meeting with the family who would feel the impact if the county went off the fiscal cliff. >> delia goncalves is live from the capital with more. obviously the middle class will be hit pretty hard. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. while lawmakers are here battling out these issues on capitol hill, the president is hitting the road talking to families like the santanas in falls church about the fiscal cliff. the santanas, a family living with older parents say they stand to see their taxes go up by $4,000 if congress does not act now. the cliff would essentially mean the expiration of the bush era tax cuts. and that includes benefits to the middle class. everyone here on the hill agrees those families should be spared, but the president wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. republicans oppose the hike saying it would further hurt our economy. in the meantime, the president is also playing hardball on the debt ceiling. obama wants the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling to be lifted allowing for more government money to pay off medicare and tax refunds. he says without a res

delia goncalves is live. are police filling in any more details yet, delia? >> reporter: details are sketchy at this point, still very early on. police aren't telling us a whole lot of information but we do know at 5:45 this morning, that barricade situation came to a peaceful end. the armed suspect we're told was rushed to the hospital for, quote, evaluation. we don't know much more beyond that, but we can tell you no shots were fired and that the weapon has been recovered. police are not telling us much more but take a look at the scene. you can see it's clearing now at this point. the area around the avery park apartments reopened to traffic. you can see that some morning commuters are heading for work. residents who were evacuated from their homes are now beginning to return to their homes. police, though, still investigating. we know this started around 10:30 last night. this suspect hold up in that apartment for more than seven hours. it started at 10:30 when police were trying to serve an arrest warrant. not much detail but we can tell residents that t

delia goncalves has the exclusive ridealong with park police and this was really interesting. >> reporter: you know, when i spoke to park police during the day, they said these are the signs and this is what we see. we literally saw it all on the roads when we were out with them. this is the holiday season and so certainly very busy for them. unfortunately, when you take a look at this video, it is rare but it does show us just how widespread the problem of drinking and driving is on our local roads. ♪ we first met park police sergeant during the day. >> it's like i say to everybody it's a front row seat to the greatest show on earth. >> reporter: he said his best work at night. so he invited us out friday night to bw parkway. >> we're stopping people that have alcohol levels that are on average a .16 which is double the legal limit. >> reporter: the shift starts off slow for the trained drug recognition expert. >> these tags are not legit. >> reporter: but officers never know what to expect when they pull over that next car. >> when you start reaching in the backseat i don't know what yo

in northeast washington, delia goncalves, 9news. >> today also marks the start of the busiest week of online shopping. >>> thousands attended the lighting of the national menorah last night just down from the christmas tree on the ellipse. sunday marked the first full day of hanukkah which began saturday at sundown. the national hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony was first held in 1979. >>> an amazing game at fed ex field yesterday. the ravens were in town to visit the redskins. well today everyone is talking about rg3's game-ending injury. he was hit in the knee by a ravens defender. well, rg3 walked off the field and cea back for consume of -- and he came back for a couple of plays but eventually he had to be helped off the field. backup are quarterback kirk cousins would replace him. cousins connected with pierre garcon in the end zone. cousins would score on the two- point conversion. he ran the ball down to the end zone to tie the game. the redskins eventually won 31- 28. and we've just learned that the raishens offensive -- ravens offensive coordinator cam cameron has been fired

park police officers invited our delia goncalves to ride with them. ♪ >> reporter: we first met parkolice sergeant adam zeh lynn ski during the day. >> it's like i say to everybody it's a front row seat to the greatest show on earth. >> reporter: he says the greatest work is at night. so he invited us out friday night to bw parkway. >> we're stopping people that have alcohol levels that are on average a .16. which is double the legal limit. >> reporter: the shift starts off slow for the trained dug recognition expert, awarded for his record dui arrests. >> these tags are not legit. they're fake tags. >> reporter: but officers never know what to expect when they pull over that next car. >> we start reaching into the backseat i don't know what you're reaching for dude. let me make sure i see your hands at all times. >> reporter: as the night progresses. >> i'm not a bad person. i don't have a record. i haven't been convicted or anything. >> dude you're killing me man. you have an ankle bracelet and everything like that. >> reporter: police find the drunk drivers they know are out there

we'll send it back to you. >> delia goncalves there live on the ellipse. of course, it's a three-week ceremony so you can go down and see what's happening till january 1. >> that is true. >>> district officials say they are now calling an early morning fire an arson. this is in the 1700 block of minnesota avenue in southeast. the fire they say was caused by gasoline and occupants in the four units are now in temporary housing. >>> here we go. america is now one day closer. we're talking about this every day about the fiscal cliff and yet major players are still not sitting down to talk. >> but there was some encouraging news yesterday. president obama and house speaker john boehner did speak on the telephone. right now, though, there's no evidence any future negotiations are scheduled. a new poll by the associated press shows 48% of those asked support letting tax cuts expire january 1 for those earning more than $250,000 a year. but extending them for everyone else. >> just 32% think the cuts should be extended across the boards. >> at 6:37 rchtion it's t

delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more on that this morning. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. mike, andrea, it appears we were here live on capitol hill just two weeks ago talking about a compromise. remember that? well, now we're back and it seems that those talks that had so much promise, well, they seem they've come to a screeching halt. now congress people are pointing the finger among increasing pressure to strike a deal before the january 1 deadline. they're now blaming each other for stalling talks that could send us off a fiscal cliff. in a surprise visit to a falls church family, the president emphasized he will refuse to sign a bill that does not raise taxes on the wealthy but republicans say that's a deal breaker. his stance they say proves the president is not interested in striking a balanced deal, simp in spending more and raising the debt ceiling. but the president says his main concern is certainly the middle- class families of america. he does not want to burden them with the potential $2,000 a year hike in taxes.

delia goncalves is live near the scene to try to give us more details on why they're doing this. delia? >> reporter: the barricade situation has been ongoing in adelphi for several hours. we're here live off new hampshire avenue in the area of oak view drive. you can see lots of s.w.a.t. team members are out here and here to explain how this all started at 10:30 i'm told is corporal maria mckenny with prince george's county police. this all started at 10:30 you said with an arrest warrant. let's start from the very top. >> shortly before 10:30 yesterday evening, prince george's county police officers responded to the 8100 block here in adelphi, maryland to assist u.s. marshals who were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on an individual. once the officers got on scene and shortly thereafter, a barricade was called. >> reporter: we know that every one in the area is safe. we don't believe that the suspect at this point is holding anyone hostage. you were explaining that other people have been evacuated? >> that is correct. individuals who have been affected, who are at the targe

delia goncalves has been working on the story, really interesting. she gave me a sneak peek of the video yesterday. >> reporter: it's incredible video and all morning long we're going to introduce folks to what park police are doing this weekend to kind of crack down on this kind of activity. but these myths i didn't make them up. and i'm not breaking the myths let's just get that straight. these are coming from trained experts within the park police. the first myth? drinking on an empty stomach will get you more drunk. we all think so. well, that's wrong. and those drinking water in- between each cocktail, police say it will only make your hangover worse the next day. park police sergeant adam zalinsky is part of a specialized traffic unit made up of a small group of highly trained officers in the park police. the drug recognition experts or dres will be on patrol this weekend and are on a mission to keep your party off the road. we'll get back to that myth about drinking on an empty stomach. well, the sergeant says drinking and eating at the same t

delia goncalves has more on the festivities. >> reporter: more than 20,000 lucky lottery winners are expected to attend tonight's free celebration to officially kick off the holiday season. ♪ >> reporter: the stars are in d.c. to deck the halls. >> i heard the president and his family will be standing next to us. then i got a little nervous. but i think it will be fine. we'll see. >> reporter: but the real star of the show, the national christmas tree. >> one storm blew through. our last tree served our country very well for 32 years. we have a great deal of confidence through the national park service that this tree will be here for many decades. >> reporter: this year's ceremony offers a whole new perspective with the white house has its backdrop good it is my great honor to introduce the family that came all the way here from right over there. >> reporter: the program hosted by cbs' own kneel patrick hair -- own neil patrick harris kicks off a month-long celebration on the ellipse featuring 56 trees for each state, territories and d.c., plus santa's workshop. after you stroll thro

delia goncalves has more. >> reporter: in the darkness it was a hit and run, two brothers struck, one dead, but as detectives dig deeper, they discovered their victim was murdered. >> montgomery county's major investigation section with the collision reconstruction unit are investigating this as a homicide. >> reporter: police find the suspect's car blocks away abandoned and heavily damaged. in the light of day more details emerge. the 54-year-old male survivor tells police he and his 34-year- old brother hitched a ride from folks in the black honda civic. they were dropped off and while the men were walking in the 200 block of west diamond, the same car came barreling down the road hitting them and killing the 34-year-old. >> i haven't seen anything like this walking to work. it was a surprise. i was curious what was going on. it sounds terrible. >> reporter: the investigation shut down several blocks around west diamond avenue for eight hours. the avalon school was closed for the day. >> i saw the body over there, but it's kind of scary. i'll tell you that. >> reporter: as police aw

delia goncalves, 9news. >> d.c. area police will have increased patrols this weekend into the new year's. if you've had too much to drink and need a safe ride please call 1-800-200-taxi. fares under $30 are free. >>> sky 9 was over a nasty wreck this morning on rockville pike around 10:30 this morning. investigators say the driver of a volkswagen crossed the median and continued driving, crashing into on coming cars. a total of six people were injured. one person was hospitalized with potentially life- threatening injuries. four others were also taken to the hospital. traffic was rerouted while the road was shut down for the cleanup and investigation. no word on possible charges. >>> a calm, cool 911 dispatcher. a desperate mom's prayer on facebook, and the power of love and friendship. all of that came together to pull a hyattsville man back from the brink of death avenue tried to take his own life. tonight, david dawson wants to help others considering suicide learn from what he has been through. only on 9, debra