it turns out the escalators at dupont circle break down lot. when they were installed in the 1990s, metro decided to squeeze three escalators into a space originally designed for two. in. >> in order to get that work done at the time they purchased nonstandard units. they are not like any other escalators in the world. they're narrower and have nonstandard parts. the manufacturer of these escalator doesn't make escalators anymore. reporter: the plan is to replace all three escalators at the south entrance of dupont circle. because that entrance has a relatively new rain roof that can't be removed easily, it's going to be tricky to remove and replace the escalators. so a decision has been made. >> next wednesday this entrance will be closed. reporter: metro is alerting passengers with pamphlets, posters and sign boards. the whole south entrance will be closed to the public for 8 1/2 months. passenger reaction was mixed. >> 8 1/2 months is a long time, but it's about time they did it. >> to me i'm glad i'm still going to be able to come to work e

it turns out the escalators at dupont circle break down a lot.hen they were installed in the 1990s metro decided to skis flee escalators into a space originally designed for two escalators. >> in order to get the work done at the time, they purchased nonstandard units. they are not like any other escalators in the world. they are narrower. they are nonstandard parts. the manufacturer of these escalators doesn't make escalators anymore. >> reporter: so the plan is to replace all three escalators at the south entrance of dupont circle. because that entrance has a relatively new rain roof that can't easily be removed, it will be tricky to remove and replace the escalators so much a decision has been made. >> starting next wednesday, this entrance will be closed. >> reporter: metro is alerting passengers with pamphlets and sign boards. the whole entrance will be closed to the public for 8 1/2 months. passenger reaction was mixed. >> 8 1/2 months is a long time but it is about time they did it. >> it will be nice to have the escalators actually workin

melody records in dupont and will be open a few more weeks.memories will last. >> reporter: for 34 years, uck hear just about anything at melody records shop in dupont circle. today, it's the sound of sadness. >> i am heartbroken. >> reporter: this melody is about to end. a victim of the music download surge. leon has come here at least once a day for 30 years or so. >> this is my home away from home. where i go when i'm sad or bored and this is my family. >> reporter: that is jack and his wife susie. they opened the store in no one 77, when rod stewart topped the billboard charts. jack remembers a phone call in the early 1980s. the caller asked for music by tonita. >> we do have it. >> could you please hold it for me and i will be there. i said i will be glad to do that. what is your name, please? >> he said stevie. stevie who? >> stevie wonder. >> yeah, right. >> five minutes later, a huge limo pulled in front of the store. ♪[ music ] he purchased the headphone and he was facing -- and he was listening and then in five minutes, the store was

but look there's a broken one here at dupont circle. we're being asked to pay for the budget shortfall. video we shot a short time ago. metro has a $116 million short tall the make up and -- the rest about $66 million will likely be coming out of our wallets. here's abreak down of the proposed hikes. the numbers, the biggest hit apparently will be felt by tourists and the infrequent riders of metro who use paper fare cards. $4, $6 during rush hour. the max a smart trip card holder will pay during rush hour goes up 75 cents to $5.75. bus fares go up a dime. parking goes up 25 cents. we talked to some riders and here's what they said. >> it's going to be a big hit on tourists and the -- infrequent users of the metro. >> i think this is still prime location for tourists to come and visit. i think if they spend a little extra they know it's going into the community. >> i wouldn't necessarily mind paying a little bit more if the extra costs can be seen in you know like service improvements. >> they need it for upgrades of escalators and mach

delia goncalves live at metro at the -- >> dupont circle. >>> the u.s. marine corps is promising to investigate a video that seems to show four marines urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. 40 second clip posted online. marines are in uniforms apparently urinating on three dead bodies. the caption of the video indicates the men are members of a scout sniper team assigned to the third battalion second marines based in camp lejeune, north carolina. many people including the council on islamic american relations are condemning the video but one reporter following the reaction is noticing another sentiment as well. >> things get pretty tense there. they're under a lot of strain. and sort of seem to say well, you know you have to show some level of sympathy. that you don't maybe -- maybe you don't know exactly what they're going through. >> now a navy spokesman called the actions egregious behavior. a marine spokeswoman says an officer will be assigned to conduct an investigation once the identifies of the men in the video are verified. >>> montgomery

jummy olabanji at dupont circle. we will let you know who else is having problems because of the weather. >> temperatures are much warmer than this time yesterday. i will be back to talk ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love whilstill using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. be so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ah. [ female announcer ] using less never felt so good. we all go... why not eneny the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> straight ahead, a ride home took longer than expected for passengers at metro center station. firefighters spent the morning rescuing a man trapped under rail car. >> frustrations with cold weather. if it is being blamed for problems across the area, including issues with metro rails. good morning, washington. it's thursday, the january 5. i am cynne simpson. >> i am natasha barrett

