and folks who live in d.c. have here in new hampshire. councilmember david katannia has a house member by the name of cindy rosenwald. she brought up this measure here today in committee and that's the plan, to get friends that are in other states to bring it up in front of house committees and basically pass this, and get it out to the public so people know that there's an issue in d.c. and the thought is if most americans realize that the district of colombia residents don't have equal voting rights, then maybe they'll support this and one day d.c. could become the 51st state. >> it's my understanding this has to be ratified by each of the states and that's the issue. so the cause is going right there to these different states. matt, is there a sense that there'll be a resolution? will they leave knowing that they have at least new hampshire's support in their push for statehood, do you know that yet? >> reporter: at this point i believe that the committee could consider it, not sure if it'll be a full vote in committee today. basically

. >> we said over and over that it's the attorney general and the district court in d.c. that has exclusive jurisdiction in this set of questions and we don't want the courts in other parts of the country to try to mimic what that court and the attorney general are supposed to do. and you are a essentially asking for the district court in the state of texas to try to predict what they are going to do and mimic what they are going to demand that is why justice alito suggests look, if we said only the district court in d.c. and the attorney general should do this let's wait until they do it and go from there. >> justice, here's why we are not asking the regional court to mimic the d.c. court function. we are asking it to perform correctly one of the rules that this court has always made clear the regional court retains and that is to provide temporary relief. if you look at the court decisions that essentially ward off the regional course from the irritating to would solve final preclearance decision i'm thinking for example the same decisions say this is not prejudice for y

reporter: following his stent in d.c. jordan was hired by the -- stint in d.c. jordan was hired by the 76ers. the nba's loss has become carroll's gain. jordan is now running a different game coaching the freshmen team at carroll, his alma mater. he's not getting paid. he has no 6-footers or nba all- stars and his lessons have become a lot simpler. >> it's not about passing, dribbling, shooting. it's about behavior, how to work with your teammates, how to be competitive and yet keep your composure. >> people know i play basketball at carroll, so they ask me what's it like to have eddie jordan as your coach? i say it's pretty cool, but then again he's still our coach. we superto listen to him and still do what he -- we have to listen to him and still do what he tells us to do. >> i have to see him to believe him and now that he's here it's kind of opened my eyes more wanting to learn more about basketball now that he's our coach. reporter: jordan will be the first to tell you this is one of his most important jobs but if the right opportunity presented itself, he'

so long as the district has been challenged in d.c. the court in texas should not accept it. >> it should make a determination either way and it didn't. in those districts it didn't adopt the plan that were put forward by the plaintiffs or the challengers in washington d.c.. it looked at the benchmark plan. >> could it look at the difference and say it respects county line that follows the rivers and look at it for that reason? and rely on the legislative judgment of a sound judgment that the river runs through here and the county line and so forth? it seems to be the difficulty was saying you can't look at the plant. >> the problem with that is it would be assuming that the state is correct, the doesn't violate section 5. that is an inquiry reserve to the district court and district of columbia. >> it goes the other way. they can to prove something that was challenged aren't you assuming that the plaintiffs are right? that is an inquiry that lasted district court in d.c.. >> the court didn't accept as a remedy with the plaintiff's prop

that their being there is not only jeopardizing their own health and safety but the folks that live in d.c. since october protesters with occupy d.c. have called mcpherson square on prominent k street their home. it is one of two camp it is group has created in d.c. but it is also the one drawing the most criticism. >> we are here, we are the 99%. just like you. and we are your representatives. capitol hill won't represent you. so we, the people, are representing ourselves. that's our whole reason for being here. >> reporter: d.c.'s mayor, vincent gray is speaking out against the cam in a letter sent to the u.s. park service yesterday. gray cite results from a department of health inspection of the camp as reasons for why the park service should close the camp. he said hypothermia and possible death at the cam are a concern. he said the camp is also a possible risk for commune kabul disease for the rest of the city saying that these risks with attributed to improper disposal of contaminant, trash and human waste. he then goes on to say this is also contributing to an increase in the rat po

to bring learning alive for students in the d.c. ning, washington. >>> friday morning, 5:40. it is gusty, cold air moving into town. high wind gusts across the region. in frostburg, 52 miles an hour. that is situated at almost a thousand feet. mchenry, 50 miles an hour. wtop radio, 42 miles an hour. similar at dulles airport. the wind is really whipping around and air temperatures are dropping. wind chills this afternoon will be in the teens and 20's. there's a wind advisory northwest of town until 6:00 p.m. 30's for the high temperatures today. on the weekend, mid 30's and breezy. >> there's an accident. springfield, virginia, northbound 95 toward tysons. on the exit ramp everything was shut down until a few moments ago. traffic getting by to left with a leg growing quickly and newington. on the left side is traffic that will carry on towards 395 and that is good beyond. things are quiet in maryland. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:41, 18 degrees. we are learning more out a video showing u.s. troops urinating on corpses. what the w

