this was near the campus of alexandria university. students were protesting against the harsh verdict. but this is a divided nation. others outside were stoning the protesters. security forces are in position here on this street. there has already been some trouble. tear gas has been fired, and it is ill hanging in the air. many see what has happened in alexandria as part of a broader crackdown on dissent in egypt. that crackdown has been on display in cairo this week. a new law severely restricts public gatherings of more than 10 people. those challenging it have been rounded up. it is no longer just islamists being targeted. many now fear an attempt to turn back the clock. bbc news, alexandria. >> a russian court has granted bail to the last greenpeace activist detained at sea for protesting against arctic oil drilling. other members were bailed earlier this month after several weeks in jail. one has now described her experience behind bars, saying she was so alone that she communicated with other activists by tapping out messages o

alexandria police chief says kirby was found by a relative. he was seen alive earlier in the day, actually, according to police. but right now, authorities are not saying where he was seen or by whom. considering kirby's high profile status, he spent 30 years as a public servant and all things in the d.c. metro region. one of the first questions, did that have anything do with his killing? was he targeted? right now, it is too early to tell, they are not eliminating any of the possibilities. everything is on the table. chief cook says his detectives understand the high profile nature of the case, but that does not change the way they investigate. >> all of our homicides, protocalls are exactly the same. our job is to expend all of our resources in bringing some justice to this, by hopefully arresting the individual responsible. >> chuck being the executive director of the council of government says his colleagues were devastated upon finding out that kirby had been killed. kirby was a key figure in countless local and state transportation issu

david culver spent the day in oldtown alexandria on king street with the details. did you get shopping done david? >> reporter: not yet. i'm saving it for tonight. i'll get it done. a lot of folks here working the stores along king street are wearing small is the new black. this is the slogan they are promoting as we go into small business saturday tomorrow. it makes sense. here in oldtown, 78% of the business businesses, locally owned. >> there will be a little in the section over here. >> reporter: this is more than a children's boutique. it's been her livelihood for six years. >> if you go to the oldtown shops, we are not huge stores. will ever therefore, any space we can fill has to be quality products. >> reporter: she teamed up with 50 small business owners. they are pushing shop local alexandria. >> we are all friends, that's what's nice about it. we help each other out. they come in here, hey do you have books? no, but you can go to hooray for books. >> we are children's books. >> reporter: she's hoping tomorrow brings a surge of customers. >> that's when p

in alexandria surae chinn, wusa9. >> other condo communities in our area have also done the doggy dna testing. the chantilly park condos say they had a horrible waste problem and after a year they have nearly 100% compliance. you got to check out our facebook page. people have a lot to say about this. some funny and pretty serious. >>> the powerful story of a free black man kidnapped in washington sold into slavery is the basis of a new hit movie. bruce leshan examines local historic links to 12 years of slaves. >> plus a local college football team is nearing an undefeated season and the first for the school, what makes them special is something some of you may see as a disadvantage. the remarkable story of the galludet squad coming up after the break. >> the weather just fine for a swim test at the national zoo. these adorable people right here swimming in that video right after the break. >> the tigers are at coral ones, right? we should draw -- are the adorable ones, right? we should draw them. >> a little touch of spring today, temps back in the 50s. we're still looking at mid-60

i'm peggy fox reporting live from alexandria. wusa9.com. >>> we fumbled the rollout. >> under pressure from the angry voters. president obama is now making a change to the affordable care act. if you like your current plan, you can keep it for another year. danielle nottingham reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: for nearly $5 million -- for nearly five million americans, the white house has a fix. >> i said that i would do everything we could to fix this problem and today i'm offering an idea to help do it. >> reporter: the white house is giving insurance companies the option to keep offering plans that would have otherwise been canceled through 2014. providers, they will also have to make clear what the plans do not include. to let consumers know what other new options are available in the federal exchanges. >> this fix will not solve any pro-- every problem for every person. but it will help a lot of people. >> reporter: president obama spoke and took questions for nearly an hour. taking blame for the problem. >> we fumbled

in alexandria, clerks are sporting shirts that say small is the new black. this year, store owners in oldtown formed a bigger than ever alliance to promote small business saturday. >> we are all in this together. we are trying hard to make it work. small businesses are the first ones to fall out. we don't have the deep pocketbooks that some of the big companies have. >> coming up at 5:00, david culver will be live in oldtown for more on tomorrow's big effort. >>> alexandria is offering you a cheap and easy way to get to your favorite stores. the trolley started running to get you there to shop. the trolley will run every 15 minutes until 10:15 tonight and is absolutely froo free. lots of stores are offering discounts up to 30% right now. >>> the washington suburban sanitary commission is hoping to have the water back up and runninging in rockville. over the scene earlier, you can see the huge mess it made of that road. this is south lawn lane. we are told the break impacted 44 customers including the animal shelter. no word on what caused the break. >>> poli

is used to catch criminals and in alexandria, pooper downtown trators. i said it.re's such a bad poop problem, they called in dog detectives. surae chinn has the scoop. >> reporter: a little csi has gone to the dogs. >> we've got a problem. >> reporter: at the midtown alexandria station condos, residents complain of dog droppings outside, in the parking garage, elevators and on the carpet. >> it's an awful thing. who does that? >> reporter: the property management says they've done what they can. put out the polite letters telling dog owners to pick up the poop. they also say the surveillance cameras can't be in every corner. so they've turned to poop prints. a dog d.n.a. testing company to catch the poopertrators. the doggie paw print is entered into a database. a waste sample is run through the database for a match. >> it's extreme measures. it's a big waste of money. >> it comes out to about $3 a unit. >> we have 360 units. that's a lot of money. >> reporter: dog d.n.a. crusader and bored member joseph gill her says the d.n.a. deter meant is mainly to catch indo

