no trouble spots to report on the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> whitney houston's body is back on the east coast this morning, arriving in her home state of new jersey late last night. that is where her family is making funeral arrangements. a service is expected to take place later on this week. authorities say houston's body was found under water in a bathtub but will not release cause of death until toxicology test results are in. >>> here in our area, montgomery county police are searching for a missing 8-year- old girl. london marshall was last seen yesterday afternoon around 4:30 when she left her home in silver spring after a family argument. there is no evidence to indicate foul play was involved in her initial disappearance but police and family members are concerned because of her age and also the treating weather and the amount of time she's been gone. if you have any information fo , please cull police. >>> george huguely is accused of killing yeardley love in 2010. yester

it happened in bethesda. >> back inside.ett go. >> reporter: and involved students from walt whitman high school. but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unsuspected parent is out of town and they leave a house and an unsupervised teenager. >> there are many we could be dealing with, and we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> reporter: police handcuffed teens that att ed to flee and lined them up at the curb. some are belligerent. combative. their anger in some cases directed at us. >> i asked them to get out. i didn't give my permission. >> stand up. >> now you have a charge, my friend. >> reporter: a defiant teenage girl criticizes police. >> when your house is being broken into in a couple weeks, you can blame it on the underage drinking party. >> reporter: the smell of marijuana fills the air. roughly 80 teenagers left the house in shambles. >> it looked like it was ram sacked. >> reporter: police issued 35 alcohol citations. >> empty liquor bottles. beer c

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it is in downtown bethesda.uzanne kennedy is with the latest on this controversy. >> at issue is the tunnel that you see behind me. when the purple line is built the big question is what will replace it? a new tunnel or a street level bike path. 10,000 people a week cycle walk and run on the capitol press and trail in bethesda. many of those people have to cross a busy avenue. right now people use this tunnel. it would be demolished once the purple line is constructed. trail supporters say a promise made to the community about the purple line would be broken. an elevated tunnel is cut from the project. >> keeping it open is the essential. >> according to the montgomery county council building a tunnel will cost $50 million. having a street level path is just $3 million. the council man says the cost will be a factor in the final decision. >> $47 million is a consideration. people like myself who are committed to having the trail be the best it can be still have to take that into account. >> trail users have mixe

the american legion bridge or bethesda, excuse me, route 355 in bethesda looks great.oming up in my next report, an update in anne arundel. >>> a jury in charlottesville will start deliberations in george huguely's murder trial. >> huguely is charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and fellow lacrosse player yesterdayly love. -- yeardley law. prosecutors say the former lacrosse player killed his ex- girlfriend in a drunken rage but the defense says it was accidental possibly related to alcohol and drugs. >>> the man accused of planning to -- of plotting to blow up the u.s. capitol will be in court today. the 29-year-old amine el khalifi was arrested on friday in a sting operation. they say el khalifi planned to commit a suicide bombing inside the u.s. capitol but the weapons and explosive vest he bought from undercover agents were fake. >>> d.c. police are investigating a string of robberies committed over the last 12 hours. three of the holdups happened in the second district in northwest washington. two of them happened at metro stations. one near woodley park station

melanie alnwick is live in bethesda with some answers to the winter spike. >>> right now, everybody wants to know what is going on. we are talking about about $3.89 a gallon here. even last week, it was going up as well and a lot of drivers, as can you imagine, are not doing the fulfill-up right now. just putting in exactly what they've got in their wallets. gas prices have spiked another $3 to $5 a gallon in just the

leesburg is 45 but upper 40s bethesda. arlington and springfield at 49. 52 vienna and reston. 51 crofton. outside on our weather camera, good visibility now. a couple of sprinkles have pushed through and temperature of 50. we will have the threat for some showers this morning and again tonight and tomorrow, but the shower threat tonight and tomorrow mainly going to be south of d.c. so today 66. tonight 40s. tomorrow only low 50s. so 50 to 55 tomorrow. 30s to start friday. friday the sun returns in ernest. 52 for the high. your weekend cool, near 50. maybe a shower late saturday night, early sunday morning and again late monday into tuesday. let's go back to andrea and mike. >> thank you, howard.

