>> they did not. >> reporter: georgetown university hospital declined to comment on the case because s in litigation. i called the number left on the answering machine and confirmed it goes to the on call coordinator for the georgetown transplant institute. >> reporter: dorothy hopes that someone who needs a liver more than her sister got it but says she is filing the lawsuit because she wants answers. >> i want to know why donna did not get that liver. what happened to the liver? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> the organ center uses a computer system to match organs to a list of several patients. a spokesperson says a patient is not called unless they are at the top of the list and their physician okays it. >> reporter: at this point there is no confirmation that she was first on the list but she was called. a georgetown spokesperson says it is too early to comment on the case right now. >>> after waiting more than a decade, one community is finally getting a new recreation center. >>> and next, is there a double standard for some congressional members who are facing ethics ch

we're live here it the georgetown university, sarah simmons, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a murder in spotsylvania county after a shooting at a house party. jason jett died after being hit by two bullets. his wife says they were having an argument and when it got heated, another party guest tried to intervene. >>> lawyers if a guantanamo bay detainee say there is no plea deal yet but they are hoping for a settlement. omar cotter is expected to go on trial. >>> in maryland, republican gubernatorial candidate bob ehrlich is trying to fight his way back to annapolis and he is getting help from former new york mayor rudy giuliani. >> i am more excited about this election. the best governor in the country, no doubt about it. >> a new poll in the baltimore sun shows ehrlich's opponent, governor o'malley has a 14- point lead at this point. >>> president obama continues his campaign swing ahead of the elects today. the president is backing the current providence mayor's bid to take over patrick kennedy's congressional seat. >>> one thing can you call the redskins is consistent. another gam

. >>> three men arrested in a drug lab bus at georgetown university will be in court today. two georgetown students and visiting a friend are accused of trying to make a hallucinogen known as dmt. police were called to the ninth floor of the dormitory -- franklin dormitory after neighboring students milled estranged order and called police. >>> cleaning up in bethesda after two cars smashed into two buildings. an elderly woman did a parked car in front of a strip mall yesterday morning and the impact pushed the parked car into a dry cleaners and the woman's car crashed into a hair salon. but both escaped serious injury. >>> police are investigating a party that turned deadly in fredericksburg. saturday morning a husband and wife got into a fight and another man got involved. as when a husband allegedly got a gun. they fought over the gun and the husband was killed. lawrence toller is in custody. the victim's four children has been placed with social services. >>> investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that severely damaged a store in alexandria. it broke out at

. >>> georgetown university students at the center of a drug lab investigation. what they are accused of making. fox 5 morning news continues now at 6:00. >>> good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. glad to have you with us this morning. let's say good morning to tucker barnes with a look at this forecast as we get this workweek under way. >> just gorgeous yesterday. temperatures in the mid-70s. trees are turning. we'll keep the warm temperatures around. the possibility of a few scattered showers, madeleine albright a thunderstorm later this afternoon. a little rain in the forecast. morning commute will be fine here as you head out to the bus stop. let's get going with a look at our current temperatures on our max 2 system. we are currently 60 degrees. winchester, 62. the exception this morning seems to be frederick which is reporting a temperature of just 46. a little cooler off to the north and west. another mild afternoon and we are expecting temperatures to top out in the low to mid-70s. should be a nice comfortable afternoon. more clouds tod

. >>> a developing story this morning, a drug bust at georgetown university. today three suspects go to court, accused of making drugs in the dormitory. brianne carter is live at georgetown with the latest on that story. >> good morning. people are in disbelief. on the weekend the students first learned of this. students charles smith and john romano and friend john perrone are expected to be in court later today. the three are accused of trying to make a hallucinogen known as dmt in the dorm room. police were called to the ninth floor of franklin hall, a freshman dorm, on the weekend if, after of the students reported a strange odor. items like ammonia, salt, lighter fluid, and rubber gloves were found. if students were evacuated for a short time. having a substance like that creates a big safety hazard with people living closely together. students on campus have a hard time believing something like this could happen here. >> it is very scary to think this was happening a few floors above me. >> again, in disbelief. the two students and the other man or rested

