and like to give you a few facts about the arlington. the request is for $9,354,007 for the local operating subsidy which is the operating contract that will carry the project through for 16 years. mercy housing is the sponsor and will own and manage it. construction completed -- will be completed in september of this year. after construction, there will be 153 units. each unit will have a bath and a micro refreshments center. starting with 80 units in 2012 and working up to 129 units over time, the additional unit24 will be subsidized by another dph funding source. tenants will be homeless individuals referred by the program who are high users of the public health system who may be mentally ill, a chronic substance abusers, and/or living with hiv or other disabling medical illnesses. this is just to tell you that this project was able to leverage $10 million in state funding, $12 million in federal funds, and another $840,000 in ahp funds. and without the local operating subsidy to show that the project is feasible, we probably will not

at arlington national cemetery on average taps is heard 30 times a day.villanueva, a retired air force bugler played here for 23 years. >> taps at arlington national cemetery is the highest honor that a military musician can have. i've always considered it to be like the military musician's equivalent of playing carnegie hall. >> reporter: jack lechner coordinates all the funerals at arlington national cemetery. >> when taps is played, everybody from the military stands a little taller and it's that one thing that unites us all. it's that one song other than the national anthem that brings us all together. >> reporter: taps was born during the civil war at berkeley plantation at harrison's landing, virginia. originally the tune was never meant for funerals. 100,000 battle weary union troops were camped here along the james river and their commander wanted a new way to end their day. >> general butterfield actually adapted taps from an older bugle call. >> reporter: union brigadier general daniel butterfield wanted a new call to end the day for his troops.

that's the latest at arlington. back to you, tony and allison. >> thank you, sarah, very much. >>> out west, an area charred by wildfire is being hit by a new problem. heavy rain is causing dangerous mudslides. the high point fire was contained this past weekend. neighbors placed sandbags around the property. still some people have reported several feet of water in their basements. >>> how about good news here. baby eagle severely burned from a raging wildfire in utah is expected to survive. someone found the 70 day old bird burned alive in a charred nest last week. phoenix is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center and is gaining strength and eating regularly. he will not be able to fly any time soon. that is quite a picture. >> sure is. >>> coming up, how your pets may be keeping your children healthy. >> plus, a big shakeup on the way for prince george's county schools.  >>> your family pet could be keeping the kids healthy. a new study found family dogs and to a lesser extent cats

tonight in light of what happened in arlington, stein said it's extremely lucky that he wasn't killed on sunday, i called arlington county. >> reporter: ken stein says he was deeply saddened this weekend by the news online and on television that a jeweler in arlington had been killed during a robbery. >> police are searching for the killer tonight. >> reporter: as he followed the story more closely, specifically the description of the suspect. >> he was wearing a neon traffic vest. >> reporter: stein says his sadness turned to shock. >> it was quite startling when i saw the picture. >> reporter: the owner in downtown washington, stein now thinks the man who killed tommy wong in arlington this weekend may very well have been the same man who robbed stein at gunpoint back on june 9th. according to stein it was just before the store closed at 4:40 in the afternoon when a man wearing a reflective vest walked into the store, asked briefly about some jewelry. >> he wanted to get a different yellow gold ring. >> reporter: and then pulled out a gun. stein said the man didn't do much talking d

as soon as we saw the arlington suspect, we contacted arlington with the information we had, mpd and arlington investigators have shared notes and are working cooperatively to bring this cae to closure. the arlington county police are at a possible connection to the tc case, -- dc case, but so no arrests so far. >>> tonight, two teenagers are accused of beating a man to death. it happened saturday night. investigators say the teens clayed the victim and beat him with a shovel as he laid dying. they robbed him. >> reporter: police say itep started with a orcall saturday night about people drinking, being disorderly, and chasing each other with shovels on the 5200 block of newton street.ne when they arrived, they found david dead on the side of the road. they say he had been brutallyee beaten with a shovel.sh that's not all. >> after they beat the victim, we had one suspect going through the victim's pockets. >> reporter: it isn't known what was taken. 16-year-old andrea ataway, and james murray are charged with the murder. both live within blocks of the crime scene. >> supposedly they

. >> as the search continues for the man who robbed and killed an arlington jeweler this weekend, we're learning that that suspect may have robbed a d.c. jewelry store 7 weeks ago. tonight, the victim of that robbery says he is lucky to be alive. >> matt jablow joins us live in downtown washington with details. matt? >> reporter: anita, seven weeks ago, ken stein was staring down the barrel of a gun at a robbery at his d.c. jewelry store. tonight in light of what happened in arlington, stein said it's extremely lucky that he wasn't killed. >> on sunday, i called arlington county. >> reporter: ken stein says he was deeply saddened this weekend by the news online and on television that a jeweler in arlington had been killed during a robbery. >> police are searching for the killer tonight. >> reporter: as he followed the story more closely, specifically the description of the suspect. >> he was wearing a neon traffic vest. >> reporter: stein says his sadness turned to shock. >> it was quite startling when i saw the picture. >> reporter: the owner in downtown washington, stein now thinks th

