d.c. police cruiser hit a pedestrian. it happened in the 2100 block of wisconsin avenue northwest. the major crash unit is investigating. >>> and now a fox 5 news exclusive. a d.c. police officer accused of covering up a murder because she was dating the suspect. investigators believe she saw the crime go down, didn't call anyone, and then lied to homicide investigators. fox 5's paul wagner was in the courtroom today. >> from the front porch of this house on clay place northeast, witnesses say ricardo mitchell exchanged words with a man named wyatt robinson as robinson walked down the street. it was sunday, august 21st, and sitting next to mitchell was his girlfriend, a veteran d.c. police officer assigned to the second district. according to a court affidavit, mitchell was recorded by a surveillance camera leaving the house with a pistol in his hand. the document says the camera recorded him in a firing stance, shooting at robinson. the document lists the officer as w-2 and says she initially li

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d.c. policey two people wanted for the murder of a 22- year-old man are behind bars. video of the suspects helped police. 22-year-old dellron atchison and 21-year-old vincent gray were arrested yesterday near orlando, florida. both men, however, are from the district of colombia. they were spotted on a metro bus surveillance camera minutes before the murder. 22-year-old demetrius thompson was gunned down last thursday. he was the father of two, he was searching for a job to provide for his family. d.c. police are now trying to figure out what the motive was. >> it looked like it stemmed from some type of argument. but, again, the investigation is still in the early stages. we've got the arrest warrant, but we still have a lot of work to do to continue on and clear up a lot of what happened here. >> the two suspects are still in florida. they're being held on fugitive from justice charges, but they will eventually be extradited back to washington. >>> d.c. police are dealing with the latest in a s

>> kristin, thank you so much for that. >>> the d.c. policeepartment have their first recruiting class in more than a year and the city leaders say that it does come in the nick of time. violent crime is at historic lows, but the department is losing a lot of veteran officers to retirement about 15 a month. and the gray administration has come up with funding to require 200 new officers. >> they should have had a pipeline, we didn't for whatever the reasons were. we made a commitment to rebuild. >> the starting pay for a d.c. police officer is about $49,000 per year. >>> just who you work with makes up the dynamic in any business. in our newsroom, we have a lot of different personalities. many are pretty intense. when that happens, there are bound to be some pet peeves among the co-workers. the website will be compiling a new list of the top five pet peeves on the job. number 5. and people who don't respond to e-mails. that is followed by the start of meetings too late or too long. but the dirty common areas and constant complainers. at the to

the d.c. police say thaty that ready for thousands who planned to march on freedom tomorrow tom, what are police telling you? >> reporter: they plan to have plenty of police down here tomorrow, brian, to prevent any problems. we have seen small shows of force from protestors today and one group walked by and went on their way. they're assuring us, though, that they plan to occupy the entire area tomorrow. it's quiet now, but thursday, thousands of anti wall street protestors are expected to attack d.c.'s freedom plaza as part of a nationwide protest. >> i think we're getting very active and just need to get the message out. >> reporter: that is hard to miss on wall street. the protestors are demanding higher taxes and sangs from banks, corporations and the rich. the protestors say have benefitted in that recession while americans suffered and to chants-of-tax the rich, the protest got a head start and that demonstration organized by the group called rebuild the american dream. led by former obama adm

d.c. police released a statement saying, it has not been confirmed anight that there is terrorist, therd was also killed in that attack. the case, more for the united states. john gonzalez, abc7 news. >>> you can track the latest developments on our website, wjla.com. >>> d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting in northeast washington. killed carlowsd eady shortly after midnight on saturday. there have been no arrests. police are asking anyone with them a call.o give a faulty furnace is being blamed for apartment fire. it broke out saturday afternoon honey lane. fire and smoke poured from the top floors of the building. safely but theut uninhabitable. it costs about a quarter million damage >>> an important for drivers. a new traffic pattern has close the last exit ramp to westbound interstate 66. drivers will have to stick to high-66. access it is closing it so that crews can work on in connection representative. >>> drivers are dealing with a today. starting down onre cracking talk or t

>>> a construction worker is hospitalized after an accident at a construction site in northeast d.c. police are telling us the worker was in the head by a piece of machinery on site. this is in the 1600 block of maryland ave. the worker was unconscious when taken to the hospital. >>> we are waiting to learn more about a d.c. police cruiser which crashed into another car. at least one officer was hurt. this was after 5:00 on sunday evening near alabama avenue and seventh street in southeast. officials will not confirm the severity of the officers injury or what might a letter to the collision. >>> in turkey, residents are searching, hoping that family neighbors, and loved ones are still alive. but the devastation of the 7.2 magnitude quake has not taken them. jummy olabanji has the latest. >> using everything from cranes to their bare hands rescuers and residents are digging through rubble to find survivors from sunday's deadliest quake. before sunrise this morning does man was found under layers of concrete debris. the interior minister says the death toll in the 7.2 magnitude quake has rea