at georgetown university, surae chinn, wusa 9 news. >> a university spokeswomen says the toxins appear to have been confined to the one top floor dorm room and that room will have to be deacon de contaminated. they thought they had first discovered a meth lab on the campus. >>> an early morning fire at an apartment complex killed one man and injured six others. officials say the fire quickly spread from the ground floor to the roof. a 27-year-old man was found dead in the apartment where the blaze likely started. three residents and three firefighters were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. >> when firefighters from silverhill arrived on the scene initially they encountered heavy fire conditions. rescues had to be made of residents that could not escape through the heat and smoke filled stairwells. >> it was a three alarm blaze. three or four families are displaced tonight. >>> someone may have hacked into computers. this is a story we first broke thursday night at 11:00 p.m. dc officials are investigating and sources say the loss is already many of thousands of dollars. stolen fu

professor bruce hoffman, georgetown university, peter bergen of the new america foundation -- two outstanding members of our national security group. they were the primary authors of a report released on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 regarding the current state of terrorist threats which has received wide

they include two georgetown university students.hard has the very latest. >> police have just released the names of the three suspects. all three are 80-years old. two or students here. the other is an out-of-town guests. all three were arrested in connection of a suspected drug lab on campus. on the georgetown campus tonight, a sense of disbelief. >> this is out of character for georgetown. it is not that kind of school. >> words pled quickly. -- words spread quickly. could there was a suspected drug lab in their dorm room. >> it is very scary that this that is happening in a few doors up but you. >> it was a blood clot 30 a.m. wake-up call for freshmen students. -- it was a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call for freshmen students. officers got word about possible illicit narcotics sales. >> we thought, oh my god, there is a math lab -- meth lab. >> it was not meth, but dmt, mcchrystal biggest a -- eight crystal that gives a height when smoked. >> police found ammonia, salt, lighter fluid, and rubber gloves. >> i have never known of any or dru

>>> a shocking diskocovery insi a georgetown university freshman dorm. police are callingt a drug lab. and this morning two students and another person are facing serious charges. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm kimberly suiters. it is sunday, october 24, 2010. aaron gilchrist, you'll see him tonight on the news. the morning news is just ahead. first, we che in with meteorologist tom kierein. thank you for being here. >>> the big ten-miler is going to be here. dry weather for tha and if you do have outdoor recreation plans for this sunday, a great day coming up. should be milder, too, than yesterday. there is a live view of the washington monument and we've got dry pavement around the region this morning. just a few clouds coming through and temperature now 56 at naonal airport. it's in the mid-50s in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. elsewhere, generally in the 50s throughout the entire region this morning here is a look out in the mountains. 's a bit chilly and a few isolated locations just near 40. most locations in

. >>> charges have been dropped today against one of those georgetown university students arrested after a drug lab was found in a dorm room on campus. police tell us 18-year-old john romano was not involved in the operation. but his roommate and the campus visitor will stay in jail without bail until another hearing laterhis week. ne4's megan mcgrath reports on that dru lab discovery that has shocked students and the college community. >> reporter: back to css for kids at georgetown university, but two students will not be attending any lectures today. they'll appear before a judge on charges that they were trying to make the drug dmt in their dormitory room. allegations that students say are hard to believe. >> justshock, surprise. i had no idea. i was baking cookies in my dorm last night. to hear that, it is pretty surprising. >> i'm surprised. i don't know who would be stupid enough to put something like that in their dorm room if they were going to do it. i guess people wanted to make some money. >> reporter: charles sxhith john romano, both georgetown university students, and john

we're live here at georgetown university, sarah simmons. back to you. >>> an update on the fire that caused damage to a historic seminary. these are photos from last week's fire. special agents from falls church are joining in on the investigation. the 129-year-old emanuel chapel burned on friday. estimates put the loss at over $2 million. >>> the sports world is remembering american swimmer fran crippen. the 26-year-old died on saturday while competing for the united states in the 10- kilometer world cup race in the united arab emirates. an investigation is now underway. the winner of the race said the conditions were too hot and organizers should have done more to ensure the safety of the swimmers. he comes from a family of swimmers. he was an all american at the university of virginia. during his career he earned six u.s. national titles. >>> eight days until the election. maryland governor martin alley is said to have a lead ahead of his point, putting it at 14 points. o'malley holds a 14 point lead over bob ehrlich. and you can watch t

