they sent it to the fbi in washington, d.c. fbige analyst scanned the image and examined it digitally on a computer. he immediately saw the problem. the texture of the skin on the victim's leg obscured the fingerprint. >> there were two patterns we are dealing with. you are dealing with the pattern of the fingerprint which is a specific type of pattern and then we have this texture of the skin that is distinct from the fingerprint. >> with the aid of the computer, he to first identify the victim's skin pattern and then have the computer remove as much of that as possible. >> it's a trial and error technique. it's not unlike an archaeologist using a dental tool to scrape away fine pieces and leave the artifact intact as opposed to taking a pick ax and just singing for the fences. >> the computer helped identify the repeating patterns of the vehicle's skin. >> and i can show you how you can get rid of those wave lengths by sending all those bright spots to zero. >> was the print presumably of the killer? all they needed now was a sus

fbi to gather evidence to arrest the man. >> i felt paralyzed and shocked. >> reporter: the d.c. field office of the fbi said it's investigated four similar cases in recent months. twice arresting the men accused and twice giving enough evidence to charge the guys. carlos vasquez flying from houston to dulles charged with assaulting a 15-year-old. he was rubbing her leg and thigh, up her shorts, touching her underwear. the girl, court records say, pretended to be asleep. >> victims are so shocked that they're being assaulted so it takes awhile to process it. >> reporter: prosecutors say the victim pretended to sleep too. he made abusive sexual contact against the woman. a stranger next to whom he was sitting. her hand inside her bra fondling her breast. when we dug deeper, we found similar incidents nationwide. including the new jersey man charged with molesting the passenger next to him on a plane while whispering kiss me in her ear. the man charged with groping a pregnant woman on a plane. we also found no federal government agency keeping official count of these cases. not the

the fbi is offerin a reward up to $5,000 in this case. >>> d.c. police are looking for two men su pekted of robbing a liquor store in northeast. the suspect seen in this video walked into the liquor store last december. one man went over a counter and grabbed the cash register while the other waved a gun in the air. >> the target data breach for credit card security coming up and what's being done to keep you safe. >>> where students could be why the retail giant is getting out of that business. >>> did the winner of the biggest loser go too far? some viewers of the show think so. 24-year-old rachel frederiksen is down to 105 pounds. she lost 60% of her body weight. some folks on twitter say frederiksen looks dangerously thin? the former competitive swimmer insists she's healthy. what do you think? >>> new reaction by the bold decision by cvs to call it quits with cigarettes and other tobacco products. president obama who has struggled with smoking praised the move and first ladyobama sa easier. the latest on a ground breaking decision. >> reporte

d.c. officials, a lot of fraud went unchecked for years because the fbi was conducting an investigation. now that that is over, federal law kicks in, meaning a number of these companies will be forced out of business, affecting thousands of patients and employees. companies threatened launched a counterattack. this person came to the news conference at the press conference today. denounce called ultra the d.c. government cutting off medicare payments to them, $400,000 per week's worth. we represent immigrant africans who want to get into industry they do not want to let us in. >> last week, the u.s. attorney announced raids for medicare fraud and 20 arrests, but nobody at altra was arrested, so the family asked, why are there workers here being punished? not everybody who was involved. some people are innocent. >> i don't want to move her. >> these workers received their last checks on valentine's day. city is not apologizing, saying that no one may have been arrested, but altra is suspected of fraud and under federal law the suspicion means they are cut off until they are cleared. that

d.c. council member michael brown facing new allegations of campaign finance violations and a longer prison term. brown pleaded guilty last june to accepting tens of thousands of dollars from undercover fbi agents who are opposing his businessmen from maryland. today federal prosecutors filed an amended plea deal that says brown accepted secret campaign dough during his 2008 race for an at large council seat and the new deal calls for a tougher sentence of up to 43 months. >>> and the federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit that accused d.c. council member jim graham of illegally medaling in a land deal around a metro station. a developer had alleged that graham interfered in his plan to build homes and shops on land owned by metro in the shaw neighborhood. but the judge ruled that graham is immune from legal action because he was acting in his official capacity as a member of the metro board. >>> and our pothole patrol took us down to arlington today. we wanted to see how the county was doing filling up the potholes once they have been reported by you. our debra alfarone filed a report about north harrison street after one viewer named ken madden told us about the conditions there but t

d.c.. all his personal meetings with his kgb handlers were abroad. however, he managed just like bob hansen from the fbi, it tends to work if you keep it simple. the basics usually don't fail you in spying. he loaded drops, he made signal sites, he unloaded drops comment and he had complete, was under complete technical coverage by the fbi and they are very good at that. the phones were but, there were cameras everywhere. it wasn't just that his house, it was at cia headquarters. so no, all that stuff, not in the terms of the spying that we did. questions, please. >> i remember at the time the report talked about consumption, increased fluids, and it has been a long time, but i remember questions about how could people not see his increased influence? that raised the question. >> ho rick and his increased consumption and something you read in the papers all the time was his red jaguar. let's put it this way. rick conlan as i said, walked in, started to work for the soviets in april of 1985. you saw zero change in aldrich ames until he returned from a tour in rome. that was in 1989. he was still the slov