we are talking about metro riders who get on and offer at dupont circle. starting tomorrow, metro is closing the dupont circle south entrance for the next eight months. that is to replace all three escalators at the 19th street entrance. the northent raps will remain open. dupont circle is just one station whose escalators have been plagued with problems. coming up in the next half hour, the results of a fox 5 investigation. we reveal which station escalators break most often. >>> the future of taxicab service in the district is in the spotlight at city hall. it was standing room only at a committee hearing where city leaders looked into modernizing taxi service. some cab drivers don't like the idea of gps tracking. matt ackland has more on this. >> reporter: the committee room was packed. hundreds squeezed in to sound off about the future of cab service in d.c. >> this room needs to stay silent except for the witness. >> reporter: the chair of the economyee used result from a versaceent survey to make her point, the d.c. taxi industry needs improvement. >

it is the south entrance of the dupont circle station on the red line. this entrance will close tonight and remain shut through october. the dupont escalators were originally installed in 1997 and are some of the least reliable of the metro's 600 escalators. >>> still ahead at noon, the kennedy center asks airy young people for their take on a classic marvin gay song. >>> plus the university of maryland finds a buyer for its energy official home which won the solar decathon. >>> this morning emergency officials in italy called off the search for missing people on the costa concordia cruise ship because of the danger for rescue divers. 16 people are still listed as missing. and searchers have recovered 17 bodies. the ship ran aground on january 13th. >>> five months after the big earthquake, another tremor shook mineral, virginia, last night. this one had a magnitude of 3.2. this afternoon louisa county school leaders will announce middle and high school students are returning to a normal five day a week schedule starting tomorrow. students have been alte

if landis and correctly, dupont part of this place to advanced industry. part of it relates to lower tech grassroots industry in terms of both customers. so my question is, are those type of local grassroots industries actually having a tough time these days? because banks have gotten bigger, investment firms are big and internationalized, and at the local level, to get financing for their peculiar local enterprises, you know, homebuilder, the bank can meet certain standardized underwriting criteria, however sound or not come at that mortgage can be sold on the secondary market. but if you have a local enterprise, some very localized specific characteristic, probably is not going to excite big venture capital firm, may not excite the big international bank. in your perception, are some of those types of enterprise being squeezed? >> i would certainly say that the lower tech industries, manufacturing situation, where they face competition from other parts of the world, yes, they will be squeezed. dupont itself in our portfolio don't have many of those type

. ♪ >>> get ready for big changes at the dupont circle metro station.ht when the south entrance closes, it's going to stay closed for the next eight months. that's so crews can rehabilitate all three escalators. they have been a problem. the work is being done at the entrance at 19th street. the one at 20th and q will be staying open at dupont. >> you have seen white house limmos. just the same, he was here today checking out the wheels at the washington auto show and you got to wonder what michelle would think if he came home with this one. pretty fast ride there. during his state of the union address, president obama called the federal bailout of the auto industry a success. and said it created jobs for tens and thousands of workers. >> are you a glass half empty, or half full kind of person? predicts the government will run a deficit this year of $1.1 trillion, with a t, dollars. so, that would be actually less than the year before, just the same, it's still sky high. the budget office predicts modest economic growth this year of 2% and it sees the u

where you can take my cat and not only monsanto you could take scent jet out dupont to court if you are contaminate contaminated because no if president has been established. when i travel around the world and i meet so many people so many organizations that have such a dedication they want good food they want safe food and they don't want the environment our air our land our soil contaminated with poisons and then when i see how hard these people work and for what they believe in he gives me the courage and the strength to carry on. you've read his leaks now watch his show the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange will host his own program right here on r.t. . with the u.s. economy still on the ropes president obama pledges another platform for change during his annual state of the union address. and the coming of full circle thousands of egyptians angry and slow reforms gather in central cairo as the country marks the uprisings first anniversary. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm wrong reception parties are getting a new talk show and a world

with the advent of gene technology the chemical industry entered into the business of plant breeding dupont among sento butts. produces for about twelve point five billion dollars in ten years today the two chemical giants are also the biggest plant breeders in the world producing about three quarters of the world's g.m.o. crops. the height of gene technology cynicism is the so-called terminator technology it makes the farmers biologically dependent on the corporations the plants are genetically modified in such a way that they are able to germinate only once sowing the harvest seeds is pointless the harvest is dead. monsanto has. that they own anything they put that seed in or they develop what about if you put a gene into a human being this that say they own me has that say they own you. but i was from one end of south africa whether it was john as were girls durban or here or cape town cape town where the parliament is sat i was invited to speak there and and incident happened in it or at the parliament that i'll never forget in town among one of monsanto's representatives also had given

