they say a woman was struck while crossing landover road at matthew henson avenue in landover. brianne carter reports on why neighbors say this could be avoided. >> residents woke up this morning saddened to hear a woman crossing the busy six-lane road was struck and killed. prince george's county police say it all happened just before 6:00. authorities believe this car was involved. the driver stayed on scene. >> we're trying to rule out the possibility that other vehicles may have been here as well. >> residents are concerned that something like this could happen again. while there is a crosswalk and a stoplight just down the road at kenmore drive, here along this section of landover road there isn't. and residents say a number of people cross right here to get to the bus stop across the street. >> during rush hour this morning, our cameras caught several people crossing the middle of the road. >> every day people are crossing this highway. whatever they're doing, trying to get to that bus stop and get that bus. >> monica robertson has lived in this community 20 years and she

. >> and a woman crossing the street in landover is struck and killed. coming up, the circumstances surrounding her death. >> i'm horace holmes. a local couple gets into a big tussle with the nhl over tickets for their little ones to the nhl all star ga >> a local couple's plans to attend the nhl all star game in columbus ohio hit a major snag earlier this week when the league announced that everyone despite age, needed a ticket to attend the game. >> so that's a problem because this couple planned to take their baby who usually doesn't need a ticket. they contacted "7 on your side" and horace holmes is here with what he discovered about this. interesting case. >> they're big caps fans and they take their little one to the games all the time. they say they feel cheated by the national hockey league. they don't know if they'll be able to attend the all star game this weekend in columbus ohio. months ago, they bought tickets to the game for themselves. booked a flight and hotel room to columbus. the problem is whether or not their 9-month-old daughter will

and firehouse roads in landover. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> university of virginia's president is asking a federal judge to go easy on former governor bob mcdonnell during his upcoming sentencing. theresa sullivan wrote a letter to the federal judge. she says she was never pressured to help the company at the center of the scandal. sullivan's letter is one of more than 400 sent to the judge in support of mcdonnell ahead of his sentencing this tuesday. >>> a legislative push to keep students living in virginia illegally from paying in-state tuition in the commonwealth. two legislators are trying to block temporary legal states from paying in-state tuition instead of out of state. the bill challenges a directive from virginia attorney general mark herring who said they could apply for in-state rates under a 2012 presidential initiative. >>> new this morning, trial of a terror suspect will not go ahead. abu anal al liby has died. >> that's right. he was in new york awaiting trial. the terror suspect had been

but landover road at matthew henson avenue. police are blocking the westbound lanes. we'll try to get more information about that. maryland 95 north at 32 overturned vehicle at the left land blocked, so could start seeing slowdowns northbound. old annapolis at church totally shut down because of a water main break. so take annapolis over to 197 to get over to 197. 95 north slow as you're approaching the beltway. and 395 slow as well. prince george's county if general >>> today is the deadline isis gave japan to either pay a $200 million ransom or two hostages would be killed. meanwhile there is tension this morning between the pentagon and iraq. iraq's prime minister claiming the u.s. and its allies are not to go enough to help fight isis. tracie potts live on the hill now with more on all this. >> reporter: pentagon though says we are make significant progress. john kerry has been in london meeting with our anti-isis partners and they say, yes we are having an impact even though it may be slow going. take a look at this brand new video from the kurdish government. th

elsewhere, sky 9 is over reported accident on 202 rather through landover at matthew henson. this is a pedestrian involved accident. all westbound traffic is forced to divert here as you can see. mike, andrea? >>> there's a new burker joint in the -- burger joint in the san francisco bay area serving up patties with a twist. >> betty yu has the story of the new wayback burger franchise. >> reporter: it's an american classic. >> i think it's really good. especially since the bacon is beef bacon so it's like -- only bacon i can eat. >> patty is tasting really good and well done. so beef bacon tastes really good as well. >> reporter: way back burgers in milpitas is the first franchise for the national chain. it means any item on the menu can't have pork and the meat must be slaughtered and harvested according to islamic dietary rules. owner says he's not trying to sell that concept to his customers. >> my focus is not -- [ inaudible ] my focus is to open a restaurant for the whole flint to come and -- community to come and out. right? you don't see any sign up here. >> reporter:

the woman was killed early this morning crossing landover road in the landover area. not clear where the victim was head bug there is a bus stop nearby. neighbors say this is not the first consistent on this stretch of landover road. there is no crosswalk or stop sign or red light to help pedestrians cross this busy street. >> do they not care? they need to do something. how many people going to have to die on this road before they make a change? >> police are investigating the possibility of the woman was hit by more than one vehicle. one driver did remain at the scene after the accident. >>> the equipment is fixed now and service is restored in bowie after a water main break. it happened early this morning on old near church road. a connection broke between a fire hydrant and a 24-inch water main. that sent water gushing into the street and created a sinkhole. wssc says all repairs have been completed. >>> a security guard in critical condition this afternoon after being shot repeatedly outside the good will store here where he gerald campbell of frederick was shot

the lanes open, beltway heading past branch avenue, south toward the wilson bridge, north toward landover outer loop of the beltway in springfield still lining up past the crash scene. the right lane remains blocked coming down from braddick road. thanks for joining us this morning. wusa 9 news will ♪ ♪ ♪ all the goodness of milk all the deliciousness of hershey's syrup. >>> in the news right now at 6:53 jury selection for the murder trial of colorado theatre shooter james holmes begins today. >> a pool of about 9,000 potential jurors will be picked apart until 12 jurors and 12 alternates are seated. don clam john with a preview. >> reporter: more than two years later, survivors still struggle to get over the horror of what happened inside this aurora, colorado movie theatre. 12 people killed and another 70 wounded. now, 915 days since it happened, james holmes will stand trial but first 12 jurors and 12 alternates need to be picked from an unprecedented jury pool of 9,000 people. holmes parents seen here leaving a hearing in the case recently called for the trial to be called off. their

. >>> a hit and killed this morning in landover and prince george's county police say other drivers may have run over the body. the woman was crossing landover road near matthew henson avenue before dawn when she was struck and killed. there is no crosswalk in that area. neighbors say they need a red light there to give pedestrians and cars enough time to cross the street. >> i've seen too many people come out here trying to cross this highway and dodging cars. we've seen cars accident after accident. woke up in the middle of the night, early in the morning, zinlt accidents on the street. >> the driver who hit the pedestrian this morning did remain on the scene. >>> tonight we expect to hear from d.c.'s homeland security department about its findings into last week's deadly smoke incident beneath l'enphant plaza. transportation reporter adam has been on the story all week and joins us live outside the wilson building where the department will release its report. ed a tsunami. >> reporter: this report will focus on the communication issues that day. of course we know that d.c. fire was h

. >> reporter: a horrifying scene for commuters and neighbors in landover. >> i think that's disgusting. that's not good. we should not have to come out of our neighborhood and see a body still laying here. >> reporter: it was 6:00 a.m. police say a woman crossing route 202 at matthew henson avenue was struck and killed. the scene, scattered and blood and closed. her body covered in a sheet. but in plain view. police even allowing a woman to walk through the crime scene just feet away from the body. >> that's why -- >> shielded in any way from folks having to see that? >> at this time that's part of the investigative process that our accident reconstructionists have to to reconstruct the accident itself as well as the scene surrounding it. >> reporter: police say she was hit by at least one car that did stay on the scene. there could be others though. it is unclear if the victim was walking to the bus stop but neighbors say jaywalking to get to that stop happens all the time. >> and we don't have a choice, either have to walk all the way down here at the corner and catch it or they have

a man was stabbed on the platform level at the morgan boulevard metro station in landover. it happened last night. metro police say they have the knife and are questioning suspects. >>> man died overnight in silver spring. police say it was a homicide. we're working to learn that man's name. police say they have not made any arrests so far. >>> today search crews will be looking for the sixth and final person killed in this mansion fire in annapolis. five bodies have been recovered so far. the atf is expected to release a cause of the fire tomorrow. >>> d.c. metro area under a winter weather advisory. we have you covered. at 4:00 p.m. the d.c. snow team will fully deployed ahead of tonight's snowfall. more than 200 trucks will hit the roads. >>> in the d.c. metro region i am forecasting one to three inches of snow. rain showers move in this evening between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. we start to see snow mixing in overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. a dusting to an inch is already possible on the ground tomorrow morning especially north and west of washington. you can see

