walking his dog with alexandria police, he and some other neighbors saw a suspicious man hanging around the building. where two women were attacked yesterday. because he is is a potential witness, we are protecting his identity. >> we saw a guy fitting the description walking down here along the edge of the field. he got to the corner, looked like he saw the police car and turned around and walked away quickly. he came back and was walking out here kind of strangely, looking around. >> the alexandria officer took off running towards eisenhower avenue metro station where the man was. he was handcuffed and placed in a squad c

that is the latest from alexandria. i'm melanie alnwick. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> in other news, a maryland man is now charged in the death of a 6-year-old who accidentally shot himself to death. police say 20-year-old raymond brown admitted he left a loaded gun in his backpack inside a home in clinton on monday. amari perkins opened the bag and found the gun. the bag looked exactly like the first grader's own backpack. brown is a family friend living with the boy's family. a family member says brown frantically tried to save the boy's life after the gun went off. >> any weapon inside of a home has to be secured and it can't be stored in a way that allows access to other people, particularly young children. >> it is not yet clear would owns the gun. brown is facing several charges that include reckless endangerment. >>> to politics now, rick santorum is out of the race for president. the former senator from pennsylvania took some time off from the campaign trail over the weekend and, after discussing it with his family, he decide

i'm peggy fox in alexandria, back to you. >>> from the past to the future, you're cp30 you may seem a little more excited than usual, it's because it's national robotics week. stanford university is celebrating its third robot block party, from robots to dance to michael jackson hits to those that do the heavy lifting, it's all there. the gathering is aimed at getting kids interested in the practical applications of math and engineering, but there's also the wow factor. >> get to see some of the really big and cool robots, some of them have like game systems and stuff. >> among the robotic technologies on display, robots that drive cars, climb walls and help perform medical procedures. i am dying for one of my kids to go into engineering. >> do it. it's fun. >> look at that. take care of mom when she's old. >> exactly. we were at a very nice opening day weather for the nats. >> a little chilly, right? >> 61, not too bad. we haven't mentioned this, but the nats are in town through sunday the 22nd. they've got a long homestand, lots of chances to go see the nats. let's take live look ou

in alexandria, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> all right. you for the update. >>> breaking news now. at least three people are dead and 16 others injured from a bombing on a bus in the philippines. it happened in the southern part of the country. military officials say extortion gang linked to muslim rebels are behind the attack as they've been suspected in similar attacks in the past. >>> this afternoon, trayvon martin's parents will hold a news conference with al sharpton here in d.c. this comes after george zimmerman's lawyers dropped the case. zimmerman was acting as a neighborhood watch volunteer when he shot and killed the 17-year-old in february. he says he acted in self-defense. martin was not armed. the case sparked protests across the country over allegations that the killing was racial. after receiving several threats on his life, zimmerman was forced into hiding. his lawyers say they were in daily contact with him until sunday. >> as of now, we are withdrawing as counsel for mr. zimmerman. we've lost contact with him. up to this

we begin with new developments in a disturbing attack in alexandria. we spoke to a man who says he was questioned by police as a person of interest. police say the suspect lord two women into an abandoned building, than they were harassed and assaulted. we have new details from alexandria on this assault. >> this man described as a person of interest was detained, found behind the building last night. >> to you spend a lot of time behind this building? >> it is only part time. i watch it for the owner. >> hours after being released, the man returned with prove that he is the manager. >> police were giving me trouble, saying that i was not allowed on this property. >> surrounded by alexandria police, this large building has been abandoned for three years but the man was still able to lure two women to the location. >> it is odd. it took the one year to realize that was a bait and the vacant building. >> the suspect a range to me to the women who had responded to an online advertisements. they were able to break fare -- break free. >> i do not know what

bob barnard has more. >> reporter: the alexandria police s.w.a.t. team was on the scene before dusk preparing to search the abandoned office building where the two victims say the man who attacked them dragged them and beat them. police say the women had come to the area to look at an apartment the man had advertised. it is near the eisenhower avenue metro station with a number of apartment complexes nearby. >> you kind of have to be prepared for that around here. it is getting insane. i'm not surprised. a couple years back, the craigslist killer who was finding people on craigslist and murdering them. you can't trust anybody. >> reporter: this is home video of the immediate aftermath of the tax shot by a man would lives in a nearby high-rise apartment building. police say the woman you see here was taken to the hospital as a precaution. another woman went with detectives to provide more details of the crime. >> people are concerned for their safety. they are interested in knowing what happened. they are concerned about the girls, of course. >> repo