park police and d.c. to express concern. uld lead to enforcement and a possible shutdown so protesters have been self-policing. >> i believe they are probing us to try to find any way they can to shut us down and this is one way that they're trying to do that. >> we are trying to improve our facilities as we go. >> reporter: the kitchen is constantly being cleaned and food preparations handled with health in mind. protesters say area businesses have been allowing them to use their rest room or shower facilities but they say more is needed. >> we're working on this issue to get porta-potties to make sure that everybody keeps things clean. >> the protestors say their stay will be indefinite and they don't want to give any cause for removal or any reason to did h e -- destruct their ultimate mission. >> got a little bit of rain last night. a little fog this morning. >> that is t for moisture for today, , we've got to deal with the early fog. once the sun comes up, we have pretty much clear skies. we'll have a dry day and i nice

it means a lot. >> executive order signed by mayor gray today directs d.c. police and other agencies not to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status. it prohibits the city from making adult offenders available for federal immigration interviews without a court order. >> d.c. officials say the undocumented population is between 7 and 10,000. but privately they concede it is double or triple that, because afterall, who is going to admit they are here illegally? >> we want to make sure we create a set of conditions in this city where people feel like they can work with, cooperate with the law enforcement official. >> it means people can trust the police more. that they can come to them with major problems in their lives. without fear of being questioned about their immigration. >> police officials say the mayor's order will help convince undocumented citizens to cooperate with investigation. >> sometimes we have folks that are in the country illegally that may be witnesses and they aren't going to come forward with information if they think we are going t

the police car. >> d.c. policere not saying how many people have been arrested for expired tags but the law goes back to 1937 going straight to jail became standard operating procedure more than a decade ago as police try to combat stolen vehicles with stolen tags. the local aaa says the practice of jailing otherwise innocent people just goes too far. >> you are throwing people in jail for three to six hours because you say it makes the streets safe. >> this issue has come up before actually. in order to protect people whose registration had only recently expired police started implementing a 30-day grace period. that meant after 30 days you could be arrested, you could be issued a criminal citation or merely a traffic citation. >> that is something we need to look into and we need to fix. >> kwame brown tells 9news now he will move to change the law as early as tuesday's legislative session. >> there is nothing worse than being away for a month and you land back in the city and you get in your car and go to work a

you don't expect to bury your own child. >> reporter: d.c. police continue to investigate the shooting. so far they don't have a motive for the crime. they are hoping if anyone recognizes the two men in the video to give police a call. maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >>> a man suspected of killing his wife and stepson could face the death penalty. curtis lopez is in north carolina where he was arrested. police found jane mcquain's body in her home and her son was found six days laettner clarksburg. the attorney said this could be a death penalty case but until more evidence comes in, lopez hasn't been charged in williams' death. >>> it as the day after out at redskins park today as in the day after the team decided to change quarterbacks from grossman to beck. a lot of people talking about this one and dave feldman is here with how the rest of the team is taking the big change. >> the team is saying the right things. you can imagine if sometime during the preseason a wide receiver came out and said beck is horrible, he's no good. do you think that guy wou

. >> reporter: d.c. police have the authority to take you into custody if your tags expired. how you were treated and how long you stay locked up is not that simple. over the last few months, hundreds of people have told horror stories for being stopped in the district and having expired tags on their car and spinning the night in jail. this man who did not want to be identified said that it happened to him a year ago. >> and i asked him to give me a break and that is the top of my priority list. we're going take you in to process you for about three hours. >> reporter: and that didn't happen. the man said he spent the night in the cell block downtown for having tags that expired 21 days before. >> this is unbelievable. it's total outrageous. >> reporter: aaa mid-atlantic said the city council needs to review the law. a law that city councilman bill mendelson said makes sense to him. >> people have a duty. if you have a car, you have a duty to keep the tags current and people complains the police were stopping them, tough. on the other hand, the person shouldn't be locked up

at this point, d.c. police have not identified the slain cab driver and again, they believe robbery was the motive. >>> a nurse at a state mental hospital saw no since of trouble when she checked on patients. 30 minutes later, one of the men was dead. the 22-year-old david niola was found beaten and bleeding on the floor of his room in jessup, maryland. his roommate is charged. he reportedly came out of the room and asked for help after killing him. he is in the facility because he murdered his psychiatrist back in 2006. >> friends of maryland boy who disappeared and was later found dead remembered him today at their teen football game. this was the first game for the germantown panthers since 11- year-old william mcclain 'sd abouty was found. the team's helmets had a photo of the boy today. his stepfather curtis lopez is charged. >>> a firefighter has been found dead inside the fire house where he worked in fairfax. 49-year-old horace pendergraft was discovered in the fire house. he was with the fire departmen