a rainbow in our skies over arlington. can you make it out? right there on the left. the roof of the black car on the left side of your screen. they were under the end of the rainbow. no word on whether the pot of gold was found in the trunk of that black car. nice day outside. cooled off by showers late in the day. not everybody got in on the rain, but those who did, i suspect, appreciated it. though it came down in buckets across portions of prince georges county, out toward annapolis. right now it's 75 here in washington. winds are light out of the southwest averaging only 3 miles per hour. temperatures around the rest of the area, mostly now low to mid 70s. not going to drop too much further than this. maybe another couple of degrees. that's it between now and startoff temperatures tomorrow morning. and we're not 100% done with the rain yet. one lonesome thundershower up here just to the north of the city of washington. it's running right along the montgomery county and howard county line. it's aiming down here toward columbia and jessup. it will be on top of rout

the hospital contacted arlington police. police are now working with the victim to develop a composite drawing of the suspect. they expect to have that ready over the next few days. >> if you have any information on the identity of the suspect, you want to call arlington county police. the number is 703-228-4198. >>> president obama celebrated the nation's birthday with a nationalization ceremony at the white house. he was joined by homeland security secretary janet napolitano who administered the oath of allegiance to more than two dozen active u.s. service members. the president called the ceremony the perfect way to celebrate the nation's birthday. service members and their families are being treated to a concert, barbecue and later tonight the big bang, the fireworks show from the south lawn of the white house. >>> tens of thousands of people are gathering in washington for tonight's concert and, of course, the star spangled fireworks program that will follow. kristin fisher is down on the mall where the excitement is gr

>> well, john, people here in arlington are taking action. in the past two weeks, two women have been attacked in two separate attacks. there's going to be a community meeting held here tonight. it starts at 7:00 at the fairlington community center. everyone is asked to attend. brianne carter, what do you have? >> jummy here in montgomery county, a heads up for commuters this morning. ride on bus will be operating on a holiday schedule. what does that mean? the buses will still be going to all the routes, but just not as frequently. this comes after another bus fire yesterday and officials deciding to pull 26 buses from the fleet. for the latest on the schedule, just log on to our website, wjla.com. cynne and steve, back to you. >> all right brianne, details coming up. 6:54 right now. how about a 3-year-old girl who achieved fame this week? >> this is so adorable. the entire way up, this 3-year-old is saying i can do it i can do it, i can do it! and she does it. >> i can do it! >> you go, girl. did you it, all the way to the top. >> the power

arlington has their own crews but this is a little extra.el this is something that we can do as extra. it's like everybody has what they need to do. we come in and do the wish list, a few extra things. >> reporter: wonderful. thank you for taking your time and doing the trip. myfoxdc.com is our web site and we have a link to planet. in the next hour they will tackle the trees in arlington. we will talk about that in the next hour. next hour.  ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> straight ahead at 8:00 adding insult to injury after life gets back to normal, another one takers through parts of the metro -- tears through parts of the metro region. >>> a green light on the green line. how crews got metro back up and running after heat caused a track to derail. >>> male wear monday. thousands worldwide are waking up without the web. what you need to know if you have trouble logging on. good morning,

six days after the storm and the power is still out in arlington. the hemingways have suffered from hotel to hotel. their return home briefly so their daughter could spend time with their service dog. >> it has been difficult because of the chain -- change of venue. >> they have suffered four days while and dominion power and arlington county remain locked in a standoff. >> we have been trying to get them to meet between arlington county and the dominion. >> dominion would not proceed until the county removed a tree. >> there may have been a delay but it is all about priority. >> after a story about the lack of cooperation and some 100 family struggling in the heat, both counties got going today. dominion went to work on restoring power. >> finally, i think the crew for getting them off a high center. >> they say their daughter needs her home. >> we do understand that the power is up to this neighborhood but a crew member spoke with as a short while ago who said they expect to have electricity restored and the electricity back on within the hour. >>

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stein says he e-mailed his surveillance video to arlington county police over the weekend. detectives contacted him overct the weekend, edand they interviewed him this morning at the store.st dc police responded to our queries late today about the decision not to release the video to the public, a statement reads in part, in this case, we released internally. there were no injuries to the victim in the dc robbery. as soon as we saw the arlington spec, we contacted arlingtonco with the information we h investigators are shared noteseh and are cooperatively to bring this -- and are working cooperatively to bring this case to glory. they areto looking at a possible connection and tips have come in, but so far, no arrests. >> let's hope this new videon helps them out.t >>> take a good look at this surveillance video. they robbed a check cashing store wednesday in.we one man had a gun, the other a knife, which he held to an employee's throat.mplo they got away with more thanre $37,000 in cash. if you recognize either man,ei >>> the gunman accused in the colorado movie massacre f

