they also moved over to the protests at freedom plaza. that's where delia goncalves is live this morning to detail some of the things going on there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. what a major difference at the two locations. of course we saw some violence over at mcpherson square. things were very orderly and quite calm here at freedom plaza. this morning all is quiet. we did have one protester kind of walking around screaming loudly but that was pretty much it. there has been no major disruption here at freedom plaza. police are patrolling the area preparing for more inspections later this morning. the checks were orderly as i mentioned at freedom plaza sunday as crews and hazmat threw away any tents that posed a health risk. that includes the protesters' medical tent here. one man was arrested but s.w.a.t. team officers on standby never had to mobilized. since occupiers can no longer sleep here, many are staying at area shelters and churches. >> it was important for us to help them because we feel that they've been hel

they geared up in hazmat suits to clean up the campsite at freedom plaza and at freedom square. at freedom plaza, they were joined by protesters calling out tensets and trash. it has left protesters seemingly lost. >> we will come back. >> at mcpherson square, they were using power hoses to watch the walkways. most of the debris move from the square considered a biohazard. despite the cleanup dead rats litter the square. >> i was about to get not nice. >> jeremiah allegedly threw a brick hitting a police officer in the head. >> it is exhilarating, depressing [bleep] it did not block it off, so i guess we can put them back up. >> this is among one of the structures still standing. while most of the tents are gone, the tenacity remains strong. >> this goes into the internet, people's homes churches, and it keeps going on. >> as for jeremiah, who we mentioned, he may have tossed a brick at a police opposition and was in superior court today. he is accused of felony assault on a police officer. a number of the occupiers were injured in the raid that took place this weekend. from nor

live at freedom plaza, lauren demarco, fox 5 morning news. ng >> thank you. >>> jury selection begins today in the murder trial of george huguely, university of virginia student accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love. both were varsity la crosse players. huguely was arrested in may 2010 shortly after love was found dead in her apartment. huguely's lawyers claim love's death was an accident. though huguely said on videotape he kicked in love's bedroom door and shook her until her head banged against the wall several times. huguely faces life in prison with no parole. fox 5's paul wagner is covering the trial in charlottesville. he will be blogging during the trial. can you stay connected with him by going to myfoxdc.com. can you follow paul on twitter. >>> a former d.c. mayoral candidate is due in court today on a traffic charge. suleiman brown was arrested last year. he is still part of a federal investigation hooking in claims he was paid by mayor convince grant i's campaign team and promise ad job in the gray administration. >>

demonstrators have been on freedom plaza since the fall, protesting mostly about increasing economic equality in american society. in addition to planning marches and rallies, they spread their message to anyone who is willing to stop and listen. >> i think it's crazy that a corporation can have the rights of a person. >> reporter: that is a protestor. this mostly lefty crowd has company on freedom plaza. >> would you like to pay more taxes to pay down the public debt? make a donation? >> no. >> all right. >> i am. >> and meet david al massey, who on this day s trying to call attention to the massive federal debt by asking people to pay more to the federal government. and his organization, the national center for public policy research, has also secureed a permit to demonstrate on freedom plaza. sometimes the lefties and righties cross paths. >> while they were telling customers to invest in ceos, they were betting against them. >> uh. >> and that is the most disgusting. >> and don't you support our president? >> reporter: the conservatives think the regular occupiers are too find of

camps at macpherson square and freedom plaza this morning. early eight morning, officers in riot greer swept through the park making some arrests there and at freedom plaza a they inspected tent making sure protestors were in compliance of a rule that says they cannot sleep in the tents. some were taken down due to sanitation concerns. >>> the latest now from the campaign trail. mitt romney won the nevada caucuses saturday. the latest numbers from the associated press show romney with just over 50% of the vote. newt gingrich pulled in just over 21%. now, gingrich says he is focusing on super tuesday and refuting rumors he says were started by the romney camp that he plans to withdraw from the race. meantime, romney is keeping his sights set squarely on the current administration. >> we'll build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word and an old bumper sticker. and i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies and ever-increasing checks from government. >> i'm not going to w

camp, this time the one at freedom plaza. ncalves is live at the plaza where park police are expected to resume their camping checks. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it's a long and tedious process. i was here at freedom plaza yesterday and it took pretty much the whole day to go through the few tents that they did. it is very tedious, very time consuming but you know, i talked to some crews yesterday, some cleaning crews yesterday off camera who said they expected things to be much easier here at mcpherson because obviously we're talking about concrete as opposed to the mud gi ground over at mcpherson square -- muddy ground over at mcpherson square. the inspections that started sunday went smoothly and orderly. protesters even played classic rock as police and hazmat crews went tent to tent throwing away any bedding or material that posed a health risk. one uproar came when a medical tent was trashed here but the s.w.a.t. team in riot gear never had to move in. police are enforcing the no camping rule and many