>> reporter: the d.c. police department has their first recruiting class in more than a year, coming in the nick of time. violent crime is at a historic low, but the department is losing a lot of veteran officers to retirement. >> reporter: violent crime is down in the district. in fact, the number of homicides, they have dropped 17%. that's the lowest rate since 1963. >> we saw some of the most violenting gang members out there, putting our thoughts on those violents, armed to the gang defenders, which has helped tremendously. >> this is the first recruiting class in nearly a year. the grayed administration has come up with funding to hire about some 300 new officers. >> i should have had a pipeline, we didn't for whatever the reasons were. we made a commitment to rebuild this. >> reporter: they join them in parading the new recruits before the cameras. >> we have several thousand applicants that we went through, sitting in the pipeline that waited for all this time. >> the goal is to replace the 15 veteran cops

we asked d.c. police why they are taking such drastic measures over a traffic violation. a police spokesperson sent us this statement thats says officers are sworn to uphold the laws on the books. we allow for a grace period and many officers use further discretion. if you have concerns, please address them with legislators. someone did and now we have a u.s. senator breathing down the neck of the mayor. so we'll see what happens. >>> guilty, the verdict in a heartwrenching case in fairfax county where a woman is going to jail for killing her own grandchild. fox 5's roz plater live in the newsroom. >> that child had gone on for two weeks but the verdict was returned rather quickly, five hours of deliberation in the guilt phase, half an hour for a sentence recommendation. carmela dela rosa stood quietly with her attorneys as the verdict was read. her attorneys say the 50-year- old grandmother has lost about 60 pounds while behind bars. it was last november at the tysons corner mall when the unthinkable happened. dela rosa now convicted of throwing her 2-year-old gran daugh

d.c. police were called and when a brawl escalated. >> a lot of people got scared. we decided at that point let's get everybody on the buses and out of fear. >> 10,000 students from maryland virginia, and washington d.c., were attended that -- were attending the national college fair. by midday, police and security were posted at at least one door. some students arrived as the event was being evaluated. >> a lot of people were rushing to get in. >> for many of these students, this is their only opportunity to meet with college recruiters. >> i was upset. >> i think is crazy. we did not even get in to enjoy the college fair. >> 350 colleges and universities are now packing up and heading home. the organizers say it is unfortunate that the action of a few students attended this event. as for any arrests one juvenile young man from southeast, was arrested today. >>> still to come, a drug fogger catches a ride to the store from his -- a grandfather catches a ride to the store from his nine-year-old daughter. >> the d.c. council makes a decision on a controversial law. >

this happened around 11:30 in southeast d.c. police tell us the man on the bus was shot in the face. right now, we don't know the man's condition, but he was conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. police are still on the scene right now looking for clues. >>> d.c. police are asking for your help this morning in identifying this man. he's wanted in a sexual assault case in northeast washington. investigators tell us a 17-year-old was attacked in the 900 block of perry place northeast. the suspect was last seen driving a burgd cadillac. if you have any information, you're urged to call d.c. police. 1-888-919-crime. >>> the man accused of killing his 12-year-old stepdaughter will remain behind bars. a judge denied bond for david heng. police say he stabbed jessica wenn more than 40 times in her gati gaithersburg home. dna and other evidence reportedly linked him to the crime. >>> the wenn murder is a second big case involving a child in the county this week. police are also investigating the death of 11-year-old william mcqua

. >>> new from overnight d.c. police are investigating a homicide this morning. it happened just after midnight in the 5300 block of dix street northeast. when police arrived at the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. right now they don't have a suspect or motive in this shooting. also new from overnight, police have partially identified a man found dead on the metro tracks in rockville. police tell us the man is 37 years old and from gaithersburg. he was found around 3:00 this morning just a couple of hundred feet from the rockville metro station. they say there is no evidence of foul play and no trauma to suggest the man was hit by a train. we'll bring you the updates throughout the morning as think come into news 4. >>> one of al qaeda's most influential leaders has been killed in an air strike. anwaral-awlaki had ties to our area. he was killed yesterday in yemen. he had dual citizenship with the u.s. and yemen. he helped spread al qaeda's message through social media. he directed the failed underwear

. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a cab driver in northeast washington. police found the driver in his car at anacostia and pond street just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning. at this time police are still looking for a suspect and a motive. >>> a maryland mental patient is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his roommate. police say davidad beat his roommate to death at the clifton t. perkins psychiatric hospital in jessop. he was at the facility for killing his psychologist. he was denied release. >>> a neighborhood is on edge after a man tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl. it happened friday on polaris court in fredericksburg. the girl was able to run away, but the suspect also fled the scene. now authorities are trying to find him. news 4's darcy spencer has the details. >> reporter: although the victim was 9 years old she was able to provide a detailed description of her would-be attacker and also the mini van he was driving. it happened here on polaris court a

new from overnight, d.c. police were called out to the 5300 block of decision street northeast on reports of a shooting after midnight. when they alived at the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead a short time later. right now they don't have a suspect or motive in the shooting. >>> there's a tough new law in effect aimed at drivers putting down their points. if you're caught it's a point on your license and a fine. the new law in maryland says driver ks not accepted or read text messages. it doesn't matter if you're in motion or stopped at a light. as darcy spencer shows us, there are significant questions about how the law will be enforced. >> driving at times usually it's just a matter of convenience and i try to get away with it or sneak it. >> reporter: but starting saturday it will be illegal to send or even read a text message while you're behind the wheel or stopped at a red light in maryland. >> honestly, i believe that, you know, texting while driving is very dangerous.