beltway at landover doesn't look too bad. 270 all of a sudden started getting a slowdown after a disabled vehicle at old hundred road. so 16 miles per hour once you hit german germantown you open back up. >>> we're counting done to super bowl xlix. circus that is media day is in the books.done to super bowl xlix. circus that is media day is in the books. >> sarah dallof is in phoenix where super bowl central opens its doors. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a loot tot to look forward to. super bowl central is 12 blocks of celebration including what they're calling the grand canyon experience. the 30-foot tall climbing wall. should be a lot the of fun for fans. also new this year the opportunity to buy tickets. fans can listen journalists ask questions of players. patriots wanting to focus on the game and seahawks as well saying they're ready to go. and we had the chance to talk to the director and the producer behind the broadcast. they let us in on some of their secrets including the fact that the super bowl broadcast is in fact supersized for a regular sunday night game they wou

it happened at landover road and matthew henson in hyattsville. megan mcgrath is live at the scene. what are police saying about what happened this morning? >> investigators are still here but starting to wrap up their investigation on the scene. you can see the white car there loaded on to the back of a tow truck. that is the vehicle that struck the woman who was killed here this morning. she was nearby right close to this bus stop across the street. police are trying to figure out now is whether that was the only car that hit her. police turned around traffic as the stop light, just up route 2902 at matthew henson avenue, the body of a woman, struck and killed while apparently trying to cross the street. >> put a light to stop the traffic so that people can come out of this neighborhood to get over here and so people can cross safely. do they not care? >> reporter: monica robertson lives nearby and has seen many accidents here. there's a bus stop but it's across the street from the neighborhood. there's no crosswalk, stop sign or light at that section of 202. robertson says it's n

metro transit police investigating because it happened at a bus stop around midnight in landover. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> one virginia community is mourning the death of one local yoga instructor who disappeared while hiking the central mountains of mexico earlier this week. jackie bensen has more on how his sikh community is responding. >> reporter: dozens gathered outside the spiritual center in virginia where he has deeply loved and respected. just 25 years old, when he was found dead of an apparent fall during a hike in new mexico. described as that of an old soul. >> he really lived his life full of the virtues of being giving and giving to anybody that wanted it. that's something that i can say could just be 1/18 of him, if i could be one small percentage of him, i would be a complete human being. >> next to a search helicopter in this recent photo from new mexico. she told news 4 last night they were part of a group attending a four-day yoga retreat when her husband, an experienced hiker, set out for a short solo hikey mountain december 30th. he later text th

beltway south of route 50 landover, lacking good no early troubles to report, heading from andrews on the beltway or south down across the wilson bridge. mike and andrea, back to you. >>> we'll get back to our weather coverage in just a minute, but we begin with breaking news from this morning at the white house. >> anything giovanni joins us. >> reporter: the white house has confirmed a device was recovered on its ground. the ap reporting that device was a drone. hours agatha resulted in this. teams of secret service agents scouring the grounds with flashlights in hand, going to and from the fence lane, back to the white house. as we pulled up just before 5:00 this morning they were walking all along the perimeter of the north lawn specifically. what they found though, poses no threat according to white house spokesperson josh earnest. president obama and first lady michelle obama are spending the day in new delhi, india. no longer appears to be an active scene. >> nick thank you with that live update. >>> people in new york city are bracing for what could be one of the biggest blizz

beltway at landover looking quite good.ittle bit to the north, 95 5in maryland, looking good. metro running on a saturday schedule. off peak fares and free parking. just got information about a delay on the red line to glenmont because of an issue at gallery place. >>> 5:55. this morning a kentucky sheriff says the teens who staged a multistate crime spree are scared and just want to go home. police in florida arrested 18-year-old dalton hayes and his 13-year-old girlfriend. the couple is accused of stealing cars and checks. authorities plan to extradite them to kentucky to face several felony charges. >>> and we are now hearing from the pro golfer who says he was kidnapped and beaten and robbed this weekend. robert allenby put out this picture. you can see he has a pretty bad gash on his forehead. he was if hawaii for a golf tournament. he told the golf channel what happened. >> just being hit, thrown in a trunk, dumped 6 1/2 miles away from where i was in the middle of nowhere with nothing. nothing. >> well, police are wo

