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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. e together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> welcome back. >>> the bloody crackdown in syria continues this morning apparently right under the noses of arab lead monitors now in the country. visiting two new towns at center of the uprising. an opposition group says another 39 people were killed yesterday including two children. according to reuters the head of of the arab league says the situation in homs is reassuring so far. so what are they actually being allowed to see? mohammed jamjoom is monitoring from cairo. hello, mohammed. >> reporter: hello, ali. arab league observers finally started arriving at flashpoint cities in syria to begin their observation. they say they'll be given unfetter unfettered access they need. others aren't so sure. demonstrators under assault. syrian security forces firing tear gas and bombs this on the same dame arab league observers arrive in the flashpoint cities. this showing permission of the general walking through homs. residen

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6, on your side. >>> we continue with some good prices across the country. >> the average price per gallon dropped 9 cents. aaa says the national average is now at 300 -- $3.28 a gallon. in d.c., the average is $3.45. in virginia, $3.17. >>> several mortgage lenders to foreclose on home owners over the holidays. fannie mae and freddie mac said families out force between december 19 and january 2. chase, wells fargo, and bank of announced a also of evictionspension same holiday period. >> it looks like last week's monday shopping spree continued through the week. the shoppers kept coming. a billion dollars spent on and wednesday. in all, shoppers forked over $6 online.for gives the trend is still continuing. >>> there is a secret santa underway in the senate. 58 senators are participating, are supposed to be across party lines. where democrats signed up, so other. trading with each

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. g time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> to virginia governors went head-to-head at the state capitol in richmond, each trying to point out the others failed policies. they're vying for the senate seat of retiring senator jim webb. >> the best way to get more jobs and more revenue is by having a vibrant economy. i think americans and virginians are taxed enough tree i know my opponent has a different view. >> i have a different view about the deficit and how to get the economy going again. the plan george as outlined is what he did when he was a u.s. senator and tank the economy. >> george allen is hoping to win back the seat he lost in 2006. both men have to win their party's nomination before running in that general election. >>> the president of syria has clung to power in the face of protests. it's estimated 4000 circassians have died in unrest. in an exclusive interview with barbara walters, the president denies he ordered the deadly crackdown on the

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. nding time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> you are watching abc7 news harris, alison .tarling, bob ryan is abc 7 news at 11, on your side. >>> a bit of an unusual showdown out in the middle of land. the target. issued aservice has warning to pet owners. we are live in the newsroom. >> the national historical park potomac is a popular place for dog owners. it has a pretty substantial deer population. the park service says in rules, some dog their petsallowed in off leash. is sparking some big problems. it is not hard to find a deer in this part. -- park. ranger said there is a growing problem with visiting dogs to roam free by their owners. is the first time we had major wildlife issues. >> dogs are chasing and attacking the deer population. >> it is animal instinct. >> experts say dogs have the to chase.sire for them, it is a game. >> park officials say two dogs this deer into a creek friday, where it broke its leg be put down. >> we were able to catch o

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. ing time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> more than 40 people are reported dead today where residents say they're under a bloody siege and pounded by syrian tanks. the arab league mission is supposed to visit the city tomorrow. right now, the violence is frenzied and furious. watch and listen to this. [ gunfire ] >> syrian authorities restricted access by journalists. there are developments from cairo. what else is going on there, mohamed? >> wolf, the words we have heard from the flash point city today, carnage, massacre, blood bath. this is what they are saying to describe, especially the neighborhood where dozens were killed and hundreds wounded. this, on the same day, that members of an arab league delegation are coming into the country to help try to end the violence. as the syriir syrian government crack down rises, we have no idea if arab league observers can get close to the scenes of violence that continue to pour out of syria. here, a tank rolls

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> you are watching abc7 news 11, on your side. >>> we're following breaking is alexandria where police are investigating an attempted assault. officers say a woman was on east maple street. the attacker threw her to the tried to assault her. have a very vague description of the suspect. >>> to the latest in the ongoing penn state scandal. sandusky saysrry husband in is innocent. she is talking about the child sex abuse charges. says her husband's accusers are lobbying. after lawyers say was aware of the assaults were taking place in her home. jerry sandusky is accused of assaulting 10 boys. >>> we're learning more about a that took place along interstate 95 after a state and another member shot. we're learning more about the sequence of events. we are live in caroline county. >> a virginia state trooper and suspect or how best -- are gunshot whenwith motorists on southbound 95 are feeling the effects of these sh