lauren demarco live at freedom plaza in northwest good morning. >>> good morning alison.did have police here overnight monitoring the situation, just moments ago they did arrive back here at freedom plaza they are now going tent to tent sort of inspecting they are looking for any sort of cooking items, bedding, clothing any evidence that anyone is camping, and if that is the case, inhabitants will have to move those things out of their tents they are able to be here at all times with tents but cannot be camping in other words sleepling in these tents that is not permitted over the weekened saturday, mcpherson square officers in full riot gear on horseback, protestors, again they can remain on the site at all hours but cannot camp so officers searched those tents they did uncover bio hazard material, urine soaked bedding, urine filled bottles, and live and dead rats tents that did not meet regulations were dismantled 11 people were arrested on saturday, one for allegedly hitting an officer in the face with a brick now on sunday, there was a sweep here at freedom plaza. off

. >> occupy dc protestors have a smaller presence in freedom plaza and mcpherson square. after saturday pose a violent confrontation with police enforcing a camping ban. brianne carter is live in northwest with more details this morning. >> behind me at mcpherson square tents remain, but there are very few protesters said after a clash with police on the weekend. now it's a much different scene than 48 hours ago. >> occupy dc as a movement is not going away. >> but it appears to be changing. park police combed through both camps at mcpherson square and freedom plaza enforcing the camping ban. >> this is not an eviction. our main goal is to ensure the health and safety. >> tense moments erupted on saturday at mcpherson square during a more than 12-hour battle between police and protesters. >> one person got really bad club on the arm and another got a finger broken. >> 12 people were arrested included a man they believe is responsible for throwing a brick at an officer in the face. despite all this, protesters said they are not going anywhere. >> there will be legislation.

occupy protestors encampments in the district, this time freedom plaza. thanks for staying with us. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas. national park service crews found everything from human waste to rats in mcpherson square, some dead, some alive. fox 5's roz plater is in the newsroom to start us off tonight. >> well, u.s. park police are making rounds at both of the occupy d.c. sites tonight enforcing the no camping in the park rule and protestors tell us the officers told help to expect more inspections early tomorrow morning. this morning on day two of the sweep park police gave protestors at freedom plaza an hour warning, then came back and swept through the site looking for bedding, cooking materials, anything that could be used for camping. they said they will enforce the no sleeping rule. they cleared most of the tents hazmat teams took down a handful with unsanitary conditions of one person was arrested for threatening an officer, but there seems to be very little trouble. >> they came in here with a clear cut direct saying you get in compliance. we'll be out as fast as

within a couple of hours the whole camp was dismantled and then on sunday they came through to freedom plaza down the street and managed to largely dismantle that one too and protesters were saying you know we're going to be back we're going to come back this isn't going to stop us. but what actions they're going to take next you really don't know especially after seeing people brutally be in hurt and bloody on the streets of d.c. the other day people going to become outraged and start to fight back if you're going to be outraged and start to rebuild their encampment or people are going to be outraged and just kind of see what happens with let's hope that something positive the right one i'm sure you'll be down there keeping us posted and for any of us who work here at our t.v. this is something that we see every day and it is also just a couple foot steps from the white house are to web writer andrew blake thanks so much thank you. so i had on r.t. if you thought tensions with iran had reached a boiling point you ain't seen nothing yet coming up we'll tell you about the u.s. and use the lat

crews in hazmat suits checked tents at freedom plaza. protesters watched as officers threw away bedding and some tents. but the police inspection of freedom plaza on sunday was much less volatile than saturday morning's sweep through mcpherson square. there officers shoved unruly protesters away from the encampment and they made 11 arrests. >>> some churches are now offering protesters a place to sleep. >>> for the second time in four seasons, the new york giants are the super bowl champions. new york trailed by 4 in the 4th quarter but quarterback eli manning led the giants on an 88- yard touchdown drive and then the new york patriots had 57 seconds for a drive of their own. on the last play of the game, patriots quarterback tom brady throws up a hail mary. but it failed. so new york wins 21-17. >>> for 24 years our partners at "u.s.a. today" have gathered people in a room in order to rate the super bowl commercials. here's a little bit of their favorite. ♪ >> number one choice was the dog in the doritos commercial where the dog pays of

