so i have had -- yesterday to call the district of the mayor of columbia once again and say, i don't see any way out of a possible closedown for the district of columbia if the federal government closes down and while he found it unbelievable, after the congress now has the lowest rating in memory, that they would even consider a closedown, nevertheless he's got to take the actions of preparations that the government takes and is now taking when a closedown becomes a possibility. the home rule act gave the district control over its local laws and its local funds. with the caveat that they would pass through here and pass by. that's literally what it is. a pass-by in the congress. this has become more than a pass-by. it's become an occasion to encumber the district of columbia with the views and the laws of members of congress, not elected from the district of columbia, not responsible to the district of columbia. so the do-nothing 112th congress has no major bill to its credit, no signature to take home, but it does leave an infamous signature that it was able to bully a medium-sized

the deficit that they needed to get construction underway and that every school child in the district of columbia had contributed a nickle and some there are than that and to make up the 12,000 deficit, they were asking every resident of the district of columbia to donate one more dollar and they were going to call it dollar day so that everyone could make up the $12,000 deficit so the construction of the memorial could get underway in time for president hoofer to be at its dedication on armistice day in 1931. >> we can hear your passion and the plight of your organization. william brown, the president of the the organization is of the oldest inhabitants of d.c., thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >>> the capitol reflecting pool is switching hands for security reasons. "the washington post" reports the ay ticket of the capital will oversee union square and that includes the pool. it's been undernational park service control since the 1930s and a park service spokesman reportedly said the office is surprised by the transfer. >>> and well your kids may think it's fun but

duties and sacred responsibility to make justice and freedom a reality for all citizens of the district of columbiaall these years later, those who live in our city are still denied the basic rights of self-determination and representation as afforded to other americans. the district of columbia cannot approve our own local budget, our own local laws without permission from congress in which we have no voting voice. day in and day out, d.c. residents live under the yoke of injustice and ladies and gentlemen, it is time for this to end. [applause] and so, as we celebrate this momentous dedication, i implore all of you, i implore you, mr. president, i implore the members of congress, stand with the people of the district of columbia. stand with the legacy of dr. king. remove the shackles of oppression so that when americans dutifully recited the pledge of allegiance, we truly mean liberty and justice for all. [applause] and so, on behalf of the citizens of the district of columbia, let me underscore how honored we are to host our city the stunning memorial to an extraordinary man and his powerful dre

texting while driving is against the law in the district of columbia and 35 states, vicious and maryland included. but many of us still do it. >> i have a hands-fidel castro set but it stopped working like months ago. i've been meaning to replace t so times i just take to using the phone with my left hand. >> cell phone use and texting is so pervasive in our society. people are almost addicted to these devices. >> reporter: now the ntsb is recommending all 50 states and the district of columbia ban the use of cell phones entirely. >> we know that all drivers, when they're talking hand held or hands free, they are dividing their attention. it causes accidents. >> ntsb chairman says this deadly crash in missouri last euro was the last straw. investigators finding the teenaged driver of a pickup truck was at fault sending and receiving nearly a dozen text messages in minutes leading up to the pile-up. >> there is substantial evidence to suggest that any phone calling or texting from the car is a distraction. it is a dangerous distraction for the driver. >> reporter: dose councilmember jim g

so hard every single day, working with the residents of the district of columbia. >> at large council member phil mendelson declined to pay his share and planned to skip the party. chairman kwame brown said he will write a personal check for the party and said other council members are free to do the same. >>> the release of the much anticipated blackberry 10 is now on hold. cnbc's jackie deangelis joins us live it more on that story. good morning, jackie. >> many go, joe. >>> if you were thinking about upgrading your blackberry, don't count on doing it this christmas. blackberry maker research in motion says it does not expect to release the smartphone overhaul until late next year. that news combined with unsold playbook tablets and dismal christmas sales sent research in motion shares tumbling more than 6% on thursday. one thing that might appease investors, the company's co-ceos say they will take salaries of only $1 each. >>> where's the beef? literally. japan is expected to lift restrictions on u.s. beef imports which could be a $1 billion boon to the u.s. beef