. >> reporter: georgetown university hospital declined to comment on the case because it is in litigation. i did call the number that martha had on the answering machine and it did go to the oncall coordinator for the transplant institute. dorothy hopes someone that needed the liver more than her sister got it but she is filing this lawsuit because she wants answer. >> i want to know why she did not get that liver. what happened to the liver? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >>> the organ center uses a computer system to match organs to a list of several patients. a spokesperson says the patient isn't called unless they are at the top of the list and their physician okayed it. we do know donna roy was in fact called. a georgetown spokesperson says it is too early to comment on this case because they were just served that lawsuit yesterday. >>> tonight, friends and family are remembering the first woman to lead one of america's 100 largest churches. thousands turned out for her funeral today. city of praise near fedex field. it was started back in 1966. it has grown to 15,000 members. am

. >>> the georgetown university students accused of operating a drug lab out of their dormitory are due in court today. carbon hall was evacuated on saturday morning after students reported a strange odor. seven people were exposed to noxious odors. two georgetown university student and john perrone a guest have been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance. >>> we are hearing from the man who risked his own life to save someone who slipped on metro tracks. surveillance video caught theracys in arlington. 57-year-old man avoided electrified rails when he jumped across the tracks to save a man who suffered a seize your. he told mike hydeck this morning his instincts just took over. >> i thought he was coherent enough initially to understand my direction and get on the platform. when he started to try to stand up and was wobbling between the platform and the first rail and he started to lean back, that's when i realized he had a problem. and that's when i decided the hell with it. got to go get the guy. >> reporter: after rescuing the man, he quietly returned to the other side of

. >>> shock on the campus of georgetown university as a dorm evacuation leads to revelations of a drug lab on campus. two students and another person are now facing charges. good evening, i'm aaron gilchrist. a story out of virginia where animal control officers have removed almost two dozen cats from a home. this happened at a house along flamation court in centerville. police a animal control removed 18 cats from inside. no word if any charges will be filed against the owner. we're told health officials will go back to check on that house on monday. investigators are lookininto what caused the deadly apartment fire in sutlin, maryland, today. flames enlfed all four floors. several people had to be rescued from their balconies. the stair wells were filled with intent heaand smoke that blacked escape. it took about 100 firefighters 2 1/2 hours to get the fire under control. the red cross is helping about two dozenamilies that have been displaced. >>> federal fire investigators are expected in alexandria torrow to helping if ur out what sparked the fire at an historicchapel. flames engu

. >>> well, today three students will appear in court after police found a drug lab in a georgetown university dorm lab. they are both georgetown students. chars smith and jo romano are both students and john perrone was visiting. dms is a hallucinogenic and can be deadly. it is not what you would expect at a prestigious university. >> i had no idea people were even capable of manufacturing stuflike that in the dorm rooms. it's certainly not indicative of the culture of georgetown at all. >> the entirbuilding had to be evacuated for 12 hours for evidence. in that room they found a cooler wrapped in duct tape wh six glass jars containing a clear liquid and a suitcase with ammonia, salt, lighter fluid, rubber gloves and a turkey baster. >> today parents in fairfax county are encouraged to attend one of several meetings, talking about plans to change many school bndaries. they would relieve overcrowded classrooms and would affect 23 schools. meetings will be held tonight and tomorrow night. tonight's meeting will be 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at eenbriar, west elementary in fairfax, one at unionville in c

live at georgetown university. sarah simmons, back to you. >>> the first war crimes trial under president obama is scheduled to get underway this morning but lawyers for the defendant are hoping for a plea deal at the guantanamo bay holding in cuba. he was held since 15. he's accused of killing an american soldier with a hand grenade in 2002. a judge is now holding a hearing in this case. >>> now to the race of governor in maryland. alley with a big lead ahead offer lick -- bob ehrlich. and you can see the interviews with both of the candidates at myfoxdc.com. >>> and bob ehrlich has tried to fight his way back to annapolis and he's getting help from rudy giuliani. >> i'm more excited about this election than any other because i thought the result four years ago was very unfair because, as i said, 60% approval rating, the best governor in the country, no doubt about it. >> reporter: bob ehrlich endorsed rudy giuliani in his campaign. >>> and president obama is back on the campaign trail today. the one-third of vote

