reporting live from fairfax, darcy spencer news4. back to you. >> thank y, darcy. >>> the jury still has not reached a verdict in the trial of the man accused of killing chandra levy. his name is ingmar guandique. he is the man accused of killing levy back in 2001. the jury has been deliberating more than 15 hours since wednesday. today the jurors sent a note to the judge. they asked for the legal definition of assault. the judge gave them an explanation and the deliberations resumed, proving that there was an assault in the case is an important element of the felony murder charge that guandique is facing. >>> an assistant chief has been suended from the d.c. police department. diane groomes was put on administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted into cheating allegations. a statement from the police said she is accused of helping members of the command staff take a test for a training course. the entire class will have to take a new test now. tonight groomese mailed a response to news4. she said in her words, i

traffic on the right is eastbound leading to the crash at fairfax drive.ice single file to the right is all that gets by. the wreck has been there for an hour. complicated crash. eastbound 66 to the beltway. >> thank you for watching that lisa, it's 6:42. 37 degrees. >> coming up, an uphill battle for president barack obama and his changing relationship with democrats and a look ahead to 2012. >> and one of the perks of visiting our nation's capital may be going away. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ >> coming up tonight at 5:00, do you really know who is living in your neighborhood? the shock of some when they find out a sex offender lives right next door. abc investigates tonight at 5:00. >> a presidential panel is recommending tough measures to dig the nation out of debt. among them, tackling social security, raising the retirement age and raisi

fairfax county is no. 2. howard county, maryland is number 4. arlington is no. 5.tgomery is no. 6. >>> a proposed license plate with let residents showed their support for the tea party in virginia. the state lawmakers has filed a bill to create if it would have the message "don't tread on me" along with a rattlesnake emblem. they need 350 people laid applications to submit that to the dmv records 350 prepaid applications. >>> the u.s. postal service is going broke. if congress does not do anything, the agency says it will likely go broke within one year. mail carriers delivered 6 billion fewer letters and packages last year. they've cut jobs and are planning to cut more post offices and cut delivery to five days a week likely. >>> expect delays on all five metro lines this weekend. the red line from shady grove to twinbrook. from new york avenue to rhode island ave. and on the orange line to west falls church from vienna. and the green line from prince george's plaza to college park. >>> they told me that his parents had been killed in a tragic car accident. i fel

supporters of a small fairfax county school has a fight to keep its doors open.t the fairfax county courthouse with what is at stake is mike conneen. >> parents are angry about the school board's decision to close clifton elementary school. there will not until their reelection in 2011 divorce their opinions. later this morning a judge with the fairfax county circuit court will hear a lawsuit. clifton was built in 1953. hawaii renovation costs, rec decrea -- high renovation costs along with decreasing in moment are among reasons why the council closed the school. they say the school board made the decision too quickly and changed reasons for the school closure. official closure could still be moved away, depending on the school boundary issue. there's a meeting at 11:00 a.m. today. we expect to see parents and school officials. mike conneen from fairfax county, abc 7 news. >>> montgomery county may face more painful budget cuts. county executive spikelet told officials the county faces a $200 million budget gap next year. that is up from the $145 million estimate

we'll explain after the break. >>> tonight an update on that grading controversy in fairfax county.the principal who basically banned teachers from giving out fs to failing students is now doing a 180. principal cliff hartson says after talking with teachers, parents and students, it became clear to him that we "do not have the census to change our grading practices from prior years." so the alexandria school will be going back to what it was doing before. that means if you flunk in a class you get an f, and if you get caught cheating, you can lose class credits. >>> >>> we introduced you to washington lehigh science teacher cheryl katy on friday. she was off to antarctica with a group of scientists for a project called ice cube. they're hoping the data will help them answer some of the questions of the universe. sherry is there now and she sent us a video blog. here's a portion of it. >> just got to the south pole and i just got my room assignment. i'm in the dorm of the main station instead of out in the james way tents. the tents are out this window. out there it looks like a win

darcy spencer reporting from fairfax. >>> the assistant d.c. police chief has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately. police chief said grooms has been aused of compromising a test given to members of the d.c. police command staff. and an internal investigation on all that is already underway. the jury in the chandra levy trial has ended its deliberations for the day. they've been dlib rating for thredays now. still, no verdict. late this afternoon, the panel sent the judge a note. pat colonlins is at the d.c. superior court house with more. >> reporter: the jury has left the superior court building. they got off to a late start this morning but they made up for with it the working lunch. then they asked the judge for the legal definition of assault. this is way it work. you see, you have to prove an assault in order to prove an attempted kidnapping. if you prove an attempted kidnapping, that gets you to the felony or first-degree murder charge in the case. and that is why the definition of assault is so important here. ingma

