andrea mccarren will have this special veterans day story. operation welcome home tonight at 11:00. >>> the uso has ascension it. they are calling it turkeys for troops. we hear at wusa 9 are helping to raise money for this very important cause. get this folks. so far we raised $52,200. we want to thank all of you out there who contributed. that is awesome. i'm joined by elaine rogers miss uso herself. and michael edwards with turning point. i believe you have a gift or two 50 us, correct? we'll start with you. >> i am privileged to offer this check of $15,000 in appreciation of the services from our troops. >> thank you so much! thank you. i love these guys. >> i know. this is amazing guys. what do you have? >> on behalf of our employees it is a true honor to present this check to help the wonderful things you're doing for our servicemen and women. >> you have made thanksgiving for a lot of service members and their families. >> what does this mean for the service members? >> we work directly with the military in identifying families who tru

we are doing fine. >> mercedes schlapp, andrea mccarren and joe trippi are back.ld journalists use death watch, and are you on life support? >> look, there are nine candidates where poll numbers than jeb bush and the voters have a long-term to make their decisions. no voter has cast his or her ballot. what i will say, it did not help jeb bush during the debate, probably one of the most animated moments that i have witnessed during the campaign season is his talking about fan teas football. >> the question which he bragged about his team and chris christie said why are we talking about fantasy football, and asking jindal and rick santorum if they dropping out. >> could think to. >> stipulate that jeb had a lousy debate when he needed a good one, and he is stumbling but weapon the media say to you constantly, why are you still in this, are you on life support, does that color the coverage? >> absolutely. the media wrote the obituary. we did not see that with governor walker. his numbers were low but we were caught off guard when he decided to jump out in the summer.

andrea mccarren you saw at the white house.ere we go again. >> reporter: here we go again, in court, he turned to his mother mouth the words "i love you." he was shackled but they're in the same clothing that he had on when he jumped the fence. the distraught mother joseph caputo said nothing as she left the superior court. joseph caputo jumped the fence with a flag draped over him and a binder of papers between his teeth. he immediately put his hands up and that lay on the ground. tourists found that this this breach of security disturbing. tourists found this breach of security disturbing. >> i find it very alarming. >> it is pretty incredible. >> reporter: documents reveal while in custody he told agents "i love my country and i i knew i would be locked up." officers confiscated a flash drive, in american flag, a pocket guide to the constitution and weightlifting gloves. >> this makes me sad. this is the greatest country on earth. revealed he he left behind a suicide note, >>> >> reporter: when he was a high school senior th

. >> reporter: -- >> andrea mccarren is live outside of the family home. >> reporter: no one knows where the start time were headed. >> this nightmare is worst than day being told that they are dead. the nightmare began monday night when her mother impact uncle never came home. the 71-year old and 76-year old left their home monday afternoon. >> i don't feel like anything is wrong. >> reporter: six hours later video shows rosa thomas inside a store on rhode island avenue. the manager told the family she seems disoriented. >> she asked to use the phone. she called herbut no one was here. >> reporter: taught hours later police captured -- taught five hours later police captured the car on video. they were not headed in the direction of their home. >> my mother love the redskins. >> reporter: a passionate redskins fan she is also a retired bus driver. >> she watches baseball, baseball, she watches hockey. she loves sports. >> reporter: they say their uncle is quiet. -- >> reporter: they say their uncle is quiet. >> he has never drove. if anyone sees them please help them. even if they don't

andrea mccarren will have the story operation welcome home tonight at 11:00. >> i love that story. we here at wusa 9 are on a mission with the uso trying to provide as many thanks giving food baskets as possible to military families. joining us with a special donation is don simmons and debbie and our elaine rogers of uso metro. so first, tom and debbie, what to raw have? >> on behalf of all the sit rights, first of all we want to thank our veterans for all they do, but we especially want to thank the uso and turkeys for troops and this is a donation to make sure more families avenue a big thanksgiving. >> thank you, tom. don't we know like the best people? it is so cool. >> love it. >> we would like to give you this check and thank you for everything you do. >> thank you so much. you guys are the best. they do so much for us. we have a great group. >> we really do. thank you so much. earlier on the morning show great day washington, our general manager preserved the uso with a $10,000 check on behalf of channel 9 and our parent company. please do not let these big checks discourag

andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> read the charging documents for yourself by using our app. we are on community reaction to the charges. >>> the ath toll in msthe horrific crash in hidesville maryland has reached five. an unborn baby is the latest victim. his mom was hurtin the crash and during emergency surgery she lost her baby. another child and two adults also killed in the church van. police say the driver of a small truck was fleeing the scene of a less serious crash when his truck burst into flames and he plowed into the van. the driver was also killed. >> i hear only the truck, asking for help to get out of the car but the truck was on fire already. >> you heard him screaming for help. >> yes, screaming for help. >> the victims were all members of riverdale maryland church. the pastor and other parishioners returned to the scene today to weep and pray. >>> police are looking to get to the bottom of a grim discovery in alexandria. a 24 man with his throat slashed was found under playground equipment this morning in beverly park. >> reporter: you can see detectives sti

andrea mccarren. >> and he has definitely earned it. >>> andrea tells us groburg is still serving our country as a civilian employee at the department of defense. >> he has great advice there and we thank him for his service. >>> now to a travel alert for veteran's day. the district will suspend most meter enforcement. both metro rail and metro bus will operate on a reduced schedule similar to a saturday schedule. trains will not be running along the railroad express. >> starting bright and early in the morning a lot of companies will be offering special things for those who have served our country so well. denny's will offer a free build our own grand slam breakfast from 5:00 a.m. until noon. and i hop is offering free pancakes from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 at night. at starbucks there are free tall coffees that are available for military spouses too. and outback is also offering freebies. >>> that includes the promonte brothers they offer those famous sandwiches piled high with fries and coleslaw all free tomorrow to active military. >> the problem is there's no promonte brother'

tonight at 11:00, andrea mccarren will have operation welcome home at 11:00. >>> the war on christmas may be turning into a battle over coffee. >> how dunkin' donuts is responding to the cup controversy. >> this sweater has users on. >>> we don't have any snow, but on this date in 1987 we had a snowstorm. bl'll talk about that and on my og. biggest november snow on record. we'll talk about a change in our pattern in a minute. >>> wusa 9 and the uso are teaming up to provide thanksgiving food baskets to our service members. if you want to help, please call our volunteers. they are here in the studio taking your donations. $50 provides enough food for a family of six. we'll take whatever you want to give. (202) 895- d >>> let's go trending now. target is standing by a sweater that some say is insensitive to people living with mental illness. >> here it is. it says ocd. obsessive christmas disorder. ocd stands for obsessive compulsive disorder. one person tweeted this isn't cute or funny. it shouldn't be mocked. >> another responded let's not get superoffended. i have actual ocd. ocd is