she knew dickerson ad murdered another man shaun thomas. as part of the deal he agreed to take police to where he buried her but when he arrived here nothing looked the same. dickerson pointed where he thought she was but nothing was found. >> so many people say do you think he is telling the truth? i think he is telling the truth or probably done the best he could. >> reporter: the night dickerson bur buried her he had another man with him, he said this is where he buried him, a hundred yards from hr dickerson said. people who lived here in the time said this road was widened since then and there is some fear her remains may actually underneath the road. dc police will be back here tomorrow to continue digging, thomas wind born will be there with them. >> and the heart break continues for the family. thank you. >>> in exchange for his plea dickerson was given a 15 ye sentence with no parole. the charge of killing shaun thomas was dismissed. >>> on top of breaking news. no montgomery crews on the scene of a serious car accident. that's a li

michael dickerson agreed to l police down and show them where he buried her. he agreed to that in october. police were hoping at the time that dickerson would walk into the woods and point to the location but that didn't happen. what they did was brought bucket loaders and other vehicles and dug a very large area along old fort road but didn't come up with her remains. ten months later now they are back to a different location. they are here in a location where an accomplice that night, she said she was buried here, at one hundred yards further up the road from where dickerson said. >> this is hazy memory or they believe one more? >> reporter: they are liking what shields said and the reason why is he was asked just a few years after she was killed. he admitted being involved at that time. he led them right here to this area and they did search this area ten years ago but didn't find her. the reason why they are back flow is they are dig age little deeper. trying to see if they can find her. >> paul wagner. any new details tonight at ten. >>> up next, a footba

because he feared she was talking to she new dickerson had murdered another man sean thomas. as part of the deal dickerson agreed to take police to the exact location where he buried her. when he arrived here, nothing looked the same. dickerson pointed to where he thought she was but nothing was found. >> you think es he a telling -- you think he's telling the truth? i think he's telling the truth or doing the best he could. >> reporter: the night he buried her, he had an commission. in 1999 before he was murdered, this is where shields said he buried shaquita. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> the road has been widened since shaquita was killed. there's some fair her remains are actually -- fear her remains are actually under the road. >>> a rally on 24th place in southeast d.c. tonight, less than 24 hours after a shooting there, dozens of people filled the streets for e eniicethe violence rally. e y. ere shot in theop area around midnight. 19-year-old arles william kwnt hererewweree d.d. there were two other shootings overnight, one on bernie place, anton ror ree peoplwere hit al

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last year, michael dickerson admitted he killed her. >>> the man convicted of targeting elderly women in a series of home invasions will learn his fate today. he will be sentenced for 14 dharnls including first degree murder. he hog tied and bound four women in montgomery county. one of the victim died from her injuries. prosecutors are pushing for a sentence life without the possibility of parole. >>> we have a follow-up to the deadly pit bull attack. animal control officers have now euthanized two pit bulls who killed a man inside this home. the dog's owner requested that the animal be destroyed. 0-ye-old carter delaney wads found dead on monday next to the remain of a small dog. laney had been mauled to death. >>> a fairfax native facing up to 60 years in prison for aiding terror groups. he was convicted yesterday of providing material support to terrorists. the judge says the most damaged pieces of evidence were videos confiscated from him showing american targets of tax showing several d.c. landmarks. if he appeals the ruling, he will not be able to represt him swrefl again. his

and moves across the river over towards dickerson. around 28. again that's the next hour. now back to the west and these storms back to the west have weakened somewhat. we are concerned about them. pretty good rain fall from millwood. there's paris, and it's on the doorstep. rainy right now, looks like in paris and it will move off to the south and to the east and eventually towards 66 and marshall. back to the computer we go. temperatures, well it is better than it has been. 84 downtown. high was 87. 82 in frederick. look at winchester, 69. you know why? we just saw radar. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, warm, showers and storms again. 50s and 70s and by afternoon, partly sunny and warm. showers and thunderstorms. we get a break on temperatures again. high temperatures near 85 degrees. here's a look at the zone forecast for you. 84 in the planes tomorrow. 85 in oakton. and generally in the mid 80s downtown. low 80s by the bay. the next seven days, showers and storms, we have a chance for a storm saturday, sunday, and monday. temperatures are inching back up. up around 90

