. >>> police have identified a young man killed near howard university campus. he was shot while standing in the 2200 block of georgia avenue saturday night. he later died at a howard -- at howard university hospital. police said he is not a howard student. there are still questions on whether he was taking part in the howard university hello wayne celebrations. >>> a stranger made his way into one of the dormitories and a salted allegedly some students. it happened friday at the west end residents haul. >>-- residence hall. >> they should be suspicious of the intruders and be sure to lock the doors. >> i heard some yelling. i was really scared appeared correct what she heard was a fight right down the hall from her room. a stranger had gone into the hall made his way into a room and allegedly threatened to kill her . >> it was really scary for me. >> students heard the kicking in screaming and the confronted the perpetrator. >> there is some station after hours to make sure that you live in the building. they should have that in all of these buildings. >> there

. >> and howard university student shot to death outside an apartment complex. it was the result of a botched robbery. >> refusing to give up hope. search crews plan to continue searching for a little boy missing since sunday. good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. "begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine. it's thursday, october 27. i am cynne simpson. >> thanks for waking up with us, i am pamela brown. lisa baden is standing by to help us navigate the commute but we start with meteorologist adam caskey. >> we are attracting light showers across the region. road spray and damp roads to kickstart this thursday morning. all the main arteries across the region have seen rainfall and are seeing it right now. we will have an early-morning battle of showers through the rush hour, then a break. more rain then off to the west. moving east. a few light showers this morning. a cold front will drop into town. high-temperature of 66. the wind will pick up this evening. caller air. low 50's tomorrow with sunshine. freez

this is all happening close to the howard university hospital. there's not been any detail about a possible connection between any events going on there, and this shooting. we're told that victim has died as a result of the shooting on georgia avenue. a lot of police actively in the area right now. you should avoid this area as the investigation goes on near the howard university hospital. >>> now to a frightening encounter, a man tries to snatch a 9-year-old girl as she gets off the school bus. the man started chasing the girl on polaris court. she got away, he did too. authorities are trying to find him. news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: although the victim is just nine years old, she was able to provide a very detailed description. not only of her would-be attacker, but also of the minivan he was driving. it happened here around 4:00 friday afternoon. the victim says she had gotten off o the bus with other children when they went inside, a young man got out of his minivan and started to chase her. >> she had the distinct feeling he

. >>> a murder investigation is under way after a deadly shooting near howard university hospital. it happened at the intersection of georgia avenue and w street. the victim was taken to the hospital but died. at this time they are still looking for the gunman. howard university hospital tells us the shooting is not related to the hospital or the school, which was celebrating homecoming saturday. >> a maryland mental patient is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his roommate. he beat his roommate to death in the maximum security section of the clifton t. perkins psychiatric hospital in jessop. two years ago he petitioned to be released, saying he had been cured of his mental illness but was denied that release. >>> tragedy at the fairfax county fire department as they mourn the loss of one of their own. he was found dead inside station 41. he was 49 years old. officials say there's nothing suspicious about his death but it remains under investigation right now. >>> the redskins quarterback will be in the spotlight today as the team takes on the carolina panthers. they are

. >>> a news alert in the murder of a howard university student earlier this week. police have made one arrest and there may be another person involved. john. >> it's likely that two different people were involved in the shooting death of howard university student, iowa alonso. investigators may be seeking another. >> 24-year-old howard university student, alonso guyton was shot to death early tuesday near the k wood garden apartments. it appears two different weapons were present at the time of the murder. >> our initial investigation revealed a 9 mm bernadeli magazine. the magazine belonging to a handgun. also located on that crime scene was a witness that reported seeing a blue van flee the area immediately after the shots were fired. >> again, the shooting happened in mt. rainier. minutes later, d.c. police got a report of an accident involving a blue van at michigan and webster northeast. inside that abandoned van, police say they found a 9 mm handgun and parts to an assault rifle that uses 7.62 mm shells and a hand print in the stolen van. the print of william

a massive police response the howard university campus. officers and students scattered everywhere. >> we heard gunshots and kids running. >> multiple shots were initially 10:13 p.m.re around >> it basically said two people argument.g an >> four people carry the victim. it took him to nearby howard hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> i do not how to explain someone getting shot on campus. >> the shooting itself not on campus, but to close for many students, who were celebrating homecoming activities. >> it is fine when people come campus paris it is bringing ontolence -- campus. bringing the extra violence. >> we can just all get together and have a good time. >> now georgia avenue and the are quiet again. the incident has many concerned. >> i tried to study at night and home by 10:00. >> you can see the campus is quiet right now. university officials are not this exceptn any of confirm that they send out the e-mail alert. there is a stern warning for arriving freshmen students. this is an urban campus. have to be cautious. police ar