. >>> now t that breaking news out of fairfax county this morning. authorities say a baby has been found inside a duffel bag. rescuers tell us the baby is alive. that discovery was made in springfield right off fairfax county parkway and close to the catholic church. derrick ward joins us live now from sprgfield with the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: this is the scene and parishioners coming this this church this morning were greeted by crime scene tape. at 6:45 someone apparently dropped off a baby girl in the parking lot. now the child was in what they describe as a gymag with towels and it was a newborn baby. we are told the umbilical cord was still attached. it was a baby girl no way to tell the ethnicity at this point. we're just told a dark haired baby girl. now the child was taken to fafax hospital. the condition isnknown but we are told as well the child was crying when discovered. there arsafe haven laws in virginia and other area jurisdictions that allow the parents of a child to drop the baby off within the first 14 ys of life an p

fairfax county bureau chief is live now from mclean. >> fairfax county police credit one of their own residence here in fairfax county for being so aware of this crime spree taking place. they let police know when they saw someone suspicious. today, victims of these crimes say they could not be more relieved. >> we thought he would never be caught. we thought there was no way they would ever get him. >> the convicted felon may have broken into their home as they slept in sight -- slept inside. >> we put the security systems on. it is more peaceful. >> business but had eight homes hit by the serial burglar. it is one of dozens of communities connected by the series of crimes. this man says the burglar got $5 from his wife's per se. he wanted to get a good look at the men accused of stealing his sense of well-being. >> which will probably rest a lot more assured knowing he is behind bars. >> but the m's are thrilled about a arrest -- about an arrest. -- victims are thrilled about the arrest. >> how did he get the dog's not to bark? >> that is one of many questions they want to pose to t

then as we head forward fairfax and burk and ma nanis as well, a little farther south. the rain intensity is picking up. this is charles county. it's fairly quiet, though. you head west into parts of prince william into stafford, it is really coming down. that's going to be a problem in some of these areas with the ponding of the water. other areas are the temperatures which have been stuck. on the left side, we've got lower 50s to barely 50 in lakensville. we go east into the middle 50s and slowly throughout the day as the winds pick up. temperatures will creep up. temperatures in the upper 50s by 3:00, purring 60 -- pushing 60 degrees this evening with the rain continuing. we've got light rain reported at reagan national. i'll see you in a few minutes talking the seven-day forecast taking us ahead for the next weekend. jc? >>> we now have breaking news from capitol hill. a house panel has just found congressman charles rangel of new york guilty of violating ethics rules. the 20-term new york democrat walked out of the trial yesterday, pleading unsuccessfully for time

both fairfax and montgomery county police observed him breaking into two cars, one of which belongs to bob cliffford's son. >> this guy was sneaky. it was a stormy night, this was thunder and lightning. >> reporter: after those break-ins, police arrested edmonds thursday morning. in the last several months, investigators say he's been responsible for more than 100 home break-ins in northern virginia. the serial burglar picked wealthy neighborhoods, had a pension for designer purses and in some cases bypassed guard dogs. >> he was very brazen, obviously, very quiet, very stealth oriented. >> reporter: chief rohrer says a fairfax county res dents helped solve the case when they noticed a suspicious vehicle. that led police to question edmonds on a traffic stop. during the questioning, police found handwritten addresses of places that were hit. that's when they identified him as their suspect. police let him go, but from that point on, edmonds was their prime suspect. charging documents say this week a joint surveillance using officers with night vision goggles observed him in the act. >>

. >> i knew it was in fairfax. i had no idea he had moved into my neighborhood. >> reporter: lisa cabler may have been unaware that the serial burglar was on the move, but fairfax and montgomery county police were hot on his heels after getting a tip from a neighbor who saw him parked in a car on their street at 4:00 in the morning. >> my officers went and handled it very well and we developed a suspect as a result of that call into us. >> reporter: fairfax police alerted montgomery county police to be on the lookout for this man, 34-year-old brad edmonds. it didn't take long to bring him in. detectives watched edmonds break into two cars on lake potomac drive and moved into make an arrest. a search of his home linked him to the fairfax county crimes. >> we recovered evidence from inside the homes that directed us to at least one home. police knocked on the doors, asked residents if this property belonged to them and that's how the connection was made. >> thank goodness for montgomery county police! >> reporter: re

fairfax county police tell us that the baby is in good condition at fairfax hospital. officers say she was just hours old when a man arriving here heard her crying. she was in a bag wrapped in a blanket or towel. he called 911. it is of hispanic descent likely born between midnight and 6:00 a.m. sunday. officers are not talking about criminal charges. they want to make sure the mother is ok. if you know anyone who was pregnant, is now not pregnant and you see no sign of a baby or you have any information on this, you are asked to call police because they just want to make sure the mother is doing ok. >> prince george's county executive jack johnson expected back at work today three days after being arrested. johnson was arrested friday following an f.b.i. probe. he is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers. his wife leslie johnson was also arrested. jack johnson has they weeks left on the job before rushern baker succeeds him. >> hopefully he will keep the last three weeks doing what he is supposed to do. >> baker says he will hold