. >>> two georgetown university students and a friend accused of manufacturing drugs on campus are expected to be in court today. the three were busted for allegedly making dmt, a drug that causes people to hallucinate and have an out of body or even near death feeling. >>> the first war crimes trial under president obama is scheduled to begin today. however, lawyers for a canadian citizen are hoping for a plea deal. he has been held at guantanamo bay since he was 15 years old. he is now 4 and facing a life sentence. >>> president obama is going to be in rhode island today. his latest stop in a whirlwind campaign for democrats ahead of next week's mid-term election. the president will tour a factory and talk with workers. maryland gubernatorial candidate robert ehrlich has picked up an endorsement from rudy giuliani. >>> the redskins pulling out yet another nail biter. they beat the bears on the road 17-14. this one got a little bit ugly. no one could hold on to the ball. hall had four interceptions. one of them he ran back for 92 yards for a touchdown. lindsay murphy got a player reaction

melanie. >>> we begin with the drug lab discovered inside a georgetown university dorm room. police arrested three people, two students. we have the reaction from campus. >> reporter: how could it happen? a drug lab being operated at one of america's most prestigious universities. no one seemed to know about it going on right there on the 9th floor of harvin hall. >> there were no rumors. the only information i heard was that the 9th floor of harvin was known for being a floor with a lot of activity of freshman, a lot of fun. >> reporter: we're told this lab was the real thing. hot plates to heat the chemicals, even a small ventilation system to hide the -- odor. tests reveald it was a lab to make a drug known at dmt. >> it wasn't necessarily a meth lab as it was presumed to be but it was a dangerous situation. >> reporter: a georgetown university freshman said it's hard to imagine this type of thing could happen on campus. he can't believe his fellow classmates would endanger others living so close. >> it strikes me as a little disrespectful to the people living around them a

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he was a languages major at georgetown university, two months in to the school year. no word yet if georgetown will readmit him, though. >> thank you for that update. >>> we also have an update on the serious scooter accident that happened in rockville a week ago. 16-year-old knolls hernandez died in the hospital last night. he was a passenger on the scooter that police say was struck by a mercedes on viers mill road. charges against the driver are pending as the police wrap up the investigation. we will speak with the driver of the scooter who gives a firsthand account of how it all happened. it is a story here on nine. >>> a week to go before election day, a new poll gives martin o'malley a pretty solid lead over the form per governor ehrlich. the "washington post" gives the democratic incumbent a 14 point advantage over his challenger. 54% of likely voters support o'malley versus 40% for ehrlich. most of the polls trust o'malley to do a better job with the economy and the taxes. >>> meantime, president obama is still out there working the crowd. he will visit five s

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. >>> a court date for a georgetown university student and his friend involved in a dorm room drug lab bust. police arrested two students and a visitor saturday after finding a dmt lab in a dorm room. dmt is a halluncinogenic drug and today a judge ruled one student will not be prosecuted, but his roommate charles smith and a visiting friend john parone will be held without bail until a hearing later this week, both men charged with manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to distribute. >>> a big shift now in the race for governor in the state of maryland. democrat martin o'malley and republican robert ehrlich are in the middle of a heated rematch. the candidates are straighted by double digit numbers. fox 5's top fitzgerald is here now with the breakdown. what do they show? >> it's been a busy daye down here at the www.myfoxdc.com web center -- day down here at the www.myfoxdc.com web center, three big polls, one of them the lead now in double digits and rasmussen reports is shifting this race from leaning democratic to tonight solidly democratic. let's get to those numbers.

continues to practice fear mongering without really any opposition going to sit down with georgetown university professor christopher chambers next we'll examine the hardships that women continue to face in today's society career mom still have trouble raising a family and paying for childcare all the same time even though everybody says that men and women are more equal than ever before archie correspondent kalen ford is going to have that report then we'll tell you about a recent op ed from neo con political activist bill kristol he argues that a cheaper military is not going to solve our financial woes but instead will make the world a more dangerous place i am shouting false at this comment and i want to know why defense cuts are never ever on the table and especially not in these tough economic times and why are conservatives so obsessed with sex i don't mean and i want more sex sort of way no i'm talking about being obsessed with sex is a sin and it's tempting to regulate what goes on in your bedroom to lawn dotcoms tracy clark laurie will join me to discuss that steamy topic and then ima

. >>> looking at what's happening, three men arrested at georgetown university for drugs. the two georgetown students and visiting friends were trying to make a substance known as a hallucinogenic. police were called to the ninth floor of the dormitory after neighboring students said they smelled a strange odor. >>> the trial begins today for a maryland man accused of killing his girlfriend's on mother's day. bernard bellamy ran over the woman behind the military academy in 2009. family members say that he wanted third to have an abortion, but she refused. >>> drivers on the beltway near 66 will expect lane closures overnight beginning tonight. crews will be working on the beltway hot lanes project and the interstate 66 west bridge demolition. it will be through early december on thursday nights -- monday through thursday nights. all lanes of the beltway will be closed in both directions for up to 40 minutes. vs. bears's redskins game. there were some fantastic individual efforts. >> deangelo hall snaps it. >> he tied an nfl record with four interceptions. they each of goog

