. -- a car slammed into a kfc. >> this is abc7 breaking news. >> the first of our breaking stories tonight is in prince george's county where a speeding luxury-car crashed into a kfc and people are talking about the frightening incident they saw with their own eyes at martin luther king and sheriff road. we have more with what you will only see here on abc7. jay? >> the three witnesses worked at a car wash right next door to this kfc and you can see it has literally been 4.5 hours since this crash occurred, really a truly horrific scene and authorities are still here. a vehicle on a flatbed truck leaving the scene as we speak. >> it knocked out the air pumps and everything like this. it took out the bushes, and it went all the way up against the kfc and turned into a big ball of metal. >> the witness could not believe what unfolded right next to him. >> i have never seen nothing like that. >> according to police the driver of a bmw lost control while speeding in landover. >> he had to be doing 100 miles per hour. >> he went airborne and slid. tires. he crashed. >> authorities said the tumb

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the bmw crashed into a parked suv in the kfc lot. that driver we're told was sitting in the vehicle and that driver was hurt but expected to be okay. police say the bmw was traveling down mlk highway near sheriff road more than 100 miles an hour. >> we've ruled out there were no pursuits at the time. neither prince george's county nor the district of columbia was engaged in a pursuit at the time. we're still working on other details outside of that glr take a look at some of the damage. you can see this clothing bin completely overturned. that's just one of the many things this car hit on its way eventually into the kfc. they're saying a fence that was torn down, you can see the fence that separates the citgo gas station and this kfc, this fence has been completely torn down. so this car came straight through and actually tore down this fence, a tree, a trash bin, a clothing bin and continued to the kfc. police are also looking to see if alcohol was a factor in this crash. back to you. >> delia goncalves with that live update. >>> to

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the car also collided into a red suv in the kfc lot. that driver was hurt but is expected to be okay. two other people suffered some injuries but they're expected to recover as well. that car responsible for all the damage. police tell us traveling at over 100 miles an hour. >> we've ruled out definitively there were no pursuits at the time. neither prince george's county nor the district of columbia was engaged in a pursuit at the time. we're still working on other details outside of that. >> reporter: take a look at the damage up there. that's where the damage in the building, that is where a portion of the wheel of the car actually punctured that building and embedded itself into the building. police are looking at several different avenues as to why this happened, including whether alcohol also played a factor. we tried calling kfc to see if they had any comment. we haven't heard back. no word yet if the restaurant will reopen today. mike, an dry ya, back to you -- andrea, back to you. >> a lot of repairs ahead. delia goncalves live

boulevard and slammed into kfc. >> it knocked down the air pumps and everything. it took up the bushes and went all the way over to kfc and turned into a big ball of metal. >> it happened 6:40 monday night. >> when he did occur, he went airborne and slipped and slid and tires and axles and everything. he slid straight into kfc and crashed all the windows out. >> unimaginable damage. >> it was terrible. i never seen nothing like that before. unfortunate result. >> somebody trapped under the car. >> the driver of a bmw lost control of while speeding down martin luther king jr. highway in landover. authorities say the vehicle plowed into a car parked at the restaurant. in had to be doing about 100 miles an hour. >> we know at least two adults were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries but it's a third person, possibly the driver or passenger in the bmw was ejected and killed. witnesses tell us the victims seemed to be young. >> i cannot even imagine. >> the department spent the night securing the scene so they can continue their investigation. as f

the kfc you see behind me is boarded up. it remains closed at this hour. no word on when it will reopen. the investigation continues. coming up at 6:00, i spoke to this woman's best friend. in fact she didn't know that her best friend had died in this accident until we let her know. she shed some light on her life and what she was like. darcie spencer, news 4. >> thank you, darcie. >>> it was one of the worst mass shootings in d.c. history. four people killed in 2010. today the trial is getting started, we learned this started over a gold bracelet. pat collins spent the day in the courtroom, and joins us with new details on this. pat? >> it's breathtaking that in our city five people are dead, nine people wouned withed over a cheap piece of costume jewelry. the prosecutor went through a litany of violence and vengeance that led to one of the bloodiest weeks in the history of d.c. crimes. at the trial today the mother of one of the victims. >> we are all upset and mad, just like we living that day over. we all be living all over again. >> march 30th, 2010,