no problems on the beltway between college park and bethesda.eck of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >> thank you. >>> a reminder that today a whole lot of parking spaces in bethesda go a away. two lots near elm street and woodmont go away. when the slow sure is complete, there should be 940 spaces. >>> a virginia couple hoped to get married on valentine's day but they got turned down. >> the rope, they are both women. john henrehan talked about them with their effort to change virginia law. >> reporter: highway signs welcome people to virginia but they also warn that radar detectors are illegal here. so is gay marriage. voters in the comment wealth in 2006 approved a constitutional amendment prohibit is same-sex unions. karen and barb have been in a committed relationship for 26 years. the two retired u.s. naval officers don't want to go to d.c. or new york to get married. >> we aren't going to loaf our home. so it makes sense to stay here and to ask for equal rights just like everybody else gets for their partner and still be part of this

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it is like $3.89 here in bethesda. gas prices have tarted to climb another three to five cents just in the past week. let's take a look at the national average. it is $3.55 a gallon. a gallon. this trend is going to continue. the latest factor that is driving up the price at least right now is iran cutting off those oil shipments to brit i'm and france. but here is the interesting thing. it is not causing a problem usually why we think prices go up. in fact, demand has been down but this text in a -- this tension in iran and that is fueling the idea that demand is going to rise. >> prices of oil so any kind of impact in supply would impact our pricing model here and that would lead to immediately a price at the gas pump that would affect then the average american. >> soon the refineries will begin switching over to the more expensive summer blends. that is usually when we see the prices start to rise in late spring and what they call the summer driving season. analysts are expecting we will hit an average of more than

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nothing in your way towards bethesda. beltway look good in montgomery county as well. no problems crossing the american legion bridge. we take a look at 66 as you head inbound past route 50, fair oaks, nice, easy trip. look at the lanes open all the way in towards the beltway and continuing inside the beltway toward roslyn, you shouldn't find any issues there. 95, 359 also running well. hov restricts lifted everywhere except for route 50 the john hanson highway. if you are traveling metro today, we should mention that we are on a saturday schedule. metrorail with the red and orange lines do have some stations closed for work because of the holiday. so do plan ahead as you head out there. >> thank you. >>> we continue to follow developments in that foiled plot to bomb the u.s. capitol. friday, a 29-year-old from alexandria was arrested by the fbi following a lengthy undercover investigation. he is from morocco and was living in the u.s. illegally. agents posing as al-qaeda operatives made the arrest at capitol hill parking garage friday morning ago of he was provided wi

the city is already making changes. >> apart in the slot every time i come to bethesda. i have to tell you if the lot is not here, i am not sure i will even come here. >> they are not happy the biggest outdoor lot in town is closing. >> parking is hard. i park in this lot all of the time. i would miss it. >> a smaller lot across would montt avenue will boast -- will both be lost to a condo and department. >> 60 days after that, woodmont avenue will be closed for about two years. >> a former underground parking crunch will replace the lot. signs are up where 100 long-term parking spaces have been converted to four hours lots. this cafe owner is worried that losing the lot will mean losing business. >> it is concerning to us. i do not know where my customers will part. >> the project should be finished around june 2015. >> no businesses are going to have to close. this starts april 1. it is going to take three years. pack your patience. >> all right. thank you. coming up next on abc 7 news it 5:00, the most sleep deprived people in the country live in one specific area. >>

no problems to report out of bethesda and tysons corner all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, another look into virginia this time at 6:00. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> campaign 2012 now. the arizona and michigan primaries are one week from today. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is leading the g.o.p. presidential hopefuls in many of the polls now. >> but former massachusetts governor mitt romney may have more of what it takes to win a long campaign against an incumbent president. money. susan mcginnis reports. >> it's great to be at the heartland. >> rick santorum was joined by his family at a campaign stop in grand rapids, michigan. >> we actually get a chance to spend some time together this week. >> santorum is leading in the polls and talking like a front- runner. he ignored his republican rivals focusing his attacks on president obama. >> whose side is he on is the question? we need someone that's on your side. >> reporter: michigan is mitt romney's home state but with the primary just a week away, he's trying do convince vote

the meeting is tonight in bethesda.ors are try a deadly hat caused train derailment in on tear yes, canada. traveling from niagra falls to toronto. three people were killed. they were the engineers in the front of the train. 45 passengers were injured. >> bp's trial is being continued for settlement talks to ontinue. bp, transocean, and halleburton are being sued. there are 535 lawsuits. >> if you are wondering where cynne is this morning, she is in hollywood where she was working the red carpet for the academy awards. >> yes, she was. and cynne gives us a look at last night's big winners. >> it was hollywood's biggest night, and the academy awards did not disappoint from the red carpet arrival to the announcement of the biggest award. >> and the oscar goes to "the artist." [applause] s the silent film that made the most noise. its star, jean dujardin of france captured the best actor prize. [speaking french] >> the best actress trophy went to meryl streep who embodied margaret thatcher in "iron lady." called my name i

