. >> virginia congressman jim moran took a test shuttle ramp to the defense buildings in alexandrea and he's worried about traffic in the area and he's got good reason to worry. >> reporter: describes current rush hour traffic on interstate 395 in virginia. this is what you get? >> may be 15, 20. miles an hour. >> that situation, that situation. if you don't have anything in the car to spend your time. i mean how long can you listen to music or how long you can listen to the radio? >> reporter: traffic on 395 is probably going to get a appreciationiaibly worse one year from now when the defense department opens adjoining office towers along the highway in the west end of alexandrea. 6400 d.o.d. workers are going to be shifted here, primarily from the office buildings in crystal city, which in a post-9/11 world, are deemed insufficiently hardened in the event of a attempted terrorist attack. the new buildings are being constructed to modern security standards. unlike crystal city with a metro stop, the mark center facility in west alexandrea, will rely on a large degree on shuttle buses

congressman jim moran is deeply skeptical. he will run a real-time rush hour test.faux shutting from the metro station to here to see exactly how long that will take. he is not optimistic. he thinks it is going to clog traffic along 395 because of the size of this facility nowhere close to metro. solutions? we don't know. we don't know how long it will take? maybe congressman moran will be surprised. i doubt t i think he has done his research. possible solutions in the future? moran has been talking about a special overpass from the shirly highway to this huge project. that is not in the current plan. it is not currently funded but he is hoping to bang the drum and get some support for that plan. we'll hear more later this morning when the congressman tr in northern virginia. >> thank you. appreciate that. >>> another report of bed bugs popping up in our area. this one is leading to a lawsuit. all coming up next. >>> how one woman is making her dreams come true because of aling project that began on youtube. -- because of a little project that began on youtube. we'l

jim moran is dubious about the shuttle. so during the peak of rush hour, around 8:00 this morning, he's going to take a faux shuttle bus from that to the h.o.v. lanes on the shirley highway, and he's going to measure how long he takes. he thinks it will be a -- a onerous commute. they are thinking about putting a solution here. but moran thinks there is going to be terrible gridlock when this facility opens and thus his test of the shuttle system this morning and we'll have results later on this broadcast or during our dinnertime news tonight. and this facility, by the way, should open in a year. steve. >> thank you, john. >>> coming up next -- >> remember this mess on river road. nearly two years ago now. drivers forced to be air rescued after a 66-inch water main broke. after the break we'll check out the new technology being used to prevent this from ever happening again. >>> plus how d.c.'s mayor elect is already making good on one campaign promise. >>> and chile celebrating the bicentennial and the party is stretching

virginia senator jim moran took a test ride to see the traffic situation for himself today. fox 5's john henrehan with the reason for the concern. >> reporter: if you ask a motorist to describe current rush hour traffic on interstate 395 in virginia, here's what you get. >> maybe 15, 20 miles per hour. >> bad situation. if you don't have anything in the car to spend your time, i mean how long you can listen to music or how long you can listen to radio? >> reporter: well, traffic on 395 is probably going to get appreciably worse one year from now when the defense department opens adjoining office towers along the highway in the west end of alexandria. 6,400d.o.d. workers will be shifted here primarily from the office buildings in crystal city which in a post 9/11 world are deemed insufficiently hardened in the event an attempted terrorist attack. the new buildings are being constructed to modern security standards, bunt like crystal city which has a -- but unlike crystal city which has a metro stop, west alexandria will rely on shuttle buses to a large degree. congressman jim

officials will take questions at a town hall meeting hosted by jim moran. >> we have impending chaosere if the military continues. they should have never started a building off seminary road without adequate infrastructure. >> it's easy to say they should have done this or that and here it is built and the traffic is what it is, so what do we do next. >> moran has a bill to restrict the army from building more than 1,000 parking spaces near the building. that would force them to provide service for employees. it's already passed the house and it's over in the senate. the town hall meeting at francis hammond middle school starts in 20 minutes. >>> coming up on 9 news now, how long will the rain go on? topper has the answers in the forecast. >>> plus think getting 30 miles to the gallon is great? how about 100 miles to the gallon? you heard me right. the virginia inventor that is making it happen. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses

and congressman jim moran wants something done. >> we have impending chaos here. the military never should have located a building on 395 and seminary road without adequate infrastructure. >> reporter: not everybody is upset. the nearby hotel and restaurants are happy to serve more people. >> so are you going to welcome your new neighbors. >> no problem. i'm sure they're going to fill certain empty seats in our restaurant. >> reporter: but the influx of cars is also expected to clog seminary road and surrounding streets. representative moran has a bill to prevent the army from building more than 1,000 parking spaces at the site to force the army to supply shuttle buses. but defense analyst frank monkey isn't sure about it. >> where does the shuttle come from? they come from all over. if they come here to get the shuttle, they are already here. >> reporter: now v-dot has recommended a direct-access ramp from the h.o.v. lanes coming from the south because that is where a majority of employees are coming from. but now the army eliminated that plan because of oppositi

congressman jim moran of virginia warned of some of the problems ahead. >>> severe congestion lasting to four hours. this is the army corps of engineers's ow analysis. it would extend morning traffic rush hour on interstate 95 by two hours. >> the marks center is not close to mass transit. there e plans for a schultz bus service, stag erred hours to help with the traffic situation. back to you. >> elaine reyes reporting livement thanks very much, elaine. >>> now that the primaries are over, focus shifted to the midterm elections. a new associated press poll shows more than half the public wants the rich to pay higher taxes. and president obama continues to hammer the republicans saying keepi the bush tax cuts for the weighty simply costs too much. on the other side of the aisle, republicans are pressing for a vote before the midterm elections. >>> they want to spend another 700 billion dollars that 9 of americans will never see. >>> she ought to pledge that you're being honest up or down vote on stopping all of the coming tax hikes. >>> a new private analysis says letting the bush tax

congressman jim moran of virginia warned of some of the problems ahead. >>> there would be severe congestion lasting three to four hours in the area. this is the army corps of engineers's own analysis. it would extend morning traffic rush hour on interstate 95 by two hours. >> reporter: now, one of the problems, the marks center is not close to mass transit. army representatives told residents there are plans for a shuttle bus service, stagerred hours to help with the traffic situation. back to you. >> elaine reyes reporting live. thanks very much, ee rain. >> reporter: president obama said preserve tax breaks for the wealthy costs too much. >> they want to spend another $700 billn that 98% of americans will never see. >> i don't think i'm going to put myrandchildren a this country into debt. >> reporter: republicans now insist on dealing with it before november's election. >> up or down vote on stopping all of the coming tax hikes. >> rorter: here's why it's a big deal. the census bureau reports 1 in 7 americans are now poor, the most ever. a new private analysis say letting the tax cuts ex

helped to champion the kinds of reforms and patients' rights we'll talk about here today, congressman jim moran is here. thank you so much, jim. [ applause ] and falls church mayor nade nader baruk i was just mentioning baruk means blessings in hebrew, one who is blessed and barack means the same thing so he and i, we're right there. and i know he feels blessed to be the mayor of this wonderful town. you know, when i came into office, obviously we were confronted with an historic crisis, the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we had lost 4 million jobs in the six months before i was sworn in, and we've lost almost 800,000 the month i was sworn in. obviously, the economy has been uppermost on our minds and i had to take a series of steps very quickly to make sure that we prevented the country from going into a second great depression, that the financial markets were stabilized, we've succeeded in doing that and now the economy is growing again, but it's not growing as fast as it needs to. and you still have millions of people who are unemployed out there. you still have hundreds

election as the president did on the back patio of john and nicole armstrong along with democrats jim moran connelly. >> how state and local governments are able to deal with these budget challenges next year is in part going to depeno whether the peop who next year is in part going to depeno whether the peop who and jerry or whether they're john boehner. >> reporter: but with even some conservative democrats, clud connelly, on their they'll prevail. >> given the fragility of the economy, all of the bush tax cuts shou extended temporarily. >> reporter: wit now a major campaign issue, congresionrs s unlikely anything will get done about them until november. vinita and rob? >>> hurricane igor is growing in size as it rages far out in the atlantic. the category 4 storm is so big that nasa actually took pictures of it from space. igor now is more than 1,000 miles wide, and winds topping 140 miles an hour. it could threaten bermuda this weekend and bring some pretty rough surf to the eastern seaboard. good news here, it is not on track to make landfall here in th amazing how clear you images. tu