have an avenue where you can take my cat and not only monsanto you could take by you send jessica dupont to court if you are contaminate contaminated because now if president has been established. when i travel around the world and i meet so many people so many organizations that have such a dedication they want good food they want safe food and they don't want the environment our air our land our soil contaminated with poisons and then when i see how hard these people work and for what they believe in he gives me the courage and the strength to carry on. the. one year down the line egypt is celebrating the beginning of the red revolution for president mubarak tens of thousands of people are now gathered all time per square but frustration over the slow pace of change has cast a cloud over the party atmosphere meanwhile the army has partially lifted the natori its emergency law that's been in place since one thousand even one. in the state of the union where president obama pledged to fix the economy and create millions of new jobs in a speech widely seen as the start of his reelection c

know have an avenue where you can take my cat and not only monsanto you could take sent gent out dupont to court if you are contaminate contaminated because now if president has been established. when i travel around the world and i meet so many people so many organizations that have such a dedication they one good food they want safe food and they don't want the environment our air our land our soil contaminated with poisons and then when i see how hard these people work and for what they believe in it gives me the courage and the strength to carry on. i i polish people a march against their country citing a multinational piracy pack. people fear that these documents will give corporations too much power to take regular user small flying i would wait why in just a few moments. plus around threatens to cut off its oil supply to europe before the e.u. trade band aid because they get around nuclear program of the force in july. and plays in syria as a resolution to i was present in the sand lands on the un desks but moscow was it was foreign forces intervening. live from moscow at one am

have an avenue where you can take my cat and not only months tackle you could take scent gent out dupont to court if you are contaminate contaminated because now if president has been established. when i travel around the world and i meet so many people so many organizations that have such a dedication they went good food they want safe food and they don't want the environment our air our land our soil contaminated with poisons and then when i see how hard these people work and for what they believe in he gives me the courage and the strength to carry on. the. mother screams now tens of thousands of egyptians again. since the uprising but frustration over a lack of clouding the celebrations to celebrate the success of business parties in the first post mubarak elections other stuff calling for further political reform as one of. the biggest protests since the fall of hosni mubarak had hit cairo people sitting at your square saying once again they want the receiver to go down joining me any so now with more from the egyptian capital. plus pledges to save the economy and create much needed

passengers who use the dupont circle station will notice changes the next few weeks. transit agency said the entrance at 19th street will be closed. so, workers can replace three escalators. the closure is expected to take place on february 1st and last about eight months. passengers long complained about the dupont circle escalator saying they're among the least reliable in the metro system. >>> and the dulles rail projects getting a needed financial bost. the federal government will release nearly $116 million for construction of phase one of the subject. the mean will be freed up tomorrow. >>> and it's just the latest installment of the $900 million the federal government promised to pay. construction on phase 1 is expected to be completed next year. it will include a stop at tyson's corner. >>> jot correct script here. did someone tell you look nice or good job today? ahead on the news edge, why the compliments were flying or at least why they were supposed to be. >>> but first, he may not be the front runner but ron paul does have something the other republican p

i know you're talking about the north side of dupont circle.one's pretty lodge, but i don't think it's as long as the one on the north side. they're worried everyone's going to go to the north. >> the working one. >> yeah, they want the working one. >> thanks. >>> the smithsonian is getting set to welcome the space shuttle "discovery." it will arrive on the back of a boeing 737 in april. there may be a flyover the nation's capital as discov"disc makes its way to its final home in virginia. a ceremony is set for april 15th. >> a flyover would be lovely. it would be cool to see that. >>> the legal ramifications of that wreck on the cruise ship in italy. >> they owe us. i mean, like it's our sanity. >> lawyers say not so fast, passengers considering a lawsuit may not get what they're expecting. >>> and have you heard? the boss is coming to washington, where and when you can get tickets next. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in par

now metro begins work at dupont circle.ire south entrance will be shut down to put in new escalators. when all the work is done, the danger warns brookings robert fuentes is complacency again. >> we have to make sure we're building in long term life cycle costs because it's going to come up over and over again. reporter: washington's economy and workforce depend on metro, but without the investment failing escalators could cripple the system. metro's plans do call for replacing 94 escalators in the next six years. in the meantime it's proposing fare increases that would start in july. now that money would not go toward new escalators, but preventive maintenance. >>> a quick reminder fox 5 is monitoring metro 24/7. send your story ideas, pictures or video to fox5metro at gmail.com. >> at risk of jinxing it i've got to say what kind of winter has this been? it's not bad. >> this is a payback winter for 2009/2010 i think. snow lovers got their 50 to 80 inches. >> can we just ride it out like this? >> every once in a while it l