investigators say the heroin was headed for new york. >>> it is the law in the district of columbia thatone must recycle, but are city inspectors going too far enforcing that law? tonight we're learning about one rather smelly case from a district resident who has been fined thousands of dollars for not recycling shredded newspapers she puts in her cat's litter box. fox 5's matt ackland has this one. reporter: several times a week patricia white shreds old newspapers and junk mail to use as a replace. for store bought cat litter. patricia believes it's better for the environment. >> i'm actually trying to do something really good for the environment by using the shredded paper in the cat box and then i get fined for it. reporter: eight times patricia has been fined more than $2,000 in total every total, all for placing the soiled paper inside her trash instead of the recycling bin. when patricia spoke to the trash inspector who wrote her the tickets, she says the inspector admitted to digging through trash cabs looking for violations. -- cans looking for violations. >> i'm sure the law i

and of course in the district of columbia. we are justifiablely angry about the d.c. appropriation rider that was again placed on this appropriation for the second year in a row. despite an energetic campaign from many of our allies, district residents as well as to eliminate this rider. i see that my good friend, mr. hoyer, has come to the floor. while there is a great deal more i want to say about this bill and how it affects the district of columbia, it is with pleasure that i yield to my good friend, the whip, such time as he may desire. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i want to join her in saying that there were some minuses in this bill. the minuses in this bill historically has been as it relates to the district of columbia that the congress has treated the district of columbia as its own possession as opposed to an independent political yours diction and has been granted home rule. and the congress ought to honor that home rule. and as we urge democracies around the world or dictatorships in the world to

right now district of columbia, mid and upper 50s. also mid and upper 50s, montgomery, fairfax, and prince george's county. for the rest of the day, sunrise at 7:12. more rain likely tonight. we'll have sunset at 4:46. a mild evening. down in the upper 50s by midnight. occasional showers through the daylight hours on wednesday. 50s in the morning, down to the upper 30s by wednesday night. by then we could have rain change over to a period of wet snow wednesday night that may accumulate on grassy areas west and north of i-95. then getting cold on thursday morning, near freezing, and then sunny thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday. each day cold. highs in the 40s. morning lows below freezing. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> crews are still working to clear the accident that has route 3 shut down in both directions between route 50 and route 450. i'm urging you to jump on route 424 to make your commute this morning. as you make your way out of urbanna, to frederick southbound on i-270, you're slow. as you

including montgomery, prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties, and the district of columbia. 33 ht on the warmer waters of the potomac, certainly compared to the air temperatures the potomac waters are warm. so are the waters of the chesapeake bay in the 40s. any little breeze off the bay makes it a little bit warmer. overall a cold and frosty frozen start this morning under a clear sky. we've got the bright moon light sparkling the frost and starting off with lots of sun this morning. sunrise at 7:18. we'll be below freezing until 8:00 or 9:00. after that, the upper 30s and 40s, and later this afternoon into the low 50s. later on tonight, clear early evening. clouds around. we'll be down in the 30s by midnight. tomorrow morning, another subfreezing start in the upper 20s. mostly cloudy wednesday, low 50s. thursday, cloudy. could get afternoon and evening showers. looks like the timing on that now. highs in the mid and upper 50s. then on friday, maybe a little sun in the morning. disturbance passing just to our south. friday afternoon and evening, late afternoon and evening might

texting while driving is against the law in the district of columbia and 35 states, virginia and marylandany of us still do it. >> i have a hands-free set but it stopped working like months ago. i've been meaning to replace it. sometimes i just take to using the phone with my left hand. >> cell phone use and texting is just so pervasive in our society. people are almost addicted to the devices. >> reporter: now, the federal agency that investigates plane and train crashes is recommending all 50 states and the district of columbia ban the use of cell phones entirely. >> we know that all drivers when they're talking hand held or hand free, they are dividing their attention. they are not focusing on the task at hand and it causes accidents. >> thes in the chairman says it deadly crash in missouri last year was last straw. investigators finding the teenaged driver of a pickup truck was as fault sending nearly a dozen text messages in the minutes leading up to the pile-up. >> there is substantial evidence to suggest that any phone call are or texting from the car is a distract. it is a dangero

district. >> she was out of town and got a call from detectives in arlington county. they told her that her car was found a few miles away in the district of columbia. police told her they have not arrested anyone yet. >> i am a little surprised. >> she says arlington detectives called her this morning and said her stolen trade support troops van has been found. witnesses told police they saw several young people running from the scene. >> it is so frustrating. >> we met her last week just one day after her van was stolen. police say a dozen other cars were either tampered with or stolen from in the same night. >> it is a surprise that we have that much of theft in this neighborhood. >> everyone is now making sure their doors are locked and nothing is left inside their cars overnight. >> we have to make sure we are looking out our windows. not allowing things to go on that we can stop. >> since the theft, people have been stepping forward, offering donations. that support motivates her to continue her mission. >> people support each other and the troops. >> arlington police say they are in the process of telling the stolen van back from the distric

