. >>> people in annandale may notice a lot of police, fire and rescue teams at an area community college, but it's just a drill. emergency responders will be n conducting an active shooter exercise this morning on the annandale campus of community college. fairfax county, virginia state police, and the virginia department of emergency management will take part in the drill. >>> we have a traffic alert for drivers in tysons corner. the ramp connecting southbound route 7 to southbound route 123 is reopened today. it was closed in december of 2010 to construction crews could work on a tunnel for the dulles metro rail project. >>> today air force hits the field for the military bowl presented by northrop-grumman. they'll take on the toledo rockets at rfk stadium. it's set to kick off at 4:30, and there's still plenty of good seats available. air force has won their past two bowl games. >> good for them. go military, right? >>> it's now 6:07. 42 degrees. ahead, why a long flight may be >>> 6:10 now. 42 degrees out there. the rain is gone now. moving in some cooler temperatures. we haven't see

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three gunmen on the loose at the annandale campus.hey set fire to a car in a garage and shot a police officer. police arrive within minutes. they draw their guns, storm the campus. it's too late. six students, an officer and a gunman are all dead before authorities can take control of the situation and arrest the other two shooters. this isn't real, though. it's all a drill. >> it's one thing to have a theory of how these things are going to take place. it's another thing to run through the events they are going to be faced with. >> reporter: drills like this are a state requirement. this is the largest nova has done with 90 student actors and 60 police officers from multiple agencies. commander joe hill with the fairfax county police department says police are working on finely tuning their response efforts in these emergency situations. >> one of the gaps we discovered is communications. how do we talk to george mason, virginia state and the responding units. we covered that gan. we want to maybe sure it's still covered. >> reporter

in annandale, erika gonzalez, news 4, washington. back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> thousands of women across the country and in the d.c. area took part of a nurse in in target. it started when a woman was asked to move for nursing her baby in a store. she was covered up, in a secluded spot at the time. she complained to the corporate office. they reacted with indifference. this woman in virginia wanted to show her support. >> it's not easy. it's a hard thing nursing a baby. it's incredibly difficult. we do it, you know, with friends, with family members who don't understand. i don't want any special treatment, i just don't want people to look at me cross eyed when i feed my baby next to my sister using a bottle. >> the manager said they strongly support women who want to breast-feed and they can nurse babies anywhere in the store. >>> the president of a pain management clinic in chantilly, virginia says he is innocent. he is innocent of the charges against him that came down in an indictment. he's accused of selling massive amounts

over here in beltsville, route one is shut down at annandale road. you will be diverted. it shouldn't cause too much of a delay. amandale. watch out for the road closure at water street. that will be shut down for awhile. if you need to get to pennsylvania avenue, use route 301 or old crane highway to get yourself back on to pennsylvania avenue. we'll keep you posted on that situation. let's take you outside live. route 4 at pennsylvania avenue itself at the beltway is fine. no problems to report as you head down toward oxon hill. and across the wilson bridge into alexandria here and we'll take you to a last live look on the other side of the american legion bridge. no problems to report. all lanes are open between bethesda and tysons corner on the beltway. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 5:10. mike and andrea? >> they have occupied office buildings, they have occupied public parks, now they occupied k street yesterday. occupy d.c. protestors say today, they're going to start a hunger strike. >> they say they're doing it to end the second class

last we heard route 1 in annandale road over in prince george's county, that was also affected. stafford county, prince george's county, that's just to name a couple. live i wanted to take you to a couple of the geico traffic center pictures. first of all aross the roosevelt bridge, where we still have the long-term construction on the other side, constitution avenue, and over on 270 let's check out the southbound commute. that's beautiful here. now to news. >> beautiful is what we like to see. thank you, lisa. 5:02 is your time this morning. we are still feeling the effects of yesterday's downpours. the impact of this heavy rain could pose problems during the morning commute. brianne carter has more. >> the wet weather that pounded the washington region is wreaking havoc on area roads. in beltsville, high water forced police to shut off a section of route 1, a driver who ended up stuck in the mess was able to get out without injury. >> torrential rains and then it was torrential snow. >> a wintry mix of rain and snow covered the frederick-hagerstown area. while it wasn't sticki