arlington national cemetery lost 30 huge trees in that big storm 10 days ago. can see many of them still need to be cleaned up. >> some of them, three or four, were some of the older bigger trees in the cemetery that are 200, 225 years ole. >> reporter: these huge trees that date back before the civil war came crashing down on top of tombstones. >> this damage to the trees definitely exceeded that from hurricane irene. >> reporter: local crews are continuing to clean up which could take weeks. at least today the rest of the cemetery grounds are tended to by the volunteers. >> we come here to arlington as a people to heal around green plants, as the grass grows, we heal a little better. for us it's a giant green blanket that's covering our heros and comforting their families and once a year we get to come here and tuck them. in. >> reporter: at arlington national cemetery, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> today volunteers donated roughly $200,000 worth of materials, manpower and equipment. >>> a historic tree severely damaged in the storm that devastated our area

he was a veteran found on the road next to arlington national cemetery. it's unclear if he had visited or planned to. they spoke to a four-man from a number of construction job sites on or around the road. >> this is one of the avenues where he could have been hit by a member of the crew. >> this is the fear of many of the construction workers. >> that is why we have traffic control out here. >> two lines shut down for hours and understanding -- trying to understand how someone could just write the elderly man and drive off. -- strike teh man. >> the man was wearing construction boots, camouflage pants, and a t-shirt. he had his wallet with i.d. in his pants. >> that hit and run comes as we learn that 10 people died over the july 4th weekend in crashes. that is down from the same weekend in 2011, but overall traffic deaths are on the rise this year. the d.c. council could decide today whether to put breathalyzer is back into service. they were shelved after and accurately calibrating equipment brought several charges under question. they will start again

people in arlington really became concerned after the attacks. that's why they want to do something about it. about two weeks ago at the ballston, and small, a young woman told arlington police she was a parking garage walking to her car when a man came up behind her, grabbed her, and assaulted her. she said that she screamed and he ran away. two days prior, another young woman was sexually assaulted on the four-mile run by trail. she was running when a man came up and ask for directions if and when he got closer, he took out a knife and drag turkey into the woods and raped her. this has been a concern for their safety. the arlington commission on the status of women is hosting an emergency forum tonight at 7:00 at the community center located at 3308 south stafford streets. at the meeting tonight will be some safety tips. people attending will also hear from representatives from the commonwealth's attorney office in arlington county as well as a detective from the special victims unit of arlington county. police county this group is asking every

arlington, 95. winchester, 91. berkeley springs, a little cooler from 87. frost berg the place to be right now, at 81 degrees. defrost bird. chicago, travel forecast, 103 indianapolis 102, with the core of the heat still in the middle of the country. >> we will see you in a little bit. for the second time in just two days a woman has been sexually assaulted in arlington. today's distant -- the latest incident was yesterday afternoon in a parking garage and a mall. she was walking on the fourth floor when a man grabbed an assault that her. she started screaming and he took off. police think this is not connected to an attack tuesday night on four mile run. we do know the names of two people killed in separate shootings in northwest d.c. that left four others injured. police tell us 19-year-old crevontai key of northeast d.c. was killed around 8:00 p.m. when shots rang out on. three others two of them juveniles, were hurt. six hours later two others were shot on morton street -- julia's ellington died there and no arrests were made in either case. two army po

he is believed to be a war veteran and was struck not far from arlington national cemetery. but as it is a tragedy. >> well. i am at a loss for words. >> officers spent hours investigating the accident. the car was going fast. investigators may have to rely on forensics to identify the make and model of the car involved. >> there was a car that pulled over with the victim. we are trying to get a description of that vehicle. >> arlington county police are asking anyone that may have seen something happened here around 5:30 a long the southbound lane to give them a call as they are trying to piece together why this man was walking on the roadway and the vehicle that struck him. >> in other guilty plea tonight in the growing scandal with vincent gray's election. harris is the third person to face charges in the scandal. among the charges -- making contributions in somebody else's names and conspiring to destroy records. more coming up at 6:00. >> first we turn to the weather. another nice day. >> not much to complain about with us. >> temperatures are running mid 80's. as far b

fox 5's bob barnard is live in arlington with the latest there. bob? >> reporter: there are still pockets of outages scattered all across northern virginia tonight, some still stuck in the dark and heat, others finally coming back to life again. it's their annual neighborhood barbecue here first on road south in arlington. >> it's been an interest week. everybody is hacking together -- interesting week. everybody is hanging together and we're happy to have the 4th together. >> reporter: the three families got their electricity back around midday yesterday. >> and now pretty much everyone is happy. >> it was hard because of the heat, but, you know, everybody kind of pulled together. >> reporter: all across northern virginia tonight utility crews are still at it, hundreds of them working to get the lights back on for thousands of customers with no electricity for yet another night. what kind of grade would you give dominion power? >> a d. i mean i'm glad they're