. >>> police are puzzled as they try to figure out how and why a man in alexandria died. the 69-year-old man was found by a relative in alexandria's rosemont neighborhood on elm street. police say they're going to wait for an autopsy result before they rule whether or not this is a homicide. >>> police call him a sexual predator who has been victimizing young men for years. now 38-year-old joe poindexter of gaithersburg is off the streets charged with sexually assaulting a man he met at a bar last month. police believe this is a pattern of behavior that's been going on for 'some time. they plan to release his picture and provide nor details coming up later today. >>> the exchief of the air force's sexual assault prevention office will be in court for allegedly groping a woman in male. he was originally charged with sexual battery but now is being charged with assault and battery. he grabbed the woman's breasts and buttocks outside a bar. he was removed from his post with the sexual assault prevention and response unit after his arrest became public. >>> two fairfax county

la policía de alexandria pide a la comunidad información sobre el incidente. - grupos a favor de unaomienza una vigilia a favor de una reforma inmigratoria, se espera que cerca de 200 personas participen en la actividad para presionar al congreso a una reforma inmigratoria que le dé el camino a la ciudadanía a inmigrantes indocumentados del país. cerca de -- cinco líderes religiosos dieron anuncio al inicio de la campaña ayuno por la familia. la vicepresidenta del sindicato de trabajadores y servicios está con nosotros, ¿que significa este ayuno? >> este lanzamiento del ayuno por las familias es un esfuerzo para asegurar que se pone a la luz la crisis moral que existe en el país por la causa de la reforma inmigratoria que está rota, muchas de nuestras familias están sufriendo estas deportaciones, se están dejando muchas familias atrás, niños, madres, padres. aparte, hay mucho sufrimiento que aparta, vemos que dentro de las fronteras, hay gente muriendo, trabajadores viviendo el miedo. entonces, para asegurar que se pone atención y que les hacemos un llamado al congreso, que ya especi

germantown almost at the freezing mark and 33 along with alexandria. over at andrews and upper marlboro sitting at 37. so heavy jackets needed this morning. great visibility under clear skies at national airport. 41. thankfully the winds are light at the moment southwest at three did you no not expect that to be the case today. expect a breezy day today. wind will also be an issue. in the 50s yesterday, the dew point. down to 25 now. there goes the front that brought us the midday showers. behind it we're clear but in the mountains the northwesterly flow picking up the moisture off the great lakes and gets a little bipt of a lift when -- bit of a lift whether it hits the appalachians. for us fairly quiet. expecting the rain and snow showers to stay up in the higher elevations north and west. we noon we're sun -- by noon we're sunny, looking good. the showers continue to pull away from atlantic. 5:00 sunset time, clear. a nice night for the football games. a little disturbance tomorrow is going to pass well to our north. they just had a few clouds to th

in alexandria, police fired tear gas at protesters to try to break up the crowds.ilar scenes in giza. in the capital of cairo, people marched towards the capitol. so demonstrationing taking place in several cities across egypt. tell us what has been happening. >> yes, as you said the protests are spread all over the country. in numbers they are not very large. most are hundreds of demonstrators taking part. but still it is very defie act not just because of this law being imposed but also the government has acted very harshly against anyone who dare to oppose the law. and what also is significanting can't is that new people, new groups are joining the protest against this new law, and they are saying this is something they cannot withstand. they are not going to tolerate and they stand up against the interim government. >> despite the anger and protests the government remains resolute in backing this controversial new law. >> yes, especially representatives of the armed forces. the government's line is that this law is necessary to keep order, and they say they hav

david culver covers northern virginia, spending the evening in old town alexandria, where most of the stores are locally owned. >> reporter: with the old town tree lit up, kings street holiday shopping can officially get started. what did you do today? >> we went shopping. >> reporter: the troll ilgiving these shoppers a break. laura has already pick up a few things. i bought a cute top. >> reporter: but she's using tonight's ride to scout saturday's deals. >> i'm saying let's get off and get in these shops. i'm ready. >> reporter: these sisters hadn't heard of small business saturday, but now they're on board. >> i like the small, crafty handmade, a bit more ufeek and original. >> reporter: shopkeepers are hoping all these crowds carry into tomorrow. >> if we had a bad year or two years, we're out of business. >> that's motto this weekend? small is the new black. >> we have to compete. it's important to have some of these special weekends. >> reporter: laura is all for the push. >> i would rather be in little shops, local people. >> the trollies have stopped running for the night, on