delays beginning in at least annandale all the way to the accident scene. lanes have been open now but the damage is done. now let's go just north of leesburg on route 15. south of lucketts at new valley church road. an accident we believe is blocking both directions of route 15 between whites ferry road and lucketts road. right now the only suggestion i have is to use loyalty road just west of the point. again route 15 is blocked off with this accident. the northbound side of i-95 in springfield. overall delays beginning in newington where there was an accident reported at route 7100. also the district, using the sousa bridge. no problems to report here on any of the anacostia river crossings in the district. it's incident-free and speaking of the district, i have a commuter alert. it's a huge step forward on a big road project in the district. today mayor gray will cut the bib ron on the -- ribbon the new 11th street bridges. they carry interstate 295 over the anacostia, the freeway bridge will open this weekend heading into downtown. the southbound side

others we talked to in annandale tonight agreed. one person said she is about to switch to verizon, but likely would have changed her mind >. >> we are big on-line bill pares, so even adding $2 is too much. >> why is it so expensive? >> they did not know there would be an uproar. why go to the trouble? all they did was get bad press. >> there was word the fcc might investigate the fee, and after a giant backlash from customers people vented their anger on twitter and change.org, where over 100,000 people signed a petition against the feet and a little over 24 hours. >> i think we should rise up more for things like this. >> it is similar to what the banks were trying to do. >> a few months ago, bank of america said it would start slapping customers with a $5 fee per month to use the cards. it took the bank about a month to back down. it took verizon a day. verizon said in a statement that it would encourage customers to pay their bill and other ways but based on customer concerns it will not charge the $2 feet for on-line and phone

your way between an an annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> ate man rushed to the hospital after suffering bad burns in an overnight fire on holt place in takoma park. it happened about 2:00 this morning. the fire believed to have started in a garage or carport area and spread to the home. >>> also new, another day of protests in the district could spell big traffic problems for drivers. >> this one is a mixture of organizations. it includes occupy d.c. and our d.c. fox 5's stacy cohan is live near mcpherson square in northwest with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. ours is a town that has never had a shortage of individuals that would like to voice their opinion about whatever it is that may concern them. we have protests and marches here regularly. so this assortment of groups, some already existing here, some are offshoots of occupy d.c. now, what is going to happen today is going to happen on therwill somebody possible disruptions. i believe we have a map. i'm at 16th and k str

if you're heading up toward annandale and 66, you will be just fine. 395, a live look at the 14th streetn the northbound side. very light volumes into the district. using the interstate here. we'll go back down over to the maps and into southern maryland, no problems to report on route 4, route 5, route 301 this morning. by the way, if you're a marc train rider, 382 is canceled. you can use the metro train instead. 892 is canceled. >>> the federal government spends billions of dollars on items like defense and entitlement programs. one lawmaker said he found $6 billion of our taxpayer money going toward wasteful projects. 9news now reporter jessica doyle is live outside an ihop in columbia heights which is part of this story. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning to you, mike. that's right. we're talking about republican senator tom coburn who has a reputation for being a fiscal conservative out with his annual waste book. this is a list of 100 projects he says has wasted the taxpayer dollars to the tune of $6.5 billion for all of 2011. and that's right. this ihop here in columbi

beltway good through annandale. 395 near seminary road, no one is there heading to the 14th street bridgeng up, another look around the area at 4:39. back to you, mike. >> the search continues for 27- year-old jam a.m. clemens wanted in collection with a double murder in richmond, virginia, which also sparked a christmas eve amber alert. edward balmer jr. and cheryl class were shot to death and the gunman took off with the couple's car apparently with 2- year-old kaden burnside in the backseat. investigators don't think clemens was aware there was a child in the car. kaden was found safe in the backseat of an suv and has been since reunited with his mom. >> anne arundel police are searching for a man accused of an attack in laurel. a female employee reported a man held a gun to her head early saturday morning and then tried to force her into a motel room. that man ran away when witnesses started to see what was happening. >>> a series of christmas day attacks across nigeria ended with 39 people dead. a bomb exploded amid gunfire in central nigeria and a suicide bomber attacked a military