after a man is shot to death near the howard university campus.responded to the scene around 10:00 at georgia avenue northwest and w street, one block from the howard university hospital. police say the 20-year-old victim was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead. at this time they are still looking for the gunman. the shooting is not related to the hospital or the school, which was celebrating its homecoming. >>> not too far away, another shooting. just after 2:00 a.m. a person was shot near the intersection of 11th and otis place northwest. the victim was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. >>>ation somber afternoon on the football field as montgomery county peewee football team remembered a mother and son who were murdered. before the game there was a moment of silence for 11-year-old william mcclain and his mother jane. coaches say william was a great player and his mother was an avid supporter. they say they are doing what they can to help williams's young teammates cope. >> we had a team meeting early this week. we told them, you

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this happened directly in front of howard university hospital. police say the victim was not a student or in any way involved with the hospital. the university isn't out e-mail and text notifications warning students to an letter. >>> a massive earthquake near the iranian border. over 200 are dead but that number is expected to go up. several powerful aftershocks followed yesterday's 7.2 quake. it was relatively shallow, less than 15 miles under the surface, causing widespread damage and collapsing dozens ever buildings. >>> a double whammy for the skins. they lose to the carolina panthers 33-20. the burgundy and gold lost some key starters too, santana moss, london fletcher and tim hightower all left the game with injuries. >>> the rangers even up the series beating the cardinals in game four. derek holland pitched 8 1/3 of shutout ball. game five is tonight here on fox 5. >>> we still have plenty ahead, your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning. it is 4:30 as we tax a live look ove

one of the things that howard university and howard university hospital has identified was that we have a large population of at-risk drinkers, substance abuse patients, and that we wanted to find a way to try to really help our population. we didn't have enough social workers or frontline people to do it. so what we had done was put together a proposal to train our residents. and samhsa was very helpful in that and provided us with a grant to train our residents and our staff about screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment. so when a patient comes in on whatever service... they may not have come in for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, but the results of the discussion may have been screening that patient just to see, is this person at risk? and once you have done that, you really go through a process of educating the residents and staff about how you can have open-ended questions, affirmative listening, reflective listening, that really allows a person to open up and tell you what is going on. now we know physicians and health care personnel are very busy, so the

say 20-year-old keenan lee was shot and killed around 10:00 saturday night right in front of howard university hospital. the shooting coming just hours after home coming events wrapped up at the school. police say the victim was not a student nor affiliated with the hospital. the university did send out e- mail and text notifications to the community members warning them to be on alert. >>> another big story this morning. the lululemon murder trial begins today. brittany norwood is accused of killing her coworker and then staging the crime scene. stacy cohan has more. >> reporter: good morning. this is the first day of what is expected to be a very high profile murder trial. the trial of 21-year-old brittany norwood, charged with killing her coworker, 30-year- old jayna murray and because of the incredible amount of interest and the amount of media coverage that this case has garnered, it may make it tricky to select a jury. it was a crime that shocked the community development women found tied up inside the lululemon yoga store last march. one of them, 30-year-old jayna murray, was already de

they'll begin with a rally on the howard university campus of northwest washington. they'll then march to the chamber of commerce on "h" street, joining the other two so-called occupations that are taking place there. >>> if you're planning to take metro, four green line stations will be clod for track work. the waterfront, navy yard, anacostia, and congress heights stations will be closed. buses will take you to l'enfant plaza. there's good news if you take metro downtown. starting at noon today, you won't have to pay to connect from the farragut west to farragut north stations. they're calling it a virtual tunnel. you'll have 30 minutes to leave one station and walk about a block outdoors to the other station. you won't be charged to re-enter. >>> president bill clinton will be talking economics at georgetown university today. he'll talk about ways to hymn prove poverty, global health, and protect the economy. today's lesson will talk about clinton-gore economics from the 1990s. >>> the capitals' franchise record seven wins to start the season is history, in a diff

no one has been arrested. >>> we are -- >> howard university showed support for the occupy movement. it started at howard and ended it the u.s. chamber of commerce. organizers say they hope this march will help change that. police in rite gear ordered protesters to leave this morning. protesters have been sleeping in tents for three weeks. many refused to leave. 51 were arrested. the police needed to clear the area for health concerns. they will be allowed back after the cleanup is complete. >>> police pulled over a woman who was nearly naked. she was driving over 125 miles per hour. when she got out of the car she was wearing only very sheer closing and very high heels. she has been charged on eight counts including as you might suspect, drunk driving. >>> judge "rock center" debuts at 10:00. last night he joined jimmy fallon to slow jam the news. >> the protesters have taken on the ma tran we are the 99 which we will be covering in depth on my show, "rock center" here on nbc. >> tune in to bryan williams' rock hard center for more. >> it's "rock center" not rock hard. >> i know it'

