here at their forestville maryland plant, workers sort through books to be donated, resold or recycledt you wouldn't know that by looking at the bins. >> is there a problem with the bins as they're labeled? >> i think there has been. it wasn't our intent to create a problem. >> reporter: but the bins aren't the only problem. their financial reports raise questions too. in 2009, reading tree reported more than $10 million in contributions and grants. they later amended that same return to show they had actually taken in less than $1 million. >> i'm not sure that this smells right. >> reading tree is a non-profit totally separate entity from trn. we have a social mission. >> reporter: trm president jeff mick mull en mcmullen says that is to put a book in a needy person's hands. but what percentage goes to children and what percentage are resold or recycled. for every book that is sold, another is donated. outcry about the bins is growing across the country. the state of oregon is requesting complaints about how the bins are labeled but others are not waiting for officials to step in. >>

. >>> meanwhile, we are following some breaking news this morning out of forestville, maryland. a toddler is in the hospital clinging to life after getting caught in a house fire. this happened on the 6100 block of hillmar drive early this morning. first floor of the family's two- story town house caught on fire. the father, mother and a 9-year- old child got out safely. but the younger child did not make it out with them. firefighters were able to rest cute child from the house and put the fire out. the child is in the hospital in critical condition at this time. >>> in southern california, a federal immigration agent who shot and injured another officer was killed when a third agent shot him. this happened at an immigration office in long beach last night. the shooter died at the scene. and the wounded agent is in stable condition in the hospital this morning. >>> a well-known journalist who once worked in d.c. has died. anthony shodit died while in eastern syria on an assignment. the time says he was gathering information on the resistance to the syrian government. he is said

. >>> following some breaking news this morning out of forestville, maryland i'm toddler in the hospital clinging to life after getting caught in a house fire. it happened in the 6100 block of hillmar drive early this morning. sherry ly is live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom. we have five people who were inside this house, three adults, a 9-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl that. 2-year-old now in critical condition. this fire started just before 2:00 this morning at a up to house in the colony square development on hillmarch drive. for the latest now, we have chief mark bayshore to tell us what has happened first. what is the status of the child. >> the 2-year-old, we do have a report that pulse has been restored to the child. she was taken out of here with cpr in progress by firefighters and paramedics. she is being transferred over to children's national medical center in northwest. >> reporter: that is child's injuries from burns, from smoke inhalation, can you tell us anything about that? >> we believe it to be smoke inhalation but we haven't got th

it's been nearly two years since maryland state trooper wesley brown was gunned down outside that forestville the guilty verdict brought prosecutors, his trooper colleagues, family and friends a sense finally of relief. >> our lives will be forever changed because he's not here, but we're greatful. >> reporter: carol williams seen in in surveillance video -- cyril williams seen in this surveillance video gunned down the trooper in june of 2010. half an hour earlier the trooper had escorted him out over an unpaid bill. williams' 28-year-old friend pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and has yet to be sentenced. the prince george's county state's attorney is more than satisfied with today's conviction. >> we want to send a message that we will not tolerate murders of this kind, that those who intend to kill and harm individuals in our community will be arrested, will be charged and will be brought to justice. >> reporter: wesley brown was active in the community and mentored a youth group. many of those young men turned out to pay their respects at his funeral. l. sentencing is

maryland state trooper. police say cyril williams gunned down proper wesley brown outside an applebee's in forestville in 2010moments after being escorted out of the restaurant. brown worked a second jobs a security guard to help support his mentoring organization. a second man has already pleaded guilty to helping williams after the crime. >>> the murder trial of a former university of virginia la crosse player continues today. george huguely as excused of killing yeardley love in her off-campus apartment back in 2010. the two had dated but had broken up several times. last week, former teammates testified that huguely had been drying heavily. fox 8's paul wagner will have a live report in charlottesville for an update on this case at 9:00 a.m. >>> now for a delicate rescue in fairfax, virginia from over the weekend. strong winds knocked down a huge tree into a home in the 5000 block of lavery court. the 80-foot tree piped a woman sleeping in her bed. -- trapped a woman sleeping some her bed. >>> mitt romney won in maine and he took first place in the conservative political action conference this weekend. ri

maryland state trooper. wesley brown was shot to death in june of 2010 while working security at a forestville restaurant.e say brown kicked cyril williams out of the restaurant because of disorderly conduct. then williams allegedly came back and shot brown in the parking lot. another man, anthony milton, has already pled guilty to being an accessory to the murder. he is set to be sentenced later this month. >>> and this week, jurors in the george huguely murder trial are expected to hear testimony about the cause of yeardley love's death. the medical examiner is expected to testify. the university of virginia lacrosse supplier accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2010. prosecutors say huguely killed love in a jealous rage, slamming her head into a wall. the defense says their client was too drunk to plot her death. they say she was drunk and died of asphyxiation. the trial is expected to last at least another week. >>> today president obama will submit a new budget proposal to congress and outline it to the public with a visit in northern virginia. the 2013 fiscal year begins next october 1. the presi