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. >>> new details in that deadly crash at a kfc restaurant. we're learning more about the woman behind the wheel. police say helena smith was going close to 100 miles an hour moments before her car left the road. fox 5's will thomas has more. >> reporter: as bad as the accident was, there are a lot of folks who believe it could have been worse. that car came careening through this gas station parking lot at a very high rate of speed. it actually hit a parked car in front of the seed pleasanpeople actually saw it happen, believed had it not hit that suv that was parked here, it may have gone flying through the plate glass window of the kfc taking down customers. it was packed in there at dinner time monday. about 6:30 monday night police say a bmw driven by 29-year-old helena smith hits the curb along mlk boulevard in seed pleasant, went airborne, then cartwheeled about 100 yards before smashing into this red suv parked right in front of the kfc. investigators have no doubt speed was a factor. fox 5 has learned maryland state police ticketed sm

. >>> but first tonight, breaking news at a local kfc.out of control car rams another vehicle through the restaurant wall. >>> a driver lost control of his speeding bmw inlandover tonight leaving the road flipping end over end for nearly 100-yards before slamming into an suv and a fast food restaurant. >> the fatal accident ended in the parking lot of a kfc at the intersection of martin luther king highway and sheriff road and that's where gary nurenberg joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: four and a half hours after this accident, accident reconstruction is still under way and apparently will be into the early morning hours to facilitate the investigation. police closed eastbound lanes of martin luther king highway for about 400-yards, the length of four football fields. >> this happened at about 6:30, a bmw traveling more than 100 miles an hour was racing toward the traffic light at sheriff road when it lost control hitting the curb by this citgo station and flipping repeatedly, hitting lots of things. >> you can see several tre

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witnesses recount what happened when a luxury car slammed into a kfc last night a at martin luther king had wit -- martin luther king highway and sheriff road. we're learning more about the driver involved. jummy olabanji is live with that story. >> cynne, witnesses were out here last night telling us that the driver seem to be going 100 miles per hour before slamming into this at kfc behind us. if we also learned that last month the same driver was cited for going more than 90 miles per hour on the beltway. you can see behind me that the cleanups here still continue. there is much damage that needs to be repaired. if people who live and work around here tell us they cannot believe what happened. much of what we are hearing from folks out here today is that they are really surprised that anyone was speeding that much here on this stretch of martin luther king highway. the speed limit is posted at about 45 miles per hour. at a gas station, she tells us she was out here last night and could not believe all of the damage that was out here. a lot of folks say they come to the kfc all the ti

with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. and now pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits, just $15.99 at kfc. >>> not quite out of town yet. it was a little too busy. one baltimore flower shop got you covered. they will not only deliver your late flowers but will also provide a built-in excuse for the late delivery. >> well, we take the order and i call the wife, the goirvetion -- girlfriend, fiance or secretary and say it was really our fault. maybe we were overwhelmed with orders and kind of forgot. it was not your husband's fault. i want to apologize and 99% of the time the women are very, very understanding. >> not that 1%, though. it's a little white lie from the florist that she says almost always works. >> love is in the air. a pair of seals have been trying to put on a special valentine's day show. they give each other roses and eve seal the deal with a cissments the happy couple gave birth -- kiss. the happy couple gave birth to a baby last ye

. >>> in malaysia, i think kfc stands for kung-fu chicken. this is at a kfc in malaysia. some of the workers come out the side door and all of a sudden one of them just charges at one of the customers and kicks him. >> what the heck was that about? >> the poster of this video said there are so many people there waiting for their food and all the employees are back chilling, not really giving service, not really making their chicken, frying the chicken. they're just chilling in the back. the customers started yelling stuff at the employees. the employees started yelling stuff back. they got all mad. and what other ways we saw this issue. [ screaming ] >> i have a theory. i'm not a detective. >> no. >> these customers know colonel sanders' secret recipe, and they were going to, you know, send a mass text message to all of their friends. >> everybody knows it's 11 herbs and spices. >> but what 11? >> the combination has to be just right. >> so colonel sanders called in to this kfc in it malaysia, told these employees, you better get out there and stop this. >> you know, i th

with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. and now pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits, just $15.99 at kfc. [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. . >>> before we go a look at what's coming up at 11. >> all new, you see the television products on tv that promise the results, sometimes they seem to good to be true. tonight we will go behind the scenes of those ads to see how they test the products. >>> and a father forces his son to run down a street in his underwear and shoes. why he says this is a good parenting technique. that is coming u