macpherson square and freedom plaza were going to be evicted and early saturday morning cops got the word that february fourth would be the day of starting as early as five am the police came through the camp explaining that the tent of dreams that had been erected over the statue of mickey. square had to be taken down i was there for part of the morning and early afternoon on saturday and saw it began as a pretty peaceful calm environment where police slowly began to overtake one part of the park after another but then they started to remove the tents in an effort to enforce a new policy of no enclosed tents on the park's premises many of the occupiers fled to one of the quadrants in the park which held their makeshift library and that's when police began being more aggressive. ok right. here you claim that the orders were given to her. for all the right. now the police seem to use this tactic push more a few times on saturday in the corralling of the protesters but the spots of violence one of which involved demonstrators and cops fighting over a barrier fence. thank you i thank yo

the extension would allow the protesters to remain in freedom plaza until april 29. the pr tests started back in october on the 10th on versely of the start of the war in afghanistan. >>> the dulles access road 267. starting at 9:30 tonight, vdot will close all of the eastbound lanes where it intersects the inner loop. the traffic will be detoured and then on to chain bridge road. crews will be working on the beltway express lanes project. the lanes will be reopening at 5:30 in the morning. >> another great looking day outside, just like most of the rest of this past month. topper, wouldn't it be great if every february was like this one? >> no. it would be great for some. we're looking at a nice evening. clouds are rolling in, but no worries. let me show you temperatures. a little bit cooler in the suburbs. 48, 45 now to frederick and 46 in leesburg. still 51 downtown and 54 in manassas. really not a bad evening as we close out the month of february. or almost close it out. clear skies early and clouds come in late. breezy and chilly. winds will pick up later. south

they are expected to be at freedom plaza. crews removed any violations, while the protesters, simply watched. meanwhile, crews spent the day cleaning up. afterall, it was we, the taxpayers, ho paid about $300,000 or so for the complete facelift to the park, including the brand new area. that was just a few years ago. now, we'll take a look at the muddy mess after four months of alaska asian and yesterday's eviction, we are lickly to pay out of pocket for another facelift. police on foot and on horseback, they will be patrolling the ground as a number of the occupiers are moving back. >> the deal is that we need to keep a chance open. we can't have betting in it. we were not allowed to sleep. >> there are people that need places to sleep. >> reporter: and for about two dozen occupiers, that will be here at the lutheran place church even food does in this cases are pouring in. >> we knew that it was important for us to help them because we feel like they have been helping us so much in terms of spreading, the message around. an

protesters are still occupying both mcpherson square and freedom plaza.an a day after the park service said it would enforce that camping ban in both parks. both sides appeared before a u.s. district judge this morning. one of the protesters filed a lawsuit to get an injunction against the park police. the judge denied that request, but did rule the federal government would have to serve any notice of eviction through that court. right now, the national park service says it has no immediate plan to close down the protests. >>> now, to the town of arizona where city council candidate who was kicked off the ballot is fighting back. we're talking about cabrera. last week a judge removed her name after ruling that her english speaking skills were not good enough to serve in office. under arizona law, office holders must be able to read, write, and speak in english. cabrera was born in arizona, but lived in mexico until she was 17 and she says she can handle her english well enough to serve. >> i speak english. a little maybe. but it's enough. >> okay, you jus

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at freedom plaza. largely unoccupied sunday night. >> i think some people are getting the message. >> only a handful protestors and perhaps a dozen park police. >> we will give the opportunity for people to leave that section. >> inspecting and making sure no one is camping. >> this is not an eviction. our main goal is to ensure health and safety occurred >> a far cry from saturday's violent confrontation in mcpherson square. >> i know one person that got a bad club to the arm. >> one officer was struck in the face with a flying brick a dozen protesters are restive. >> being in our nation's capital, i think it is important that we maintain a physical presence. >> is this making a difference? some visitors see more mass than message. >> when it becomes a nuisance to the city, then it is time to make some changes on how they protests. >> michael, a d.c. resident is a believer. >> there will be some legislation. something will happen as a result of this. >> keep in mind, these encampments have been here f

