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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

county because arlington county isn't used to having homicides. it's been a very long time except for what happened last week, it's been a very long time since arlington county had any homicides. >> we went approximately 28 months without a single homicide. last week we do have our first two homicides so again we are investigating this as a suspicious death at this time. any further information that is released, whether it's a homicide or not, we will send that information out as soon as possible. >> reporter: thanks very much. appreciate it. as you can see behind me, this is still a very active scene. a lot of friends and family coming out here today clearly very upset. we're trying to give them the space and distance that they want and deserve. we will have more information about exactly what happened here coming up a little bit later at 5:00 and 6:00 and 7:00 this evening. back to you, jc. >> thank you very much. >>> at least five people have been injured in an accident involving metro escalators. this happened this morning at the l'enfant plaz

. >>> right now arlington police are investigating their third and fourth homicides of the year. yesterday the deaths of keith sprigs and karl moton were being described as -- >>> now possibly coming to an intersection near you, stop sign cameras. that's right. the tiny city of maryland is leading the charge because cars are not stopping at a key intersection. and though it seems small, 200,000 vehicles a year go through it. dc in the mean time in the process -- meantime in the process of setting up its own cameras. >>> after the break, how something that's supposed to do good is making some upset. >>> arlington national cemetery is turning visitors into artist. that story straight ahead. >>> plus the shopper who bears all. 9news has a video and a little scary if you're the owner of the store. we'll tell you about it coming up. >>> caught on tape, what's more fun than a bowl in a china shops? perhaps a bear in a candy store. a faulty lock lets this bear walk in at this shop in colorado and he really satisfied a sweet tooth. let's see, i'll have some peanut butter cups over here.

his arlington jewelry store on columbia pike last week. surveillance pictures showed a man with a neon reflective traffic vest inside the store. a similar description was given in june where ken stein of benson jewelers in northwest d.c. was robbed at gunpoint. >> i'm thankful for the family for me that they did get this guy off the street. he needs to be busted and put in jail. you want somebody like that that's carrying a gun off the street. >> reporter: the courts say he has six pending probation violence all regarding credit card thefts, forgeries and identity fraud. he was picked up yesterday afternoon. >>> the hot weather is making a comeback, but will it head out before the weekend? our hopes are in topper's forecast coming up. >> but first congress takes action to limit protests like this one. what they're proposing to do to demonstrator at those military funerals, that story next. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes re

. >>> arlington county police say a suspicious death case has turned into the county's latest homicided. the bodies of 59-year-old keith spriggs and 31-year-old carl moten were found in an apartment. these are the third and fourth murders in the county in less than a month after nearly two and a half years with no murders reported. >>> d.c.'s police scandal is growing. the high speed ride given to actor charlie sheen has resulted in a $12 million lawsuit against the city. the police officer who was demoted and transferred has filed a whistle blower lawsuit against d.c. hilton burton says he was punished for testifying to the d.c. council that high speed escorted for celebrities were a common practice. chief cathy lanier says she disagrees. she says the sheen escort broke the department protocol. >> lost my rank, lost my pay, been pretty much exiled off the police department. here i stand. >> chief ran near would not -- lanier would not comment right now but is on record saying burton's demotion was about his job performance, not his testimony on the charlie seen escort case. >>> marylan

arlington police concerned about a spike in violent crime. man stabbed multiple times for in the a restaurant on wilsonarea boulevard. he was critically injured, but expected to survive. arlington has had zero murders years, but there have been four in the last week's. >> totally unrelated. in terms of the message to the public, there's no serious. -- series. >> a man killed his wife and himself, and then a jewelry owner was killed. then two men were found killed in an apartment. jesse jackson jr. could soon. his spokesman says the chicago democrat is expected back from medical leave within weeks. he has been on medical leave two treated for being depression and gastrointestinal issues at the mayo clinic in minnesota. 4:49, 76 degrees. >> usain bolt continues to shine at the olympics. ♪ ♪ i'd do anything for you, , dear ♪ ♪ anything 'cause you mean everything to me ♪ ♪ i'd know that i'd go anywhere ♪ ♪ for your smimile ♪ anywhere ♪ yes, i'd do anything ♪ anything for you ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> w