arlington, fairfax, montgomery county in the low 40s. near 50 near the bay.lsewhere, above freezing. s all aroundhe region from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. we'll get some sunshine back this morning and into the afternoon. high reaching low 60s. cloudy tonight. should be dry for skins and eagles. tomorrow rain likely from the morning all the way to the evening. highs in the mid-50s. sunshine back. back to the low to mid-60s. cooler weather on thursday. a look at friday, saturday, sunday at 51. how is the traffic, jerry? >> a live look in virginia 95. fredericksburg, dale city, still looking good. picking up a little bit of volume. let's head over and see how we'rdoing inside the beltway. headed into town northeast on new york avenue looking off into the distance. visibility not bad. just a couple miles east at this point. prince george's county, we are socked. let's head to the wilson bridge. 270 we're doing okay. 66 and the toll road pretty quiet so far. joe, eun >> jerry, thanks. >>> 4:41. tredy in paradise. what set off an explosion at a mexican

and 4700 block of spruce avenue in fairfax.areas until the mess gets cleaned up. >>> just as the fba was getting ready to ban four loko, the makers of the drk say it is changing the recipe. fusion products will remove caffeine and two other ingredients from its products going forward. authorities in several states have been working to combine it, which combines alcohol and caffeine. it has been given the name blackout in a can. students were hospitalized after having the drinkt a party. >>> viktor bout arrived in new york last night where he will face charges of terrorism. russian officials say the extradition is unlawful and outrageous injustice. the former russian air force officer has been accused of supplying weapons used in conflicts in afra and in the middle east. >>> there were some scary moments at one of kids's favorite restaurants in california. three men burst into a chuck e. cheese and held customers and workers at gunpoint. restaurant cameras caught the men on security cameras. luckily, no one was injured. police a

she is in good condition now at fairfax inova.hours old by a man here at the church arriving for the sunday morning service, heard her craig. she was inside a bag wrapped in a towel or blanket. we know this morning the newborn is of hispanic descent, likely born between midnight and 6:00 a. a.m. officers are not talking about criminal charges at this point. they don't even know if a crime was committed. they just want to make sure the mother is ok. if you know of anyone who was pregnant and is no longer pregnant and there is no sign of a child, or just any information, you are asked to call police. we are live in springfield this morning, courtney robinson, abc 7 news. >> ohio authorities hope the discovery of a missing 13-year-old girl will lead them to three other people who disappeared with her. sarah maynard was found bound and gagged in a home 10 miles from where she lived. a man who lives in the home matthew hoffman has been arrested and charged with kid mapping. neighbors are stunned by what happened. >> you hear all kind o

there is no one at cellphone antenna in fairfax. a number of carriers have applied at fairfax. the have always conditioned the approval with the completion of an environmental impact report. they have done that for over a dozen years. to this day, not one carrier has provided that in our mental impact report for fairfax.

there is no one at cellphone antenna in fairfax. a number of carriers have applied at fairfax. the have always conditioned the approval with the completion of an environmental impact report. they have done that for over a dozen years. to this day, not one carrier has provided that in our mental impact report for fairfax. today, they are challenging pg&e is smart meters. the town council may be a little to the left of the san francisco board of supervisors, but that is ok. i appreciate the good work you do here in san francisco. i hike on the hill with my grandparents -- i hiked on the hill with my grandparents, and today i hiked on the hill with my grandchildren. five generations of us have lived on the hill, a couple of feet west. it is time to make up for all the previous mistakes, and it is time to do what is right by our neighborhood. please reject this project. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is bill mieto. president chiu: i want to remind people again the rule in the board chamber is not to express support through applause

not only doing damage in the district, but partial of fairfax, arlington, beltway.ome damage in anne arundel county. a busy night with showers moving through. go to the doppler quickly. couple of sprinkles in loudoun county. through montgomery county into howard county, and frederick and beltway county. this is moving quickly, won't be a problem. temperatures in the 50s. 50 in couple better land, 56 in town. 55 at andrews air force base. winds are starting to gust, especially out west. winds now gusting in oakland to 43. 28 in win chester. winds pick up as the storm system cranks away from us. behind it, high pressure builds in. that pressure difference drives the winds. generally clear skies going through the day, lots of sunshine, also a decent amount of wind. next three days, today becoming sunny and windy, 64. tomorrow, cool 55. could be a sprinkle in one or two spots. say cloudy, partly to mostly cloudy. heading towards the weekend, saturday looks real nice. it will be mild and 60. front cools us down to 50 sunday. back above 60 monday and tuesday. wind advisor