. ♪ >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration inwhut, howard university television.lly syndicated columnist -- llewellyn king and coastal linda gasparello. ♪ >> hello again and thank you for coming along. before we get going on the misery of the post office and possibly the joy of the post office, i want to do a shout out to two of our smaller but wonderful stations that have just joined our network of more than 200 stations. they are wktv chapel 25 and channel 26 in wyoming, michigan and to kiss-tv in union city, indiana and thank you for joining our family of yours. -- of all viewers. i would like to introduce bob sacra, who worked in the world of mail were huge corporations have used his services to look at the mail, to deal with the memo, magazine publishers. tell us more about your career. >> first of all, i am pleased to be with you today. i have been involved with the postal service for more than 30 years. i have done for newspapers, magazines, books, now for big transactional mailers. i have watched -- >> what do you mean by big transactional mailers? >> all

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. and now your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host linda gasparello. >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. bill gouse, my guest, is going to discuss with me transportation. how did you get involved in transportation? >> well, i guess it is around the early birthday of mine. i got a truck when i was 2 years old. >> this truck? amazing. and i take you are an adult now? >> i play with these things. i call it that because i'm a designers in -- a designer and policymakers. >> where do we see them? there are so many on the highways, they seem to put out too much diesel excrement. sometimes they cut us off, and sometimes, when we pass them, we suddenly get blown off the road when the prevailing wind comes around the side of the truck and we are not anticipating it. >> we sort of have a strange love/hate relationship with it, because everything we have comes on that. a train does not pull up to the cul-de-sac of my house. something has to come by

street northwest, near howard university hospital. police say 20-year-old keennan lee of capitol heights was shot around 10:00 last night and died at the hospital. lee was not a student at howard. howard university hospital says the shooting was not related to the hospital or the school that was celebrating home coming this weekend. police say the shooting appeared to stem from an earlier altercation. >>> we're learning more about a close call at bwi thurgood marshall airport. officials say a southwest airlines jet collided with a fuel tank last night. the plane hit the truck after coming in from orlando. no one was hurt. airport officials say incidents like this one are very rare. the plane has been taken out of service while the crash is investigated. >>> the drawback era begins in washington, but another disappointing afternoon for the redskins. hakem is here with more. >> you lose last week to the eagles and now face a 1 in 5 carolina panthers game, you've got to win this game, but the redskins didn't. it's embarrassing for the the

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television.nd now your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king and co-host linda gasparilla. >> hello again. i'm llewellyn king and thank you for coming along. i promise you two uncommonly interesting men and here they are. my friend andre, the bureau chief of the russian news agency in washington. lovely to see you again andre and nice to have you on this broadcast. and a new friend, sorry, i said that wrong -- now you correct me. that's not made it ease yes for me at all. you've said that before have you? unfair advantage here. and you are hungarian-born and a student of attitudes in europe. you run an annual assessment of changed attitudes in the european union to the u.s. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that's trans atlantic at the german fund. that's great. when i was a boy, which was in africa, we were in awe of the united states. we thought that it did everything right we didn't think it did anything wrong, had the best automobiles, refrigerators, educational sy

howard university's homecoming festivities are well underway tonight.oming parade kicked things off this morning on georgia avenue in northwest. thousands of people lined the streets as the series of marching bands and entertainment made their way from university's main campus to the streets of the park and blooming dale. later this evening, university's fraternities and sororities performed a step show. >>> coming up tonight, hundreds of volunteers making a difference in people's lives all over the country. we'll find out what is happening in our area this weekend. >>> and next, a flash mob for a good cause. we'll explain. stay with us. >>> clear skies and calm winds. you know what that means. our temperatures tonight are going down. it will be in the 30s outside the beltway. lower 40s inside the beltway when you wake up tomorrow morning. be prepared for a cool start to your sunday, but a sunny finish. i'll let you know what the workweek holds when 9news continues. ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho but the interest ra