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. ether, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> lady gaga took permission to bullying to the white house today. she did not get to meet with obama because he was in kansas. earlier this year at a fund-raiser out in california. it's about building cars in america. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still works here. [ jennifer ] not a single layoff of a u.s. manufacturing woer. [ glen ] not one. not one. doing things the right way. quality. [ jimmeka ] building cars that americans want. [ jamaul ] right here in america. hyundai is an all-american success story. ♪ >>> a storm tomorrow, a rainstorm. the rain may be heavy. friday, it, on into cold, with temperatures only and the 40's. we have the alert for you. it is still 57 degrees. no snow event. >> thank

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> 4:28 is your time now. it is a 34 chilly degrees out there. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm angie goff, in for joe krebs. welcome to "news 4 today" on this monday, december 12. >>> new from overnight, d.c. police are investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition. it happened around midnight at the intersection of 15th street and "w" street northeast. investigators say a man in his 40s was shot in the head. he was immediately taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. right now police don't have any information on a suspect in the shooting. >>> today family and friends will say their final good-byes to a virginia tech campus police officer killed in the line of duty. thousands turned out for a vigil this weekend for officer garrett krous. he was shot and killed by 22-year-old ross ashley during a retune traffic stop thursday. ashley killed himself a short time later. a

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> never mind the policy records and the fact that neither is going bowling. for one week army navy is the center of college football. it gives old, broken down alumni, like me, a chance to brag a little bit. which i will do, starting now. navy won't be going bowling for the first time in nine years. senior players from both sides will soon be on the battlefield, literally. thus both squads understanding the finality of this game. >> it is hard to visualize it. i have always had the game to rely on. it will be a new chapter new page turned and i'll move on. >> i'm really excited. it is such a big rivalry game. >>> special programming note. wusa 9. the unique sacrifices each school's members have made to this country. coming up tonight at 9:00. redskins news landry not been able to do much this week he injured his groin against the seahawks. mike shanahan says landry is getting better. landry missed last week's ga

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> and now, 9sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> quarterback controversy injuries, why not throw suspensions on top of this season of gloom and doom. if you believe in multiple sources and say bye bye to two of the redskins youngest, most promising players. those multiple sources are saying fred davis, trent williams are done for the season. substance abuse policy. recreational drugs. at least three times. once right after the lockout. now normally, that means a yearlong suspension. bases of the lockout, it's been reduced to four games. both bolted out of the locker room, but before reporters could get in there to talk to them. one of the captains did not bolt. >> just something else that added to the redskin drama. you know, i haven't heard anything specific about it. confirming or denying it, but it's hard on me. those two guys are big parts of what our offense is doing this year. >> on the fiel

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> caps needed a win. so? >> so they got it. they got it. >> with the new changed up line-up. >> the line-up shake up took a while to take effect. but the capitals lit the lamp four times highlighted by a vintage ovechkin goal. the caps come back with a much-needed win north of the border. alex ovechkin hadn't scored in five straight games. tied at 1, senators on offense. watch this goal. this is just pretty. wraps around everybody on the ice. i don't know how he did it. but he managed to poke it in there. ottawa with the 2-1 lead. third period caps on the power play. backstrom puts it in there. they are feeling good. game tied at 2. later still tied at 2. four-on-four, ovechkin with the puck and this is what he does. one-on-two, one-on-four. loses the defender, pump fake and then shot. the goal was wide open. he faked out everybody. look how easy this is. it's like a layup. the capitals win 5-3. that's his ninth

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> the washington, d.c. veterans affairs medical center and wusa salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> we are from the republic of korea and we want to wish our friends and family back in woodbridge, virginia, and randy and marie a merry christmas and happy new year. happy holidays. >>> back now with the controversy brewing over in evergreen. this is the tree at the state house, to be exact. tonight, governor lincoln is set with the state's holiday tree. within an hour later, a republican state representative will light a christmas tree outside her legislative office. not calling the state tree a christmas tree is just taking the whole politically correct thing too far. >>> and only on 9. last night saw video of a woman taking down a holiday display that she found offensive. it happened outside the loudoun county courthouse and tonight, our peggy fox went back to leesburg to find out wha

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> alec baldwin is now apologizing to fellow passengers. baldwin was kicked off a flight from new york to boston. during the incident, baldwin kept his twitter followers updated in realtime. he has since deactivated his twitter account. that might be too bad for some of those fans. >>> congress will review screening privacy issues. the administrator of the tsa is expected to testify. privacy advocates are concerned body scans and other passenger screening technology can be invasive. >>> you might want to rethink the next time you tweet something because it's going to end up in the history books. yep, whether it's a picture of your dinner or a response to a celebrity, every single tweet will be archived by the library of congress. how are they going to do that? >> how? >> i don't think they want that. this is part of a study to catch the mood of the public during certain twitter events. twitter processes more than 140 million

