her name is ashley o'brian. no one has seen her since friday. she left her home near mt. vernon, saying she was going over to a friends house. if you know where she is, please contact the fairfax county police. >>> the number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week, boy, it's dropped to their largest drop in nearly a year. and it could be, you know, a good sign for the jobs report that will come out tomorrow. and now the economists, they say that it will be too soon to tell if this will be a positive sign for the overall job market. >> well, i don't know, it's another sticky day, but it will be warm and sunny, and it is springtime. it's a small price to pay as you said on monday. we traded the warm air for the thunderstorm. >> no real thunderstorms today, right? only a couple? >> none in the metro area. we'll show you out to the west, derek. kind of like yesterday. we'll see how far east they will get and remember whatever form it will be, it will be hefty. these are big storms, just west of hagerstown. it's moving due east towards williamstown. we're looki

her name is ashley may o'brian and she was last seen friday in the 8,000 block of oak leaf drive. if you have seen her, contact police. >>> police in silver spring are looking for a thief who posed as a cop. the man was driving behind a woman, got her to pull over this morning. he showed her a badge and ordered her out of the car. but then he ransacked that car and stole the woman's purse and cell phone. he climbed back into his car and drove away. investigators say the man is dressed all in black, he has a dark baseball cap and a vest similar to a police vest. he's driving a small black compact car with maryland tags. >>> police in california believe the death of former football star, junior seau was indeed a suicide. seau found inside his home shot in the chest earlier today. investigators say the gun was also found right near him. a crowd of people gathered outside his home as the news got out and spread. his mother wept uncontrollably as she spoke to reporters this afternoon. he called me. he never took anything from me. why you never tell me? >> seau beloved by fans, teammate

ashley said she was going to a friend's house and never arrived. she was last seen wearing a red and white jacket. police consider o'brian to be missing and endangered. if you have any information on her where abouts, police want to hear from you. >>> another big story tonight, a forme d.c. councilman hours away now from learning his fate after stealing money from the city. more than $300,000 meant for youth sports programs. as fox 5 reports, harry thomas' lawyers asked a judge for leniency today. >> it was october 2010 when we first asked then council harry investigation launched by the d.c. attorney general focused on his organization called team thomas. >> let's clear the air. any wrong doing at all here? >> there's no wrong doing. >> after a long fight to deny his crimes, thomas finally came clean. >> today, i want to apologize to those i let down, including my constituents. >> thomas admitted he used his influence to acquire public funds to then buy an expensive suv, fancy clothes, and lavish trips. in all, about $350,000. >> i don't know why this happened. it was a shocker to me that it did happen. >> mayor gray sa