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traveling at the american legion bridge, all lanes out of montgomery county coming into fairfax.ble spots to report on # 95. light volume leaving duke street headed how the to the 14th street bridge -- no trouble spots to report on 395. >>> less than a week to go until people hit the roads for thanksgiving and aaa predicts 42 million americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home. 94% will travel by car. gas prices are up about 8%. >>> texting while driving is a problem that appears to be growing. the number of drivers who admit that they text while driving on the beltway is up 47% over last year that. doesn't include talking on the phone. aaa surveyed thousands of drivers would travel the beltway in virginia b 55% say they talk and text on their cell phones and half say they were responding to work-related messages. aaa is trying to get employers to stop contacting workers while they're driving. >>> if you want to avoid a traffic violation, there is an app for that. the iphone has developed an application that acts as a radar device. it also tells drivers where red light

what you see is what you get for the local. 38 in fairfax. still 40 in arlington.ll 40 in rockville and bethesd and downtown it is also 42. we do have mid-30s. i think they are done falling. okay, here is the deal. nice for november. it really is. in fact, eighth nice weekend in a row. i know it rained a little bit the very first weekend in october late sunday but 80% of that weekend was nice. it does appear it will be wet for your travel day or days. whether you do it tuesday or wednesday. and looks like it will be winter here by next friday. we will explain that coming up. overnight clear skies cold. lows 32 to 42. winds turning southwesterly at about 10. saturday morning mostly sunny with a cold start. grab your sunglasses and light jacket. 30s and 40s. winds will pick up a little bit in the morning. southwesterly at 10 to 15 for a bit. by afternoon, though, not a factor. partly cloudy. milder. highs near 60. winds turn a little bit. northwesterly at 10. but it will not be breezy in the afternoon which means that 60-degree temperature will feel like 60. 61 in sp

in montgomery county and fairfax. tonight, there is really. a person in fairfax started the process. >> we received a tip from an alert since then. it called the police. officers went down and found the vehicle and stopped the vehicle and identified the driver. >> police say the suspect used pliers to force himself into the home. he slept in without the family dog noticing. a neighbor says she was shocked that the accused serial burglar and lived nearby. >> i am very surprised. it is so close. you never know who is who. they could have done it to everybody. >> edmonds is facing 13 counties -- 13 charges in montgomery county. julie parker, abc 7 news. >>> breaking news tonight from the d.c. police department. one of its most recognizable figures is on administrative leave tonight. the assistant chief was placed on leave after allegations she was involved in compromises given to the command staff. she will remain on leave pending the outcome of an investigation. >>> day three of jury deliberations in the chandra levy murder trial. the jury sent

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get over to fairfax around mclean, you're at 51. oxon hill and largo, prince george's county, 49 degrees. here's a look at some of the cloud cover to the north and west. just a few high clouds especially over in elkins, west virginia. 52 here. really seasonable temperatures across the area. later tonight, it ge pretty cold. under the clear skies, temperature will steadily drop to 44 degrees by 9:00. 11:00 p.m., down to 43. so i'm calling it a clear chilly night. cold by morning. a terrific weekend coming up, guys. and next week, next week there's a lot to talk about for next week. rain and then winter arriving. what does that mean? i'll tell you. you have to stick around. >> ok. we'll do it. thanks. >> we're just getting started. a special bond between firefighters. after a 9/11 widow's home is destrod by floods. >>> the royal couple is close to picking a wedding location. >>> plus, disturbing tales today of that plane that had to make an ergency landing. tom costello stops by with his report. ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause

the fairfax county police first started to follow him after a citizens called in a suspicious vehicle. >> i have to credit a citizens that was alert and an early- morning hours of november 8th, one of our streets in fairfax county. my officers went and handled it well, and we developed the suspect as a result of that call in to us. >> reporter: all right, tonight, edmonds sits in a month dorm -- montgomery county jail. the bond is set at $425,000 faces more than a dozen felonies, and several from a stolen gun. members of a special task force put together in fairfax county plan to come forward with their own charges soon. >> it sounds like police are saying the crimes were very similar no matter the location. is that right? >> and we have been covering these for months now. the same m.o. he went up to the homes, there was an open door and that is how he was able to gape access in maryland. he walked in overnight and simply got through an open door. >> all right, matt ackland, thank you. >> uh-huh. >>> and we're following a developing story affecting commuters. the police are investigat