if 28 in olney. 31 in d.c. and 30 ian burke. around or below freezing across most of the region. 25 in warrenton. a fair amount of sunshine today mid 40's for the high temperature, on par with where we should be this time of year. mostly sunny tomorrow and in the 60's. lotus mid 60's tomorrow and wednesday. what's the latest on the commute? broken-down vehicles northbound on the baltimore-washington parkway between powder mill road and 197. looking at the dulles toll road traffic get away from us from 7100, light volume at a good pace. the pavement is in great shape. looks good on access lanes as well. no problems on the greenway on to the dulles toll road is where we will leave you and come back with newschopper 7 in a little while. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, tensions running high at mcpherson square just hours before a camping ban begins there. protesters have until noon today to back up their gear before police begin enforcing a ban. >> john gonzalez is live in northwest with reaction and the weekend standoff en

right now our wind chill in d.c. is 26 with a few teens out there. that is actually going to be the big story tomorrow probably. overnight get ready for temperature says in the 20s, but during the day tomorrow you'll need the layers as we brace for teens and 20s and maybe even a flurry. we'll keep an eye on that snow. i'll let you know where the winter storm warnings are flying and we'll check that five-day forecast coming up. >>> 7-eleven convenience stores now a hot target for robbers looking for quick cash. since october robbers held up clerks in 26 local convenience stores, three in the last two days. fox 5's paul wagner working that one. reporter: just after 6:00 new year's eve morning these men entered a forest heights 7- eleven and announced a robbery. one of the cameras in the store snagged a good tight shot of one of the men, but a mask is covering most of his face. the very next morning new year's day and just after 6 a.m. two masked men entered a 7- eleven on branch avenue in temple hills where they jumped the counter stealing cigarettes an

in the first quarter. they take it for the slam. d.c. would have a 12-point lead at the break. , we go to the third where blatch to singleton for the lay- in. they each had nine points for the game. the wizards finally win this one 93en 78. they are now 1-# on the season. john wall had eight points and nine assists. >> it is a process for me and everybody else. tonight, we make shots, the other day we didn't make shots. you can put the pressure you want to, it don't matter. >> one of my assistants said it is january 12th, we're six and a half games behind chicago. it is probablyity closest we've been for first place in the conference in the last five years. so so now we can go get them tomorrow. >>> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii has decided to go pro. he has not made it official yet butt move is done according to multiple sources. so where does that leave the skins and their sixth pick? griffin is a projected top ten pick for sure and most likely the second quarterback in this upcoming draft behind stanford's andrew luck. the rams have the second pick. the theory is the

this is video shot 30 minutes ago in northwest d.c. the question tonight is should we expect some problems in the a.m.? sue palka is in the weather center with the details. what's the answer? >> no. i don't think there will be any big problems with this, but we are tracking a band of very light snow showers and flurries moving through the region. if it's cold enough in a spot it could produce a light dusting and maybe that could be a very isolated schick spot here and there. for the most part it's pow -- slick spot here and there. for the most part it's powdery and blowing around quite a bit. we want to go to our max hd radar because we've got it in snow machine mode because -- well, we'll just stick with the sentinel radar. that's the ban moving through now. up through -- band moving through now. up through ohio is one more batch that may come through later, but most of this is just pushing south and east of d.c., waldorf, fredericksburg, up towards baltimore may get a little before it moves out and temperatures will stay cold but not

the families two of tamers shot and killed in northwest d.c. received justice years later. -- the families of two teenagers shot and killed in northwest d.c. received justice years later. 20-year-old antonio barnes and 19-year-old earl jackson were arrested being seen on the show last week. the arrests come more than two years after two teens were killed in the northeast d.c. clay terrace neighborhood. one of them was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire on his way home from school. d.c. police have been hunting for the young member for years and were led to them thanks to a viewer's tip. >> a really credible tip came in from a tipster and the detectives from up in d.c. followed up on that information, at that time, believed it to be credible. >> marshals say the men were living in an apartment complex having just moved there a couple of months ago from the atlanta area. investigators are now trying to reconstruct the time line of events but they believe the men supported themselves in the drug trade. >>> hundreds of new jobs opening he

she is here in d.c.bining the two, bringing attention to the injustices of the bosnian war, through film. tinseltown took to the district as the red carpet was rolled out for angelina jolie and brad pitt. they were in town for a wartime drama written and directed by jolie. >> i felt i should know more. i was ashamed about how little i knew about the conflict. >> that conflict which showcases her directorial debut is the bosnian war. the drama tells the love story of a bosnian woman and serbian soldiers trying to protect her. >> not only did i fall in love with the people i felt their story needed to be told. >> the backdrop of the holocaust museum is not a coincidence. >> i looked into the exhibit. it is hard not to be a emotional. it is fitting. it is very fitting. >> the major stars were also in tow, all bosnian as jolie wanted to keep the film as of that as possible. >> the lead actress has taken a shine to our city. >> it is quite a lovely city. we are enjoying it. >> the movie is already receiving c