chris dickerson can't make the play. adam dunn scoots home. the reds fall asleep. they lob the ball into the infield and willingham heads up races home. here comes the throw. it's high. willingham crashes into the catcher, safe at the plate. the natsake a 5-4 lead on a heads up play. bottom of the ninth. mike mcdougal on to close it out and he does. strikes out joey vatto to end the game. >> josh is just a ballplayer, you know. he hit what might have been earlier one of the best balls he's ever hit in his life. just a great at-bat against a guy that was pitching us tough. and then totally other extreme, the base running, the aggressiveness that he showed there. heads up play. just, you know, you can't teach that. that was all him. and just -- you know, he's been doing a lot of great things for us. that's just another one that he did. >>> the orioles give up nine runs in the 13th inning and the angels win it 17-8. ouch. this morning at redskins park, a fight or a brew ha ha if you will broke up during practice between wide receiver marco mitchell and deanglo hall. h

her boyfriend at the time, michael dicerson add -- dickerson admitted to the killing in exchange for telling them what they know. >> that is something that you know about that. >> the spring valley neighborhood where works, they are coming to the hot out there after the dangerous chemical agent mustard was found. twice, they left, but they had to return because, well, more ammunitions were found. >> that just goes on and on, the truckload. >> the congresswoman, they say that the latest discovery is a good thing. >> we want this kind of digging. we don't want to find it after they are gone. >> to ensure that everything is clean and they are investigated, identified, removed, remediated. so that there is no rib for the environment. >>> now, onto whenth atattack enpp. the officials, they have put out the warning on the lookout for those stinging insects. today, a nest of yellow jackets, affecting at least 20 children in the woodland trail. these 14 kids from the girls and boys club, they are taking a trail of that when they were stunk. they will now close the trail now #á down, determin

chris dickerson can't make the play. adam dunn is going to score. the reds, they fall asleep on the play. they lob the ball in the infield and willingham races home. here comes the throw. it's high. willingham crashes into the catcher, safe at 1 atple. the p. the nats take a 5-4 lead on a heads up play by willingham. mike macdougal up to close it out. picks up his 13th save of the season. nats win 5-4. they've now won three in a row. >>> baltimore, jeremy guthrie and the os face the angels. top of the first. singles through the right side. here comes juan rivera. nick mar kay sis cokakis coming throwing. safe. matt weeders just misses him and rivera gets a hand in there. sneaky. angels take a 3-0 lead. top of the third. the angels pour it on big time. rivera at the plate with two runners on, hits one to left. nolan reimold tracking it. it just gets over the wall for a three-run homer. it's rivera's 19th homer of the year, capped a nine run inning. the angels crush the os 17-8 in extras. nascar, on the trash in michigan today it was heartbreak for ji

top of the 8th, pinch hitter ryan zimmerman with two on and two out, the blooper to rightfield, dickersonives but can't make the catch. adam dunn scores. willingham beats the throw home to score the game winning run. until thes beat the reds 5-4. they take the last three of the four game series. >> i just rounded third base and i wasn't thinki about scoring but i saw the second baseman or shortstop lob the ball and i don't know why or how, i just took off. just kind of something instinctive that i did and it turned out good for us. >>> orioles hosting the angels. top of the 11th, tied 8-8. torii hunter with the bases loaded. he lines out to brian roberts who throws to first for the double play to end the threat. top of the 12th. still 8-8. angels with the bases loaded and izturis grounding and the throw home for one and another double play. top of the 13th. the birds not so lucky. the range hes would score -- the angels score 9 runs. a double off the wall in rightfield. archings with 23 hits pound the orioles in the 13th. i'm dave feldman. back yo out y ouoguys. > weare back tonight at 10

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michael dickerson is serving a 15-year sentence for her murder. her body has never been found. the search will take place in fort washington, maryland, an area combed over before. it's expected to last at least day. >>> president obama hitting the road to defend his health care plan. >> this is not about putting the government in charge of your health insurance. we're not talking about cutting medicare benefits. i'm not promoting a single pair plan. >> after days of town hall tensions, the president held a meeting of his own to sell the program. president told a largely friely new hampshire crowd he's no big spender. mr. obama said he won't sign a bill that adds to the federal deficit. he also fired back at g.o.p. critics. many of them complained the president's proposal is too expensive. meanwhile support may be fading. a rasmussen poll found 42% of voters favor the plan, that's down 5% in two weeks. the president hold twos more meetings on friday -- hold twos more meetings on friday. >>> expect more fireworks at this meeting tomorrow afternoon. ben cardin will try it again ho