he'll be in prison in alexandria until january. >> egypt's deposed president arrives for his trial in care. >>>. he's been in detention at a secret location. as he entered the cage reserved for him and his codefendants, his supporters greeted him with the sign of the ain't coup alliance. -- anti-coup alliance. in the public gallery others joined in. some shouted "execute him". mohamed morsi rejects the court decision, and claims he is president. the judge felt he had to adjourn the court for two months. mohamed morsi's son believes the proceedings are a sham. >> when you see the president in a cage, with no human rights, no legal rights, and calling for an emergency - it's not constitutional case. it's not a legal case. we are, in fact a joke. >> outside the courts hundreds of mohamed morsi supporters had hoped the court might dismiss the case. across the country many of mohamed morsi's supporters were on the march. this was the scene in front of the high court in cairo. security forces use tear gas to try to get people to disperse. >> the people today are gathering around egypt's sen

in alexandria, news 4. >>> walmart released this statement, black friday is a big stage. we are not surprised that those trying to change our industry are use thg platform to get their message out. we expect some demonstrations though fewer than what critics are claiming with hardly any walmart associates. >>> evan was 29 years old. his body was found in the water in baltimore on wednesday. they tell the baltimore sun, he died after leaving the bar with friends and walking on his own to his parked car. >>> news 4 has been reporting on the rise in heroin deaths in montgomery county. darcy spencer is here with more on what one mom is going to fight this problem. darcy? >> reporter: for this mom, it's personal. she lost two nephews within three months, one addicted to heroin, the other to prescription medications. she's taking the message to parents at her daughter's high school. >> it's an epidemic of the suburbs. >> she's talking about heroin. a drug that more and more young people are injecting into their vains to get a quick and dangerous high. >> don't be fooled and thi

it benefits a nonprofit that serves alexandria's needy. they presented alive with a $6,000 check at the event. >> happy thanksgiving. >> a taste of home for u.s. servicemen and women in afghanistan today. this is video of the celebration at the camp. about 45,000 u.s. troops ate their holiday meal in afghanistan today. they enjoyed 70,000 pounds of turkey and all the fixings and roughly 20,000 pies for dessert. president obama made phone calls to u.s. service members today, thanking them for their service and wishing them happy holiday. the first family is celebrating at the white house. here is part of his message to the nation. >> on behalf of all the obama's, i want to wish you a happy and healthy thanksgiving. we give things for the men and women in uniform and their families. we give thanks for the freedoms they defend and for everyone doing their part to make the united states a better, more compassionate nation. happy thanksgiving. >> you may be curious what they eat at the white house. it's close to what you eat. turkey, honey-bake

live in alexandria. >> thanks. the desperation for food and clean water is growing in the philippines with 600,000 people now homeless after the typhoon. the death toll stands at 2300 and police are doing their best to keep lewders off the streets. in los angeles, home to the largest philippine population outside the philippines, many anxiously await word from family members of the disaster area. that story and more on the relief efforts. >> security forces are patrolling the streets after lewders raided a rice warehouse. the wall collapsed. typhoon victims desperate for food ran off with thousands of sax of grain. some survivors are looking for water. hundreds of bodies littered the area and the fear is, disease will spread. ramon traveled for two days from saudi arabia to find his hometown and house in ruins. overcome to find his family safe. in los angeles, they have been nervously waiting to hear from family members in the philippines. their six-year-old niece and 12- year-old nephew were missing for days. tues

. >>> police in alexandria are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. the victim was 69 years old. police have not released his name. a relative found the body yesterday afternoon in the rosemont neighborhood on elm street. officers say they are going to wait for an autopsy to determine whether or not this is foul play. >>> two fairfax county school employees have been arrested on charges of embezzlement and money laundering. veggors say for middle school principal -- investigators say poe middle school sonia swansbrough and bethany speed may have embezzled more than 100,000 over two and a half years. >>> many local military families are going to have a much better holiday spoken thanks to you. wusa9 held a phone bank during last night's shows to raise money for the uso's turkeys for troops program. every dollar is going to help provide thanksgiving and christmas food baskets to area military families. if you missed a chance to donate yesterday, you can still go to wusa9.com and click on the uso logo which is right on our home page. >>> it is 5:06. time

that's one of our cold spots with germantown right now while waldorf 48 and alexandria 36. outside on our weather camera, great visibility this morning as we look at washington under clear skies. 44 degrees with a west, northwesterly wind at 3 miles an hour. the dew point in the 20s. so the air is relatively dry. we had some fire concerns also with the windy conditions yesterday and the dry air. yes, be very careful. if you have any open burning to do. weather headlines, cool today. not a bad monday. much colder tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures tomorrow and wednesday are going to struggle to get out of the low 40s. some of you aren't going to get out of the 30s. tomorrow morning with the cold front, a rain or snow shower can't be ruled out. maybe a passing flurry. it's not going to be really anything other than conversational. ground temperatures are way too warm in most areas. maybe the mountains will have a problem but for us ground temperatures way too warp. not concerned about it. then a mild finish to the week. 50s for the end of the workweek. 60s return this upcom

