we were there when peckens arrived at his herndon home. >> how does it feel to be home? >> we're just relieved to be back with family and friends. we have the rescue teams to thank for that. our heartfelt gratitude to them as well. >> park rangers say they found the men on monday. the pair was well-prepared. apparently, they rationed food, collected fire wood, used a smoky fire and an sos message made out of logs to get some attention. very experienced wilderness men, if you will, they both are. so they had an idea of what they would need to do to survive and to be found. >> very smart. and that's, i think, what helped lead to this happy ending for sure. >>> it is 5:06. 60 degrees. the deadly meningitis outbreak continues to take a toll on our region. >>> a tropical storm hit southern baja flooding streets there. shelters in the area now being opened, and people are being warned to stay indoors. >> a lot of rain. so far, no rain here. it isery cold, at least for this time of the year. >> coming up on 11 minutes after 5:00, and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is he

these friends have been standing vigil out in herndon at neal peckens home and they just called and said that the two men have walked out on their own. they walked into the woods at glacier national park last tuesday.

we were there when peckens arrived at his herndon home. >> overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from their families received just a ton of support. we really appreciate that. we can't express enough gratitude for everything that everyone has done on our behalf since we've been gone. >> park rangers found the men monday. the rangers say the menused a smoky fire and an sos made out of logs to get attention. >>> officials are questioning an apology by police. one of the officers apologized for the incident caught on cell phone video. the lawyers for the officers say they only apologized because other officers had to go into internal affairs for questioning. the beating happened after maryland's basketball team beat duke in 2010. >>> a suspected gallaudet university professor says the school supports bullying after she was suspended for signing a petition supporting gay marriage. dr. mccaskill discussed it yesterday in annapolis. last week the school suspended her for signing a petition to put maryland's same-sex issue on the ballot. through an interpreter, mccaskill said she's allowed t

fox 5's lauren demarco is there as neal peckens finally arrived back home in herndon. >> reporter: dozens of searchers on foot, horseback and by air scoured the area for three days despe the wintery conditions and mountainous terrain. the men were found unharmed and have been reunited with their families. a much longer than expected journey home to herndon, virginia, and neal peckens couldn't be more thankful to have arrived safe and sound. >> overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from everyone. >> reporter: peckens and his friend jason hiser of richmond went missing in montana. they were hiking through glacier national park wednesday when an accidental fall down a steep incline separated them. the men veered off the trail making their way back toward each other. then the situation took a turn for the worse when they lost their map in the windy conditions. they did not have a gps device. family members reported the two missing on friday when they didn't make their flight home. after initial searches turned up empty relatives feared the worst. >> i think all of us felt that helpless. we

home today. neal pickens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond went hiking in glacier national park last week. family reported them missing when they didn't catch a flight home on friday. neal's mother reports the two hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the pair safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> when i found out that he was found, i just let go and just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. >> peckens and hiser were taken to a hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time they'll be arifling home today. >>> government sources say the white house is prepared to launch a strike against al qaeda in retaliation to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, but there are a few things stopping the attack. the government is still looking for the exact group responsible for the aattack. plus sources say the white house is worried about the potential political fallout. this comes as secretary of state hillary clinton says she takes partial responsibility for the attack. sh

home today. neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond went hiking in glacier national park last week. family reported them missing when they did not catch a flight home on friday. neal's mother says the pair hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the men safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> i never felt that this was going to end catastrophically. i never felt that somet happened to him. >> peckens and hiser were taken to the hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time he'll be arriving home today. >>> today is the deadline for metro to have completed installing cell phone service for all its underground stations. metro will testify to congress about why that project won't be finished until 2015. metro released a memo saying the additional three years will also include track shutdowns to restore service. metro officials haven't said why there's such a lengthy delay. the first deadline to install service at the 20 busiest stations was met back in 2009. >>> ne