in recess. republicans claimed the watchdog will burden business. >>> it veteran -- a veteran d.c. firefighter is growing out over a -- speak outing over a problem over the uniforms. paul wagner is in the newsroom with the details you will so on fox 5. paul. >> reporter: brian, firefighters, paramedics, and emts have to wear a lot of gear. now, the department has a new logo and under a new directive, fire chief kenneth ellerby said employees will be disciplined if they wear any gear with the old logo. the chief said last night on fox 5, the department supplies employees with the right clothes, something one firefighter said is not true. so, he's decided to spoke out. >> how long you had chest pains? >> reporter: lieutenant robert alvarado spent 11 years responding to emergencies and fires in the district of columbia. last april, he was severely burned with three others in northeast. the lieutenant said he loves his job but has a problem with the chief. >> all we're asking for is to be dealt with fairly. if you want us to wear a certain item of clothing, issue it us to and we'll glad

>> we have some good news if you're traveling in d.c. ur northbound ramp to 295 from sterling. that accident is now cleared and you've regained access. traveling i-95 in virginia, still see an issue here, northbound in that shoulder lane, your right shoulder lane. have an accident here and your volume from the aquakwon. traveling on i-66, slow, as well, aus head east to maples mill. it's a slow trip. your delays start back at the bypass. and if you're taking the rails, just a minor five-minute delay on the mark. penn south train number 409 metro and vre are both running on or close to schedule. back to you. >> thanks. >>> filling your gas tank won't break the bank now, but experts are predicting that will change. they say 2012 could bring record gas prices. news 4's megan mcgrath is live with details. good morning. >> good morning, eun. historically, january is a month with low gas prices. and we have seen prices going down in recent months. but having said that, the cost of gasoline is stim 24 cents higher now than it was a year ago. and

in the papers. appellate judges say they should have been released. the former d.c. intern was found dead in a park in 2001. >>> kenyon mcduffie hopes residents in ward 5 give him a serious look running for the ward 5 council seat vacated by harry thomas, jr. he's the first person to file for the seat this afternoon. >> i'm running because the folks in ward 5 are clamoring for change. they want new fresh positive leadership. they want somebody who will usher in a new day for ward 5. >> mcduffie is a native washingtonian, graduated from wilson high school, attended howard and earned his law degree from the university of maryland in baltimore. >>> concern tonight for serious responders in d.c. -- first responders, in fact. a life saving drug this is short supply and some in circulation right now expired weeks ago, talking about lied capable. a top d.c. medical official -- about lidocaine. a top d.c. official says although it's past expiration, the drug is still safe. reporter: we received this picture from a concerned first responder. look at expiration date. we're told

. >>> this just in. d.c. police have released a sketch of a sex assault. take a look. police believe a man who looks like this is responsible for kidnapping a woman and then attacking her right in front of her child. the attack happened back on december 29th. a woman was stopped in traffic a block from the verizon center when a man jumped into her car. she says he then sexually assaulted her at gunpoint all while her one-year-old child sat in the backseat. the man eventually let them both go. if you have any information about what happened call d.c. police. >>> 24 hours ago we knew the iowa caucuses were close but we didn't know they would provide the closest election there in history, with mitt romney winning by only eight votes of more than 122,000 cast. the political road show has moved full force now into new hampshire but as gary nurenberg reports, with one less candidate than last night. >> reporter: 6th place finisher michele bachmann is out. >> i have decided to stand aside. >>> winner mitt romney flew to new hampshire and picked up the endorsement of 2008's nom

temperatures across the region right now in d.c., we've dropped to have 33 degrees here. gaithersburg, 34. in baltimore, a cold 28 degrees. dulles airport, 25. manassas, 25. same in culpeper. forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies. that is happening right now. rain likely this afternoon any time after 12:00, 1:00 or so. 46degrees for your high today. so a cooler day than what we had yesterday. we made it into the mid-50s yesterday. then for tonight, that rain continues. we could get a half inch to an inch from this system. some of you could see some snow mix in with that rain recover night into early tomorrow morning. we could be talking about that tomorrow morning. then tomorrow is more mild in advance of a cold front, 55. more precipitation thursday night into friday morning and that could have some snow mixed in as well. friday, blustery, cold, 39, cool on saturday. maybe a little clipper saturday into sunday. we'll keep our eyes on that. we haven't put it in the five- day yet. 40 for your high on sunday. cool to cold weekend. that is a look at what is happening with t

in fact, can you walk through d.c.'s chinatown without seeing people of chinese descent. >> here you have the chinese restaurant and businesses, you don't see the chinese population, per say. >> reporter: new york's chinatown is no longer home to the city's large population of chinese people. the neighborhood's councilwoman said that chinatown remains an important cultural center. >> the cultural, the history, the roots are here. people, no matter where they move to, they always manage to come back here. >> reporter: while fewer asian americans living in chinatown, the population shift means more will celebrate the year of the dragon than ever before. shawn yancy, fox 5 news. >> the chinese new year's celebration kicks off sunday afternoon and the parade starts at 2. >> and that is an average day. i don't know what i would talk about. >> and that is a day. you may be able to get this and they held it bay a little bit, the remnants of high pressure keeping them off to the west and they will be riding in town and doesn't