overnight construction on the beltway traveling between annandale and merrifield has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it was a promised tax credit to get people to go green. but up next, hundreds of people in our area forked over the cash for a new home energy system and now they are feeling misled. we'll explain this one coming up. up. >>> hi. i'm here in hideleberg, germany. wanted to say hello to my friends in virginia and want to wish you all a merry happy holiday. jesus is the reason for the season. [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. >>> imagine you've been promiseed a rebate on a very expensive purchase and you find out you may not get your money back for five or six years. that is the situation at least 500 home owners in montgomery county are in right now. fox 5's money reporter melanie alnwick h

most locations are above freezing from anacostia to clinton, landover, annandale, aspen hill. we have it down into the mid and upper 30s. watch out for patchy dense fog in parts of prince george's county, charles, calvert, st. mary's, anne arundel, especially northern neck and right near the bay there's patchy dense fog there. we do have high clouds drifting over, coming in from the southwest heading over the region. we have a lot of rain in the midwest. that's in ohio, indiana, kentucky. that's along a front that will be arriving here tomorrow. for the day in the morning, we'll have this fog around through midmorning and have our sunrise at 7:11. a little sun in and out. a cloudy afternoon, highs reaching near 60. this evening will be cloudy, down into the low 50s by midnight. a look at the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling in arlington, virginia, still see an accident at north glebe road and 34th street northbound. police and fire on the scene of that accident. if you're traveling across the wilson b

here ate the richard erns theater in annandale, virginia.kend and next week. the last show is december 18. let me tell you, this is one of the best christmas shows in town. definitely check out myfoxdc.com for all of the details. back to you in the studio. >>> all right. looks great. thank you. >> 8:48 right now on this wednesday morning. next we are going to stay in the holiday spirit and head over to our christmas tree to meet the fox5. >>> we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it's sherry patterson. good morning, sherry. sherry tells us she wouldn't think of watching another channel. man, do we appreciate you. thank you so much. we hope you are having a great day today. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook by searching fox5 family news. put a comment under the lovely sherry's photo. it's 8:49 now. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more

the beltway look good traveling between annandale and merrifield. no problems to report light -- right now at the american legion bridge as you travel between tyson and montgomery county. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the credit rating service, moody's is refarming its negative lout yowt -- is reaffirming its negative outlook for maryland and virginia. a negative outlook could make it more expensive for the state and local governments to borrow money. >>> it is expected to be another online sale frenzy today. today is green monday. it has become one of the largest internet shopping days all year with big sales and deep discounts. researchers predict $1 billion with a b will be spent online today. e-bay dubbed the second monday of december green monday some five years ago. >>> it is the most wonderful time of the year and the byest to holiday shipping. fedex says today may be the busiest day of the year. the reason for the high volume, the company is benefiting from an off the charts cyber monday. >>> i want to congratulate 30 yea

the lanes are open as you work your way on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. no trouble spots to report there. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> let's get to some news first this morning and police in leesburg investigating the shooting death of a 39-year-old man. happened in the # hundred block of valemont terrace last night. -- the 800 block. >>> ate rockville man kidnapped and held captive in pakistan for months. >> we knew warren weinstein had disappeared in august. he is a development expert and was helping the people of pakistan when the gunmen kidnapped him at his fortified home four months ago. al-qaeda's top leader claims he is being held hostage. a neighbor of weinstein says at least they know where he is. >> it is terrible for anyone to be used like that. i'm glad that we know something that he is alive. we didn't know anything. i know his wife has got to be delighted to know that he is still alive because she hadn't heard anything. >> now, mrs. weinstein did not want to talk to us about her husband. in the al-qaeda record, the terro