. >>> an arrest in the murder of a howard university student. we have an emotional one on one with the victim's girlfriend. >> and a way to find out how much it's going to cost you to send your kid to college. we test out the out of pocket calculator. >> thanks for joining us this saturday night, i'm maurine. >> and i'm will thomas. we will kick things off in the weather center. a wild weather day, snow in october, what's going on? >> absolutely. it was really not supposed to happen this way. it was a storm that hit just about all of our area with some wet snow, accumulating snow. a little bit of rain fall. very uncommon. we went from a trace to some areas in the district to 14 inches out in west virginia. take a look at the radar. the good news is, it is starting to move its way out, but new england is getting pounded. you can see behind it, we are dealing with much more. except maybe some cloud coverage. >> and temperature is another part of our big weather story. >> definitely. part of the problem today with all that moisture moving in. our t

was murdered in a quiet community. 24-year-old alonzo guy top was a second year music major at howard university. early tuesday morning, he was gunned down in mount rainier. police believe it was a robbery gone wrong. >>> the lululemon trial picks back up today. brittany norwood is accused of beating coworker jayna murray to death last march and then trying to cover it up. defense lawyer admitted norwood killed murray during a heated argument but that it was not premeditated and not first degree murder. the trial is expected to last about two weeks. >>> still, no sign of a missing 9-year-old autistic boy in central virginia. a huge search involving hundreds of volunteers will pick back up later on this morning. but police have been out looking for the boy all night. little robert wood, jr. wandered off from his family on zipped at the north ann battlefield park. >>> mayor vip gray and several district leaders are facing investigations for ethics violations. the biggest complaint has been that rules are not followed. >> reporter: as the committee on government operations got under way, several ch

. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. >> now the program host, nationally syndicated columnist, llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. ♪ >> hello again, and thank you for coming back. we have on the screen the logo of the u.s.nergy association, and that is because at the end of this month, on october 31 and november 1, a unique, important, and serious meeting will take place in houston. we will be going there to cover it. it is looking at the role of energy in the united states going forward. the impact of natural gas, the future of nuclear power, and of course, that old standby, oil. there're so many republican candidates to the presidency who have said whether we can have cheaper, more abundant energy. after 40 years of writing about it, i am personally doubtful, but i am going to houston to take an honest look at it. here is the great panel. linda gasparello of this program. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> i see you do not have a red hat. i did sort of hint that a red hat might cheer up the people. >> i mi

for a rally on the howard university campus and then march to the u.s.mber of commerce on "h" street to join the two other so-called occupations taking place there. >>> think traffic in our area is bad now? imagine dealing with three times as many commuters on the road. it could be a reality less than 20 years from now. that's according to a new study. researchers at george mason university predict 1 million new jobs will be created in our region between 2010 and 2030. they say local governments must create hundreds of thousands of new housing units near these jobs to help accommodate workers and avoid complete gridlock. the whole region will need 700,000 new housing units. maryland will need 200,000. northern virginia will need nearly 400,000 new units. >>> the end of the $1 dvd from red box. after this weekend, the company is raising its prices. beginning on monday, the price for a standard dvd rental will go up 20%. it will now cost you $1.20 for a daily rental from red box. redbox says it needs to raise prices because of higher operation costs and hi

. >>> who gunned down a marine and a howard university student that may have been a botched robbery?story. >> reporter: this is the first homicide in movent rainier in nearly four years, a crime even police are calling senseless and tonight the victim's friends and family are understandably grieving. 24-year-old alonzo guyton was a second year music major at howard university and before he had been a high school football star in florida and a marine in the bugle corps. he was visiting a fellow student at the kaywood apartment complex in mount rainier when someone gunned him done. investigators don't have much to go on, so they are asking for the public's help. p. >> these are the kind of things that keep me awake keep police chiefs and commanders and officers that work the street awake at night because these are the kind of tragedies that come up that are really truly senseless. >> alonzo was a peaceful person. alonzo would have never done anything to harm anybody else. so i just hope and i truly pray that the truth is revealed. >> reporter: this has hit the howard university camps h

it happened near the howard university campus, not long after the homecoming events wrapped up at thet a student. fox5's lauren demarco has the story. >> ma'am, can't come this way. >> reporter: a shot spotter device first alerted police to the gunfire. investigators say 20-year-old keenan lee was shot multiple times around 10:00 saturday night along georgia avenue. he did not survive. it happened steps from the school where students had been celebrating homecoming weekend. >> we went to the show last night, and we were on our way back, and usually we walk up georgia avenue, but it was blocked off. >> reporter: police say the victim was not a student or in any way involved with howard university. they believed the incident started with a verbal dispute between two men that turned physical. the suspect remains on the loose. >> people told us that something happened on that street and we should stay away. >> reporter: a spokesman for howard university says the school immediately issued e- mail and text alerts to the students, faculty and staff through its notification system, warning ab