right now we don't have any fog in the district of columbia and much of the area.at 42 at reagan national. that's a live picture from the city camera. there's capitol hill in the distance. looking toward the east, don't see any clouds yet. it is rather humid like it was yesterday morning. i took this photo. this is not texas. this is the wild horse and cattle country in northern montgomery county. we had quite a bit of fog yesterday morning. if you do have an interesting photo, weather or nature-wise, send it to nbcwashington.com. let's take a look at the temperatures. it's rather chilly. it's above freezing. we're generally in the mid and upper 30s from the blue ridge to the bay and eastern shore. near 40 -- near mid-40s right near the bay and the northern neck where there is some of this dense fog. it includes baltimore, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's, northern neck, eastern shore. this is in effect until 9:00 this morning. many locations have visibilities under a quarter mile. we have high clouds drifting over the region. they'll be with us off and on through

the gentlelady from the district of columbia. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i want to thank the chairman of the full committee, my good friend on the other side who is managing the bill for the committee and the chair of the subcommittee, mr. gowdy, for working closely with us on this bill so that we could get it to the floor today. i also thank the ranking member of the full committee and mr. davis, the subcommittee chair, for their very important consultation. h.r. 2297 will allow the development of the waterfront area of southwest washington, d.c., and makes technical changes concerning land owned by the district of columbia. the district has owned the southwest waterfront since the early 1960's. the legislation transferred land to the district contained constraints typical of the prehome rule period. h.r. 2297 -- excuse me -- updates that outdated legislation to allow for the highest and best use of the land. the limitations s

eisen of the district of columbia to be ambassador to the czech republic, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of norman l. eisen of the district of columbia to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the united states to the czech republic shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory. under the rule, the clerk will call the roll. mr. kerry: mr. president, i would simply ask unanimous consent before the clerk calls the roll, that before the aponte vote, there be two minutes equally divided of debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? seeing none, without any objection, it is granted. mr. kerry: i thank the chair. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 70, the nays are 16. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmat

you wet on find a statue from the district of columbia here. >> and this re-enforces we're not a partthe union. >> reporter: congresswoman eleanor holmes norton has been pushing to accept two statues from decease. one is frederick douglas, the other is the engineer who designed washington, d.c., and both statutes are ready to go and currently sit inside one judiciary square. >> that is wrong. we should have the same place in stat airy hall as every other state. >> reporter: recently, they received a partial victory when a law was introduced to allow d.c. and other u.s. territories one statute each inside the capitol. it still needs approval in the house and senate. >> and we'll take one statue. >> reporter: norton approves a move by john baehner. hoping that two other well- known d.c. statutes are penaltied inside soon. >> and they sulted, i feel that it gives us an young to approach the speaker to ask that our bill come forward. >> all right, no word when or where the winston churchhill statue will be placed inside the capitol. that will be up to the office of the architect of the ca

skinned mashed potatoes a use by date of december 20th and sold in maryland, virginia, and district of columbiase of pocket dialing orstupidity. what band of thieves did that got them arrested moments after the heist. >>> and a california man does his best santa claus impressionand this story doesn't end with gifts under the tree. we will tell you what happened when "good morning maryland continues. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> avoiding a government shutdown. did leaders in washington come up with an agreement to have the latest development coming up -- we will have the latest development coming up. >>> i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. >> he deliver the line of the night but will rick perry gain momentum in the gop race for the white house? >>> also the offensive

eastern when senators consider a judicial nomination for the district of columbia circuit. e's a procedural vote on the nomination at about noon. republicans are trying to block confirmation of the nominee. we are also likely to hear speeches about the payroll tax cut which expires at the end of the month. democrats offered a plan to extend the tax cuts and pay for it with a 1.9% surtax on people with annual incomes over $1 million. now live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, who has blessed us abundantly with inner joy and an outer supply of all good things, we're grateful for your helping us in our poor attempts to do your will. lord, forgive everything that keeps us divided, the false pride that leads from unity. give us a yearning for a life shaped and supported by a will better than our own. guide our senators during today's labors. help them know the strengthening joys of your spirit. keep them from being intimidated