and we've also seen escalation with the conditions of xiii young islamist women in alexandria of 11 yearst for protesting in support of the ousted president. >> sreenivasan: how's that playing out? obviously the news of those 14 arrests is now out there. is there there a public outcry about how those protesters were treated? >> i don't know if it's a public outcry but we're seeing human rights organizations saying this is unacceptable, saying this is worse treatment than they saw under ousted president hosni mubarak. you're seeing some leading secular politicians calling the authorities saying this might be a little too much and the families themselves saying they will appeal and this is evident that this is clearly not a democratic country, this is clearly military-led authoritarian nation and that it was a coup against the former president. >> sreenivasan: so you seem to be saying the military is turning away its spotlight from the muslim brotherhood-- which they might have successfully cracked down on-- and is focusing it back on these secular activists, the ones who helped get them in

two protests at two different stores in alexandria. again expect protests throughout the countryor 1500 stores, there will be protests at. reporting live in landover hills, hatzel vela, abc7 news. >> thank you for that report. it is a controversial victory. >> a woman is using the infamous stand your ground law that was hot topic in the trayvon martin case. supporters are cheering but that case is far from over. that is still ahead on good morning, washington. >> hi, we're from montgomery county and we just wanted to say, good morning, washington! >> my favorite all-girl's soccer teams out there in montgomery county. got love them. >> good morning to you girls, as well. good morning to everyone waking up with us on your friday morning. thank you for joining us before you get all your shopping going. >> or main you're just coming home from shopping: eileen? >> make sure anything you're doing outdoors, make sure you're bundling up. it is a cold start to this black friday morning. 19 degrees at robert frost meddle school, very appropriate

. >> anoche y un niño fue atropellado en el área de alexandria mientras caminaba buscando dulces con de los íconos, pero de los monumentos que a usted y a los turistas les gusta ver, el monumento a washington, se ha revelado que estaban las reparaciones tratando de arreglar las grietas ble causó el sismo de hace dos años, pues será retirado todo ese armazón muy pronto. usted podrá de nuevo disfrutar esplendoroso monumento a washington. muy atento. >> y vamos a cambiar de tema. les cuento que un informe de

schoolgirls and employees who in the morning before going to -- about their day would stand in alexandria distribute flyers. apparently they were taken -- or they were -- i'm sorry -- they were -- they were taken the day that they were trying to form a human chain in the alexandria. police at that stage arrested them and now they were charged with thuggery, destroying public property, and i think the crux of the matter is belonging or supporting an outlawed organization, and even though the sentencing did not spell this, it is about the brotherhood these girls have been very vocal about the fact that they did support the muslim brotherhood and were part of the anti-coup alliance. but it is a really harsh sentence. these girls have not done anything that would deserve such a harsh sentencing. some have received 15 years others 11 years and one month. >> hoda thank you. >>> multiple suicide bombings have taken place in iraq. in one attack a family of five was shot dead. >>> hundreds of demonstrators have set fire and tried to break into the regional governor's office. people there have been

many right here in old town alexandria. >> i like his hair.now who you will see out and about on small business saturday. president obama and his daughters visited one more page books in washington. no word on if they'll make a similar outing but eric holder is scheduled to visit in the d.c. union market area later this morning. >> the numbers are running in for black friday and retailers should be looking good. they'll release the early estimates for yesterday's sales. according to preliminary stats sales rose 9% with online sales growing 19.7%. if these numbers stay true, 6 600 -- it will be $602 billion. >> white house volunteers and staff are working to get everything ready for the wednesday holiday preview. aaron gilcrest has more on the welcoming of a very important part of the tradition. the tree. >> reporter: better than being strapped to the roof of a chevy. a horse and buggy came carrying the official white house christmas tree for 2013. michelle obama followed tradition and accepted the gift of an 18.5 foot tall douglas fur from a t

. >> alexandria is offering a cheap and easy way to get to your stores. the king street trolley started running at 6:00 a.m. to get you to the shops at old town. it will run every 15 minutes until 10:15 tonight and it is free. lots of stores are offering downs up to 30%. one of d.c.'s most popular attractions will show off holiday spirits. zoo lights opens and this year more than a half million lights will transform into a winter wonderland. they will have a new garden light sculpture. it is open from 5:00 to 9:00 january 1st and will be closed on christmas eve and christmas day and new year's eve. >> alexandria mayor will turn on the lights in old town and at 7:00, county executive will host the ceremony at national harbor. that lighting event will be followed by fireworks. today is the beginning of a long holiday week of sales. many community stores are getting ready for small business saturday. it's a day designed to shop in your local neighborhoods and support local economies. you may even see a familiar face. last year president obama stopped by one