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anyone with information is asked to give alexandria police a call.abc 7 news. >> new at 11:00, and robbery in baltimore on saint patrick's day. they say the victim is from arlington, va., and two camera funds, the suspect attacking the man while a crowd gathered to watch. the victim was walking back to his hotel room but did not provoke the attack. the video has gained national attention, including from people who live in the same town as the victim. >> i think it is to read this an awful thing to do. humiliating him is just adding insult to injury korea i really do not get it at all. >> also tonight the police commissioner says the attack is not considered to be a hate crime. and investigators are also checking social networking sites for additional clues in the search for the suspects. >> new at 11:00 tonight there is a key new development in the scandal at penn state. attorneys say legal expenses have reached about $200,000, in sandusky's defense team are now limiting background investigations against eight known accusers and they have dropped psy

alexandria's mayor bill yule was there and he said he's concerned about the law allowing people to use deadly force in cases like this one. >> we're also concerned about the stand down your rights law that allows folks that florida has in place along with 23 other states across this great country that will allow people to use in self-defense the excuse they were attacked and that's why they did what they did. >> virginia does not have a similar stand your ground law and mayor he euille told us he's going to use his political power to make sure one is not adopted. >>> a local coaching legend whose story made it to the big screen has died. coach paul doc hines, the assistant coach in the movie "remember the titans" died this weekend at a rehab facility in riverdale, maryland. coach hines and others were featured in the disney movie about the legendary 1971 t.c. williams high school football team. he was 74 years old. >>> some residents feel like they're in brand new homes in northwest d.c. the clinton global initiative teamed up with building together. volunteers from both groups worked

the alexandria police s.w.a.t. team was on the scene before dusk preparing to search the abandoned office building where the two victims say the man who attacked them dragged them and beat them. the women came to the area to look at an apartment the man had advertised. it's near the metro station with a number of apartment complexes nearby. >> you kind of have to be prepared for that around here. i mean, it's getting insane. and i'm not surprised. i mean, a couple years back, the craigslist killer who was finding people on craigslist and murdering them. you can't trust anybody. and that's unfortunate. >> this is home video of the immediate aftermath of the attack shot by a man who lives in a nearby high-rise apartment building. police say the woman you see here was taken to the hospital as a precaution. the other woman went with detectives to provide more details of the crime. >> people are concerned for their safety. they are interested in knowing what happened. they are concerned about the girls, of course. >> al

i'm giving society fare in alexandria a 2 1/2 star rating.s good to excellent. >> you can read tom's full review this weekend. wow, i want to go there. doesn't that look great? >> incredible. >> read in "the washington post" magazine and for more video reviews check them out on nbc washington.com. wow. >> beautiful food. >> that looked wonderful. >> and good wine. coming up next, lady gaga says the twitter verse is on fire. why the pop star is being criticized for a recent post about food and fitness. >> mascot in training. we'll tag along with j.j. as he makes his debut. i like that name. j.j. right to the point. he's a new mascot at georgetown. here's doug. >>> puppies, bulldogs. that's the best time right there. that's as cute as those guys get. i tell you. then they get to be really strong. out there right now, temperatures in the 60s. we're going to warm up into the 80s over the next couple days. but there are big storms out to the west. we're talking a big >>> i-95 in calvert county shut down as v dot worked on repairs to yet another ov