the fairfax county parents are upset of what they view as a lack of communication in the school system and new policies they say send the wrong message. a zero, that is the grade you used to get if caught cheating on a test at west potomac high school. >> i think if you got caught cheating, that is your fault. you shouldn't have done that. >> reporter: a policy instituted this year at the fairfax county schools told teachers to give students caught cheating a chance to, quote, recomplete that work. >> everyone deserves a chance. >> morally corrupt to promote cheating with no repercussions. i teach, you know, infants and toddlers and the big principle behind learning there and anywhere is natural consequences. >> reporter: principal cliff hardinson reverted back to a different policy allowing teachers to decide if they wanted students to redo the work. the parents say that is not good enough and created the facebook page called real world, real grades. >> they have two, three more days to study and they can talk to other students about what was on the test and they may have even, you kn

if you know who the bag belonged to, you are asked to call fairfax police.e arermonk -- >>>> monitoring a story from north carolina in the details of the death of 10-year-old zahra baker. her killer dismembered her remains and place them in different locations. she was disabled. she had a prosthetic leg. she lost it to cancer. her stepmother has been in jail since last month on charges related to the child to death. >>>> closing arguments are expected to more on the murder trial. prosecutors dropped two more charges of the nine charges that had been filed against the suspect. only two murder counts remained. >>> the article 32 hearing for the man charged in the fort hood mass shooting has come to a) his lawyer spoke for only three minutes and presented no evidence. they complained they have not received key government reports about the case. he is accused in the murders of 13 people and the shootings of 32 others a year ago. hassan work in our region before moving to fort hood. >>> a california woman has been charged with conspiring with a somali terrorist g

but primarily 50s. 55 in fairfax, 50 in reston. 51 in sterling. still 54 out in leesberg. but 52 in rockville, bethesda, college park and 51 in beltsville. and there is the one 49 up in laurel and columbia. cooler off to the north and east. so the redskin forecast then, temperatures in the 50s. 7:00 drive but by 9:00 we'll see showers. and by 11:00 we'll see rain and showers. temperatures in the low 50s. all right, let's talk about the outside story. locate your umbrella. tuesday morning will be a wet commute. tuesday evening is a wet commute and wednesday -- tuesday will be cooler. wednesday is going to be nice. it will be windy but still a very nice day. now we're coming off what is perhaps the nicest weekend i can remember in november. so we've had it lucky. got to pay the piper a little bit at some point. tonight there is the rain and showers, perhaps as far north as frederick by about 10:00. let me go back to live doppler 9,000. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. rain now for the time being. southern maryland and fredericksberg down 95 and to the south o

shows visited in fairfax. it confides with the cinderella foundation's fund-raiser called fashion with a purpose. the foundation provides support for african-american girls and women living in high risk and low income communities. >>> 43 days until christmas but whose counting? and you can hear a little something from today's toy pick of the day. >> okay. >> what is it? >> this is a big fellow. this is imagine big foot the monster. he walks, talks, burps. he breathes deeply. he has got some attitude. let's see if he can flip. >> look out. >> okay. right. >> oh, he did it. >> yes. see. this right here -- >> i want that toy. >> this is marketed to little guys 3 years old and up. the list price is $90. the cheapest we found him is at wal-mart for 84.88. the most expensive we found is at k mart for 99.99. i'm going to turn him off because he doesn't stop making noise. i know. >> what's his name again? >> big foot the monster. >> he is breathing deep. i've got to turn you off for a minute. >> okay. let's move on he

. >>> authorities took tin haven't to a nova fairfax hospital. she is being held for testing and observation for several days. police say the baby appears to be full term and possibly of hispanic accident. they also decent. the they say the child was only exposed to the elements for a few minutes before being found. >>> virginia, maryland and the district have a safe haven policy. it allows a caretaker to drop a baby at a hospital or a rescue squad free of criminal charges. in virginia the child can be as old as 14 days when taken in. in the district, the baby can no hold older than a week and in maryland, the caretaker has three days after the child is born to take that baby to a hospital or rescue center. >>> elsewhere, president barack obama back home at the white house tonight after a 10-day asian trip. >> the president went on this mission because asia is the most vibrant market, growing market in the world. and we want to compete for those jobs. and that's why he went. his first stop was in india, a growing power in the world. and we saw am

we're live here at fairfax nova hospital. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, john. >>> on capitol hill today, congressman charles rangel walked out of an ethics hearing in protest. the democrat said he wouldn't stay without legal representation. his lawyers quit when he couldn't convince them he could pay a $2 million fee he's already rung up. rangel is facing 13 ethics violatio, including failure to report income on a villa in the dm dominican republic. a full ethics panel will decide his punishment if they approve. >>> the most pressing iue are tax cuts for the lame duck session. the bush era wants to end tax cuts for people making more than $250,000 a yr, while republicans want everyone to continue getting a tax break, at least until the economy recovers, but in a change from last month, both sides are considering the possibility of comprose. >>> the world' largest social network is taking on e-mail. facebook introduced a new messaging platform. they call it project titan. the product will merge texts, on-line chats

