again, that's the outer loop at connecticut avenue. traveling 66 in virginia, this is the view at waples mill road. east and west getting some volume. no delays 66 outside of the beltway. no major delays and no accidents. traveling inside the beltway, this is the view at glebe as you head towards the city. seeing some headlights but no major delays and out away from the city on i-66, joe. no issues here either. back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> new from overnight, "g" street northwest is still closed between 11th and 12th because of a blown transformer there. it happened a little after 11:00 last night right at the intersection of "g" and 11th street. police originally thought it was a bank robbery at the suntrust bank because the explosion blew out two windows at the bank. pepco is on the scene working to fix the problem and try to reopen that area. >>> also new from overnight, montgomery county firefighters put out a blaze at this home on bluff terrace in silver spring. it started around 1:30 this morning, and the cause

on the outer loop, delays as you head towards connecticut avenue. earlier we had an accident at connecticut avenue taking up your lanes. that's out of the roadways, but the damage is done as you head on the outer loop towards connecticut avenue. joe and eun, back to you. >>> our time is now 4:42. what kind of display should be put up to celebrate the holidays. the city of leesburg weighs in after this controversial setup caused an uproar. [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >>> controversial holiday displays will stay up on the leesburg lawn this holiday season. the loudoun county board of supervisors voted against the ban on the displays yesterday. it comes after one of the approved displays, a skeleton on a santa suit hanging on a cross, was torn down by a woman

a sentence decision has been reached in the home invasion trial in connecticut. let's go straight to deb feyerick who is standing by outside the courthouse in new haven. this is obviously regarding the fate of joshua komisarjevsky. deb, what do you know? >> reporter: here's what we know. the knock came just a couple of minutes ago. the jury is going to have to go through each of the six counts and decide whether they have voted unanimously on death on each of the counts or whether some of the counts will get life in prison. now, this all goes back, as you know, brooke, to the brutal home invasion here in connecticut that left a mom strangled to death and her two daughters who died in a terrible blaze set by this man, joshua soem ccomkomis. the petit family is ready for justice. they have been here every day to make sure the jury didn't forget how heinous the crime was and the deaths of jennifer hawke-petit, her brutal death who was strangled to death by the accomplice stephen hayes but also the deaths of michaela and 17-year-old hayley. we're waiting for the verd

unbelievable from connecticut. a new york woman has lost her three children and both her parents. >> the fire broke out in an exclusive waterfront home that was undergoing renovations. andy fields reports from stamford, connecticut. >> reporter: intense heat prevented anyone from saving the three children and two adults inside. two other adults did escape. this man heard screams about 4:00 a.m. and ran outside. >> i heard somebody yelling, help, help me. i kind of thought it was okay because they led two people away. i assumed if i can hear you talk you are by a window. so you probably had an opportunity to get out. i saw them take a woman who was obviously in shock and a man, who was in shock also, they helped him up, up the street. >> reporter: police rushed the home owner, new york advertising executive madonna badger, to the hospital. there was an unidentified man with her. both pleading with firefighters to save her three young daughters and her parents still inside. >> and the woman, she just, i heard her say

he and his wife moved to connecticut to be closer to their family. reporting for abc2 news new york. >>> tonight investigators are trying to find the cause of an early morning row home. it started after 2:30 on 25th street. a man and a woman made it out of the fire that shot up the duct work. investigators say two other people living next door suffered minor smoke inhalation. >>> no word on what started this fire that happened last night at the white elk motel. nobody was hurt. >>> let's take a look at the economy. same sex couples are paying as much as $6,000 a year in extra taxes compared to heterosexual couples. 12 states now grant partial marriage rights to same sex couples. they may be able top time jointly on state taxes but not for federal taxes. this means same sex couples cannot combine their income and dediscussions to take advantage of lower tax rates. >>> this year is ending on a positive note when it comes to the job market. it's the longest streak since 2006. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits as dropped to its lowe

connecticut looks just fine.eling the beltway in montgomery county, no problems for you to the right of your screen. the outer loop heading toward the mormon temple. a little bit of volume here and there but everybody is moving. we don't have reports of any significant delays right now on the beltway. 395 across the 14th street bridge, you got some friend out there with you but again, everybody is moving, your lanes are open, incident and accident- free. we lost that picture. here we are inbound new york avenue at bladensburg. no problems to report here. you are running at speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> top stories we're following this morning include a deadly early morning accident on the beltway. police say kevin hennette, jr. of laurel, maryland crashed his motorcycle near colesville road in silver spring. witnesses say he was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control and hate guard rail. he was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries. lanes in the area wer