an employer of an arlington -- employee of an arlington to restore is dead. the body of the employee was found inside the columbia pike store before midnight. arlington police say the suspects were caught here on a surveillance camera and walked into the store at 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they want to find out who he is. he is in his 50's and is around 5 feet 7 inches tall. he is wearing a bright colored traffic mess. if you could help investigators identify this man you are asked to give a arlington police a call. >> we have new developments in the case of a maryland man who was allegedly planning and auror-a- style massacre. >> the suspect, neil prescott, is now in the medical center. he has undergone psychiatric investigation. no charges as of yet, but we are learning more about his background including his involvement with guns. it looks like any other suburban d.c. apartment complex. >> it went off -- shook the whole apartment. >> it is what police say they found inside the apartment that has neighbors concerned. >> seeing how many weapons he had, that w

>> work is underway this new to restore power to an arlington county neighborhood after residents made a call to 7 on your side perr. john gonzales joins us from clermont, and they say it involved a dispute between dominion power and the county? >> what a difference a day makes. yesterday at this time the streets have not been touched and now we are here along with everyone else -- the county is here the power company and each brought their own tree removal company. residents say they don't care who fixes it. they just want it fixed. just hours after 7 on your side god and all the power company sent a tree removal crew we just hours before the county did. >> i have not slept in six days. >> for six days, the residents of this arlington neighborhood have been suffering in this oppressive heat without power after the st. ripped up power lines. >> working as hard as we can to make better. i unclad we are starting to see

up next to arlington national cemetery with a look at a special renewal and remembrance project. >>> a new food truck in town. chick-fil-a, will be serving up lunch in different locations. friday is cow appreciation day, those who dress in cow attire will receive free food ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> full honors for remains of six airforce service men lost in laos. that i shall plane went down 47 years ago -- their plane went down 47 years ago, christmas eve, their remains were finally found after 15 years of searching. now remains are buried together in a single casket. >>> over the years this next group of vets and volunteers contributed more than $2 million to the care of arlington national cemetery today, they teemed up with a group of school children for the 16th annual, renewal project. holly morris has the story. >> reporter: there are few places more sacred than arlington national cemetery and today, lawn care professionals have come here to give of their time, materials and their talents to help preserve, this special place it is called a day of renewal and remembrance, been going on for

. >> what arlington police need find this man. a suspected work place massacre foiled. hear from people steps away from where it could have taken place. air force senator rubio. >> live and in hd, this is abc news at 11, underside. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we are talking about the arlington jewelry shop. he was killed inside the store. >> take a look. it would have been much busier on a friday afternoon. the is when police say suspected killer struck. hope what he was wearing drop somebody's memory. look at the pictures police are man.g you recognize this sometime around 4:00 friday he entered the capital jewelers on columbia suspected of killing a worker. a long as busy stretch of popular restaurants, it is stunning news, the second arlington in just a week. >> robberies have been all the time. the worker is a 52-year-old man. missingly reported him not come on friday night. was discovered around midnight. nearby business owners said they not see or hear anything. >> the owners of this ethiopian restaurant just opened three d

right now -- a bit of a day breeze. 87 degrees in arlington right now. a little bit cooler across southern anne arundel county. everybody else, mostly in the lower 90's. 91 in frederick. 92 at reagan national airport. humidity levels are under control today. dew point temperatures are down in the 50's. we will stay honey -- sunny and hot through the evening. for the overnight comet it will be -- coovernight, it will be muggy. a whole lot to talk about in just a few minutes. >> the storm damage is widespread throughout maryland virginia d.c. downed trees and power lines continue to cause trouble in the district. >> some developments this afternoon, d.c. public schools will be closed yet again tomorrow. no summer school for 6000 students. we saw branches, and then we saw huge tree limbs all over the place. every single neighborhood has been hit. we are in the upper northwest on newark street. work crews are on their way here, but it has been a busy day. on brandywine street in northwest, it was a familiar scene. crews picking up the pieces of another downe

shomari stone is in arlington now. >> reporter: i'm here on highland street in arlington. let me bring you closer to the scene. neighbors say that the wind snapped this utility pole bringing it right here on top of this car and pulling down the power lines. the entire community is in darkness. >> i'm hot. i'm wet. i'm sweaty. >> reporter: the only way you are seeing christine is because of the light on the camera. >> it's nice to have the light. we have nothing. >> reporter: she is one of thousands of people in northern virginia without power after the storm pounded the region. she desperately demand dominion turn the lights on. >> so i don't fall and break my other ankle. it's all -- it's just terrible. it's so dark. >> reporter: help is here. 200 crews from canada arrived this evening. there are 16,000 reports of damaged poles or wires. and around 7,000 still need to be repaired. >> it's kind of the hard work. they will be in the neighborhoods. the houses are close together. the roads are tight. >> reporter: dominion power say that a lot of the poles snapped like toothpi