alexandria police are on the hunt for a man excused of assaulting two women. this happened last night at a vacant office building on mill road near the eisenhower avenue metro. police say the women had come to the area to look for an apartment that the man had advertised. the woman told police that is when the attacker dragged them into the building and beat them. both victims were able to escape though. they are expected to be all right. police say the woman got a good look at the suspect. they described him as a white male with a tall, thin build and reddish brown, long hair pulled back into a tony tail that is lighter in color. they say he had green eyes a pale complexion and was wearing a 3/4 sleeve black top. >>> a maryland man is charged in the death of a 6-year-old who accidentally shot himself. police say 20-year-old raymond brown admitted he left a loaded gun in his backpack inside a home in clinton, maryland. amari perkins opened the bag and found it. brown is a family friend who is living with the boy's familiarly. a family member says brown frantic

alexandria, virginia, one of several cities across the country that held rallies for justice.testers say zimmerman should be arrested and the florida law should be repealed. >> you know, every american feels the need to step up and be heard when something unjust and unfair has occurred. and when we see the kind of situation that occurred in sanford, it really tears at everybody's soul. we do not want to see a child gunned down and then nothing essentially being done about it. >> alexandria mayor bill uall spoke at the rally. that event included a moment of silence for martin. >>> a new book about the 1994 deaths of nicole brown and ron goldman claims that o.j. simpson's son committed the murders. private investigator william deer's book, "o.j. is innocent, and i can prove it" hits shelves today after a 17-year investigation. deer says he has found circumstantial evidence that leads jason simpson, who is now 41 years old, to those murders. deer says he found a hunting knife that forensic investigators say is the weaponid? jason simpson's storage unit. he claims he found photogr

what ares here at the alexandria city jail tonight facing serious charges. he was arrested at the end of a bizarre day, apparently identified by his alleged victims after making no effort to hide from police or us. this was 23-year-old suspect james savage click this morning speaking with alexandria police just steps from the crime scene where last night the city's s.w.a.t. team was looking for a man who attacked two women. they told police they were pulled into this long vacant office building near the eisenhower avenue metro station and beaten by a man who lured them here with an ad for a three-bedroom apartment renting for just 250 a month. they say their attack her a long reddish blonde pony -- attacker had a long reddish blonde tone tail just like mr. click's. >> -- ponytail just like mr. click's. >> they said it was a detainment, not an arrest that i wasn't allowed to the property. this morning i went to the courthouse and they told me how i could prove it to them that i manage it. >> reporter: james click was back at the crime scene today telling us h

two women in alexandria today. the victim told police a craigslist ad led them to an abandoned building where a man attacked them yesterday. the guy has not been caught yet but news 4's tracee wilkins spoke to one potential witness, who says he saw a suspicious man hanging around that building. >> we saw a guy fitting the description walking down here along the edge of the field. he got to the corner. looked like he saw the police car and turned around very quickly and then he came back here and strangely was looking around rncht the officer took off running toward eisenhower metro station where the man was. he was handcuffed and placed in a squad car. after about 30 minutes of questioning police took the man's picture and released him. alexandria police say the man's information has been passed on to detectives, but no warrants have been issued at this time. the incident speaks to how seriously neighbors and police are taking this investigation and what happened inside this building. >> it was kind of scary that h

the news continues at 5:30. >> a brick in the case involving an attack on two women in alexandria. tell you about the man who has been charged and why he spoke with us before his arrest. what he had to set a. >> after weeks of rallies and cries for justice, how people in our area are reacting to the charges against george zimmerman, coming up. >> a cool start on this thursday morning. temperatures are on the upswing >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> we have marched and marched until the right thing is done. thank you. >> trayvon martin's parents applauded yesterday's arrest of the man who shot and killed their son. now george zimmerman prepares for his first court appearance on the charges of second-degree murder. it's thursday, april 12, good morning. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. adam caskey is up first with a check on the forecast. >> its corn to be a little warmer today than yesterday. compared to normal for this time of year, it is a little cool. let's look at the numbers this morning and even some rainfall accumulations from