maryland state trooper. wesley brown was shot to death in june of 2010 while working security at a forestville restaurant.say that brown kicked cyril williams out of the restaurant because of disorderly conduct. williams then allegedly came back and shot brown in the parking lot. another man, anthony milton, has already pleaded guilty to being an accessory. he will be extended this month. >>> this week jurors in the george huguely murder trial are expected to hear testimony about the cause of yeardley love's death. the medical examiner expected to testify. the university of virginia lacrosse player is accused of killing his former girlfriend in 2010. prosecutors say that huguely killed love in a jealous rage, slamming her head into a wall. the defense says their client was too drunk to plot her death. they say she was drunk and died of asphyxiation. the trial is expected to last at least one more week. >>> today supporters of the same-sex marriage bill will gather in annapolis for a rally. they'll lobby lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage. a similar bill failed to pass last year. earlier this year, op

gun that was used to kill a maryland state trooper in prince george's county has been sentenced to five years in prison. trooper wesley brown was gunned down outside a forestville applebee's restaurant in 2010. the shooter, cornelius williams was convicted last week of first degree murder. 29-year-old anthony millton agreed to testify against williams in exchange for that five year sentence. he was angry because he had been thrown out of the restaurant and returned to seek revenge. williams will be sentenced in may. >>> penn state says it has received a federal subpoena related to the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. federal prosecutors are seeking information regarding sandusky and his charity organization for children. the former penn state assistant coach is accused of molesting at least ten boys and he denies those charges. >>> world opposition is growing to the deadly regime of syrian president bashar al-assad. secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with officials from 70 countries in tunisia to discuss ways to end that violence. tina krause has the latest developments now from london. >> reporter: hundreds of protestors loyal to syrian president b

maryland state trooper wesley brown in june of 2010. brown was working part-time security at an apple bee's in forestville. >>> you need to register in virginia afternoon in person. if you are mailing it has to be postmarked with today's date. >>> and we'll have one final check of weather and traffic, after this. welcome back. your weather first, we are looking at sunshine today. mid-40s tonight. maybe an isolated shower or two on tuesday. highs near 50. >>> brunswick line 874 has been cancelled. 878 will be used, it is running 20 minutes late. a live picture from sky 9 on the south side of 270. the accident has been cleared. >>> wall street is looking sharply higher this morning thanks for a new austerity package in greece. >>> next the whitney houston death and the grammys and adele being the big win sneer while you are at work today, get updates at wusa9.com. >>> see you back here tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a great day, everybody. bye bye,

maryland state trooper in 2010. cyril trooper wesley brrwn... who ng - had been working as a security guard at an applebee's restaurant in forestville.f the yeardley love murder trial beggnsstoday. already jurors have heard graphic testimony bout the days prior to yeardleys' death ... and the night she was killee. one witness testified that on a separateeoccasion ... he came to yeardley's screams for help ...only to find george huguely's hands around hhr neck. trial so far .. both the accused and yeardley's family attorney steve katz joins us this morning with a look at theetrial so faa and what's ahead.-what has been most significant about this trial so far -ended up with jury split evenly between men and women--how significant waa the testimony of yeardley's other romantic interest saying he saw huguely tryyng to strangle her-email saying i should have killed her &pphuguely's confession waa played in court .. he bboke down aad cried-this week will pocus on the cause of yeardley love's death .. there are conflicting medical reeorts ... prosecutors say it as blunt force trauma... defense says positional asphyxiation ... alcohol and d

maryland state police trooper. the man accused of pulling the trigger is on trial. prosecutors say the officer was shot to exact revenge before brown threw him out of an applebee's in forestville. prosecutors say after being tossed out, the suspect drove to a friend's house, picked up a gun, drove back to the restaurant and shot and killed the officer. >>> 4:33 now. we -- 4:34 now. we're learning more injuries 22- year-old yeardley love suffered the day she was killed. they were described as potentially leit a.m. the doctor -- lethal. the doctor went on to describe a series of bruises on love's body, face and neck. george huguely is accused of first-degree murder in her death. he confessed to grabbing and shaking her but says he never hit her. >>> troops in syria continue to bomb the city. the uprising has been going on for nearly a year. >> the united nations says syrian's government is engaging in an atrocity, but the international body has not been able to pass a resolution condemning that violence. the obama administration says it backs the arab league's plans to end the ongoing violence in syria but the white house says there are several obstacles when it comes to appoint

