green, navy yard and anacostia. and red line, delays between shady grove and twinbrook. in each case, riders should add 20 to 30 minutes on your trip. >>> this morning it looks like the pric of the metro smartrip cards will not go down at all. they are now leaning towards keeping the price at $5 apiece. the group originally suggested to reduce the price of the cards to $2.50 apiece. that was on the assution that metro paysnly $2.50 for the car but that's not the case. they pay $3.50 a card. riders can currently exit while having a negative balance. officials estimate they would lose $1 million a month under this scenario. >>two letters containing white wder have been september to two d.c. public schools. bancroft and adams elementary received letters this week. tracee wilkins is live with more details on this. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning. the powder was deemed harmles but th fact that this was sent to d.c. schools in the last two days has investigators involved. the powder was harmless. no one s hurt inside the car. fbi is investigating and looking in

green, navy yard and anacostia. and red line, delays between shady grove and twinbrook. in each case, ders should add 20o 30 minutes on your trip. >>> this morning it looks like the price of the metro smartrip cards will not go down at all. members of the metro board finance committee are now leaning towards keeping the price at $5 aece. the group originally suggested to reduce the price of the cards to $2.50 apiece. that was on the assumption that metro pays only $2.50 for the car but that's not the case. the company actually pays 3:40 per car. they are afraid of users not putting anything on the card and exiting while they have a negative balance. officials timate they would lose $1 million a month under this scenario. >>> this morning president obama is prosing don't ask, don't tell will end while he's in office. this is a major victory for gay rights activists but it's not going to happen overnight. reporter: since don't ask, don't tell became a law of the land since 1993, legal serts say 1,000 gay service members have been kicked out of the military. >> this policy

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from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >>> this is abc7 news. >> a crackdown on the beaver of taxi drivers. proposing a new politeness bill. -- a crack down on the behavior of taxi drivers. is this necessary? >> these cabdrivers are the nicest guys in town. the city of alexandria has a law that disciplines taxi drivers who are rude to customers. city officials want to include to that law the government and the public all together. cabdrivers are questioning this idea by questioning how do you defined rude? >> she can definitely recalled times when cabbies have been downright aggressive and rude. >> the cab driver almost killed someone once in the city. >> officials are considering a law that could find a cab drivers if they are not polite. they could have their licenses revoked and be fired for being rude. >> you can ask about restaurants, it makes you feel better. >> montgomery county is the only other l

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let's head into town, new york avenue, anacostia, very light volume of traffic.s so far down to the ird street tunnel. eun. aaron? >> thank you, jerry. >>> a new traffic pattern in nohern virginia this morning happening around route 123 and the beltway in tysons corners part of the hot lanes project. here's a breakdown. overnight crews shut down lanes from cambridge to beltway. drivers will have to move to a left turn way. and crews shifted all northbound lanes to the left when approaching 123. th weekend crews will sh down all lanes of 123/425, fridaynight, add at least 20 minutes toour commute. >>> we are getting a better sense this morning of what's been behind all those recnt el greater problems at metro stations. they are accused of lack of adherence to maintenance. they were not cleaned properly. and water is making its way into machine areas and some mechani aren't trained properly. >>> five minutes now before the top of the hour. coming up, it has happened again. the crime tally of a serial burglar has gone up. >>> a lond land mard destroyed by fire turne

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c.ecause when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago. dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget honestly. grow small businesses, really. excellent schools everywhere. protect the bay, finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. >>> let's start with hockey because they rocked the red tonight. the caps hosting the senators. let's go back to the verizon center. the game was tied. they start the siren, here it comes. a goal and an assist. look out for ryan shannon. the senators will tie this game at two. top shelf. alex ovechkin had been limited to two shots all night, but watch the right wing. here he comes. ga

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >> you are watching abc 7 news with leon harris, meteorologist bob ryan, and tim brant with sports. >> new at 11:00, the growing alert. >> police believe eight serial burglar has struck more than 100 times over the past few months. we are live where police met with residents tonight. >> fairfax county residents are waiting for more information about this serial burglar. they are on edge. the entire region is on age. fairfax county police say this is a problem. [unintelligible] >> the police captain told residents that the infamous serial burglar has now hit more than 100 times since mid-august in this county alone. >> this man and a number of his neighbors were hit late last month by a cunning criminal who has eluded police for months. >> he cut this block off. >> he broke into a lot homes and cars to steal money out of purses and wallets. >> our neighborhood is very much co