with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. and now pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits, just $15.99 at kfc. >>> let's take a look at this new video where a condo complex caught fire about 2:30 this morning. two people jumped from the second floomplet five were injured, including three who had to be taken to the hospital. 35 people were forced from their homes. investigators are trying to determine what caused this masssive fire. >>> you're not seeing things and you're probably as puzzled as we are. the sign says it's 8:30 in the morning you have to slow down but 9:07 you don't have to worry about it. it's meant to keep kids safe. >> you have to keep the eyes off the road to follow it. >> officials say the reduced speed must take effect during certain times by law. they say a flashing light or electric sign would be too costly. >>> a 1-month-old puppy is back with its mom after tend spending -- after spending two days trapped in a drainage pipe. he fe

one person dead after a car crashed into a lot of landover kfc restaurant. the driver of a bmw lost control while speeding on martin luther king highway last night and then plowed into another car before hitting the building. a person in the bmw died. two other people have been taken to hospital. a woman and child hospitalized after a fire at a southeast d.c. apartment building last night at the building on good hope road. the woman suffered life- threatening injuries. there's no word this morning on what exactly sparked the fire. the guardian angels hitting the streets. they want to help stop a robbery spree in the district. they are patrolling neighborhoods and handing out fliers with safety tips. this comes after nearly 600 robberies so far this year, most of them up in northwest. >> a discarded cigarette blame for yesterday's deadly fire in takoma park in an apartment on maple avenue. charlotte was smoking in bed when the cigarette fell or was left in the area with clothing. her granddaughter made it out safely. there was a massive fire at anacostia high

with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. and now pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits, just $15.99 at kfc. let's kick off with a check of the forecast and say hello to lynette charles. >> not a lot this morning, clouds throughout, we are dry, that will begin to change though as we go in to the afternoon. a slight chance and better chance for showers in to the evening. heading out the the school bus, here is the forecast, temperatures in the 40s this morning. well above average, we have clouds trying to move in, i'm going to show you those in a second. winds southwest, 5-10 miles per hour. satellite and radar, picking up on the clouds. that is the trend in to the afternoon. disturbance in to canada. disturbance around that one, bringing us the chance for rain as we go in to the evening. nows though, temperatures 41 degrees, stevenson and 41 handover. a low 40s in to rock hall, chestertown and northeast, by this afternoon, though, temperatures possibl

>>> all new this morning, one of the drivers whose truck plowed through a kfc on monday. we'll hear from him coming up. >>> and a look at the gop debate last night. it came to arguing between romney and santorum. >> a live look outside this morning. our camera downtown at the inner harbor. thanks so much for joining us. >> great sunrise across the east coast. we saw ocean city a few moments ago. d.c. a few moments ago as well. >> so let's get things started with a look at the weather. i cannot believe i didn't have to put a coat on at 2:00 this morning when i left the house. >> i know. it felt good out there and it's going to get better if you like the warmer temperatures. close to 70 degrees and i think a lot of spots will hit 70. this is what's going to be happening as we go into the afternoon. right now we're looking at maryland's most powerful radar. not a whole lot and we are dry for the most part. we see a few showers trying to work their way into west virginia but all in all that won't be getting into our area. it will dry out before it gets here and the fact is we

one person is dead after their car left the road and crashed into a kfc restaurant. this accident remains under investigation. police are investigating a stabbing them might have started over a case of road rage. the driver of the screen suv is in the hospital this morning after police say he was stabbed. the couple in the suv had just gotten married when the other driver began yelling at them. police say he was stabbed. the suspect it stepper and a third person suffered minor njuries -- suspected stambebber and a third person suffered minor injuries. >> the house passed a bill, with

and then there's kfc. >> right now i think kfc in the u.s.s probably the largest hurdle that the company has to overcome. it's been comping negative for some time now. no signs that's going to change in the near future. >> 5,000 kfcs in the u.s. is 1,000 too many. however the chicken giant is yum's growth driver in all-important china. analysts will be looking most closely at what's happening in china. many expect to see profit growth there of over 20%. sue, any sign of weakness in china will not be good. back to you. >> indeed, jane. thank you. i think our next analyst would agree with that. so how should you be playing yum ahead of results today? the restaurant analyst with credit suisse. welcome. nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> one of the reasons you have an outperform rating on this stock is because you think they do have unparallel access to china and a big footprint in india and other parts of asia as well. >> exactly. i would call it unparalleled access to the emerging market consumer. the nice thing you get in addit

