laurel?>> i agree with the family values. punishment, guns, and i was raised that way. but there are some views that line independent. >> and were you raised in virginia? >> chicago. >> got it. christine? >> i tend to believe republicans are more enabling citizens to create their own jobs. >> deborah? >> i grew up with my dad owning a company, so it is more geared toward business and private industry than the government controlling things. >> how many of you would say i identify with a tea party movement? >> okay. we've got ben, laurel -- chuck and renee. so, and toni, do you identify with the tea party at all? >> yeah. >> you do? and christine? >> somewhat. >> somewhat, good. let me start if i could and just hand out a quick card. do we have a car here? i'm going to put it up on the eisel also. here are a series of ideas, thoughts and believes that the republican party has. you can put your name at the top. everybody should have a pencil. and if you find yourself at odds with any of these --

october the horse won its 19th straight race at laurel park.roke that record at mountaineer park. >>> now to ravens news. that means an update an ray lewis. he once again missed practice today making it questionable whether lewis will be available against the indianapolis colts. he has already missed three games. >>> speaking of the ravens, the player's wives are making sure they are helping out. they are from the off the field organization and they were at the sam's club with the salvation army. each family will also get a $200 sam's club gift card. >> this is what it's about. it's about giving and sharing. we're blessed and fortunate to . it's our way of giving back. >> the salvation army handed out the baskets to those in need this afternoon. >>> we hope you are in the giving spirit. there are two weeks left to help with the annual kindertimeÑi drive. walmartçó and fire departments. log on to abc2news.com for more and complete information. >>> here's a look at what's coming up at 11. gift cards are the perfect solution for those hard to shop

laurel agrees. good. anybody else? >> i just don't know -- i don't know much about the dodd-frank administration, so i just don't know what to agree or disagree. otherwise yeah. >> you find yourself in this agreement on any of these? >> a clarification, amnesty immigrants of black or white or just basically no amnesty of any type? >> i think their position tends to be a republican pretty strict on that. anybody else? chris, are you at odds with some of these positions? >> in thinking about it a little bit longer, no, not really. >> anybody else -- tina, are you at odds with any of these positions? >> amnesty for illegal immigrants. >> anybody else on the immigration issue? so we have three people, deborah, christine and t-note. okay. anything else people find that they are at odds with basic faults within the republicans' cracks okay. >> i'm at odds with a gun lolls a little bit. >> okay. >> not everything but just certain -- >> anybody else? so we have a couple on that. but for most of the others where there is retial

the heaviest rain right now is going to be over let's say the laurel highlands up in pennsylvania. here just steady rain and again that is the flavor of the day. we are thinking the bulk of the -- i think the bulk of the rain is going to fall on the coast but we are right on the cusp. you can see an i-95 storm. if there was a month from now there would be a snow-rain line, you know exactly what i am talking about. we do have watches, warnings and advisories in effect. a flood advisory in effect for counties adjacent to the chesapeake bay on both shores, a lot of moisture will hit the watershed and has to get in the base, we are on alert for that. we are still not done. that low is intensifying as we speak, once it gets up to north there will be a pressure gradient, windy conditions here, not gusts to 50 miles an hour as up the coast but it is windy over the next 24 hours. then let's get ready for new year's eve and that first warning forecast comes your way shortly, back to you. >> turning now to sports and a history setting performance from drew brees last night. check it out. >>

at laurel high school, 54 was the high. 52, the current temperatures. in virginia, they hit 59 this afternoon. on our board tonight that is our number. the official high at reagan national. while yesterday, we were right on the money for average today considerably above average, and we will stay that way tomorrow and again through new year's day, and then the bottom will drop out but we're not going to drop that low like we did in 1880, the record low for all times, when we were seven below zero, but it is going to get cold. a little bit of this is going to break off and come south through the lakes and follow a cold front through late sunday night. it is not going to be a cold wave that changes the weather pattern. it is going to be a cold snap, but it will be cold and windy next week. warmer day than yesterday by 10 degrees. 30 degrees warmer in minneapolis. 60 degrees warmer in kansas city. mild air is going to push eastward for a couple of days. up north that is where the change will occur, and we will see the cold air spilling in. you can see a lit