. >>> looking at the day ahead d.c. police all hands on deck again. the chief of police cathy lanier will flood the city streets with opposite this weekend, but the crime-fighting program continues to attract controversy. critics say that it costs $4 million in overtime each weekend. >>> another round of metro track repairs start tonight on the red line the rhode island avenue and courtland stations will close until monday. trains will share one track on some stations along the blue and green lines. rhode island and brookland. >>> 6:14 now. two ceremonies will be held to mark the 10th anniversary of the deadliest amtrak's attacks. 10 years ago today that the brentwood postal facility in d.c. was closed for contamination and the first postal worker died. ceremonies will be held at the basilic basilica at 9:00 this morning -- 9:30 this morning and 4:00 this afternoon. >>> conrad murray's involuntary manslaughter trial continues. dr. stephen schaefer testified dr. murray made several mistakes while treating the singer. after that testimony, the prosecutio

a couple of bricks through the win toast d.c. police chief kathy lanier called it savage vigilant justice. the men were charged but cleared. the district attorney's office said that early accounts suggested that mr. mohammed might have been beaten to death. the investigation reveals that those initial reports were inaccurate and unsupported by medical and physical evidence or by other eyewitness accounts. the statement went on to say that the only injuries observed were consistent were being held on the ground. but in the lawsuit, attorney donald temple writes that defendants reached ali up the road where he was subsequently tackled by defendant zalaga and beat on until he was in an unresponsive state. attorney bernie grimm thinks that tell temple temple will have a tough time proving his case. >> tough time proving his case. >> >> >> the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide saying that the cause of death was excited clear telirium iml the family disagrees with the findings that mohammed had a medical condition which con tributed

at this point d.c. police and fire are not commenting on the accident.e question today is was it a deadly decision? a jury could decide whether to convict a fairfax grandmother of murder. carmela dela rosa is accused of throwing her granddaughter from pedestrian bridge. jummy olabanji joins us outside the gfairfax county courthouse with the latest on the store. >> 50-year-old carmela dela rosa is not far from where we are sitting in a jail cell. later on this morning the jury will gather in the courtroom behind us to decide whether or not to charge her with murder or say she's not guilty due to reason of insanity. the jury has been listening to testimony for about two weeks now. yesterday they heard from the prosecution's final witness, a doctor who testified that he believes carmela dela rosa supper's from a borderline personality disorder, but he said that he does not believe she is insane and does not believe she was insane last november when she talked her granddaughter over the walkway and at tyson's corner. her defense team has been trying to prove

anyone with any information is asked to call d.c. police. >>> metro transit police say they've arrested a man with multiple armed robberies. detectives believe michael macintosh was involved in at least four robberies in the past two months. he would show a gun and demand the items. police arrested macintosh after a robbed a business near the u-street metro station. >>> today, the board of directors voted to chaeng some of the station names. some stations will have a primary shorter name and then a longer secondary name. examples include smithsonian/the national maul. navy yard/ballpark and king street/old town. the new metro naming policy limits station naimts names to just 19 characters. >>> today, a happy home coming for about 70 national guard soldiers for our area. members of the 29th infantry vision are coming home after serving in afghanistan since december. they were helping nato develop afghanistan's national security forces. they came back to the states a week ago and underwent routine health screenings before returning to their h

accused of killing a man i metro bus are in florida today, waiting to be sent back to washington d.c.. police believe that the two men shot and killed a man. police in orlando and arrested two suspects. investigators believe they were involved in some sort of argument. >> we had a future. his future at a screeching halt and the mind is gutted. >> you cannot get closure from something like this but i am believe -- i am relieved the person is off the street and will not heard anyone else. >> the two are awaiting extradition back to d.c. >>> a man accused of posing as a police officer and sexually assaulting two women faces charges. the man attacked two women in heard in on october 11th a few hours apart. he is being held without bond. >>> a d.c. man pleads guilty to murdering his teenage daughter. he entered a plea of guilty this morning. officers found the 17-year-old's body in a trash can. prosecutors say he stabbed his daughter to death and and tried to hide her body. he faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced tomorrow. >>> things got ugly who last night during the latest round o