. >>> fox 5s lauren demarco is live at freedom plaza with the latest good morning lauren. >> reporter: good morning alison. we had some stand offs over the weekend this morning, things are calm police are here, performing their inspections of the tents there are about three dozen or so tents many were unoccupied overnight it seems but there are a good number of protestors here they seem to be complying with police this morning. now police are checking, to make sure there is no camping going on checking for bedding, clothing, cooking items they are prohibited also they are checking for bio hazards, the protestors can remain on site all hours with tents but again camping is not permitted so in other words no sleeping. the occupy protestors, were notified last week, the camping regulations would be enforced at both dc locations and saturday, at mcpherson square officers in full riot gear and horseback arrived they did search tents they uncovered some bio hazard material, urine soaked bedding, bottles, live and dead rats tents that did not meet regulations were taken down in addition, 11

today police move on to freedom plaza. thank you for joining us at 6:00, i'm will thomas. >> i'm maureen umeh. two occupy d.c. camps, two different environments. >> saturday police arrested 11 people most during the predawn raid at mcpherson square. day two at freedom plaza, a different story. roz platers joins us -- platter joins us live. >> reporter: police came in to muck officer son square on horseback and they came in in riot gear, made a dozen arrests. there was a lot of resize assistants to it. they began dismantling tents. a different story here tonight. as you can see, quiet. people are inside their tents but police are enforcing the snow sleeping here. they have a security perimeter outside the park here. but, again, no -- the scene is not nearly as much as the chaos of yesterday at mcpherson square tents. here is how it began to go down. i got a call about 10:00 this morning from the protestors saying that park police were coming in and giving them a warning that they indeed would be going to the park in an hour

it will allow the protesters to remain in freedom plaza till april 29. the protests began in october on the tenth anniversary of the war in afghanistan. >>> members of a group called our d.c. protested pepco in bethesda yesterday. they showed up at the bethesda office building to deliver a message and a cake to a pepco board member of the icing on the cake read "pepco can't have its cake and eat it too." the protesters called on the utility to withdraw its request for a rate increase and to cut the salaries of its board members. >>> the group says pepco board members can expect more of these protests in the days ahead. >>> here's some of the other things making news. a teenager accused of shooting five students inside a high school cafeteria in chardon, ohio may be charged as an adult. prosecutors say the alleged shooter t.j. lane picked his victims at random. three of the students who were shot died. classes at the high school are expected to resume on friday. >>> officials say a crippled italian cruise ship in the indian ocean won't reach land till thu

it all started at mcpherson square, but tonight freedom plaza is getting a combover, too. fox 5 roz plater is here with developments. >> park police may not be done yet. first police issued warnings more than a week. this weekend they carried out the two-day sweep and tonight they're telling protestors they mean business. u.s. park police on patrol in freedom plaza making sure protestors follow the rules. >> the rules are no camping, but we are allowed to have tents as long as the door is open. we can be inside them. we just can't camp or sleep. >> reporter: the crackdown here came early sunday morning. officers sent out a one-hour warning they would be inspecting tents. protestors scrambled to clean the area and gather up their belongings. >> i'm just following instructions so i can be compliant to the park police' notice that they just gave me. >> reporter: police searched the area looking for bedding, cooking equipment eventually clearing most of the tents. >> they said this is going to be in compliance since the flap was open and there's nothing in it. die have quite a

park police will make sure that no one's camping out at mcpherson square and freedom plaza. in d.c.akes him the nominee, according to virginia governor bob mcdonnell and it's now a matter of when, not if. gingrich has vowed to stay in the race and will try to create new life in washington this week when the conservative political action conference comes to town. his goal will be to raise enough money over the next few weeks to stay in the race till super tuesday, when ten states hold primaries and caucuses on march 6th. of course, virginia is already a lost cause for gingrich after he failed to meet the minimum number of signatures required to get on the ballot here. voters here will only have a choice between romney and paul as romney tries to move closer to the 1,144 necessary delegates. >>> and still ahead tonight, a plane crashes into a house, landing upside down. the pilot and his daughter walk out the front door. >>> "the voice" just finished up. i'll have the biggest buzz moment of the night, next. >>> plus the designer who created michelle obama's inaugural

park police as they cleared their tents from freedom plaza yesterday. there were some scuffles on saturday when police in full riot gear cleared protestors from the other site at macfear sop square. they are back out yesterday though cleaning up garbage. >>> jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing his girlfriend. paul wagner has a preview of the trial. e trial. jury selection begins today-- >>> a disturbing story out of washington state authorities say a father set fire to his home killing himself and his two young sons. fire happened sunday just days after josh powell was denied custody of his boys and ordered to undergo a psycho sexual evaluation. >>> we're going to take a break and we'll come right back. ht b >>> mitt romney is leading the pack of republican presidential nominees after winning two consecutive contests, florida and nevada. now, his opponents are looking ahead and trying to bounce back with new strategies. melanie alnwick has the political round-up. >> reporter: rick santorum takes his sweater vest wind hea