john dickerson says the president made a gamble, it hasn't paid off. >> the president seized control of congress, that means he gave up control of the message and also gave up control of the clock. he wanted the senate and house to be done by the august recess and now they're not and that's because of the original strategy the white house picked. >> reporter: the president has two more town halls on health care reform later this week, in colorado and montana. the white house says tickets will be available to the public, which means the president might finally see that information roche us anger over health care reform face to face. >> couric: to be continued. thanks, chip. now at that town meeting president obama accused critics of making false claims about health care reform. for one thing, he said it would not, quote, pull the plug on grandma because we decided it's too expensive to let her live any more. so where did that idea come from? here's cheryl atkinson. >> reporter: at town hall meetings around the country, accusations are flying about so-called end of life care for senior

last year michael dickerson admitted killing her in 1996. made a deal to lead police to her body in exchange for a lighter sentence. so far he hasn't been able to pinpoint the location. >>> tiffney holsey disappeared two weeks ago. >> reporter: brian, why they are still waiting on an awption report for confir -- autopsy report for confir make, her family is praying for some kind of closure. that body was found in a oded area on m street and it still has not been officially identified but the family of tiffney is sure it's her. they held a candlelight vigil just a few weet feet away. -- few feet away. she was last seen leaving her home on w street southeast on july 24. then last friday that body was found in the wooded area. >> really caught me really off guard, you know, because i thought it was just -- she was just over a friend's house, you know. i didn't think it was going to turn out to be like this. >> we're just trying to deal with this so we can start the healing process. >> reporter: at this point police have not made a positive i.d.

cbs's john dickerson has more. >> reporter: with members of congress hearing firsthand from their constituents, president obama says he thinks the khans for health care reform will improve, but he may be the only one. >> when people are out of washington, that is the most precarious time for this legislation. and so the president's going to have to stay connected. he can't afford to lose one day. >> reporter: former senator tom daschle would know. he tried to get president clinton's health care bill through congress in the early 90s. so did pollster stan greenburg. >> we're at a tipping point. we're at a moment where we have finally reached a point where there's some progress in the congress but the public's right at the edge. >> reporter: that's because there are five bills, thousands of pages of different policies. the public is, understandably, confused, but the president may have no one to blame but himself. >> you will pass and i will sign >> reporter: mr. clinton dictated terms to congress and failed. mr. obama took the opposite approach. >> one of the approaches that i've tried to take

theyhink the body is behind me in a blanket because dickerson said he put it there with a friend.le to find it and think're giving it another effort today. this is about the fifth time they've mounted the search in the woods. i saw a backhoe also and that could be a point of optimism. she's been missing for 13 years now. >>> thank you, john. >>> your health insurance should be there for you when it counts. not just when you're paying premiums, but when you get sick. >> as president obama is calling on support for his health care plan in new hampshire. the reception at the meeting was cordial and he fended off the republican opponents. he's not able to dodge the aarp. they said he assumed they endorsed his organization. today, there will be a meeting in hagerstown, maryland. of [ indiscernible ] protestors took aim at spector and another senator stood before an angry crowd recent rich polls show that support the dropping. >>> chris dodd's prostate surgery is a success. he's resting comfortably this morning. he had his prostate removed yesterday. he'll be in the hospital for a few d

bell disappeared in 1996, and her old boyfriend, dickerson, admitted killing her and took a pl ea deal. past searches have turned up nothing. we'll have more updates as we get them into the news room. >>> and the other big story is a chemical has been found in a d.c. residential neighborhood. >> the army corp of engineers has been attempting to clean fo now. that area is now a residential neighborhood called spring valley. yesterday the corp reveale that the workers came across a small amount of toxic chemical, more on the story. >> reporter: the house there in upper northwest d.c. was not occupied. an army corp of engineers team had been working in the yard for a time. in august, they came across a container that had a solid substance. since the whole area was used for ammunition and chemical weapons, they sent it out for testing. and it was a container for mustard gas. >> did they notify anybody? where was it? how did it get there and where did it go? we're talking about that type of gas. >> reporter: the spokesperson says they didn't sound an alarm and they believed the public was n