. >> the d.c. police academy had been emptied for nine months. mayor vincent grave says he has found money in the budget to hire 300 new recruits, the first group arriving here for training this morning. after an earlier meeting with mayor and police, they walked in as a group. 35 men and women the first police recruit class in june of last year. here from dallas, he worked in a fitness gym as he waited. >> i am glad to be here. >> when did you first applied? >> october 2009. and i waited, and waited, and waited. >> they will spend the next six months training, of physical fitness, and the law. they are hired because of the shrinking number of police officers. they are now at 2800 and shrinking. >> we will be able to put new recruit officers in from october until july and they will start coming out of the academy in april. >> violent crime is down and homicide down 16%, but property crime is up and overall crime up 3%. >> it is the exact opposite of the national trend. >> for a large number of recruits their second generation law-enforcement. >>

d.c. police and the fbi were investigating jones when they placed a gps tracking device and tracked him for one month leading them to a house in maryland where they found anyone dollar million in cash as well as a large quantity of cocaine. -- found $1 million in cash. the overturned the convictions saying they needed a valid and a warrant before using technology to track him. people were divided as to whether or not police should have a search warrant. >> i think they should. as a criminal intent -- defense attorney, i'm all about rights. >> i think police should have the ability to track criminals and find people. >> d.c. is not the first jurisdiction to use this technology without a warrant. for many, it comes down to advancements in police technology versus privacy. >> there should be an expectation of privacy. >> others feel a gps device is no different than police following a suspect. >> i do not feel it should be necessary. >> this could impact the use of surveillance and traffic cameras.

the defense says dela rosa is not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> d.c. policeing for two men who went on a crime spree and crashed an suv into a house this morning. the men held up three construction workers at gunpoint and robbed them. nobody inside the home was seriously injured. >>> it's been nearly a month since a man dressed as a woman was murdered near his northwest d.c. apartment. >> the circumstances that led to his death and who is responsible remain a mystery. the victim was found on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of 11th street. today, his partner offered a possible motive. pat collins has the report. >> reporter: flowers wilting. candles burned down. here on 11th street at the place where it happened, many questions remain unanswered in the murder of this man. >> he was an incredible human being and everybody loved to be around him. i don't think he ever had an enemy in his life. >> reporter: that's bob shafer. he's 63 years old. he runs a foreclosurest shop in the northwest. they were together for five years and planning to get married. what has it

anyone with information is asked to call the d.c. police. >>> right now, police in octoberland are keeping occupy wall street protesters outside of city hall. the city has decided to allow the protesters back into the plaza, but they will not but allowed to spend the time. police raided the encampment on tuesday. a iraq war veteran was critically injured in that demonstration when something hit him in the head. >>> last night, occupy wall street demonstrators marched in washington. at one point,

>> reporter: you know, d.c. police in particular ary in strangers to these types of large-scale protests. certainly in the large decade with all of the imf and world bank protests, the officials here have had a lot of practice on how to deal with that and part of that is dealing with the protestors themselves and the district of columbia had to pay out millions in settlements for police actions during the protests more than a decade ago. and both sides are well-versed and will be ready for whatever comes tomorrow. >> thank you, tom fitzgerald. >>> maryland's crackdown on cigarette smuggling delivered another $100.000 in contraband. the agents seized 15,000 packs of cigarettes that were not taxed and arrested four people in separate cases over the last week and the penalty, a fine of $50 per carton and up to two years in prison. >>> an ocean city hotel may be infested with legionnaire's disease. three people who stayed at the prim plaza hotel got sick with a severe form of namen -- pneumonia a week after they were there

d.c. this morning. >> police are on the lookout for three suspects after a deadly shooting in southeast d.c. shots were fired near a metrobus on alabama avenue. the suspect was shot in the face and later died. we have a crew on the scene and will have more details as soon as. >>> falling more breaking news from prince george's county. police discovered a body inside a burning vehicle of in forestville. officers found the vehicle on fire shortly before 1:00 this morning in the 2900 block of kaverton road. the vehicle has been towed away from the scene. police and not release any information on the vehicle. >>> are other big story montgomery county says -- special-education teacher accused of sex crimes involving children. 28-year-old jeremy brown teaches at meadow hall elementary school in rockville. he solicited sex from detectives posing as teenagers in on-line chat rooms. he is also charged with possessing child pornography. he is on administrative leave from the school. none of his students were involved. >>> people living in northwest washington neighborhoods will want to know if if mor

anyone with any information is asked to kul d.c. police. >>> a show of solidarity among occupy wall street protesters here in washington. demonstrators are showing support for fellow demonstrators thousands of miles away. they held a march and rally last night in the name of protesters in oakland. that's where police raided an encampment tuesday in a chaotic scene. at one point, protesters got in the way of police who took down a flag someone placed on a statue. >>> right now, police in oakland are keeping police out of that plaza they cleared. protesters will not allowed to demonstrate there, but not be allowed to spend the night. a protest group says police fired the projectile that hit him. >>> in new york, protesters clashed with police. the protesters marked to city hall where they broke into several small groups and took off in different directions. some of those smaller groups were seen running through the streets and disrupting traffic. >>> the congressional budget office from 1997 to 007, income from america's top 1% nearly triple