in arlington county, peggy fox, 9news now. >> a little bit of confusion here. we contacted aflac, which confirmed the women arrested were not their representiat run airports and oversees its biggest construction project is coming under fire. local leaders are demanding some dramatic changes after reports of sweetheart deals and lavish trips by members of the metropolitan airport authority. bruce leshan brings us more from dulles. >> the airport board is running dulles and reagan national. and it is accused of all kinds of questionable deals. expensive overseas trips, no bid contracts, nepotism, now the secretary of transportation and all the region's leaders have fired off a letter to the board saying they are gravely concerned and outraged about the lack of accountability, the letter demands the board terminate no bid contracts with former employees. terminate former board members who have gotten jobs at the airport. the airport board responded with an e-mail to the media saying that it has already implemented many of these changes. >> those are easily fixed t

there have been four murders in arlington in the past two weeks. some residents don't believe the crime rate is getting worse. >> i expect it will stay low. >> it is concerning, but it's beyond our control. >> arlington police are concerned about the recent wave of violent crimes, but they don't believe the crimes are connected. >> the thick police need help finding a person or persons trying to solicit young boys. police say a man in april was distributing flyers at american university park offer tutoring services to young boys. this past monday somebody complained about a man in mount pleasant with child pornography. three boys on tuesday told police a naked man tried to lure them into a locker room at wilson high school. on wednesday a boy said the man followed him and offered him a ride as he walked along 36th street. resentencing set for today for the first of 13 men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars of drugs into the united states. five defendants will be sentenced today in federal court in and alexandra, facing a possible

we are learning about a daytime attack in the clara 10 section of arlington. a man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed multiple times. -- clariton section of arlington. tom roussey is live with the growing concerns. >> this all started in the parking lot in the distance there. is where in montgomery county man found a guy breaking into his car. they ran across wilson boulevard and wound up right here. the man who was trying to break into the car stab the victim. this is one of the series of violent crimes in arlington that has people pretty concerned. >> we do not have problems here. >> most people did not expect a stabbing in claredon./ >> neighbors say the suspect ran down the middle of their small row of town homes. they believe the suspect may have been injured and his blood and maybe his. soon after a van was stolen at nearby. douglas scott says a recap -- a recent of violent crime spike is a concern after going two years with zero murders, they have had it for in two weeks. three days later and a jewelry store owner was murdered. on tuesday two

he's live in arlington both with the story. ken. >> reporter: well, you know, derek, word is certainly out here on the streets, and there is a lot of concerned people out here taking notice of these violent crimes. police officials say they're all isolated cases, none of them are linked, but it's causing a lot of concern on the streets. >> i think it's a safe place, but last two, three weeks, i don't know what's going on. >> reporter: this man works and lives near the 3300 block of wilson boulevard, the spot where a man was brutally stabbed after confronting another man reportedly breaking into his car. he, like own, is worried about what seems to be a spike inviolent crime. >> it's scary. we are scared. we'll be careful. >> reporter: arlington police say the man stabbed is recovering from multiple wounds at a nearby hospital while they search for the suspect. the bloody attack follows four recent homicide in a county that hasn't had any in the past 2 months until just a couple weeks ago. >> it's very concerning for us. we've h

montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county is the low 70s. much of southern maryland away from the waters and low and mid 70s as is the northern neck. much of the eastern shore. farther west behind the front it's not much cooler but it's getting dryer. lower humidity moving into western maryland and out in central west virginia where it's down into the 60s. the lower humidity beginning to move in. it's going to be a welcome change. it will be moving in during the arch. the low humidity. some of the showers by 6:00 a.m., north and west of washington, the low 70s. by noontime, some of the showers might hold together south and east of washington. but elsewhere, clearing up from west to east into the mid 80s noontime. upper 80s mid afternoon. heading back home from work and school late afternoon, we'll have the lower humidity with a bit of a blustery northwesterly wind and back down to the mid 80s. danella has look at your first 4 traffic now on this tuesday morning. good morning. >> good morning, tom. traveling, i-95 near joplin road. just moved