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trying to figure out what started a fire that killed five people on christmas day in stanford, connecticut. the mother of three young girls screamed for help because the girls were trapped inside. manuel gallegus has more. >> reporter: flowers lay outside a connecticut home where three children and their grandparents died in a christmas morning fire. flames gutted the victorian style home that sits along the long island sound. the fire started just before 5:00 sunday morning and quickly spread. >> first units on the scene attempted rescues within the structure that were pushed back by intense flame and heat. >> a well-known advertising executive owns the house and escaped along with a male contractor who was helping renovate the million dollar home. but madonna badger's three daughters, a 10-year-old and twin 7-year-olds and her parents couldn't get out. >> there probably has not been a worse christmas day in the city of stanford. >> badger's father died in the fire after working as santa claus at saks fifth avenue in new york city. the home is so badly damaged, it could be days before inv

newschopper 7 is looking between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. one to do the right is getting by headlights are the inner loop side all the way to holy cross hospital, slowing down briefly out of curiosity near the mormon temple. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 31 degrees. >> coming up, appealing to the almighty. does tim's faith matter of the gridiron? -- on the gridiron. >> next "anderson," the amazing melissa mccarthy. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> tim tebow takes off to the end zone. touchdown. >> denver broncos quarterback tim tebow is getting the job done. after telling his team to another victory on sunday, many fans are giving credit to the power of faith. >> many people know that he is an evangelical christian. by all accounts he is an average nfl quarterback with the worst passing record in the league. even nonbelievers call his come- from-behind street miraculous. there might be another explanation. >> highly cooperative other- oriented compassionate, and the individuals, their teams perform bette

. >>> tonight you hear about that deadly house fire in connecticut and once you found out how it started it gives us a jolt to do something to our own homes to protect our own families and that's what t. j. winick is going to do for us tonight. >> reporter: officials now know those three young girls and their grandmother who died in that horrific christmas day fire in connecticut succumbed to smoke inhalation. the grandfather was killed by head and neck trauma. he fell through the rafters. the house was being renovated on most of the second floor. the family was not supposed to be staying there yet there were no hard wired smoke alarms. >> that's the sound. be familiar with that sound so that you know what to do right away. >> reporter: a friend of the connecticut ad executive who owned the home the only two survivors had put ashes from the fireplace in a bag into a trash enclosure attached to the rear of the house. while overall fire deaths are down over the past five years deaths from accidental causes are up 18%. in this last week of december homes are three times more likely to catch

and i think it's been since 1960 connecticut hasn't put anyone to death.ou think the ultimate outcome will be here? >> i doubt, from what i understand about the connecticut law, that they probably will not be put to death, but they will spend the rest of their lives in prison. that there are some mem men who have been on there for, i believe, two decades and i don't think that's going to change much in connecticut and we will probably be dead before they'll ever be put to death. >> i want to ask you about some of the testimony in connection. komisarjevsky, his defense had argued that his life should be spared because he had suffered sexual abuse as a boy. how did that go down for all of you? having to listen to what you lynched to about your loved ones and then to hear that? cynthia? >> i -- i feel that people have to take responsibility for what has had to them in their lives and seek counseling and i don't think it's any skoou excuse for a crime. you know, there are many people in our country who have been sexually abused who certainly don't go out and c

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taking the beltway, outer loop at connecticut avenue.ccident here takes away three of your right lanes. got to stick to the left to get by. police are on the scene. we can see you are using caution as you pass the accident here. other roadways look a lot better, but still slick conditions. traveling on i-66, not seeing any problems inside or outside of the beltway. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> 4:43. 61 degrees. still to come, no time for games. the star from 30 rock finds himself waiting for another flight after a run-in with a flight ugh, time to color. woohoo! whoa. haircolor is a chore no more! you gotta come see what's new. c'mon! tadaaa! welcome to haircolor heaven. aa-ah-ahhh! courtesy of new nice 'n easy colorblend foam. permanent, dimensional color, now in a delightful foam! just three shakes, foam it, love it! simply saturate hair root to tip, front to back. with tones and highlights. it's foamtastic! home haircolor, make room for foam haircolor! new nice 'n easy colorblend foam. your right color. >>> t

