bob barnard live on the scene. he joins us on the phone with the very latest. bob, what have you been able to find out so far? >> reporter: well, shawn and maureen dead tonight are a couple and their two children, a boy who's in high school, a girl who is in elementary school found dead inside their home on this contour road right off the historic part of mt. airy by a family friend about 5:40 this afternoon. according to maryland state police, this friend came to check on his friends in their home, hadn't heard from them in a few days. and when he went around back after not getting a response from his knock on the front door, went around back, saw in a back window that someone was dead on the floor. he called 911. the first responders got here, went into the house, discovered four people dead, a man and a woman and their two children and then when they discovered they were dead and that there was no other threat in the house, they backed out and it took another four hours, not till 9:40 tonight till investigators were able to come back with a search warrant and

in northeast washington, bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> staying on top ofthe breaking story up in dundalk, maryland. in baltimore county, look at those pictures. live from baltimore county, a 6- foot water main break has busted and it is flooding blocks and blocks. we don't have a good handle on if it's upwards of a mile or more. but blocks and blocks of this residential neighborhood. there are rescue attempts underway right now to get people out of their homes. very latest details and we'll hook up with one of the residents that's in the middle of that on the other side. ♪ they make little hearts happy... ...and big hearts happy too. because as part of a heart healthy diet,... ...those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. (cheerios spilling) cheerios. how can something so little... ...help you do something so big. >>> back out to our top story tonight in dundalk, maryland. just outside of baltimore, the east side of the city, a water main has broke. flooding blocks. lynn moore kind enough to join us. lynn, how close are you to the situation and what do you see

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so did fox 5's bob barnard.e joins us live from manassas, virginia now. >> reporter: the civilian soldiers you're about to meet were bussed here tonight from richmond after a flight from an army base in mississippi. they got out of iraq three days ago and are now back home with their families. they are back from nine long months on the battlefields of iraq. >> made virginia proud. made the guard proud. made their families proud. welcome home. >> reporter: about 40 soldiers from the virginia's national guard manassas base 266 military police company. >> it's awesome. it feels great being back home, being with my family. really good. > reporter: starting in december of last year, these men and women and about a hundred other virginians in their mp company provided security around a military base in northern iraq and helped to train iraqi police officers in boss a. >> the company trained over a hundred iraqi police. basra as we know is -- was turned over to the iraqis faster than any other city. >> reporter: nobody

fox 5's bob barnard live in our newsroom with details. >> reporter: brian, d.c. police don't have a suspect by name, but they do by face. and here it is. the sketch of a man who has stolen cash and car keys from cabbies at gunpoint at least three times this month. it appears to be open season on cab drivers in the district. at least those who work the streets of northeast washington. d.c. police are investigating a series of armed robberies and believe one man as depicted in this just released composite sketch has committed at least three of the crimes. >> he's taking a cab and once inside he goes to a particular area of the 5th district and then he's demanding -- he has the cab stop and demands the money, displays a weapon or appears to display a weapon. >> reporter: then takes the money. the cabby's keys and runs off. nobody has been hurt so far but police are warning taxi drivers to be alert. do you feel vulnerable when you're driving? >> sometimes. sometimes. it's very hard. very hard. very hard. you have to be careful where you go and who you pick up. >> rep

bob barnard has more on the swine flu summit. >> reporter: the meeting lasted less than an hour this afternoon and afterward, we learned there should be plenty of swine flu vaccine to go around and still, not until october. there is not a lot of swine flu here error error and anzyet -- fear and anxiety on the street. >> stay home. >> reporter: some blame the government for overhyping h1n1. >> they kind of blew it out of proportion and so many people are frightened by it. >> reporter: the government said there were 1 million cases of swine flu in the u.s. this year, including 500 deaths. 2,000 have died worldwide and yet, some reports suggest a deadly pandemic later this year is not likely to materialize. >> the frequency. the occurrence of h1n1 is going to be sizeable and the question where the variance is low. usually associated with people and other health issues. we hope that it doesn't get worse that than -- worse than that. >> reporter: virginia governor tim cane met with the homeland security. d.c. mayor and maryland governor martin o'malleto talk about efforts to combat the vi

airy, maryland, bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> now to the news edge on what went wrong when a metro bus hit a jogger near dupont circle. now more than three weeks later the jogger is still in the hospital. the driver has been fired and we finally know who was at fault. roz plater is in the newsroom now with the story. >> reporter: shawn, no charges have been filed against the driver of that metro bus, but sources tell us that could soon happen. remember that crash was caught on tape. three weeks after a metro bus struck a pedestrian at this intersection, she is still battling back from she serious -- from very serious injuries. >> she has a fractured clavicle in her shoulder. she has a fractured pelvis. this he has muiple fractured ribs but those are all healing and she had a very serious skull fracture and brain injury. >> reporter: her family has launched its own investigation trying to put the pieces together. fox 5 has learned police have concluded it happened this way. the metro bus driver was on florida avenue heading east across connecticut. she entered the intersection on a yell