i'm pleased with our relationship with the police in d.c. >> reporter: as the clock ticked down to then of their demonstration permit, protesters learned they could stay for up to four months. u.s. park police said they would have to share their space with other events. rec and his wife traveled from their home in hawaii and plan to stay as long as they can. >> we got here on the 5th. we have been here the 6th, 7th, 8th, every day. and we're going to stay. we're marching -- we're not marching. we're going to the capitol tomorrow. there is a plan for something. >> reporter: the protesters represent a variety of anti-war and anti-corporate issues. >> in 2010 there were 30,000 climate refugees in asia alone and hundreds of thousands of people died from climate related issues. >> i think it is giving them more time to go on with their protest on corporate america. >> washington is unique that as the center of the nation's government it is experienced at hosting demonstrations, protests and other large events. there have been no complaints from surrounding businesses but that could change a

they said they came to pay tribute to one of the world's most innovative leaders. >>> d.c. police investigating an accident involving one ever their officers. it happened last night around 10:00. an officer driving in an unmarked police cruise are hit a pedestrian. the victim suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive. so far, no word on exactly what caused the accident. >>> prince george's county police also trying to determine if the same man is behind two assaults on two metro passengers. they both happened in the early- morning hours near the suitland station within the last two weeks. each time, the suspect dragged a woman across the street to an abandoned building. he sexually assaulted one of them. another broke free and got away. >>> jury deliberation will resume today in the trial of a virginia woman accused of throwing her granddaughter to her death last year. defense attorneys say carmela de la rosa was insane when she threw the two engineered from a sixth floor pedestrian bridge at a tysons corner mall. >>> a real life guitar hero up next. he didn't use his g

. >>> it appears 300 new d.c. police recruits are coming just in the nick of time. authorities say the force loses 15 veteran officers every month to retirement. this is the first recruiting class in more than a year. police chief cathy lanier is hoping to have 3900 officers on the streets next year. some of the recruits we spoke with say they're ready to make a positive impact. >> i began thinking well, to help fight crime. actually, my father is a police officer here. >> starting pay for d.c. police officers is about $49,000 a year. >>> today, president obama will be in dallas. it is his latest effort to push his $447 billion jobs plan. he's facing opposition on both sides. especially tax hikes on the wealthy. the president blames republicans on the hill saying they need to on this soon while senate republicans say it is the democrat who have been slowing things down. >> it has been several weeks since i set up the american jobs act. as i've been saying on the road, we want it back. >> why are we not considering this american jobs act unless my democrat friends dis

. >>> d.c. police need your help looking for hate and run driver who left a -- a hit and run driver who left a man severely hurt. police say the driver was in a maroon colored jeep cherokee, possibly a 2003 model. most of its front grille is missing. if you've seen that jeep or were in the area, give d.c. police a call. >>> hundreds of protesters are gearing up to spend the night near the white house. the occupy white house protest has spread well beyond wall street as frustrated crowds take their message across the country. fox 5's wisdom martin has the story from northwest. thwest. >> reporter: from freedom clashes to the white house to the chamber of commerce, protesters marched opt streets of washington d.c., make the -- on the streets of washington d.c., a mixture of people for a variety of reasons for their march. >> i'm here to protest the war in afghanistan among other things. i was going to join the army in january and started really investigating the reasons why we're over there, the reasons

stops in the area starting monday morning. >> police are checking surveillance video, including some from a nearby 7-eleven store. >>> a shooting at the d.c./maryland line this morning just before 4:00 a.m. police arrived to find a man in his cab, he had been shot, he was pronounced dead a short time later. police are still looking for a suspect and a motive tonight. >>> also tonight we're learning more about a maryland mental patient who is charged with murder again. it happened last night at the clifton t. perkins psychiatric hospital in jessup. he beat his 22-year-old roommate to death in the maximum security section of the facility. he was in jail for killing his psychiatrist in 2006. two years ago, he petitioned for release saying his mental illness had been cured. >>> three days after he was killed by libyan rebels, moammar gadhafi is expected to be buried tomorrow. his body right now is in a commercial freezer in misrata that's been open to the public for viewing. international rights groups have been calling for an investigation into how gadhafi died. rebel forces also claim they have captured one of gadhafi's sons today. meanwhil

if you were near that area or have seen the jeep, call d.c. police. >>> guilty, that's the verdict in a heart wrenching case in fairfax county, where a woman is going to jail for killing her grandchild. the jury returned the verdict in about five hours. carmela dela rosa stood quietly as the verdict was read. she was convicted of throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter to her death. defense attorneys had argued she was mentally ill. prosecutors said she was vengeful, trying to get back at her son-in-law for getting her daughter pregnant before marriage. outside court, both sides talked about how the verdict will likely not bring peace to this family. >> i thought the case was difficult case from both sides, and so nothing really surprises me in the jury system. i'm disappointed. >> there are no winners in a case like this. there's no joy. i'm not happy. i'm sad. we've all lost a little piece of our hearts in this thing. it's just grueling, and i can't imagine what james and kat went through. >> prosecutors had asked for a life sentence, but the jury re

