i'm andrew spencer repprting.he forms can be found at the weesite for u-s citizenssip and immigration services. there's a 4-hundred-65-dollar application fee. the t-s-a is opening up an investigation... after alllgations of racial profiling.some officers are accused of targeting pinorities for questioning... based on their race or ethnicity. the t-s-a says officers are trained to flag passengers for additional screening... based áonlyá on observed behaviors. the f-d-a gives the go-ahead... to a new flu shot for the upcoming season.health experts study global patterns flu are most likely to infect people. and one of this year's flu strains... is the same as last year. eech year... 5 to 20-percent of people in the u-s develop influenza... and more than 200-thousand are hospitalized. doctors recommend that those 6-months oo age and older receive an annual flu shot. a recall today... involving cantaloupe and honeydew melon.the f-d-a says they may be contaminated with listeria... that's traced back to a north carolina

i'm andrew spencer reporting. an army medic in the neighborhood says he performed c-p-r on the constable and the suspected gunman.he says before dying... the suspect asked him to apologize to the republicans in congress are suing attorney eric holder, in order to obtain documents related to "fast and furious..."the botched operation designed to trace illegal guns to mexican drug cartels.holder and the justice department say they released documents to the house committee...but republicans say holder didn't turn in material that wwuld disclose what he knnw about the program. in june, the house voted holder was in contempt of congress. new jersey governor chris christie s scheduled to deliver the keynote address... at this month's republican national convention.the keynote is one of the highest profile speaking slots during convention week. the convention will take place over 4 days... beginning august 27th, in tampa, florida... where romney will officially receive the g-o-p presidential nomination. if you don't like

the rnc recognizes that. >> andrew spencer reporting >> . let's check the forecast. >> how was the weather looking? >> patchy fog developing this morning. some reduced visibilities especially north and west of washington, the typical locations. let's look at the numbers. feels a lot like the past couple days. leesburg, 61. camp springs, 64. 65 in lanham. high of 87 this afternoon. patchy fog will give way to a lot of sunshine for the majority of the day. from lunchtime into the afternoon, just a few clouds developing. warm, but not very humid, today and tomorrow. 90 by tomorrow afternoon. what's the latest, angela? >> the commute is off to an excellent start especially out of howard county. interstate 95 and 295 moving well without delay. from virginia on 395 after you get to the beltway, in pretty good shape past the work zone. things are looking pretty good into crystal city. looking pretty good in virginia, 66. an earlier work zone getting out of your way eastbound and westbound at. open and moving without delay. back to you. >> thank you

as andrew spencer explains... 3 other people were critically injured...ncluding a police officer and the congregation's . president. police believe the suspect opened fire with a nine- millimeter semi-automatic handgun. they say the suspect ambushed the first officer on the scene, shooting him several times; a second officer shot and killed the gunman. police dispatch calls reveal some chilling moments. the subject's not moving, we're approaching upon him, he's not moving. 10-4. ambulance up!! subject down!! subject's down!! bring the ambulance!! we have one officer shot. at sunset, a candlelight vigil drew mourners to milwaukee's cathedral square, as the sikh (seek) community tried to cope. every time i go to temple i'm going to think of this and it's so unfortunate that that's the case i have to think of a tragedy, suppose to be able to focus my thoughts on god and loving my community and loving people. (little girl) i just thought it was the safest place, maybe on earth, or in oak creek. apparently not. i just want people to know that they shouldn't be

as andrew spencer explains...he republican party is preparing to take up the issue of abortion once again. 3 despite calls to quit his u-s senate race, republican congreesman todd akin let a withdrawal deadline pass tuesday night. he's under heavy fire for saying rape rarely leads to pregnancy. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. the political fallout prompted repeated apologies from akin. tuesday. rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. both presidential campaigns have strongly condemned akin's comments. meanwhile -- the republican party's platform committee approved a platform calling for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. it does not contain any explicit exemptions for rape or incest. delegates will vote on it during next week's republican national convention in tampa. and republican senator scott brown rejected such a stance in a letter to the republican national committee. he wrote, quote -- "i belie

and as andrew spencer spreading to ddzens of states... including here in ar. maryland. feddral govvrnment counts nearly 700 cases of the west nile virus -- which ii spread by infected mosquitos -- in 32 states this year. of those, 26 people died. texas is the hardest-hit state, with at least 16 deaths. the mayor of dallas declared a state of emergency wednesday, a week after dallas county. ann in a controversial move to fight the spread of the virus, airplaaes began spraying pesticide over the dallas area thursday night. that hasn't happened there since 19-66. a teen in arlington, texas has a rare strand of the virus that affects er brain. at aay &pmoment, she could lose consciousness or control of her limbs. her mother is thankful she recognized the signs that something was seriously wrong. if a parent is not connected with their phild, your child could die on because it just seemed like jordan was taking a nap and not waking up. in nnrth carolina -- public health officials ssy an 84 year old mannis the first person to die from the virus in the state in at least seven