. >>> relief is on the way for metro riders tired of broken up broken escalators at the dupont circle station. the relief comes with some inconvenience. mother is getting ready to close the north entrance at the dupont circle metro station on 19th street northwest. crews will replace all three escalators there. the north entrance will close on february 1, and it will remain closed for up to 8 1/2 months while crews tear out and install new escalators. during that time, riders will will have to enter and exit using the south entrance on q street northwest. >>> 4:38 now. 34 degrees outside. ahead on "news4 today," no fan of the tsa. the dispute with airport security that had one u.s. senator missing his flight back to d.c. >>> picking up the pieces. the damage left across the south after a day of deadly tornadoes. >>> a damp, cold start to the day. that's damp with a "p." the warmup is on the way. >>> weather & traffic on the 1s, 4:41 on this tuesday morning. good morning, i'm tom kierein in storm center 4. off to a chilly start. it's damp. and we have some patchy, dense fog across part

. >> hard to forget this chaotic scene at dupont circle metro station. all the esculators broke down july of 2010 and passengers had to scramble to get outside, now as genre ports, metro will replace -- genre ports, metro will replace all three. >> reporter: in july 2010, customers desperate to escape smoke down stairs had to scramble side ways to get off a nonworking esculator when they discovered a big hole like this one, where the top stepped should have been someone had removed the scissor gates like these at the bottom that should have prevented people from climbing the metal stairway in the first place. it turns out the esculators at dupont circle break down a lot when they were installed in the 1990s metro decided to squeeze three esculators into a space designed for two. >> in order to get that work done at the time they purchased nonstandard units they are not like any other esculators in the world they are narrower have nonstandard parts the manufacturer of these doesn't make esculators any more. >> the plan is to replace all three esculators,

and tom connolly is senior executive with dupont. in your bus was supposed to be here, but she was involved in a skiing accident. this is the problem with the winter holidays. but we appreciate your taking the time. and frankly, i think secretary bryson set this up very well. i think he marched us through why manufacturing matters, why it is such an innovative set for, why it is such a dramatic impact on wages and incomes, critical to growing in the middle class. white is important to the trade deficit, broader fiscal balance of the united states. whited intervals for sustainability for clean tech. i think you set this up well and i think that competes report coming out of the department of commerce says that in the same vein. what i look like to do a sword from your particular areas of expertise and focus, sort of chill down further. i'm dominic, i thought i'd start with you because one of the most interesting piece of work coming out of mckinsey coming daniel patchett was here, michael park, either of your colleagues. is this focus

and for more of this food visit the restaurant in dupont circle.ing up, why local fans of "the boss" are new mexico thing morning. tom kierein will be back with another check on today's springlike weather. stay with news4 all afternoon. 3:00, ellen welcomes simon baker. he talks about his life, hit show "the mentalist." what he can foresee happening in th >>> the super bowl is just five day ace way but before the new england patriots and new york giants face each other on the field, they have to face the media. today players and coach less talk to report bers the big game and for the first time in super bowl history, fans will be allowed to sit in the stands and watch the media day events. >>> jim vance and dan hellie are in indianapolis. tune in tonight for their favorite moments have from what is sure to be an entertaining media day. >>> in other news, bruce springsteen and his e street band are coming to d.c. april 1. this morning, a lot of fans are hoping -- who have been hoping to see the boss at the verizon center are outraged. ♪ tickets went

i think dupont is doing a lot of it. you look at energy, much will be a big sector. the secretary talked about clean debt and so forth a that is a massive shift. health care -- i mean, healthcare, fortunately or unfortunately, it's going to be one of the biggest businesses of tomorrow given the demographics. a lot of the advanced industries is what will be there to make it productive, and we see a lot happening on that side. then, logistics and transportation. this is a country that invented airline travel, this sort of thing. that whole sector itself is moving forward. with these forces at work that we see there, the amount of business opportunity, which is going to be created and driven through this factor, in particular, is mammoth. from the moon mission tabitha king, but we will see multiples of that. we cannot predict what they are. but we think it will be big. we think is a very important that we own that. that is why we're very passionate about this area, and we think there are a lot of things that can actually be done. well we have the sort of scale to be abl

metro is closing the north entrance at the dupont circle metro station on 19th street northwest. that will be on the 1st of february. it will remain closed for up to 8 1/2 months while crews tear out the old escalators and install three new escalators. during that time, riders will have to enter and exit the station using the south entrance on q street northwest. >>> a new study suggests women are more sensitive to pain than men. the stanford university study examined information from more than 11,000 patients between 2007 and 2010. the study says even when men and women have the same condition, women said they experienced more pain than men. researchers say a number of factors including a person's mood and whether they take pain medication is likely to influence how much pain they say they're in. yeah, if you're taking pain medication, you're not feeling as much pain. you know what i'm saying? >>> closing arguments are scheduled for today in a lawsuit involving garth brooks. the country singer says he donated $500,000 to an oklahoma hospital so it could build a women's center na

