all the windows of the mosque in chantilly were shattered last night. there is about $60,000 in damage there. the islamic relations are calling on authorities to investigate this as a hate crime. police think teens partying in the woods may be to blame. >>> drivers hit with tasers left stunned and vulnerable, and that's when the robbers swooped in. we hear exclusively from one of those targeted. here's shamari stone. >> this robber too embarrassed to show his face on camera. police arrested two of his suspected attackers. the third one was allegedly involved in a separate cabbie robbery. joe said he picked up two of the suspects at the rockville metro station on a sunday night, dropped them off, and then he said they used a taser on his neck. >> that was hard. i started fighting back. the one behind me was holding me to my fist. so i stopped fighting. at that time my shoulder was dislocated, you know. i was unable to fight anymore. >> reporter: then they ran away with his hard-earned money. you work hard and someone comes and takes your money away, you

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in chantilly va., greta kreuz. >> that is it for abc7 news at 5:00. here's what is new at 6:00. >> taking a step toward the english language or is it against illegal immigrants. i'm with that story in a moment. >> the dow hits a number it has not seen since 2008. >> an investigation into dominique strauss-kahn on about another sex scandal? that and more coming up now at 6:00. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this is abc 7 news at 6:00 on your side. >> the top story of 6:00, the local community taking up the subject of making english official language. >> a vote expected i

e intento asaltarla sexualmente en este vecindario en la calle elmwood en chantilly...bemos de que direccion vino, pero el la jalo a un area un poco mas privada y ahi es donde atento sexualmente asaltarla" el hombre descrito de raza blanca, vestia una chaqueta y pantalones oscuros... escondiendo su rostro de la victima, la amenazo con un arma para forzarla.... oficiales de policia recorrieron el vecindario informando a los residentes sobre lo ocurrido... y buscando alguna pista que de con el paradero del delincuente..."el secuestro, ra jalo, eso es un delito mayor, un asalto sexual, un delito mayor, asi que tenemos dos delitos ahi, un atentado, uno que ocurrio, que si es serio y eso es porque estamos poniendo tanto esfuerzo en este caso" mirna vive en el vecindario... "miedo porque me imagino que si esto paso, vive a lo mejor aqui cerca o uno no sabe" ella estudia de noche .... tiene que caminar sola varias cuadras para llegar a su apartamento... "me vengo caminando de aqui cerca donde me pasan dejando mis amigas y a lo mejor les digo que me vengan a dejar hasta mi apar

jane watrel joins us live from chantilly. >> reporter: they're dirty, stinky but adorable. these dogs were rescued from cumberland, maryland. all they need is some tenderness loving care. the nonprofit rescue group has brought in 14 poodle puppies, six adult poodles to chantilly. they were left on a doorstep with a note that the owner had dementia and could no longer dare for them. the shelter put out a rescue call for help because they're so small, they would not be able to keep all the animals. the local shelter group responded. >> right now, we'll make them comfortable, fget them fed, watered and assess the immediate need. otherwise, just going to be comfortable until we can get them in slowly to our vet and cleaned up and ready for adoption. >> reporter: so the 21 poodles in all will be going to foster homes, as you heard, until they are ready to be adopted. watch aforeverhome.org for more information. they're taking applications to adopt these cute pups. reporting live, jane watrel, news 4. >> thank you, jane. i'm sure those puppies will have new homes soon. >>> and we

washington y holaciudad.com >> sulema:los equipos de conducción de la mezquita mubarack blessed en chantillycerveza indicó en un bosque detrás de la mezquita y creen que los responsables son adolescentes. tiempo de una pausa pero ya regresamos. >> sulema: mitt romney es gobernador de massachusetts es el triunfador en las primarias republicanas llevadas a cabo en la florida, según los primeros datos el 45% de las papeletas mitt romney alcanzaba el 47% de los votos, contra el 31% de newt gingrich y rick santorum el 13% y ron gol con un 7%. la próxima cita de las primarias es elevada. mientras tanto ha surgido la gran polémica entre la iglesia católica y la administración del presidente barack obama, el motivo son los anticonceptivos. >> reportero: es una batalla de que la iglesia católica no va dejar pasar, su posición es total hacia la administración obama imponga proveer anticonceptivos en sus instituciones. >> el aborto clínico, medicinas que se producen abortos, eso es inaceptable. >> reportero: bajo la propuesta médica debe barack obama todo plan de salud está obligado ofrecer cobertura d