. >> reporter: traffic moving well as you come through bethesda and on the to beltway. >>> it is 43:00. >> good morning jessica doyle, how are you? >> reporter: doing well. we had the first sell off on friday of the new year. as for wall street, asian stocks rose after greek's parliament approved new austerity measures. those measures led to rioting in greece. now checking stocks. the dow dropped 89 points friday. the nasdaq fell by 23. the court appointed trustee overseeing mf global says an additional $400 million is missing from customer accounts. that brings the total to $1.6 billion. regulators are investigating whether the now bankrupt firm tapped money from client accounts. that would violent security laws. >>> the pain at the pump keeps getting worse and worse. the average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped nearly 12 constantino's over the last few weeks. the average price for regular now stands at $3.51 metro wide. the washington examiner reports the consultants are analyzing data, setting escalators, advising on smart trip cards and working for other outside contractors. r

moving but very slowly through bethesda. keep that in mind eastbound on 495 near connecticut avenue. now to virginia. on the northbound side of 395 also an accident in the hov lanes. right here at washington boulevard it looks like they set up cones in the area as well with crews on the scene. the right side is blocked so the hov lanes are now slower than normal. you can see the main line remains open. coming up in my next report, another look at maryland and virginia at 6:12. back to you guys. >>> at the top of the hour, we're following breaking news. fire crews remain on the scene of a town house fire in prince george's county. >> three adults two children taken to the hospital after this fire. it started early this morning in district heights along hil- mar drive just off pennsylvania avenue. delia goncalves is live there with the latest. we have some scary details in the beginning of this story but things are improving we hope, delia. >> reporter: things are improving for that 2 and a half- year-old girl but the fire chi

he's identifieds alonzo rodriguez in bethesda. his body was found about 3:30 this morning in rockville. two of his friends told police they dropped him off there an hour earlier. officers hadn't released any information on what kind of car might have hit him. they're hoping witnesses will come forward. >>> an injured bald eagle caused some delays on metro's blue line today. the american icon was trapped inside a track fence near the van dorn street station on the blue line. it was taken to the raptor conservancy of virginia in falls church. it's unclear how the bird was injured in the first place. . >>> mitt romney and rick santorum, revving up the attacks in a final push for votes in michigan today. there are primaries there and in arizona on tuesday. romney leads in arizona, but is tied with santorum in michigan. a loss there would be a big blow to the romney campaign. he grew up there and his father was governor of michigan. while a confident santorum took aim at romney, he also focused on obama. >> we can't continue to take on

coming up in my next report, another look into bethesda at 5:09. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a town house fire sent two children to the hospital early this morning. >> prince george's county firefighters rushed to the hil- mar drive in district heights around 2:00 a.m. 9news now reporter delia goncalves joins us from close to the scene. she's on the phone with us. what do we know so far? >> reporter: well, some good news to report initially. the two and a half-year-old, a 27-month-old girl who fishily was rescued -- initially was rescued out of a window by firefighters without a pulse, they were performing cpr on the girl. i just learned from the chief of prince george's county fire her pulse has been restored. that little girl, though, still touch and go. she is in critical condition at children's hospital at this very hour. it was a dramatic scene this morning. the fire broke out at 2:00 a.m. in a very wooded area here in hil-mar drive. we're talking about a town house that is two stories on an end unit. firefighters attacked the fire

temperatures, 40s in the suburbs. 46 in bethesda. 47 in rockville. 46 in reston. 50 in college park. 47 in beltsville and 46 in laurel. so, here's the deal. milder and then warmer. breezy and just chilly tonight. windy and milder on wednesday. more like april on thursday and winter will return this weekend. won't stick around long, but it will return. breezy and chilly a. one blanket night. winds southwest 10 to 15. everyone stays above freezing tonight and we are looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. 40 downtown. 38 in college park. 37 in bowie. 37 in reston and 36 in sterling and maybe 35 in middleburg. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy, grab a light coat. 30s and 40s. by afternoon, partly sunny, windy and milder. high temperatures near 60 and winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. we'll break it down. chilly to start. 36 to 44. kids will need jackets, but in the 50s by noon and 56 to 61. a few clouds come in late. a pretty good day. the next seven days, it gets warmer. temperatures on thursday. maybe an early morning shower in the upper 60s. it will get