ellen kullman, chairman and ceo of dupont. the closing bell. >> thank you, maria bartiromo in davos. >>> in washington, the president unveils the task force fighting the mortgage crisis. >> we are looking at live pictures of shean donovan, the hud secretary. behind him is the an enforcement director of the s.e.c. attorney general eric holder, following up on something the president announced during his state of the union address earlier, which is this financial fraud task force newly created. let me bring you a look who the members are of this. new task force, eric snyderman, department of justice criminal assistant a.g. lanny breuer, khuzami, john walsh and tony west. this got negative reaction from the banks. analyst jared seeberg says they are extremely aggressive and lil and the task force can look back a decade. they are looking at mail, wire fraud, false claims and perjury and the goal is to bring criminal charges. that is why this is so negative for the banks. jamie dimon said this new task force has a good chance of de

dupont circle station will close the border first in order to replace all three escalators. >>> d.c.and some d.c. council members are heading to new hampshire this month. it is to promote statehood. the washington times reports they are starting an effort to use of state politicians as leverage in their pitch for full voting rights in congress. council members michael brown and another plan to testify before the interstate lawmakers. >>> it is 28 degrees outside. >> still ahead, police made a huge break in dozens of suspicious car fires in the los angeles area. learns whorn who has been arrested. >> and super bowl and eds are setting records. >> traffic and weather eve >>> at jordan's pains' paradise poll fitness, for men and women. >> good morning, washington. >>> 5:38 on this tuesday morning. we have a piece no few snow flurries again today. most of them on the western facing slopes. garrett county and children don't have school today. in northern frederick county virginia and even winchester, areas of light snow. not amounting to anything. in southern washington county along the p

it's about 34 degrees at dupont circle, which is much warmer than it was yesterday?n they're all the problems in the morning. according to a metro spokesman, because of the quick drop in temperatures, some of the metal on the railways expanded, causing cracks. that caused several delays. they had to suspend service on the yellow line and red line yesterday morning because of problems at pentagon city? as well as takoma park. a lot of people yesterday had to wait for quite awhile. a lot of people took a taxicab to get to work on time. metro and was not the only agency dealing with problems. yesterday evening a power outage because of the cold weather in the talks all area of northwest washington, thousand people without power of several hours. good news is the power is back on this morning. we hope there will be no problems for anyone. jummy olabanji reporting. >>> if frederick county man faces charges after allegedly leaving his two young children in the freezing car outside a walmart in frederick. police say he < four year-old girl and a baby in a car tuesday while

. >> for more than three decades melody record shop has sold music in dupont circle but now it is timesong. it is going out of business. the manager knows his career is about to end. he has worked here since the heyday of the clash. he says the independent record shop could not compete with hard times and innovation. >> it is like attending a funeral that does not end. >> the owner believes the mom- and-pop music shop will vanish. >> we became friends with most of our customers. we probably have the best customers. it will be sent to lose that feeling, that communication. >> it is a bad time for institutions. the george storm -- georgetown barnes and noble store just close. and penn camera is putting a lot of people lot of work. >> people are willing to go on line and save a couple of dollars. it is more money for them. >> some regular stop by to browse through the merchandise something they will not be doing in the future. >> it is pretty sad. i guess the industry, selling records and movies, is going down. >> as to when it will close and no definitive word. it depends on how long the

metro will close one-sided dupont station tomorrow. south exit will shut down for nine months lookers were to replace the escalator's all on 19th street. the 15-year-old escalators are some of the least reliable in the entire system. >> the time is 6:37 and we're looking at 42 degrees in reston. >> still ahead, what is at stake in the florida primary? why a win for mitt romney will not steal his nomination. >> get a whiff of this -- new orleans top one men's magazine's list of smallest cities. >> first a spring break? adam caskey >> the time is 6:40 and welcome to january 31. we will start with your traffic this morning. we will begin in college park. look at those headlights with delays due to a stalled car. 95/virginia has a crash northbound at woodbridge. we're upstream with delays out of springfield toward the pentagon. >> it is very spring-like today and it will feel more like april and the last day of january. our average temperature is 44 degrees and we will be about 20 degrees above that 41 degrees in winchester and 36 at dulle