the alexandria zoning board said they wrongly denied a protest petition.me and business owners worry the redevelopment would bring congestion and too much traffic to old town alexandria. the city has about a month to appeal the zoning commission's decision in court. >>> north koreans are celebrating this weekend. tens of thousands of soldiers and spectators lined the streets of pyongyang to mark the 10 09 birthday of the country's founder, kim il-sung. the new leader addressed the crowd in his first public speech. the celebration came two days after north korea's failed launch of a communication satellite. however, other countries believe the launch was a kov for intercontinent ballistic missile. syrian government and opposition forces seem to be ignoring a cease-fire. both sides continued with heavy shelling as military observers from the united nations come to monitor a broked peace deal. they voted unanimously to dispatch a first team of monitors to maintain the shaky truce. the piece plan is aimed at ending more than a year of violence that's killed mo

in alexandria, tom roussey. >> thanks so much.oday, a maryland senate committee will consider a bill penaltyld increase the for signing a laser at an aircraft. penalty would rise from a $500 a maximum sentence of prison and $2,500 fine. they passed it last month. pilots were blinded by lasers 63 last year. it disorients the pilots and concoct temporary blindness. 4:49, 53 degrees. >> a perfect ending for baylor's last's basketball team, n.c.a.a.rom there and victory last night. >> welcome back. a look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's let's start with adam caskey. crisis it is warmer today and morning.y this we had a few sudden freezing temperatures yesterday morning. mild across the board today. 40's and 50's. a futile blue and green dots on the screen overnight. had an isolated sprinkle. damp roads in frederick county earlier. 51 in arlington, 48 in shepherdstown, 49 in frederick plata, 50 in lorton. 75 this afternoon, mostly cloudy. a few sticks of sunshine. slight chance of a sprinkle especially in virginia. main

alexandria police called in a s.w.a.t. team to look for the man who attacked the woman around 6:00 tonight. their target, an office building that has been vacant for three years, according to people that live in the neighborhood, not far from the metro station. the women say they were dragged into the building and beaten by the man, then ran for their lives. >> it's just very odd to me how the whole thing went down. personally, i can't imagine coming up to look at an apartment and getting dragged somewhere. and like i said earlier, i probably would have tried -- so, it's frightening and it's disturbing. >> a young man who lives in a nearby high-rise apartment building shot this home video right after the police were called to the scene. you can see one of the victims being tended to by first responders. she would end up going to the hospital as a precaution. >> how did she seem to you from your vantage point? >> she seemed okay. she didn't seem too injured, i guess. she was sitting down and obviously distraught. >> the oth

you can head to oldtown, alexandria. national harbor is the perfect spot to check out the shuttle. a lot of people curious what the weather will be like tuesday. >> tonight it's going to be hot and a bit humid and on tuesday a little cooler. the space shuttle you won't be able to miss it. it's going to be a spectacular site between 10:00 and 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> take a look at what's going on right now. a mild, mild overnight with temperatures in some areas not even falling below 60 degrees. look at the high today 83 at reagan national airport. 67 where we normally are for this time of year. the record 89 still stands back in 1941 when it was set. this is what it looked like earlier in the day. we had a little sunshine just enough to warm us into that lower 80s. now we've cooled a bit. 76 degrees at 11:00:52. you don't see this very often for april 15. 72 upper northwest d.c. alexandria now at 73. temperatures across the area, cool this evening. just a little cooler in annapolis now at 67. plenty of warmth to go ar

reporting live in alexandria, news4. >> all right.hank you. >>> prince george's county police have charged a man in connection with the death of a 6-year-old. earlier this week, amar'e perk infound a loaded gun -- perkins found a loaded gun and accidently shot himself. raymond brown was charged with reckless endangermentment he lives in the same home as amar'e and brought the gun into the house. investigators-minute drive sure it brown actually owns the gun. >>> this afternoon, trayvon martin's parents will hold a news conference in d.c. this comes after george zimmerman's lawyers dropped the case. zimmerman was acting as a neighborhood watch volunteer when he shot and killed the 17-year-old back in february. he says he acted in self-defense, though martin was not armed. the case sparked protests across the country over allegations that the killing was racially motivated. after receiving threats on his life, zimmerman was forced into hiding. his lawyers or former lawyers now say they were in daily contact with him until sunday. >> as