back born arrested has the store -- bob barnard has the story. >> mcdonnerunner bob mcdonnell of alexandriaer fire tonight for views he expressed 0 years ago in this master's thesis titled the republican party's vision for he family. he called working women detrimental to the family, saying government policy should favor married couples over homosexuals. in a conference call with reporter this is afternoon, mcdonnell was on the defensive. >> my views as an academic graduate student in 1989 are in man respects much different tan may views as attorney general of virginia and candidate for the governor 20 years later. >> are. >> reporter: know so says a -- not ssays a representative for creigh deeds. >> he has given us no reason to believe that this is not how he will govern should he be elected in november. >> when you are both stuck in the water, you welcome every puff of wind. >> reporter: this history professor says the spotlight of scriewt my should indeed shine on candidate mcdonnell. >> i have great confidence that the citizens of virginia will judge me on my 18-year record as a legisla

bob barnard with more now on the swine flu summit. >> reporter: there is not a lot of swine flu fear> as long as people wash their hands and if they're sick, stay home. >> reporter: some blame the government for overhyping h1n1. >> they kind of blew it way out of proportion and made so many people so frightened by it. >> reporter: the government says there has been one million case this is year, including about 500 deaths. 2,000 have died worldwide and yet some reports suggest a deadly pandemic later this year is not likely to materialize. >> the frequency, the occur ens is going to be sizable and our hope is that the experience of last spring where the variance is low except in targeted areas except with people with other health issues, we won't it doesn't get worse thn that. tim kaine has med with janet napolitano, the mayor fenty and alley to combat the virus. >> the best place to get the information is flu.gov. >> reporter: $7 billion has been made available to states with budget cuts. >> we believe we will be able, notwithstanding challenges, to distribute vaccine as they become

bob barnard has more on that. >> reporter: his name is leo alexander, a former news broadcaster and communication specialist for d.c. general hospital and the district's housing authority. kicking off his campaign for mayor of the nation's capital. >> i'm excited out this for a number of reasons. we have a plan to bring jobs to d.c. we have a plan for health care. i would love to open d.c. general back ubut this time have a new hospital in that old d.c. general site. we also have a plan to attack generational poverty here in d.c. >> reporter: he will be facing an uphill battle challenging incumbent adrian fenty. >> adrian knows how to caaign. he walk around and knocks on every door in the city. we know what you are weigh up against. the good thing is his message not going to change. >> reporter: a fellow democrat, adrian fenty was out pressing the flesh tonight. >> the only way to run a campaign is work as hard as humanly possible, getting out into the community, talking to people. there are about 365 days left exactly before election day and we look forward to working very lard to earn the vote

. >> our bob barnard was there as well and he has this report. >> reporter: they are back from nine longlds of iraq. >> made the guard proud. made your families proud. welcome home. >> reporter: about 40 sog the virginia national guard's manassas based 266th military police company. >> itis awesome. it feels great being back home being with my family. really good. >> reporter: start in december of last area, these men and women and about 100 others in their mp company provided security around a military base in northern iraq and helped to train iraqi police officers in basra. >> the company trained over 1,000 iraqi police how to form a police mission in a large city like basra. basra, as we know, was turned over to the iraqis faster than any other city. >> reporter: nobody in their unit was killed or even seriously injured but the working conditions over there were never ideal. >> between the dust storms, the excessive heat, long fwriewling missions, it wearsone on you pretty much. >> reporter: the families back home and waitg for this day, the long accept rigs are never east eosy. >> th

i'm bob barnard. are we getting slots? the answer after a bet or two. >>> i'm sue palka in the fo5 weather center. want to give you a look at radar. we're tracking a few summer like thunderstorms in this heat and humidity. about to move into west ministers moving to the east. maybe heavy downpours. what is ahead in our forecast? we'll give you a preview. fox 5 news at 10:00 will be right back.  chevy silverado. more confidence than ford f-150. better backed than f-150. at a value f-150 can't touch. silverado. from the family of the most dependable, longest lasting trucks on the road. get 0% apr for 60 months on every '09 silverado half-ton model. with an average finance savings of more than $6400. see your local chevy dealer. get 40% off this bonded leather sofa, just $299, with very cool styling and so affordable. and at 40% off, it's just $299. from jennifer. you don't have to spend a lot to have good taste. >>> check out this video. a close call for a girl in seattle after an out of control car right

now on this eighth anniversary of 9/11, fox 5's bob barnard has the story of a maryland man whose livehanged forever that fateful day. >> if you look at that one event, that one terrible day, it's a scar on this country. >> reporter: it's the daytime heidenberger became a single father. his wife of 30 years michele was a flight attendant on the american airlines jet that was crashed into the pentagon. >> it becomes not easier but you learn to deal with it. you learn to cope with it. you learn to manage it. i mean, look it, here i am eight years later and i'm still expecting to see michele walk into the door. >> reporter: he has turned his grief into action, one of five commercial airline pilots who rode bicycles across the country three years ago raising awareness and money for the pentagon memorial. >> ordinary everyday americans who were totally untouched by 9/11 would pull over in front of us, stop and donate money or they would be lining on the bike ride cheering us on. >> reporter: he says memorials are important not just for their symbolism. >> again, if you go back to new york o