steady showers from 66 to about fairfax county. culpeper getting some rain as well.is moving from the southwest to the northeast. that will remain throughout the day. if temperatures are in the upper 40's. mid 50's this afternoon with intermittent showers. that's through tonight as well, tapering off at this time tomorrow. if tomorrow will be generally sunny and windy, as in the low 60's. now let's go back to lisa baden with the soggy drive. >>> a tractor-trailer broken- down on northbound 395 after the 14th street bridge, for the entrance for the third street tunnel. police are with it. two right lanes are closed. let's take you to the beltway near andrews air force base. moving at speed in the rain. back to you. >> thank you. >>> here is your chance to speak out about the condition of metro's escalators. tbd.com our. com will be checking out all of the nearly 600 escalators and they will report what they find in a live blog on their web sites and they want to hear from new. let them know about the conditions of the escalators that you ride by going to tbd.com. >> t

here in fairfax county, they say they do plan to file carge in the coming days. reporting le, darcy spencer, news4. >> a lot of relieved residents. thank you. >>> we have a news4 exclusive. this started as a cat rescue but then it spiraled out of control. instigators have found more than 70 cats inside a home in annandale, virginia. julie carey is live in that neighborhood where the cat's owner, she spoke with her tonight and said she was just trying to hp. this is a really sad story. >> reporter: it is a very sad story. there has been an assembly line of sorts for the last few hours. catsave been taken from the home and put in the trailer. code enforcent has deemed this home uninhabitable. the owner says she saw nothing wrong with conditions and was only trying to find homes for the cats. >> that wld be great. >> reporter:age after cage after cage containing cats of every size and color. this annandale home wa the headquarters for the scue and do know group called kitty caregivers. when recently when they saw some of t cats in a foster home ere, they alerted the

. >>> the fight over the future of the fairfax county elementary school could take a new twist. the judge decided to hear arguments from parents and from an organization so in the fairfax county school board of clifton elementary school during the school board decided to close clifton at the end of the school year because it needs renovations that would be too costly to the county's budget. critics argue the community school is too important to the fabric of that community. >>> the breeze. is over. if you are coddling 3 midnight, you get a $75 fine. replied cameras went up at connecticut avenue and porter street. 14th street and k street and third street at new york avenue. >>> of virginia lawmaker has filed legislation to establish a don't drill on the license plate. it features the rattlesnake with a flag that has become a symbol of the tea party movement. first, 350 prepaid applications must be submitted to the state dmv. >>>4:37 on this friday morning. >>> still ahead, the nightmare cruise is over and passengers are speaking pallet. >>> nothing could go on with the dallas bu

the baby is said to be in good condition at a fairfax hospital. tonight police are looking for her mother. >> our main priority now is we need to find this mother. it's obvious that the baby was not delivered in a hospital. therefore, she possibly delivered this baby on her own and we're very concerned for her safety and her well being. i would say divine intervention, the holy spirit told that parishioner to stop and look in that bag and the parishioner found a crying baby. >> the newborn is expected to be hospitalized for the next week or so and then she'll be placed in foster care. >>> the news edge on maryland now where prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to head back to work tomorrow, just 48 hours after his arrest by federal agents. right now he's charged with felony witness and evidence tampering in an ongoing federal corruption investigation. tonight incoming executive rushern baker is not commenting on his predecessor, but baker's team says they're not concerned about the transition. >> here in prince george's county

mid 50s, montgomery and fairfax counties.hiter views showing temperatures around the region that climbed into the 40s. right now at elkins at 49. they bottomed out there this morning in the low 20s. now it's in the 50s in the carolinas as well. all up and down the atlantic seaboard there's plenty of sunshine and we've got very pleasant conditions for november. going back over the last 12 hours, we've seen this persistent ridge of high pressure holding in. meanwhile there' a storm system spinning away out over the western atlantic. this is the one that hit new england last couple days with the wind and rain. this persistent east and northeast flow from this system has been pushing some water up the cheese peak bay and the tidal potomac. at times of high tide we may have high water over the next 24 hours or so. meanwhile in the midwest there's a storm sstem spreading ra from the upper great lakes down to the central an southern plains. that's going to stay to our west here and through the weekend as well. now, as we go forward