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> as of last saturday, the cain train went off the rails. herman cain, the republican candidate for president decided he is suspending his campaign for right now after all the controversy. we're going to talk about what is left and where it goes. susan page is the washington bureau chief for u.s.a. today and frank newport is editor in chief at gallop. and i mean, he was a front runner for a minute, but does herman cain have any support left? >> not very many supporters. and not only have his supporters gone away, but his momentum gone away to newt gingrich. now at the top of national polls. >> he is ahead of romney, who has been mr. steady. talk about the comparison in the latest numbers to come out, frank. >> latest numbers will come out tomorrow, tuesday. but in general, it looks like we're going to show gingrich comfortably ahead. romney isn't moving. all these people swirl around him, his numbers stay the sa

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. ending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> now 9sports with kristen, the best sports in town. >>kevin: though town. >> their suspensions became official today. both guys suspended without pay for four games. otherwise known as the rest of the season. for violating the league's substance abuse policy. both players failed two drug tests at the end of the lockout. davis and williams are barred from redskins park. all right, this saturday the 112th army navy football game for the first year it's being played in the nation's capital. the night before, friday, december 9. tune into wusa right here for a special we call for those who serve count down to the gridiron battles. we'll take a look at the legacy of this rivalry this friday. >>> what is wrong with the washington capitals? to firing of bruce and hiring of hunter was supposed to bring some kind of spark and maybe get them a few more w's. instead, all they are getting is mounting frustration. the defens

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> welcome back at 4:45. former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will appear in court tomorrow for the first time since being arrested in a child sex abuse scandal. some of the accusers are planning to testify tomorrow. sandusky's lawyer spoke to reporters yesterday and said that new information from sandusky leads him to believe that the accusers could be working together. >> is it possible that all of them have reacted the same way to the abuse by staying in touch with jerry and maintaining contacts with him? i find that kind of strange. what it might smack of is some sort of collusion. >> the attorney for one of the victims said the claims of collusion are just a smoke screen. >>> meantime, there's new questions about assistant coach mike mcqueary's story. he said he saw the coach sexually abuse a young boy. but a family friend told the grand jury that mcqueary was asked multiple times if he saw anything sexual a

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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. highly classified u.s. spy drone may be in the hands of the iranians. they say they shot it down, and are promising an aggressive response against america this morning. >>> and at least 10 people hurt when fans stormed the field at the end of a college football game. a big celebration turning into a very big scare. on this "american morning." >>> good morning. it's monday, december 5. you have newt gingrich on top of the polls in iowa, and the political field all shifting up. >> and a possible endorsement coming from herman cain. >>> and a lot of news from overseas. >>> but first, a u.s. stealth drone filled with top secret information may now be in the hands of iran. iranian officials are claiming that they shot down the drone after it invaded its air space. >> we have reaction from the pentagon on the implications of losing such a drone. we begin with barbara starr. good morning. >> good morning. the pentagon not saying a whole lot about all of this. iran saying it shot down a drone

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> there may be a reason amanda knox has not done any interviews since being cleared of murder charges. she is writing a book at her experience. a court cleared her and her boyfriend in the killing of her roommate. she had been in custody since 2007 but has returned to her hometown of seattle. knox hired a d.c. lawyer to get her a book deal. experts believe she could get a seven-figure deal. >>> a model and fashion blogger just finished riding in a single engine plane to get an aerial view of christmas lights and now she is hospitalized after being hit by the plane's propeller. >> it's going to be a long recovery. it's going to be a long haul. it's a marathon. >> this is a marathon not a sprint. >> reporter: lauren's parents are optimistic their daughter will recover. >> i don't know if she realized what happened. she knows now that she is injured. >> we don't know if she remembers the accident. >> reporter: she got off

[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> the former assistant coach at syracuse university at the scepter of a sex abuse case will not face charges from the state. two men claims bernie fine molested them when they were children. the district attorney says he believes the claims are credible. he says he cannot prosecute because the statute of limitations in the case expired. bernie fine would face federal charges. federal officials raided his house and con fi skaited a number of goods including cell phones and computers. >>> the seat is being vacated by jim webb. julie carey has details from richmond on how the candidates went head-to-head. >> reporter: the most seasoned political figures both former governors. they didn't hold back accusing each other of big spending. cain took aim at allen's spending. >> they turned the biggest surplus in the history of the united states. >> reporter: republican allen blasted cain for promoting president obama's in

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