autoridades la victima se encontraba caminando a su casa sobre la cuadra 4100 de la calle elmwood, en chantillyombre saco un arma y arrastro a la victima una corta distancia para asaltarla sexualmente... el hombre luego escapo a pie.... el sospechoso es descrito como un hombre blanco y alto, de complexion mediana...usaba chaqueta y pantalon oscuros.... el gobernadorde maryland testif apoyo a su propuesta para permitir los matrimonios entre homosexuales... martin omalley dijo que la medida protejeria a los hijos adoptados de parejas homosexuales, pues les daria los mismos derechos que a hijos de parejas heterosexua les casadas.. mientras tanto, mas de tres mil personas asistieron anoche a una vigilia frente al capitolio estatal, en contra de dicha propuesta... grupos religiosos la rechazan pues indican que va en contra de los valores familiares y del matrimonio tradicionalmente considerado entre un hombre y una mujer.. las pequeÑas compaÑias que contraten a empleados y aumenten los salarios podrian recibir un alivio en los impuestos.. fernando pizarro nos dice sobre esta iniciativa del president

. >> two people taken to hospital after a carbon monoxide scare in chantilly. firefighters responded just before 8:00 this morning. they found an adult men and women and side with the carbon monoxide leak. >> now we return to the forecast. it is like spring in february. >> snow lovers are still crying, getting over the glancing blow of this class system. the potential was there but it just did not come to fruition. a few high and then clouds rolling over where it looks like some kids are getting picked up from school or it could be the ash wednesday mass. 53 degrees in alexandria. gainesville, 55 degrees and looks like we will be right around 60 this afternoon. a few isolated showers later this afternoon after sunset. we will talk more about that coming up. >> work on a new landmark on the national mall is under way. president obama joined the celebrations to break ground on the new museum dedicated to african-american history. >> the streets are open again because the president has departed but it was a wonderful ceremony. a lot of song and good feeling for th

. >> coming up vandals strike a mob scene over chantilly.t local muslim groups are ask asking from authorities. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play but his nose was raw and sore. achoo! [ male announcer ] and common tissue made it burn even more. ♪ ♪ puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every nose issue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus lotion indeed. to give your cold a comforting scent try puffs plus lotion with the scent of vicks. >> u.s. park police arrested one person during an overnight sweep of mcpherson square. it has been peaceful except for a small incident yesterday. protesters shoved a man who started cutting the strings on a tent over a statue of general james mcpherson. park police want protesters to take down the tent but have not moved in to rip it down yet. a new story from anne arundel county. new details about the deadly car crash that happened on route-50. police say both drivers were drinking. 19-year-old britney walker was driving the wrong w

the muslim community mosque in chantilly was set to open in just about a month. but overnight sunday, police think a group of people gathered there, partied and destroyed much of what they could. the damage is estimated at $60,000. >>> it is a scandal that shows no signs of going away. another name at d.c. city hall stepped down following the corruption investigation into a former city councilmember. >>> also ahead , the occupy d.c. protesters staying put in we'll have details on something that could draw out the debate.  >>> d.c.'s homeland security director has resigned. millicent west says her decision is because of, quote, current distractions. this has to do with the corruption investigation involving former ward 5 councilmember harry thomas, jr. west used to be president of the d.c. children and youth invest trust corporation. thomas recently pleaded guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in city money. some of that money came from the children and youth trust. west has not been charged with the crime. she says her decision to step down was in the best inte

states where the biggest cities are not new york and los angeles, they are for mead, maryland, or the chantilly, mclean, virginia, area. you really see a different america, one that you are not allowed to see, and one that i am not supposed to see, emerge out of that map. >> you used the term a detailed map -- id tell -- "map.' and you talk about the people in charge of keeping an eye on the infrastructure of the united states -- airports, chemical plants, and things like that. that will come as a big surprise that some place there is a map of everything that has to do with an infrastructure. >> we do not just mean airports and water lines. we mean everything. >> targets of terrorism? the reason -- that is the idea? >> right. the reason they are doing this is they have said we need to know where infrastructure is so we can protect it, so they have said about mapping the infrastructure of the united states, including public and private buildings, including bars and restaurants. on the one hand, you could say maybe that is logical. on the other hand, it gives the government an amazing tool for do