the owner of capital jewelers was found dead on columbia pike in arlington yesterday. as darcy spencer reports, police are still trying to figure out if this killer has struck before. >> reporter: flowers and candles are placed outside an arlington jewelry store where a man was robbed and killed friday afternoon. police are looking for this man, dressed in a neon traffic vest in connection with the killing. they say the vest may have helped him blend in. >> there's an awful lot of construction going on in the arlington community. we are doing a lot of road work so it's not unusual to see workers and for safety most all of them are wearing this type of a vest. >> reporter: the photos of the suspect were taken from surveillance video at capital jewelers on columbia pike. that's where police believe the victim was killed around 4:00 in the afternoon. his body discovered after relatives called police. he had not called home from work. the fire department had to break down the door to get in. >> it's infortunate. >> reporter: police are only describing the victim as a 52-ye

peggy fox is live in arlington now with more. peg? >> reporter: well, i tell you what, this neighborhood is lucky they just got their power back on. power crews from ontario left about 45 minutes ago and everybody around here had a big smile. let me tell you it's been a rough six days. a cluster of homes here on kenmore street in clarendon have had to do without. they've been using coolers and ice to keep a small amount of food cold. they've been shutting cartons during the day and opening windows at night. this woman was prepared with her battery powered radio and she borrowed electricity from a neighbor who had it to run her fan. outside crews from ontario, canada worked all day today replacing two poles that had crashed down. they were behind the homes and it took a while to get back there and replace those things. one resident used her smartphone for food. >> i had like $9 in cash and i used all of that for gasoline because that was cash only. then i discovered my favorite starbucks over here at virginia square, they were 100% ope

a loved one at arlington national cemetery, the policy is to bring your own flag?r one local widow who reached out to 7 on your side, that news came as the heart wrenching and infuriating surprise. >> he served his country for 20 years as a hospital corpsman. he retired as a master chief to hagerstown. he was 83 when he died in january. his wife planned to bury his ashes and arlington national cemetery. >> now the final tribute as it were. but that is not going to happen. >> the instructions from the cemetery threw her for a loop. >> it is pretty explicit, if a veteran bring of flight. >> she called the cemetery. >> what you are saying is the widow or next of kin obtains a flags. they fold it up during this e our money. >> it is the standard instructions sent to the family of every veteran buried in arlington. bring your own flag. >> we looked at this is the ultimate slap. >> we sent out the confirmation. remise the family to bring a flag. >> cemetery administrator explained that usually the funeral home gets a flag a free of charge from the department of veterans

a pedestrians struck and killed by a car at a dark intersection in arlington. it happened last night around 9:30 p.m. on columbia pike at four mile run dry. >> streets were barred the to power outages. the man was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. no word on whether the driver has been charged. darkins intersections are not just dangerous, they are also having the potential of having a rough commute -- darkened intersections are not just dangerous. >> there are multiple problems here on montgomery county road. not only are there a number of traffic signals in the dark but trees and power lines still down. just a moment ago, lisa baden showed police officers and flares closing viers mill and connecticut. see that tree? making connecticut avenue in passable at all southbound lanes this morning are shut down. -- making its in passable and all southbound lanes this morning and shut down. this morning despite liberally declarations transportation officials are pleading leader -- commuters to use public transportation. many already made the decision yester

. >> newt gingrich is coming to arlington today to campaign for romney. this will happen at 1:30 this afternoon. >> 4:35. brace for grocery prices to go up. >> speculation that central about to do something stimulate the economy. one option they may consider it is low rate what they pay banks. the idea is to make a more lucrative to lend that money out. finished above the 13,000 for the first time since may. right now stock futures are fly .t corn futures are at new highs .his morning it has jumped 60% and may spark global food inflation. i will take a look at who is for all the empty seats at the olympics. reporting for news. >> 73 degrees outside. gas prices once again are heading captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> 4:39. does get to our with a broad network. leesburg, at 65. -- let's get to our weather but network. 72 in clarksburg. on a way to the upper 80's said sunshine.d amount of you thunderstorms are possible. is not likely you'll get hit by a storm today. chance for showers and tonight. >> traffic is starting to