. >>> d.c. police want to know who robbed and beat a man in dupont circle. the victim took a cab from the 930 club. that is when someone attacked the man and hit a woman on the head. there is no word on the severity of the injury. >>> police in montgomery county are searching for a man who attacked a woman inside her home. police released this composite picture. he entered the home and through a 56-year-old dictum on to the -- system onto the floor. she managed to fight off a man and escape. >>> police are making a rare move, offering refunds father in -- following a speed camera mistake. they fixed a glitch in bowie maryland, on high bridge road. jummy olabanji has more. >> this camera has only been up for a couple of weeks, but drivers say is doing a good job. >> it helps to control traffic a little better. >> prince george's county police found out they were doing too much. the camera caught 18 drivers and september 26, but the camera is only supposed to site drivers monday through friday, and one of the violators told police about the mixup and how bad d

11:00 this morning agents from immigration and customs enforcement in a joint investigation with d.c. police raided the market off florida ave. their target? people selling counterfeit goods. >> we're finding counterfeit purses, counterfeit clothing, including nfl paraphernalia. we found it cut its sneakers as well as fragrances. >> the market stayed open as agents searched for illegal items. this man has been selling farm goods here nearly 70 years and understands why the agency conducted the raid but wonders why they don't go after the suppliers instead of the little guys. >> why not go to new york and at the guy who brings it here by the carload? >> others were happy to see their neighbors taken away. >> we have to follow the law. >> all of these boxes behind us are filled with tough it goods that have been confiscated. they will be held as evidence until the trial for the 11 people who were arrested is resolved. then the items will either be destroyed or they can be donated to charity. the market will be open this weekend as usual. live from northeast, mark segraves, abc 7 news. >>> ther

d.c. policehing for a gunman after a deadly shooting on georgia avenue northwest and w street near howard university hospital. police say the 20-year-old victim was taken to the hospital about a block away but died. howard university hospital tells us the shooting is not related to the hospital or the school, which was celebrating its homecoming. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a cab driver in northeast washington. police found the driver in his car at anacostia and pond street just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning. at this time police are still looking for a suspect and a motive. a response vane ya county neighborhood is on the lookout for a man month tried to snatch a 9-year-old girl on polaris court. she had just gotten off the school bus on friday when she noticed a man coming towards her. he chased her a couple houses before giving up and walking away. sheriff's department plans to add extra patrols. and the redskins will try to get back in the win column this

. >> in washington, d.c. police arrested half a dozen outside the senate building. 100 went inside the building that's when police moved in the. it is all about jobs and the economy as the senate gets ready to vote on president obama's jobs proposal. karen first -- karen travers has more. >> reporter: the president hits the road today. in washington the bill faces a critical test in the senate, a test it is likely to fail. the white house has demanded quick action on the half a trillion dollar plan. >> the president: tell congress to pass this bill. pass this bill. >> reporter: senate republicans and even some democrats say it is too expensive. republicans are adamantly posed to more stimulus spending. they don't like the tax increase on the wealthiest americans that democrats added. >> if this vote doesn't succeed tonight we are going to get right at it. >> reporter: the president's record will be under fire in new hampshire tonight. the republican presidential hopefuls meet for a debate that focuses on the economy

. >> in washington, d.c. police arrested half a dozen outside the senate building. 100 went inside the building that's when police moved in the. it is all about jobs and the economy as the senate gets ready to vote on president obama's jobs proposal. karen first -- karen travers has more. >> reporter: the president hits the road today. in washington the bill faces a critical test in the senate, a test it is likely to fail. the white house has demanded quick action on the half a trillion dollar plan. >> the president: tell congress to pass this bill. pass this bill. >> reporter: senate republicans and even some democrats say it is too expensive. republicans are adamantly posed to more stimulus spending. they don't like the tax increase on the wealthiest americans that democrats added. >> if this vote doesn't succeed tonight we are going to get right at it. >> reporter: the president's record will be under fire in new hampshire tonight. the republican presidential hopefuls meet for a debate that focuses on the economy

. >>> d.c. police need your help. they are looking for the hit and run driver would left a man dead. it happened yesterday afternoon at the corner of 14th and webster in northwest. police now say this incident may have been deliberate and it is being investigated by the homicide division. police say the driver was in a marine jeep cherokee, possibly a 2003 model. most of its front grill is missing inform you were near that area or have seen that jeep, call d.c. police. >>> a serial stabbing suspect accused of attacks in our area is due in a michigan courtroom today. a pretrial hearing is set for three murders and five other attacks in michigan and is a suspect in attacks in leesburg, virginia and ohio. his lawyers had said they may pursue an insanity defense. >>> three women are splitting this year's nobel prize for peace. the liberian president, an african peace activist and a human rights activist from yemen are all sharing the peace prize. they got at ward for their nonviolent struggle to get more rights for women.