shuttle buses will replace red line trains between dupont circle and finesse.l be closed. there will be single-tracking on orange blue, green, and yellow. >> it could be a wet end to the workweek. meteorologist adam caskey in the weather center with a check of the forecast. we are on storm watch. >> there's a the threathreat of severe and thunderstorms especially east of i-95. there's heavy rain especially moving into loudoun county, approaching leesburg. the showers are moving pretty quickly off to the east in leesburg. but northeast and southern fauquier county north reports manassas and western fairfax county, centreville, reston, dulles airport will be seeing moderate showers. this is all pushing to the east and northeast this morning. it feels like spring and is a little muggy outside. conducive to thunderstorms. 59 degrees in olney and aldie. near 60 through lunchtime, the and temperatures dropped into the 40's with clearing skies this afternoon. gusty wind throughout. the seven-day forecast coming up with doug hill. >> a northeast washington story develo

metro has announced it is replacing three escalators at the dupont station. the south entrance will be closed to complete the work. the south escalators are among the least reliable in the entire system. new trash tribes are in place to keep litter from entering the river. -- new trash traps are in place. they were paid for by dc bag tax. this has raised a total of $3.4 million. coming up, a unique site. the son of's unusual impact on earth this week. -- the sun's unusual impact on the earth. >> sexually assaulted by her own husband. what if you were forced to >> it is the biggest solar storm in more than six years. today, the sun is bombarding the earth with radiation. we're in the middle of the strong storm since 2005. radiation from the flare on the sun will likely continue through wednesday. this is mostly a concern for satellite instructions and astronauts in space. the smithsonian is getting ready to welcome the space shuttle to the area. it will be on the back of a seven -- of a boeing 737. it will be welcome to the air and space museum in chantilly on

segun funcionarios del metro la salida sur de la linea roja de la estacion de dupont circle, sera cerradaste miercoles y se mantendra en esa condicion hasta el mes de octubre, cuando sea reabierta al publico... dichas escaleras fueron instaladas originalemen en virginia buscan la aprobacion de varias medidas para combatir el trafico humano.. problema que no se percibe a simple vista pero ha empeorado principalmen te a traves de la pandilla ms- 13, dicen funcionarios... las propuestas que son consideradas por la asamblea estatal convertirian este delito en una felonia con agravante, tambien entrenaria personal en las escuelas y oficinas de servicios sociales sobre como identificar el problema y victimas potenciales, entre otras medidas... en instantes.... estamos en uno de los campamentos del grupo de los indignados en washington.. tenemos lo ultimo del desalojo... y mas adelante, les diremos sobre una iniciativa para mejorar la nutricion de las familias latinas... volvemos en breve con mas detalles... y luego de un dia con temperaturas primaverales nos espera una noche nublada con minimas

in dupont circle beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> trouble may not be far off for best buy. store has become less popular in recent years thanks to online deals and other competition. a few years ago forbes named best buy its company of the year, but today it was predicting bankruptcy sometime in the next few years. experts say it's because best buy has been slow to react. >> turning that titanic, if you will, takes decisions months, months ago to have their effect now and so i think they're still in the middle of their course correction. >> what is best buy to do? the company says it plans to grow revenues through promotions, expanding online and ensuring competitive prices. >>> superstar mariah cary asking for prayers after a serious condition lands her husband in the hospital. >>> plus two ems workers stranded in a broken down ambulance with gunfire surrounding them and they're told by police there's no help coming. we'll have that story. >>> plus it's all about becoming a lot easier for america to run on dunkin' donuts. fox business network neil cavuto has details in ton

melody record shop in dupont circle is going out of business. >> we became friends with most of our customersrs. it would be sad to lose that communication. >> there's no exact closing date for melody records right now. it depends on how long the inventory will last. the georgetown barnes and noble bookstore disclosed. >>> two high-end stores in our area will soon be closing as well. the macy's store. and the bloomingdale's store at the white flint mall and will close inner whispering. more than 230 people will lose their jobs but will have the opportunity to apply to other stores. sales begin on sunday at 0 closed doors. >>>-- sales will begin on sunday at the both of those stores. >>> kodak may be getting ready to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the company has not commented on the report but is trying to sell its 1100 digital imaging patents in order to raise some cash. another sign of the times. people not shooting as many pictures on film. >> and rochester going through a big decline. >>> it appears location is just as important when it comes to finding love. if you live in the d.c. area