i'm peggy fox in alexandria, back to you. >> and come monday morning the full service stops at hall and hall, but as peggy just said, if somebody is having trouble pumping gas or needs help, there will be people to help out customers. >>> new details are out tonight about a police-involved shooting in temple hills, maryland. it happened overnight when officers responded to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in the 3100 block of good hope avenue. police say an officer opened fire when a person came out of the apartment and appeared to be reaching for a weapon. neither the officer nor that suspect was hit. that suspect was taken into custody. when officers searched the apartment, they found someone had been stab several times. the stabbing victim was taken to -- stabbed several times. the stabbing victim was taken to the hospital. >>> police made a quick arrest in the assault case in alexandria. james click a s accused of grabbing two -- is accused of grabbing two women and pulling them into a vacant building tuesday evening. click is charged with abduction and felonious assa

he moved to alexandria because he didn't know stratford anymore and he was trying to recoup his financial reverses and convince somebody else to invest in something silly. anyway, lee spent much of his life trying to figure out who his father was and in some ways never came at peace with that, and i think he finally figured out that he was going to have to figure out sort of not be his own father, but accommodate for the absence of a father just like he accommodated for the absence of many other things. yes, sir? [ inaudible ] >> he had another son called black horse lee. he inherited what was left of the plantation at the house and he was ordered to stay with friends because she had nowhere to go, but we don't hear much about -- >> we hear as much as we need to. black horse herring, you know, i took a father/son group from stratford because i thought people from the northwest ought to see a plantation and so when he took him to stratford, and i had to embarrass the guy and ask about black horse herring because if you're following stratford, what happened to it after light horse herring l

we are following a developing story in alexandria. two women were attacked by a man who was supposed to show them an apartment if. >> it happened yesterday in the 2200 block of mill road autria godfrey. has more on the search for the attacker >> . it is scary. >> kimberly is shocked to hear of the attack of two women who she says could've just as easily been her and her friend. >> it is literally in your backyard. it is disturbing. >> after 6:00 tonight two women met a man on long mill road just outside old town, responding to an online ad for an apartment for rent. they were lured to this abandoned building. if once inside, the man physically assaulted both women. >> . it >. i felt as though the girls might have been younker and maybe a little. greg bold women escaped with only one of them needing medical attention for minor injuries. officers combed the building for the suspect. alexandria police are still working to piece together a motive. >> everyone has a different motive for everything. it is a highly unusual case. >> abc 7 new

the group is doing the work called "rebuilding together alexandria." >> nice job.you are looking for a new job were thinking of changing careers, the 2012 jobs rating report is out. software engineer, consultant, and human resources manager are among the best jobs to have. the worst jobs -- lumberjack, dairy farmer, and enlisted military personnel, will read worker and newspaper reporter rounded out the top five. >> this is not the kind of wake- up call you get when you stay at a motel. animal control workers removed this six-foot alligator from a louisiana hotel today. the alligator bit one of the guests when he tried to catch the animal on his own. the alligator was captured and released. the lesson from that story, do not try to capture the alligator on your own. >> i think alligator milker was on the list as well of bad jobs. let's see what is coming up. >> we are all glad gordon peterson is here to do it. >> there is a blend game over why the budget proposal did not go over as planned. gov. o'malley is talking about it. he thinks the reason it did not go the w

. >> we have new developments, the report on a man who attacked two women in alexandria who responded for an ad in an apartment. jennifer donelan is live from alexandria with the details. >> police tell us this woman has come to view this fake apartment by herself she could have been killed. police got a search warrant this afternoon and are searching the building as we speak. the investigation focused on one man who spoke with abc 7. >> the police are giving me trouble. i was not allowed on this property. >> police got calls when this man matched the description that showed up near old town. it was a scene of a brutal attack and an all out manhunt last night. a man of lord two women to the building and beat them. one woman was beaten so badly she suffered a dislocated elbow. >> it is horrible. it is hard to believe something like that would happen. >> the man who told us his name is "click" is a person of interest. it was 6:00 last night and the sun was still out when a 31- year-old woman and another woman in her 40's showed up to see the apartment. a man grabbed both of them and beg