. >>> arlington national cemetery has also been hit hard in the recent storms. today clean-up crews got a helping hand from hundreds of landscapers around the nation. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher at arlington national cemetery where there are still big trees down after that storm 10 days ago. >> some of them, three or four, were some of the older bigger trees in the cemetery that are 200, 225 years old. >> reporter: these huge trees that date back to before the civil war came crashing down on top of tombstones. >> this damage to the tree is definitely exceeded -- has definitely exceeded that from hurricane irene. >> reporter: local crews are continuing the clean-up. at least today the rest of the grounds are tended to by 400 members of the professional land care network. they've come from all over the country. this is the 16th year they've donated materials, manpower and equipment for their annual renewal and remembrance project. >> we come here to arlington as a people to heal around green plants, as the grass grows. we heal a little better. for us it's a gi

claudia uceda/arlington, virginia " la policia de arlington aun no ha logrado identificar a la victima de este accidente y piden la ayuda de la comunidad, y los departamentos de salud urgen a los residentes afectados tener precaucion con los alimentos que han estado en los refrigeradores, y es que despues de horas, estos pueden representar un peligro para la salud... doÑa maria esta sobreviviendo ya tres dias sin electricidad. .. dice que lo imperdonable no solo es el calor en su apartamento...sino tambien tener que botar dinero a la basura... "usted sabe que la comida es dinero, todo es dinero, yo ya estoy retiradam me entiende, todo es gasto" en miles de viviendas afectadas, los refrigeradores ya no estan conservando los alimentos..pero muchos hacen lo imposible para no desecharlos... "las he tenido con hielo, hemos estado comiendo, la comida esta buena" condados como arlington en virginia, urgen a los residentes tener precaucion..."o vale la pena exponerse a una intoxicacion, a una comida mala" los alimentos se pueden ingerir si los refrigeradores han estado sin energia por menos de

the arlington is a fantastic project, so this contract deserves our support. the federal resources available to support supportive housing are simply insufficient to meet the needs of creating projects, creating units for homeless people in san francisco. san francisco would not be of the meet its goal of ending chronic homelessness without this program. the program also saves city money, because i supported the local operating subsidy, we're able to put people in high quality housing at a lower cost than it would be to leave the homeless. i urge you to support the local operating subsidy program and specifically to support the contract for the arlington losp. thank you very much. supervisor farrell: thank you. next. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager at the tender would -- the tenderloin in a neighborhood association. i want to give strong support of the losp than the 10-year plan to end chronic homeless is. we are a nonprofit development organization. we total about 2300 units. we have nearly 100 formerly homeless households in the tenderloin and

we are in south arlington, just south of arlington boulevard, on a street called aberdeen.and this neighborhood, like many neighborhoods, was hard hit. trees came down, utility poles came down. there is something a little bit unique, this is an old neighborhood and we have ken barker, the vice president of customer solutions for dominion and i have been using his cell phone, you may have it back. it is difficult, as you all know at home, if you are able to watch this, lots of service. tell me about the utility poles and how many went down here. 12, was that right? >> we have about a dozen poles. this is typical was we get back into the subdivisions. large trees take down numerous poles. we are literally rebuilding our facilities. >> reporter: you can see this huge oak tree that crashed. the whole tree came down and took down those lines. what is involved with getting power back? >> first of all, you can hear the chain saws in the back. we have to get the trees off of our lines, untangled. then you can see off to the left, we have poles, and other contractors getting ready t

tonight, that victim credits his son with saving his life. >> i'm peggy fox at arlington animal control where a pit bull is locked up after it and another pit bull viciously attacked a man in front of his children. the other pit bull is dead after arlington police shot and killed it. >> starts biting me. >> 62-year-old max is covered from head to toe with at least 14 dog bites after being attacked by his neighbor's two pit bulls. >> this is the worse part. >> his oldest son, 17-year-old alejandro heard his little sister screaming and came running to find his dad in the middle of the street being attacked by the dogs. >> they are trying to kill my dad. i have to do something. >> he did what he does so well on the soccer field. he ran. >> i made a quick circle around the house. >> his dad was able to get up and get back inside the pickup. the dogs got off of him because you distracted them? >> one of them tried to chase my neighbor that was right there. >> i thank god that we are here. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> by the way, an investigation is underway to figure out what will happen to t

today, he was in arlington campaigning for him.e stopped at belmont tv in arlington where he criticized the president's economic record. >> microsoft as a small business, henry ford started his company as a small business. it's the growth of small business, which made america great and oh obama's failure to understand that. >> the gingrich appearance was one of 18 so-called we did build this event in about a dozen states today. >>> now earlier, we told you about how the drought is affecting corn and other crops in parts of maryland. there's another product hurting in the extreme heat. honey. it's the third biggest moneymaker in alabama, but its owner says it's the hardest hit product by the drought. it's because how the bees do their business. >> when it's dry, we don't have anything blooming. we aren't making pollen and not making nectar. >> it can distract bees, instead, they look for water for the nest. there's a honey boo problem nationwide anyway. they don't have enough of them. >> we are about 7 inches behind for the year. no

an arlington jeweler killed during an armed robbery. as you're about to see, the suspect in both cases looks similar. first, let's show you the d.c. robbery. a man wearing a reflective vest walked into benson's jewelers on f street and asked to see engagement rings. when the owner of the store turned his back, the man pulled the out a large gun and demanded jewelry. he didn't shoot the owner and got away with $20,000 worth of items and mostly diamond rings and look at surveillance images from the arlington case last friday. the police showed him wearing a reflective vest. he was buzzed into the store by the owner. wong's family said that is how he allowed customers inside the store and the 52-year-old was killed during this robbery. we spoke with ken stein, the owner of benson's in washington, d.c., and is trying to figure out why d.c. police didn't release the surveillance video of his armed robbery. >> it's armed robbery and they happen all of the time and was not shot or wounded or hurt in any other way. i don't think that they put i