see how far out of laurel and they will merge onto the outer loop of the beltway. laurel beltsville, ought to 495 west out of greenbelt college park around to an ax and between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue that they moved to the shoulder. there is a crash now on the inner loop of the beltway on the exit that would take is to 95. allow yourself extra time. i would take either randolph road on the outside or 410/east west highway on the inside. school buses are running so the get stuck behind a bus you have to stop and that will add time to your travel. there are options but to have to be careful. >> thank you so much. 6:41 and 32 degrees. >> coming up, christmas in january? why more and more people are pushing back the holiday season. >> the emotional tribute to a virginia tech police of a cert who was killed in a line of duty. >> we will have alex burns to look >> it's an outrage that he keeps raising it and i put an outrageous number on the table to pointed out. my wife said to me after made that i do a lot of things well that that was not one of them. >>

he took his girlfriend's car and drove to his mother's house in laurel. he'll be extradited tonight. >>> today family and friends of a park police officer who died in the line of duty will be held tonight. a viewing will be held for sergeant michael bayne at church of the nativity in virginia. he was attempting to rescue a person from the tow path under the key bridge on december 16th. that's when he suffered a heart attack. funeral services will be held tomorrow, also at the church of nativity, followed by a processional through d.c. officer bayne was a 19-year veteran of the force and leaves behind a wife and a son. >>> the district is inching closer to a decision on who will be allowed to grow marijuana as part of the medical marijuana program. "the washington times" is reporting that d.c.'s health department will choose 20 of the 28 applications by friday to open cultivation centers in the district. that list will be cut down to ten to start the program. the department also plans to select five dispensaries for the drug. if all goes as scheduled, the

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but that's ok. >> playing a team is to be heroes. >> reporter: in laurel, kristin fisher, 9news now. >>> thanks to carrie for tipping us off to this program. carrie works here at wusa and has a child that plays for the cheetahs. >>> it is beginning to look a lot like new year's eve in "new york times" square. crews have finished hoisting up the giant crystal ball that drops at the stroke of midnight. this year, of course to usher in 2012. organizers say this year's design pattern features friends holding friends around the world. >> installing the waterford crystals behind it on the times square ball. this year's theme is let there be friendship. >> depending on the weather, one million people or more could fill times square for the big countdown. among the entertainers scheduled for the evening, drake, justin bieber and lady gaga. >>> hundreds of thousands of people are expected to ring in the new year up the road in baltimore. and a small family-owned company called image engineering is busy putting the finishing touches on the lights, lasers and pyrotechnics for the inner harbor o

elsewhere an accident westbound 4 bypass at laurel street off to the right shoulder. it's involving a motorcycle. no word of injuries so a minor snag as you work your way through there. be advised. elsewhere on the highway portion of westbound 4, we are seeing some very slow speeds. traffic starting to build as you work your way westbound speeds as low as 25 miles per hour in some spots. but looks good once you hit the pittsburg area. we are dealing with some overnight roadwork eastbound 92 connector to northbound 280. that's completely shut down at least until 7:00 this morning for ongoing caltrans work there. elsewhere along the peninsula later on today 101, 49ers hosting the steelers at the stick. you're going to see some busy conditions at 101. use mass transit to avoid delays through there. if you are headed to sfo, though, southbound 101 no delays, everything looks good. bay bridge toll plaza, still an easy ride from the carquinez bridge to the maze. no delays on the upper deck. details on roadwork on the lower deck coming up later. >>> thank you. capitol hill t

laurel police say 24-year-old jerry lewis walked into the city's police station on christmas eve andonfessed to the crime. he is accused of killing 21-year-old shakeela planter and her 2-year-old son jayden in his apartment on long island sometime around december 18th. we want to warn you the details of the crime are graphic. >> the female was stabbed a number of times. the baby was viciously beaten. the baby was ultimately put in a plastic bag and then put in a freezer. >> the police say lewis went to his sister's house in new jersey after the killing. he went back to long island to ditch planter's bus and caught a bus to dc. he is awaiting extradition back to new york. >>> the manhunt for a suspect in a christmas eve double murder and kidnapping of a 2-year-old boy is over. richmond police got a tip this afternoon about the location of 27-year-old jamal lewis clemons. officers along with u.s. marshals and a swat team surrounded the house around 3:00 p.m. and demanded he come out. eventually they received a key and permission to enter the apartment. >> the officers opened up the doo