metro rail has track maintenance in bethesda. that has been resolved. the red line is still delayed but no longer single-tracking. back to you. >> thank you. >> like spring today. >> not just the temperatures. >> we will have wind gusts and thunderstorms. already some morning rain. mild and muggy. little humid air out there later on today. not overly uncomfortable in terms of humidity, but something we have not felt in quite awhile. a lot of action to talk about. if very active on this friday. areas of light rain just north of the metro and clipping chevy chase and bethesda right now, a quick sprinkled that will move into a silver spring. carroll county seeing steady rain. howard county as well. frederick, martinsburg berkeley, and jefferson county no. frederick county in virginia a band of rain passing to the east this morning and this afternoon we will be partly cloudy with thunderstorms. the time frame will be 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for thunderstorms in the east of the blue ridge. it will be gusty today. embedded with thunderstorms and possibly sever

reporter: and -- in bethesda. >> back inside. let's. go. reporter: and happened with students from walt whitman high school but it could have happened in any neighborhood where an unsuspecting parent leaves an empty house and unsupervised teenager. >> you know how many other crimes occurring in this area that we could be dealing with and yet we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. reporter: police handcuff teens that attempted to flee and line them up at curb. some are belligerent, combative. >> i have a juvenile. reporter: they're venom in some cases directed at us. >> how can you film us without our permission? >> stand up. >> now you got a charge, my friend. reporter: a defiant teenage girl criticizes police for sending so many officers to respond to an underage party. >> when your house is being broken in in a couple weeks, you can blame it on an underage drinking party and police officers aren't there as quick as you'd like them to be. reporter: the smell of marijuana fills the air, roughly 80 teenage

looking to the left and north on wisconsin avenue toward bethesda. and it's nice out. it's getting chillier in the suburbs as winds pick up. i would definitely bring a jacket. winds right now are calm. the temperature is 53 and the dew point is still 50. so, we're not looking at anything drastic in terms of temperature, but it will gradually get colder tonight and remain so over the weekend. 50 in bethesda. 50 in rockville. and 49 in great falls. 49 in reston. 53 downtown. but 54 down toward fort belvoir and also in beltsville. so, here's the deal. essentially everybody is under a wind advisory. you have to go across the divide to see a high wind warning. gusts up to 40 to 50 miles per hour. winds across the divide, gusts could be up to 60 miles per hour. back here, the latest gusts and this map is filling up and getting more impressive. 40-mile per hour wind gusts in martinsburg. 38 in leesburg. 26 in gaithersburg. and 22-mile per hour wind gust in fredericksburg. we'll be watching this all night. so windy and colder. gusts 40 to 50. coats are going to be needed all w

so temperatures, upper 50s. 58 in bethesda. 59 at rockville. even though it's warm, you have a 15, 20-mile per hour wind. grab a coat. 58 in great falls. 57 in reston and off to the east, 59 in college park. 58 in beltsville and 57 down toward andrews. so here's the deal. cooler and then wet. so clear and chilly tonight. a little bit cooler tomorrow. we probably lose 10, 12 degrees. sunglasses will be needed tomorrow and locate the umbrella for wednesday. especially late morning and all afternoon. maybe we get away with a dry commute wednesday morning. for tonight, clear skies, breezy, chilly. low temperatures in the 30s. winds will become northwest at 10 to 15. if you're inside the beltway, you're not going to make it below freezing. that's why we are seeing these. 33 in reston. but 38 downtown. 34 over in college park and maybe you get down to 31 in leesburg and 32 out toward middleburg and manassas. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny. you'll need a jacket. kids will need something for the bus stop. 30s and 40s. by afternoon, cooler, but a nice d

the victim, 24-year-old rodriguez of bethesda. he was hit along this road, killed by an on coming car. according to montgomery county police, the 24-year-old had been riding in a car with friends when he got out of the car along norboc road. according to police, it happened at 2:20 this morning. calls came into 911 for a man lying motionless on the road. when emergency responders got here, rodriguez was already dead. it's believed the hit-and-run driver killed the 24-year-old sometime between 2:20 and 3:24 a.m. on the eastbound lanes. tonight, police need your help in trying to find this hit-and- run driver. asking folks who may have been in this area. they are asking folks if anybody saw anything, they want to talk to you. they need a tip to try and figure out what killed alonzo rodriguez. ken, 9news now. >>> and turning to news overseas a gunman killed two american servicemen inside a government building in cobble. and tonight, pentagon officials say the afghan defense minister called our defense secretary, leon panetta to apolo