. >> just before christmas of 2010, a home exploded in chantilly, virginia. it belonged to the family. nobody died. the fire department declared the house with almost $400,000 a total loss. >> everything that we had for my whole life was gone. >> a new report from the corporation commission says the gas service line to the home experienced severe corrosion. you it in these pictures. the pipe installed in 1966 had never been updated. the corrosion erupt -- caused the explosion. after it happened, gas did not record leak protection measurements. regulators cannot conclude for sure. >> they are not doing their job. i understand that business is business but safety is safety. >> washington gas cannot comment. the report states the utility found a customer owned fuel line that might not have been properly maintained. the line and crashed in -- in question said gasoline into the stove. regardless, residents say they live in fear and believed it could happen again. >> this is all gas. >> at a recent meeting, the committee discussed the findings. they say washington

reporter: 20 of the 22 dogs and puppies are in foster homes in chantilly and fairfax.f them were in bad shape, but hours later they're looking pretty good, but some of them have a long road to recovery and some may not even make it. >> he was laying on his side barely breathing. reporter: stuck with an iv. >> his kidneys were not working properly. reporter: this 3-year-old maltese poodle pas the deadly parvovirus. >> he was in very grave dying this morning. reporter: with the help of volunteers from a forever home and the vets at chantilly animal hospital he's still alive. he's one of nearly two dozen dogs dumped at a maryland animal shelter with a note saying the owner could no longer take care of the animals. >> you just can't believe this happened. i mean, you know, it's horrendous. reporter: this one skin and bones herself is nursing three of her pups. >> so matted you can't even pull it away. it's right on her knee bone. so that's stuck to the skin. reporter: she's covered in filth like many in their own feces and vomit. >> these are classic symptoms of a backyard

every custom-made window at the building in chantilly was damaged and the damage is estimated to be from $60,000 to $80,000. police say there was no sign that anyone entered the building, but they found discarded liquor bottles all around the grounds. >>> coming up on 9 news now, we will mark the beginning of black history month by introducing you to an inventor who made our modern fast-paced lives much easier. reporter: crews here are getting into the nooks and crannies, weatherizing a home and saving the homeowner thousands of dollars on her energy bill. how you can take advantage of a free program here in prince george's county. that story is coming up on 9 news now. . >>> the man who spent a few hundred dollars of his own money to create the legendary soul train television show has died. police found don cornelius dead this morning at his home in sherman oaks, california. "soul train" started in 1971 and the dance show ran until 2006. angeles police say it -- los angeles police say it appeared that cornelius died of a self- inflicted gunshot wound. cornelius was 75 years old. >>> the

they are at a shelter in chantilly virginia. >>> no. 3, important history is making a comeback in the district. the magna carta has been on display at the national archives now for a few months to undergo conservation treatment and to get a new case. it will be back in the museum in two weeks. this is the only company permanently housed in the u.s. no. 2, virginia state lawmakers are trying to prevent a child sex abuse scandal at penn state from happening in virginia. a house panel is now backing a child abuse reporting bill which would require suspected child abuse to be reported and punish people who do not. no. 1, great news if you're buying a house and get approved, mortgage rates at an all time low. the average rate on a 30 year fixed rate is now 3.8% and it's 3.14% on the average 15 year mortgage and brian that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >>> here we. go cruising into the weekend. >> unfortunately it's not going to be quite as lovely as the first part of the beak. it's going to be a little cooler -- week. it's going to be a little cooler. tonights temperatures will be dropping.

. >>> police in chantilly, virginia are asking questions after a local mosque became the target of vandalism. the mosque was just weeks away from opening. but over the weekend vandals tossed beer bottles and bricks at the building. they shattered every custom made window. damage is estimated at $80,000. >> there are always going to be people who don't like this, but the majority of the people within this area, you know, are very accepting and are very loving people. >> the project manager says police collected forensic evidence, including what looked like blood perhaps from one of the vandals cut by broken glass. >>> 4:36. the u.s. and its allies are trying to get russia to back a u.n. security council resolution demanding the immediate resignation of syria's president. secretary of state hillary clinton warned tuesday that syria's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is pushing the country to the brink of a civil war. russia is worried a u.n. draft measure could lead to international military intervention. >>> an american muslim group has appealed to iran's top leader to show sa

no problems to report on the beltway or coming in on the dulles toll road, 66, route 50 through chantillyything final. we'll take a live look at 66 as you can in from west ox road. no problems to report all the way to the beltway and inside the beltway as well to the roosevelt bridge you're going to be just final. we'll go to springfield. you have got some construction between qawnt company and dumfries -- quantico and dumfries. you can see how nice and light it is to 395 and the 14th street bridge as well no problems between 95 and 270 here in bethesda and a live look on 270 at father hurley boulevard still looking great out of germantown and to the point where the lanes divide. coming up in my next report, back into virginia at 4:39. >>> we have a deal maybe. congressional republicans and democrats have reportedly reached a tentative deal to renew the payroll tax cut. the extension averages about $20 a week to the average worker. >> the agreement extends the tax cut through the end of the year and renews unemployment benefits. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: republicans gathered o