we've got the story from the garden's ice house in laurel. >> and yes, i went to school today. about 20. that's a lot. >> reporter: she is lacing up her 7-year-old son in the locker room for -- locker room of the cheetahs. >> reporter: her 14-year-old, duke, also on the team has been diagnosed with high functioning autism. right or left? >> i feel like i need that for six hours. >> today is a special day for all the local special needs hockey teams. >> reporter: he's the head coach for the montgomery cheetah and has a special needs son on the team as well. >> i want my son to have the same opportunities that i had, the love of the game. and all the lessons that will come with playing the game of hockey. we learned how to teach our kids on the ice. passing is a simple thing for you. and you know for the special needs child, passing is sharing. and sometimes, you know, that's a very hard thing to learn. >> reporter: the only thing that is really different about this hockey game is the fact that the score is always tied. these kids are still learning how to win and how to lose and

but the story this morning, we have avenue had a couple of things. 197 at laurel bowie road. we had an incident with a pole and wires down the roadway. all of that has been cleared so the roadway is opened. if you are working your way outbound on route 50, your lanes remain blocked because of an accident that occurred overnight. you will find coming inbound, inbound towards bladensburg road, all of your lanes are open. no problems to report south on kenilworth as you continue down into northeast washington. overnight construction on the beltway traveling between annandale and merrifield has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it was a promised tax credit to get people to go green. but up next, hundreds of people in our area forked over the cash for a new home energy system and now they are feeling misled. we'll explain this one coming up. up. >>> hi. i'm here in hideleberg, germany. wanted to say hello to my friends in virginia and want to wish you all a merry happy holiday. jesus is the reason for the season. [ screaming ] [ zapping ] the

a young man murdered in a parking lot in laurel and there's still no trace of his killer.ike hellgren speaks to the victim's heart broken family. >> reporter: ten years ago, police found derrick peters shot det ded in the park lot in the north part of laurel. throughout the years his mother has been waiting for detectives to arrest her son's killer. >> if i knew who did this, i would go after them myself. >> reporter: now howard county investigators are revealing new information they hope can lead to justice. for the first time, they say the shooter stole a dark cherry colored leather jacket waist length with a brand name. >> across the back coogi is spelled now the colorful letters. >> police -- >> reporter: police believe it was not a random killing andpeterson knew who murdered him and believed the shoot wears low level drug dealer. derrick never had a criminal record and saved up to find the car. >> he was talker. he was a talker. he could talk to you or me he loved to talk. he was a people person. >> reporter: police say the shooter was in his 20s average build and he

the fbi secretly videotaped johnson at a laurel developer -- and a laurel developer who already pled guilty for his role in the corruption scheme. prosecutors say this is just one example that shows johnson taking a cash bribe. >> oh, okay, okay. thank you. ank you. >> you can see him flip through the cash. in another instance the same day johnson talks about possible prosecution. >> i've got a lot of legal enemies and necessity called various prosecutors and, you know, prosecutors -- they called various prosecutors and, you know, prosecutors always want to try to, especially minors, they like to try to put them in jail and if one of the prosecutors, you know, are able to bring somebody like me down, they brag their whole career. i prosecuted jack johnson. >> the whole has been cut short. >> i feel sorry for the family. >> reporter: clarence payne is another neighbor of the johnsons. he hasn't seen them around for days. >> when you're in a position like that, sometimes it can be tempting, you know, the money. i mean we're all human. >> reporter: the prosecution also released audiotap

he was admitted in february to gladys feldman specialty care unit in laurel for treatment. washingtonwashing -- so far police have made no arrests in this shooting. >>> a d.c. man is in jail for the january murder of 33-year- old william mitchell. officers arrested 23-year-old anthony yesterday afternoon. almost a year after the incident. police believe he shot and killed mitchell back on january 19th at the intersection of north capital street and florida avenue in northwest. he has been charged with first- degree murder while armed. >>> marine flares may have been what sparked two garage fires in urbana. frederick county investigators found caps from flares at the arson scene yesterday. they say the fires were set monday night. two cars parked in one of the garages destroyed. the flames caused a total of about $130,000 in damage. >> they feel bad for what they did. i was really hoping they felt more remorse. >> it is not a joke. it is serious stuff. you could have killed people. >> investigators say signs in the neighborhood were also vandalized as part of their investiga

route 197 is closed at laurel- bowie rd.und 95 in the main lanes getting heavy from newington to springfield. out-build or southbound 495 near 66 blocking the left lane coming from tysons. -->>> add a lounge in northwest washington there was a ploy to drive -- a toy drive put together by pamela brown. the familiar faces. alison starling was there along with mostnatasha barrett. philip stewart was there as well as me. i was glad to be there. >> i love that big bear. a lot of kids will be happy at children's hospital. glad to make a difference. thanks for coming. >>> 55 degrees right now. >> a humiliating loss against philadelphia. the capitals managed only find -- managed only one goal. >>> how to get a break on groceries. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a living, breathing intelligence that's hping people rethink how they live. ♪ ♪ in here, video games are not confined to screens. ♪ ♪ excuse me, hi. my grandfather lived in this village. [ woman speaking italian ] [ male announcer ] in here everyone speaks the sam