they say they have a permit to reclaim half of freedom plaza. the think tank plans to rally at freedom plaza february their tonight. >>> a 750 year copy of the magna carta has received a facelift. today the national archives unveiled the newly refurbished version today. philanthropist david ruben symptom stein funded the conservation -- ruben stein funded the conservation efforts with a gift. he's the same man who donated money to repair the washington monument and to save the national zoo's pandas. >>> as i look at the crowd on gobbler's knob, many shadows do i see. six more weeks of winter it must be. >> i don't want to stand on anything called gob her's knob. >> i know. >> -- gobbler's knob. >> i know. >> six more weeks of this, we can do. >> we can handle that. here's the deal. he rarely doesn't see his shadow which means he rarely declares an early spring. >> has he ever? >> yeah. it's the 126th year of groundhog day. he's only not seen his shadow 26 times. it's pretty much norm that he goes okay, six more weeks of winter and when you're in

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. >>> things air lot more calm at macpherson square and freedom plaza. >> that doesn't mean the occupyrotestors have given up. that is. cog up next. >> we've got some cool temperatures across the area. currently in the 0s and 40s. it will be another beautiful afternoon. i'll have all the details on the mild forecast. julie wright has a look at your on-time traffic. we'll do that after the break.   fur-- currently in the 30s and 40s. introducing the new flip & fresh from air wick with 100% fragrance oil. it's something new to brighten your home with two scent levels to choose from for when you want something light or something more. it's the new flip & fresh from air wick. the lasting fresh fragrance that brightens your world with a flip. something in the air wick. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all

as we told you earlier, some of the protesters are staying or asking to join the group at freedom plaza for the second site of occupy d.c. in the meantime, park police told us there have been eight arrests as a result of all this. the last man arrested for throwing, we're told, a brick in the face of a police officer who was injured taken to the hospital. that man, we're told, was charged with felony assault of a police officer and assault with a deadly weapon. things are calm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the latest now from the nevada caucuses. with 16% of precincts reporting, mitt romney has 39% of the vote and newt gingrich, a distant 27%. the associated press has called the race for romney. >>> a terrifying drug bust in anne arundel county leaves a community shaken, but it left a police corporal behind bars. >> a corporal was busted, charged with tipping off the dealers. explains how it all went down. >> reporter: neighbors living on juniper street watched as a quiet thursday evening quickly changed. >> the dogs started barking. i looked out the window and saw a guy in a ski mask

officers shifted the focus to freedom plaza. >> confrontations since one to the hospital. our reporter this on the scene on today's fallout. >> so far, none of the violence here like we assault yesterday. saw yesterday. police would to links -- to explain what they were going to do. >> we feel like they get a lot from this group. they are getting it now. gotccupied d.c. and police exchange. one officer was hit in the face a brick. one dozen protesters were arrested. park police say today the operation went more smoothly. the number of demonstrators has winter. over the inspectors went through the tins if they violated the rules. >> that is our only guest for tag. >> inspectors tagged items that were going to be removed. protesters expressed frustration with the ongoing -- citizens frustration with the ongoing protest. >> it is time for them to go. >> there was one arrest today. a man got into an altercation with police officers. >> for instant updates and for a of the crackdown, log on to wjla.com. >> tomorrow, jury selection will --e murder case ave in the murder of a wom

many people's personal belongings some occupiers were already back on sunday others stayed at the freedom plaza encampment regardless demonstrators a valid to return saying that you can't evict an idea whose time has come meanwhile the freedom plaza camp which is subject to the same no tent rules has been left untouched this weekend and as of right now we're not sure if they're going to face park police in the near future or if they'll be allowed to continue their protest. laws are now focused on syria for an eleven month old uprising and continual government crackdowns are keep going on today the united states closed its embassy in damascus and with through all staff members as follows not only the shelling of the city of homs on friday and saturday but also a failed un security council vote to condemn assad's government which both china and russia vetoed now since then the rhetoric has picked up even u.s. ambassador susan rice twitter the following disgusted that russia and china prevented the un security council from fulfilling its sole purpose so is this putting into question the importance