maryland state trooper. wesley brown was shot to death in june of 2010 while working security at a forestville restaurant. cyril williams of the restaurant because of disorderly conduct. williams allegedly came back and shot brown in the parking lot. another man, anthony milton, has already pled guilty to being an accessory to the murder. he is set to be sentenced later this month. >>> a virginia congressman wants a federal panel to reject a design for a memorial honoring president dwight d. eisenhower. in a letter to the national capital planning commission, congressman frank wolf says the memorial plans should be scrapped because eisenhower's family says the concept overemphasizes his boyhood kansas background. the family wants the memorial to put more emphasis on his achievements during world war ii and in the white house. in his letter, wolf echoed the family's objection saying, "president eisenhower was a towering figure of the 20th century. i agree with susan eisenhower that depicting her grandfather as a bareftse adolescent is inappropriate for a memorial on the national mall and would not convey t

maryland state trooper. wesley brown was shot to death in june of 2010 while working security at a forestville restaurant.e say brown kicked a man out of a restaurant because of disorderly conduct. man allegedly came back and shot brown in the parking lot of the restaurant. another man has also pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the murder. he's set to be sentenced later this month. >>> the autopsy report is expected to be the focus of today's trial for george huguely. medical examiner is expected to testify. the university of virginia lacrosse player is accused of killing his exgirlfriend yeardley love in 2010. prosecutors say huguely killed love in a jealous rage slamming her head into a wall. defense attorneys say their client was too drunk to plot love's death. they say she was also drunk and died of asphyxiation. the trial is expected to last at least another week. >>> the southbound side of the fairfax county parkway should reopen any minute now after a serious crash this morning. around 9:00 this morning, police say several vehicles, including a tractor-trailer, were involved in an accident on

maryland state trooper. cyril williams is accused of shooting wesley brown while the trooper was working security at an applebee's in forestvillene of 2010. prosecutors say brown had just escorted williams out of the restaurant. another man pleaded guilty to assisting williams. >>> president barack obama is presenting his 2013 budget at the northern community college in annandale later this morning. his plan calls for $3 trillion in deficit reductions over the next 10 years and tax increases of $1.5 trillion. >>> vice president joe biden will welcome the next leader of china at the white house tomorrow. the chinese vice president is coming for what is described as a getting acquainted visit. after meeting biden, he will sit down with president obama and other administration officials. >>> a miracle on the mountain up next. a little girl survives a massive avalanche trapped beneath more than 30 feet of snow for nearly half a day. >> we'll have the tale of her rescue coming up after the break.  today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wan

deadly shooting of an off duty maryland state trooper, sarah williams is charged with shooting trooper brown at an apple bees he was working as a security guard in forestville in 2010 he was 24 years old. brown told williams to leave the restaurant for disruptive behaviour then williams returned and shot him. >> a small virginia town is mourning after a loss of one of its young volunteer firefighters he was killed overnight his father was also hurt. maureen has the story. >> reporter: the accident happened here about 7 miles from the gore volunteer fire and rescue department it is not known what caused the 21-year- old and his father, the tanker they were in to crash. >> he had only been with gore volunteer fire and rescue for about a year it was a family business in many ways. the entire wit kerr family is very involved with the department. zach's death sent shock waves through the small community the flag outside the gore fire station has been lowered to half staff and the sign outside asks their fallen brother zach be remembered the 21-year-old died on a crash on the way to a fire early monday morning the chief fire marshall, says he was in the tanker th

maryland state trooper. cyril williams was charged with killing trooper wesley brown in june of 2010. brown was working as a part- time security guard for an applebee's restaurant in forestville. prosecutors say williams was angry about being thrown out of the restaurant and looking for revenge. dozens of police commanders and troopers have been in the courtroom for the trial. >>> caught on tape two gunmen tie up a clerk at a fredericksburg check cashing store on plank road. the suspects robbed the place, tied up the clerk's hands and feet. last time we saw these guys they were running out the backdoor, no word how much cash they got. >>> police in prince george's county are investigating this armed robbery. it was caught on tape at a 7- eleven. this was early this morning at the store on branch avenue in clinton. investigators say the two suspects who as you can see are wearing ski masks came into the store, showed a gun, demanded money. the clerk opened the cash register and the robbers got away with some cash and depress and they are still out there -- cigarettes and they are still out there somewhere. >>> boat owners in maryland may soon have to shell out more cash to reg

maryland state trooper. prosecutors say ceril williams wanted revenge when he allegedly shot trooper wesley brown in 2010. brown had been working as a security guard for the applebees in forestvillevestigators say the shooting happened after williams was asked to leave for disorderly conduct. the trial is expected to last about a week. >>> the jane department of transportation says it plans to inspect overhead signs along i-66 after one of them tipped over and landed right in traffic. a 30-foot high sign came crashing down saturday afternoon on the eastbound lanes of 66 near monument drive in fairfax county. that sign hit a pickup truck. amazingly no one was injured but traffic was snarled for hours. high winds on saturday may have played a part. >> we want to determine if the wind was a factor, if there were faulty parts, any type of issue that there could have been with this sign. we hope to find out the next week or so. >> v dot plans to inspect all signs and structures every five years. the one that fell was inspected back in december of 2007 and its anchor bolts had been tested since then. v dot tells us such collapses are extremely rare. >>> metro has hired a team of consul