. >> a was stabbed on the platform level at the morgan boulevard station in landover.e say knife and are questioning suspects. >>> a person shot in the head overnight in the district. d.c. police say it happened just after 3:e morni on georgia avenue in northwest d.c. this was n f from the washington hospital center. right now we're working to find the victim's condition. no word on any suspects. >>> good morning. we're working on a lot of news early this morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. today is sunday january 25 2015. we're tracking a winter storm coming into our area. storm team 4 meteoro amelia segal is looking at the timing of the forecast right? >> exactly, adam. most of our sunday is going to be dry, cloudy. temperatures not too bad, a high of 47. once we get into the very late afternoon or early evening hours, this is when rain showers will start to move into the area. as the system moves in temperatures still well above freezing. the numbers here on future weather are the temperatures at 7:00 p.m. you can see everybody in the upper 30s or even low 40

beltway at landover no problem there is. travel times coming up. >>> 6:32 now. president obama hits the road again today pushing his agenda to help the middle class. the question is whether his efforts will pay off since republicans are now in charge in congress. tracie potts is live with more on the battle ahead. >> reporter: good morning. republicans here certainly have a very different agenda to help the middle class than what president obama is talking about in the midwest today. we saw him in idaho yesterday and we'll hear the same themes in kansas. he's speaking to students at the university of kansas talking about things like paid sick leave and aistant with child care and tax reform evening out who pays what in order to help working families. but republicans on the hill stirl foe still focused on the keystone xl pipeline because they say it will create jobs. also a hodge-podge of issues including abortion there is a vote on prohibiting federal funding for abortion today the 42th anniversary of roe versus wade. also using military force to fight isis. all

centreville, oakton and outbound no major problems. 95 in virginia, a little slow passing dale city. 50 at landoverng right along. >>> we're working for you to help give you a fresh start for your finances in 2015. and there are a number of new changes you need to know about this tax season. for starter, anyone who bought health care coverage through the obamacare marketplace will face big changes. there are also new tax provisions that could save you interest money. tonight on news 4 at 5:00 consumer reporter erika gonzalez gives and youyou a fresh sta your finances. >>> so right now you can download facebook at work but you can't use it just yet. according to a website rico.net facebook only released the app for testing. facebook at work keeps your personal life separate online. you're only supposed to friend your contacts and co-workers with this app. >> i know people that didn't want to friend their co-workers. they have a rule against it. >> i think it makes perfect sense. do you they'd to keep some things separate. >>> well, if you are like us you have been riveted by the in inincredible clim

prince william county into and out of town look going about that beltway at landover moving along quite nicely. and again we'll keep you updated on the water main situation. >>> fire investigators say a christmas tree fueled a deadly fire at a mansion in annapolis. this fire started in an outlet that was powering 15,000 lights on the pyle family's 15 did-foot tree. the tree was dried out. don and sandy pyle and their grandchildren had no time to get out. investigators say a sprinkler system in the home would have saved their lives. starting in june all new homes in maryland will be required to have sprinkler systems. >>> a sterling man charged in a murder for hire plot will appear in a courtroom today. dallas brumback will appear for a bond hearing. he faces attempted murder to allegedly trying to pay someone to kill his ex-wife. court documents show he has ties to a white supremacist group, as well. >>> a developing story right now. jordan has until sunset which is about five hours away to release ap-iraqi iraq an iraqi woman linked to al qaeda are or else. isis says it will kill both

the beltway in landover south of route 50 between 202 and 50, open for you. building volume on the inner loop oxon hill and on the outer loop into silver spring. thanks for watching this morning wusa9 starting your day and your workweek. we'll be right back after this. here you go. wow! thanks! get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. join today for a free beverage on us. america runs on dunkin'. people of the coffee-drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter -- put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >>> welcome back. over the weekend thousands of police officers from across the country paid tribute to wen jian liu at his funeral in new york city. he was buried just over a week after his partner rafael ramos was laid to rest. his widow cried out as she held a picture of liu. >> he was my hero. we could always count on him. >> he wa

beltway at landover road also moving along nicely. 95 in virginia, we're getting a little slow down northbound dale city. 45 miles per hour. >>> 5:32 now. new this morning, you can pay more tould be crowded. metro's board of directors is considering several options to raise rev new in the upcoming budget year. among the options is to increase metrobus and metrorail fares by at least five cents. the board is also considering eliminating its late night rail service on friday and saturday nights to save money. there is also an option on cut bus and train trips. metro also requested $140 million from d.c. maryland and virginia to help make their budgets. >>> virginia's former first lady could spend more than six years in prison for corruption. the "washington post" reports the probation office puts the sentencing guideline range between 5 and 6 1/2 years. she'll be sentenced next month. bob mcdonnell was convicted on 11 corruption counts. he's appealing his case. he was sentenced to two years recently and will report to prison by february 9. >>> a virginia delegate is the center of a new criminal