quest washington. 20-year-old keenan lee of heights was shot saturday night on georgia near howard university. died at the hospital. clear if he was taking in a homecoming celebrations this weekend, but a howard student. >>> students at george washington university are being urged to watch for any suspicious people. this comes after a stranger made into the residence hall and assaulted some students allegedly. now more on the case. >> we heard some yelling. >> what she heard was a fight room.ul from her a student had gotten into the entered ofall and room andudents killedly threatened to her. >> my friend called 911 and told us all about it. pretty scary. other students heard the bang kicking and when confronting the suspect a fight broke out. arrived, they made an arrest. >> there is someone station .fter hours it would be nice if they were in all the residence halls. >> after what happened, it could be something useful. hassle year it was a because there weren't many many guards. it's easy to sneak in behind before the door latches. that is what happened early morning. >> if i see someone w

the cultural competency piece is a specific part of our know the risk sbirt program at howard university. we wanted to make sure that people understood that communicating to one group versus another may require some refinement. you may need to know where the people are coming from, what their background is, so we try to incorporate this through a web-based program, education as well as through lectures and didactics and role playing so that the residents actually get a chance to get a understanding. so, when they come and actually talk to the person, they have some sense of history of who this person may be and why they are. and maybe why they don't want to come and seek treatment. and how is that accepted among the folks that have been trained in the sbirt methodology? well, the sbirt methodology has, i would say, taken a great role in not only improving the way they communicate for sbirt but all communication. because they have to learn how to talk with patients of different cultures for many different reasons. it may not just be sbirt that they are talking about, but they take these s

with a rally on howard university campus and then marching to the u.s. chamber of commerce. protesters planned to join them -- plan to. >>> and the massive outage from blackberry. >> the fallout continues from the blackberry black out earlier this month. lawsuits have been filed in california and other places seeking refunds for the outages that affected more than half of blackberry's 7 million users worldwide. basmany of those customers are now looking at getting the iphone 4s. there is a tracking applications for children's self phones. -- cell phone. >> there's one for the iphone and there's one for the android phones. >> she says parents should tell their children that a tracking application has been installed. make sure that the kids have this on their phones for trick- or-treat. i am rob nelson. >>> a beautiful scene in amarillo, texas. it's first snowfall of the season. some places received 3 inches. power lines came down. temperatures are expected to rise later today and that will melt. but it's pretty to look at. >> not something normal in texas. >> but it is cold h

he was a member of howard university's very popular, talented drum line. students here are just in shock and disbelieve. he was an older student. at the time, he endured himself on the campus. back to you. >> thanks, jackie. >>> britney lost it. that's how britney norwood's attorneys described her actions the night her co-worker was killed inside the lululemon store in bethesda. they told the jury the murder was not planned. news 4s chris gordon joins us live with the latest developments today. chris? >> reporter: all this happened during opening statements. the jury of six men and six women were selected this morning, sworn in and then heard from the prosecution and the defense with very differing views of what the evidence will show or prove. jana murray's family came to court wearing lapel buttons with her picture. britney norwood lied about two assail ents coming in the night of march 11th. the prosecutor said the boogeyman did not exist. the facts were provided to distract police away from where the blame belongs. she stared ahead, showing no expressi

>> absolutely. >> if you walk on howard university's campus you see african-americans but you see a lothnic minorities and others represented there. >> absolutely. that's why i said it is not an issue of talent because these universities are attracting the talent. and i think what we've got to now do is to focus in the right fields. and i think -- at least i would not like to see us focus on the right fields but lose the thing that made these universities great before. that is the newer customering and caring about the students they train and educate. as long as we can keep those things in alignment it is unbounded. >> we have to take another break. dr. wilson i will let you answer, respond to that when we come back right after this. # to war zones. and that can be a problem for a once-thriving tourist destination like dubrovnik, croatia, left in disrepair by years of war. luckily, people took notice. they helped dubrovnik rebuild and restructure their five-star hotels, and croatia eventually regained 14% of the nation's gdp; a rebirth made possible by the international business and tou