in herndon, surae chinn, 9news now. >> back home safe. >> let's talk about what weather awaits them. >> it was a beautiful day and tomorrow will be a nice day. we are staying a yellow alert because the thunderstorms late in the day and about this time tomorrow night, about 24 hours from now. let's start with a live look outside. it is the michael and son weather cam. again, high 69, which is exactly average for this time of year. down to 63. dew points coming up a little bit. upper 40s. winds out of the southeast at 7 and the pressure has not budged all afternoon or evening. 29.93 inches of mercury. temperature wise, it is really comfortable. 60 in bethesda. 64 in rockville. some 50s. 55 in gaithersburg. 62 in fairfax and 61 down toward burke. 63 in college park and upper os as you head towards bowie. showers and storms on the way. mild and dry tonight. the morning commute tomorrow fine, dry, in fact, you'll need your shades. the evening commute will be mainly dry. most of the showers hold off until evening and thursday night is going to be wet. we're looking at showers and thunderst

home coming. >> and on a local level shout out to herndon high school. it's their home coming as well today. i play basketball. i know. i wasn't in the running. just put it that way. >> leave it at that. >> the time right now is 6:53. up next a special look at tonight's host of "saturday night live." >> plus the unique bond between furry friends that has become an internet sensation. you're watching news 4 today. >>> this fall weather is the perfect setting for the annual fall festival today. more than 400 craft booths will sell art. there will also be live music and oktoberfest beer garden and of course some great food. the 36th annual fall festival is free to attend and goes on from 10:00 this morning to 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> tonight on nbc 4 christina applegate will make her debut in a commercial -- she made her debut at just five months old then rose to fame with the hit "married with children" and tonight she hosts "saturday night live" for the second time but it's been a while. >> reporter: the last time up all night star christina applegate hosted "saturday night live" -- >> w

home today. neal peckens of herndon and jim hiser of richmond went hiking in glacier national park last week. neal's mother says the pair hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. they were stranded in cold temperatures and more than a foot of snow. park rangers found the men safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> when i found out that he was found, i just let go and just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. >> peckens and hiser were taken to a hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time they'll be arriving home today. >>> today metro officials will testify to congress about extending the deadline for cell phone service in all of its underground stations. today was actually the original deadline for metro to have service for every station, but it now says it will not complete the project until 2015. metro released a memoin

home this morning. >> neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond were found late yesterday. kristin fisher joins us live from the satellite center with more on their rescue. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. we still don't know exactly what happened to these two men that had been missing since friday, but, you know, that information is expected to come out a little bit later this morning from the national park service. but the good news here, whatever happened all that friends and family really care about is that they will be coming home safe and sound most likely just a little bit later today. these two men were reported missing on friday by their family when they failed to take -- when they failed to board their flight home on friday. and that sent off a several day long search. about 50 people spent three days searching for these men in just terrible weather. there was intense winds, lots of snow, about 18 inches of snow on the ground. here is glacier national park spokeswoman denise. >> it's a great feeling to know they're out of the back country, they're

home today. neil of herndon and jason of richmond went hiking in glacier national park last week. they were reported missing when they didn't catch a flight home. they hiked into the back country and fell into a ravine. park rangers found them safe around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. >> when i found out that he was found, i just let go and just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. >> they were taken to the hospital and given a clean bill of health. it's not clear what time they will be arriving home today. >> funeral services held for former pennsylvania senator arlen spector. he died after a battle with non-hodgkins lymphoma. he switched to become a democrat in 2009 was 82 years old. joe biden is set to attend the funeral. president obama ordered flags at the white house to be flown at half staff. >>> we have more now on the breaking news that we have been following this midday. >>> a shooting in fairfax county. the shots rang out after 9:30 on geddy's court. pat collins is live for us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it appears to be a murder on geddy's court. police are still working t