on the inner loop of the beltway there were crashes it basically between greenbelt and landover. both moved out of the roadway near the bw parkway and 450. montgomery county beltway early crash as we head on the beltway near colesville between colesville and georgia and again near connecticut avenue of the one on the inner loop of the beltway just after the left exit for 270 they're clearing up. mike, nick, back to you. >> thanks a lot, bev. >>> as the snow piles up, so do the closings and delays this morning. >> delia goncalves has been monitoring all of that working the phones, checking twitter. any updates? >> reporter: a lot going on. we have more than two dozen schools canling and delaying. operations and classes this morning. lots of kids sleeping in. but if you live in the district, wake up. d.c. public schools and d.c. government open and on time. but let's take a look at some of the closures that have come in so far. we can tell you that mineral county public schools in west virginia closed. hampshire county public schools in west v.a. values closed. fauquier county -- i

traffic safety measures after a pedestrian was hit and killed while crossing a road this morning in landoveraround 6 a.m. as the woman crossed route 202 at matthew hinson avenue. it's not clear if she was jaywalking. neighbors say it's a problem and have tried to get officials to install a traffic light. >> you need to put a light to stop the traffic so people can cross safely. do they not care? they need to do something. how many people will have to die on this road before they make a chang? >> police say the woman was not in -- change? >> police say the woman was not in a crosswalk before she was hit. the driver stopped. >>> a woman was killed in a freak accident in morningside, maryland, this morning. neighbors in the area of randolph and allies road reported hearing a loud bang around 2:30 a.m. several hours later the police found the victim pinned between her van and a tree. it appears the woman tried to get out of the van which was in reverse and was crushed between the vehicle's door and the tree. >>> here's some encouraging news for rush hour commuters. crews reopened river road at w

manassas at 41. 42 at landover. chevy chase at 40.ure climbing through th40's to near 50. 51 for the high in culpepper. it's 46 degrees right now at reagan national airport. 41 at dulles. 42 in annapolis. 43 at lexington park and temperatures will fall this evening with a clearing to partly cloudy skies. gusty winds out there have been diminishing a bit. as temperatures fall in the 30's and winds are still at 16 miles an hour at dulles. 18 at andrews. that puts a bit of a chill in the air. the winds will diminish tonight and as the winds diminish and skies remain clear to partly cloudy, drop between 24 and 32 degrees by early tomorrow morning. and then through the day tomorrow we need to keep our eye on things. first, to have a big snowstorm here you need to have the storm come up the coast with a lot of energy. this is going to have that. it needs to have a core or supply of really cold air to the north or northeast or northwest. not there. these are cold temperatures but the air mass that's causing the cold will move out of the pict

. >>> a man was stabbed on the platform level at the morgan boulevard metro station in landover lastht. metro police say they have the knife and are questioning suspects. >>> we're calling police to find out more about a shooting on h street overnight. this happened near 9th street northeast. police haven't said whether a man or woman was shot or what condition they're in right now. they say they're looking for a black suv possibly with a redskins logo in the back window. good morning everybody. welcome to "news 4 today" i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. today is sunday january 25, 2015. we're in for a tricky forecast. let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. >> tonight rain and snow will make its way into the area. today we're dry, a high temperature of 47 degrees. as the rain starts to make its way in here temperatures still above freezing at 7:00 p.m. frederick, galthers burg, 36 droes at that point. as the sun goes down temperatures start to fall. frederick drops to 32 by midnight. gaithersburg not far behind. those of you especially in parts of montgomery and loudow

2015 and the chances of a new fbi headquarters either in springfield, virginia or somewhere near landover greenbelt, maryland. this is a big deal to get this headquarters that is going to employ so many thousands of people. >> in terms of percentages, you can say prince george's county has the edge because they have two spots and springfield has one. >> all around metro stations. >> all around metro stations. i would say it would lean towards greenbelt because that area is sort of expanding. the metro is fairly new there, not really knew. you have more development over there, folks can hop on the beltway quickly. also remember the last major sort of federal government institution was put -- the cia was put in langley. in that sense, the federal government can be looking at greenbelt saying virginia you had yours about 20 years ago. the county executive is counting on this as part of his legacy also. >> one thing they do have going, dave, you would know this. you have a republican-dominated congress and a republican governor that they probably would love to be able to put that feather in h