jerry lewis turned himself into laurel. he admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend last week. lewis took the victims car and drove to his mother's house in laurel. >>> the search continues this morning for two men accused of assaulting a woman during a home invasi invasi invasion. police say the man assault add woman grabbing the necklace she was wearing. the crime took the neighborhood by surprise. >> i -- i didn't know what to say. really? you know? really, around here? and they said, yeah, your neighbor has been assaulted. >> police believe the woman was targeted by somebody she knew, and police say that people in the neighborhood should not be concerned about their safety at this time, and no arrests have been made. >> well, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, that's what a group of hackers claimed they were trying to do. they have already stolen credit card numbers using the numbers to donate to charities. as pete williams explains, more attacks could be on the way. >> allen bar of texas was stunned to show that red cross records showed ae recently contributed $20

in laurel, nothing but sunshine and a few high thin clouds. maryland's most powerful radar showing all clear. this is doing to hold up tonight, tomorrow, probably tomorrow night. things will begin to change has we go into thursday and especially thursday evening. right now temperatures across the state running in the low 40s. hagerstown, interesting set of numbers. ocean city at 33. cooler in york, pa. winds light and variable. not much of a breeze to deal with. high temperatures today did get over 50 degrees. this is about five to seven degrees above average. annapolis 51. humidity has been low, very dry air in place. you may have noticed that. tomorrow we look ahead. we find mostly cloudy skies over reisterstown and are arbutus. 53 in glenwood with a mex of sun and clouds. across the region a few fair weather clouds, more significant weather to the west. heavy showers coming down, places like western illinois and central missouri, but the rain not set to impact us anytime soon. we have a high pressure bubble south of maryland. that will keep

. >> charley, he walked into a police station in laurel and admitted to the double murder. he was escorted by his mother who lives just a few blocks away from the police station. jerry lewis had his first day in court yesterday where he did not waive his right to be extradited which means he will stay here until his next hearing in january. police say he fled to maryland after killing 21-year-old shakeela planter and her 2-year-old son. planter was found stabbed to death inside her long aooland apartment. her son was brutally beaten, his body placed in a freezer. >> the baby was viciously beaten. the baby was ultimately put in a plastic bag and then put in a freezer. it really affects your moral fiber when something like this happens. >> lewis will be held until the end of next month when he's scheduled to have his hearing and will be taken back to long island to face those murder charges. >>> news around the nation this morning and indiana man confesses to killing a 9-year-old girl in his care. police searched his home and found human remains. neighbors say the trailer par

are being collected on the inmile highway between 370 gaithersburg and in laurel.ple weeks. >>> the u.s. postal service will some big changes expect. the postal service is pushing plans to reduce costs and avoid bankruptcy. plans include closing half of processing centers across the country and lowering first- standards for class mail. those changes and to take effect next spring. >>> 5 of the top performers in nation were honored last for their contribution to the arts. >> president obama had a at the kennedy center. most amazing of yo ma isbout yo- likes.dy you have to give me some tips. [laughter] streep walked into the center as a rock star. the list of this .ear's kennedy center honorees the group includes hot start and neil diamond. a classical star, added as .egend named sonny rollins and abroad where legends, -- broadway legend barbara cook. politicians and artists gathered event.s later this seen on national television during the time arch campbell, abc 7 news. the latest flight will be boxshed at the top of the a third weekend in no. film.est twilight $82

hands in his pockets and way ted says we'll see you here is a better one of the man approached him laurels of course most of us will see here if you love mine will you as mando shook his hand and the other man shot him. off the two shots my brother fell to the ground yet a year with eagerness and swaying of them took a look as chills when i heard the shots i looked down and saw he'd fallen. for another. one bullet went into his eyes all just over a another here another there. is a little the rest went in here. being there were twenty all its. his shit there were seventeen bullet holes and three shots in his right arm. three men took part in as monday's murder. none of them have been convicted. or sent them to kill list one. who authored the crime you'll look at it señorita i won the man who killed my son to stay in jail. and i eat it because they killed my son well none were bigger than thou for me he. very low and asking for justice he either was be here. mark you gave a special mass for his friend with money. the spies followed him and took these photos and videos. to remember that the d