home soon. found neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond yesterday. got lost whilens hiking in a remote area. there were reported missing their flightssed friday. figured if they did not , it would be aht news. >> just to get that news, everyone is ecstatic. >> the search efforts were snow.ed by >> glad they are okay. getting some breaking news from afghanistan. >> let's check in with jummy olabanji at alive desk. for the desk afghanistan security service says the suicide bomber for a weekend attack killed the the u.s. troops not a member of the country oppose the intelligence agency. what nato reported on saturday after the attack happened. because the suicide in uniform of the getlligence agency to then blew up a suicide vest as nato troops were making a delivery to the are.uarters in canada that's driven the two u.s. troops died. kandahar. the person behind the suicide thecks only was wearing uniform and was not an official member of the agency. inside attacks are on the minds serving in troops afghanistan. year the suicide attacks 15%m insider's a

home today. found neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond yesterday. got lost while hiking in a area of glacier national park. they were not injured. the families did become worried their flightssed friday. they didthinking if them tonight, it would news. >> just to get that news, everyone. is everyone >> the national park service did that wintry weather conditions hampered the search efforts. >> more testimony expected today trial of two prince county police officers accused of using excessive e to arrest the university maryland student. here's the amateur video that beating donficers during the melee following a basketball game. thison who witnessed e officers used excessive force. defense lawyers say the officers appropriately. chiefudet university's diversity officer is expected thepeak today about o heroversy that led t being placed on leave. petitionshe signed a toallow the gay marriage law be put on the ballot because she believes it should be decided by the democratic process. is attorney says that she not taking a stand on the issue. >> now to

two missing hikers from virginia neal peckens of herndon, virginia and jason hiser of richmond, virginia are due back home after they were located in the rugged back country of glacier national park in montana. the families of the two veterinarians reported them missing on friday after they failed to catch their flight home. rescue teams spent the next three days searching for them. it was terrible weather. there were high winds, limited visibility and lots of snow. but they were found about 4:30 yesterday in the national park. >> it's just a great feeling to know that they're out of the back country, that they're safe and their we with their families-- >> they're with their families. >> these pictures were taken shortly after the rescue. both men are 32 years old and married. jason's wife by the way is eight months pregnant. by the way, the two met at the virginia-maryland regional college of veterinary medicine and over the years they have taken several hiking trim -- hiking trips together. they were relatively experienced hikers. but something went wrong and rescue teams were sent out to look for them.

home. our surae chinn caught up with jason in herndon just this afternoon. she joins us live and surae, they really did fear for their lives. >> they really did, but you know what? they are thankful they are home. these two hikers were gone for four days stranded and so you know, they only had enough food for two days. what they did, get this. they rationed their cliff bars and what they did was, they took only a quarter of their energy bar, took one quarter for each person per day. >> there's so much snow. there was no trail to be seen. >> 32-year-old jason from richmond and neil from herndon set out in the back country of glaisher national park. they were half way up the mountain when something terrible went wrong. pecken slipped and fell. >> when he fell, i was okay after he stopped sliding down the hill. >> worse still, their map blew away, they were lost in whiteout conditions. >> couldn't tell whether we should be going down or up because the map would have pulled us up. >> safest thing was to hunker down. the experienced hikers used their instincts. >>

home today. jason hiser of richmond and neal peckens of herndon were reported missing friday but were found monday afternoon and both men are doing well. peckens' father said he cried when he heard the guys were okay. >>> federal health officials say the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak could get a lot better. yesterday they revealed two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy that may have been tainted. the new england compounding center is the maker of the specialty mixed medicines in question. these are steroid injections used for back pain that have sickened 214 people. 15 have died. yesterday a possible meningitis case was reported in someone who received a different steroid shot made by the same pharmacy. its drugs are used in heart and eye operations are also under scrutiny. >>> the trial of two veteran police officers seen in the caught on tape beating of a university of maryland student after a duke basketball game in 2010 resumes today. prince george's county officers reginald baker and james harrison are accused of assault and misconduct. >> their defense lawyers say it was the student jo