i request your support on no parking on fairfax avenue. i am a business owner who has had a business on the street for over 10 years. it is a very quiet, nice place to work. my wife and i both work there. in the last week or so there has been an influx of rvs. there are people basically living there. that has resulted in increased garbage and human waste on the street. it is not cemetery. it is not a good working condition. -- it is not sanitary. about a week ago, several came back. i think that yesterday dpw was out there picking up used motor oil, bags of trash, and things that would not normally come from anywhere but the rvs. chairperson nolan: just to be clear, you support what the staff has proposed? och all in favor, say aye. moving on to the next item. >> items 11 and 12th of concern -- and twelve both concern taxis. would you like to call them together? chairperson nolan: do so. >> item 11 -- a proposed ordinance to move the police section to division one of the transportation code and to authorize employees of texas services to e

in prince george's,fairfax, montgomery counties. it's in the low 40s in washington. upper 40s right ar the bay. and around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley, temperatures there are just in the low to mid 30s. from mount pleasant to morningside. vienna, and centreville. wheaton and germantown we've got a clear sky and off to r west temperatures are older in western maryland and west virginia. this clear sky, thanks to a large ridge of high pressure that's still in place, giving us plenty of sunshine today, highs reaching low 60s by early to mid afternoon. sun rise 6:46. su set 4:58. a look at friday, sarday, sunday at 6:11. how is the traffic jerry? >> overall pretty quiet morning. a little lighter than normal as you might imagine along 95 northbnd. as you begin to drive northbound to fredericksburg to dale city, springfield, both directions lanes are open. no hov restrictions today because of the veterans day holiday. outside the capital beltway, outer loop from i-95 to 355 lanes are open. had a broken down truck inner loop near pennsylvania avenue. should be out

upper 30s, prince george's, arlington, fairfax and montgomery county. itas dipped down into the 20s to near 30 degrees in many locations where you see the blue. across pennsylvania, western maryland and west virginia. over the last 12 hours we've had this enormous ridge of high pressure still in place going to give us another sunny day with temperatures by early to mid afternoon into the low and mid 60s. perhaps especially to our south and sunrise is at 6:46. about an hour and 15 minutes away sunset at 4:58. a look at friday, saturday and sunday. coming up around 5:41. jerry, how's the traffic? >> tom, off we go, sampling around the area. pretty quiet morning l in all. at least on the virginia side as you travel the capital beltway both directions between springfield and i-66. travel lanes are open. go overto ryland, top side of the beltway, the overnight road work up here on the outer loop in new hampshire avenue. that should be wrapped up. getting reports of an accident on the beltway around landover. so more information on that. and get back to you a

low to mid-40s in prince george's, fairfax and montgomery counties. patchy fog.d up in just the last several years. not too bad in washington an points north and west. montgomery county, thick fog. dulles, visibility is just at a quarter mile. just a quarter mile in manassas as well. half a mile at andrews air force base. temperatures are in the 40s from the mountains to the atlantic peaches. we had a few sprinkles in the mountains. we just have low clouds and fog, northern virginia and the strict and much of maryland this morning. students athe bus stops, watch out for them. hard the see pedestrians, as well as deer. now predawn, dawn. sunrise isust about to begin. temperatures will be in the 40s wi patchy fog and the clouds here for another couple hours. then sun breaking out. highs reaching low 60s. good wther for the skins dpram. cloudy by kickoff. it ought to be in the low 50s. by dawn tomorrow, light rain is possible. upper 40s. occasional shower likely during the day on tuesday, tuesday night. drying out wednesday and thursday. and cooling down. friday, sa

also a lot of trees and wires down in fairfax county. locations we know of are wolf run, rutledge and fairfax station. 5300 block of mitchell street in alexandria and 4700 of spruce avenue in fairfax. >>> today jurors will delibera the fate of chandra levy's accused killer after a month of testimony. attorneys made their final arguments yesterday. prosecutors closed by saying guandique's face was the last thing levy saw before she died in rock creek park. but the defense said that was fiction. they argued there was no evidence linking guandique to levy. they also said former california congressman gary condit is the one who has been acting guilty. >>> members of the ethiopian community will protest outside the dc 9 nightclub in northwest washington this morning. they're upset that a hearing is being held which could reinstate the club's liquor license. it was revokedast month after a confrontation between several employees ended in a man's death. five were originally charged with second-degree murder in muhammad's death but they were lat

and a biggood afternoon to you in fairfax county, franconia and great falls. degrees with a light northerly wind. a littl out of the east east of our area. beautiful skies up and down the east coast today. we've got that crescent moon that we carry all the way through our good nht forecast. we'll drop 54 degrees by 7:00. and then 50 by 9:00 and down to 48. fairly light wind. so for your fast forecast, a clear late fall evening for us. there is a coastal flood advisory that lith affect western portions of the bay. 'll talk about high tide times. and then some mild sunshine continuing for the weekend. stick around. we'll have the full forecast coming up in a few. >>> it's good to live here. a new report finds seven othe nation's richest counties in o area. >> virginia's loudoun county leads the way. the median income is more than $114,000. 17% of loudoun county's households make more than $200,000. and only 16% make less than the national average $50,000. >> second on the st, fairfax county with an average income of more than $102,000. fairfax was the first coun