james will be driving one for the next couple of months as georgetown university takes to these cars on an extended test drive. behind the wheel, it handles like any other prius. it is a bit heavier. right now, he is averaging 70.7 miles per gallon. >> i have driven its for a few weeks going over 50 miles a day. only 7 gallons of gas in it. it is a huge savings. >> this is the trial run for the car that will hit the market nissan hitsin the suand their cars. the car recharges in a standard outlet in a few hours. stimulus money is being used to install similar charters. >> it is targeted to a driver that wants high mpg. >> these will be at georgetown for about a year or so while they are evaluated. eventually they will got -- go on the market. pricing has not been announced. >> there is a lot more still ahead in our next half hour. >> a crime spree has neighbors wondering if a serial burglar is on the loose. we will have a live report.

what a wakeup call for the georgetown university community.orning on saturday. students in harbin hall called police of a strange odor. they were evacuated for 12 hours. at first police thought they were dealing with a meth lab. but they found ammonia, salt, lighter fluid, gloves, and a turkey baster they determined the students were making dmt, a businessman's trip, because the high is soshort-lived. it can orten your life, too. >> with dmt we do know it is say dangerous hallucoinogenic. messes up your motor skills. your brain. and you can die. >> charles smith, john romano and john perrone. it put a dorm full of students who were at risk. >>> well, today parents in fairfax county can attend one of several meetings to talk about plans to change many school boundari boundaries. it would affect 23 scools. meetings to discuss possible options will be tonight and tomorrow night. it will at the greenbriar west elementary in fairfax, union middle in clifton and the virginia run in centreville. >>> bethesda salon is closed today after a car smash th

she steadied at georgetown university. >> president obama's college tour continues today with a televised town hall meeting. the event is geared toward the end people and will air live on six cable networks including mtv and bet. about 200 young people will take part in that. a new poll shows that he needs their help. they found that 44% of college students approve of the job is doing. that is down from 60%. they say they are unhappy with the president's job performance. >> the candidates in the delaware senate race based off last night. chris coons and michelle o'donnell each tried to win over independence. >> when i go to washington, my allegiance will be to the voters of delaware and not special interests. >> i have a practical record of reaching a bipartisan solution, of working with the elected republicans that serve with me. >> the races john nation wide interest because of the divisions between the republican establishment and a tea party movement. >> it this 4:49. outside, we have 55 degrees. >> it is home to one of the best burgers in d.c. it is shutting down we will tell you why

our thanks. >>> police are now questioning students after a drug lab was found in a georgetown university dorm. a d.c. fire and rescue spokesperson tells us security guards discovered an inactive meth lab around 6:15 this morning on one of the upper floors of harbor hall. students have been evacuated but have now been allowed back in. >>> parishioners in virginia are remembering a historic alexandria hospital after fire ripped through the house of worship. the fire broke out on the campus of virginia theological seminary after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. firefighters had difficulty baling thislaze due to fwulding's age. mortar began to soften from high water pressure and ste shingles exploded as the 129-year-old chapel burned down. this morning worshippers, students and faculty are sharing memories made at the heart of campus. >> there are countless people who stood in that pulpit, they preached, they have been ordained, they have been married, they have been baptized. i was personally ordained as priest in that chapel. i was installed as the dean and president of that chapel. >> in an unus

three men arrested at georgetown university will be in court tomorrow.hey were allegedly trying to make a substance which is a hallucinogenic drug. it happened at a freshman dormitory on the campus. all three men are facing charges of manufacturing a controlled substance. now to a story you only see on seven. a woman is coming forward regarding clarence thomas. his wife demanded an apology last week from anita hill. during the senate confirmation hearings, he denied discussing anything improper in the workplace. >> he talked about it quite frequently, pornography. >> the retired judge and former prosecutor says she believes thomas was lying in his testimony. >> he was obsessed with pornography. >> he allegedly told women -- as women their breast size. >> his interest in women's breast was a fantasy. he would get corn that would emphasize that. -- pornography that would emphasize that. >> she says she knew her testimony's as a girlfriend rather than a colleague would not be allowed. she did not go to the media, because of fears that he would lie about the