i'm andrew spencer reporting.he party document is still in draft form, and must be approved by the full platform committee today ... before it goes before the delegates at the convention. g-o-p congressman kevin yoder apologizing... after a trip to israel that apparently included skinny-dipping. last august, about 20 gop congressmen and a few aides jumped into the sea of galilee after a long dinner with plenty of alcohol.at some point... congressman yoder off - and swim nakedd according to multiple g-o-p sources, house republican leaders were bracing for it to go public... and debating damage control.congressman david schweikert was there for the dinner, but not the swim. "there's no question there was a sense of light heartenedness and there were those who were drinking alcohol." annoyance from some of the leadership." the morning after ... house g-o-p majority leader eric cantor ... held an emergency meeting with the lawmakers and scolded them.not only because of the perception of debauchery in the holy land, bu

i'm andrew spencer reporting. also in that 60 minutes interview...n said he gave romney's vetting team "several years" of personal income tax returns. and he said he would release 2 years of those returns to the public... the &psame number that romney has made public. the miami dolphins have fired chad johnson following his arrest on domestic violence. violence.you may know him better as chad ocho-cinco... the wide receiver was released on bond sunday... after allegedly áhead-buttingá his new wife saturday night at his florida home.police say the two were arguing over a receipt evelyn found for condoms in his car.about 24 hours after the incident... the dolphins announced on their website that they had terminated johnson's contract. on a happier note... actress jennifer aniston is engaged.a rep for justin theroux said birthday on friday" when - aniston quote "accepted his proposal of marriage." the couple,,who met on the set of the comedy "wanderlust," have been dating for over a year. check out this mountain of picnic tables.a prankster -- or pranks

i'm andrew spencer reporting.ms include fever, bodyy aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. if you develop symptoms such as unusually severe headaches or confusion... seek medical attention immediatelyhealth experts say prevention measures include using insect repellant and gettinggrid of insect breeding sites. workers at sinai hospital are dealing with a pest problem. problem.last wednesday... a nurse found a bed-bug in a center.an exterminator was er - called-in and used "bedbug sniffing dogs" to identify more. visitors say they're not too worried about the problem. brent 48:04 as often as i've worked in the hosps i've never brought any home i've seen &th aware that they're there12 james 4419 i think it was a very isolattd case i have high regards for sinai hospital 26 the hospital says they are confident the bedbugs were contained to that one room. it's still unclear whhther the bedbugs were brought in by a patient, visitor or an employee. as a precaution... they plan to bring in the dogs once a week fo

. >> yeah so abc2 news andrew spencer has the details. >> reporter: san juan residents stocked up on emergency supplies wednesday. the national hurricane center has issued a tropical storm warning for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. [ sirens ] >> thank you. >> this is just a test right? >> reporter: in cuba sirens blared as the u.s. military base at guantanamo bay went into preparedness mode. the hearing will now take place in mid-october. the five suspects include mohammed the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. meanwhile, stores in south florida are getting ready for the influx of customers, in miami water ice and batteries are stacked and on standby. with some 50,000 people headed to tampa for the republican national convention that starts on monday there's heightened interest in the storm's path. the city says if isaac crashes the convention, safety will come first. >> absolutely we're prepare today call it off. i mean human safety and human life trumps politics. i think this r nc recognizes that. >> reporter: andrew spencer, abc2 news. >> lynette joins us no

. >> andrew spencer has the latest on both parts of this story. >> reporter: despite calls to quit his u.s. senate race, republican congressman todd akin let a withdrawal deadline pass tuesday night. he's under high fire saying rape rarely leads to pregnancy. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down. >> reporter: the political fallout prompted repeat apologies from akin. he even released a tv ad tuesday. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. >> reporter: both presidential campaigns have strongly condemned akin's comments. meanwhile the republican party's platform committee approved a platform calling for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. it does not contain any explicit exemptions for rape or incest. delegates will vote it during next week's republican national convention in tampa. senator scott brown rejected such a stance in a letter to the republican national committee. he wrote, quote, i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro- choice rep

led to i'm andrew spencer reporting. a setback for one of the from the movies massacre in colorado. petra anderson, who was attend the masters of music program at the notersity maryland, will fall.o go there this a stray bullet struck her in the head and she is still recovering. university officials look to the to welcoming her future.n the >> around prince george's , police asking for help finding alleged murder. s braddy jr. suspect in the johnson.andro if you haven't a nation on his whereabouts, call police. but today is the sixth anniversary of the first of the marion murders. two women in the springfield killed three months apart in 2006. the two were in their 70's. did not know each other. there were each beaten to death in their homes. there were no signs of forced entry. are not solved. police believe the same person murders.ut the a local marine has been killed in the war in afghanistan. diedyear-old gunnery sgt province. ent review other marines were by an afghaned officer. based out of camp pendleton. this person has been operating an organic farm more than a 30 years. he