red line trains will single track from dupont circle 2 friendship heights and to, to forest glen. green lines will also -- green line trains will also be single tract. and the blue and orange lines between smithsonian and eastern market. >>> get ready for a big change if use the 11th street bridge. ddot will open and outbound spanned starting tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., eastbound wrapped from south the southwest freeway will be closed about 16 hours. there will be additional closings and delays until the new outbound bridge opens at about 10:00 tomorrow night. >>> < it 24 hours away for the big showdown in the hampshire the gop debate just before the state primary. candidates pounded the pavement today. mitt romney criticized the unemployment rate, while in south carolina, despite today's jobs report, that showed the unemployment rate dropped 8.5%, romney said it was no cause for celebration. rick santorum, newt gingrich, spent the day trying to reach voters in new hampshire. all of the candidates will be on hand tomorrow night for the debate at 9:00, right here on abc 7. abc 7 is your

when smoke filled the dupont circle station in july 2010, panicked passengers climbed up and out of serviceulator with a hole at the top. >> problems with the elevators and esculators is visible things everybody when they leave the transit system they are going up and down one. >> perhaps the worst incident happened more than a year ago when an over loaded esculator ran wild, after the brakes failed and people piled up on the bottom, then months later, foggy bottom, steps popped out while operating in rush hour. >>> metro's taken over, they've driven them for a long time without proper maintenance and now they are breaking down. >> some barely function, robert bonner worked as a contractor on metro's esculators for 20 years less than 10 years ago while bonner was there, esculators worked more than 90% of the time but since have fallen. >> whose fault fault is it they got this way. >> metro. plain and simple. >> reporter: at their worst esculator failures can cause disaster, at their best, riders must trek up and down endless steps. for people with physical difficulties that can be more than

reporting in dupont circle jummy olabanji. >> thank you. crews are on the scene of a water main break in the district. water poured into the roads this morning on 22nd and f street, near the george washington university campus. traffic is being de toward. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a car to crash on west central avenue in davidson. the car drove into a gas station parking lot before hitting the house. the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. we have new details on the story you saw first on seven. police are stepping up efforts to find a bold intruder who try to pull off a robbery at an elementary school, tried to rob the secretary ed fort foote elementary school in washington. he demanded money, claimed that he was armed then fled without any cash. the victim's husband is out rich. >> i'm so mad, i do not know what to do. >> a kid could of been hurt or injured. it is an outrage, man. >> investigators say school was in session but no one was hurt. we have an alert in spots of intercounty for a suspic

shuttles are running between dupont circle and van necessary. -- on the green line, trains are single tracking between naylor road and branch avenue. riders should use the green line to compete your trip. >>> waging war on speed cameras. still ahead tonight, a local chef takes action to help drivers avoid pricey tickets. >>> and the boss is coming to town. but some fans are angry about what happened when they tried to buy tickets. and taking the plunge, a beach party in the winter. >> no matter how warm the water is, it looks cold to me. is, it looks cold to me. we have got some c oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >>> festivities included traditional chinese dragon dancing and crafts for the kids. this is the chinese year 4710 and it is the year of the dragon. >>> a woman who made history at the police department is leaving after three decades on the force. she is the first african-american female to retire. over the years she's taken on a lot of

some are round dupont circle. those are gone. those in la plata may be seeing some passing of flurries. while we had clear if clouds -- clear skies overnight, there was a little ripple. that is behind a cold front. our temperature right now up 35 degrees. passing snow flurries. not as cold as we go through tomorrow. after that, we will be seeing the return of temperatures even into the 50's. how cold was it? we had a lot of responses -- responses to that question on our facebook page. i will share some of them as we go to the next half hour. >>> the cold conditions fuelled a serious power problem for thousands of residents tonight who were in the dark for hours. this happened in northwest d.c. we are joined live in northwest white this is an issue made worse by the arctic blast. >> the left think you want to have happen when you are coping with a cold is to lose your power. it has been crazy. mother nature is such a schizophrenic. a nap in the air continues to nag d.c. area residents. >> it is so cold. they are talking about the

metro is closing the north entrance at the dupont circle metro station.9th street northwest. that will happen on february 1. and it will be closed for up to 8 1/2 months while crews tear out the old escalators and install three new ones. during that time, riders will have to enter and exit using the south entrance. that's on q street northwest. >>> later today, president obama will address congress and the nation with his third state of the union. this is video of last year's address. with his re-election campaign underway, the president's speech will focus on the economy. he'll also touch on manufacturing, clean energy, education, and american values. indiana governor mitch daniels will deliver the gop response. herman cain will deliver a separate response from the tea party. >>> as one of her final duties in congress, gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly will watch the speech from the first lady's box tonight. she's expected to submit her letter of resignation later this week. giffords is stepping down to focus on her recovery. and you can watc