. >> big developments today in the case of three men arrested at a dormitory at georgetown university over the weekend, accused of running a drug lab. the three were in federal court today and one of the suspects is not being charged. john romano, univ. student, was expected to be released today. charles smith, also a university student, was held without bond. and john perrone, not a university student was also held without bond the two still in custody are being charged with manufacturing dmt. >> in that they opening arguments -- in the opening arguments in the chandra levy murder trial, the defense told the jury that the evidence was lacking. they argued that police honed in on guandique because they needed . scapegoat >> some strong words today about president obama, but not from a republican, but rather, a democrat. >> plenty of action on the trail today. we have been saying for some time that independents may tip the scales. a new poll that shows me they are siding with just eight days out and that as the president pushing harder than ever. >> another afternoon of hopping on a he

turning now to another developing story today, three suspects, including two georgetown university studentse due in court just a short time from now. they're accused of running in an illegal drug operation from a freshman dormitory. >> georgetown students john romano and charles smith have more than midterms to worry about today as they face a judge for turning a dorm room into a drug lab. >> i was kind of shocked. i've never heard of anything like that happening here before. >> the students and a university freshman at another university, john brown, have been charged before making an hallucinate the genic -- john perrone, have been charged with making in hallucinogenic drug. >> hillary was one of the hundreds of evacuated from the dorm saturday. she said it was shocking that something like this could get been going on so close to our room. according to documents, police seized ammonia, salt, lighter fluid and rubber gloves, items consistent with a clandestine lab. it students on campus have a hard time believing that something like this could happen at such a prestigious school. >> i do n

. >>> new detail abouwhat was going on inside that georgetown university dorm. investigators have learned why students were running a drug operation. three people were arrested after authorities discovered a drug-making operation yesterday morning. tonight, we know who police arrested and what was found inside the dorm room. it was before down at morning, jernlg town university police raid harbin hall. they were acting on a tip. anies 4 has leard police detained three young men, both students at georgetown,nd a visitor. authorities say after arresting the trio, they found chemicals used to make dmt. >> we know it is a dangerous hallucinogenic. messes occupy your motor skills. you can have memory loss and u can die. >> a police report lists several items taken from the dorm room. a styrofoam cooler, a black suitcase filled with ammonia, salt, a turkey baster. there were other things in the suitcase, but because of the fumes -- >> you have a mix of chemicals and you heat them up. if not properly ventilated, it could be problem. not only for inhalaon, but explosion

. >>> looking a the stories happening today, the three georgetown university students are expected to be arraigned today on drug charges. police say charles smith and john romano, both georgetown university student and john perrone, a guest has been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance. police and emergency crews responded to the dorm yesterday after a strange odor was reported. about 400 students were evacuated. president obama will hit the campaign trail. this time in rhode island. he took sunday off to rest a little bit after a four day swing through the west and midwest. and with mid-term elections a week away the president is focusing much on states where democratic candidates need some help. >>> opening statements will begin in morning in the chandra levy murder trial. it has been nine years since she was killed while jogging in rock creek park. now ingmar guandique, an illegal immigrant from el salvador will stand trial for her murder. >> it has taken almost a decade of police work, followed by a week of jury selection to get to where we are this morning which is f

a profiled davidson is a free lance albanian translator and attended georgetown university and, as far as we know, she has a green record of maryland and the district. ryan, the woman she allegedly hit was celebrating the 24th birthday and was a recent graduate of george mason university and lived in columbia, maryland. >>> and a metro police officer and a security guard were treated at a hospital after an incident inside the southeast high school. the police officer and two guards were of sprayed with mace. >>> and get ready for gridlock in the district. transformers 3 should be out in july of next year. and fox 5s karen gray houston is here to tell us howle that effect us, karen. >> reporter: you want to be in the movie? and they're looking for extras, and filming starts here and you're going to notice. >> reporter: we're already used to this, construction on roads around town does slow. next week, something else will transform our lives. if you like the explosive fast- paced transformers 1 and two, get ready for transformers 3. they shooting around the country and here they are in c

james connor will be driving it as georgetown university takes them on an extended test drive.s, and handles like almost any other prius. it is a bit heavier, but he is averaging 70.7 miles per gallon. >> i have driven two weeks and after two weeks i have only put 7 gallons of gas in it. >> this is the trial yon for the first plug-in to hit the market after the widely anticipated chevrolet volt and nissan leaf. the prius will offer 40 miles of pure luck. driving at speeds up to 60 m.p.h. in charges at a standard outlet in three, four hours, half that at a charging station. it stimulus money is being used nationwide to install similar charges. >> some drivers want high miles per gallon and others want electric cars. >> these are early production models, 2012. they will be at georgetown for about a year while they evaluate them and then they will go on the market. prices ahave not been announced. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >>> coming up, the rally to restore sanity is taken seriously. thousands of fans may be heading to washington. and from grey's anatomy to the big screen, can