i'm andrew spencer reporting. also in that 60 minutes interview... ryan said he gave romney's vetting team "several years" of personal income tax returns. and he said he would release 2 yeers of those returns to the public... the same number that romney did. democrats and some republicans have called on romneyyto release more returns. romney has said he's gone beyond the legal requirement and that two years is a good reflection of his tax situation. sarah palin is making it official... she will not speak at this month's republican national convention in tampa. the 2008 vice presidential nominee released a statement... saying this year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak out. it's unclear whether palin will áattendá the convention. a year-and-a-half after being shot during a meet-and-greet in tucson... former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords is waking up back in arizona today.she and her husband... retiree astronaut maak kelly... bought a new home in tucson.for the past 19 months... giffords has een recovering at a medical facility in hou

heewas diagnosed with the virus on his second andrew spencer reporting.he, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. there are no medications to treat the west nile virus or vaccines to prevent infection. health experts say prevention measures include insect repellant and getting g rid of insect breeding sites. 3 after waiting for 6 months... ravens fans will see their team play at home tonight. tonight.the ravens face off against the detroit lions.the lions confounded everyone a year ago by earning a playoff spot under head coach jim schwartz... the pride of arbutus.the lions arr a good, solid young team that's still on the rise... and even though it's only pre-season, john harbaugh has a lot of respeet for them. them.tonight's game will be right here on fox45 starting with pregame coverage at 7- thirty. it's friday and that means it's yyur turn to sounn off on our facebook page about anything you want. want.let us know what's on your mind-- and your response could air in our "facebook feedback" segment. segment.just go to facebook dot com sla

as andrew spencer explains...p the issue of abortion once again. 3 despite calls to quit his -s senate race, republican congressman todd akin let a withdrawal deadline pass tuesday night. he's under heavy fire for saying rape rarely leads to pregnancy. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. the political fallout prompted repeated apologies from akin. he even released a t-v ad tuesday. rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. both presidential campaigns have strongly condemned akin's comments. meanwhile -- the republican party's platform committee approved a platform calling for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. it does not contain any explicit exemptions for rape or incest. delegates will vote on it during next week's republican national convention in tampa. and republican senator scott brown rejected such stance in a letter to the republican national committee. he wrote, quote -- "i believe this is a mistak

andrew spencer reporting. >> maryland is reporting two cases of the west nile virus. a state health officials said the d.c.t cases in area, but she would not give an exact location. the first case was in central maryland in mid july. this weekend, moviegoers will see whitneyce to houston in her final film role. but the late singer to part in a remake of the movie sparkle. our preview of that and other new movies. >> makes you want to dance. it's time for whitney houston's grand finale fete. she filmed sparkle before she passed away this year. in the film remake, jordin sparks plays a young singer with her make it big two sisters. they quickly find fame poses its own challenges. is rated pg-13. the biggest action movie stars are together like never before. bruce willis, sylvester li, and arnold schwarzenegger reunite in the s ii.dable their mission is supposed to be easy paycheck, but one of their own debts killed. and chuck norris is also in it. d r. rate norman sees dead people and talk paranorman. >> you see ghosts all the time? >> his small town faces a zombie inva

more from andrew spencer. >> police believe the suspect fire with a 9 millimeter handgun.atic the suspect ambushed the first officer on the scene, shooting and several times. second officer shot and killed the gunman. dispatch calls revealed chilling .oments >> the subject is not moving. moving.t >> subject down! i need an ambulance! >> we have one officer shot. >> a candlelight vigil for the as the community tried cope. it's i will think of this every temple.o to it is so unfortunate that i have tragedy when my thoughts should be focused on loving my community and loving people. >> i thought it was the safest earth.n apparently not. i want people to know that they not be mistaken by us, very peacefula religion. the religion's started in india 500 years ago and about 25 million followers worldwide. 700,000 of them in the u.s. theozens gathered outside white house spring for the shooting victims. to ask the obama assistanceion for several. with white house staffers and told them the will do what he can to help. as they try to understand why a faith rooted the target ofcame violence. citize