be aware of that if you're heading westbound on the beltway toward connecticut avenue.take a live look at university boulevard right now. all of the construction has been picked up. you're good to go until you get to connecticut here on the outer loop. be aware of that. let's take you over to the roosevelt bridge on the inbound side from constitution avenue, watch out for the construction in the right lane, good news, we mentioned yesterday in arlington on the westbound side of i-66 between north george mason drive and sycamore street, three lanes available for you. should help the bottleneck there. coming up, more on area roadways at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. montgomery county police are searching for answers after a teenager was stabbed last night outside northwood high school in silver spring. >> a group of girls from kennedy high school were at northwood watching a basketball game. well, apparently they got into an argument which spilled into the parking lot and one of the girls ended up getting stacked several times. she was taken to suburban hospital. she is exp

>> un alcalde en connecticut propuso que a los indocumentados se les permita votar en elecciones municipalesdecenas de crÍticos del controversial alguacil en arizona. >> una empleada domÉstica en chicago exige a su patrÓn que le pague el salario que le debe. otros mÁs exigen sus derechos. >> Éste es noticiero univisiÓn ediciÓn nocturna. >> que tal. por segunda vez en una semana, la muerte de estudiantes vuelve a ser noticia en mÉxico. primero fue en guerrero y esta noche en jalisco, en el mismo patio de una prestigiosa instituciÓn escolar las autoridades encontraron cadÁveres y armas. por quÉ de esta fosa clandestina? >> muy buenas noches, con gran hermetismo trabaja en aria desaparecidos de la procuradurÍa de jalisco luego de encontrar varios cadÁveres en uno de los edificios estudiantiles mÁs emblemáticos de mÉxico. el de la federaciÓn de estudiantes de guadalajara. >> a las dos de la tarde los fiscales comenzaron a escarbar en los jardines interiores del edificio. buscaban en al menos dos pozos de agua del mismo lugar. el registro comenzÓ luego de que el pasado viernes se denunciÓ la desa

proponen leyes para expulsar a los indocumentados,1 alcalde connecticut se fue al otro extremo.dos en las elecciones municipales. de donde es el alcalde y en que basa su plan >> en momentos en que se respiran aires antiinmigrantes, el alcal propone que los indocumentados tengan el derecho al voto. >> dar la oportunidad de que voten. >> otros s embargo piden cautela en el proceso. >> tiene que haber un proceso de verificaciÓn. >> claro, tienen q residencia. >> la propuesta nace del alcal e los que no son naturalizados, tambiÉn los indocumentados para poder votar en elecciones municipales. >> los indocumentados tambiÉn pagan impuestos, mandan sus hijos a nutras escuelas, van a nuestras iglesias y votaras pae de la responsabilidad de un miembro de la comunidad. >> la idea es hacer un modelo para otros estados. >> lo mismo que pasÓ con el panorama de la identidad que esa formaciÓn no se pueda compartir con inmigraciÓn. serÍa lo mismo si se dieran con gente que pudiera votar., >> 12.000 peonas viven indocumentadas. que esperar hasta el Óximo aÑo para saber si podrÁn votar, cuando est

we've got several other accidents reported, outer loop of the beltway after connecticut avenue.ight volume so not seeing anything as far as delays at least at this camera angle. do watch out for that in this the outer loop of the beltway reported for a wreck. also southbound past 270, that one reportedly on the right shoulder so your travel lane open. if you are traveling in virginia, northbound i-95 he can maaing the trip up toward the mixing bowl in springfield, we've got an accident right there in the median near the exits for the beltway. not blocking any travel lanes but again, the flashing lights serving as a distraction so do watch for that. once you head on to the beltway, you should be in pretty good shape in virginia heading towards the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> before a health alert this morning. it turns out that multivitamins apparently are not worth it, at least according to one new study that find that taking multivitamin pills does not have any real health benefits. researchs are in france followed over 8,000 volunteers for

andy field, abc news, stamford, connecticut. >> well, she is obviously in shock.still going to go on. bottom line, perhaps, the takeaway is having the working smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, that sort of thing. >> pointed out with renovations going on in th they're not certain if there was occupation, certificate of occupancy for certain levels of the home. so it is very difficult to talk to a family member after going through something like that so tragic. >> so tragic. don't think you want to place blame. you want to make sure something doesn't happen again. you need to know what happened. >> uh-huh. >>> overseas now to north korea where tens of thousands have turned out for a final farewell to dictator kim jong-il. sobbing mourners stood as the funeral procession drove through the snow-covered streets of pyongyang. kim's youngest son and successor, kim jong-un, walked next to the hearse. kim died of a heart attack at age 69. >>> britain's prince phillip is at the royal family's country estate this morning, recovering from his heart procedure. the 90-year-o