let's give you one more stop in laurel. again, cloudy. the rain is tracking to the north.ontinues to be the case. it's north of the state line where most of the precip has been up towards lancaster lancaster, harrisburg and points further north. we'll keep an eye on the situation. overall, it looks like we're going to stay dry the rest of the evening, dry into the morning. chances for rain go up tomorrow. i'll show you the peak timing. 52 dulles. 50 in ocean city. winds are light and variable, not much wind to speak of. as we look at the high temperatures, these are running 10 degrees above average. 54 in annapolis. i want to show you a look at tomorrow. weed a warmth by four or five -- weed aadd warmth. severna park 60. could hit 06. most of the precipitation is well north of us, places like scranton, our big snow maker weakening and becoming more diffuse across the center of the country. mild hair will keep surging in around this area of pressure. it's a mild pattern setting up for at least two full days including the first full day of winter and temperatures reflecting

laurel, maryland has cooled tend greece's their daytime high of 44. temperatures are cooling off period. temperatures across the great lakes beginning to warm with a wind chill factor in minneapolis of 36 degrees. you can see how the mile there is beginning to build to the west of us with the high pressure to the west. now we're going to look for southwesterly winds in the upcoming weekend once we get a change in wind direction, that will allow temperatures to warm. tuesday into wednesday and definitely by thursday. hardly any clouds to speak of but just to the south, these will lift to the north during the daytime hours and a few more clouds late in the afternoon into the evening hours. the feature cast shows it will remain dry for the next four days or so. the next best chance for showers will come late thursday into early friday. tonight, clear and cold with temperatures falling into the 20s. daytime highs a few degrees cooler than today. mid to upper 40's but look at the '50s. mid-50s on thursday and friday. a chance for showers and we should -- t

more than a half from laurel to arnold. right now as we take a look, we find basically temperatures warming up a little bit on the south breeze, southwest at six. visibility hams improved in the last few -- has improved in the last few minutes. we had the rain, the fog and the mist, kind of an ugly day. as we look at the weather bug cameras, manchester coming down through the day and annapolis, noticeable lack of sunshine. our cameras shaking in the wind. all right. take a look to the north and west. weave a got temperatures cooling off sharply into the 30s. we're surging into the 50s. it's a rotation around that low bringing you warm air in eastern maryland, cold air wrapping around the back side of this thing in western maryland. winds are much more powerful out of the south. gusting to 40. easton 37. the winds in oakland are from the north bringing in cold winds. it's an unusual setup but something that will last a few more hours. visibility has improved in baltimore but tough to see if you're going west. tomorrow in the

. -- unless you get up to early when will still be dark. 29 degrees in laurel. the temperatures are a lot different across town, but north of the city with increased cloud cover, is still 30's. 39 degrees gaithersburg, 37 stafford. on the almanac page, the numbers are close to its average. 44 and 30 the average 44 and 31 the actual high and low. in canada, this is where winter has been working. the cold air it is slipping to the south, now getting into part of the u.s., no. vermont, new hampshire, and maine and some of this cold air will come to the north and west monday, tuesday of next week. it is lurking, and it will deliver cold there. meantime it is still locked up to the north. our temperatures will rise the next few days. next week, the temperatures will tumble. still a few disturbances in the atmosphere pushing the snow showers and squalls towards us. might have a shower at the next hour but then the skies clear. not only will we get sunshine, but a warming trend west/southwest wind into the fifties the next couple days. a little bit of clout bigness. su

it is time to look at some lights. >> this morning we go to laurel, maryland.his is the giveton family home. it's really pretty. you can see a lot of lights up there. i think there's a mickey mouse somewhere in there as well. >> we want to show off your displays. snap a photo or take a quick video and e-mail it to us. you can also post it to our facebook page. include your name and where you live. >>> coming up on 6:20, next in sports not one but two power outages during the monday night football game. see who emerged the winner when the lights finally came back on. >>> now time to get another check of our question of the morning. this is hysterical. according to forbes.com, this is the best christmas movie of all times. is it "the nightmare before christmas ," "diehard ," or "a christmas story." >> facebook sharon has no doubt b, "diehard" because she says it is the best movie ever. >> never connected diehard to christmas. keep the guesses coming. we will reveal the best answer at 6:53. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. 6:23 your weather first. we've got