congressman jim moran is here. thank you so much, jim. and falls church mayor.e same thing. so that means a lot. when i came into office, obviously we were confronted with an historic crisis. the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we had lost 4 million jobs in the six months before i was sworn in. and we lost almost 800,000 the month i was sworn in. obviously the economy has been uppermost on our minds. and i had to take a series of steps very quickly to make sure we prevented the country from growing into a second great depression. that the financial markets were stabilized. we've succeeded in doing that, and now the economy's growing again. but it's not growing as fast as it needs to. and you still have millions of people who are unemployed out there. you still have hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes. there's a lot of anxiety, and there's a lot of stress out there. and so, so much of our focus day-to-day is trying to figure out how do we just make sure that this recovery that we're slowly on starts accelerating in a way t

paul walked into my office as well, jim moran's constituent, and he's walked into his as well and we've both been trying to help him. here's a man who served honorably, a commander in the united states navy and for close to seven years he has not seen his daughter. as my good friend and colleague pointed out, the grandmother has custody and just like david goldman, his wife had passed away, the man whose son was abducted to brazil, and somebody else had custody of his child. paul is similar. patrick braiden invited me down to the japanese embassy and i have to tell you, as a father of four, i was moved to tears when a group of left-behind parents and people concerned about left-behind parents and be a dubbletted children gathered in front of the chinese emabout a -- abducted children gathered in front of the chinese embassy. and what did patrick do me? requested that his child, that he at least get to see his child, it was her birthday that day. there was a birthday cake to melissa, who is halfway around the world, we all sang happy birthday, blew out the candles, and he was missing her

the kinds of reforms and patients' rights that we are born to talk about here today, congressman jim moran is here. congressman, thank you so much. [applause] and the falls church mayor. i know he feels blessed to be mayor of this wonderful town. when i came into office, we were confronted with a historic crisis. the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we have lost four million dollars in its -- we have lost it -- we have lost 4 million jobs in the first six months when i was sworn in. obviously, the economy has been uppermost in our minds. i had to take a series of steps very quickly to make sure we prevented the country from going into a second great depression, that the financial markets were stabilized. we succeeded in doing that, and now the economy is growing again, but not as fast as it needs to. you still have millions of people unemployed out there. you still have hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes. there is a lot of anxiety and stress out there. so much of our focus day today is trying to figure out how do we just make sure that this recovery

first of all, congressman jim moran, who's been doing great work for a very long time. [ applause ] congressman gerry connolly has been doing terrific work here locally and now on capitol hill. we've got sharon bulova, who is the chairwoman of the fairfax county board of commissioners. [ applause ] we've also got a couple of small business owners, because one of the things i want to talk about is how we can grow the economy and get people back to work, and so who better to hear from than a couple of small business owners. don't worry, i'm not going to call on you, but i'm just glad you're here. first of all, we've got cherrelle hurt, who is the owner of as we grow learning center. hey, cherrelle. thanks for being here. [ applause ] and larry poltavtsev -- did i say that right, larry? -- who is the c.e.o. of target labs, inc. and so we're glad that you guys could join us. now, i'm only going to say a few things at the top. i want to talk a little bit about why i decided to run for president in the first place, back in 2007-2008. having served as a state senator, having then served as a united st

first of all, congressman jim moran. congressman gerry connolly has been doing terrific work here locally, and now on capitol hill. we have sharon walkoff -- bulova. and we have a couple of small business owners, because we can talk about how we can grow the economy and get people back to work. who better to hear from them in a copper -- a couple of small business owners. and we have sheryl, a small business owner, thank you for being here. and larry who is a sea of. we are glad you guys could join us. i will only say a few things at the top. i want to talk about why i decided to run for president in the first place back in 2007 -- 2008. having served as a senator, a united states senator, i had a chance to see how economic policies were having an effect on working-class families and middle class families for a long time, and my wife and all came -- my wife and i came from hard- working families, but because the economy was growing, because there was an emphasis on what was good for the middle class, we were able to get