virginia rescue group, forever home, picked the dogs up last night and brought them to a shelter in chantillyt's considered the gold standard in teaching excellence. the certification from the national board of professional teaching standards. tonight, a prince georges county elementary school teacher joined that e light group, even though she had to overcome an obstacle. shawn yancy has more. >> reporter: this is an incredible story. her name is sharon dudley, she spent the last 14 years teaching in prince georges county, the last 10 in bladensburg. dudley is a preschool teacher and has taught kindergarten. she is also blind. show had to work extraordinarily hard over the past year to achieve her board certification. and she accomplished her goal. dudley said she's able to do her job despite her disability. >> i would love to see their faces. i miss that a little bill. when they get that look that comes into their eyes. >> not only is it amazing but it's inspiring to our staff and students and our parents. they love coming in and watching her teach. >> she was illegally blind when she first

county police are looking for a man accused of abducting and trying to sexually assault a woman in chantilly. the incident happened sunday night on elmwood street. investigators say the man d the walking home. she says her assailant had a weapon and tried to sexually a assault her. >>> toxicology reports show two drivers involved in a crash had alcohol in their systems. this happened early saturday morning in davidsonville. the car that three teens were in crossed the center line. >>> d.c. was the first for legalize online gambling. now, it looks like all bets may be off. >>> we'll have details of a big move set to unfold today. >>> another mild start today. temperatures in the 50s. ing with be in the upper 60s, near 70 this afternoon. i'll have all the details on the mild forecast and julie wright will have a look at your traffic coming up in just a minute. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strude

temperatures back where they should be in the low to mid-50s. 54 your daytime high in washington. 53 in chantilly. 56 in fredericksburg. >> beautiful all the way around. thank you. >>> time to check in with julie wright with our first look at the morning traffic. >> good morning. so far, off to a pretty good start. overnight construction still in play inbound on the dulles toll road approaching the tollway. you have to make a decision to go north or south to work your way around. lanes here are open. no trouble spots to report if you are traveling south on 270 leaving germantown headed out to the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ffic. >> thank you. >>> today could be a game changer in the race for the republican nomination for president. voters in arizona and michigan are casting their ballots today. after trailing for weeks in his home state of michigan, former massachusetts governor mitt romney has bounced back in the polls. he spent millions in attack ads against former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >>> new developments this morning on the italian cruise ship flo

just brushing chantilly and frederick county. st.y's county seeing the bulk of the rain at this time. marshall virginia, flint hill, front royal seeing rain move on through. we had a batch move through yesterday and early this morning. here is the next batch of rain off to our west. this whole area is going to move on through about 11:00 a.m.. then the sky will clear and lots of sunshine. actually a very pleasant afternoon today. not a bad afternoon. still well above average for this time of year. area of low pressure along the front. that is going to clear out to sea by the afternoon. high pressure is going settle in from the west. look how clear it is. you don't even see any clouds. that's what we will have later today and through tomorrow. tomorrow i'll be surprised if we see even a cloud in the sky. 49 in the district. 49 at dulles airport. cumberland currently 37 degrees. already temperatures are above our average afternoon high. 59 and sunny this afternoon. clearing by lunchtime. a beautiful day tomorrow. sunshine in the lower

otherwise, it is warm. 5 in -- 51 in chantilly. it will feel like april in early february.off a little bit back in the 50's tomorrow with more morning rain. >> doing the happy dance with the drive on 66 and 95 in virginia. pretty typical as far as the volume just starting to wake up. no problems around the region on 81. everything is working in our favor. they have a minor crash good through northeast washington and travel times in our favor to and fro for the wilson bridge. >> we want to get straight to our developing story. we are learning more about last weekend's deadly wrong-way crash on route-50 in anne arundel counties. investigators say both drivers were drinking. 19-year-old britney walker was driving the wrong way when she slammed into a car driven by 55-year-old terry davis. they died in that crash. an entrance to the metro is shut down until october while three escalators are being replaced. time now 5:41 and 54 degrees in college park. >> police make a huge break in the murder of a local community activist. >> what promed michelle obama [ male announcer ] for a