was stabbed in probably life threatening condition, police looking for who stabbed him and why. >>> in d.c. a traffic stop turned violent in northeast. an officer pulled over a car on pawn street with two men inside who ran. during the chase one of the suspects fought with the officer who opened fire critically wounding the suspect. investigators found two guns. they're now searching for the second man. >>> a developing story in maryland, a dangerous recovery process underway in prince george's county. investigators are trying to trove a body from a well. it was discover -- retrieve a body from a well. it was discovered this afternoon on an anonymous tip. to fix 5's maureen umeh. reporter: this is now being called a death investigation. the body has not been removed from the well because there is concern the well could collapse. it's not known who the victim is, but there is speculation that victim could be a missing alexandria man. the 20-foot well sits well off old fort road in ft. washington on an abandoned property. you can't see it from the road. neighbors say if someone put the body

in enough petition signatures to qualify for the ballot. he said since then he will not push for a change. >>> the news edge on d.c. an old problem rearing its head in the new year for d.c. council harry thomas who is due to make the second $50,000 payment to the d.c. attorney general. he agreed to pay back the city 3$00,000 is accused of taking from an account for youth sports. the second payment do you today so far, thomas hasn't paid it. also today, thomas and the federal government have worked out a plan for him to pay back $5,000 in unpaid student loans he took out in the '80s. thomas will have to pay back more than $17,000. >>> and snow fall all over the region today. you're sending this picture to www.myfoxdc.com and there you are to meyersville, maryland. sue palka is in the weather center now any. snow on the way? >> reporter: there is still one last snow shower that i am seeing around the winchester virginia area. not everyone saw those today. they were definitely confined more to the north and west. can you see them here on our sentinel radar, starting to dry up as i show you, the last several hours and w

delegation a number of tough questions from gun control to local funding, even about the crime rate in d.c. >> new hampshire is the safest state in the country to live in. if you think why, because we're not a no gun zone. every home just about in new hampshire has a gun to protect themself. >> our gun control laws are

some occupy protestors are camping out at two sites in d.c. since early october. now nearly four months later national park service police say today is the day they will start to prevent those protestors from sleeping in freedom plaza and mcpherson square. our reporter is live at mcpherson square with the latest. what do you know? >> reporter: let's let you take a look at what's going on right now. hundreds of occupy d.c. protester have massed around the statue and have put up a huge manner. it says, 99% dream of love. there is a tense atmosphere here in the park. protesters don't know exactly what will happen. the noon deadline has expired and park police will move in any moment and enforcing national park service regulations and those include no camping no sleeps and no equipment that can be construed as camping here. nothing yet no u.s. park police. just a lot of people and as you can see that sign, it's a tent of dream. let's look at what was happening earlier today. >> i -- >> a handful of u.s. park police officers conducted a sweep of the entire mcpherson squ

he was seen using a credit card at a cvs in d.c. yesterday afternoon that was stolen a few hours earlier during a home invasion in bethesda. a masked man sexually assaulted a housekeeper and then tied up the home owner and her teenaged son and robbed them. police believe the same suspect is behind an armed carjacking in wheaton on tuesday. >> an occupy d.c. protesters credited with keeping a toddler safe after the little girl was found alone in a tent. the protesters heard the little girl crying yesterday morning of his she was found wearing a just a onesie and mittens. protesters stayed with the the girl and called police. a man who claimed to be the toddler's father showed up about a half hour later. police do not believe he is part of the occupy protest. the map has been charged with attempted second degree cruelty. the toddler is in the custody of d.c. child and family services. >>> another scandal for washington's ward 5 neighborhood. federal prosecutors now charging the ward's former chairman of the advisory neighborhood commis

in d.c. it has been relatively peaceful there is that there is a truce between the occupiers and the police the occupiers they do their actions they shout the slogans against the ninety nine percent they talk about the people versus the powerful. yes thank you the good against the one percent let's get this exactly right the point one percent the tippy top people versus the powerful they do actions in front of banks actions in front of the lobbyists keeping the message out there in many cases coming dangerously close to disrupting traffic or something else that's inconvenient and the police have generally been tolerating it and generally tolerating the tent cities and macpherson square and freedom plaza and what the police the park police did very recently under current congressional pressure was say well instead we've had this careful balance between the vandalism and the first amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances and we are now coming down on the side of trea

it's monday january thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. well it's began today was a major new developments in the occupy wall street movement as we speak the longest standing occupy camp the one right here in d.c. literally a few blocks from our studios is being dismantled at least in part the u.s. parks police chose today to begin enforcing an overnight camping ban in mcpherson square and went into effect at noon and were dozens we're told to remove all signs of camping now here's what it looks like there just a short time ago. we are you. now from what we understand there have been no arrests yet today police said they be enforcing the rules which include no bedding or camping materials from what we understand though they are allowed to keep their tents as long as one side of these temporary structures are kept open at all times as of now many of those protesters remain at macpherson's square and they've built this giant tent you see over the main statue there well let's also take a look at some video from oakland california where more th