. >>> the newest rife cutes on the d.c. police force -- recruits on the d.c. police force began their first day at academy today. the 35 recruits' training lasts 28 weeks and it comes as the city is seeing a 15% reduction in the number of murders from last year. >> this is our third year with dramatic reduction in homicides. we focus on very specific things we thought were driving homicides and it's working. >> the department aims to have 3,900 officers by this time next year. right now there are about 3,800. >>> down in the newsroom with fox 5 sports director dave feldman who is just off to my side getting mic-ed up. we don't want him to be in the picture until he's ready to rock and roll and there he is. good to go? offense sputtered but a win is a win, right? >> the defense helped bail them out and here's the thing about the defense. remember the last couple years the defense has been ranked second to last in the whole league? they had 15 sacks tied with the eagles for best in the entire nfl and they had seven sacks in one game yesterday. when they have seve

>> a couple things i want to ask you tonight, in the news lately is this whole situation where d.c. police are arresting people with expired license plate tags. i think that's one of those are you kidding me kind of stories. have you put an end to this? >> that's what the law says. it really is -- hearkens back to an era when -- hearkens back to an era when we had drug dealers in the area and were trying to stop that kind of behavior. we're looking to propose legislation that will stop the arrests and look at the possibility of seizure of the vehicle, if that's warranted, or just issuing a ticket. >> how long will this legislation? is a mom out there who doesn't know her tacks are expired going to the grobe -- tags are expired going to the grocery store tomorrow going to get arrested? >> we don't want that to happen. we've said to police officers this is the direction we're going and asking police officers to use common sense judgment. >> the dedicates mlk memorial this -- the dedication of the mlk memorial this weekend and the freedom rally and march. are you stepping on the toes of the o

. >>> several people were hurt after a collision between a d.c. police cruiser and a sedan. it happened at the intersection of seventh street and alabama avenue around 5:15 p.m. there is no word yet if there were any officers hurt. the accent was relatively minor. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is undergoing intensive therapy over the next two weeks to help her in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. the therapy is taking place in asheville, north carolina. she will be working with the same terrorist she had been working with in houston texas. she was shot last january. she has not yet decided if she will run for reelection next year. >>> an explosive new biography on the life of late apple's found -- apple founder steve jobs. it was written by walter isaacson appeared he had unprecedented access to jobs including conversations with him several weeks before he died. in an interview tonight, he says that jobs was highly driven. he did not always have good relationships with the people he worked with. >> he was not the world's greatest manager. in fact, he coul

d.c. police and fire are not on the specifics of the accident. woman was taken to hospital. new at 11:00, >>> new at 11:00, a man is dead after he crashed tree while pursued by police. it was on route 100 near capt. pasadena. he tried to pull the over but the truck did not stop. the investigation is ongoing. >>> jury deliberations will resume in the case of a killingher accused of granddaughter at tyson's corner mall. the judge handling the case to jury. ofmela de la rose is accused her granddaughter from pedestrian bridge. the murder was fuelled by hate and revenge. attorneys say she depression and not distinguish between right and wrong. >>> something more uplifting, toperatures are starting after a fall day. fantastic is right. in store for tomorrow? ryan is a busy in the weather centerre tracking what you can expect. >> women attacks in maryland. were there targeted? a live report when we return. >>> an alert after two women are sexually assaulted. it happened on silver hill road a short distance from the metro station. gonzaleses live with the story that every woman need

that's according to d.c. police documents which say rashad slye of southeast washington got into an argument with a cab driver over the weekend. authorities say 40-year-old domingo enrique was shot and killed after slye refused to pay an additional 75 cents. >>> rick perry's campaign needs a re-boot and he thinks his new tax plan and new hires and new strategy in iowa will work. a new cbs poll said herman cain is in the lead nationwide but danielle nottingham reports a large number of republican voters still have not decided who to support. >> reporter: gop presidential hopeful rick perry is counting on his new tax plan to help turn his campaign around. he's rolling out a proposal that calls for a flat tax rate, lower corporate taxes and private retirement accounts for social security. in addition to his tax plan, perry has past campaigns to advise him and launching a tv ad list in iowa. republican strategists say the approach is on target. >> he has a lot of money, very experienced national advisors, but governor p

d.c. policere hoping surveillance video will give them some answers to a murder aboard a metro bus. investigators say these two men were caught on the bus' surveillance video. they're considered persons of interest in the murder of 22-year-old demetrius thompson. it happened at the intersection of alabama avenue and 23rd street southeast. thompson's family said things were just looking up for him when this tragedy struck. >> he had dreams. he was a teenage father, and all he wanted was to take care of his family. >> police are now looking for the two men from the surveillance video. if you have any information, please contact d.c. police. >>> a judge sentenced to schedule a prince william county couple in january after they admitted to barricading their three young children in a room. christina moore and michael roby pleaded guilty to child abuse and child neglect. they nailed drywall across their door in march because they needed a break. the children were 4, 2, and 2 months old at the time. pro