the accident at fairfax drive is out of here.red out of the way but looks delayed from 50 to 123. plus, five minutes to make it through that. a look at the 66 traffic, pretty much bumper-to-bumper here. no fun here. on the outer loop in maryland, look at the graphics again. we can show you the travel times from 95 to 270. only taking ten minutes. the inner loop is taking about ten and looks like 267, 674 to the beltway a seven-minute commute that is growing. still ahead we will have a look at that inner loop tieup. back to you. >>> we are back at 6:31. president obama is in japan this morning. it is the final stop on his four nation tour of asia. air force one touched down in tokyo, less than 30 minutes ago. president obama is traveling to yokohama. >>> before japan the president wrapped up the g-20 summit in south korea. world leaders discuss the fragile global economy and how to get things back on track. >> here in seoul we agreed to new standards, similar to those we passed in the united states to make sure the banks have the

low to mid 30s in fairfax county. loudon, where i visited the great elementary school last tuesday, ashburn, near freezing. near freezing in prince william. a bit milder farther to the west because of a cloud cov over the shendoah valley and eastern west virginia. clouds will be breaking up. highs should reach the low 50s. so a chilly day coming up. and more sun, too,his afternoon. tomorrow we'll have some sun in the morning. chilly start. mid-30s tomorrow morning. afternoon highs on saturday. upper 50s. just a few midday clouds. monday, though, should be a little bit milder. low 60s. now here is a look to the all-important holiday. it does look like travel days, tuesday, wednesday could be wet withain and turning cooler wednday and thanksgiving day. could have a gusty wind on thanksgiving day as well. now, jerry, how is the friday commute? >>> follow breaking news. chopper 4 has just arrived over the sce of a car fire. all of this happening in the uthbound lanes of i-270, montgomery village. right side is blcked. two

low 40s in prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties.t, it's dipped into th 30s, as well as southwest of washington, central virginia. mid and upper 30s weather watchers reportg. western maryland, west virginia, manyocations in the 20s right now. cold start there. and we do have a large ridge of high pressure that stretches from eastern can do the gulf coast. it will give us plenty of sunshine. highs reaching the low 60s. a look at thursday, friday, saturday in ten minutes. how is the traffic, jerry? >> tom, let's take to the air. looking down toward the district on route 50. had the accident route 50 down around kennelworth avenue. early days as you begin to drive in from route410 towards northeas let's see ho we're doing elsewhere. the drive over on greenbelt. no big surprises. a little bit of volume. travel lan reported open. let's head over and see if there's anything to worry about. 66 inbound doing pretty well. won't be too long and we will have intense sunshin delays i expect. an accident quickly moved to the shoulder in dale city

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and in montgomery and fairfax, low 40s. we have patchy dense fog. watch out for that.rter mile. illy morning but no subfreezing temperatures from the mountains all the way to the lick beaches. and the view from space showing a few areas of low cloudiness across northern virgia. that fog should break up in the next, oh, about three hours or so perhaps by mid morning. partly cloudy after that. temperatures should climb into the low 60s by midafternoon. sunrise 6:51. sunset at 4:54. and we'll take a look at tonight into tomorrow. that will be coming up in ten minutes. how is the traffic, jerry? sampling inbound on 66. picking u vol. starting to see a few brake lights. haven't had any incints to report on in. pop over and check out the beltway. prince george's county. accident near landover road. should be out of the roadway. another on on connecticut avenue. that, too, has been cleared fro traffic. one more stop into the district or out of the district. both directions between rosslyn andgeorgetown. out to e rails we go. still very quiet. metro, vre and mark. joe, eun. >>

. >> reporter: this fairfax county woman is one of the victims of the serial burglary, her home entered through an unlocked door. cash stolen from her purse. now that the suspect has been arrested she will sleep a little easier tonight. >> kind of relieved. knowing that this guy is cut. >> reporter: police in montgomery county arrest brad edmonds after undercover officer caught him breaking into homes. >> they charged him with 13 different crimes and currently in the montgomery county detention center. >> repter: he's suspected in more than 100 crimes in fairfax, prince william and montgomery counties. they say he entered homes in cars in the dead of the night hunting for cash. according to court records he s a history of burglary arrests and was convicted on drug and gun charges. this is where he went through. >> reporter: the burglar tried to breakinto this home but his door was locked but couldn't be pried open. >> i'm glad he got caught. >> reporter: police say they identified edmonds after a resident in fairfax county reported seeing his oldsmobile intrigue in the neighborhood. whe