the idea here is to push capitol hill to fully recognize democracy in the district of columbia. one of the supporters of this movement is the mayor, d. c. mayor vincent gray and at the same time he's finding himself in the middle of a controversy regarding policing the occupy movements. now, kristopher baumann is the chairman of the d. c. fraternal order of police. he says crime is up because of the resource problems the occupy protests have only made worse. >> as a result of pulling all those officers out of the districts and out of their neighborhoods, we've seen this increase in crime. this is on top of the fact that we're down 400 police officers. something mayor gray was responsible for as the chair of the council. >> reporter: now baumann is saying that the mayor made claims on a talk show about two weeks ago locally that the movement didn't cause any increase in crime. so he sent mayor gray a letter along with supporting documents 40 pages of documents that claim that the occupy movement is actually to blame for an increase in crime. violent crime up 13% overall crime up 1

the number of our first responders and the percentage of them that live in and around the district of columbia. >> over 40% of the fire department personnel travel 30 to 100 miles to work. >> i think it makes the department more efficient. the work force is more alert. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> it looked pretty nice outside today. too bad you can't say the same thing about how it felt. >> yeah, it was chilly. we still have the winds blowing around. still producing windchill. we are in the 40s just about everywhere. low 40s in the suburbs. mid 40s downtown. 46 at national. 41 at frederick and 43 in leesburg. 45 in manassas. winds are gusting to 23 miles per hour at national and 24- mile per hour wind gusts in leesburg or gaithersburg and 20- mile per hour wind gust in leesburg. that's driving windchills into the 30s. if you are headed outside, dress for the 30s. that's what it feels like. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy, breezy, colder. lows in the 30s. winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. we'll come back and tell you when the winds die down and if any milder air is lurking around the cor

.  >> it's the law in the district of columbia that everyone must recycle. are city inspectors going too far enforcing the law? we're learning about what rather smelly case from a district resident who was fined hundreds of dollars for not recycling shred newspaper that she puts in her cat's litter box. matt ackland has this for us. >> reporter: several times a week, she shreds old newspapers and junk mail to use as a replacement for store-bought cat litter. she believes that it's better for the environment. >> i'm trying to do something good for the environment by using the shredded paper in the cat box. then i get fined for it. >> reporter: eight times she has been fined, more than $2,000 in total. all for placing the soiled paper inside her trash instead of the recycling bin. when she spoke to the trash inspector who wrote her the ticket, she said the inspector admitted to digging through trash cans looking for violations. >> i am sure the -- and everyone needs to recycle as much as possible. digging through a trash or in this case, paper contaminated with

parts of the district of columbia too are below freezing. e view from space showing a few clouds drifting in from the west. they're now just beginning to move into northern maryland, western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, and shenandoah valley. they may hold together and drift over the metro area over the next couple of hours. sunrise at 7:08. ought to be above freezing. the frost should be melting by 8:00. by 9:00, it should be near 40. we'll have clouds in and out. lots of sun today too. highs reaching mid-50s by midafternoon. a look at your friday evening planner in about ten minutes. here's a look at the friday commute. good morning, danella. >> good morning. taking the rails, seeing delays on the orange line in both directions. unscheduled track work happening right now at dunn loring metro station. a couple of delays for you. frederick northbound route 15, approaching route 340, an accident there. police are on the scene. and another accident is on westbound i-70. the ramp to route 29 is closed due to an accident there. use cauti

. >> we try to contact the district of columbia schools about the debt -- the incident, but they did not return our phone calls before this newscast. >> thank you. more now on the story that we told you about at the top of the hour. house speaker john boehner says he expects to pass a new bill on the payroll tax that by christmas, renewing the tax break for two months. sally kidd is live in the washington bureau with details. >> it is a done deal, house republicans are backing down. they are ready to vote on a two- month extension of the payroll tax cuts. but i think our members which a good fight. -- >> i think our members waged a good fight. we are able to come to an agreement. >> it is a compromise that includes language that makes it easier for small businesses to deal with the short-term extension. >> small businesses and families are struggling. they are making sacrifices and i think this agreement will help our economy. >> house republicans were facing increasing pressure thursday after minority leader mitch mcconnell weighed in and urge them to pass a short-term fix. >> has th