aaa projects gas prices in the d.c. area will top $4 a gallon by the spring. right now, drivers in the d.c. metro are paying $3.40 a gallon and that's up almost 30 cents from a year ago. and it is the highest prices have ever been at the start of the year. aaa says that is not a good time for the rest of 2012. >> unfortunately, it looks like it will be this way for a while. usually we see prices low at the beginning of the year and inch up during the spring. with them starting off high at the beginning of the year, they'll continue to inch up during the spring. >> the price of crude oil sure hasn't helped. it risen by almost $24 since october. experts say that is from increased global demand and the optimism about the u.s. economic recovery. >> we are trading into cold for rain. top, tell us when the showers will roll in. that's coming up, but first, d.c.'s parade honoring dr. martin luther king. the sight and sounds of the tributes are up next. stay with us. >>> hundreds of people filled the pews at the ebenezer church honoring dr. martin luther king, jr. as w

skin beauty lounge in d.c. is offering its skin classic facial for $52. that is worth $105. that includes a purifying cleanse, exfoliation, light extraction and a mask. to take advantage of the deal, head to myfoxdc.com and look for the link to my fox half off on the right side of the opinion. >>> a frightening situation for some medics stuck in a broken down ambulance. coming up next. >> radio, this is medic 9. >> medic 9. >> you're out of service. >> that was gunfire. they were trapped in that ambulance with the sound of gunfire all around them. details of where this happened and why city officials there are taking the heat. stay with us. h us.  >>> imagine this. paramedics sis sitting in their plans waiting to be rescued themselves as gunfire is all around them. that happened in detroit on new year's eve. we have a report. >> reporter: not enough cops, not enough ambulances. the politicians promise to make it better. but it is a lie. watch this video. two paramedics in a broken-down ambulance on new year's eve. >> truck broke down. can't even move. >> radio, t

in really tight. we can see that at home. d.c.'s 58 degrees right now and some places around the area in the lower 60s and you don't have to go too far to the south. take the temperatures for us, if you can. you can see the big picture here. quantico, 63; gathers bug, 55; notice hagerstown holding on to some chilly air at 44. red wreck is 50 degrees. the interesting -- frederick, 50 degrees. the interesting thing, hagerstown and 15 degrees there. >> oh, dear. >> and as we pull this out, the cold air is lurking and detroit -- detroit, 36; columbus, 48. 58 at reagan and dulles and 59 for a high for bwi marshal. >> all right, gary. we know there is cold on the horizon and you will fill us in on that tha. >> that's right. >> and -- on. that. >> that's right. >> expugns with the cool air gets here, we will cool off for a while. no more 50sfor a while. >> okay. back to you, shape. >>> the latest developments the cruise ship crash. a new audiotape reveals a furious coast guard commander screaming at the ship's captain to return to the shi

verizon. >>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> a news alert in d.c. tonight. re on high alert after a rash of weekend street robberies. there were three within 90 minutes of each other saturday and investigators are now trying to determine if they are related. fox 5's audrey barnes has details from the newsroom tonight. >> the first robbery happened at about 10:30. a woman walking home on kennedy street northwest was assaulted and robbed. within the next 20 minutes four people in the petworth area were robbed at gun point blocks away from each other. the first petworth robbery happened in the 700 block of rock creek church road not far from the georgia avenue petworth metro stop. three men in ski masks armed with a gun robbed two people just after 11 p.m. >> obviously i'm pretty concerned since i just got in a few days ago and one of the first things i hear now is that this crime uptick here. so i'm worried. >> i work with teens and one of my teens was mugged on the elevator coming up from the georgia avenue metro, so just right behind us. so it's out there. re

>> i would just say growing up in d.c. es and molds you to be like a complete person, and i think at this point in my life me and my brother, i just feel as though we are complete people. we're just well rounded, you know, you learn a little bit on the streets and you learn a little bit, you know, at school and things like that, and, of course, boxing took us all across the world so that adds to it. you know, just everything coming together, it's a great feeling right now. >> and a great feeling indeed and a great honor. these are your grand marshals for the mlk holiday parade which is on monday. lamont peterson and his brother, anthony peterson. i want to give you some information on the ab and cs of the parade. lineup starts at 9:30 in the morning, parade starts at 11 o'clock a.m. at friendship public charter school, that is on milwaukee place in southeast and it ends at leki elementary school on mlk, jr. avenue in southwest. all of this information will be on our website. we urge you to go out and do something positive t