as you travel the west side of town, it is slow out of annandale to merrifield.ke long for that to become one long backup. inner loop of the beltway already slowing between 66 and route 7 with the accident activity squeezing the right side of the road. we'll take it back inside. we are hoping to send sky fox over to the scene of this accident along 15 as you guys guys travel south of luckett. at new valley church road we are getting reports of the activity that is shutting down 15 in each direction. it is way out there but again, that is going to impact your commute for you guys that typically use the point of rocks this morning. avoid that area until we can clear this accident. you will find the lanes are open, no problems to report right now if you are traveling northbound on i-95. now down to about 4 miles per hour headed up towards the capital beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> republican white house hopefuls laid out their plans to try to fix the economy and last night's fox newschannel debate and newt gingrich still way strong showin

you will find that the beltway is running smoothly between an -- annandale and merrifield. >>> we did get any snow in the immediate metro area in last night's storm but we did see a lot more rain than expected. some roads hike water street in upper marlboro got flood giant food that is where we find stacy cohan. >> we just hay nice gentleman handling rescues in our area telling us how horrible it was last time it flooded. it is not that bad but it is flooded out here on water street. you can see right there in front. the prince george's countiy courthouse, if you are trying to access this part of town via pennsylvania avenue, that is not happening. you can't get there. they do have trucks blocking it off. they are aware of it. but the situation is what it is until the water recedes t will remain closed here. ments bitter, bitter cold out here, i can tell you that but the water is flowing. no ice, just a closed road, a whole lot of rain and it will resolve eventually is the best i can tell you. try to avoid the area if you can. >>> police make appear arrest in connection with a stabbin

. >>> don't be alarmed if you see droves of police officers and hear gunfire around the annandale campusnorthern virginia community college because emergency responders will be conducting security exercises on campus around 10:00 this morning. >>> are you ready for some football? the fourth annual military bowl kicks off this afternoon at rfk stadium. air force taking on toledo. maryland beat north carolina in last year's game. >> "the early show" starts in about six minutes. erica hill has a preview on what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> just ahead on "the early show," consumer confidence is back after a year for the 2011, 2011 ending with a hint of optimism. we'll take a look at some of the sectors of the economy which are showing a little bit of improvement. some of the trouble spots heading into 2012. we'll let you know whether you can see some recovery there. the ripple effect of japan's tsunami. the first apparently debris is now hitting u.s. shores on the west coast. a lot of concern over the things that are washening up, whether or not they can be bringing radiation along

easy ride so footer beltway between annandale and merrifield.bound 207 leaving germantown, no problems to report leaving father hurley boulevard headed past mva. we do find slow traffic approaching and passing 109. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a d.c. cab driver crashed into a metrobus last nined abou 3800 block of 12th street northeast. police say the cabbie was chasing driver of another car that had crashed into the taxi and took off. six people were hurt. one has possibly life- threatening injuries. >>> our big story, defense secretary leon panetta in baghdad overseeing a historic flag lowering ceremony. >> it is a symbolic move marking the end of the nearly nine year war. let's get fore from stacy cohan live in arlington near the pentagon. >> we are near the pentagon where defense secretary leon panetta usually conducts his business. he is not here. he is in baghdad for the ceremony marking the end of the war. the iraq war has continued for nearly nine years and it has cost nearly 4500 american lives. $800billion is the p

so far, so good, no problems reported between annandale and merrifield.e shot of traffic coming south on 270. lanes are open leaving clarkburg headed for the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> arlington national cemetery will prepare a new section to be a final resting place for veterans. it will have enough room for the remains of 20,000 military members. the cemetery expects to have it ready by the summer of 2013. the cemetery will be full in another 15 years. >>> the iraq veteran who built a tree house for his sons at their falls church home has won the battle to keep the tree house. it violates some of the community zoning regulations and the zoning board originally said it had to come down. now, the board has reversed the decision. the board says they can keep the tree house as long as they take it down in five years. the boys will have had a tree house growing up. i don't know too many 30-year- olds who are are hanging out in the tree house. sooner or later, the tree house has to come down. i wanted a tree h