is a little empty at mcpherson square and freedom plaza after a confrontation saturday.re arrested. >> congratulations to the new york giants as they celebrate the super bowl victory over the new england patriots. eli manning engineer the team come back over tom brady and the patriots and the giants went 21- 17. >> that has to be a great feeling. not many quarterbacks can do that twice. 6:55 so let's get a last look at traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> i-95 between richmond and baltimore, everyone is a winner but there is volume. we'll go live to 66 traffic and newschopper7 to show was the slowdown eastbound out of manassas and centreville before and after route 50. >> two years ago today, we already had 1 foot of snow on the ground. it is called out there and we have a thick frost but we will warm up nicely today, 20 now into the low 50's this section and sunny tomorrow with upper 50's and by wednesday maybe a light wintry mix. we will cool down by the end of the week and we will be closer to 40. >> we can handle the snow but let's spread that out. that will do i

a conservative group opposed to protests isc planning a counter protest at freedom plaza beginning todaytional center for public research has a permit to rally sportstime through march 15. it will take place between 11:00 a.m. at 2:00 p.m. each debt. we are looking at 24 degrees on this monday. >> it is cold. week of delays or metro passengers. expect delays because of track work. la combat. time to a check on traffic and weather. caskeys start with adam in the weather center with the morning. this monday it was a cold weekend. we had a little snowfall and high gusty wind. morning todaythe 20's. teens and 21 in shepherdstown, 16 in remington.and weddi chevy chase, 24. a cool start. this afternoon will be in the mid 40's, close to average. west winds and 5-13. mostly sunny skies today. close to sunset we will have an clouds.ng that will lead to mostly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow disturbance will pass overhead. have much moisture to work with. out a few snowe showers here and there with a possible west of on valentine's day. the way ofot get in any plans. high temperatures from

. >> at mcpherson square and freedom plaza, not as occupied this morning after protesters clashed with weekend. >> eli manning. an incredible year. >> a giant night for football fans in new york. eli manning led his team to their second super bowl ring in four years. good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins right now >>. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> it's monday morning, february 6. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. meteorologist adam caskey. >> a cold start to the dead. there will be frost on the windshield this morning. you need to scrape that. 24 in leesburg, 26 in frederick, 30 in 10 states, 26 la plata. strasbourg's virginilow to mid 50's for the high temperature this afternoon with sunshine. southwesterly wind at 5-10. above-average today and even warmer tomorrow. well into the 50's and may be near 60 is south of the metro by tomorrow afternoon with sunshine. precipitation possible

they removed the tent of dreams at mcpherson square and inspected freedom plaza. park police are enforcing no camping rules at both sites. >>> today jury selection begins in the trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his girlfriend. george huguely was arrested in may of 2010 after his girlfriend yeardley love was found dead in her apartment. prosecutors argue huguely shook and slammed love's head into a wall killing her. defense says she may have died from a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. huguely faces first degree murder and robbery charges. company face life in prison if convicted. trial is expected to last two weeks. >>> new from overnight a 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the philippines. right now rescuers are digging through the rubble to find the missing who may be buried in the land slides. the donald trump toll is at 13. many fear that number will increase. the quake destroyed buildings and created land slides that buried dozens of homes. >>> egypt has order 19 americans to stand trial including the so

weekend of angry clashes in the nation's capital police moved in to sweep out mcpherson square and freedom plaza on saturday. the occupy d.c. protesters are vowing that they are not done yet. >> with fewer attendants and protesters in mcpherson square, occupy d.c. has a much different look. this comes after park police scoured both in kamins over the weekend and they were back keeping a watchful eye this morning. for some people, the cleanup is a move in the right direction than i am happy to see all the tents gone right now i would like the part to go back to the way it was bad protesters say they are regrouping and renewing their efforts. >> the occupation will continue. we have heard it before but you cannot predict an idea. >> it was different over the weekend. tense moments erupted saturday during more than 12-hour battle between the two sides. at least 12 people were arrested including the man police believe are is responsible for throwing a brick striking an officer in the face great he is expected in court today. >> the one person got clubbed on the arm and a girl got her finger broken a