the red carpet for two of the biggest hollywood stars in d.c. "good morning washington" starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's wednesday, january 11. i am cynne simpson. >> i am kendis gibson. we have a quick notes in stafford county. ferry farm elementary school is closed today because the building has no heat. time to check traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. >> that school closing in stafford, only 25 degrees. temperatures are where they should be for this time of year. 35 in 10 states, 33 in arlington, 26 in bowie, 25 in leesburg. before you leave the door this morning, grab the umbrella and raincoats. you will need them by lunchtime. from noon until the evening and the drive home, areas of rain, moderate to heavy at times a special after sunset44 the heigh. 44 degrees this afternoon. partly cloudy skies tomorrow. well into the 50's. >>> growing volume on 66 and 95 in virginia. looks good across the 14th street bridge. qui

the barometer is continuing to fall as the low pressure approaches this from the west. 51 in d.c.. 6 in patuxent. we have warm air. in the morning, we'll be in the low 50s and getting closer to 60. 39 in cumberland and 49 in ocean city. locally, 46 to 50 degrees. the record is 79. that's the warmest ever. and 2 in 1961. in d.c., we have a south wind. that's where the warm air is. overnight, nothing, there's rain across the tennessee valley and showers and thunder breaking out into the carolinas and north georgia. we'll see rain around 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning and then, the front will come through the region and we'll have a quick shower and it gets breezy. the sun will be out and temperatures are mild. it will be cooler late in the afternoon. cooler late on saturday and sunday. still, running at or above normal. it will be a dry weekend. not a bad forecast. winds from 10 to 15. the bay temperature around 39. maybe a rumble of thunder in a few spots. temperatures rising and 58 by afternoon. maybe a little bit of thunder. expect the chances to diminish. 15 and sunshine and a few cl

people in d.c. last night or bundled up. expected to be in the upper 20s today or low 30's. the wind chill could make it feel like the single digits. >> this is like walking into a freezer. >> who wanted to feel like summertime. this is wonderful. >> i want to feel that way. the cold weather was a shock to a few people because they were from florida. >> yes. adam caskey was yelling hur rah. adam caskey has the yule log fired up this morning. >> it is cold in this corner of the studio. i have a the -- the yule log. wind chills this afternoon will be in the teens. very cold today especially as the increases. 29 right now in washington, 28 in martinsburg, 25 in gaithersburg. low 30's this afternoon, near freezing for the afternoon high. more snow flurries, like yesterday and even into tomorrow. the westerly winds in excess of 30 miles an hour at times will make it feel like the teens this afternoon. mid 30's tomorrow, still a few snow flurries, limited sunshine. towards friday, low 50's. warming up a little towards the end of t

temperature below freezing in many areas and stills in d.c. concerned about the homeless. >> the hypothermia hotline is in effect today. if you see someone on the street in need of shelter, call this number to help bring them in from the cold. as we said, this is our first hit of it this season, this cold anyway. >> having it this cold and all of a sudden, it is winner time. here we are talking temperatures in the 20s and 30s. later on in the week, we'll see an improvement in those temperatures but for the next couple of days, very cold, particularly at night and during the day today with our winds blowing around, it will be pretty brutal out there. i shouldn't say brutal but it will be very, very cold. >> it will be a shock to the system a little bit. let me take a look and show you the weather headline for this morning. it is a taste of winter. highs today only in the low 30s. frankly, it will foal colder than that for most of the day. here is a look at the current temperatures around region. here in the district, we are at 29 degrees. 30degr

delegation a number of tough questions from gun control to local funding, even about the crime rate in d.c. >> new hampshire is the safest

in d.c. it was 10.4% and maryland 6.7% and in virginia, 6.2%.was unchanged from the previous month. first lady michelle obama will head to alexandria to talk about school lunches. she will visit parklawn elementary school and talk to parents about new nutrition standards and enjoy a lunch cooked by celebrity chef rachael ray. >> an app available only for android phones will allow students faculty and staff to share video about their emergency with university dispatchers. your facebook page is about to get a makeover wr whether you like it or not. the new timeline profile design will become mandatory, a mandatory format for all users over the next few weeks. it is designed to tell the story of a person's life in reverse cron logical order from today to the date of their birth. >> too much. >> i just got the new thing figured out. >> exactly. >> in today's tech bites, record brea breaking deal for apple's iphone. >> sales have helped push apple's earnings into record territory. they earned over $13 billion in the last quarter. google announced new

it is 34 degrees in d.c. , back in the headlines, the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway is headed to trial for another murder. >> learn why the department of defense is investigating a movie in the making about the killing of osama bin laden. first, >>> i am molly. come and see her life sculptures at the national gallery of art. good morning, washington. >>> 5:39, time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's check in with adam caskey. the weekend is here. >> it could be a very warm day today. if you can, before a little early this afternoon. it's gone to be beautiful with sunshine and high temperatures near 60, very springlike today. an anomaly for this time of year. this is the coldest period in washington, but not right now. the weather does not always follow the rules. 36 degrees at reagan national, 27 in frederick. temperatures ranging widely. 39 in martinsburg. near 60 this afternoon locally. former -- wwarmer south of because -- warmer to the south of town. still warm tomorr