. >>> meanwhile, two georgetown university students and another person were arreste saturday. officials found the suspected drug lab inside a college dorm at georgetown. the three face charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. police thought the lab was producing meth but later thought was to be creating a drug known as dmt. >> and fran crippen may have died of a heart attack. he said he was not feeli well. the waters were unusually warm there, in the mid 80s and several swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion. >>> finally, celine dion has two more reasons for her heart to go on. she gave birth to twin boys at a florida hospital. they are five weeks premature but are said to be doing fine. lester, jenna, back to you. >> we're happy for her. janice is here. we're happy for that. >> it's a nice day in the northeast th temperatures in the 60s to near in new york city. it's stormy in other parts of the country. >>> good morning. i'm tom kierein. there may be some rain for the skins and bears in chicago this afternoon. here we have just some high clouds drifting over the regio

. >> james connor will be driving one for the next couple months as georgetown university takes theseon a test drive. this priest looks like any other pre s. -- this prius looks like any other. >> i have driven it for two weeks tripping over 50 miles a day and have only put 7 gallons of gas in it. >> this is the trial run for the first plug and that will hit the market after the chevy volt. the petraeus will offer 14 miles up york electric driving -- the prius will offer up to 14 miles of pure electric driving. georgetown has installed two charging stations. >> we think there are probably two different driver types, one that once high mpg and high electric drive. >> they will be at georgetown for about a year while they evaluate them. then they will go on the market. pricing has not been announced. >>> coming up come up -- coming up, the droid, blackberry or the iphone? we have an answer that may surprise you. >> a new fallout on the student bullied into a suicide. we are hearing from one of the suspects charged. >> a little girl lucky to be alive after she is kidnapped. the story of

a georgetown university dorm was evacuated after chemical lab was discovered inside. cops arrested two students and a visitor in connection with the suspected lab. miss say it started saturday morning -- police say it started saturday morning when they got a call about a foul odor. >> it was potentially explosive. they brought in the explosive experts. again, it was made safe for the explosives folks to come n the dangers are explosions and also inhalation. >> initially police thought the lab was for making meth. later though they said it was for making a drug known as dmt which is illegal. >>> it's a new and controversial method of monitoring your teens. if you're worried they're doing drugs, now there's new weapon and it's four legged one. john hendron is here with that story. >> reporter: every one of these items markers a flashlight, lip stick, even a car lighter is a marijuana pipe in disguise. now there is a new breed of home drug detection. >> good boy. >> reporter: the dea has them, airport security has them. now, thanks to companies like dogs finding drugs, y

. >> the director of the the breast health center at georgetown university hospital says she's seeing an increase in the number of young women choosing surgery. >> once you find out you're a gene mutation carrier it's not so much a matter of if you're going to do something, it's often times a matter of when you're going to do it. >> reporter: patient advocates say women need to be fully informed. >> women need to understand that this is not an easy fix. that they will have to have multiple surgeries for reconstruction, and there is no guarantee that they won't get breast cancer or some other kind of cancer. >> i'm trying to soak it in. >> reporter: claudia has been documenting her experience in personal webisodes and blogs as she anxiously awaits the surgery she says she's come to see as a gift. >> to know that i have become my own biggest hero and i define my destiny. >> reporter: a very personal and controversial choice for a growing number of women. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, talk of a change in the air on board commercial flights. >>> if you fl

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we get analysis from father thomas reese, a senior fellow at georgetown university's woodstock centernd authority on the vatican bureaucracy. tom, welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: what do you see? what's the message in this list? >> well, i think there's two. one is continuity and one is change. the continuity is the fact that we see pope benedict appointing people who basically reflect his views on church issues and where the church ought to go. so when they get together to elect a new pope, there's not going to be radical change. we are going to see continuity with the papacy of benedict. what change we do see, however, is that with john paul we saw a reduction of the role of the italians in the college of cardinals and also of vatican curia cardinals. pope benedict is reversing that. we're seeing more italians and we're seeing like half of the people appointed as cardinals were from the vatican curia. >> and what's eh, what are people around the world, in the third world especially, latin america, africa, other places, what do they think of that? >> well, eh, i mean it's interes