and upper 20s, including montgomery, fairfax, prince george's, and arlington county and the district of columbia. and the view from face showing a clear sky. we've got clouds increasing in the west and northwest. by sunday near 4:00. and by noontime the upper 40s. by midafternoon may hit the low 50s. a look at your friday evening planner at 6:11. here's a look at traffic. >> good morning. i have report of an accident, this one in maryland, new hampshire avenue and piney branch road. i'm checking cameras in that area. i'm not seeing any major problems for you as you make your commute right now. this was a red light in there starting to flow. traffic is moving quite nicely. i'm going to keep watching this for you and see if i can find that accident on camera. i am seeing delays on i-95 in virginia. your first set of delays start out around centerville. as you make your way towards fairfax county parkway, these delays continue as you make your way on i-95. not seeing any delays on 395 north or south. now back to you both. >> thanks, danella. >>> we're waiting for word this morning on the identity o

hunger strike this morning and they won't stop until congress gives full voting rights to the district of columbia in congress. they are demanding a meeting with congressman darryl issa who chairs the committee over seeing the district. yesterday, they tried to meet senate majority leader harry reid. >>> making headline this morning, police shoot and kill a man believed to have been walking around a dietz housing complex shooting into homes. -- a d.c. housing complex shooting into homes. stacy cohan live on the scene in northeast with the latest. >> reporter: steve, d.c. police are still out here on the scene. we have part of the housing complex that is taped off as a result of this incident with this man walking around firing a gun. this all started around 7:00 last night. neighbors called police. apparently, this man was walking around shooting randomly into the air, shooting in the direction of homes, apparently at no one individual in particular and then he would put the gun away, walk around and begin firing once again. now, d.c. police did arrive on the scene. they ordered this man to put hi

imposed on the people of the district of columbia. >> surae chinn joins us live from mcpherson square park with more. good morning, surae. >> good morning. well, three occupy d.c. protesters will be removed going on this hunger strike calling for d.c. voting rights. they're asking congress and the president to give full representation in the district of columbia and full control of its budget. well, yesterday, it was all about ending corporate greed and increasing the job situation. well, hundreds of protestors also marched down all across d.c. and on k street. they marched into capital tax on constitution avenue. then they went to a lobbying firm, president clinton's former chief of staff. they then made their biggest stance on k street. they made the human chain. 62 people were arrested. >> let them do what they do. >> until we have a system where everybody gets a seat at the table and their bellies are full and their children are ed quited and their homes are secure, i will keep risking myself for justice. >> reporter: well, that's a united methodist church pastor who is from chica

the last item is in direct -- i know that chairman nolan was on this trip to the district of columbia as we talk about the advocacy efforts. there has been significant activity over the last month. more or less, meetings were conducted with the san francisco congressional delegation and key committee staff. as well as the fda being the federal transit administrator. the meetings all of firma strong and continued support for the subway project. for fiscal year 2012, the department of transportation appropriations bill was passed during the same week includes hughes start spending for projects that will receive funding grant agreements. chairman, i did not know if you wanted to add anything else. >> it was a very positive trend for san francisco. -- a very positive trenip for sn francisco. what has to happen is that the administrator has to make a decision whether to grant us the full funding agreement and it goes to the office of budget and management, then congress for 60 days. we're not looking at any real news on that until march or april. but there were meetings with congresswoman

is to push capitol hill to fully recognize the demock democracyization of the district of columbia. time gray finds himself in the middle of a controversy concerning whether crime is up as a result of pullings officers to police the occupy protests. kristopher baumann says crime is up because of the resource problem the occupy protests have only made worse. >> as a result of pulling all those officers out of the districts and out of their neighborhoods, we've seen this increase in crime. this is on top of the fact that we're down 400 police officers. something mayor gray was responsible for as the chair of the council. >> reporter: baumann also says the mayor made claims the occupy movement has not caused an increase in crime. he made those comments on a talk show two weeks ago. so, baumann sent mayor gray a letter along with supporting documents he claims proves that the occupy movement actually is contributing to the spike in crime. points out his stats, violent crime up 13%, overall crime up 10%. since the occupy movements began. now mayor gray is expected to address this issue di