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >>> the capitals are now 3-0 at home. they had all they could handle tonight against the islanders. the capital down 1-0, on the move. watch ovechkin, the great 8 put the lamp bond. this game was tied. in the third, the capitals on the power play. ovechkin again, from the point. deflected, and capitals hold on. the capitals have not lost to the islanders in 11 games. >>> gilbert arenas told us today he actually faked a soreness last night, that he was really ok and he sat out the first home pre-season game against the hawks. flip saunders has been using the three-guard offense. filbert arenas wanted nick young to get some playing time. f

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c.ause when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >>> a california college student was pulled under the water by a shark when he was on a boogie board. he lost his leg and they could not stop the burning. the beach is closed for the weekend. >>> police say a california woman living out of her car was driving around with a passenger she had befriended at a park. the thing is her passenger was dead. she died months ago but the woman with the car had kept the corps right there with her in the passenger seat. she told police she was afraid to contact them. an autopsy does not show any signs of foul play. >>> a tree trimming job in north carolina did not go as planned. the tree wasn't the only thing that came down. >> i was like there goes the chimney. there goes the house. >> the whole street, just everyone came out of their house at the same time and rush to go see what they could do to help. >> a crane tripped right over

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from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >>> next on this week in defense news, a look at britain's defense cuts >>> welcome to this week in defense news. stabilizing afghanistan includes suring up its economy. we'll talk to one la gistics contractor who is trying to do just that. plus, what to expect in america's biggest defense show. the association of the united states army conference that starts in washington monday. but first, britain last week released its much anticipated strategic review and while the cuts weren't as deep as many expected, they still stunned the world. prime minister, david cameron vowed that britain would remain a first rate military. but cuts were needed. the review rimeds cutting overall spending by 8% over four years. slashing personnel. retiring tanks and artillery. withdrawing from germany. retiring jump jets and surveillance and immediately decommissioning the flag shift airc

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from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c.ecause when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >>> a heads up tomorrow for federal workers. the u.s. department of ing agriculture animal and plant health inspection building closed tomorrow because of a small electrical fire that broke out over the weekend. we don't if it will reopen for wednesday but enjoy the day off if that's where you work. >> that's 9 news for tonight. thanks for staying up with us. >> we're always on at www.wusa9.com. letterman is up next. ha

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> well, if gilbert arenas asks to come out of the game tonight because of an injury, would you believe him? you would have every right not to. but this time unfortunately it appears that he was not faking. wizards and bucks tonight. arenas making his first appearance in nine months and he didn't get booed. and they when he got in the game, look at the pass that he delivers right here behind his mel on to john wall and everything was going just fine. but after just three and a half minutes, gilbert limped to the locker room with a groin injury. he is day-to-day. of course he is. that left john wall to fend for himself. and he did just fine. look at him slap the ball and throws it down. 15 points, 11 dimes as the wizards lose, by the way, to the bucks. what about gilbert? >> he was good while he was

along the green line between navy yard and anacostia and on the greenline. >> the weather was definitely worth the wait. >> we will shake you up right now between -- we're shaping up between clouds and sprinkles. but take a look at super doppler 7. we had a few showers and a couple of sprinkles elsewhere. as far as the conditions now, we will take you up to our camera on the rooftop. sometimes we look out in the skies are bright and sunny. a mixed sky right there now. gusty winds earlier and temperatures in the 50's. shelle tonight -- chilly tonight but you will like the weekend. most of those will bypass the area. eight partly a parle sunny and breezy. i think you will enjoy the weekend forecast in a couple minutes. >> also coming up, the popular child store that could start a fire. the prices you can expect to fighpay when flying. >>> some firefighters say they have been discriminated against because they're black and they are filing a class action lawsuit. we have details. >> attorneys are saying at this point, 40 black firefighters have signed on to this class action suit which they

the green line between navy and anacostia. the red line between shady grove and twinbrook. >>> battlegrounds maryland, a contentious debate in the governor's race. the candidate's face off yesterday about tax hikes. >> we do not raise taxes. >> you raised the property-tax, bob. >> i think -- >> you had the biggest increase in state spending of any governor. >> i think we have focusing on the problem, the governor does not understand the fundamentals of state government. >> this was their second debate. the washington post sponsored the debate. >>> critics of the obama administration, the congressional budget office has said the federal deficit in 2010 reached 1.3 trillion dollars, the second year in a row that it has surpassed the trillion dollars. >>> the apple ipad is available at verizon now. rob nelson has that story and more. popularf apple's most products is coming to verizon wireless. the ipad. it will begin selling the wi-fi version of the device of the end of the month. wal-mart and sam's will begin selling the ipad t