-timetraffic. . >> thank you. >>> when arlington schools open in a week or so, a lot of students wouldsed to ride the bus to class will have to walk. the school system is enforcing a transportation policy that has been on the book for years. >> it requires kids would live close to school to walk. nearly 600 parents have already signed an online petition opposing the new plan. fox 5's audrey barnes has the story. >> reporter: lee ann woolsey used to ride the bus. but this year, the pet eat fifth grader will have to walk about a mile to get there lugging a backpack as big as she is. >> on tuesdays, i have saxophone class and i have to carry it to school and only from school which is like carrying two times as much as this. >> reporter: she is one of hundreds of arlington students who just learned they can no longer ride the bus to school. school fills have removed 12 bus stops at five different schools that are within the walk zoned to ease overcrowding on the buses. >> the disturbing thing is the county didn't give us any notice. we heard about 10 days ago they are making this drastic c

continua la busqueda del hispano sospechoso de acuchillar a un hombre en el area de clarendon en arlington... silvana quiroz estuvo en el lugar de los hechos y nos tiene mas informacion..silvana... asi es maria rosa,, ocurrio a plena luz del dia, en un area transitada, el dueno de un vehiculo que estaba a punto de ser robado trato de evitarlo y termino en el hospital...la policia esta buscando al sospechoso que se el condado de arlington se caracteriza por ser tranquilo y sin crimen desde hace 2 aÑos no se vivÍa tanta violencia como en las Últimas dos semanas, dos homicidios comprobados y dos en proceso investigativo hoy en el a rea de clarendon la rutina se vio perturbada rick rodríguez vocero policía de arlington "hoy a la 1:38 de la tarde a un policía del área le avisaron que detrás del pio pio había un hombre de 31 años que había sufrido unas heridas muy serias aparentemente había sido cortado o apuñalado" se presume que la victima vio por la ventana de su trabajo como un individuo ingresaba a su vehiculo para robÁrselo, fue entonces que salio corriendo para enfrentarlo silvz univsion

in arlington, a source says one of those same women recently gave a presentation to arlington county police. it is feared they obtained officers private information. and 9news has obtained an internal memo and in it, lieutenant david tells the staff. atlanta detectives learn the same suspects had been in the arlington county p.d. urges staff to check accounts for any suspicious activity. here's where things ben to get weird. public information officer tells us the police department's aflac representative tells them that the two women arrested in atlanta do work for aflac and there's no evidence anyone there was actually scammed. it appears some county police officers here are not buying that. the officer who gave us the internal memo says the officers are furious and he says, the department let those people in and represented them at legitimate. people were set up and the department is liable. end of quote. >> a major development tonight with the chinese based website known as id chief. back in may, we told you about teenagers using that site to get fake id's to buy booze illegally.

arlington county police say charges are expected to be brought forward. police have been working around the clock since 52-year-old tomorrow wong of herndon, virginia, was killed in his arlington jewelry store on columbia pike last week. surveillance pictures showed a man in a neon reflective traffic vest inside the store. a similar description was given in another robbery in june where ken stein of benson jewelers in northwest d.c. was robbed at gunpoint. >> i'm thankful for the family, for me they got this guy off the street. he needs to be busted and put in jail. we want somebody like that that's carrying a gun off the street. >> reporter: he has six pending probation violations all regarding credit card theft, forgeries and identity fraud. theaves picked up yesterday afternoon. i'm surae chinn for 9 news now. >>> an update on the explosion blocks from the virginia tech campus yesterday morning. police charged a 23-year-old man from roanoke with manufacturing, possessing and using a firebomb. derek gregory wilson was arrested after police found another