the beltway looks great through annandale. and on 95 coming north from the occoquan river, we'll take a live look into springfield again. no hov restrictions to worry about at all in virginia. the only place is route 50 in maryland. that's always the case there. by the way if you're taking metro this morning, it does open at 7:00 in the morning and it will run until midnight. we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge. if you're heading into the downtown area, using 395, you will be ok right into the northwest corridor. in fact, all of the corridors, potomac and anacostia crossings looking great. mike, i will help you out with today's morning lights. all month long, we're showing off photos of holiday displays sent in by you, our viewers. >> friday morning we showed you pictures from the jeffrey family in west virginia. and i said i wanted to see more and the jeffries came through! because we didn't see the arch. look at this. it is amazing. lights up their driveway. you can see the house down at the end. the jeffries se

. -- traffic is running smoothly traveling between annandale and merrifield. >>> tolls for the intercounty connector start today. it has been free to ride since the road opened morning a week ago. the icc will cost drivers 25 cents a mile at peak times, 20 cents a mile at off-pack times and 10 cents a mile overnight. >>> if you filled up recently, you might have noticed the gas prices have been inching down a tad after spiking right before thanksgiving. the lundberg survey said gas prices actually dropped nine cents. cents. >>> now to an astonishingly expensive luxury car pile-up in japan. >> eight ferraris, a lamborghini and two mercedes and three other cars smashed into each other on a japanese highway. police think it all started when the driver of one of the ferraris tried to change lanes and hit the median barrier. he spun across the highway. another cars crashed when they tried avoiding the first ferrari. amazingly, up in of the drivers were seriously hurt. >> i hope it was some type of ferrari-based event going on and there aren't that many random people driving around. >> they are

. >>> if you see a heavy police presence around the annandale campus of northern virginia community college today, don't be alarmed. it is just a test. emergency responders are showing a quote, up quote, active shooter exercise. there will somebody activity there. >>> texas governor rick perry has filed a lawsuit fighting to get his name on virginia's primary ballot. 10,000 signatures from registered voters are required to get your name on the ballot there. perry submitted around 6,000. a perry spokesman calls the requirement unrealistic. newt gingrich, michelle bachmann and rick santorum also did not make the requirement. >>> iowa caucus voter will make their choice next tuesday. sherry ly has been watching the nominating race. >> reporter: the iowa caucuses are pivotal in the gop's 2012 presidential campaign. for the gop, it's bell weather for who remains in the race and could could drop out. mitt romney had been downplaying iowa but is now making a final push to fend off ron paul who joins him at the top of polls. plenty of vetter remain undecided which has another cppedz scrambling to g

traffic is able to get through at annandale road, where that typically floods.er street in upper marlboro still closed because of deep water. they have a detour posted in case you have jury duty at the courthouse. you know how to plan. next we will go live to news chopper 7. they are looking at an accident outer loop and green belt, and the backup, which is pretty intense now at 50. the john hanson highway so out of landover, you'll slow to get into greenbelt. my goodness, look at that. let's go over to our camera and virginia northbound 395, that looks much better. the beltway looks good through college park and silver spring. cynne and natasha? >> all right we appreciate that update lisa. 6:20 is the time. it's 35 degrees. >> next, alec baldwin versus american airlines? the latest accusations and the actor's apology. you're watching "good morning washington." >> ♪ imagine all the people ♪ >> it's hard to imagine, but it has been 31 years since former beatle john lennon died. lennon was shot and killed outside his new york city apartment by a deranged fan. and