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the mountain pz really falling apa apart. 52 in gaithersburg, 54 over in fairfax, falls church, chantillyt 54, prince george's county 54 degrees, morningside and hyattsville 56. here's the salt light and radar, breaks in the cloud cover, but nor clouds will fill in for the evening hours. you can see where there's a little bit of rain to the west and north. again, a system that's really done well to fall apart as it's made its way east wart. a few like sprinkles smaeshl to the north around damascus and i-70. so for your good night forecast, 5:00, 7:00, from it 53 to 47 with more cloud cover and i do think we will start to see a better chance for sprinkles getting into 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 p.m. this evening. we'll fall to 42 by 11:00, not all that cold for the evening or really overnight. and, yes, we are going to talk about the possibility of some more storms coming our way before the week is over. jim and pat, back to you. >> thanks. >>> the man who is expected to become china's next president is in washington to get to know our leaders. the chinese vice president met with president obama at

around could be a shower or two particularly late this afternoon 50 your daytime high washington, 48 chantilly more detailsen the forecast back upstairs to you guys. >>> all right tucker thank you new this morning a string of robberies in the district police thing two of them involving handguns in upper northwest could be linked first was on warren street around 5:30 p.m. yesterday evening then just after 10:00 p.m. last night three men with guns rob add woman of her cell phone and wallet, on western avenue near harrison street a few minutes later, gun men robbed two people on garrison street near wisconsin avenue. >>> we have good news to pass along to you this morning an 8- year-old girl missing all night has now been found montgomery county police have been searching for london marshall she was found 8:35 a.m., not far from her silver spring apartment those are the only details we have. >> we are learning more about how yeardly love died the coroner who performed her autopsy testified yesterday at george hughly's murder trial and paul wagner is inside the courtroom for that and joins us liv

. >>> civil liberties group, called for an investigation the mosque in chantilly was set to open in just about a month but overnight, sunday, police thing a group of people gathered there partied and destroyed much of what they could the damage is estimated at $60,000. >>> any time you get an attack of this type, on a house of worship, whether it is a mosque or a synagogue or a church you have to be concerned, and that is why we approach law enforcement authorities to at least keep the possibility of a bias motive in mind when investigating this case. >>> mosque officials want to make it clear they have not received any threats or had any problems during the construction process which began last year instead of opening the mosque in a month it will likely take until april now. >>> three people are recovering this morning after a building collapsed in chicago. this is cell known video you are looking at the dramatic screen there. people who -- scene there. people who work in area say it should have been torn down a long time ago it has been vacant for the last three years. >>> the under w

the website if you are interested in one of these little poodle mixes and again they will be at chantillytco, every sunday. >> okay. >> tony, patty is a friend of the show and thinks she is funny because she knows i have been looking for a little one. >> i didn't lie i admitted it. >> very cute allison you look good together. >> you do. >> all right thank you patty. coming up in a little bit how you can take part in the next season of the x factor plus we will take you to a special birthday celebration for legendary mohammed ali li >>> first today's black history month question. >> the answer is coming up later if you want the guess now head to our facebook page. fox 5 mornling news back after the break consumers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have n

look at that germantown we expect to fall down to 22 degrees, chantilly 23 and fredericksburg 24 degrees, a cold one, but get ready to do a 180, folks. instead of talking about snow, we're talking about spring fever. it's going to warm up this week. i want you to see what the pattern is like. we have some cold air on the weather map building up through canada, but during this week that jet stream will take a dip through the midwest. what will happen is we'll get a push of warmer air coming mid- to late week. that will get our temperatures soaring and don't be shocked if some places touch 70 degrees before this week is out, but in the meantime tonight it will be a cold one. we have to watch for the possibility of some black ice, again fredericksburg, charlottesville, places to our south. we'll show you some pictures and snow totals and check that five-day forecast for the warm- up. >> i wonder what it would have been like ifly a fox 5 weather app -- if i had a fox 5 weather app this weekend. >> you would have been so on top of it. >> it's like you're personally updating it for us 24/7. go

chantilly and herndon also 51. 54 coming in at 54 degrees up north. you folks in montgomery county, aspen hill and laytonsville, 54 in camp springs and riverdale now at 50 degrees. we're under a clear sky. open it up, take a look down to the south and we've got some clouds advancing north and northeastward but i think a lot of those clouds are going to be moving across southern maryland, areas of the northern neck on east. we should have a clear sky around for the evening hours. there is a look at 7:00 and 9:00. 11:00. a clear sky for us. nice and starry. by 9:00 we'll be down to 44 degrees. then 11:00 p.m. 42. just a chilly evening. not as cold to start the day tomorrow. we've got more march like temperatures to talk about and jim and pat, just one day this week that may feature some wintry type weather. i'll tell you which one coming up in a couple minutes. we'll look forward to that. thanks, veronica. >> a tough economy has forced many families to make changes to their budgets and for many people these days simple cuts have added up to savings. liz