. >> that crash at the kfc on martin luther king highway killed a 29-year-old woman and injured several other people. news 4's melissa malehy has the latest. >> reporter: a potentially weak wall braced with 2x4s for safety. all of this minimal compared to what happened outside monday night. >> the impact was so hard, that the glass flew everywhere. >> reporter: the crash scene more than 100 feet long. police say the bmw was speeding eastbound on martin luther king, jr. highway when the driver lost control. the car came careening through this gas station parking lot, flipping, taking out these shrubs, scraping the asphalt, knocking over a clothing donation box, tearing through this fence. smashing to the back of an suv and the restaurant's front windows, coming to rest in the parking lot. >> we got out to see what was going on. and it's just horrible. >> reporter: the 29-year-old female driver of the black bmw was ejected from the car and killed. her passenger a man, as well as the driver of the suv and two others suffered nonlife threatening injuries. rose smith was at the gas station n

you see this kfc has been boarded up since last night. also a little bit of damage inside, and look up top there, you see just what kind of impact this crash had. some flying debris, actually took a chunk out of the side of the building there. let's come around this way. at this point, we're being told by police that a woman was driving the bmw last night when she crashed. that is the narn did die in this accident. if you look in the distance, i know it is a little dark. but you can see shrubs she tore through. you see the police tape. the red fence has been rolled back by investigators. looking to the right, she actually also overturned that clothing and shoe donation box. she slammed to the back of a parked suv once she made her way into this parking lot. amazingly, that driver is going to be okay. >> when it hit the curb, it went a a airborn and flipped, the glass just -- it flew everywhere. >> reporter: now the driver was ejected as i mentioned. her passenger and two others were injured. all expected to recover. crews out much of the

. >> the driver who plowed through kfc now speaking out. >> and the controversy of same sex marriage goes before the full senate this morning. what this means for the bill coming up. >> thanks for joining us, i'm magan pringle. >> and let's get a check in on the forecast because i did see my thermometer in my car right. it did say 63. right? >> it was an awesome day yesterday. >> if you want to get a little warmer i have it for you because temps will be near 70 degrees. some spots will hit 70 today. we will turn windy and colder as we head into the weekend and we do have the possibility of some showers out there and temperatures will return to more normal levels, but in the meantime temperatures this morning, just like yesterday, well above average. churchville coming in at 49 degrees and 47 into easton. the radar is dry but we could see a little bit of change in the forecast. but we'll talk more about that coming up. let's get a check of your traffic. >> good morning to you and good morning to everyone. getting ready for the thursday morning drive and also a great start with nothing

the black 1993 bmw hit the kfc restaurant after being out of control for 200 yards. witnesses at the car wash next door still in disbelief. >> i have seen this car flying down the highway. >> i saw the car coming, i didn't know it was a car. >> i mean, he was going 100, 110. >> seemed like a tornado coming. >> he was flipping, flipping, flipping. >> the girl that was inside the car came out. the car flipped one more time and landed on her. >> 49-year-old hellena louise smith was the driver, according to police. a male pass passenger and a customer are hurt. smith's cousins are in shock. >> i have no idea why she went that fast. >> while the smith family grieves, others wonder how it could have been prevented. smith was accused by state police less than a month ago of driving 91 miles per hour on the interloop near central avenue. she was also charged with driving on a suspended license with an expired registration. yet, she and the bmw remained on the road. until this tragedy. >> and investigators here in prince georges county tonight are still trying to figure out h

try to piece together the events leading to a deadly crash at kfc restaurant. >> it happens in landover on martin luther king highway. witnesses had to say about this terrific crash. >> it knocked down air pumpsi and everythingairt took up the bushes and went all way over to the restaurant and turned into a ball of metal. >> it started 6:30 monday night? . >> when he did occur, he went immediately airborne, flip over and slid and tires and axles and everything. the crashed all the windows out of the restaurant. >> the damage, unimaginable. >> i had never seen anything like that before. >> unfortunate results. >> someone trapped under the car. >> the driver of a bmw lost control while speeding down if martin luther king jr. highway in landover. authorities say the vehicle plowed into a car parked at the restaurant. >> it had to be doing 100 miles an hour. >> two adults taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. a third person, possibly the driver or passenger in the bmw was ejected and killed. witnesses tell us the victims seemed to be young. >> i cannot even explain it. >>