home. the searchers found jason hiser of richmond and pekins of herndon yesterday in glacier national park in montana. they went on a hiking trip and missed their flight back home. the rent a car was not returned and worried wives called police. the massive search was launched for the men and they were in good condition. they fell over the ravine and had overnight gear and rationed the food and drinks. >>> still ahead, dozens of local soldiers who returned home from afghanistan over the weekend were honored today. we're going to take to you the ceremony. >> there is a growing number of speed cameras in the district, and now some city leaders want to do something about the fines they're generation. i'm bob barnard, we'll have details coming up. tails coming . >> a beautiful day today. almost fall-like with temperatures holding in the 60s and, of course, we started off pretty cool this morning. will this trend continue or do we see a bit of a warm-up around the corner? a first look at the forecast is coming up. stay with us, the news will continue. continue.  maryland sc

home page. >>> it is 5:52. making news now, funeral services will be held later this morning for three members of a herndon, virginia family. 52-year-old kathi peterson and her teenage sons matthew and christopher were found dead in their home last week. police say albert peterson killed his family before taking his own life. >>> sensitive documents are still apparently laying in wreckage at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya according to "the washington post." the post-crews saw personal records scattered around the complex which has since been looted. ambassador stevens and two other americans were killed. >>> ark comingists have discovered an ancient tomb inscribed with the queen's name. this is believed to be a 1300- year-old tomb. >>> an event this weekend aims to help more local women survive breast cancer and possibly avoid it all together. we have more on that coming up. >>> we'll definitely into more quote -- delve into more quotes from the first debate between president obama and governor mitt romney. >>> a lot of voters are looking at the employment picture and forecast for the future to make up their

home temp looks nice at 77. >>> today is thursday, october 4. here's a check on the news before you go. a funeral today for a herndonvirginia mother and her two sons. kathi peetderson and her -- peterson and her two sons were found dead in their home last week. police say albert peterson killed his family before taking his own life. >>> nationals manager david johnson will be back in the dugout for the playoffs. he left yesterday's game because he had some numbness in his legs. tests came back negative. >>> two dozen dogs rescued from a puppy mill are now in the district. the washington animal rescue league took in these dogs from south carolina. vets will give them a checkup and soon they'll be ready for adoption. >>> it is 6:53. let's answer the question of the morning now. roughly 1100 of these are started every second in this country. is it a, automobiles, b, relationships, or c, loads of laundry? >> the answer is c, loads of laundry. >>> here's jessica. >> daily deals time. here's some of my favorites from those e-mails and websites. who says there's no such thing as a free lunch. cava mezze grill is celebratin

herndon and jason hiser left for a trip in glacier national park last week. family members reported them missing friday when they didn't catch their flight home. both are veterinarians. yesterday they searched the hiking trails and found tracks in the area and a fire ring. they say it may be evidence of the missing men. they also have the hike permits, which may narrow the search area >> we know they have a back country permit, and that showed where they would be hiking. we've got a high probability area of where they were. perhaps the weather is playing something with this. we're not sure what's going on, but we'll continue to do what we can. >> park rangers say the men may have gone off trail due to the high winds and snow. >>> new this morning, a look at just how close the race for president is. president obama leads mitt romney by just three percentage points among likely voters. that's according to the latest washington post/abc news poll, and that is within the poll's margin of error. the president's lead has actually grown by 1% since before the first debate with his republican rival, a debate most people say mitt romney won. >> both ca

neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond went hiking in montana's glacier national park last week. they were reported missing on friday when they didn't catch their flight home. more than 50 rangers are searching the park's rugged snowy terrain tonight for the men. hiser's mother says she's finding strength in her faith. >>> rainy weather out there today for some of us. and we still could see some more tonight. storm 4 meteorologist doug kammerer joins us with an update. >> you look outside right now, across the city, some areas seeing sunshine. others now starting to see that rain move in. we have thunderstorms, too. currently 70 degrees with winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. a few breaks in the clouds, especially east of 95. over the last couple of hours we've seen a few storms develop, loudoun county, montgomery county and now entering howard county and anne arundel. some of these are fairly heavy. the heaviest rain looks like it's in fauquier county and movinging in portions of culpepper and rap a han a county. we'll see a few areas of heavy downpours through the rest of the evening hours. could make things problematic on the commute especially