. >> which is designed to begin to chip away at unemployment here in the district of columbia. we have had a -- an unemployment rate of about 11% overall. i think when we get the next data, i think we'll see some coming down of that which is good news. >> reporter: the program is open to d.c. residents only. you can register at any d.c. public library. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >> j.c., a little chilly out here. not a bad day considering it is december, temps in the 40s, even around 50. we'll take a look at the temperatures. springfield, 50. along with college park. great falls, 42. got some rain in our future. we'll look at that and looking ahead toward the upcoming weekend when 9news now at noon returns. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless compani

mid and upper 40s, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, district of columbia. we've got quite a bit of cloudiness. a few sprinkles are showing up in southern maryland, northern neck, and the lower eastern shore. those are drifting off to the east. we have a few other sprinkles way out in northern west virginia, and there's a slight chance of a sprinkle today. otherwise just a lot of clouds around. we'll stay in the 40s through the day, maybe even briefly low to mid-50s by early to midafternoon. sunrise 7:22. sunset at 4:49. a cloudy evening in the mid-40s through much of the evening until around midnight. a look at rain on the way for tomorrow, the rest of the week, and into the weekend. that will be coming up in just a couple of minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> still pretty quiet in our area. if you're traveling along i-95, we'll look at it together right now. still seeing a lot of green in both directions. cameras show the occoquan pretty light. southbound not seeing any issues for you. traveling northbound, a little volume, nothing signif

the district of columbia and then the five u.s. territories all along the pathway of peace. let's go to the computer and talk about weather for a little bit and here is the deal. live music here through january 1. weekdays 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on weekends 4:00 p.m. to 8:30. you do not need tickets 208- 1631 if you have questions. right now temps are falling like a stone in the burbs. 37 in gaitersburg but still 48 down here in d.c. we are look agent 40 in resten and 43 in college park. it's clear we are in great shape across the board. for tonight we are looking at temperatures upper 20s in the suburbs. upper 30s downtown. we will skip along to the 7 day. light winds as well with temperatures upper 20s in the burbs. a beautiful weekend coming our way a little milder tomorrow. 54. a little chillier on saturday. only about 50. we have a northeast flow but then look at sunday for the redskin game. partly cloudy near 60. 60 on monday with clouds coming in and then rain and showers on tuesday. a little cooler on wednesday and thursday. is that it from the elips. i think we

according to triple a mid-atlantic, nearly 2 million parking tickets have been written in the district of columbia over the last 14 months. triple a believes that at this pace the city will shatter the amount of parking tickets collected in fiscal year 2010, which was just over $80 million and a jump of nearly $10 million from the previous year. >> a lot is motivated by the profit margin. >> and i understand that for safety purposes that fire trucks and everything. but they're making a killing. >> our news crew found evidence of triple's claim that they're writing the tickets before the meters expire and then printing out those tickets the second that the meter runs out. and the last few months an average of 5300 parking tickets were issued each day. >>> let's turn our attention to campaign 2012. a shakeup has occurred in one campaign just days away from the iowa caucuses. and it's happening just five days before the nation's first presidential caucuses. terrell brown has more details. >> reporter: michelle bachmann hits the campaign trail in iowa without one of her top organizers. >> in 2010, i w

in the meantime, we tried to contact the district of columbia schools about the incident, but they did not return our phone calls before this newscast. >> tonight, homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in southwest baltimore. here is the scene in the 2500 block of pratt street. police found the victim just after 10:30 p.m. last night. he had been shot multiple times and later died at shock trauma. and baltimore county police are learning more about what led to a deadly stabbing in woodlawn last night. a 23-year-old was involved in a fighter around 11:30 p.m. with a group of people when officers arrived. he had been stabbed multiple times. he later died. so far, no one has been charged. >> two people are recovering from minor injuries after a fire ripped through a building. the fire crews arrived at the scene at the 3100 block of saint paul street just before midnight. they rescued several people from inside the building before bringing the fire under control. still no word on what started the fire. >> a terrible day in iraq. bombs killed at least 57 people in baghdad

she herself was a 14 year administrative law judge in the district of columbia. when she first came in the courtroom, she looked straight ahead, didn't look at anyone. as she sat down and saw dozens of supporters in the courtroom, she smiled and nodded to a few people. i think she was truly grateful for the people who showed up for her. >> john hanrahan tonight. >>> now that the virginia tech shooting. we just learned who the virginia tech gunman was involved in yesterday's shooting. he is 22-year-old ross ashley of spotsylvania, virginia. ross spent the day on the virginia tech campus. joins us live from blacksburg. i know we just got the name. you haven't been able to do digging, but what's the mood on campus and any new details? >> well, they are trying to learn what the motive was. we have a name now, hopefully we'll learn more. that's what people are asking over and over. this is a campus in mourning tonight, trying to figure out how and why this all happened. there are flags flying at half staff. that was a veteran patrol officer, deriek crouse who is a husb