it happened in bethesda, and involved students from walt whitman high school. but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unexpecting parent is out of town or leafs an empty house and an unsupervised teenager. >> you know how many other crimes are occurring right now in the county in this area that we could be dealing with? and yet we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> police handcuffed teens that attempted to flee and lined them up amount the curb. some are belligerent, combative. they are venom in some cases directed at us. >> [bleep]. >> stand up. stand up. you got a charge for -- >> a defiant teenage girl criticizes police for sending so many officers to respond to an underaged party. >> so when your house is prone in in a couple weeks you can blame it on underaged drink party because officers aren't there as quickly as you want them to be. >> the smell of marijuana fills the air. roughly 80 teenagers left the house in shambles. >> it looked like it was ransacked. >> police issued 35 alcohol cita

identity of a person hit and killed by a car in rockville today. 24-year-old alonso rodriguez of bethesda was found around 3:30 this morning. a man driving by saw rodriguez in the road and stopped and stayed with him until help arrived. police discovered rodriguez had been dropped off by two friends in that same spot an hour earlier. investigators want any potential witnesses to come forward. >>> in decision 2012 tonight, mitt romney and rick santorum revving up the attacks in a final push for votes in michigan today. there are primaries there and in arizona on tuesday. nbc's brian mohr reports. >> reporter: three days before the next presidential primaries and all eyes are on michigan. >> wow. >> reporter: it's mitt romney's home state but if the polls are right, it's within rick santorum's grasp. >> it is absolutely laughable to have a liberal government of massachusetts suggest that i am not the conservative in this race. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: romney reminded voters that santorum supported him back in 2008. >> he said he is the clear conservative candidate. he's right. i a

low 40s already in the burbs, 43 bethesda, 41 laytonsville, 45 rockville, 43 gaithersburg, 42 reston. off to the east it's still 46 college park and 47 in beltsville. winds die down, clear skies, a pretty dry air mass. temps will fall quickly. returning milder. wind diminish tonight. you'll need your shades tomorrow, milder wednesday and almost warm thursday reaching 60. for tonight clear to partly cloudy, cold, a one to two blanket night, 26 to 36 and winds become light. we are looking at yet another night above freezing i think in town. you go up 270, you're in the upper 20s, gaithersburg and rockville, 30 in reston, 29 sterling, 28 in herndon, 30 in college park and over towards andrews. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, cold start. you'll need a coat, 20s and 30ors and by afternoon looking at partly cloudy skies, breeze area milder, southwest winds a warmer breeze, a few clouds coming in late, highs 50 to 55, winds southwest 10 to 15. next seven days, temps keep going up. in fact, upper 50s wednesday, maybe an early shower thursday morning and we're around 60 degrees. now we're looki

right now 46 in bethesda, 47 rockville, 45 gaithersburg, one of the cooler readings, 47 great falls,on. back to the south it's still 50 in fort belvoir and 50 downtown but 48 in college park, upper 40s in beltsville and mid-40s in laurel. here's the deal. nice through tomorrow, really, a little colder tonight. grab your sunglasses tomorrow. you'll need a light jacket. clouds return for the weekend, kind of watching this zorn in the southern plains. it's going to slide -- storm in the southern plains. it's going to slide south of us. we'll keep you posted. partly cloudy, a bit colder tonight, low temps in the 30s, winds northwest at about 10. downtown we're talking about temperatures remaining above freezing again. by morning mostly sunny and just chilly. you'll need your sunglasses, a light jacket, temps in the 30s and 40s, winds northwest at 10:00. by afternoon a gorgeous day. if you compare it to yesterday, not as nice but still pleasant, mostly sunny, highs low 50s. good news, light winds friday afternoon. we'll break it down. in the morning early, in the 30s clear skies. we'll ca

area. >> the drive time from here in tenley town to bethesda is about ten minutes.ief lanier says the cooperation between police is yielding fruit and those make an announcement very soon. >> tonight noro virus seems to be spreading. howard university dealing with what appears to be an outbreak of the noro bug. the school is asking students and staff to take extra precautions from getting sick. last week the virus forced an elementary school in westmoreland county, virginia to be closed. >> a huge crowd is lining up to get new shoes. there have been problems with expensive sneaker roll outs like this one before. shomari stone reports from the mall in prince georges county. >> reporter: this crowd behind me, many of them have been out here for 24 hours just to get their hands on these. >> deon is lined up for offer 15 hours to get a pair of nike's glow in the dark sneakers friday morning. >> what's so special about them is the galaxy edition. they don't come out with this print often. they come out with a single color. >> the line seems to grow by the hour. police ar