i'm joined by bob westphal, a republican advisor and lobbiest in d.c. and has worked as a fundraiser . perry throws his support to gingrich. does it matter now? >> not really. i think right now it's a bit of a sideshow in south carolina. it was big news for about five minutes today and then when the news on newt gingrich's marriage came out and with his second wife coming out and doing an abc interview tonight on national tv, it's sort of swamped the good news for newt. >> this has been the big story today, the big talker, but the fact is didn't we already know newt gingrich was not a master of the marital arts, so to speak? >> derek, all of us here in washington d.c. have known it for a long time. he's been married three times. those of us that worked in congress have known about his personal predilictions, but the country is learning that now. >> he's been on a surge in south carolina pulling within a couple point according to one poll of mitt romney. does this perhaps put the brakes on for him? >> that's a really good people. i talked to the mayor of

avenue in d.c. is just one of the many events being held in our region.undreds gathered for i ceremony at the newly dedicated mlk memorial on the national mall yesterday. a wreath was laid at the foot of the stone of hope. martin luther king iii spoke at the event. >> yes, we are celebrating the best of what we are but what we must become knowing that wave -- that we've in the arrived there yet but people will come for our shores from all over our world to stop at this memorial that represents hope and inspiration. >> king reminded the crowd extra -- that dr. king was working to demand the right for jobs when he died in 1968. >>> checking other headlines, a new development in the embezzlement case against former d.c. council member, harry thomas, jr. there will be another guilty plea in the case. his attorney says james garvin will sign a plea deal this week. garvin worked with the charity called the langston 21st century foundation and reportedly helped cover up thomas' theft of $300,000 in city money. the head of the foundation is already pleaded guilty

really among few of our presidents ever choose to live in washington, d.c., in their post-presidential years. woodrow wilson decided this would be the perfect place for him to reside since his second wife, edith, was a washingtonian. here in the entrance hall of the house, visitors who visited wilson were greeted at the front door. wilson's brother-in-law served as his secretary, took his appointments. few visitors visited the house, however, people who did arrive would see wilson generally about 3:00 in the afternoon. wilson would then either accompany them on a motor ride through the parklands in and around washington, d.c. if they were family guests, they would be invited to dine here in the house. and on saturday evenings they would attend the theater. they'd go to keith's vaudeville house. wilson was a regular attendee and each saturday evening the crowds would wait expecting the former president at that time to take his seat up in the balcony. the house was built in 1915. the wilsons were the second occupants of the house. mrs. wilson had the task of finding a suitable home for h

and the detectives from up in d.c. ed up on that information, believed it to be credible. >> marshalls say the two men were living in an apartment complex having moved there a couple of months ago from the atlanta area. investigators are still trying to put together a time line, but believe the two were supporting themselves in the drug trade. >> roz prater, thank you. >>> an 8-year-old alexandria boy is dead after hit by a car this afternoon. happened on duke street after a car hit a woman and her child. the boy died at the scene. his mother hospitalized. the car continued down an embankment. but the driver was not hurt. so far no charges filed. >>> howard university student is found safe and back at home tonight after being missing for nearly a week. the 17-year-old went missing five days ago. tonight police say she was found safe in prince george's county. >>> rescuers treated a montgomery county woman after she fell in the canal trying to help a dog. the woman had dragged herself out of the water when the fire depar

. >> a carbon monoxide scare at a home in the was d.c. firefighters responded to a call on 33rd street in the west. the cause is under investigation. >> the family of a young woman murdered at her job will get a sense of closure today. brittany norwood, the court convicted of killing jayna murray, will finally learn her prison sentence -- the co- worker convicted. jummy olabanji has more. >> this will be a very emotional day for both sides of this case. 29-year-old brittany norwood will learn today whether she will spend the rest of her life behind bars or if she may get a second chance at life. we know that this week friends and family of brittany norwood sent about two dozen letters to the judge begging the that she be given a second chance at life. but the family of the victim's jayna murray say they don't want to have to relive the pain of her death in an endless parole hearings. last year a jury found brittany norwood guilty of first-degree murder. two or co-workers apple lululemon store in bethesda. court documents show that jayna mu

in the historic neighborhood in northwest d.c elizabeth samuel was home alone, sleeping when she heard a knock at the door. she looked out and saw a girl who appeared to be in trouble. >> she was pretty much shaking. it's like, you know, very close to my door like help me. when she opened the door, the girl and two armed men opened the house. then they all were wearing masks. i thought a jolt. >> they threw her on the floor, bound her mouth with duct tape and demanded money. i begged them, take my car. take the credit cards. take anything, whatever you want. you're going to kill me because there is no money and i don't want you to get more mad. >> the robber beat her on the face and head with a pistol but her greatest fear was what happened when her husband came home from work. >> i didn't want my husband to come home from work and get shot. >> reporter: when her husband came home, he opened the door. he saw two men step into the doorway. they were armed. they were armed. he stepped back. he had a bottle of wine that he brought home for his wife in the bag. he pulled it out of the bag

