she was on a bike path near beach drive south of bingham road.ay they saw a man in the area, but continued on. when she encountered him again a short time later, he pulled her into the woods and sexually assaulted her. >> he was unshaven and apparently smelled of alcohol and prior to the assault, either the victim or a witness observed the same subject that we're looking for talking to himself in spanish. >> reporter: the suspect is still on the loose. people who use the park are being so n so in groups, not alone. >>nd a thend suspect is describ as a hispanic man in his,0s 3 to s5'10" ck sy yil build. he has black,, wavy,vy shoulder length hair and was wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans at the time. list are still trying to catch up with this individual. he has not been arrested. people are being urged to, again, use the park in groups if you're jogging. don't do it alone. go out with other people. if at all possible. and, of course, if you have any information, contact u.s. park police. back to you. >> megan, thank you. >>> now to developing stor

. >> police say the assault rapid near beach drive and bingham road. >> i'm not sure about the specifics of the assault given the fact that a woman was assaulted robbed? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: police are looking for the suspect still. >> we are looking for a hispanic male, about 5'7" to 5'8", stocky or large build with shoulder will have lenette black wavey hair and apparently smelled of alcohol at 7:00 in the morning. >> reporter: in the wake of the assault, police have stepped up patrols in the area. in rock creek park, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. he health record med.foun they were fo the home. the records vanished a year be cre killed 32 people and committed suicide. his mental health treatment has been part of the investigation in to she shooting. they were revealed by an attorney involved in the lawsuit. two families filed in connection with the shootings. virginia governor tim kaine says the records will be made public as soon as possible. >> we are right now. we are pursuing the release co e materials. i do not thveha the ability ha unilaterally to rele

now, i spoke with new mexico senator jeff bingham earlier today.nd he is, of course, the senator who was on the senate finance committee. we talked about a number of different things and i asked him about the public option. senator, can you tell the american people tonight that there will be a public option coming out of the senate finance committee? >> i can't tell you with any great confidence exactly what we're going to come up with in the senate finance committee. we're -- as you mentioned, there are six of us, three democrats, three republicans, who are trying to put together something that can be proposed to the rest of the members of the committee for their consideration. and no decision has been made on public option or no public option at this point. >> senator, the president has made it very clear, that's what he wants. and many democrats across the country think that he went to washington with a mandate, winning nine bush states and bringing out a new generation of democrats and their focus was health care. do you think that you would be

the attack happened in the area of bingham and beach drive. the woman did get away unharmed. >>> chrysler's car allowance rebate system, or c.a.r.s., starts today. shoppers who trade in gas guzzlers can get a voucher worth to up to $45,000 on their trade-in. critics of that program say it will cost the government too much money, though. >>> in new york city, the nation says good-bye to one of its most respected news man. family and friends will gather to remember walter cronkite at his funeral came ta. he died last week after an illness. cronkite served as the anchor for cbs news from 1962 to 1981. >> it's that time of the year when many of us spend a lot of time out doors and thanks to some dangerous bug, knew cases of lyme disease are popping up across the area. >> that's why fairfax county held a meeting to alert its residents. >> reporter: a danger lurks in these woods, but you'd be hard pressed to find it. it could find you. it's the tick carrying lyme disease. fairfax county has seen an increase in the number of reported cases, about had

a man assaulted a woman who was jogging yesterday morning near bingham drive. now, u.s. park police say they have identified what they call a person of interest. so far that's all saying. today we talked ying. today we talked to joggers who h said even if the suspect is behind bars, they want to keep taking precautions when ever they are out on the trail. >> we would never run here by ourselves. we don't come after dark and we don't go alone. >> police say those are very good safety guidelines for all joggers. >>> maryland's governor martin o'malley met with cabinet today. focus on fixing the budget deficit. at this particular meeting the governor was telling residents, don't worry there are some things we will not cut. >> we are not going to release people early from prison before their sentences are up. we are not going to cut education. and we are not looking to engage in the sort of massive layoffs of needed state workers. >> he went on to say if the president's recovery and reinvestment act the state would be under water. >>> president obama took his pitch for healt

south of bingham drive, near an area. >> grabbed and assaulted. she passed the suspect. >> unshaven and smelled a bit of alcohol. prior to this assault. victim or witness observed the same subject tal inissph.an in spanish. vm described her attacker inbeisg h 3ng0s, between 5'7", d 105'", with ad. bu k, black, wavyho srdeul length hair. she said he was wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans and smelled like he had been drinking. the section of the park where the assault occurred is very popular with joggers, walkers and bicyclists. they were dismayed to learn of the crime. >> whenever i run in rock creek park, in this area, iun with someone. just telling my running partner i would never run alone in broad day light. >> i have been here, i do run with my dog. and i think that, a lot of people are scared of dogs. so, he presents himself as scary. >> investigators tell us there have been no other similar incidents in the area. wendy, back to you. >> thank you. >> missing mental health records for the virginia tech gunman have been found offcampus. cho's fi