over in prince george's county we've got 64 in bowie and hyattsville and 64 also in chantilly. step down to waldorf. currently at 65 nice degrees. so a mild afternoon for us. we've had clouds drifting through from time to time but a mostly clear sky is what's coming up during the overnight. and a very, very bright, starry sky at that. 48 degrees by 11:00 p.m. not too bad. so as we check out our fast forecast, a starry, bright evening for us. i'll tell you in a couple minutes if you'll need your shades or umbrellas tomorrow and we'll talk about leap day if we've got some puddle jumping to do. it's all coming up in a couple minutes, guys, with the seven-day forecast. >> all righty. thanks, veronica. >>> a sex assault alert just a block from georgetown university. a student tells d.c. police she was attacked early sunday morning as she walked down 36th street near "n" street northwest. the suspect is still at large this afternoon. news 4's megan mcgrath has more on what the school is doing in the wake of this assault. >> reporter: on the campus of georgetown university there are s

the community mosque in chantilly was set to open in a month. overnight sunday, police think a group of people gathered there, partied and destroyed much of what they could. the damage is estimated at $60,000. >> any time you get an attack of this type on a house of worship, you have to be concerned and that is why we approached law enforcement authorities to at least keep the possibility of a bias motive in mind when investigating this case. >> mosque officials want to make it clear they haven't received any threats or had any problems during the construction process which began last year. unstead of opening the mosque in a month, it will likely be open in april. >>> en abrupt resignation from the director of the d.c. home lapped security agency. millicent west says she is leaving because of current distraction. it is apparently more fallout from the corruption investigation into harry thomas, jr. west used to oversee the d.c. investment and youth trust corporation. ion. >>> more talk about gas taxes this morning. first, maryland governor marti

so last night the nonprofit rescue group forever home in chantilly, picked up the 21 dogs include 14gone tells "news 4" the dogs are dirty and stinky but adorable. the dogs were left with a note that says the caretaker suffers from dementia and could not take care of them anymore. those healthy enough will be put up for adoption. >>> well, today the washington highlands library in southwest d.c. will reopen for business. you may remember that a deer crashed through the library window on tuesday. officials closed the library yesterday to clean up the mess and repair the window. the deer had to be put down. the library will reopen at 1:00 this afternoon. that's its regular time. >>> 6:36. hollywood could soon be coming to the district. more than a dozen film industry executives toured the former home of the atlantic video at mt. vernon square yesterday. they're considering using the building for films that require sound stage and edit suites. right now filmmakers say they usually avoid shooting in d.c. because not having a near bisound stage can cause filming a lot of money. this is for

the mosque is under construction in chantilly.oment, police say someone broke nearly all of the custom windows in that building. damages expected to be about $200,000. investigators say they found several empty bottles of alcohol nearby. police are offering a cash reward in solving the case. >>> thousands of dogs in iraq have been abandoned or neglected their entire lives but now, some of them are finding a new life here in the washington area. it is all thanks to a man from maryland known to some as the dog whisperer of baghdad. melissa mollet has our report. >> life is good, isn't it? >> reporter: for andrew leeson, it was love at first sight. >> total sweetheart and really bonded very closely. >> reporter: he fell in love with two face, she's mutt he found living on a firing range in irrang. he was working as security contractor. >> as a form of therapy, i have reached out to the stray animals and cared for them and they cared for me. >> reporter: during his seven years overseas, andrew became a foster parent to hundreds of dog

town on the beltway and coming in on the dulles toll road from leesburg to wolf trap, route 50 to chantilly and 66 through centreville, everything is looking good. nice and light. in fact a live look outside on the northbound side of i-95 and here's what it looks like -- actually on 66. no problems out of manassas as you head for centreville and the beltway. live to 95 right now and this is in springfield coming up from route 644. still very light in the morning heading to 395 and the 14th street bridge and over to the maps and southern maryland. we're looking good on route 5, route 4, route 301. all the major corridors heading for the beltway. after andrews air force base and heading for oxon hill and the wilson bridges all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, a look on the north side of town at 5:10. back to you. most of the republican presidential candidates are in washington today for the conservative political action conference or cpac. >> delia goncalves joins us live from the marriott wardman park in northwest where the whole thing is taking place. good morning delia. >> repo