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. >> a car smell -- smashes into a kfc restaurant. kfc restaurant. the latest on the rec state officials say the person who was killed when a car crashed into a cave at sea -- kfc restaurant. four others were hurt. speed was definitely a factor, police said. they're testing the body for drugs and no. 13 was the lucky number on wall street as the doubt crossed the 30,000 mark for the first time in four years. many experts consider the milestone another signal the u.s. economy is on the mend. we have tonight project economy update. >> with the dow passing the 13,000 mark for the first time since may 2008, market watchers say middle america should celebrate also. >> 90 million households own stock. an increase will help consumer spending. >> that is what helped home depot post a 32% in fourth quarter earnings that boosted the del. the report from walmart of a 15% drop did not hurt that much. analysts say held for financially strapped greece is behind the surge. the bailout should ward off financial disaster across europe. for now. >> anybody thinks gree

and you had to have a certain set up when she came in and she loved kfc.he same neighborhood and i would see her in the kfc all of the time and we had a lot of fun. i remember the last time i saw her up there, if memory serves me correct. she had a two piece and a biscuit. she was so much fun. >> she seemed so approachable . at that level of fame, you have to surround yourself with handlers and people and so forth. but the aura she put out was a woman in touch with the people who were buying her muc. >> very much so. very much so. and if you stand around her, you might have to start dancing and she was always moving and always in the moment and always put you first. she was a very, very sweet, giving person. and when she walked in the room and she lit the room up. just a beautiful woman, oh, my goodness. >> did fame change her that much? >> did you see the affect of her. this is arguably the top selling most awarded female artist of all time. >> i don't know if it changed her, i know she went places that a lot of people don't have a chance to go. thosaltit

he says he has no plans to eat at that kfc ever again. shawn. >> karen, thank you. >>> now to a developing story a. crucial gop debate just wrapping up. this is the 20th and possibly final debate. the race for the gop nomination has been a roller coaster ride and it's not over yet. laura evans is live with the debate wrapup. >> one thing that set this debate apart from the others is that rick santorum is the front runner and tonight he was the one defending himself. the three other remange candidates did not hold back and holding santorum to the fire on his record in the senate. >> the economy and those high gas prices are recurring scene at the latest gop debate. starting with the candidates opening statement. >> i'm here to talk about a positive solution to the problems that confront this country that include everybody from the bottom up. >> i want to restore america's promise. >> mitt romney and rick santorum seem to dominate this debate and not long into it, the two, who have swapped positions as front runner were swapping accusations

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it went airborne, flipped several times and then slammed into a kfc in landover. >> by the time emergencyrews got there, one person was dead and two others were being taken away to a nearby hospital. gary nurenberg has more. >> reporter: this happened at about 6:30. a bmw apparently traveling more than a hundred miles an hour was racing toward the traffic light at sheriff road when is lost control hitting the curb by this citgo station and flipping repeatedly hitting lots of things. >> you can see several trees there, a sign, looks like a trash can of some kind. over here there's the air pumps that were in place next to the vacuum. this box is upside down as a result of that collision. then it came across through the fence. there was a fence there before it came into the kfc. >> reporter: in the process it hit this suv injuring the driver who was hospitalized. the bmw then slammed into the building. the impact apparently throwing an occupant from the car. that body pinned beneath it, the only fatality. the impact also threw parts of the wheel 20 feet into the air where it's still embedded

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she was going over 100 miles an hour, when she lost control of her car and slammed into a kfc restaurant. it happened yesterday on martin luther king junior highway. exclusive new details from a witness and a friend of a victim. darcie? >> reporter: take a look, the impact of the crash was so severe it literally bent a metal pole in half, and took out a metal fence. i was able to speak to some of her friends and relatives today. she had been going through some things. she had recently lost her job, and they're still trying to figure out how this could have happen happened. >> she going through so much stuff, she don't have nowhere to go. she was just upset. >> relatives are distraught over the loss of helena smith. she was the woman who lost control of her bmw on mlk highway, went airborne and slammed into a kfc restaurant last night in landover. >> i just don't knee. i wish she had been home or with me. >> excusive speed was a factor in the crash. and according to online court records, smith was ticketed a month ago for driving 91 miles per hour on the beltway. driving on a suspended li