washington, d.c police have arrested three people in connection with the drug lab down in a georgetown university freshman dorm. about four hundred students were evacuated this morning after a report of a strange odor inside one of the rooms. police and that of all-out war chemicals could create a hallucinogenic drug. police say two of the suspects are students and a third is a visitor. >> it is a freshman dorm building, so definitely not something you'd expect to find there. >> it comes at a bad time with midterm exams falling around this time. students were inconvenienced as represented dick -- prevented them from studying. >> a gunman opened fire in a crowded restaurant in manhattan. police say the victim was shot in the head and chest. workers told new york post that the shooter exchanged heated words with a victim before opening fire. no arrests have been made. the coast guard is investigating possible oil floating near the louisiana coast. the coast guard says a pack of discolored water near new orleans is believed to be an algae bloom. they are testing it now, but another spot 10 miles awa

officials believe they found a synthetic drug making operation in that georgetown university freshman dorm. hundreds of students were evacuated for hours this morning, and hazmat crews were called. now two georgetown students and a campus visitor are under rest. we have more now on this morning's bust. >> reporter: there was a rude awakening for students in the freshman dorm around 6:00 in the morning. >> our resident advirs and some other officials were banging on everyone's doors, telling us to evacuate. >> they let us back in at 9:00, and then ten minutes later, we had just gotten back to sleep, we heard the fire alarm, and haven't been in since. >> reporter: campus authorities have been investigating charges of something amiss in harbin hall when they decided to act. they made a startling discovery on the 11th floor which prompted them to call the polic and the fire department. >> we did, in fact, findhat we had some chemicals that would be typically used in say, a presumed meth lab type operations. >> what sources say was being manufactured was a hallucinogenic known as dmt. whil

georgetown university. a dorm had to be evacuated after a chemical lab was found inside. cops arrested two students and a visitor in connection with the suspected drug lab. police say it all started saturday morning when they gout a call about a bad smell. >> it was possibly very explosive. police department brought in the exexplosive experts. we -- hazmat stabilized it somewhat and again it was made made safe. the dangers are explosions and inhaling. >> first thought the lab was making meth but later they said it was making a drug known as dmt. that is also illegal. >> i don't know about you but i'm excosted. we had drama, unions, come backs, that was all out of the tailgating. the game in ten seconds but first the guys are back. super bowl champs ten years later women will have more on them later. ed is back and ray does his routine and how good was this? the 352 swallowed up. now to the gamet. took minutes to make something happen. no helmet to helmet. just helmet to ball to force a fumble. buffalo do something we aren't used to. they moved the ball at an aalarming rat

georgetown university freshman charles smith and visiting richmond resident john perroen are behind bars tonight. they were arrested after a report of a strange odor on campus. police found chemicals in the dorm room they say were the makings of a drug lab producing dmt, a hallucinogenic drug. charges were dropped against john romano. >> the heart goes out to the families who won't be as fortunate to go home tonight. >> the men are back on court on wednesday. they are charged with conspiracy to manufacture drugs and possession with intent to distribute. both of those are felonies. it is day one in the chandra levy murder trial and they admitted that police badly botched the investigation nearly a decade ago of the young intern's disappearance and say they are left with a circumstantial case but they say all the circumstances point to ingmar guandique, not the congressman levy was having an affair with. bruce leshan was in the courtroom and is live at the courthouse. >> the prosecutors pointed right at ingmar guandique and said his was the face in the shadows. his was the last face that c

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men are expected to be arraigned on charges that they ran a drug lab at a freshman dorm at georgetown universityicials say two were students, the other was a guest. they apparently were making a drug called dnt. emergency crews responded to the dorm saturday morning after a strange odor was reported. >>> in the nfl it was the first week at which players could be suspended for the violent helmet-to-helmet hits. players seemed to get the message. there were no hits in 13 games. one league official even called it a change in players' behavior in one week's time. >> the world series kicks off this wednesday night. the champion san francisco giants are back in now, after clenching it saturday night. they will take on the texas rangers in the classic. as for nfl action, here's adnan virk at espn news. >>> good morning, last year, brett favre was terrific in his two games against the green bay packers. as against the minnesota vikings sunday it was a different story. second quarter, vikings down 14-7. first and goal. adrian peterson. they call him all day. the vikings tied at 14-14. third quarter, gree