navy yard to anacostia and shady grove to twinbrook. >>> candidates went on the attack and talk about tax hikes in the battleground for maryland. >> the former governor's credibility on this issue is nonexistent. you raised 30 different tolls and fees. you had the biggest increase in state spending of any governor. >> we have focused on the problem. the governor does not understand the fundamentals of state government. >> this was their second debate. "washington post" sponsored the event. >>> a congressional budget office projects that the federal budget deficit in 2010 reached 1.3 trillion dollars. the second year in a row that it has surpassed $1 trillion. >>> shopping locally at walmart. and bigger benefits for social security. vinita nair has those stories and more. >> we begin with the massive federal budget deficit. the government is expected to report today the deficit for 2010 will total 1.29 trillion dollars. seoul's security recipients could receive an extra $250 payment to make up for the lack of a cost-of-living increase. the house plans to vote on that next month, but it

green, navy yard and anacostia. and red line, delays between shady grove and twinbrook.e, riders should add 20o 30 minutes on your trip. >>> 6:36. the "today" show is up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on this morning. good morning to you. >> coming up on a iday, a strong nor'easter that slammed parts of the east with heavy rain and high winds moves to the northeast. al is tracking that storm for us. it's a mess. >>> also ahead, a new round of celebrations in chile as t first miners were released fr the hospital. natalie is live with that story. >>> the murder of an american tourist allegedly by mexican pirates, is it a a case of miaken identity? we'll have some new details in that case. >>> and lion cubs being raised by dogs in colorado. find out how they're doing when we get start odd ariday morning right here on "today". eun, back to u. this is a piece of video that could end badly. >> that poor dug doesn't know what he's getting himself into. >> thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> all right. take care. >> it's always bad

from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c.se when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> we have been talking about brett favre sexting/voicemail scandal three weeks the noticeably absent the entire time, brett favre, or the woman. fox news is reporting we are hearing from brett favre. according to them he did a meeting with someone from the nfl, closed door meetings. they went on to report that favre admitted leaving the former, leaving her voice mails, but denied texting her any of the inappropriate images themselves. as for the girl on the right, haven't heard from her. the nfl says they're in the investigation. she could meet with the league by the middle of this coming week. interestingly enough, she has a manager and retained an attorney. >> shocking. uh-huh. >> one of the questions, did favre violate personal conduct policy. will they suspend him in one game which would end his record streak of consecutive games started. so, the

no problems to report as you continue out towards the anacostia. 295 traffic behaving nicely from the the inbound 11th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. incident. >>> her rich and powerful voice delighted audiences for more than 40 years. the opera world is mourning the death of reknowned soprano joan sutherland. the sungar died sunday at her home in geneva after a long illness. she was 83. >>> could be the end another long lasting hollywood marriage. actress courteney cox and david are cet have announced they are separated. they releaseed a joint statement saying it is a trial separation. the couple has been married to 11 years. they met on the set of movie stream back in 1996. >>> juicing is one of the biggest health trends this year. be prepared. they are expensive. >> a health and nutrition educator says it is worth unvesting a little more money for a double gear juicer. it is extremely efficient, make the maximum use of the fruit and pulp. >> i really love using cucumbers. this a sugar less watermelon. the great thing about a melon is that it even smell

on the green line between the navy yard and the anacostia stations. and on the red line, delays between the shady grove and the twin brook stations. >>> the city of alexandria is working on a bill that would penalize cab drivers for being rude to customers. the city counc will hold a hearing and it might vote on it tomorrow. that bill wants to improve the city's taxicab service. a friendliness clause could lead to the suspension or the revocation of a cabbie's cense if that cabbie is found to be rude to a customer. lawmakers also want to enforce a quota of dispatch calls per driver. they may require all drivers to have credit card capabilities. >>> the results of a new poll suggest a swift and starting shift in the political winds. if the mid-term elections reflect the poll results, there could be big changes on the way. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: the stunning news come months after the tea party emerges demanding lower taxes and smaller government. today's poll finds one-third of all likely voters now support the tea party. a third. tea p