. >>> but we begin with a deadly crash at a kfc restaurant. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. we're learning new details about the woman behind the wheel. police say helena smith was going close to 100 miles an hour moments before her car left the road. that was just a month after she was ticketed for doing 91 on the beltway. fox 5's will thomas live at the scene of the crash with more now. >> reporter: good evening. just 24 hours ago when we were first bringing you the images of the scene we were across the street and what you could see from the footage even sky fox is that blackburned out smashed up bmw here on its side, another smashed up car right beside it. the car came careening through here right through the gas station parking lot ending up here. what some people said who actually the witnessed this, had that bmw not hit the parked car in front of the kfc, they believe that car would have flown right through the plate glass windows taking down customers. we're told it was packed because it was dinner time yesterday. >> this was aga

the bmw hit the curb by the gas station you see and landed about 100 yards in front of it at kfc. it actually hit the building but did not go inside it. right now the prince george's county police accident reconstruction team on the scene only just beginning their investigation into what happened and why. >> it's a tragedy, you know, for somebody to be coming out the store and, you know, just having to get hit. >> they said he was doing 100- mile an hour. >> reporter: police say speed is definitely part of the equation here in seed pleasant. a black four door bmw came careening down mlk boulevard about 6:30, left the road and landed just before slamming into this kfc. >> it was moving very fast and as it turned end over end parts of the vehicle were coming loose and turning into flying debris. >> reporter: here's an indentation in the building from a piece of that flying debris. the sedan also slammed into the back of this red suv. police say someone in the sedan was ejected and died. donald jackson says it could have been him. >> if it wasn't for my wife cooking dinner, i probabl

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with kfc's world-famous secret recipes. preparation complete. 3... 2... 1... yourself why fresh is better. cancer charity is at odds with planned parenthood. susan g. komen for the cure has cut off funding to planned parenthood which amounted to $700,000 last year. nancy cordes now on what's behind the rift. >> reporter: with its race for the cure and pink ribbon campaign, the susan g. komen foundation has grown over the past 30 years into a charity juggernaut, raising $1.9 billion in that time for breast cancer research and exams to catch cancer early. the money komen gave to planned parenthood funded 170,000 clinical breast exams over the past five years and 6,400 mammograms. but now komen is pulling its funding telling planned parenthood president cecile richards it's the result of a change in policy. >> unfortunately, i think this was a political decision and there are groups that have an extreme agenda who have been bullying the komen foundation and trying to get them end their relationship with planned parenthood. >> reporter: planned parenthood-- which

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we have glass from here all the way over. >> reporter: news4 spoke with the kfc management and do not know when the restaurant may reopen. as for police they are doing tests to see if it was simply speed or perhaps alcohol or drugs that may have played a part in the crash. in landover, maryland, melissa mollet, news4. >> we had delays this morning on the trains. let's talk to danella sealock to find out how that is moving. >> reporter: >> good morning. taking the train scheduled track work slowing down first on the blue line. single tracking between arlington cemetery and foggy bottom. traveling on the green line as well, single tracking between naylor road and southern avenue expect delays on both lines. on the roads, well, you are slow as you make your way past the work zone, inner loop at little river turnpike and i can give you a travel speed pretty slow. 32 miles per hour. making your way from 2 interchange to the dulles toll road. that trip taking you 24 minutes at this time. barbara, back over to you. >> all right. thanks, danella. >>> turning to the weather and very chilly sta

four kfc customers sustained minor injuries. >>> snow made a big mess on the roads to the south.ou saw a van spinning out of control. that's one of hundreds of accidents caused by slick roads and snow. this is the first major storm down south this season. many drivers say they were simply caught off guard. >>> an avalanche sweep has group of skiers down a back country mountain and kills three of them. now the one survivor is speaking out. here's -- here's denise koch. >> elyse saugstad is the fire of the avalanche that killed three others. they were thrown 2,000 feet down in 30 seconds. >> didn't hear anything. my partner to the right started screaming avalanche. it feels like maybe you're in a washing machine and you're being tossed and turned. you're not sure which way is up and down. her friends, john bren an, jim jack and chris rudolph did not make it out alive. >> they knew the area very well. it's one of those things that happen. >> once the first person came and rescued me and unburied me, others started to show up in the rescue search and we started finding the other bodi

the car crashed into an suv park at kfc restaurant. the driver, smith, died. two other people were hurt. the driver was also for allegedly driving 91 miles an hour on the capital beltway. >> by people are dead in a murder-suicide inside a georgia spa. police found the bodies tuesday night in the land to suburbs. no word on the suspect's identity or motive in the shooting. the united nations and iran in a stalemate over the country's nuclear program. international atomic energy agency says it could not convince iran to talk about its suspected work on atomic weapons. iran denies that it has a nuclear weapons program and says the program is for peaceful purposes. >> the gop presidential candidates face off in a debate tonight. it will be romney's last chance to speak to a national audience before next week's primary and next month's super tuesday. >> the republican race has done a complete 180. tahman bradley has been following all of this. he is live in a request this morning with details. >> tonight rick santorum is going to find out how it feels to be a front