darcy spencer joins us live outside the shilo baptist church in northwest d.c. with the latest. od evening. >> reporter: good evening, aaron. yeah, over a pair of nike tennis shoes apparently. the third homicide of the year so far here in the district. mayor vince gray talked about the hop side at the vigil this evening. it happened around 2:30 this morning on foot street. in northeast washington. the victim 19 years old. the mayor saying it appears he was shot and killed over a pair of nike tennis shoes. motive appears to be robbery in this case. he described it as a gun battle. there were casings all over the street. ♪ i love you jesus >> at shilo baptist church in northwest d.c. a candlelight vigil held in remembrance of victims. shot four times during the virginia tech massacre in 2007. >> in that place four years into college on a monday morning in french class i was put in the most dangerous situation of my entire life and nearly killed. >> she lost her 16-year-old daughter in a shooting on south capital street that left several people dead nearly two years ago. >> that was

that criticism is leaving the fate of online games in d.c. in doubt. od reports. >> reporter: d.c. already does closed circuit gambling but the internet promises new sources of revenue. the online games law passed without public hearings. citizens complained the d.c. lottery has rushed to put the games online. >> everybody wants to rush through this thing. there is nothing to rush through. you got to put it right. you got to make it right. >> reporter: even d.c. inspector general charles willoughby said the city's lottery contract was modified after the council approved it. >> a review by the council of a contract such as this means nothing if the contract can be modified at some later date and to be something different than what the council approved and that's what this smacks of. >> michael brown the chief sponsor of online gambling, council member marion barry and lottery officials insisted everything was done legally. >> in the opposition side you can't make things up. >> ward 6 council member wants to start all over. >> if this is such a good idea,

if you live in the d.c. tion. >> the daily beast recently compiled a list of the 25 best cities to find a date in 2012. washington d.c., came intense. alexandria came in 21st. not a single city from maryland made the list. they ranked them according to an available number of singles cost of dating, and the mental and physical health of the city. if you are wondering what city topped the list, it was atlanta. >> they are not hotlanta for nothing. >> i wonder how they just the mental fitness in the area. >> as long as they are not crazy. >> how does one judge that? >>> justin timberlake does not pass to worry about dating anymore. there's a report he is engaged to deshabille -- to , his longtime girlfriend. >> they broke up in march of last year only to reunite a short time later. >>> more trauma for kim kardashian. amber rosre setbacks kim kardashian was one of the reasons for her breakup with rapper kanye west. after they split, rowse se admitted basketthat that she dated reggie bush. >>> >> >>> coming up, sc

we'll see temperatures into the 20s in d.c. by 9:00. both teens in the suburbs. mostly cloudy skies midday. as we approach the low to mid- 30s with highs with a chance of a couple of flurries this afternoon and much less wind than yesterday. that's a good thing. monika? >> well, on the inner loop of the beltway in bethesda, i've it's been telling you about an accident for the last 20 minutes or so before river road, right here, work continues on the accident along the left side causing delays northbound on 495. coming up in my next report, i'll update you at 5:01. >>> three hollywood heavyweights team up for a new "vanity fair" cover shoot. >> demi moore takes on a feminist icon about the film industry. >> reporter: demi moore signed on to play feminist gloria steinem in the upcoming film lovely. it depicts linda lovelace who rose to fame in the movie deep throat. she detailed how lovelace was forced into the industry. >> california's medical board is making dr. conrad murray turn over his medical certificate. murray had his medical license suspected automaticall

interference in the military commissions at guantanamo prisoners he was at this morning's protest here in d.c. one of the numerous actions across the globe and joins us here in the studio morris davis thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us speaking to guantanamo bay once symbolized the american war on terror in your point of view what does this prison symbolize today what does it say about this country i think what it symbolizes now after a decade exactly a decade today is that we turned our back on the law you know for two hundred years in america that's what made us exceptional and unique was we stood on the law and then after nine eleven people were scared and they were politicians that they could damage that fear and pick guantanamo because they thought it was outside the reach of the law so for a decade it's become a symbol of turning our back on our strength which is the law and you know it's one thing to talk of the political climate that took place right after the terrorist attacks but we have essentially changed sense right i mean the country we haven't seen another a

forced her to remove all our clothing, and demanded that she drives 3 miles north to an area in northwest d.cere he sexually assaulted her. that was while the baby was in the backseat. there was an event here that thursday night, a w w ewe wrestling event. police are hoping someone will recognize the man in the sketch. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> prince or discounted facing a $125 million budget deficit forcing them to mix of cuts and consider a controversial proposal to increase revenue. additional red light camera are expected to generate more money. county executive rushern baker says that he will consider the possibility of slot machines in the county as a way to generate cash. >>> d.c. councilman harry thomas jr.'s political future may be a little slimmer this morning. insiders tell us that thomas could resign as soon as friday. he is accused of diverting more than $300,000 in city funds for personal use. thomas is reportedly seeking a plea deal under which he would quit in exchange for a short jail sentence. his lawyers would not comment on the report. >>> 34 degrees outside, 6:07. >