d.c. police releasing this sketch of a suspect in the murder of a music teacher killed inside her home in alexandria, virginia. they say the attack appears to be random, but the fbis it has striking similarities to other killings nearby, including one dating back to 2003. all the shootings happening within two miles in a neighborhood described as generally very safe. all three victims were gunned down inside their homes with no signs of forced entry, and all of the cases remain unsolved. >>> two different drivers on opposite coasts killing 11 people in similarly horrifying crashes this weekend. so in both cases, the driver was speeding down the wrong side of the road. in florida, a fiery crash killed five people, including four fraternity brothers. and in california, another tragic incident ended in the deaths of six family members. will carr is live in l.a. for us on this. will, what do we know about these crashes? >> reporter: well, gretchen, we have video of the wrong-way driver in florida literally just seconds before that fatal crash. it's cell phone video. i want you to take a look. in the video, you can see an expedition driving the wrong way on the inters

d.c. suburb. a serial killer could be on the loose. police have released this sketch of the suspect. the fbi has joined the intense man hunt for him.bc's david kerley has the latest and joins us from alex andrea, virginia. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is a neighborhood filled with government workers, even some military. they're in shock. worried about the man on the loose. is he a serial killer? and statement, at the same time, they are mourning another loss of another active member of their community. this morning, the manhunt is on for this suspect, as police hope to solve not just one but maybe three murders. the knock on this door came just before lunchtime last week. long-time neighborhood piano teacher ruthanne lodato and a caregiver opened the door. both were shot. the 59-year-old teacher died. the other woman's wounds not life threatening. >> it touches us all whether you knew her or not. it ripples out. >> i happen to think it's not a random act. >> reporter: that's right. it wasn't long before residents were thinking about other cases. back in november, a local transportation official also g

fbi background check for oda does not list any past criminal offenses. a woman living in the district of columbia meantime says a tsa agent told her she was unsure whether a d.c valid form of i.d. ashley brant tells the "washington post" an agent at the phoenix airport began to shake her head when she saw the license since d.c. is not a state. the agent asked for a u.s. passport instead. brant was eventually allowed to pass. d.c. congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton says ashley's experience, quote, has moved collective insult to personal injury. >>> and finally, talk about a silver lining inside a really dark cloud. an admiral in china's navy says the country's dangerous levels of smog will actually protect it from new american laser weapons. news corps australia reports the admiral reports the pollution is so thick that it actually blocks sunlight. it contains tiny metallic particles that are hard for the lasers to penetrate. the u.s. navy is planning to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this year. >>> an update now on a story we told you about last night. florida's special congressional election on march 11th featuring some unusual comme

d.c. is brian michael general kids a senior adviser at the ran corporation who has served as an ahead describedder to the state department. he now focuses on terrorism. great to have you with us, the fbi this point in the investigation, it does not think it was a terrorist attack. do you agree with that? >> well, i don't know where the investigation is so it's hard to say whether i agree or disagree. there was no claim of responsibility, no attempt by the perpetrators of the attack to gain publicity, which is often a hallmark of terrorism could be a motive but other motives could be a hospital ill employee, potential criminal extortion or other motives we don't understand yet. >> no arrests. they said it wasn't an incident where billy bob and joe decided after a few brewskis to shoot up a substation, they said it was a well thought out attack and targeted specific components. what does that tell new. >> well, that suggests that they had either done their homework or potentially they had inside knowledge of how the system works. you know, we look at these -- at these facilities, there is an array of transformers, and power lines, to the ordinary outsider, it's mystifying, one wouldn't

lee with the fbi in san francisco says briggs was recently arrested in bozeman montana for assaulting a woman and a police officer. but he escaped. he had a one-way ticket to washington d.c. with that vote which point we believe he probably back into the bay area and a few months and you spot last week. we're hoping is someone in the community can let us know where he is today. the fbi is working with the >>: u-s marshall's services to track briggs down. a man who goes by many different aliases. including kevin bacon, zenon meismer and aimee macintire people have to be aware that the has worked in the hotel business before literally he could be right at the front door. we don't need to scare people out but we just want to alert to the live >>:investigators say briggs has a sunburst tatoo around his right nipple, a tatoo in his armpit and another on his lower lip. he also has a double piercing on his bottom lip, a bellybutton piercing and pierced ears. and up to $10,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction. at the fbi headquarters in san francisco fleet djegal kron4 moose. developing news from extreme northern california: a fo