look at that area up near bethesda. not good. almost a standstill. fast forward to saturday night and you can see drivers having smooth sailing all around the beltway. all around i-495. check out this map for yourself. visit wusa9.com. >> still ahead, 9 wants you to know. under age drinking isn't just dangerous, it's illegal. >> and we'll show you just what happens when the cops roll in on local kids save them. presenting woolite complete. it cleans your jeans, and won't torture your tanks. so your clothes stay looking and fitting like new. woolite. long live your wardrobe. >>> caught on tape, a horrible highway crash in dallas. this happened yesterday a. semi apparently going too fast on a curb. it tips over, lands on top of a car and pushes an suv through a barrier into on coming traffic. the driver of that truck not hurt. the other two drivers were taken to the hospital at last check, we understand they are expected to be okay. >> in recent weeks, we have tried to drive home the consequences of under age drinking. death behind the wheel, perhaps,

protested pepco in bethesda yesterday. they showed up at the bethesda office building to deliver a message and a cake to a pepco board member of the icing on the cake read "pepco can't have its cake and eat it too." the protesters called on the utility to withdraw its request for a rate increase and to cut the salaries of its board members. >>> the group says pepco board members can expect more of these protests in the days ahead. >>> here's some of the other things making news. a teenager accused of shooting five students inside a high school cafeteria in chardon, ohio may be charged as an adult. prosecutors say the alleged shooter t.j. lane picked his victims at random. three of the students who were shot died. classes at the high school are expected to resume on friday. >>> officials say a crippled italian cruise ship in the indian ocean won't reach land till thursday. the costa allegra lost power monday following a generator room fire and more than a thousand people aboard with no air conditioning. helicopters are drop

coming up in my next report, i will update you on the situation in bethesda at 4:55. mike? >> thanks, monika. >>> just about 4:50 now of the the so-called underwear bomber is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. a federal judge sentenced umar farouk abdulmutallab after the 25-year-old pled guilty to trying to below up a jet christmas day 2009. prosecutors played a videotape showing an explosion that could have happened if the bomb had worked. >> two, one. >> the nigerian native pled guilty last october. he said the explosive laden underwear was, quote, a blessed weapon to avenge muslims killed around the world. he admitted al qaeda leader inspired him. if he was released he would likely try another suicide mission. >>> about 170 marines just back from afghanistan took part in a purple heart ceremony. it was led at the marine corps memorial last night. there were also some emotional reunions earlier at walter reed national medical center in bethesda. black iron marines as they're known visited 16 wounded war yars from -- warriors from their unit. it's the hope th

. >>> hundreds of unemployed veterans showed up in bethesda today. first lady michelle obama and dr. joe biden are spearheading the joint forces initiative to help them get jobs. it's four veterans, wounded warriors and the unemployment rate for veterans is higher than the national average. >>> >> 9/11 veterans, there is an unemployment rate at this point and it relates to the demographics of 18 to 24-year- olds. we have unemployment shooting upwards and -- so we believe that this is a national issue. >> reporter: organizers for 100,000 jobs missions said their event is different from the average job fair and call it hiring advances because perspective employers preregister with employers and can walk away perspective employees, rather, preregister with employers and walk away with a job that very day. good stuff happening there. >>> just ahead on the news at 6, a horrible accident with a happy ending. one family gets a big belated thank you to their special guardian an jet. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season

fox 5's melanie alnwick live at a gas station in bethesda for us with an explanation. >> good morning. you know, there are a couple of things going into this but mostly what they are saying right now is that speculation is really the main driving factor right now in what is causing those oil prices to go up. right now, we are looking right here on river road anywhere from about -- if you are going to pay cash, maybe about $3.65 a gallon. behind me, we are looking athe $3.87 a gallon. these rising gas prices are causing drivers to do a double take. they are a very big political issue. remember keystone pipeline and those sorts of things. this is not coming at a good time. we've got this political debate going on. especially when our economic recovery is fragile at best. republicans hitting the president over prices at the pump. >> the obama program has higher price, more dependency on the middle east, more vulnerability to saudi arabia, iraq and iran. exactly the wrong direction. it was $1.13 when i was speaker. it was $1.89 when obama was sworn in. >> reporter: the national average is