brian dickerson is serving a 15- year sentence for her murder. >>> in fairfax county, police have made an arrest in a break- in and attack on a 14-year-old girl. police say sill verter bu left na broke in and attacked the teenager while she was sleeping earlier this movement the girl screamed and the suspect ran. he is charged with burglary and abduction. >>> police have released the timothy mcveigh a man killed by two pit bulls on monday. he is 20-year-old carter delaney. autopsy volts show the dogs bit him repeatedly including a fatal bite to the neck. -- autopsy results show the dogs bit him repeatedly including a fatal bite to the neck. >>> check out this video. a hiker fell and broke his ankle near shenandoah national park yesterday. he was alone but did have a cell phone and called for help. a rescue team came to help him. >>> this morning, the world is remembering the life and legacy of eunice kennedy shriver. >> the sister of president john f. knedy and senator ted kennedy passed away yesterday morning at a hospital in cape c. statements have been pouring inc from around the wo

chris dickerson couldn't handle the catch. dunn scored and then willingham caught the reds sleeping and took off for home scoring the winning run. the nats win 5-4. >>> this morning, american sports fans are learning the name ye yang because he is the winner of this year's championship and he pulled off one of the biggest upsets against tiger woods. he had a rough back nine missing a putt on 17. he bogeyed going to six under. yang had a fantastic day. the south korean birdie the putt to win. he is the first asian-born player to win a major tournament. >> i played well enough to win the championship but did not putt well enough to win the championship and didn't get it done on the greens and consequently i didn't win the tournament. i was a bad day at the wrong time and just the way it goes. >> reporter: early on it seemed as if tiger or patrick hairington would bring home the cup but both blew it. tiger shot a 75 and hairington a 78. >>> the redskins got back to work after the kings disappointing preseason start. the shutout m

michael dickerson who you just saw is serving a 15-year sentence for bell's murder.nce part of a plea teal to help investigators locate her body. metro has had a few rough week after the deadly crash in june. we are finding out a worker drove the train with too many cars on it and the worker tested positive for drug and is now suspended without pay. three other workers got temporarily reassigned including two supervisors and a train operator. none of them tested positive for drugs. >>> today, president obama will present 16 people with mechanic's high of the civilian honor. the 2009 presidential medal of freedom. for the individuals who have worked as agos of change in fields such as sports, arts, medicine, science, public policy. among this year's recipients, steven hawking, ted kennedy. sydney oitier and harvey milk. >> very good. great list there. >> we have rain coming our way? >> a couple little showers out there right now. >> nothing big? >> not yet. maybe later on today, we could see more significant activity. let's take a look. we'll show you what is going on

herself-confessed killer, michael dickerson says he buried her there two years ago. police from prince georges and the district went with cadaver dogs, helicopters and forensic experts to fin the body. both times they found nothing. >>> police investigating the murder after popular acupunct e acupuncturist in annandale say the suspect may have been caught on tape. 53-year-old chung was found dead inside of her home based clinic on hummer road here last month. surveillance video from a camera on the restaurant next door shows a black car pulling up to the clinic and someone running away up the driveway. investigators believe the vehicle is a black infinity suv. >>> madison square garden, the owner of the famed new york city arena, with the same name could open shop in the district. the company has been talking with d.c. planning and economic office and landowners. they want to open a major entertainment venue with at least 6,000 seats. madison square garden already own the new york knicks, radio city music hall and rockettes. an office group got lucky on their first t

. >> the boyfriend, michael dickerson apologized when he was sentenced this past january. investigators say he has cooperated in the search for her remains. authorities plan to search the area once again tomorrow. >>> stashing your valuables when you park your car is a good idea and if you park in silver spring, police want to make sure you don't forget. that's the name of a new campaign by the montgomery county police. officers were called to nine different silver spring public garages 56 times la prmonth. 17 of those were in the garage at 1315 east west highway. but it turned out that just 20 of those were for vehicle thefts. police say make sure you take down your gps, your mp3 players, your satellite radios, anything that would tempt someone to break into your car. >>> sky 9 flew over the scene of a house fire in the white oak section of silver spring today. no one was hurt, but about 75 firefighters were called to the scene to put out the flames. it all happened this morning on symphony woods drive. investigators say two propane tanks were burning, but it is not clear

john dickerson joins us with more on the numbers. good to have you. there is talk about whether or not the president should be seeing a bump in his ratings because of this economic news. does he deserve that increase in his approval rating. is he responsible for the good news? >> in this good news that came out for the white house yesterday, independent economists said the numbers would have been worse if it was not for the recovery act. the president can turn to that and say here's my program and it is helping. so those poll numtrsha t came in before the good news about the gross domestic product may change because of that and the cash for clunkers program looks like it work and something people can point to that is paying off. maybe those will help him. the big question is what happens next quarter. >> we saw the numbers too and comparison down 10% since april. if there is maybe a little bit on the horizon that could help him, but we need to be cautious, where is he losing the people that the numbers are dropping like this? >> he had a lot of troubl