in one arlington neighborhood took the power stride on independence day.elebrated their response to the crisis in barcroft. >> the color guard made it look official. the 25th annual parade in had a decidedly year.ent team this >> we are grateful we have electricity back. around 5:00. >> we are delighted. >> they made a floater honoring dominion virginia power. >> they worked very hard in miserable conditions. >> they even cheered as a power truck drove by. >> it surprised me that we are still getting cheers even though of the neighborhood of without power. this is our power pole that lost, but now we have a new one. >> that power pole was taken by this enormous tree in neighborhoodthe reason why so many were without power until the morning of july 4. over, but thenot neighbors say they came together, show compassion, and where power comes from. from the people. in south arlington, abc 7 news. >> great to see them making the situation. we are looking at 78 degrees. much more to come. authorities prepared to release on the crasheport france flight >> welcome

i'm throw being out 91 in rockville, 81 bethesda, 83 great falls, 84 arlington.a little warmer out toward college park and laurel in the upper 80s, 80 vienna. an isolated thunderstorm tonight, comfortable in the burbs, maybe you turn off the ac, lots of clouds tuesday and more sun wednesday. so for tonight mostly cloudy, shower or storm possible south of town, partly cloudy skies early tonight, 60 since to 72, clouds coming back in late. by morning mostly cloudy but pleasant, shower or thunderstorm possible, 60s and 70s and then by afternoon mostly cloudy and comfortable, shower possible, maybe a thunderstorm south, high temperatures near 85. temperaturewise that is a bargain. our 9 weather alert codes, we're going all green, 84 tomorrow, 87 wednesday and thursday, maybe a thunderstorm late thursday. we'll monitor that for code yellow. right now it's code green. neck seven days friday mid-80s, some showers possible as well. saturday we're looking at temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s, maybe a thunderstorm and then can't stay cool forever, i suppose. temps go b

he was gunned down during a robbery friday in arlington at capital jewelers. delia has some of the family's reaction and it is just gut-wrenching to hear delia. >> reporter: it is, so many people find it ca that thetic to speak out about their loved ones and to make a plea. in this case make a plea to the community, to take a close look at a surveillance picture of the suspect that we'll show you a little later on to see if we can catch this killer who took this father away from this wonderful family and took a family friend in a community member -- and a community member away from the community. they have placed flowers in memory of the man. family members tell us tommy wong worked late friday night, usually home though by 10:00 306789 but when he did not return home by midnight, family members called police and rushed to the store here. investigators will not release details but they do tell us wong was a victim of an armed robbery around 4:00, friday afternoon. customers we spoke to describe a security system, pretty elaborate that he had in place and hoped

things are looking up here in arlington. back to you, derek. >> we thought we had it bad. they have it worse. thank you. >>> dominion power crews are working around the clock like all the others to get all their remaining 8,000 or so outages back online. surae chinn is in arlington where some of the major work is being done. >> reporter: well, this crew has been here since 10:00 this morning. we are in the homestretch, guys, but as we have fewer outages, the frustration mounts. you can see them working right now, but people are getting frustrated. no one wants to be the last and dominion power says someone has to be. everyone can't be a high priority even if you have a medical condition. >> it's more than annoyed. >> reporter: tim scott is running out of patience even as he watches dominion power crews working on his line in his arlington neighborhood. >> intense anger because it took so long because there was no communication between dominion and the county. >> reporter: a large tree that fell on the power lines intensified the frustration in the six-day blackout which bl

in arlington on columbia pike, inspectors reported suspending this wendy's for a sewage backup. >> theager disputes the report saying she recognized the sewage was out of control and closed the restaurant voluntarily. in georgetown, inspectors suspended cafe romeos siting a gross unsanitary violation that could endanger public health. operating without electricity closed house of chang. east on indian head highway. panda cafe. the grocery on annapolis road in new carollton. super chicken market and all in wheaten. in the district, inspectors sited the west wing cafe on the new jersey avenue northwest were 16 violations, including selling food out of a freezer where it had completely thrawed, and raw chicken stored at 74 degrees. >> all the restaurants resolved the threats, passed reinspections and are back for business. follow me on twitter or facebook. 9news now. >> if you know of public health risks, government waste, or corruption, russ wants to know about t. e-mail us at tips@wusa9.com. >>> feel queasy after his report. he does that. >> 74 degrees. perfect. it was 88 today. >> that