in the news, police are homicide neara howard university. a man intersection the georgia avenue and w street. the 20-year-old victim is not a student at the university. police are investigating the death of a cabdriver. police have not yet released the of the victim. if you plan to take much of today, prepare for delays. line, taking time off at the new york stations. trains are sharing the single track on the yellow, blue, and green lines. zahren will look at our forecast. >> step outside today, a lot of sunshine but make sure that you have a jacket. chilly out there. no wind out there, so no chick -- no wind chill factor. tomorrow, western maryland, in the 20's this morning. freeze advisories and warnings out there. we had some that have expired. looking at our satellite picture, a few high clouds out there. we will do better in the department today than yesterday. yesterday's high was 62 degrees. looking at mid-60's today. tomorrow, a very nice day to go to work in school. temperatures up to 70. of berrylike chance of showers. midweek, he

a memorial service will be held on tuesday night at the howard university campus. >>> it appears the occupy movements around the country are becoming more and more heated. just days after protests in oakland got out of control, demonstrations in denver turned ugly quickly. >> you're beating people. >> police clashed with protesters outside the capitol building after officials said they couldn't set up tents. the situation quickly got out of hand and police started spraying pepper spray into the crowd. protesters say they were peacefully demonstrating but officials say they were attacked by the protesters. >> police started spraying them with pepper spray and shooting them. >> we had an officer pushed off his motorcycle. two officers who were kicked. when it escalated to that point we made a city-wide call. >>> overall, 20 people were arrested, including two for assaulting an officer. luckily, there were no reports of any serious injuries. >>> and freezing rain and chilly temperatures didn't stop protesters here in the district. the occupy d.c. group marched to the treasury department

. >>> the howard university campus is mourning today after learning a fellow student who was an iraqeteran is now dead. 24-year-old alonso gieton was shot outside his apartment in mt. rainier on tuesday while being robbed. gieton entered the school last year after serving with the u.s. marine corps in iraq. friends say gieton, seen here in a group that he had founded had it all. they say he had talent, ambition, and a desire to serve others. >> alonso's presence was very thick in the building. he would walk through smiling. it was so hard to miss him. even people that he didn't really know, he would speak to them, say what's up, man, shake hands and continue about his day. he was always smiling, always very happy. >>. >> gietan's uncle says alonso studied martial arts and was a standout football player in high school. he wondered whether his nephew tried to take on the would-be robber. >>> today, students are being asked to take a pledge. it's an anti-bullying pledge. october is bullying prevention month. >>> a prince georges county volunteer firefighter is being called a hero for sa

in that article from howard university, 4,273 black stopts were studied -- students were studied, and it was found that family and religious life, family and religious social capital are the most important predictors for positive student college success, so those students in low performing schools in inner cities, who are involved in religious life outside of the family, it's the second greatest preticker of them actually going to college, and as i said earlier, it eliminates the black-white achievement gap. they conclude students with active religious life involved parents and active social life have greater opportunities and choices in the future. look at issues like minimum wage, this is a winner. people love to think about the consequences of raising the minimum raise, but i'd like to submit that people don't think about the long term consequences of raising the minimum wage because we live in a world where people act and make decisions based on something called incentives. such an increase actually hurts minorities. it hurts teens. it hurts those without skills in the long run be

the rally will begin at 5:00 this evening at howard university in northwest washington. and they'll mark to the chamber of commerce on "h" street to join two other occupations taking place there. organizers say today's march is to bring some more racial diversity to the occupy protests. they believe the issues raised by the demonstrations should resonate with african-americans in the area who experience unemployment and poverty in greater percentages than anyone else. >>> hundreds of students at st. mary's college of maryland have been living in hotels for the past week after mold was found in their dorms. today they'll have new accommodations. school officials are moving students to a cruise ship. this morning the sea voyager is expected to dock on the st. mary's river right along the school's campus. school officials say housing the students on the ship costs about the same as the hotels and is closer to campus. the ship will serve as an offshore dormitory. >>> roman catholics will soon notice major changes during mass. beginning on november 27th, much of the call and

>> a howard university student died after being shot early yesterday morning.nzo guiden was found outside of an apartment building after midnight. he was shot several times. howard university released a statement extending condolences and prayers to family and friends. no one has been arrested but prince georges county police are investigating. >>> and a new -- on several six assaults. thomas campbell will remain in jail without bond, accused of impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting two women. the investigators arrested him while committing a similar climb crime on monday in herndon. he's expected in as many as serve different cases. if you have information, call police. >>> virginia's governor could be the next candidate for vice president. he met with mitt romney in fairfax. do we know if romney asked the governor about the number two slot? >> reporter: if he did it, he did it behindidors. romney officially said he was in fairfax to support local candidates in virginia races. that has not stopped the questions the about the future of the virg