that has people there asking what's going on in arlington? >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in arlington county where a violent crime spree is worrying some residents. in just the past three weeks, there have been five homicides and it all started with a murder-suicide right here. >> it is very strange and i don't -- it's sad. >> reporter: an arlington county police officer sits outside the apartment where 59- year-old keafe spriggs lived. he and his temporary houseguest, 31-year-old carl moten were killed tuesday morning. yesterday there was a stabbing right out in the open along wilson boulevard. a man who tried to stop a thief from stealing his vehicle was stabbed multiple times. police are searching for the suspect. and for the men seen in this surveillance video committing an armed robbery at a check cashing store along columbia pike. a suspect was arrested in the july 27 murder of tommy wong who was killed inside his jewelry store. so many violent crimes in such a short period has some residents on edge. >> it's very tragic. >> it is certainl

this center in alexandrea was not nearly as impacted as fairfax and arlington. verizon said the audit started with arlington and they on top of the problem there, but tell that to the folks in in fairfax. >> they haven't fixed the problem almost anywhere. they're working diligently at doing that. >> and both sides said the tone of the meeting was cordial. at one 911 director said, they have a long journey ahead of them and they're at exit one and have 17 exits more to go. brian? >> that sounds like a long one. karen gray houston. >>> and president obama's sweeping immigration legislation takes affect today. young immigrants lined up to register for a new program to keep him from beinger did ported. this is a scene from los angeles and chicago and in d.c. hundreds waited to apply for legal protection. this is part of the deferred action program. young item grants brought to the united states as children, you want to stay and are eligible if they meet other base rainstorms. >> have a dream to, to reach our goals and to be somebody. >> estimate varies as many as a

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. >>> arlington students are getting the boot from thenew sc policy has arlington parents upset and worried -- worried about their children's safety. >>> and new details in yesterday's shooting outside of the empire state building. who neared the shots that hit the -- who fired the shots that hit the bystander. those stories and more as we continue. good to have you with us for part of your saturday night. we'll be right back.  . >>> welcome back. when arlington schools open in a few weeks, a lot of students who used to ride the bus to school will have to walk. the school system is enforcing a transportation policy that is actually been on the book for years now and that requires kids living close to schools to walk there. plenty of parents and students are not happy about the last- minute changes. audrey barnes is mere with more. >> reporter: good evening, will. nearly 600 parents already signed an online petition o posing the transportation plane and there is a facebook page dedicated to the fight to get it overturned. parents can appeal if their kids got the boot and that can

be prepared approaching arlington boulevard. that will reopen shortly. -- both exits are closed on 50 in virginia. no troubles on interstate 66. a live look at the teddy roosevelt bridge. good to go from the beltway across the span of the bridge this morning. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43 66 degrees on this wednesday morning. >> we have a story you will only see on 7. zero local business caught in the crossfire of a battle between sexes. learn >> a man is in custody in connection with monday's crash that killed a prince george's county police officer. a 44-year-old named michel. bel-- mitchell. there are still looking for the driver. the crash killed officer adrian morris and injured another officer. flags in maryland are flying at half staff in his honor. he was a two and 1/2 year veteran of the prince george's county police department for. flags will continue to be flown at half staff until sunset on the day of his funeral. >> the department of defense has confirmed the death of another local soldier in afghanistan. sergeant

i mean 91 at bethesda, 94 arlington, 93 vienna, low 90s in springfield, 95 in college park and 94 in bowie, but again it's not that humid, great night for baseball. first pitch 92 degrees, last pitch 84, a little breezy, too, winds west, northwest 10 to 15 as we host the cardinals again. every game is important now. get down to brass tacks here. another great night for baseball, nats/cardinals. isolated storms on saturday and then more storms sunday and labor day, all right? so for tonight clear to partly cloudy, breezy, mild, 68 to 74, winds west, northwest 10 to 15, got a full moon tonight, a blue moon, two moons in the same month. i'll post a blog on that here shortly. lows tonight upper 60s in the burbs, but downtown and inside the beltway a little toasty, low 70s, maybe 73 in arlington, 72 or so downtown. tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine, breezy, warm, 70s and 80s, winds northwest 10 to 15, that's nice. by afternoon partly cloudy, almost hot, just an isolated shower or thunderstorm, high temps around 90. do not change your tee times for saturday. next three days code green to