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. ♪ >>> freedom plaza is a lot less crowded tonight all because of the crackdown on the no camping lawas fox 5's maureen umeh explains, it doesn't mean those protestors are giving up. >> reporter: park police crews dressed in biohazard gear continuing a crackdown at the occupy d.c. movement that began saturday morning forcing occupy protestors to comply with the no camping rule. >> the way the park service has decided is they're not going to allow to us keep any personal belongings. >> reporter: over the weekend police and wn led to some demonstrators ending in several arrests. the scene on monday was far more peaceful with the remaining occupiers complying and even helping with the clean- up. some protestors say the crackdown may actually help their cause. >> the people who remain are the real passionate people who do want to see change. >> reporter: park police said they will allow protestors to continue demonstrating at mcpherson square and freedom plaza in the 24 hour vigil as long as they don't sleep at either location. many say they understand what the protestors were trying to d

now, so, a large contingent of the protesters have moved to freedom plaza for now, but there is a library here that is staffed by protesters, and there is a handful that have stayed on to sort of watch what's going on here at mcpherson square. we're live at mcpherson square, derrick ward, news 4. >> thanks for the update. >>> and turning our eyes to the weather now. >> yes. >> saw a lot of snowflakes coming on in. are there some just lingering around still? >> there are, yes, indeed, snowflakes aflying out there, mainly in northern maryland, towards the mountains of west virginia for now. that little sliver of snowflakes, though, is working its way down the 270 corridor, so don't give up hope yet. just don't count on getting a lot of snow out of this. just conversational snowflakes on a sunday morning, full of cloud cover here in washington. temperature now nosing in on 40 degrees. it's 39 officially at national airport, 40 degrees in annapolis, 39 at patuxent river naval air station, 37 fredericksburg. north of the viewing area, temperatures are just above freezing, as you can see on sto

protesters in freedom plaza will not be going anywhere a while. the national park service says it is finalizing an extension to their protesters' permit that will allow them to stay through april 29. their previous permit was set to expire tuesday. demonstrators have been at freedom plaza since october and the tenth year anniversary of a start of the war in afghanistan. >>> park police cleared out occupy d.c. protesters in mcpherson square earlier this month. >>> today maryland law maucklers examine governor o'malley's proposal to shift part of the cost of teacher pensions to the counties. the montgomery county public school system says that if the deal goes through, it could have to cut 600 teachers and increase class sizes by an average of two students. o'malley says the plan won save the state $239 million. he calls the proposal a fair way for the state to fill a looming $1.2 billion gap. >>> chewing gum is causing a sticky situation at a newly renovated high school in northwest washington. the principal atwood row wilson high school sent a let

protesters in freedom plaza will not be going anywhere for a while it seems. the national parks service says it's finalizing its -- an extension of the protesters' permit. it will allow them to stay through april 29. the previous permit was set to expire this coming tuesday. demonstrators have been at freedom plaza since october, and the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in afghanistan. u.s. park police cleared out occupy d.c. protesters in mcpherson square earlier this month. >>> it is now 6:37. 43 degrees. off the hook. this morning we're hearing from some angry viewers about what happened when an officer pulled over a local politician. >>> and we're following two breaking news stories. the rising sun shed something light on the damage from overnight tornadoes. we have just learned one person has died. >>> next, the latest on breaking news on the roads. "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> weather & traff

protesters in freedom plaza will not be going anywhere for a while.ional parks service is finalizing an extension of the protesters' permit allowing them to stay through april 29. the previous permit was set to expire on this coming tuesday. demonstrators have been at freedom plaza since october. park police cleared out occupy d.c. protesters at mcpherson square earlier this month. >>> in prince george's county, a large crowd of residents lined up to ask questions about the proposed casino. executives want to bring a $1 billion las vegas-style gambling and entertainment facility to national harbor. it could feature table games in addition to slot machines. baker says it could create 5,000 jobs and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue. some of the speakers said county residents should vote on whether it happens. >>> a judge has delayed two trials involving metro's rail crash, deadly rail crash. the 2009 accident on the red line killed nine people. two wrongful death lawsuits were scheduled to begin next month. but a judge delayed one of the case

on sunday police also inspected freedom plaza. it went a whole lot smoother there. >> they were basically giving us a warning what we can and can't do in our tents. >> police also removed the so-called tent of dreams at mcpherson square. park police say they are enforcing the no camping rule at both sites. >>> it's 4:21. time for a "first look" at the forecast. 35 degrees out there. a cold start. >> for those just arriving home, it was a rather cold drive in, and temperatures are down, frosty cold down into the 20s in many locations. as we start off this monday after super bowl sunday. a little bit sleep deprived many of us this morning. right now 32 at ronald reagan washington national airport under a clear sky. south-southwesterly breeze. fog around the shenandoah valley and northern blue ridge, panel of west virginia, a little bit of icy fog there with temperatures right near 30 degrees and it's in the 20s in western maryland and much of west virginia as well as in much of maryland our nearby suburbs in prince george's, montgom