. >> 35 states as well as the district of columbia ban texting while driving and this is a more sweepingn how all of this is going to be enforced if it does indeed become law? >> our recommendation is to the 50 states and the district of columbia, and we are looking for them to set good laws and have good education and good enforcement, and we know it can be effective in changing the behavior like we have seen in drunk driving and seat belt use and child restraints. >> so you have called the multivehicle accident in missouri that i referenced that happened in 2010, the big red flag that ultimately spurred this ban. why? >> well, the ntsb have investigated accidents for the last decade and we have seen loco motive engineers distracted by texts and run red signals and 25 people killed in southern california. we have seen airline pilots on the laptops not responding to the air traffic control and overflying the destinations. and on highways where 3,000 people died in distracted accidents. so we are concerned about this. it is a growing problem and it is only going to get worse. >> so when w

discrimination involving victims in more than 180 geographic markets across 41 states and the district of columbia. >> tom: bank of america agrees to pay millions of dollars to clean up a lending mess created by countrywide financial, one one of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders. >> susie: meanwhile, we're learning the housing bust was worse than thought as a key trade group says its sales count was off by about a million homes. it's "nightly business report" for wednesday, december 21. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off this week. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, four years after the housing market went bust there was a big settlement today over discriminatory mortgage lending practices. >> suzanne: tom, bank of america will pay $335 million to settle allegations its countrywide unit discriminated against minority borrowers during the housing boom. it involves black and hispanic customers who were sold higher cos

district of limoia residents have fought for the same rights for decades. >>> the census bureau says new numbers shows the district of columbia is growing faster than think state in the country. in fact, the city's population grew by 2.7% between april of 2010 and july of this year. texas, alaska and colorado, they round out the top five. >>> still ahead, no mountains of snow growing at local ski resorts this season. how they're coping with our winter warmth coming up >>> >>> >>> as peggy fox reports, the family is amazed at the secret santa's generosity. >> only on, baby. >> kelly rector lost her job because of her disability, post- concussion syndrome. from a brain injury she suffered in a car wreck eight years ago. now the 31-year-old is prone to memory loss or worse if she doesn't take her medicine. >> if i don't have it, there is a chance i could have a stroke or i could have a sees your. >> reporter: because she doesn't have a job, she doesn't have insurance and often can't afford the medicine. it's about $170 a month. >> i was already worried about how i was going to pay for it. it's really hard for me to pay my bills

discrimination involving victims in more than 180 geographic markets across 41 states and the district of columbia. >> tom: bank of america agrees to pay millions of dollars to clean up a lending mess created by countrywide financial, one one of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders. >> susie: meanwhile, we're learning the housing bust was worse than thought as a key trade group says its sales count was off by about a million homes. it's "nightly business report" for wednesday, december 21. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off this week. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, four years after the housing market went bust there was a big settlement today over discriminatory mortgage lending practices. >> suzanne: tom, bank of america will pay $335 million to settle allegations its countrywide unit discriminated against minority borrowers during the housing boom. it involves black and hispanic customers who were sold higher cos

discrimination involving victims in more than 180 geographic markets across 41 states and the district of columbia. >> tom: bank of america agrees to pay millions of dollars to clean up a lending mess created by countrywide financial, one one of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders. >> susie: meanwhile, we're learning the housing bust was worse than thought as a key trade group says its sales count was off by about a million homes. it's "nightly business report" for wednesday, december 21. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off this week. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. suzanne, four years after the housing market went bust there was a big settlement today over discriminatory mortgage lending practices. >> suzanne: tom, bank of america will pay $335 million to settle allegations its countrywide unit discriminated against minority borrowers during the housing boom. it involves black and hispanic customers who were sold higher cos

if you look at total number of crimes that we capture, this is driving crime and the district of columbia. >> even though the homicide closure rate is at an impressive 94%. detectives are struggling to solve 37 cold cases and there are still two accused murders from this year out there on the loose. >> we never give up. and we'll keep working those cases until we come to closure. we just ask the families to stay with us and have faith in us because i can tell you the team we have now is the best in the country. >> the mayor says because the team is the best in the country, the city is safer and proof of that, extra 17,000 people have moved into the district in the last 14 months and since that population has increased, the chief will redraw the police boundaries in the new year. anita. >> delia, thank you. now despite that good news, police are looking into a brazen kidnapping and sexual assault that started in the heart of penn quarter. a woman said it started at a traffic light. ken is live with more. ken. >> reporter: what makes this so shocking is this is a popular area. it happened l