this was the first one in bethesda.ing why it was riders being forced to pay more for their commutes. >> why are there continual funding challenges? where are priorities? shouldn't businesses that have profited from their close proximity to metro provide additional funding for the system? >> the next public hearing tomorrow night in falls church is at mariellen henderson middle school in leesburg, leesburg pike right by the west falls church metro station. opennous begins at 6:00. the forum starts at 7:00. >>> new this morning video of a serial bank robber who's making a bizarre claim. prince george's county police released this surveillance video of the bank robber. they say he's hit at least four banks in the last two months and he's handing tellers a note saying he has a nuclear device and will detonate it if they don't give him money. police stress they don't believe the guy really has a nuclear weapon but they want to find him and end the robberies. >>> in about 27 minutes, voters in the motor city in michigan go t

open right now if you are traveling around the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesdaew in sky fox work their way over to the west side of town. right now, lanes are open. no major tie-ups are reported. as you make your way past the dulles toll road, you will find your lanes are open. inside, we'll tax you live southbound along 270. lanes are open as you work past 80 headed out past 109. average speed down to about 25 miles per hour. looking better for those in gaithersburg and rockville headed out towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ffic. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of new carrollton this morning. >> police are investigating the death of two men whose bodies were found less than a mile apart. the first body was found on the 5300 block of 58th avenue. the second nearby on garrison road and 78th avenue. lauren demarco is live in new carrollton with more this morning. >> reporter: the two disturbing discoveries less than an hour apart and this morning, police are verging to see whether they may be connected. both victims suffer

right now we've got 28 gaithersburg. 32 bethesda. columbia below freezing at 31. 28 manassas. 34 in reston. mid-30s springfield, alexandria, fort belvoir 36 and andrews at 36. great visibility. clear skies. 38 degrees. but it feels like 31 in town with a north, northwest wind at 9 and some of the other windchills are down in the mid- 20s. big snowstorm cranking away here in eastern colorado. one, maybe 2 feet of snow from denver, eastward and some of this is going to spill out into nebraska with severe weather possible in oklahoma this morning. a tornado watch, the spring- like system. around here we've got the clear skies but as the moisture out west moves in our direction, we'll have colder air trying to move in from the north. so they're going to get together a little bit but looks like most of the moisture stays south of us. the question mark comes late saturday night as that moisture comes toward us into the overnight into sunday morning. how much moisture is going to be around with the cold air? today we're looking at highs und

about a hundred people in bethesda showed up to voice their opinions. >> i've ridden metro i think 18,000 times. and i was delighted when it initially opened. the level of service now is atrocious. >> metro bus riders would see fares go up 10 cents for smartrip card users. 30 cents for riders paying cash. metro parking garages would go up a quarter. there are five more public hearings, including one tomorrow night in falls church, virginia. we have a list of the dates and times on our website at wusa9.com. >>> it is just about 5:05. time for the latest your money report this morning. >> jessica doyle is watching the ups and downs on wall street for us. good morning. >> good morning. we're still flirting with the dow 13,000 possible close l. it happen today? that will depend on closely watched economic reports. we have durable goods, home prices and consumer confidences all out. a slow day for wall street yesterday even though we got some pretty good housing news. checks the numbers the dow slipped about a point and a half. the nasdaq was up by two and a half. the s&p 500 rose by almost tw

this is master woodson. >> reporter: the team at on the mat in bethesda welcomed tyrell for his first visit there they invited him to show a little of what he has learned and started with a stud tent pledge, tent p tenets of tae kwon do. he has tried to incorporate these in his daily life, in foster care almost his entire life and says the practice of karate and tae kwon do got his life going in a positive direction. the discipline he learned in his first classes got him interested in doing well in everything he does. >> he loves to do chores and he loves school answered is also very shy in the beginning but then he warms up to you and he is talking to you. >> give me one more and let's reset. >> what's your favorite subject at school? >> math. >> are you good at math? >> yes. >> what kind of grades are you making? >> making as. >> reporter: not all as, he says, but he is hoping one day to be on the honor roll, a goal inspired by his teacher who first introduced him to the art of karate. two and one. open. >> how are you? >> were you surprised to see him? >> yes. >> how long has it be