alexandria, arlington, falls church mid-40s. now let's check the friday morning early traffic. any problems, danella? >>> yes, tom. unfortunately, tracking a disabled tractor-trailer. traveling i-95 southbound this morning, route 1 in woodbridge, you're going to see a left lane and center lane blocked by the tract tractor-trailer that's in the roadway. so folks are getting by single file to the right, but they are waiting on heavy duty tow truck to come and tow the car out of the roadway. for now tying up the left side of the roadway. good news traveling the inner loop at vandorn, just watching this earlier work zone here also in the left lane but it's clear so inner loop and outer loop no ib use. back at 4:31. >>> thank you.ppeance for a man accused of shooting four people. victor coley has been in jail in d.c. since his arrest earlier this month. he apparently got into an argument with a man. police say he went back to his apartment, grabbed his gun, and fired it to a crowd at a bus stop. one man was shot the in the head and chest. coley is charged with four counts of assault

we're 51 in arlington and alexandria. rockville 49 with 48 for leesburg. 48 in manassas. 51 waldorf and andrews and bowie this morning and 54 last check down in prince frederick from e.j. checking with me on facebook. cloudy skies overhead. a little tough to see but there they are on our michael & son weather camera. 53. good visibility. the winds are calm and humidity stands at 80% on this wednesday morning. the cold stuff is out in the rockies. look at this, even down into new mexico. some of the ski areas in new mexico were looking pretty good on the web cams yesterday. the warmth is shooting up toward chicago into the 50s this morning. and we're in the 50s as well. little rock 63 at this hour. snow is flying in the upper midwest here through the upper mississippi valley towards wisconsin now out of minnesota. this storm winding down for them. for us this is a trailing cold front. this cold front is going to be coming through tomorrow with these showers you see which are moving in toward indianapolis and illinois and a

police say the 69-year-old was shot and killed inside his alexandria home on monday morning. investigators say they have no suspects at this point. >>> police have arrested a man in the attempted rape of a smoothie king worker in rockville. police say yera basnueva went into a store on monday asking to use the bathroom. he came out with his pants down and pushed a female employee on to the counter. he tried to assault her but she fought back and he ran away. >>> time for another your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with some leadership changes regarding -- she's here. she's around town. she's in the newsroom. >> good morning to everybody at home. we're starting with a very important job. the president has nominated the next head of the commodity futures trading commission. the regulator plays a crucial role in using new rules under the 2010 wall street reform law to try to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. timothy masad is his name. a senior treasury department official who ran tarp for the last three years. he's replacing outgoing chairman gary gensler. if con

they were forming a human chaining in alexandria. many people decried how harsh the sentence is, 11 years and one month. some of the girls are 15. when they come out of gaol, if the sentence is not changed, they will be 26. they were sentenced four obstructing traffic, for possessing illegal tools that could harm other citizens, for thuggery and for other minor crimes that certainly don't deserve a harsh sentence, and have many people here wondering where the country is heading and how far this will go >> right. and, of course, we understand lawyers will file an appeal. we don't know where that will go. this, of course, is part of a larger crackdown on any form of descent. do you think people in egypt are starting to notice that and get angry with the way the military-backed government is ruling the country right now? >> absolutely. i think over the past few days they ventured to prove that. 24 of the protesters in front of the upper house on parliament still remain detained pending investigation, and then there's two arrest warrants

shoppers bundle up. 27 in alexandria. 24 in round hill. 28 in warrenton. 21 in stafford. it is cold this morning, and it will stay chilly throughout the afternoon by 9:00 a.m., getting to about 43 by noontime. until 7:07, it is going to be sunny and chilly. highs 38 to 42. looking ahead to the upcoming weekend, a little bit cool tomorrow, 40 degrees. a few more clouds. by sunday, up to 47. keep in mind the average high this time of year is 52 degrees. bundle up getting out the door this morning. as you're heading out the rides, what can you expect? let's head to rob woodfork with what to expect. >> we will start with a live look at 270 as you make it trip drown from frederick towards the lane divide, getting past 109 not seeing much in the way of volume. there is another look at 270 in germantown. everything in the green and that means everything is moving at speed. the virginia area, he have is running well. gainesville, centreville and the beltway. falls church. 395 headed inbound on the 14th street bridge. we have another live look at 395 and duke street be. very light

in alexandria there were police who were firing tear gas at protesters looking to break up crowds.nd in the capital, cairo, people had march towards one presidential palace but they were no match for security forces, and they were pushed into the sidestreets. now to our reporter live on the scene, from cairo. before we get into the protests that we saw during the day, tell us more about the potential presidential pardon of these girls who are in jail? >> reporter: well, as you said, it is a potential presidential pardon because the statement clearly says that after the judicial process is over, now we are just in the second step of that judicial process in the sense that, yes, yesterday their lawyer has put forward an appeal to the appeals court and still there is no date for that hearing. if the sentence is upheld in the court, well then the lawyer can still go further to another court and only after all of that process is over that the interim president would issue that pardon. all of it came really after several activists and human humn rights organizations here had called upon