no problems to report here leaving annandale up towards merrifield. overnight cop struck has cleared. you are back up to about 56, 57 miles per hour leaving 236 headed past gallows road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> turning to the developing budget deal to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers on the hill may finally have an agreement this morning. they met all day yesterday and congressional leaders say they have a deal on a $1 trillion compromise spending bill. let's get more on that and on the payroll tax cut extense from sherry ly. >> reporter: lawmakers are not leaving themselves a whole lot of time to get this deal done but say it will get done. house is scheduled to take this issue up later today and then it has to get to the senate to vote, all before midnight. democrats and republicans on capitol hill signal the thaw in the maryland negotiation yesterday. congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill. of course, it still has to pass muster with all the lawmakers t would keep the gove

we'll take a live look in springfield near the robinson terminal as you head up toward annandale, 66, no problems up to the american legion bridge. we'll take a live look at 395 leaving the beltway. here past duke street, the volume, you're used to that. no problems to the 14th street bridge. we'll take a last look at a map coming in from the west on 66. no problems to report. again, 395 to the 14th street bridge, the roosevelt bridge, all of the area roadways look great. we'll go into maryland at 5:41. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be among thousands attending a funeral service for a virginia tech police officer deriek crouse. >> he was shot and killed during a traffic stop on campus last thursday. surae chinn joins us from the satellite center with a look ahead at today's funeral service. surae? >> this will be a tough day on campus. the funeral is set for 2:00 this afternoon on campus at capital coliseum. the widow of the officer, tina crouse has said their family is devastated. they're shattered. the law enforcement family also devastated. they're in mourning and so is t

. >>> well, you may see a ton of emergency vehicles rushing to an annandale campus of northern virginia community college later this morning. but it is only a drill. after months of planning, agencies from the school, fairfax county and the state of virginia will participate in what they're calling an active shooter exercise. in addition to emergency responders, volunteers will be taking part in the drill. to play the part as victims and as bystanders. the drill is scheduled to start this morning after 10:00 a.m. >> metro says it has wrapped up its initial inspection of its series 5,000 cars but engineers still don't know why part of a brake assembly fell off one of the newer train cars last week. as a precaution, metro pulled 16 cars out of service because they have the same brake equipment as the one that fell off. last week, trouble forced hundreds of passengers to evacuate the train and has shut down part of the blue and orange line for hours again when the brakes fell off. >>> rick perry is suing the commonwealth of virginia because he's not on the ballot for the republican primary

. >>> speaking of shows we will take you behind the scenes a youth dance company in annandale, virginiae there is when fox five morning news continues.  >>> in 2007, misty copeland made history by becoming the third african-american female soloist and the first in two decades at the american ballet theater. you can see her perform in the knit cracker at the kennedy center this thursday through sunday. but what a treat. she is in studio with us right now. it's a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> welcome to washington. >> thank you. >> have you been here before? >> yes, abc comes here almost every year i'm used to being here and i love performing at the kennedy center. >> tell us about this production, american ballet, the nut cracker and your role. >> well, aleksei is the choreographer so this is only our second year doing his version of it and it's really amazing version. it's so different from the classic. >> so for fans of the dance, what will we notice that's different? >> i think that it's a little more modern. it's just -- it's the same story. it's just really creative. and

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our next phone call is from annandale, virginia, outside of washington. this is john. >> hi. wonderful program. thanks to c-span. i was intrigued by the comment that teddy roosevelt said that eugene debs was the most dangerous man in a america or something to that effect. teddy roosevelt himself is known as a trustbuster, as breaking up standard oil. it seemed that they would have some things in common. i wondered if your guest could comment on that. >> very good question. roosevelt said, we need to take the sane part of the eugene debs and adopt it, with him and his interest and taking over private industry and try to run it democratically. this was a crazy idea that would undermine one of the pillars of american democracy with private property and free enterprise. on the other hand, he was well aware of the growing concern among workers as well as the middle-class about the problems of big business. roosevelt argued that it was important to take the good ideas, the things that we now have inherited from the socialist movement in many ways that we have been talking about and