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i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> let's send it over to -- erica. >> good morning to you. we want to bring up isaac here, take a good look at how massive isaac is going to be to the state of florida. tropical storm isaac brought wind and rains to miami and florida keys so it is expected to strengthen to a category 2 while it's over the gulf of mexico. that will happen into tomorrow. so category 2 hurricane sustained winds upward of 110 miles an hour definitely heavy rains going with it. by tuesday evening heading into wednesday morning and isaac is aiming for southwest of new orleans and it can actually also hit the florida panhandle as well. you can see it's along the screen. so the latest updates. jus seen. >> republican officials released a new schedule for this week's national convention in tampa. the new schedule comes a day after announcing the convention would be postponed by a day. among major changes to tell you about, south carolina governor nicky haley her speech has been moved to tuesday night. arkansas governor will speak on wednesday. and just reminder, you c

i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> sikhs living in our area are not surprised people of their faith were targeted in an attack. they tell 9news sikhs have been under scrutiny since the 9/11 attacks. >> people don't have the understanding of the richness of our faith and how we have been part and parcel of america for the last 100 years. >> a prayer service was held yesterday at the sikh spiritual center in rockville with prayers for the vehicle tips of the -- victims of the wisconsin shooting. >>> jared loughner, the accused gunman in the 2011 shootings in tucson, arizona is expected to plead guilty. six people were killed. the plea will come tomorrow in exchange for pleading guilty, he'll get life in prison and not face the death penalty. >>> a local preservationist group says amtrak's plan to overhaul union station could destroy the station's historic character. amtrak announced last month a multibillion dollar plan to turn the 100-year-old station into a hub for high speed trains. the d.c. preservation league believe it is could harm the physical structure and appearance of the statio

i'm andrew spencer for 9news now. >> the symptoms of west nile include fever, body aches, vomiting and a rash. people with mild forms generally recover on their own but people with serious cases can land in the hospital. prevention steps include using insect repellent, staying out of wooded areas, especially around sunrise and sunset, and there are no medications to treat west nile. >>> we are going to have some rain in our area. >> we are eventually. but right now it's really gorgeous outside. i'm waiting for my next chance to get out there on that weather terrace because sunrise is in progress. so things are starting to look good. let's pop in the michael & son camera. over at the white house we're seeing a little bit of a haze. there is some mugginess, moisture. a tiny bit of humidity but it's not too bad. we basically have winds out of the southwest and that will continue ahead of the front. it's 73 degrees at reagan national so we have dropped down a degree or so over the last couple of hours. we will continue with warm conditions, almost hot by later on this afternoon. sunshine s

andrew spencer, kron 4. >>pam: fever, headache, body aches, join, pain, vomiting.re are no medication or vaccine. people with a mild illness can recover. but those could need hospital care. preventative measures to avoid mosquito bites. using repellent and get rid of a breeding sites. >>james: let us talk about the weather. we will take a live look at the golden gate. the marine layer not pushing through just yet. temperatures right now. 60s. ha h80s in concord. ae will get all of your temperatures dropping into the 50s and 60s over night. the satellite showing that fog and marine layer along the pacific, region and not quite that much along the golden gate. however we will see clouds building and temperatures, dropping. impacting the south-bay and the north-play. temperatures will be similar. perhaps a little bit cooler but very similar '70s and '80s and definitely 80s and even low 90's to morro. along with that we will see the possibility of a possible storm. just a 20% chance. moisture. 90's tomorrow-- >> this is expected to be in the north bay and east bay hill

andrew spencer has more >> despite calls to quit republican congressman akin did not would trouble.statement. >> if it is a legitimate rate--if it is a legitimate rake the nobody has a way to shut and stop the pregnancy. if it is a legitimate--rape... >> they are looking for the republicans and democrats to jump on this as a topic. >> i apologize for using the wrong word and i misspoke. >>reporter: i.e. believe that this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro-choice republicans. while the campaign maintains its position at the statement says that there romney would not oppose abortions in instances of rape. we are looking for that fog to clear. this just in to the kron 4 news room pg&e is responding to a power outage in walnut creek at 7:45 nearly 1200 customers are getting power back. that was about 1.5 hours ago. however still a couple of thousand of customers are out without power. >> we are watching tropical storm isaac a major threat to 40 by early next week. from the national hurricane service. south towards pr. and it could upgrade to a hurricane to the c

andrew acceptser has more on the story -- spencer has more on the story. >> reporter: the fire storm ignited sunday when congressman todd akin told a st. louis tv station that rape rarely leads to pregnancy. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that down. >> reporter: he said he misspoke and apologized but shied away from the spotlight monday night cancelling a interview. >> he pulled the interview at the last moment. >> reporter: republicans advised him to spend time considering what is best for his family, party and country. urging him to withdrawal. akin vowed to stay in the race, rules allow him to withdraw with little fficulty. campaigns condemned akins rerks monday and the romney ryan campaign said under a romney administration, abortion would be allowed in the case of rape. next week's convention in tampa, delegates will vote in support of a human hive amendm to ment to the cops constitution. it would outlaw aboggs without making exemptions for race or incest. >>> we could see scattered showers and storms do i having in to texas -- diving in to texas.