. >> alexandria is trying to to make getting to your stores earlier. the king street trolley will start running at 6:00 a.m. to get you to the old town shops. the trolley will run every 15 minutes until 10:15 tonight. it is absolutely free. lots of stores in old town are offering discounts up to 30% starting at 6:00. >>> happening today in northern virginia, joining nbc 4 as we help kick off the holidays. reston is hosting its holidays are here, and it includes a whole bunch of events throughout the day. this traditionally draws a big crowd every year, talking 10,000 people expected to attend the parade which begins at 11:00 this morning and then this evening at 6:00, join me on market street and fountain square. really excited to emcee this one along with santa. he will turn the switch. doug kammerer will also be there as well. >> i was going to go out to see you do your thing. >> i'll see what i can do. it's going to be cold. if you come out, bundle up. layers. that's what you're saying, right, amelia? >> especially if you're going shopping this morn

not just in cairo where people are rallying and we heard of tear gas being fired at protesters in alexandria and we see women coming out on the streets. the opposition to this trial is very widespread and although we saw the process diminishing in numbers because of the crack down of the muslim brotherhood, we are now seeing this trial as a rallying point. i mean, do you fear that egypt is going to take a step backwards in terms of its security? >> yes, i think that is a very important point to make. this whole experience of today is a kind of a de-ja-jiew but if you look in time in the 1950s after the coup there was a brief honeymoon between the officers who took over and the muslim brotherhood but very quickly that period of cooperation was over and you saw in the 50s and 60s also widespread court cases against the muslim brotherhood. the fact it is not just an issue in cairo shows there is still quite a broad segment of the egyptian population that continues to support the muslim brotherhood and president morsi and in the last couple of months there has been a change of tactics that many

alexandria, arlington, the district mid-20s. low to mid-20s around the bay. >>> tracking a new accident, we'll head to the beltway, this is on the outer loop of the beltway as you make the commute between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. the accident is reportedly blocking your right lane. heads-up there. head down i-95 southbound just south of garrison road. travel lanes in virginia, an open, easy commute for you. up to the dulles toll road no issues in reston heading to the beltway. you are clear. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> we will see you then. washington fwing beginning to lo le christmas. >>> also ahead, held against her will for more than a decade, this morning why one of the use chase freedom at select department stores and get 5% cash back this quarter. so you can give her an even bigger surprise. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom chase. so you can. >>> back at the live desk, good morning. i'm molette green. there's unrest to tell but in thailand this morning. right now anti-government protesters

." >> she was one of 21 women and girls found guilty by courts in alexandria of a series of charges including thuggery, illegal damage of property. they formed a human chain during protests against the military-led government several weeks ago. >> this is a lawyer representing the women and girls. he believes the case has been splittizized and facts though his clients are innocent. >> translation: there's no evidence at all in the papers of the lawsuit against my clients. from the moment they were arrested, through the time the judge announced the verdict and sentence, there's not one iwitness. human rights groups condemned the trial and sentenced. >> the sentence has been given under an older law from 1923. we as hume yn rights watch and other -- human right watch and other groups considered restrictive. this is seen this the larger framework of restrictions on the rights of people to protest in a country where things have changed. in recent weeks, both the government and the courts have clamped down on protests. just over a week ago, 12 students from the university were gaoled for 17 years

typically what they did is stand on the streets in alexandria peacefully before going to high school or university. for example, they'd be holding balloons with a 4-finger sign symbolizing the anti-coup aligns. on the day they were arrested they were trying to form a human chain. there are conflicting reports. nonetheless, they were taken in and refused bail so they had to stay in - until the next 11 years. what is really surprising here for many in egypt is the harsh sentence they received. the outrage was across the board, not just contained to stoppers of former president mohamed morsi. several human rights group decried the sentencing. what is surprising is how quick it came. the judicial system is renowned. yesterday it was the second hearing, they had a harsh sentence. >> although these are mohamed morsi supporters, pretty much all of them - one has been told, those that don't support mohamed morsi, who were happy to see him go, who are targeted in terms of arrests when they are protesting too. >> well, certainly there is an uproar at the moment following the protest law. if yo

. >>> today, alexandria police are investigating the homicide of one of the four most experts on transportation issues in our area. ron kirby. head of transportation for the metropolitan washington council of government was shot to death in his own home. a relative found his body yesterday afternoon. he was seen alive earlier in the day, but right now, police are not saying where he was seen or by whom. kirby spent nearly 30 years as a public servant. >> montgomery county police say they busted a serial sex predator who may have been attacking young men for a decade or more. >> i'm bruce leshan in gotters burg where police are pleading for more victims to come forward of a man they are describing as a serial sexual predator who they say abused some young men at this home. they say they have pictures on his cell phone of ten men in their 20s unconscious and undressed. >> police say joey prowled college bars and sports events looking for intoxicated young men to attack. >> if you made that cup, they have to drink it. >> and remove all their cups. >> he traveled to the national beer pong tournamen

. >> reporter: david kerley, abc news, alexandria, virginia. >> one family that never lost home, the first family got a jump on holiday decorating. arrival of the christmas tree by carriage. the 18 1/2 foot tall douglas fur will reside for the holidays in the white house blue room. and while the first family looks ahead to the holidays, in an abc news exclusive tonight, the president and first lady opening up to our own barbara walters about their future after the white house. >> i know you don't like to think that much in the future. but you are in your second term. do you have a dream for what you'd like to do? will you continue in politics? you must -- >> no. >> no? >> that's a no. >> well, look, i think it's fair to say i've run my last campaign. i won't be in another elected office. will i continue to care deeply about the issues that we have been working on? absolutely. >> whether they move back home to chicago or stay in washington d.c. depends in large part on their youngest daughter sasha. >> sasha will be a sophomore in high school. >> so you may want to stay in washington,