>>sulema: el hombre de connecticut que creen que ha sido acusado de violar a personas en halloween, elombre uso y atacó a varias mujeres en virginia y connecticut, en audiencia final fue programada para el 25 enero del próximo año. - el abogado del ex marino acusado de disparar el pentágono en octubre de 2010 dice que su cliente es un americano leal y las notas encontradas en su posición sobre osama ben laden era para conocer al enemigo, el hombre de 23 años se presentó en una corte del distrito por los cargos de dañar propiedad federal y otros dos cargos por usar arma con violencia, el hombre si es acusado por los cargos enfrentaría 35 años en prisión y posible cadena perpetua. - dos personas fueron hospitalizadas con lesiones menores después de que un auto impactará en la ventana de un negocio en maryland esta tarde, el conductor del automóvil accidentalmente quitó el acelerador y se estrelló contra el negocio de la avenida, los dueños del lugar se encontraban dentro al momento del accidente y fueron llevados a un hospital. - recuerde que puede volver a ver estas noticias visitando n

the settlers many of whom are from connecticut to the connecticut river are getting these -- real operator, governor of new hampshire, a long and interesting story. we don't have time to do that now. i want to make some concluding remarks if i might. this is really stupid but borrow a copy of the book. i forgot to bring it up here. >> i just want to save a few. first person i would like to thank is a person trying to slide out the door but don't. the students here all know her as the program coordinators of strategic study program. not only has she orchestrated this whole event to make everything the great english he is really taking care of me for years and years including all the years i worked on the book and i could not have done it without you. [applause] i want to thank my students and research assistants who are here and all the students who cheered me on and kept asking me somewhat pointedly when is the book we're hearing about actually going to be done? you don't know it but you were indispensable to it in a number of ways including the experience of going on these staff rides. my

and i don't think that's going to change much in connecticut.obably be dead before they will everen put to death. >> i want to ask you about some of the testimony in the case. komisarjevsky, his defense had argued that his life should be spared because he had suffered sexual abuse as a boy. how did that go down for all of you? having to listen to what you listened to about your loved ones and then to hear that? cynthia? >> i feel that people have to take responsibility for what has happened to them in their lives, and seek counseling. and i don't think it's any excuse for a crime. you know, there are many people in our country who have been sexually abused who certainly don't go out and commit murders times three. and create it in such a horrific way like this was done. >> mary bella, let me get your thoughts on both of these defendants, now convicts, that argue that the other one kind of escalated things along. in your view, do they share equal blame in terms of this -- the sequence of events on that horrible day? >> yes. i think they were part

we'll take a look at the beltway at connecticut avenue. moving well here, good indication of what it looks like through silver spring. there is an accident inside the beltway on connecticut avenue at jones bridge road. keep that in mind. back to the maps right now. up into frederick coming south on 270, in on i-70, everything is fine. we'll take a live look at 270 at route 28 west montgomery road or avenue. things are looking fine here. fro problems as you head down to the point where the lanes divide and down to the american legion bridge. coming up, another look around the area at 5:24. andrea and mike? >> the redskins have one final chance to win their first home game since mid september. >>> plus, george mason will have to start a new winning streak after finally falling to an opponent in front of their patriot fans. >> we want to take another look at our question of the day. it is 55% of us hate it when our coworker does this. hums a song, calls out sick or interrupts us while we're trying to work. >> unless they bring cheesecake. her