. >>> some arlington students are getting a boot from the bus. a new school bus policy has some parents up set and worried about their children's safety. >>> and we'll have more details about the shooting outside the empire state building. we know who fired the shots that hit the bystanders, plus a victim speaks out.  he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. but nothing is free. obama is raiding $716 billion from medicare, changing the program forever. taxing wheelchairs and pacemakers. raising taxes on families making less than one hundred twenty thousand dollars. free healthcare comes at a ver

bethesda 71 and arlington 73. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, this is wisconsin avenue in northwest d.c. a quiet morning. 75 degrees. humidity is up at 87% and the winds are south, southwesterly at a miles an hour bringing in some of that moisture and some of that heat. we're still looking at isaac, tropical depression isaac right now spinning west of little rock almost near the oklahoma- arkansas boarder with these bands of showers and storms. some of these have about severe this morning in eastern louisiana. this is bringing moisture some 2 to 6 inches of rain across areas of missouri and illinois over the next 36 to 48 hours. but for us, high pressure coming on down. you can see the clouds how they get pushed off to the south. so we're in good shape now but the humidity at the low levels will return. those clouds out west are going to start to creep in here over the weekend. no problems today, sunny, just the heat. mid-90s. it's going to be uncomfortably warm. partly to mostly cloudy tonigh

-- rather in falls church on arlington boulevard. the storm left thousands without power in northern virginia for days. it also caused a 911 phone outage. the public invited to attend that town hall. it runs from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. >>> all right, 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. any storms to speak of in our area, tom? >> thankfully, no. >> no, okay. >> this wonderful pattern will be continuing here for the next few days. the only wrinkle this morning that may be causing problems, some patchy fog in rural areas. don't have it right in washington, though. you can see the first faint light of dawn showing up there on the eastern horizon behind the washington monument. 72 at reagan national. dew point is getting somewhat humid but not sweltering, in the mid-60s. here's the view from space. a clear sky to our west and northwest. that's where we've got the patchy fog, parts of northern montgomery county into frederick county, northern virginia, much of west virginia, getting some of that patchy fog. it's not widespread or

and arlington. natasha barrett live. >> arlington police say they check on these women. they were in fact contract workers with afflack. they met with police on occasions and firefighters before getting arrested in atlanta. >> these two women are still in jail down in atlanta accused of trying to scam police officers. now we are living about how they may have tried to fool arlington officers from buying supplemental insurance. >> they walked in and said they were from employee benefits to talk about supplemental insurance. >> and internal e-mail sent out monday warned officers these same more related people possibly sold and sharon's two officers. there were able to make a presentation during the roll call. this may have happened two to four weeks ago. some officers gave away personal information and provided access to their internal system allowing the pair to be private information. officers in atlanta noticed red flags. they were dressed in skimpy clothes and the paper work were copies. >> obviously it is pretty bold to target police officers for this. if they can get

and arlington police netted suspect james sylvester caroline of d.c. now he's being held on a probation violence, but police say he's a suspect in the homicide at capital jewelers in arlington july 27th. the owner tommy wong was found dead inside. caroline is a suspect in a separate robbery at benson jewelers of northwest d.c. in june. surveillance tape was key to bringing in caroline detectives say. wong's family is thankful for the speedy arrest. >> i'm really relieved that, you know, the guy that did this is caught and he can be put to justice for what he did to my dad. >> just thankful that this guy is caught and off the streets and he can't hurt anyone else. >> d.c. contacted us immediately following the arlington county incident and we have been working with them hand by hand side by signed since that incident. so yes, caroline is a suspect in both cases. >> james caroline is held without bond on a probation violation once again. now he is not charged in wong's death or either robbery. police say those charges are pending. >>> the faa is launchin