, and robert is libertarian candidate went back to his alma mater for science and technology in alexandria. peggy fox is waiting for the results with the democrats in vienna and peggy, this race is being looked at by some as a bell weather for the mood of the whole country. >> absolutely, you know, if we are seeing higher voter turnout than expected, what is bringing those voters out? we have heard from the democrats that outrage over the g. government shutdown and what is driving it. a referendum on obama care. so, which is it? we were out at the polls today asking that question. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> first time candidate democrat is running for delegate in prince william county. >> he is hoping to oust the outspoken conservative, long- time delegate. he like gop gubernatorial candidate says this election is the referendum on obama care, not the tea party and government shutdown. >> it has depressed the democratic base. it is reminded republicans, hey, this race is now between ken cuccinelli who was the first to challenge obama care with my law and mr. obama. this is not bet

. >> what about that alexandria, do a few bad apples like miami, detroit, signal we're seeing cracks here? >> let me kind of parse what was just said. first of all, i want to address the outflows. the outflows in municipal bonds are really not a factor in terms of concerns over credit. yes, detroit did play a small part in that, but it was really what happened in may and june with the bond market route. people got scared with interest rates going up, saw net asset values going down, they liquidated their funds. that's really what happened there. let's talk about detroit. detroit, definitely a one-off situation. that was in the cards for years and years. i want to talk about puerto rico as an area of concern because it is a holding that's so many individual investors have had across the country. and it was a situation that did build up over time. that's one i'm going to give to the naysayers as a problem. i'm not quite sure about the unsavory characters coming into the market, but i just want to comment on the hedge fund investors. those are guys who see opportunities in the marketpla

alexandria looking at 24 degrees.otice the windchill factor, feels like 24 out there. 26 at george washington university. our final stop to exist to rockville, 19 degrees after a high of only 27. temperatures will fall by another 5-7 degrees as we move through the early morning hours. 23 in winchester, 23 in martinsburg. monica looking at 25 degrees. colder air is out there. still in the teens in pittsburgh and detroit. 21 at syracuse with the windchill factor of 10 degrees. lake effect snow as we move through the overnight hours. lake effect snow across northern ohio into pennsylvania. none of this is going to make its way to our area. high-pressure overhead moves out towards the east. a change in wind direction tomorrow. clouds will start to increase. this is part of a larger, more complex storm system that will arrive on tuesday. national weather service has posted a winter storm watch for western pennsylvania and eastern ohio. this is for tuesday into wednesday. higher elevations could see upwards of 6-8 inches of

. >> this northern virginia region which is fairfax, alexandria, arlington, loudon and prince william, sent over 200 people to other parts of the state for hospitalizations because we couldn't find a bed in this area. >> reporter: a person cannot be held involuntarily any longer than six hours. they have to be determined to be both mentally ill and a danger. >> if you run out of your six hour time period, the police say we cannot legally hold this person anymore. >> so it's a multi-step process and a bed has to be found before a magistrate can grant a temporary detention order. so it's possible that the clock ticked away while the csb staff called around and that's the way they do it, by telephone. senator janet howell says we need a clearinghouse or a continually updated portal so that it's evident where the beds are and where they aren't, seems like it could be easier. >> we know what's clear is something has to be done to change the mental health system in this country because this should not happen to another family. it's just awful. >>> a chantilly community is mourning the loss

bill butcher in alexandria, virginia, and from san diego, greg cook. john bryant, with the acquisition of smaller brewers by larger ones, could the traffic of culture and influence go in the other direction as well. rather than worrying about the watering down, literally or figuratively of the smaller brewer, could there be a love of craft and good ingredients heading in the other direction, towards the big guys? >> you know, i think it plays the advantage of say bill of port city brewing. you talk about ingredients and source of origin. the chesapeake bay oysters to create this oyster stout. that's something that bill and his company and the brewers there, they clamor for that beer because those are ingredients from that area. and greg is highly responsible for pushing the boundaries of what you can do in hops. out here in spokane, i think we may be the only city in the united states that may have its own style classification called spokane style because all the ingredients that we use, the hops, the awesome water that we have in spokane, the malt, th