it happened around 7:00 yesterday morning near bingham and beach drives. >>> for the first time since accident the takoma station will be opened past 10 a.m. metro announced the takoma station will remain open all day today and tomorrow. passengers should still expect co 'rweoi> ge. >>> we're going to take a break and have weather and traffic ç0gó >>> mostly cloudy around the region, rather humid, in the low 70s. on radar getting a few sprinkles in prince george's, montgomery and howard county and fairfax county there is a shower near burke. and in southern maryland in eastern charles county, northern st. mary's, heavy downpours from annapolis, areas of orange up to severn that park. that's passing to the north. light showers are moving to the north. and continuing on the eastern shore as well. as we look at the wider view, we have other showers in delaware and southern maryland, those are continuing to pass to the north as well as out of the panhandle of west virginia. later on today showers likely, maybe afternoon and evening thundershowers, highs mid 80s. less humid tomorrow and sa

polisac y e itpeapn con on a popar lath along br each drive between bingham anjoyce drives in northwest. fox 5's will thomas picks up the story. >> reporter: it was 7:00 a.m. along this popular foot path if r along beach drive. this is the spot where an unsuspecting jogger was forced off the path. >> here? are you serious? >> reporter: that reaction felt by countless joggers after hearing the news of the early morning attack. >> i'm shocked. it was 7:00 a.m. whh is a time that not only myself and my friends run with our kids. >> i know it happens. it's a city. you hve to be careful. it's definitely scary. >> reporter: u.s. park police say a man ambushed a woman jogging along this path. he pulled her into a wooded area and sexually assaulted her. >> in the world of law enforcement, we have an excellent lookout which is unrtunately unusual but in this case very beneficial. >> reporter: the attacker is described as hispanic, believed to be in his 30s with shoulder length black hair, stocky, 5'7" to 5'10" wearing a white t- shirt and jeans and he wreaked of alcohol. >> reporter: we discover

msks near bingham a beach drive saw a man in the area. she noticed him a second time. that's when he pulled her into the woods and assaulted her. people who used the park are being urged to do so in groups, not alone. >>> overnight shootings in southeast washington left one man dead and sent another to the hospital. it happened around 2:00 a.m. in the 1,200 block of eaton road. police arrived on thecene to find one man already dead and another shot. he is expected to survive. police are still looking for a suspect and a motive. >>> fairfax county police are asking for help in finding a woman in these pictures. they say she is responsible for two recent bank robberies. first happened june 25th at the wachovia bank on wharton station boulevard. the other robbery happened july 15th at the suntrust bank on richmond highway. in both cases, the woman approached a teller at the counter and passed a note and implied she had a weapon and demanded money. the police say she fled in a gold car. >>> prince george's county has a new animal control facility. the new building is locat

ona jogging path near bingham drive and now police say they peve a person of interest y whe r rson is in custody. gary neurenberg has the story. >> reporter: some of this morning's joggers didn't know. >> a woman was attacked in this very spot. >> reporter: they look at each other and realized it could have been them. the attack on a woman jogger took place on a jogging path just off a bridge on beach drive. she says she had just run by the suspect, a stocky unshaven man smelling of alcohol speaking spanish to himself. a description helpful to police. >> we have made some progress on this investigation. pretty substantial progress by identifying a person of interest. >> reporter: joggers who talked to 9news now say they take precautions. >> we don't come after dark. we don't go alone. >> reporter: smart say park police. >> using good common sense procedures will certainly help keep you safe. but it is overall a very safe area within the district of columbia. >> reporter: but is the case solved? has the danger disappeared with the identification of the person of interest? is he under a

ankle in four places, i'm told, and working on quality issues that are critically important and jeff bingham who did work on coverage issues as well on how do we pay for this and come up with ideas that will reduce cost and make health and coverage more affordable and of course patty murray who did a great job in work be on workforce issues and jack reed who did a number of things on the bill and sheldon whitehouse and bernie sanders did a great job, and sherrod brown of ohio, who was terrific as well. i want to thank my republican colleagues, even though they didn't vote for the bill in the end. they brought ideas that made it a better bill, lamar al lesmg an der, john mccain, lisa murkowski, orrin hatch, i'm going to miss someone, but the idea is that we came together and worked. we have a product now. we need one out of the finance committee. we need to get on to the business of working on this, in my view. you cannot sustain the present situation. the american people deserve better. they need the same kind of security, in my view, that we provided for ourselves, as members of the united