. >> anacostia river. >> sunrise is late but i guess it won't be for long because we'll be setting theback. >> weekend after halloween. i think it is the first weekend in november we'll go back an hour. sunrise this morning, 7:28. let's get back to yesterday. check out these high temperatures. what a nice day it was yesterday. reagan national, 73 degrees. gorgeous out there. probably not quite as warm today but we'll be close to it with highs in the low to mid- 70s. these mild temperatures will stick around for much of the week. nice head start. a little bit of cloud cover and some mild temperatures. 61 at reagan national. 60 in quantico. 61 in leonardtown. a little cooler off to the north and west. frederick reporting a temperature of 46. a nice day temperature-wise. can't say the same thing about sunshine. more loud in the forecast today. maybe a few peeks or periods of sunshine today but off to the south and west, we have a lot of cloud cover and a weak little disturbance will bring us the possibility of some widely scattered showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon. with winds h

here's a live picture looking across the anacostia river to the lonely and vacant national park. baseball this year. >> it looks nice, though. >> it's a beautiful scene, though. the first light of dawn begin to go show up at 61 at national airport. near 60 in prince george's and arlington counties. fairfax and montgomeryn the 50s. elsewhere, we have generally in the 50s throughout most of the region. in the 40s in many locations. meanwhile, around e bay, lower part of the eastern shore and on the eastern shore at the beaches, temperatures around 60 degrees on this mild monday morning. we do have asouthwesterly flow bringing in mild air. it's tapping moisture in the gulf of mexico. it's bringi rain into eastern kentucky. that should be arriving here by later this afternoon. 50s to near 60 the next couple hours. by noon thelouds will thicken up. near 70. low to mid-70s by early to midafternoon. clouds lowering by then. producing rain south and west. around the metro area by late afternoon and through the evening hours maybe with tnder and lightning. near 60 tomorrow morning. small

letting out some pent-up energy after tiger woods selected their school east of the anacostia river toa tiger woods learning center for math, science, and media technology. >> you haven't experienced what you had to offer let us come in here and share with all of you what we think we can do for you. for your lives and your careers, whatever direction you may choose. >> reporter: as is typical of tiger events, it was carefully program with students reading questions prepared in advance. >>hat type of experiences did you get out of your education and do you wish you had a learning center when you were younger? >>he announcement was delayed earlier this week because tiger was playing monday in the extended ryder cup. his message that in golf and life you don't always win but you always try hit home with students. >> i think the words will stick with me. there have been time that i don't think i can make. i. >> athletes don't usually come to schools. and we have this role model, this athletic role model and he inspired me to do it. >> it will help us to succee in life. we may not be able t

we're picking up some customers on new york avenue, anacostia, bladensburg road. no delays. and that is good news. joe? >> well, thank you very much, jerry. if you have to stop for gasoline on your way to work this morning, get readyfor sticker shock. gasoline prices are way up. the national average is $2.81 a gallon, up 11 cents from a month ago. drivers are paying $2.93. maryland, $2.80. virginia, $2.71. industry analysts say it is due to a weaker dollar a higher crude. >>> this morning, new troubng news out of haiti where a cholera epidemic is blamed for 22 h200 officials say, however, things seem to be stabilizing. the hope is the disease does not spread to the capital of port-au-prince. it is a bacterial infection spread through water and can cause dehydration and death in hours. a press conference this afternoon right here in washington. >>> we'll show you the places where the worst germs linger at school. parn towel handle. sink faucets. so, how can you help your kid get a cleaner classroom? disinfect the so-called h spots, provide the classrooms with hand

we went to a barber shop in anacostia where he gets his hair kuflt he was walk in.now, the barber pulled -- his arm is about as big. >> as the barber pole. for a guy who goes to the weight room at midnight, he was the paper the other day. you have to expect that. don't you? >> if he is going to do that pose, you know. he has to have his article pumped up. >> not only does he go at midnight but he works out in his room. he said that's what gets him going. that's fine with me. talking basketba. all arenas has to do, i'm talking about gilbert arenas, keep his mouth shut, play basketball. he doesn't even have to play well. just play and he will make $80 million oh the next four years. so far four game into the preseason, he has alread said he will be moving on from the wizards. last night he faked an injury because he wanted to give nick young a start. he told the head coach that his knee was sore. he revealed after the game that he lied to saunders because he wanted nick young to start since yog wasrustrated he wasn't getting a chance to start in the three-guard lineup