downturn economy that don't have enough to seat and this is in maryland, virginia, and the district of columbia and tell me something else about centreville. who can brag about centreville high school? >> i can. hi, centreville high school, this year, we have been a major turnja round, and with our football going to the state semi finals tomorrow! love that. >> you know, we're trying to do this whole thing where we involve the whole school and community service projects and we're a big family and it's a blast. >> reporter: we would like to see a lot of high schools doing what centerville has done. thank you very much, happy holidays. we're getting big donations here and mix 106.7 is here. look at me calling you mix, how are you? >> oop good. been here as long as the others and we have been involved with this for a long time, sue and this is great to have fox 5 involved here. >> thank you forgetting the word out. i think we're doing well you in and this is almost full and another one is still to come. so, we are getting there. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and wisdom martin is standing b

shennendoah valley to the chesapeake bay and the atlanta beaches, district of columbia, right now, the mid 40s. farther to the west, the clouds have broking una bit in the mountains. as we have a weather front, we'll have rain likely moving in. between now and then, though, climbing into the 50s by noon time, maybe even near 60 by early afternoon. sunrise this morning, 7:19. sunset at 4:47. shower activity should end by evening to mid evening. a look at friday, the weekend and next week in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning. let's check out travel speeds around the beltway. taking the inner loop, this time you're at 60 miles per hour and not very bad. if you're taking the outer loop of the beltway in maryland, you're at 60 miles per hour. if you're traveling right now in between route one on the beltway, plus the inner loop and outer loop, volume is very light. looking at live cameras, you can see inner loop hitting the outerbelt. route 1, you are in the clear. now back to you both. >> thank you very much, danella. >>> 4:42, 46 degrees. another company is pulling its

possibility late in the day that some of that could touch the beltway and even on up to the district of columbia. take the umbrella. we can salt see it by looking at the dew point temperatures. the green down below is the moisture that's moved on and the drier air is now in place and it's going to stick with us through much of the weekend. here's the forecast so far and how we look. right now we're sitting into the 40s in and around the region. the cool 30s off to the west. we will continue to see some cool temperatures in forwards the afternoon with our humidity levels very reasonable. dew points very dry but the winds are going to stick with us throughout the weekend. here's how we look for the national picture. much of the nation is very, very cool and that's going to continue for both saturday and sunday. i'm more concerned when we start to tap into some more moisture come sunday night. here's the futurecast forecast model and how it breaks down. from the 12:00 hour, not bad. cloud cover. little bit of moisture creeps on through later on today but into the afternoon, we're going to start to

. >> we actually had several cases where our under covers traveled outside of the district of columbia with suspects that were known to be involved in multiple armed robberies. those suspects during those discussions made it clear they had no problems in shooting or killing police officers or security guards in the course of their criminal conduct. >> and check out the results of the sting. police arrested 70 people. seized 161 weapons. took off the street drugs worth more than $7 million. from credit card readers it standardized colors. wants changes made to cabs in d.c. bruce johnson with all the details of the newly introduced taxi cab reform bill. >> your ride in a d.c. cab will change considerably in the next year. >> attempting to put into taxi cabs the kind of amenities that are available in taxi cabs around the country. >> new meters will enable you to pay by credit or debit card and produce an accurate receipt. a gps system will keep the driver from getting lost. the new technology will enable you or the driver to notify police in case of emergency. passengers will pay more at

. >> 51 days allows us to symbolically show that dream for the 51st state for district of columbia, but to show 51 people are willing to give food up to give up substance for 24 hours. >> the group spent the day trying to get signatures supporting their cause and to recruit others to join that hunger strike. mayor vince gray who has been a supporter was not at today's rally. >>> just days to go until iowa caucus, the republican presidential candidates are trying to make their last final case to those undecided voters. the latest polls show that mitt romney is still in the lead. that despite his campaign, having low expectations for iowa. they suffered a tough loss there back in 2008. but it seems he is picking up momentum there now. while speaking to a crowd outside, romney taking a familiar jab at president obama. >> he's in hawaii right now. we're out in the cold and the rain and the wind, because we care about america. he's out there. he just finished his 90th round of golf. >> big crowds showed up for rick santorum. she made a visit to a nearly empty diner. newt gingrich, meanwhile,