the two were later seen at shake shack in dupont circle. hey, why not a burger, right? red tails is about the tuskegee airman. luke weathers was among the legendary group of pilots. he shot down two german fighter planes in world war ii. he was buried with special honors. derrick ward has more on his legacy. [ taps ] >> reporter: he lived to the age of 90, a long and productive life, highlighted by his service to his country. >> no one has more deserve d triumphs. >> reporter: the tuskegee airman, luke jay weathers jr. buried with full military honors. of late his comrades on swings soared into popular culture in the year of a feature film. >> all the facts are true. the movie is a story. bringing a lot of history together in a short period of time. >> reporter: men like weathers and charles mcgee lived the experience. >> luke, he was one of the ones that developed the camaraderie. >> reporter: luke weather iii knows him as a father. while he hasn't seen the movie yet, he's heard the stories firsthand. they're part of his childhood. >> not only what happened during the

on the red line, trains will single track between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between takoma and forest glen. on the blue and orange lines, trains will be single tracking between the smithsonian and eastern market. on the green line, trains will single track between georgia avenue, petworth, and ft. totten. the work will begin at 10:00 tonight and last through sunday night. >>> everything is expected to be back to normal on the blue and orange lines after a rough afternoon commute yesterday. riders saw major delays while crews repaired a crack along the tracks near the stadium armory station. trains had to single track between the stadium armory and eastern market stations. some riders tweeted their commute took an hour or longer than usual. work was completed just after 6:00 last night. and metro says that the work needed to be done right away. >> the impact to service would have been the same regardless of whether we were doing the repairs or had we waited for the repairs. it's better to do the repairs given the fact that service was going to be affected either way,

the first is from dupont circle to van ness, the other from tacoma station to fort glen. >>> coming up on 9news, a weekend preview of the dr. martin luther king birthday celebration. also 30 years ago, a painful recovery was beginning to take place along potomac river. >> it's cold out here. another cold day in store for us, as we finish off the weekend. but then some milder air comes this way. i've got your complete forecast including a holiday for mlk day. right now temperatures in the 30s but feels like the 20s. the forecast is coming up a little later! >>> yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the air florida crash into the 14th street bridge. it was 30 years ago today that the painful recovery of all those bodies began. the tail section of flight 90 marks the gravesite in the river. one by one the 74 passengers and crewmembers were lifted from the wreckage. only four passengers and a flight attendant survived the disaster. four people in vehicles on the bridge were also killed when the plane was brought down by snow and ice. it had accumulated on the wings before takeoff from nati

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what you need to know about the plans to fix the south entrance of the dupont circle station. that's next. >>> back now with a commuter alert about a 8 month project. the south entrance will close, so crews can replace all three of that entrances escalators. that's the one on 19th street. it is part of a $150 million plan to improve the system's escalator and elevator reliability. the station's north entrance along q street will remain open. >>> more problems for metro this morning when another rail cracked. this time it happened on the blue and orange line near the roslynn station. you may recall the problems last thursday when a rail cracked on the red line at the height of the morning rush. this morning's crash did not cause nearly as many delays. >> right now, both lanes of northbound interstate 80 are closed near hagerstown and that is because of a deadly accident near the exit. this is just south of the pennsylvania border and maryland state police say that around 3:00, a tractor trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles head on. a man and one of those vehi

the south side of the dupont stations will close. it will shut down for nine months as crews replaced the escalators. the 15-year-old escalators are some of the least reliable in the entire system. still to come on abc 7 news at noon, acres of land up in flames. firefighters scrambling to try to control a blaze raging out of control. search efforts called off. why divers are abandoning the wreckage of the cruise ship that capsized off the italian coast. and a mother is charged with leaving her kids and a parking lot. she says she has no memory. she -- we explained it is our mystery. and how long will the mild temperatur >> a colorado mother is facing child abuse charges after leaving her two toddlers in a parking lot. she says she does not remember what happens. sarah had field was reported missing after her two-year old and four-year-old sons were found that a family minivan at a gas station. eight hours later and 12 hours away she wandered into the hospital and said she has no idea how she got there. >> she does not know really whe

no service between dupont circle and van ness. that part of the red line will stay closed through sunday night. shuttle buses however will beyou around the closure. also work on the blue and orange lines downtown. trains will single track between mcpherson square and the smithsonian. and more single tracking on the green line between nailer road and branch avenue. and that will affect yellow line service. all northbound trains on the yellow line will terminate at mount vernon square. >>> coming up on 9news now, one community thinks it's going to the birds. we'll explain that. >>> plus, there's a big baking contest underway. you'll want to hear about it. it's for a good cause. >>> i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. sunshine coming out now. what a crazy winter. this morning, we had thunderstorms and look at some of these temperatures. running anywhere from 15 to almost 25 degrees above average. culpeper and fredericksburg are at 70 right now. it's 61 downtown and 46 in cumberland but some cooler weather will head our way. your fore

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