park police say the assault happened in a rock creek park bath near beach drive and bingham road. >> i'm not sure about the specifics of the assault other than the fact a victim was assaulted. >> robbed? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: u.s. park police are still looking for the suspect. >> we are looking for a hispanic male, about 5'7" to 5'10" inches tall, stocky or large build with shoulder length black wavey hair, unshaven and he apparently smelled of alcohol at 7:00 in the morning. >> andrea, because of the attack, police have step up patrols in the area. as far as the condition of the victim we don't have an up date on that. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> let's go to kim now. we see armando was wearing his rain slicker and rain is falling in parts of our area, right, kim? >> that's right. the pollen count is on the low side. so what little pollen we have air be washed out of the today. trees, grass and mold, again all low. all right. let's look at the radar loop. we have soaking rain. i mean torrential downpours that will be coming up the gulf stream and slamm

yesterday while she was jogging down the path near  bingham road.dly grabbed the woman and pushed her into the woods. police are now calling this a case of aggravated assault. mott sexual assault as previously reported. those who go into the park are urged not to go alone. >>> a t-shirt advocating gay rights may have prompted vandals to smash out store window in silver spring and happened at the american apparel store on colesville road. the t-shirt bears the words legalize gay and repeal prop 8 now referring to the california measure that bans same-sex marriage. a store's spokesperson said they got threatening phone calls from people upset about the company's gay marriage support. >> it is not right. it is not. if someone chooses to put that in share shop it is their choice. >> it is horrible in this day and age that really shouldn't happen. >> it is not fair to them. you know. they are supporting gay whatever. they should be able to do that. >> montgomery county police are investigating the vandal itsm and will determine if this was a hate crime.

senator jeff bingham out of new mexico is going to be joining me on that. he's been very close, behind closed doors with max baucus on the negotiations. we'll get the final word on that going into the weekend. >>> i bailed them out. you bailed them out. i want to know how these big banks are managing to have billions in bonuses and executive salaries and employee salaries with the jobs just aren't coming back to the rest of the country. the "financial times" krista freeland joining outside that. plus "psycho talk," a great panel. get out your cell phones. i want to hear what you think about health care, the delay on capitol hill. >>> tonight's "op ed." the big story is the president of the united states and what's going on in cambridge. you knew it was going to happen. i mean, it's just been just over six months into president obama's first term and the big issue and discussion about race takes the focus of the american people. the controversial arrest of a black harvard professor has been obama's headline since wednesday. the president's personal comment a

it happened around 7:00 yesterday morning near bingham and beach drive. police say the woman was out for a morning job when she saw a man in the area when she noticed him for the second time, he puld her into the woods and then sexually assaulted her. >> he's unshaven and he's parentally smelled a bit of alcohol and prior to this assault, either the victim or a witness observed the same subject that we're looking for talking to himself in spanish. >> people who use the park are being urged to do so in groups and not alone. >>> u.s. forces have killed the son of osama bin laden. according to media reports, saab bin laden died earlier this year during a u.s. missile strike in pakistan. it is believed he was not the target of the attack. the 37-year-old fled afghanistan when the war began in 2001. he's been under house arrest in iran until the end of the last year. he made his way to western pakistan after he was released. >>> we're getting a sort of fly-on-the-wall look at a light rail crash that injured more than 60 people last week in san francisco. this

it happened yesterday morning on a bike path near bingham road . >>> health officials in virginia believe in prince william county woman is the latest victim of the swine flu . the health officials say because of her death has not been officially confirmed. >>> the government wants you to test a swine vaccine. the university of maryland is one of eight facilities that will test an h1n1 back seen starting next month. they need volunteers. the virus is expected to rebound in the fall. >>> chris could cut metro project to improve safety. -- congress could cut metro might check two-part -- to improve safety. >> lawmakers will discuss $150 million slated to come to metro. that money would be used for improvements. they are looking at more than $1 billion in federal funding. all of this as metro is discovering safety concerns. as the investigation into the crash last month continues, metro is discovering more problems with the circuitry system that keeps trains a safe distance apart. >> it scares me a little. hopefully, the metro system will take care of this as fast as they can. >>et mro inces

on this day in 1911, american archeologist herman bingham discovered what now famous ancient settlementthe answer machu picchu. >>> unemployment may be a lagging indicator but there's plenty debate over how high the nation's jobless rate will rice. joining us is david schmidtline. we like to check out and check in with you every once in a while, dean, about the prospects for your grads. and i -- any improvement at all that they've seen as they try to go into this uncertain environment? >> well, you know, our grads are doing fine. i do think overall in the economy this is likely to be a pretty jobless recovery. but the opportunity for particular individuals is going to be widely different. there's some companies doing well. they've been very aggressive in coming after m.i.t. sloan's graduates this year. we've had, in fact, almost all of our graduates have job at this point. they are typically with companies who understand the importance of innovation. and, you know, we continue to have great relationships with those kind of firms in lots of different sectors. >> the last thing we need, t