pent-up energy after tiger woods publicly selected their school and her sister campus east of the anacostia river to become a tiger woods learning center for math, ience and technology. >> you haven't experiend what we have to offer yet. that's the cool thing. to let us come in here and share with all of you what we think we can do for you. and for your lives and your careers. whatever direction you may choose. >> i know for certain that you'll be able to do it. >> the principal says there has been no mention that tiger woods' marital scandal. >> we haven't talked about that. it hasn't come up at all. and i think the bottom line for me we're all human beings. >> as is typical of tiger's event, th students had questions prepared in advance. >> it was delayed from earlier this week because tiger was playing monday in the extended ryder cup. but his mesge that in golf and life you don't always win, but you always try, hit home with students. >> i think there have been time, sometime i don't tnk i can make it. >> athletes don't ually come to school. and we have this role model. like athletic ro

no worries either direction as you travel between the anacostia toward the 3rd street tunnel, looking>> thank you, jerry. >> time 6:42. ahead this morning, an outpouring of criticm. a troubled fountain keeps overflowing. >>> plus, why airline passengs say they would rather do it themselves. >>> next, traffic transformation that's about to cause major headaches in the strict. how a hollywood movie will change your commute is wee we'll have detai. > grossed more than a billion and a half dollars and now they're coming to the district and virginia. transformers 3 will begin filming tonight. that means road closus galore later today. it's not just ads being closed but parking in the district is already affected. news 4 megan mcgrath is live in arlington where filming is set to get under way. any more hot camaro signings. >> reporter: no. in fact, the guy we saw on the last live shot i said go get your car. he wants to get his smoking red hot camaro in the movie somewhat. just goes to show you the exciteme about the fact that they're filming some scenes from transformers 3. they'll be shoo

. >>> now the green line, tonight and all day tomorrow add 20 minutes due to cable work between anacostia navy yard. on the red line it is plus 20 minutes between shady grove and twinbrook for repairs. that will be between 7:00 and 10:00 on sunday morning. >>> in other news, students and parents at middletown high school in frederick county are hoping for a little less excitement today. more than 30 students were hospitalized yesterday. a foul smelling spray was released on their school bus. the bus had to pull over along route 15 near jefferson street because of the odor. emts sent the student to the hospital as a precaution. they are doing okay. they are re-- they are trying to figure out what caused the smell and who released it. president obama makes new comments on the don't ask, don't tell policy learn what he says in three minutes. >>> now the toyota dc.highschoolsports.net play of the day. >> good morning. tonight is week seven of the high school football season and nine sports will have the most complete coverage with the latest edition of dc.highschoolsports.net game night repor

everything has reopened but as you make the trip in on new york avenue from the anacostia through northwest washington traffic running slowly. at the moment you should find all travel lanes open. one more stop traveling along connecticut avenue outbound near bradley boulevard, bradley lane, have what appears to be utility work tying up the left side of the roadway. heads for that coming out of the district. inbound your lanes are open. barbara? >>> thank you. we're going to take a lok now -- actually we'll take a break. still ahead, is gel bitter real hurt this time around? a preview of this weekend's redskin game. can they win their third game in a row. first here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. right. mmm... i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee

temperatures currently, 42 degrees at anacostia. annapolis at 53. herndon you're at 48. we've got a light, southwesterly wind. only 3 miles per hour at gaithersburg, maryland,here your temperature is at 51 degrees. at the bus stop this morning, 52 to 61. sun's up today at 6:11. will quickly rise to about 70 degrees by noontime. 74 by about 3:00 or 4:00 today. no troubles whatsoever. the high clouds tohe north of us. sunshine, loads of it. not just through the area today, but tomorrow, friday. the high 75. and close to 80 degrees this weekend. finally, jerry. >> sounds good. we'll be ready for it. let's head in to southeast, where it's very quiet commut live pictures of pennsylvania avue. minnesota avenue, you folks in southeast having a good commute. also checked out traffic on 295 movingell. on the beltway north of town in maryland, authorities are on the scene of the accident on the outer loop of the beltway just before conneicut avenue. look very carefully, you may be able to see the flashing lights. we're told only one travel lane getting by between geoia avenue and