. >> i encouraged him to go to howard university to play .ootball >> friends tell us he did not livee. students did. police found his cell phone and other belongings here at the scene. no id and no luck. tonight, no suspect. >> thank you. >>> new at 11:00, a new twist in the curfew controversy. one council member says curfews not the answer. he is proposing a littering and. >> it is a tool for police -- a loitering ban. >> it is a tool for police. arguing it could to racial profiling. neither is a done deal. be debated in the coming weeks. >>> 7 is on your side with a study about lung cancer screening. a new study shows chest x-rays cancerhelp prevent lung deaths. those who had annual x-rays are as likely to die of lung cancer. provide are said to .ore detailed images are interesting images. people celebrating halloween a early. held, kicking off around 7:00 a.m. there was dancing afterwards. the theme was "through the decades," 65 years. had to be fun out there. the weather cleared up. >>> better dancing in the evening and then this afternoon. a quarter inch of rain. women get some

howard university hospital tells us the shooting is not related to the hospital or the school, whichrating its homecoming. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a cab driver in northeast washington. police found the driver in his car at anacostia and pond street just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning. at this time police are still looking for a suspect and a motive. a response vane ya county neighborhood is on the lookout for a man month tried to snatch a 9-year-old girl on polaris court. she had just gotten off the school bus on friday when she noticed a man coming towards her. he chased her a couple houses before giving up and walking away. sheriff's department plans to add extra patrols. and the redskins will try to get back in the win column this afternoon. they're counting on john beck to help them do that. he will get his first start at quarterback against the carolina panthers. they are led by their explosive quarterback cam newton. a check on your forecast next. don't go anywhere. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy q

this was along georgia avenue in front of howard university hospital. police say the victim was not a student nor in any way involved with the hospital. the university sent out e-mail and text note if i indications to its community members warning them to be on alert. >>> president obama will be in las vegas later today continuing to push his jobs plan. nevada's unemployment rate is the highest in the nation at 13.4%. tonight, the president heads to los angeles for two high- profile fundraisers. antonio banderas and melanie griffith will host a fundraiser at their home. >>> herman cain with strong support. the university of iowa poll has cain ahead of mitt romney by 10 points now. cain has been grabbing headline for his 999 tax plan and now poconos are taxing his stance on abortion. cain says he is against abortion but last week clarified to say it should be an option for victims of rape and incest. other presidential hopeful says that makes him pro-choice. >> it is a liberal canard to say i am personally pro-life but government should stay out of that d

keenan lee was gunned down in front of howard university hospital saturday night just hours after home coming events wrapped up at the school. the university sent out e-mail and text notifications to community members warning them to be on alert police say the victim was not a student and was not affiliated with the hospital. >>> to turkey, rescuers are in a race against time to find survivors trapped after yesterday's devastating earthquake. aid groups set up kitchens to help those who slept out overnight. the official death toll has just been raised to 270 people, it is expected to go even higher. >>> history is made in libya, the new leaders officially announced its liberation yesterday days after the death of moammar gadhafi, crowds celebrated in benghazis victory square they played the country's old national anthem the one used before gadhafi took control the national transitional council is working on election for a constitutional congress. >>> and they are counting ballots in tunisia's historic election there was a massive turn out yesterday more than 90% of registered voters ca

. >>> plus, the clue that police say solved the howard university student's murder. and rain, snow, or shine. halloween revellers have taken to the streets of washi ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> police say a handprint led them to the suspect responsible for a murder. william knight was arrested. he shot guiden in an offcampus apartment. a memorial service for guiden will be held tuesday night on the howard campus. >>> more than 1,000 people braved the cold and rain today to support aids walk washington in downtown d.c. the 5k timed run was first, followed by groups of walkers. nbc 4 was honored with the community service award. aiysha was honored with the partner for life award. she along with nbc 4 have partnered with aids walk washington since it started in 1987. thankfully, we've seen quite a bit of progress in 25 years. >> at the sta

howard university homecoming. more than 100,000 alumni and friends are in town this weekend to take part in all the festivities. today's events included the homecoming parade and football game. there have been events for alumni all weekend long. they continue tonight and through most of the day tomorrow. >>> bp is one step closer to drilling again in the gulf of mexico. the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement approved a plan by the oil giant to drill up to four new exploratory wells off the louisiana coastline. it would be the first new drilling activity since the deepwater horizon explosion in april of 2010. 11 people died and millions of barrels of oil spilled into the gulf. the bureau says it approved the drilling plan after review of bp's new safety procedures. some in congress criticize the move, saying new drilling safety legislation still has not become law. >>> now to december 2012. nevada republicans have decided to move their presidential caucus back to february 4th. nevada planned a january 1