let's head over to arlington boulevard in virginia. if you're traveling in the seven corners area, there's a live look at patrick henry drive. travel lanes are open. no incidents, no accidents to report at this time. heading over to the rails though, i am seeing a few delays. minor, sent minutes on the brunswick east train number 870. five-minute delay on the brunswick east train number 890. no delays on the metro or vre. >>> 5:23. if you have a long work commute you might be sacrificing more than you realize. new study says if you spend an hour a day commuting you're more likely to surrender sleep, exercise, eating with your family, and food preparation but not trve time. researchers at brown university say the longest daily commute three hours managed to squeeze in an hour and a half of tv time but only 14 minutes of exercise. researchers say if you would like to get a little more time in every day you can cut ten minutes off your commute by planning your drive where it's based on fewer stops instead of higher speed. >>> american air

in arlington county, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> that same anger is magnified across the potomac where about 14,000 pepco customers in maryland are still in the dark, but they're furor may pale in comparison to next week and that is when maryland's public service commission is set to decide on a $66 million rate hike for pepco. scott broom questioned the chairman of the psc in baltimore today. >> reporter: maryland's chief regulator douglas bazarian said today pepco may not get all that it wants. >> pepco had not been maintaining its system to the level we expected. >> reporter: that's him reminding reporters that the psc has pepco's number, that regulators fined the company $1 million in december for poor performance and now that the psc is considering a rate increase for pep so he, the real punishment may be -- pepco, the real punishment may be yet to cop. that's because this commission has the -- come. that's because this commission has the power to dock pepco's rate request to effectively claw back tens of millions dollars of profits from previous increases that should have been sp

arlington police are working with d.c. police on this one.hey want to see if there's a connection between that robbery and one in d.c. a man matching a similar description to the arlington suspect robbed this jewelry store on f street northwest last month. we'll have more on the possible connection coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> and police are also asking for your help to find the man who sexually assaulted a jogger last week out on the crescent trail. the suspect ran toward fletcher's boat house after the attack. she described him as a black man, medium skin tone, 5'8" to 5'11". about 180, 200 pounds. he had a muscular build and a light scruffy beard. last time she saw him, he was wearing a white shirt, maybe a tank top with cutoff sleeves. and long jersey-type black shorts. >>> a scuffle outside the verison center put one guy in the hospital today. police believe he accidentally shot himself in the leg. a second man was taken into custody. the fight apparently broke out early this morning inside a mcdonald's in the 600 block during the mor

that's what happened this afternoon in a neighborhood in arlington. news4's darcy spencer spoke exclusively with that father and his sons who saved him. darcy? >> reporter: yeah. this dog attacked victim has been in the hospital since about 4:30 this afternoon. he came home here to his house on this street just minutes ago. i was able to have a brief interview with him about this attack. here's what he had to say. >> i just, you know, i completely lost it and the dogs attacked me to the middle of the street. i tried to get out so many times but i can't get up. i tried to avoid. the dogs, they really want to bite me from my neck. and from here they probably kill me. >> reporter: now, the victim says the attack happened right out here. he had just gotten home from the mall. he was buying a wedding gift for someone getting married tomorrow. his two sons were here. one was in the truck. one was in the house. and he is saying, their actions likely saved his life. >> my dad was right here being attacked by two dogs. >> reporter: alejandro morales is holding

. >> a murder at an arlington jewelry store. the men wanted in that crime may be wanted in another robbery. >> let's start with this particular incident in the district. it was very brazen officers were crossed the street investigating something else when the suspect walked into that store. june 9 4:40 1:00 p.m., at the walks into benson's jewelry store and points a handgun at the honor. -- at the owner. >> he recounted the encounter with the thief who may now be a killer. the store surveillance camera shows that the demanding the owner to fill a small back with diamonds. >> he said to go in the room and close the door, and i said for how long? >> he casually walked outside with $20,000 worth of jewelry in hand. both robberies happened after 4:00 p.m. and both suspects war florescent best -- wore florescent vests. >> the counts are very similar. >> 52-year-old tommy wong was killed in friday's robbery. there was no doubt in the mind of the owner at the northwest to restore. >> it certainly looks like the guy. >> the arlington po

. -- no longerude homes inhese arlington. after days of feeling forgotten, residents called 7 is on your side. we contacted dominion, and kreuz brought in to clear the tree wires.lace the a power came on and around 6:30 last night. >> i'm going to go home now. >> i cannot wait to go buy food and restock the refrigerator. residents are still without service, but they just to have air- conditioning. -- the owner says he will fix it. the intense heat has power companies to act -- ask customers to have power to conserve as much as possible. metro customers will again be carry and consume water. metro is making the exception until sunday night. customers are asked to use that are tightly secured. almost 100 people are homeless after a fire damaged their apartments. it happened in woodbridge on eisenhower circle. three firefighters were injured. at theident was treated scene. old rylton thomas may tragedy byted a pulling fire alarms and banging on doors. to save people's lives. in thatmy friends live building. to see my friends go.