national park service finalizes a new permit, allowing the occupy protesters to stick around in freedom plaza a little longer. that's 9news now at 7:00. >> still to come in this half hour, it is 39 missions in a span of 27 years and sent 365 days in space. now we know more about how this space shuttle discovery will come to rest in virginia. top. >> well, pretty nice day. not as warm as yesterday, i didn't receive any complaints. averages are 50 and 33. the average low is above freezing. record high 82. record low 1 below. we'll come back and talk about the possibility of thunderstorms tomorrow and the snow flakes on the seven-day. >> and up next, a deer crashes into a crowded convenience store. it is caught on tape. we'll be right back with 9news now. >>> caught on tape, an 11-year- old girl has a brutal encounter with a deer. she was leaving a convenience store just as the animal came crashing through the same door. glass went everywhere and samantha took a direct hit. she suffered a concussion, cuts on her leg. but she's expected to be okay. the deer was badly injured and had to be put dow

warrant and the arrest his nothing to do with the crackdown on camping rules at mcpherson square and freedom plaza. overnight campers will be evicted. the district judge said the protestors will have a chance to appeal. >>> turbulence ahead for american airlines. major cuts to avoid a economic disaster. sue. >>> and hey, laura. most of us think that february 14th, valentine's day is the sweetest day in february. i submit february 1st, our temperature was 72 degrees today. i will let you know if we can keep that going. what is coming up in sports? >>> a sweet day for high school recruits who decided where they're going to take the considerable talent. one of the biggest and best, the guy by the name of ed goldman. we'll tell you where he's going and give you a super bowl preview in sports. laura. >>> and if you have a story idea, we want to invite to you call the fox 5 tipline. the number is 2,028,953,000 or e-mail your tips to fox 5 tip -- tips@wttg.com. we'll be right back.  >> the murder of a teenager visiting maryland has one state lawmaker asking for a missing person's plan. the 49-

officers are making the same patrols at freedom plaza. a judge ruled the government must notify protesters if they intend to clear the protest sites. demonstrators can also contest eviction plans. >>> occupy miami protesters are without a home this morning. overnight police in riot gear moved in and cleared the protesters out of the city's government center. they've been camping there for the last three months. after clearing out the protesters, police cleaned up the tents and debris left behind, that the protesters left behind. most demonstrator say they've been camping peacefully. at least two were arrested. >>> a heads up for metro riders who use the dupont circle station. the south entrance is closed. the transit agency closed the 19th street entrance overnight so crews could begin replacing all three escalators there. angie goff has a look at what's going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. we know the boards and the signage behind us have been out there for weeks, warning and letting -- sending the message to metro rid

park police say they will once again conduct compliance checks in freedom plaza. >> this comes nearly two days after clearing out occupy d.c. protesters from mcpherson square. authorities say protesters are not being evicted but are being asked to remove all camping gear. under current rules, protesters can remain on sight for 24-hour protests. >>> 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the central philippines triggering a local tsunami. it hit noon monday and may have possibly caused some damage in buildings that were structurally weak. so far one death has been reported. >>> former pan main yum dictator is in intensive care. the 77-year-old was transferred from prison where he's been serving a 60-year sentence for killing political opponents in the 1980s. panama's health minister says his blood pressure was very high nearly leading to a struck. >>> police believe a fire and subsequent explosion was intentionally sparked at a home in washington state. they think josh powell was trying to kill himself and his two young sons and unfortunately he did. he has been a person of interest since his

officers are making the same patrols at freedom plaza. a judge ruled that the government must notify protesters if it intends to clear the protest sites. demonstrators can then also contest those eviction plans in court. >>> today the man arrested for the murder of an alexandria community activist will be in court. police arrested 49-year-old lynnwood johnson for the murder of lenny harris. police got a break in the case when an anonymous tip led officers to harris' body at the bottom of a well in prince george's county. >> the motive in that murder is robbery. we have recovered what we believe to be the murder weapon. the murder weapon is a firearm. >> police say johnson confessed to the murder and knew harris. harris vanished in september. he was last seen in alexandria. >>> a move today could unravel d.c.'s legalized online gambli g gambling. the district's finance and revenue committee is scheduled to vote on possibly repealing the program. d.c. was first in the country to legalize online gambling. now the approval process is being qu