but 43 in bethesda. 43 downtown. and 45 in college park. live doppler 9,000. you can access this on our website, wusa9.com. a good time to down load our weather app and search for wusa radar. this is primarily snow, some wet flakes in montgomery county. wet flakes mixing in around hagerstown and west of frederick. here's the deal. arctic air for the weekend, no doubt about that. roads okay. metro area tonight, roads slick late tonight, frederick north and west. 1 to 2 inches in the metro area tomorrow night and windchills tomorrow night 5 to 15. wow. how much snow could fall? we'll take it through sunday until the evening and you'll see maybe an inch downtown. maybe an inch and a half in frederick. the bulk of the snow will fall across the mountains into oakland where 6 or 7 inches could fall. winter storm warnings remain in effect there. southern maryland could get in on the action. rain showers turning to snow showers tonight. 1 to 2 inches. lows in the 30s. now tomorrow morning, early snow showers possible. dress in layers. 30s to 40 and by afternoon, the a

i think the morning commute will be dry. 49 bethesda, 51 rockville, 48 gaithersburg. we can live with these numbers, 50 great falls, 53 in springfield, 52 college park, 51 in beltsville. here's the deal. we're looking at another weak system tomorrow just chilly tonight. i think it's mainly going to be a dry morning commute about everywhere, low risk if you want to heave your umbrella home and a great finish -- leave your umbrella home and great finish to the week. friday will be fabulous. tonight clear skies early, increasing cloudiness late and a one blanket night, lows 35 to 40, again since january 1st we've only this 15 evenings or nights with temps below freezing at national, pretty amazing. tore foam morning mostly cloudy and cool, a -- tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool, a light coat, most of the activity occurring in the afternoon, what of it there is, mostly cloudy, mild, light rain or shower be possible, breezy, winds southeasterly at 10 to 15. we'll break it down. 36 to 42 with clouds to start. i think dry, maybe a shower or sprinkle at noon, maybe a l

it happened in bethesda. >> back inside. let's. go. reporter: and involved students from walt whitman high school, but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unsuspecting parent is out of town or simply leaves an empty house and an unsupervised teenager. >> you know how many other crimes are occurring right now in the county in this area that we could be dealing with and yet we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles? >> derek, i have to tell you the only thing more shocking than the number of kids and the amount of alcohol we saw was the reaction from parents who came to get their kids. again that is coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i can only imagine. thank you, great work. looking forward to the rest of the series. >>> we also have breaking news from rockville where a teacher has been arrested accused of having sex with a 16-year-old. 47-year-old scott duane spear is a teacher at julius west middle school and a coach at richard montgomery high school. bruce leshan joins us live with the details. reporter: these inc

there's a traffic alert on the northbound side of the 270 spur in rockville, bethesda. a serious accident. it's before montrose road. all lanes are blocked. what i'm hearing is this is three vehicles and a tractor- trailer involved on the northbound side again of the 270 spur. if you're coming up from the inner loop of the beltway, you want to avoid the spur all together. curb around the bend and go ahead and use route 3w 55 as your alternate route to get northbound -- 355 as your alternate route to get northbound. i can see sky 9 is zooming out and heading up to show you the delay heading northbound. i believe it's going to affect the inner loop of the beltway very, very quickly. in fact, let me show you what it looks like live on the inner loop of the beltway from our traffic land camera coming up from river road right now. you will see delays form quickly trying to get up north to the spur. avoid that all together. let's go to the outer loop of the beltway. i want to tell you if you're heading through silver spring heading past 270, this will not affect your drive on

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clear skies, looking good 33 degrees at bethesda. manassas down into the middle 20s, we are 37 at college park. 28 and catastrophing highs this afternoon. everywhere should make 60. maybe even 64 across southern prince george's county. >> reporter: thank you so much howard. good morning, everybody. things are not too bad around town, i'm happy to say. here's what it looks like on college park on the beltway. all lines are open. you have a few delays normal for 6:00 in the morning on the outer loo. no problems on 95 or even route 25. if you are planning to head on to 66 out of centerville, it is going to slow down just a bit from manassas to this point. a last live look as well over on the northbound side of 95 and 395. here's what it looks like at pennsylvania avenue at the willard hotel. incident free this morning. we'll look at the other area roadways at 6:12. >>> at the top of the hour, we have a commuter alert for you. it is your chance to weigh in on the upcoming metro fare hikes. >>> metro is expected to raise the amount you pa

naval support activity in bethesda from democrat a.m. until 3:00 p.m. 25 large companies will be there. it's part of first lady michelle obama's joining forces initiative that urges companies to hire veterans. >> its friday morning. >> still ahead bad news for the dulles rail project. why it could lose millions of dollars in funding. >> bad news for hundreds of nike fans. the release of a popular shoe has been cancelled at a local mall even though people showed up in the rain to get them. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess with half as many sheets. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up big spills and lock them in. why use more when you can use less? bring it with new bounty. >> time for look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> let's