her self-confessed killer, michael dickerson, claims to have buriied bell's body there. with mixed emotions her stepfather said he's more hopeful about the prospects of finding something. >> when they find her, it's going to be pretty sad to see them pulling her up out of the ground and all, but the closure and the grave site to go to, put flowers will be joy. it will be joy. >> this was the third time such a large search effort has been coordinated to search the area for bell's body. >> it's official. plans to build a marriott hol across the -- from the washington convention center have now been approved. d.c. mayor adrian fenty signed off on the deal last night. the 14-story building will be built at 9th street and massachusetts avenue northwest. construction of the 1,100 room hotel is expected to begin in october. city officials hope the new ortel will draw moreheiss it v an d conferences to washington. >>> day,ree' w connecting you with mayor nty. he'll join us live here in the studio this morning at 6:45. >>> coming up on "news 4 today," the latest town hall meeting

last year her boyfriend michael dickerson admitted he killed her back in 1996. he promised to lead police to her body in exchange for a sentence of 15 years. so far he hasn't been able to point out that location. >>> the hunt for a missing d.c. mother may be over. tiffany holsey disappeared nearly 3 weeks ago. over the weekend a body was founin a wooded area off m. street a block from where her father lives. they say the victim was wearing the same type of clothes and had the same tattoo. so far officials have not released an official cause of death or id. >>> and now more on the pit bull attack this week. on carter delanie was found dead inside a home next to the remains of a small dog. he had been malled to death. >>> the man convicted of terrorizing elderly women will be sentenced for 14 charges, including first-degree murder. he hog tied and bound four women in montgomery county between september of 2007 and september of 2008. one victim died from injuries. prosecutors are pushing for life without the possibility of parole. >>> federal officials investigatin

of charlie against chris dickerson. that was old uncle charlie for you.s. his 14thse homer of the year. also leads all rookies in it homers. lastings mill idge. got to be the uniforms. his second of the year. the pirates win 5-2. coming out wearing the same unis tomorrow. maybe they do. miikka owings 0-4. cincinnati in a free fall, 17 of 23. they have now lost, the reds lose to the pirates he will jump out of the spot. little league world series. statten island, in mercer island, washington. how you doing? that's a two-run shot to right center. 3-0 to new york. he wins this one, 10-2. mayor bloomberg, the new york city mayor was at the game. meanwhile we've got warner robins in iowa. justin>> joe. that's a solo shot. we're tied at 2. georgia now up in the fourth. bases empty, tray maddux. his second of the day. georgia goes d on to win 11-3. tiger woods entered the barclays next week. the number one golfer plans to play in all four fedexcup events for the first time. a new points system means players lose ground if they take a week off. woods will be the

. >> buck: ryan church, chris dickerson, all coming out of the university of nevada. >> gary: the count at three balls and two strikes. mickolio trying to finish this game up. he was at columbus, triple-a. 24 games as a catcher. sometimes in left field and sometime at first base playing in columbus. three ball, two strike count. he made his major league debut this year. that will be fouled become and it stays 3-2. he has had 97 at- bats at the major league level with the indians. the orioles putting big innings together. the inned yaps had a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second when the orioles tied it up. that ball to center field. andino will play that one on a couple of hops. that is robert andino in center field. >> buck: that is just his second time in his career he has played at center field. he played actually six innings for the florida marlins coming on as a defensive replacement. he had to g out there after felix pie, the starter, injured his leg. he got up and ran the bases and had to give in to that leg injury. >> gary: here is peralta just after he moved over that way. it w

dickerson.most telling statements of the gse impact on the entire mortgage market came for me from of former freddie mac employee who mentioned that the executives at the company understood that when they began purchasing jet and mortgage-backed securities based on the sub prime and alt a mortgages they were sending a clear message to the market that these were in fact safe investments. if the monopoly that controls most of the market is now going out and buying does from countrywide it is a message to the market that these have been analyzed. as you know prior to that time fannie and freddie races of the known for buying more conservative conforming loans. so when they began purchasing job of mortgage-backed securities it was a clear deviation. do you believe the executives understood the message they were sending when they began to invest in junk mortgages, and especially at such a large-scale? >> well, they weren't investing in private label securities that had seven prime kamal today, option