night, police say a man attacked a woman while she walked along the 4100 block of elmwood street in chantilly sunday now. they -- sunday night. they say the man had a gun but the woman got away. police walked the neighborhood, knocking on doors, telling residents about the attack. they passed out flyers with information hoping someone who saw something will come forward. the woman was not hurt and did not need medical attention. >>> the man arrested for the murder of an alexandria community activist will be in court today. police arrested 49-year-old lynnwood johnson for the murder of lenny harris. police say johnson confessed to the murder and was an acquaintance of harris'. they say that robbery was the motive. police got a break in the case when an anonymous tip led officers to harris' body at the bottom of a well in prince george's county. harris was last seen alive in september at a rec center in alexandria. >>> an electric contractor was badly burned on the job in fairfax county. a spokesperson for dominion virginia said the man was working on a power line when it shocked him, causing b

locally chantilly over to fairfax seeing the showers, down through prince william county, central andn fauquier county with the heavier stuff on the eastern shore. and north of town, you just might not see that much more in the way of rainfall from this next batch of rain. temperatures up north into the low 40s. still 52, though, low 50s in fredricksburg, manassas with the rain 46 along with annapolis. we've got 52 at the pacs naval air station. in spite of the light showers on our weather camera and 49 degrees and calm winds. we'll have those showers around this morning but the afternoon turns sunny. temperatures into the mid 50s. for tonight we're dipping into the 30s. tomorrow not bad finish to the week with sunshine. about 53 for the high. saturday cool, 50 with a few more clouds late in the day. mayben early rain or shower or flurry on sunday morning but sunday not bad at all. partly sunny. highs in the upper 40s. it's now 6:16. monika, things going from bad to worse? >>> absolutely bad to worse. we have a traffic alert n. is a live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of i-270

getting in towards centreville and chantilly and southern loudoun county. all of this is moving east. the heaviest stuff we've been watching -- let me get back to radar for a second. the heaviest stuff we've been watching has moved over toward the eastern shore for now. there's the new activity along and south of route 50 from upperville to olney, down toward warrenton and amissville along 66. this is tracking right toward the district as it's all moving off towards the east. we have the lighter showers here but newer stuff is coming in. we've also seen heavier showers not only the eastern shore but down to the south. look at this in calvert county now from saint leonard to lusby approaching cambridge. some heavier showers are moving over toward you folks as this all moves east at about 30. temps are still okay. above average. our average high is 45. 50 in arlington right now. gaithersburg 46. columbia and andrews are 48. off to the west we've got a 48 from haymarket and manassas. springfield this morning 51 degrees. we've got decent visibility in spite of

cleveland park to laurel, oakton, chantilly and aspen hill, temperatures combined with the winds feelthere's the sunrise. of the predawn glow over the president obama. live view from our -- over the potomac. live view from our camera, suncoming up at -- sun coming up at 7:03. this evening, clouding up, near 30 at midnight. a look at changes for tomorrow, the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. traveling i-270 southbound at the spur, the accident has been moved to the right shoulder lane. you're jammed as you make your way southbound to the spur. a live look now at falls road, bumper to bumper. slow trip as you connect to the beltway. traveling 395, also seeing delays at duke street, very slow as you make your way to seminary road. travel speed for you, 39 miles per hour. and on the rails, two delays. brunswick east, 874, your delay is 46 minutes. and on the marc penn south train 409, your delay is ten minutes. over to you. >> thank you. ♪ heaven hear me now is ♪ i'm lost without a call >>> she arguably the defining voice of a generation. whitney houston dead at

every custom made window in the building in chantilly was damaged. the damage is estimated between $60,000 and $80,000. >>> the capitals scored a third period goal to take the lightning to overtime but they lost halfway through ot. d.c. falls to tampa bay 4-3. caps visit the panthers tonight. >>> cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour with more on mitt romney's big win in florida but before that, we'll get one more check of traffic and weather. >>> stay with 9news now. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> welcome back. it's 6:58 on this wednesday morning. we've got some showers out there, especially east of town right now. a couple of scattered showers through the morning. this afternoon a little more sun. mid- to upper 60s. low 50s tomorrow with some showers south and then by friday, sun's

pleasant to mitchellville, chantilly, and laytonsville. there's wet pavement. watch out for that. the rain is heading off to the east. it oohs going to stop tell brarly for an hour or so, but then more rain will move in around 7:00, 9:00 this morning. that's just now coming into west virginia and maryland. we're up to mid-40s in arlington, fair fax and the district. here's your day planner. maybe a passing shower from about 7:00 to 9:00 this morning. then we'll dry out. sun breaking out. a cooler afternoon. highs in the mid and upper 50s this afternoon. then it gets quite chilly tonight. a bit of a blustery northwestern breeze. by midnight it will be 40. colder weather moves in tomorrow. we'll look at that. that will be in ten minutes. donella, how's traffic? >> still really good in our area. lanes are open. a lot of water on the ground. you've got to be careful because the roadways are slick. i'll give you a live look at the okay qaa kwan river bridge. rainy, ranee, rainy, as you cross over the 14th street bridge, yo're clear to the city. 56 miles per how. not very bad. from the