. >> alexandria neighbors questioned the chief of police there tonight, worried that there's a killerloose. ron kirby was shot to death in his home on elm street more an a week ago. immediately after that crime, police said there was no danger to poerps but with no arrest yet and police asking for leads, neighbors have concerns. >> that's what scares everybody. we're just wondering, i mean, people, they're thinking it's maybe not a random burglary. but i don't know. maybe it was. >> chief earl cook says it's still early in the investigation and leads are very important to the case right now. >> still no answers tonight about what led to a double murder-suicide frederick county. his wife was a former researcher at the university of m.d. m baltimore. the couple and their 3-month-old child, their son, were found shot and killed last night inside their home in new market, maryland. no word on who killed them. the couple's 5-year-old daughter ran next door for help. she is now with child protective services. >> police are hoping this surveillance video will help them catch the men behind a

it docked in alexandria monday. high-level delegation, including the foreign minister and the defence minister followed the hardware to egypt. >> translation: there's no doubt russia wants influence in the middle east and they lost a lot during the arab revolutions and the 2003 iraq invasion, destroying an army which relied on russian weapons. it lost in libya and syria. russia and russian weapons no longer exist in the middle east. >> the old soviet uniyon was a european sponsor. anwar sadat threw soviets out. some arms contracts were retained, but in the main egypt turned towards the united states. however, relations with washington d.c. soured. following the ousting of mohamed morsi, the united states suspended part of its 1.3 billion military aid package to egypt. that didn't go down well at all. a visit from secretary of state john kerry smoothed things over a little. egypt's foreign minister doesn't want to rely on the u.s. any more. one report quoted him as saying: a new phase presenting russia with regional

. >>> in egypt, a defiant mohamed morsi now reportedly on his way to prison in alexandria. the trial of the ousted egyptian president was adjourned just hours after it started in cairo this morning. while in court, morsi called himself the country's, quote, legitimate leader. and get this, he refused to wear a prison uniform or recognize the courts. morsi and 14 co-defendants are facing charges of inciting the killing of protesters who were against his rule. the judge postponed the hearing until january. >>> now, a preview of an exclusive investigative unit report. too many flights and not enough pilots. that's what critics say is creating a safety problem in a lot of international flights. they point to a growing demand for international commercial pilots. coming up tonight, our investigative unit going behind the scenes inside the cockpit and inside flight schools all over the country and the west coast. each of these school specializing training international pilots. we also talk to flight instructors who say the current training system rushes those new foreign pilots ri

what it looks like first here at the national harbor and headed for the bridge and across into alexandria just fine. back over to the maps, this time as to 66 where again hov restrictions are in effect today. the lanes are open right now on 95. we'll go there live if you're planning to head on the northbound side we'll go to stat 50. northbound side of i-95 looks okay but southbound side, you may find some accident activity right now in dale city and that has been there just for a little bit. back to you guys. >>> thanks so much monika. of course thanksgiving is such a wonderful time to be thankful for the things we love in our lives and some people have a lot to be thankful for after cashing in on black friday deals. to get shoppers to spend more money. last year's sales on black friday totaled more than $11 billion. that made it the biggest shopping day of the year. this year got off to a good start too. as mo langhi reports, tens of thousands of people ran to fair oaks mall to get a jump on the savings. >> reporter: ferris mall opened its doors at 8:00 p.m. tonight and will stay open f

or get active create a local group to amend the constitution to say money is not speech adam in alexandria virginia you want to talk about anonymous. i just want to know what your opinion you know what they're doing is and if you think that could and if so or if not if it's the proper way to start a world movement because honestly something needs to be done we have lobbyists that are it's a blatant form of corruption then we have all this stuff going on with corporations like wal-mart and all that and just it's pretty much because if you don't have a million plus in your bank you're second class citizen anonymous has its excellent point and animists has been gauging. what you could call kind of guerrilla warfare or social guerrilla warfare techniques you know around the edges around the fringes the kind of stuff the british complained about. the americans doing back in the seventeenth seventies and. you know while i don't condone breaking or hacking or any kind of illegal activity i do think that highlighting some of the things like. do you think this was a steubenville rape case it was ei

trial of the president mohamed morsi clashes between police and protesters broke out in cairo and alexandria police arrested dozens of demonstrators the trial begins on monday with morsi and other key muslim brotherhood members facing charges of inciting violence. more than one hundred five five is a major blaze that a scrap metal yard in the east of london. contained has a gas cylinder it started just hours before the due to walk. changes to pension conditions. issued a rabies after a kid died of the disease. have been eliminated from the country back in two thousand and one can be fatal to humans if not treated in france is warning raised concerns across europe forcing health officials to use elaborate ways to prevent further outbreaks but it's also reports the u.k. is not as concerned perhaps as it should. nowadays every man and his dog can travel to the u.k. can you imagine the price of every friendly animal you meet imagine rabies in britain back when this public information video was made westminster's fear of rabies was so high that any animal coming into the country had to enjoy six

female supporters of the asad president mohammed morsi to lengthy prison terms for a protest in alexandria twenty one women including several teenagers will spend eleven years behind bars for their rally. in support of the banned muslim brotherhood party the military overthrew morsi in july leading to mass unrest and violent clashes in cairo. israel has had statehood for more than six decades but the term israeli is conspicuously absent from the list of nationalities living in the country artie's poorest slayer explains this apparent contradiction and why some see it as a barrier to ending discrimination in the country the us has uncle sam russia has the bare france has mario on and israel has a question mark if nothing else it's weird in france you're french in the united states you're american in south africa you're south african but here in israel you cannot be registered as israeli i'm though the really low you can come from moscow . and demand to be registered nurse military. but you cannot there man. it's a totally absurd situation in israel's population which is st there are one hun