. >>> the howard university campus is reeling this morning after learning a student and veteran is dead. police call it a robbery gone back. he entered the cleanly last year after serving with the u.s. marine corps in iraq. gieton, singing here in white with a group that he founded had it all, talent, ambition and a desire to serve others. >> al fanso's presence was very stake in the building. he would walk through smiling. it was so hard to miss him. even people he didn't really know, he would speak to them and say what's up, man? i also always smiling, always very happy. >> alonzo studied martial arts and was a standout football player in high school. he wornted whether his nephew tried to take on the robbers. >>> 8-year-old robert wood vanished sunday at battlefield park. more than 900 volunteers tried unsuccessfully to find him yesterday. but police believe the boy is still alive. if you would like to help in the search, go to king's dominion parking lot at 9:00 this morning. >>> the d.c. council will the pass a thorough ethics building governing him and his colleagues yesterday. co

authorities say he was not attending howard university's homecoming festivities.d tonight up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. >>> a suspect in custody tonight in connection with the murder of a cab driver found shot to death in northeast washington. a 20-year-old from southeast d.c. is charged with first- degree murder in the death of the cab driver. the 40-year-old was found inside his taxi around 4 a.m. saturday at anacostia avenue and pond street. he was driving for the pg&silver cab companies. management confirmed to us that one of the drivers had been killed but they refused any other comments. we have not been able to reach the victim's family. >>> jury selection in the lululemon murder trial begins tomorrow. brittany norwood is accused of killing her coworker jayna murray in the store after hours. attorneys could be looking at a jury pool in the hundreds we are told. . >> reporter: they may be on a walk or on a date or spending time with their kids or watching sunday football games. >> one final play here. >> repo

i went to howard university. i majored in drama. it's like you're majoring in drama?, i am -- >> she ain't going to have no job. >> but theater's still my first love. and every highaatus i go back a play. because there's nothing like being live in front of a camera, but being live on stage and getting that immediate reaction from the audience, it's wonderful. it's the best way to really tighten up your chops. you know, i can do comedy. i can do drama, you know, and things like that. i'm a very dramatic -- very dramatic actress. i am. i am. >> so what's the next role, then in if you could do anything next. in addition to doing with the "the game," because the game's going to go on ten more seasons. >> whoo. >> it's going to -- >> ten more years. what's next for me, you know, i'm not a planner like that. especially in terms of, you know, the roles that i want to do. >> yeah. >> i'm totally open. whafrs o whatever's out there. i've been concentrating on my non-profit, which is absolutely amazing. >> talk to me about that. because a lot of people say they've got a non-pro

crowd could grow by the hundreds tonight because students, alumni and faculty from howard universityan to march tonight in support of the demonstrations. >>> coming up on 9 news now at noon, we all know why the chicken crossed the road, but what's the deal with the beer -- or deer in the title basin? we're going to take a closer look. >>> also another miracle in the ruins of that earthquake- ravaged turkey, nearly 600 people are dead. we'll have more details when we come back. >>> incredible news, a 13-year- old boy was pulled out alive 4 1/2 days after the earthquake in eastern turkey. more than 570 people have died, more than 2500 injured, but there is more help coming, including hundreds of winterized tents for the many who have been left homeless. >>> we have an important recall to tell you about tonight. it is topping our consumer alert. tbm gm is recalling -- general motors is recalling 34,000 new chevy and gmc crossover suvs. the car maker says the tire pressure monitor in its 2012 equinox and terrain vehicles does not work properly. the warning light does not come on until th

some students, alumni and staffers over at howard university rallied there tonight in support of they dc movement and then they marched over to the occupy dc encampment on k street. they ended their trek on h street with another brief rally right outside the national chamber of commerce. >> this is under the direction of cooperation and military and industrial conflicts basically in this country. i mean, the 1% keeps getting richer and the other 99% keeps getting poorer and poorer daily. >> organizers called this march from howard a march for jobs and justice. >>> something heavy being dragged. that's what one of the apple store managers said she heard coming from the lululemon store the night jayna murray died. she said i heard somebody say stop, stop. oh, god. brittany norwood is on trial for the murder of murray back in march inside the store. now, the apple managers asked the two security guards to investigate what the noise was about but none of them left the building and not one of the four people inside the apple store called 911. norwood bludgeoned murray to death and then cr