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over to the beltway, the report of an accident between connecticut ave. you can see some lights at the top of the screen. it looks like things are moving pretty well. over to springfield, we had a crash earlier on the outer loop near the interchange. it is not causing any problems on the road. 95 northbound is moving at speed all the way up to springfield. >>> we will follow traffic and weather every 10 minutes. it is 5:20 and 31 degrees outside. >> a big day on the sports team with the caps and the wizards and turks all inaction plus the military bowl. >>> score! >> he has been criticized for some lackluster play but there was nothing lacking in his performance last night. he was moneyed. he scored twice when they took down the rangers 4-1. >> the terrapins topped albany. the wizards fell in the atlantic. >> onto the game everyone was talking about, and georgetown. >> as we know, this town needs a winning team. it is coming from the least likely place. even john thompson the third says he found the 10-1 record surprising. consider arrest shocked. they we

outside into chevy chase, connecticut avenue at the east- west highway.ater main break on east-west highway at brooksville road just east of connecticut avenue. watch out it may slow you down a bit there. outside now if you're planning to head over to the beltway at new hampshire avenue. no problems to report on the outer loop. you may just hit the brakes a bit as you head into silver spring near georgia avenue. you're pretty much used to that but again don't complain about traffic this morning. and a last look as well. over to the bridge as well along 95 and 395 into the district. this is what you're dealing with this morning. >>> we been telling you about the talk of 2011 and this morning the top grossing movies of the year. >> that's the box offices from u.s. and canada are in the survey -- >> you have fought valiantly. now, join me and confront your fate. >> oh my son loved that. "harry potter and the deathly hallows" part two. the finale to the j.k. rowling series. it raked in $381 million in the u.s. and canada alone. you'll notice that all of the m

authorities investigate the christmas day fire that killed five people in stanford, connecticut. the iowa caucus, we're two days away in the poll. front-runner newt gingrich is in a dead heat with ron paul and mitt romney. let's go "out front." >>> geepg good evening. i'm ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett. republican presidential candidates have just over a week left to prove to iowans that they're the first to win the nation's contest held on january 3rd. polls show the race there is still very much up for grabs, but there was only one candidate out today with an official campaign event and it wasn't one of those top three. it was rick santorum and he went hunting with an important guest. dana bash joins us now with more. who is this special guest that got rick santorum out on a campaign event today? >> he's congressman steve king, a very prominent republican from the state of iowa whose endorsement is coveted big time. he didn't endorse santorum today and i spoke with him by phone as he was driving in the car, ali, to this hunting event with rick santorum. he told me he'd

authorities investigate the christmas day fire that killed five people in stanford, connecticut. the iowa caucus, we're two days away in the poll. front-runner newt gingrich is in a dead heat with ron paul and mitt romney. let's go "out front." >>> good evening. i'm ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett. the iowa caucus is just eight days away. republican presidential candidates have just over a week left to prove to iowans that they're the first to win the nation's contest held on january 3rd. polls show the race there is still very much up for grabs, but there was only one candidate out today with an official campaign event and it wasn't one of those top three. it was rick santorum and he went hunting with an important guest. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash joins us now with more. who is this special guest that got rick santorum out on a campaign event today? >> he's congressman steve king, a very prominent republican from the state of iowa whose endorsement is coveted big time. he didn't endorse santorum today and i spoke with him by phone as he was driving i

this is 410 east-west highway east of connecticut avenue. down to one lane in either direction so watch for delays if you're headed westbound on 410 east-west highway approaching connecticut for the inbound trip this morning. let's head on to trafficland, see what else we have got. here on the beltway route 50 in prince george's county, no problems for you all the way around toward the american legion bridge today so running smoothly on the beltway this morning. 95, 395 no real problems for you heading across the ak quan river, everyone running at speed. we do have some reports of delays heading from shirlington towards glebe, after that nice drive into the district, 66 and 270 both incident and accident- free. that's a check of your, fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> top story now, a stabbing outside a d.c. nightclub. this happened outside of mood lounge in the 1300 block of 9th street northwest overnight. police confirmed two men were stabbed, one stabbed in the stomach, the other in the back. but no word on their condition. >>> d.c. mayor vince

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many more states are addressing this issue, connecticut and montana, colorado, kansas, these are all states that have had bills in their legislature to into the death penalty that have moved through least one house in some cases, both houses. connecticut passed a bill a couple of years ago to end the death penalty that was vetoed by the then republican governor who is no longer in office. this is for states in four years and we expect more on the way. >> this deserves applause. >> we're making progress in california. the statue was enacted by the voters and it will take the voters working together to into the death penalty in california. this is a very daunting task. although the initial process gave people a voice in politics, this has turned into a situation where money has a voice in politics. this is going to be a challenge to raise the funds that we need to actually mount an initiative campaign with the death penalty, but we're getting closer and closer every day. the people of california are ready to end the death penalty. a couple of weeks ago we were able to do a poll on the