irregularities in the alexandria's adult education program. school system has put an employee on administrative leave. the school system is also launching its own inquiry. a maryland senate panel will consider a bill that would crackdown on people shining laser at an aircraft. the penalty would rise from $500 to up to three years in prison and a $2,500 fine. the house of delegates passed a bill last month. >> first lady michelle obama will unveil an effort by some businesses to help spouses military members. fisher house is where military members can stay while their loved ones are receiving medical care >> . today president obama will sign an act that bans insider trading by a federal workers. earlier in the day the commander-in-chief will deliver remarks at an annual easter prayer breakfast. that will be of the white house. >> take a look at what is making news in america's money. stock markets and supermarkets. the fed's update report has the opposite effect on wall street and customers ranking their favorite grocery stores. paula faris als

alexandria police say one cop is one arrested of drug charges.s, gabriel sepeda and david fluors were arrested last week. investigators say the suspects were in the process of bringing more than 27 pounds of marijuana into the commonwealth from california. the drugs have an estimated street value of $635,000. >>> the debate over drinking hours inning the district is heating up. ward one councilman graham is holding a public hearing at this hour to discuss mayor gray's proposal to push back the closing time at bars here. and they could get an extra hour to serve alcohol from 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning on weekdays and 3:00 to 4:00 in the morning on weekends. critics worry the late drinking hours will create borbon street atmosphere in neighborhoods along u street and adams morgan. >> speaking from a personal position, not that of the commission on which i sit, i personally think it is a bad idea. we have a lot of people that are already out drinking at all hours of the night. and i have a lot of constituents that have a hard time sleeping and get

alexandria mayor bill yule spoke to demonstrators. many carried signs and wore hoodies in memory of 17-year- old martin who was shot and killed in late february. protesters want the shooter george zimmerman arrested and want a review of florida's stand your ground law. under that law zimmerman is claiming self-defense. >>> a man is facing charges after a bomb threat that caused confusion at nearly 20 fairfax county schools. 19-year-old marco toledo of burke, virginia is now charged with felony threats to bomb and criminal trespass. the police did not allow buss to drop off students at annandale high school on friday because of the threat. since those buses also pick up younger students later in the day, 18 elementary and middle schools were affected by this. after using bomb sniffing dogs and robots to check out the school, police eventually gave the all clear. >>> the university of virginia has received a piece of steel from the world trade center. the charlottesville volunteer firefighter who is also a student at the university led

tom is in alexandria with this developing story. >> this college has been around for decades but seeminglyhout warning, students found out it is shutting down. act college right above me. right above that, you see that their small offices available. then there is a sign here that says police. there will be a lot of space in this building with thesethis school leaving. you have teachers and students angry and frustrated. >> i have two weeks to finish. >> she does not know if she will ever finish the medical degree she worked so hard for. >> when i found out, i could not believe it. >> heartbroken. >> her mother is also a student here and she does not know if she will ever get her money back. >> i was supposed to take a test in two weeks. i cannot even do that. i already paid for the registration fee. i am very upset, not just for me but for my daughter. >> they are closing locations in arlington and alexandria. a letter on the door blames the shut down on the department of education cutting financial assistance. >> the students were told that, basically, they get a spring break holiday. >>

. >> police say the man suspected of killing an activist in alexandria is suspected of killing several other people. >> doesn't feel like spring outside. more like winter. this its garrett county, maryland, where people saw 6 inches of snow today. we didn't get that much in the d.c. area all winter. doug is here with more. what is going on? >> that is so true. the biggest snowstorms of the year happen in october now happening in the month of april. for most of us, talking western maryland, parts of pennsylvania. for us, a cold rain. temperature tuesday into the 40s. all across the area. high temperature at dulles. 47 degrees. that is the coldest, high temperature for this day ever recorded out there at dulles. we go back, 40, 50 years. we go towards the west. out towards garrett county. parts coming up with 3 to 6 inches of snow. in parts of pennsylvania we saw upwards of a foot, foot and a half of snow. all because of this monstrous storm we saw across the area. that storm bringing in cold air from the north. and wrapping that air across our area today. struggling to reach the 50 degr

