. >>> another reason to buckle up when you get into the car this morning, today fairfax city police will launch a click it or ticket campaign looking out for drivers not wearing seat belts as well as other traffic violators. police can write you a $25 ticket for not buckling up and this campaign will run through thanksgiving day. >>> new numbers show us just how many drive are ignoring maryland's hands-free law. state police told a frederick news post they've written more than 1,600 tickets for talking or texting while driving. that's just since october 1 when the state ban started. before that drivers holding cell phones and talking could only be given a citation if an officer pulled them over for another violation. the tickets start at $75. >> 4:58. a joint effort by three local governments to raise the minimum wage is taking a step forward. a montgomery county council committee approved the hike to $11.50 an hour by 2016 setting it up for a full council vote be on tuesday. the d.c. council hopes to bring it up by the first week of decemb december. prince george's county has deferred a

city. lieutenant journal, jeffrey, pled not guilty. he was removed from his post following his arrest. shortly after the arrest, sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic. >> two fairfax county school employees are faces embezzlement and money laundering charges tonight. san one is a principal and the other employee is bethany speed at jeb stewart high. investigators say the two of them falsified time sheets to help steal as much as $100,000. >>> washington monument almost ready for you. today crews started removing the scaffolding surrounding the monument. of course it was put in place after an earthquake damaged the monument more than two years ago and expected to take three months. >> stores seem to be opening earlier and earlier for black friday. a lot of us try to stay away from. it is just, thanksgiving. it's every day. later on thursday after you eat your thanksgiving dinner. after the break, we'll talk about who is opening when. >> coldest air of the season. let me show you the temperatures. these are windchill temperatures. this is what you have to dress for. 31 downtown. 31 in gaithersburg and 26 up in hagerstown. we'll come back and tell you how long the ar