home. talked to a guy who works for bb & t bank. he said they will close at noon, just a half day. this is amanda park. she just moved to herndon recently and you're on your way to work in tysons, right? >> right. then i got a text message saying it's getting pretty bad. you might as well stay home. >> reporter: wish they would have told you last night! >> right, but i was up anyway. >> reporter: you've done preps for the storm. what have you done? >> storing a little bit of ice, water, canned food items, got a little more cash and topped off here at the gas station. >> reporter: what did you think about your short drive to the sunoco? >> the water is getting a little high. you can definitely tell on the sides of the road, don't drive in the right lane, but overall, people are pretty respectful and driving pretty safely. >> reporter: definitely going to get much worse than this. >> yeah. >> reporter: your boss, you're a financial planner, your boss said no work today. typical of most companies out there, right? >> you would think so, yeah. >> reporter: your parents live in western maryland. what have they told you this morning?

peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond left for a hiking trip in glacier national park last week. family members reported them missing friday when they did not catch their flight home. both men are veterinarians. yesterday 50 rangers searched the hiking trails. they found tracks in the area and a fire ring. rangers say it may be evidence of the missing men. they also have the hikers' park permits, which will help them narrow the search. >> we know that they had a back country permit, and that permit showed them where they were going to be hiking. we at least have the general area, and we've got a high probability area of where they were. perhaps the weather is playing something with this. we're not sure what's going on. we'll continue to do what we can. >> park rangers say the men may have gone off trail due to the high winds and snow. >>> today two prince george's county police officers will be in court. they're accused of beating a university of maryland student. officers james harrison and reginald baker face assault charges for attacking a student following a basketball game. they're accused of beating john mckenna, who was celebrating a terps win over duke. th

herndon. more twists and turns in the case of the missing belly dancer. missing. leyla mccullagh. 36-year-old belly dancer, wife and mother of a little boy. last seen back in august at her leesburg home. a sprawling property with a pond and a pool. she lived here with her husband matthew and their young son. ian griffis is her next door neighbor. >> he goes and comes at weird times. i mean, he doesn't have a regular schedule. he was gone atight and day. she kind of went her own separate way, too. they looked like they had two separate lives. >> reporter: according to court documents, the sheriff is investigating foul play in her disappearance. recently, investigators searched her husband's apartment here in hernandez and seized a number of guns and a substantial amount of ammunition. according to court documents, matthew mccullagh now lives here with his girlfriend. those same documents say that leyla mccullagh claims her husband was assaulting her and threatening to get her deported. mrs. mccullagh told friends she was from russia. trouble at the mccullagh house came to the attention of police about five months ago. according to court documents, one day last april, about 4:00 in the

herndon suicide. s will bes wife and son laid to rest tomorrow. investigators searching for a of following a fairfax county high school student. police said he followed a girl from west springfield high on monday.er home8 will have war in ofin-depth report at the top the hour. let us find out what is happening on the roetz. a busy morning. you are dealing with a very trek. coming from college park to i- , the judge to reopen the ramp. some slow traffic now on 270 on side.rthbound 109 south bound at delays. street on 395, we are blocking it two right lanes with there.ident how was the forecast? defog -- it is going to be fog.to lift -- the visibility well below 1 mile. our forecast today, morning fog. cloudy skies. peeks of sunshine later today. 82 to 86. >> thank you. thank you for watching. >> thank you. tkrystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean hundreds of millions of dollars... for olschools...from gamingive serevenues that would have..... gone to other states. and indepen