>> clark came to alexandria to rebuild his life. good shepherd housing was the answer. for 37 years they have reduced homelessness, increased security support and promoted self-sufficiency. >> they assisted me in moving to this apartment which i truly love. i've taken care of and it's also given me a foundation that i can start to experience life as a prosperity versus looking at what a loss was. >> we help equip people with the skills and with anything that is going to help them stabilize their current situation and then learn how to continue that into the future. and so that they don't need good shepherd housing forever and always. >> not only does clark have a home, he has a new business. he makes organic spray body cleansers. they are called god's gifts, a name that could easily describe good shepherd housing. >> just the fact of knowing that i have a stable environment is really what's helping me today and thank to good shepherd housing, that stable environment is truly i something i -- is something i truly look forward to each and every day i come into this apartm

brianne carter joins us in alexandria with the latest. >> good morning. we understand from authorities that it was a tip that came in at the national center for missing and exploited children that allow detectives to locate the now 12-year-old girl in our area. we understand detectives calling upon the tips were able to locate the mother identified as 39-year-old maria cano in the sterling neighborhood. we understand according to authorities it was in its february of 2006 that the 6- year-old child was reported missing by her father. at the time it was suspected the mother had taken the child and left the country. they believed at the time there were in a stolen silver 2004 dodge neon that was never recovered. now we know they were located in. sterling in the mother maria is now being held in the loudoun county detention center without bond waiting to be extradited back to california. authorities tell us it's on charges of child concealment and grand theft. the young child is now waiting to be reunited with her father. reporting from alexandria, brianne c

-year- old eugene mccray of alexandria. this incident has uncovered a weakness in metro's system if you need a defibrillator. you definitely want that defibrillator to work, so metro is going proactive. they're yanking out 44 old defibrillators that have been in place since the year 2000. they are replacing those with brand-new ones and adding dozens more. some metro stations just got new defibrillators like this one at judiciary square. >> when the green light's flashing, it's always on. >> reporter: what happened monday at the pentagon station is when a defibrillator was needed, it wasn't working. >> this was a passenger on the train who went to the station kiosk at pentagon, got the defibrillator from the station manager and went back down to the train. it was later determined that that defibrillator did not have a sufficient charge to deploy. >> reporter: metro says that patient who was found unconscious aboard a yellow line train died later at the hospital where he was taken by arlington county fire and rescue. this wo

but susan from alexandria wants to know why does this have to all be about the race issue? no matter who was what color, if someone comes up behind you in the dark with a gun in hand, you're going to feel threatened and you're going to fight for your life. i think the nationwide outrage is over the proposition that the one with the gun could claim self-defense. there is a lot more to know about this and i hope it won't be turned into a black/white issue. well, susan, it's apparently a little too late for that. it appears that trayvon martin's race may have been a big part of why he looked suspicious to zimmerman in the first place and some do believe that it is why zimmerman was not arrested, at least not at first. regardless of what might be more comfortable for all of us involved here, it's hard to argue race is not part of the discussion. finally we get this from jeff in falls church who says he, too, used to be on a neighborhood watch. gung ho like zimmerman i wanted to work only the neighborhood watch captain shift since that is when most crimes were committed, but the

about 12:30 saturday morning, 19-year-old lester flores of alexandria was found shot to death in the 2000 block of woodbury street in louisville. on saturday night, two women were shot. one woman died, one was shot in the leg. >> apparently one went into the liquor store, found an off-duty sheriff who assisted this victim. >> the latest incident happened in the 2300 block of judith avenue in district heights. police say several people were inside the home when a dispute broke out. two men were shot, one died. the other suffered non-life threatening injuries. what did you hear out here? did you hear any shots? >> no, i didn't. i went down the road this morning, and when i got back, i seen all kinds of police cars and stuff, and i didn't even know what was going on. >> reporter: so far no arrests have been made in any of the incidents. they have scheduled a press conference at 10:30 monday morning where they will update the community and the media on this violence. >>> the man who walked into a d.c. rec center with a gunshot wound is now facing charges himself. police say he was one of