last night the nonprofit rescue group forever home in chantilly picked up 21 dogs, including 14 puppies from a small animal shelter in cumberland. dogs were left on the doorstep with a note that says the owner suffers from dementia and couldn't take care of the animals. right now the dogs are in foster care and will see the vet today. those healthy enough will be put up for adoption. >>> we are going to check the midday traffic now. >> how could you put me after that dog? who wants to look at traffic if you look at cute puppies? terrible, barbara. let's talk about metro delays. red line, metro still single tracking due to schedule track work. they are single tracking between medicalstenter and friendship heights. that means you are going to see del ace on the red line in both directions. and on the roadways, you are traveling along 395 are very nice trip for you. as you make your way from the beltway and head into the city traveling northbound, no issues and in fact as you cross over the 14th street bridge you are in the clear as you make your way to the city. a live look at 14th street

war were this morning and yesterday it this time. 40 in chantilly. 46 in frederick. 40's tomorrow with a little bit of light snow early afternoon. minor accumulations are possible. clearing up by thursda >> nice to see you. sally, welcome in from texas. we appreciate you being here. back to you inside, lara? >> i like your correspondent, sam. >>> here's what's happening on our "gma morning menu." high school panic. could online videos be the key to solving it. >>> and red hot valentine's day. the seductive new trend. >> and peeking of. >>> get ready for anything. ali wentworth, here live, to take us inside the pages of her new memoir. [ female announcer ] introducing coffee-mate natural bliss. ♪ made with only milk... cream... a touch of sugar... and pure natural flavors. ♪ who knew being natural could be so delicious? coffee-mate natural bliss. from nestle. add your flavor naturally. ♪ [ female announcer ] the sun has always powered life. ♪ and now it powers our latest innovation to heat and cool your home more efficiently. ♪ introducing the world's only solar-power

. >> are in need of some new homes the dogs arrived in chantilly virginia late last night after the animal forever home you have seen them on the show a lot of times this organization picked them up from a small shelter in cumberland maryland they are adorable someone dumped them on the door step of a shelter with a note 245 said the owner had dementia and could no longer care for the dogs the animals will go to foster homes in the area until they get adopted. >> perhaps one of the most important documents in the history of democracy, national archives preparing to unvail 715-year-old copy of the mag that carty after some -- magna carta after some restoration work. today they will show off its new protect tiff casing and discuss how it will be preserved the copy of the english declaration of human rights is the only mag that car the in the united states. >>> we want to say good morning to roshanda peerson she is a stay at home mom with 8 children but finds time to tune into fox 5. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day search fox 5 morning news and post a comment under her photo

lots of clouds we will go high temperature 50 degrees washington a few degrees above normal, 48 chantilly, 52 fredericksburg. just be ready for it again most of the day just clouds that is a look at your forecast. i will have an update in a minute traffic and there she is, julie wright. >>> well, if tony didn't wear red does that mean he brought chocolate for the rest of us. >> he better have. >>> we will say hello to the crew in sky fox we weenough to last report. lanes open, no problems as you work your way inbound on 66 more delays, leaving fair oaks, 123 and heavier volume towards the capital belt way southbound 270, no problems to report out of gaithersburg lanes are open as you continue south, 35 miles an hour leaving new hampshire avenue, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right julie thank you very much whitney houston has returned to the place where her incredible voice was first discovered. >> the body of the singer who died saturday was returned last night to newark new jersey and funeral plans are being worked out investigators are still working to figure o

john is from chantilly, virginia, here in the suburbs. good morning, john. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i think politicians are playing -- they're playing games with us. the reality of it, line-item veto has been used by every president. americans should never worry about it. they should worry about how you create jobs. these guys should sit together, work together, and create jobs. this is not the interest of the united states. this country needs jobs, not line-item veto to argue about whether the president can use it or not. host: the associated press just reporting in that president barack obama on thursday will free 10 states from the strict requirements of the bush-era no child left behind law much the move goes long-sought leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students. the white house official says the states are colorado, florida, georgia, indiana, kentucky, massachusetts, minnesota, new jersey, oklahoma, and tennessee. that announcement is expected a little later today. and wnd.com, worldnetdaily.com, is reporting that