so tonight the question, what the heck is going on in arlington county? our own peggy fox is looking into that very question. she's here with a closer look at the violent crime spree. unusual for this part of our area. >> reporter: yes, it is very strange and scary for some residents. in just a little over two weeks there have been five homicides. that's more than the past two years combined. >> all of a sudden there's five murders in two weeks. i don't know -- i'm just trying to make sure i keep myself and my wife protected. >> reporter: an arlington county police department sits outside an apartment where 59- year-old keith sprigs lived. he and his temporary houseguest, 31-year-old carl moten were killed tuesday morning. >> it had to be at least two. >> reporter: you think two people did it? >> yes, two people did it. >> reporter: police aren't saying how they were killed but spriggs' 85-year-old mother thinks they were either shot or stabbed. yesterday there was a stabbing right out in the open along wilson boulevard. a man who tried to stop a thief fr

arlington county police are looking into two suspicious deaths that could be the county's third and fourth homicide in just the last couple of weeks. these two bodies were found by a maintenance worker this morning. kristin fisher catches us up on the investigation. >> this has been a slow moving investigation. it took police almost three hours to get a search warrant to get inside. police aren't saying much. they don't have much to call these homicides. for now, these deaths are simply suspicious. suspicious deaths or homicide? it is splitting hairs for these family and friends. all they care about is that their loved ones are dead. >> oh no. oh no. >> this woman, dianne thompson, knew both men. 31-year-old carl moten, who was a chef at a restaurant in falls church and 59-year-old kiefer sprigs who lived at the apartment. >> we went to school together. >> two men knew each other. they were friends, and their bodies were found together by a maintenance man this morning. >> two bodies were discovered in the residence. there was blood discovered on scene. we are continuing the investigation

that's arlington police chief. doug scott speaking about the dangers. >> and in this case obviously not, you know, he confronted somebody who was armed and we did not know that at the time what we would advise the publicked to do when they see a crime is call us obviously and not confront a suspect if possible. t >> reporter: and again that suspect is still on the loose right now. that's a description for them. a hispanic man, someone from 28 to 32 years old. about five feet nine inches tall. he was last seen wearing ripped clothing. we believe that happened somewhere during the scuffle. so if you know anything about this, police are asking that you give him a call. they are are talking about the recent spike it had crime that we have seen on out here. seeing all the violent crimes here in arlington county are not related, but they are looking for this man that if you know anything about this to give arlington police a call. for now we're live, ken ken, 9news now. >> and this just in, police have made an arrest in

scott brodbeck is the editor of a news website in arlington. he says he's been alarmed by the rise in violence in the area lately. >> you've had this stabbing. you've had four homicides so far this summer, had another near fatal stabbing off columbia pike last month. this is unusual. this is a bloody summer for arlington. >> reporter: police say the suspect got away in a white van that may have been stolen. the victim was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition. police say it could have been much worse. that's why they want anyone witnessing a crime to stay safe. so they, too, don't become a victim. >> we don't recommend they wouldn't the suspect because you neverren how many suspects there are or -- never know how many suspects there are or if the suspect is armed. >> the suspect description is vague. police are interviewing witnesses and looking at video cameras from nearby businesses for help. >>> now to a weather alert, scatted storms knocked out power to more than 10,000 pepco customers in montgomery county tonight. that can

stand in arlington as well. that's one continues through the thomas jefferson community center in arlington. it will be open 5:00 until 10:00 then throughout rides,kend, featuring racingnd they even have piglets. >> the cd says don't touch them. the cdc. a ride on metro will come with delays. the red line will not run from grosvenor to friendship heights. tracking on hollande line from foggy bottom to clarendon. stadium are merely to cheverly. blue line trains will single track from foggy bottom to arlington cemetery. the green line single-tracking princert totten to from tonightty until closing on sunday. asleep on the carousel. it's tempting. glad you gave me the warning. you have to see this video. inorwegian tourist featured an x-ray at an airport in italy. drinking, crawled up the baggage line after dropping off his luggage. there are precautions to keep person from accessing sensitive areas, as if this has before. pink similar did happen before same airport 10 years ago. so they make the changes because ag