. >>> in virginia alexandria public schools lost state funding for the adult education program over a cheating scandal. according to the washington examiner, virginia's investigating possible cheating by school officials on exams designed to prepare students for their ged tests. a spokeswoman for the alexandria public schools says the adult education program will continue the rest of this year as scheduled. >>> wednesday marks the one year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden and now it's become an issue on the presidential campaign trail. today mitt romney was a bit on the defensive over comments he made back in 2007. this began last week when president obama's campaign released a brand-new web video violating comments made by romney about the war and questioning whether or not he would have given the order to kill bin laden. today the gop candidate fired back while campaigning in new hampshire. >> reporter: you would have given the order, governor? >> of course. even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> romney's advisors say the ad is a sign of a desperate campaign an

. >> breaking news in alexandria. police searched a big building for a man who attacked two women. the women thought this were looking at an apartment. at corner of eisenhower and mill road next to the beltway. turns out the building is oneinn which the s.w.a.t. team drains. shomari stone is there with our report. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. police searched this building behind me. you can see still police officers outside at the foot of the stairwell there. move off to the right the you can see all the floors. well officers searched all the floors along with every corner of this building. an officer told me the suspect was long gone. >> it's disturbing of course. >> arpd wilexandria police s.w. team moved to to search for a man. >> it's scary. my wife and i live here. >> reporter: this man lives across the street in an apartment complex. he came outside to walk miles shocked to find 20 police cars, yellow crime scene tape on mill road nearize izthe metro stati. police say the two women were frightened after responding to an ad for the apartment they came out to mill road.

alexandria, virginia, is one of several cities that held rallies for justice this weekend. prosecutors say zimmerman should be arrested -- protesters say that zimmerman should be arrested, and the florida law should be repealed. >> every american feels the need to step up and be heard when something unjust and unfair has occurred. when we see the kind of situation that occurred in sanford it terrys at everybody's -- tears at everybody's soul. we do not want to see a child gunned down and nothing essentially been about it. >> alexandria's mayor spoke at the rally. it included a moment of silence for trayvon martin. >> no just -- >> no peace! >> trayvon martin's parents attended a rally in his hometown of miami. the family disputes zimmerman's self-defense claim and believe race played a role in the shooting. a crowd in miami included political leaders, sports stars, and civil rights leaders. al sharpton and jesse jackson vowed to keep holding peaceful demonstrations until an arrest is made. >>>. 4:31. tyke for a first look at the forecast. tom, hello. can we say welcome to a

that's consistent with nancy living in alexandria and showing up in the house. she's thought to live there from 1836 to at least 1870. part of my research revolves around understanding why margaret would have been sold. i'm just driven by trying to understand the trade and why somebody would be sold. perhaps it was an unwanted pregnancy. we know that gaths by was a slave trader. perhaps he arranged the sale of margaret. it was not uncommon for young female slaves to be purchased and used as concubines and later result to either become servants, cooks, or even work in a brothel. margaret could have been sold in virginia at an early age or until just before she gave birth to her first child in new orleans in 1840. we're now beginning to research the gaths by records to see what we can find about when that may have occurred. as you're probably aware, the domestic slave trade increased after the united states banned the importation of slaves in 1808. the ports of d.c. and alexandria were among the largest in the number of slaves shipped to the south. new orleans, lo

let's go now to alexandria steel at the cnn weather center. it's hard to believe, when you see the tractor-trailers being thrown through the air, it's hard to believe it's an ef-1 or ef-2. >> that storm in particular might have been an ef-3 because some of these winds potentially 150 miles an hour. here's what it looked like around 1:00 beginning when this line coalesced, moved through dallas. potentially 13 reported tornadoes there. again, national weather service has to go out. it certainly has been a very fast start to the season. is it extraordinary or out of the norm to see this in dallas? really not this time of year. in dallas, april and may are the peak months for tornadoes there. last april, record setting, shattering the biggest month for tornadoes ever in the u.s., last april, getting off to a very robust season of the t. the problem, the setup we had yesterday that spawned all of the tornadoes is very similar to the setup we have today albeit a little farther eastward. the dynamics are the same. the upper level mechanism, the warm

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