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current temperature anacostia, the park, 53 degrees. 50 in montgomery county, 52 around manassas. there you can see our winds generally out of the north and northwest. there's a stubborn storm system off the coast. airport delays, philadelphia up around new york right now. as you said, you'll want to call ahead. the high temperature for today, i've actuay dropped it a couple of degrees. i'm thinking more like 56 degrees for a high temperature today. it will be breezy at tes, too, so there's a look at your wake-up forecast, too, in the 40s overnight. stuck for a while with this stem. >> we'll see you again shortly. thank you. >>> after spending a couple of days in the hospital due to viral infection, former president jimmy carter is back on his feet and he's working hard to provide homes for low-income families right here in our area. he and his wife, rosalynn, are in ivy cy building and rehabbing homes for habitat for humanity. news 4's derrick ward is at one of those sites right now and can tell us what the 86-year-old is doing. how does he look, derrick? >> reporter: he looks as

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southeast, in bound south capitol strategy to the douglas bridge, remaining heavy and slow across the anacostia up toward the free way. tieups off of 295, north and southbound toward the 11th street bridge. top side of the beltway, no changes here. still 95 around to georgia avenue. southbound 95 at 198, a stalled car in the roadway cleared to the shoulder. 270 slow toward the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> when you have concerns about the weather, such as perhaps this morning with the rain out there and wet roads, find the updates from the conditions and watches and warnings online at myfoxdc.com. >>> our big story this hour, the u.s. state department has issued a special alert for citizens traveling in europe. several european countries and japan have issued similar warnings amid growing concern there could be a new terror plot in the works. sarah simmons joins us live from dulles international airport with more on this story. sort of frightening news this morning. >> reporter: it certainly is. as you said, the state department issued that warning, saying that al-qa

all lanes open across the anacostia. outer loop of the beltway below speed, 95 to georgia avenue.outhbound 270 on the brakes the entire trip from 109 out of hyattstown to the lane divide. out on 66 there was a wreck before the beltway tieing up the left side, keeping you on the brakes out of centreville. dulles toll road delays from the airport into hunter mill with the accident now on the shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> with just four weeks to go in the race for maryland governor now, both candidates are trading jabs. alley is saying bob ehrlich spent his four years out of office as a hired gun for special interest. an accusation that ehrlich calls desperate. here is tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: rolling into the university of maryland, an o'malley rally was on tap as the democratic governor went after the audience. >> but the audience wasn't the only thing here that was young. he's being trying out a fresh idea. >> he's worked for big banks and mortgage companies and now big casino interests. >> he said it would be a simple comparison of the two admin

no incidents to report across the anacostia. inbound new york avenue is slow past bladensberg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> four people recovering from stab wounds after a fight near an off-campus bar in college park. >> this happened near fraternity row at the university of maryland and stacy cohan joins us live with more on the top story. stacy, good morning. >> reporter: well good morning. and actually i'll start at the thirsty turtle here. route 1, not far from the main entrance of the college park and very close to fraternity row. this is a college campus. a lot of young people do come out in the evening and monday night are not always the busy night. there was a decent crowd at the thirsty turtle where this started. that's when a fight broke out between a group of individuals and it moved outside and the stabbing occurred about a block down the street. and that is where four men were stabbed, a couple of seriously, one stabbed in the back and another in the arm and the face. their ages are two 19 years old, one 20-year-old and one 23- year-old. three

foggy bottom in spots like benning and anacostia. 46 in falls church and vienna at 46 degrees. at the bus stop, 46. here's your highs today, 80. over the weekend, close to 82, no rain. >>> and it's friday, that means we get to tell y about the best night of the week, that's right, because it's sunday night, football night in america. the eagles soar and fly into candlestick park with clear skies, mild conditions as the 49ers use pick axes, to blind the eagles. it's62-66 degrees, sunday night, football night in america. >> al, thank you very ch. >>> california's race for vernor is a tight and bitter one and now there is a new scrimmage between candidates between jerry brown and staffers that were inadvertently caught on tape. and natalee is back with more on that. >> an aid used colorful language to describe meg whitman and as you might imagine, whitman's camp is not happy about . >> give me a call, jerry brown, love to talk to you. >> soon became a conversation caught on tape. the democratic candidate for governor thought he hung up the phone, but he was still connected, the co

in town, crawling from anacostia.apable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... th no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the ki of leader... we can trust. > good morning. it is partly cloudy and chilly arou the region. we've got clouds coming through. we might get a passing shower midday. by then winds will pick up and die down by sunday. aaron? >> thank >>> back now with mor of "today" on a friday morning, it's the 15th day of october, 2010. not bad here in the plaza after the rain overnight. nice