right off the top, we start news out ofg arlington, va., where police are investigating the death of two found inside an apartment at of 19th and culpeper streets. us thatare telling the deaths are suspicious. video from the scene. police are not saying any more. we will continue to follow this story and have the latest starting at 5:00. >> we will update this story the newscast if we get more information. five people are being treated injuries after an accident on a metrog escalator. this happened during the plaza. fant is the status on the scene? this was a frightening earlier today during hour. i arrived at the scene moments after the accident took place bloodu could see on the platform and escalator. . ke a look at the video you see one of the victims of here. d out five people in all were injured and three were taken to hospital. by metro that during peopleur this morning, were riding the escalator when a perhaps a piece clothing snagged a strip of metal on the side of the escalator. that brought everybody down behind her in a domino effect. we do believe from the blood we platf

. >>> new at 7:00 arlington police are on the hunt for two armed robbery suspects. you'll see them in this surveillance video. it happened just before 3:30 a.m. the 7-eleven on george mason drive near cbi pe back on august19ththe crook attempts to rob the cashier. a second guy opens the door and a firework blows up. both men leave empty handed. >>> a college football t-shirt makes light of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal, what it says after the break. >> in a few minutes the summer olympics may be done, but we'll tell you why tens of thousands of people are packing into london's olympic stadium right now. >>> believe it or not, it's here already. this is day one of the college football season and an ohio state t-shirt has a lot of folks upset tonight. this says i'd rather shower at penn state than cheer for the wolverines referencing michigan, of course. the president of the center for families safety and healing says that's pretty disturbing. osu officials insist hey, we didn't sanction this. fans of other universities, however, are making sandusky shower t-sh

that's becky sauerbrunn, who lives in arlington. i got a chance to catch up with becky earlier today. >> we knew it would be a fight no matter what. with karli scoring two major goals, it set the tone right away, and near the end we were like, we just have to finish the game. >> reporter: during the press conference the day before, i don't see to say oozing confidence, it wasn't overconfident, but you listened to each of the players, and you said, these girls have it. did you feel that? >> this team, we don't know how to lose. when we do lose, it's disastrous, we just can't understand how it happened. i think you saw it a couple times in canada and with france. we have a lot of fight in this team and a lot of pride. >> reporter: you went to uva, you live in arlington. how many text messages are waiting on your phone -- >> i didn't have enough time to check it, but 500 more than before the game. all facebook, twitter, everything. >> reporter: have you had a chance to get back to anybody. >> no, i haven't. i have a lot to do later tod

in arlington, $3.85 at this gas station. the state average in maryland is 0..8 the national average is about $3.83. we were paying about a quarter less a month ago for a gallon of gas. aaa says all this is because of isaac and a refinery fire in venezuela. to add to all of this bad news those heading out of town day weekend, aaa for terriblered traffic on tuesday. that's the day after labor day several school localities region and across the country will be headed back to school. they will be in arlington and in fairfax county. that means more students on the road and more buses on the road. the prepared to deal with more traffic as you head back home. live in arlington, olabanji. much.nks so 5:38, 71 degrees. >> police busted a brothel in manassas. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. >> we're now serving fresh greek your grid for breakfast at pinkberry. >> good morning, washington. -- greek yogurt. >> adam caskey in

arlington public school superintendent dr.atrick murphy says the change is due to a realignment of resources which he described as a rapidly growing school district. >> we're increasing from 800 to 850 students a year. so we have to begin to make adjustments. >> reporter: but that explanation isn't sitting well with parents who want their kids bussed back. >> it's frustrating. upsetting. confusing. >> reporter: despite a petition with hundreds of signatures on it, they have no plans to reverse their decision. in arlington, ken molestina, 9news now. >>> also new tonight at 11:00, the pentagon considering legal action against a former navy seal who has written a book about the bin laden raid. it causes a bit of controversy. in it he describes in detail the raid that kills bin laden. a lawyer for the pentagon says he violated an agreement he signed back in 2007 not to divulge any military secrets. the book hits the stands on september 4th. >>> by the way, scott sat down with owen, and you can see the full interview september 9th,