howard county, laurel, pushing mid-50s tomorrow late in the afternoon. a couple of showers in central ohio. could see a patch or two. the air at the surface is extremely dry. we have a more significant rain maker pushing through the midwest. again, this whole batch of rain tracking north and northwest of us wrapping around the big high pressure dome that's controlling our weather and keeping things generally sunny, generally dry and, yes, on the cool side. check out temps. we've got 30s and 40s from baltimore north. much warmer air in place, that area of rain you see tomorrow continues to track to our north. that will begin to change as we push into thursday as that whole boundary begins to line up and cross the country from west to east. we could see showers as early has 4:00, 5:00. overnight down to 30,en crease clouds. through the day tomorrow your two-degree guarantee, variably cloudy skies. could reach into the mid to low 50s. tomorrow down to 36, mostly cloudy on a south breeze. the seven-day forecast showing, basically, a decent warmup. then frida

the newest section opened two weeks ago and connects i-370 in gaithersburg to i-95 in laurel. during peak hours, it will cost $4 for easy pass users traveling the full length of the road at peak hours. tolls will drop to $3.20 on off peak hours and just $1.50 at night. drivers without an easy pass will be charged a higher rate. >>> starting today, the d.c. public library is giving you a chance to clear your name if you have any overdue or lost books. the library is starting its check it in campaign. you can bring back overdue items to any library branch and have your account cleared without paying the fine. in addition to books, it includes overdue or lost books, dvds, or other lost materials. it runs through february. >>> today attorney general ken cuccinelli will face tough questions about his job. cuccinelli will visit westfield high school in chantilly to talk about what he does and the krim n criminal justice system. this comes after a report he plans to run for governor in 2013. cuccinelli says he will not make an official announcement until sometime next year. >>> oklah

that was the case in bel air, laurel, not much sunshine in the state of maryland. that is for sure. again, maryland's most powerful radar sitting clear. we don't think we'll have the same conditions that will breed that dense fog. those are both good things. temperatures running relatively mild for this part of december. we're getting past sunset. temperatures hang out in the mid-50s to mid-60s. winds are basically a nonissue, lit and variable at five to 10. our highs today we decide touch 60. we had 60 in washington. 64 in cambridge and 70 towards the delaware beaches. tomorrow temperatures near 60. we'll increase the cloud cover, bring in the chance for showers from cat tonsville to whitemarsh. there's not much rain that could become an issue except for scattered showers. it could come in has patchy sprinkles. we're watching a main storm system out to the west. you can see the boundary, large swath of precipitation, some wintry weather on the back side. we've drawn it as a stationary front, meaning it's not moving from west to east. we think this will begin to move has we go into

ten years after a man was shot and killed in laurel ....police are still searching for answers. derrick peterson was gunned down near his home in what appeared to be a surprise attack. witnesses provided very limited descriptions of the suspects. they say the driver of the getaway car was "chubby" nd tall.both men were described as black males in their believed to be the the motive police now think the gunman was likely out to settle a ssore.... perhaps over drugs. "if i knew who did this i would go after them myself because the anger and the rage is still here, it's never left . me". howard county police believe the kee to solving this case.... could be a leather jacket that was stolen from peterson the night of the murder. it's been described as a dark burgundy... waist álengthá coat with (coup-"g") coogi ááspellld out on the back in differant colored letters. prince george's county police are searching for the person who broke in and beat a 70 year old woman in her own bed friday morning. morning. a nearby surveillance cameraacaught these images of the suspect who broke into

laurel today, beautiful blue skies, and then a few high, thin clouds. just a mix of sun is and clouds out there. so really weather looking pretty good. maryland's most powerful radar all clear tonight. that will hold up, we think, through about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, and then we can get a very briefly round of rain showers in here, because temperatures will still be well above freezing overnight. 46 in baltimore, 48 in easton. winds out of the south- southeast. and generally a mild wind for us, as we take a look at the trend here temperature-wise for highs today, we did crack 50 degrees in just about every spot in central and southern maryland. you have to get out to hagerstown where theying stuck in the 40s today. and again, just a few passing clouds for the earlier part of the evening. but as we go into daybreak on your new year's eve morning, we do look for this system that's pin whiling through the great lakes and southern michigan right now. this thing while it will skirt mainly to our north, we're bound to catch some rain showers. nonetheles

the crash father hurly boulevard 270 has cleared. 95, 295 slowing in laurel.ut of the beltway congested from before 95 headed around towards georgia avenue with the lanes open. no problems to report on the inner loop headed towards the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thanks. >>> just trying to get you in a holiday spirit now. for more than a week we have been asking for help in decorating our fox 5 christmas tree and you have responded. you really stepped up this year. >> darlene martin delivered a box of ornaments for the tree to tony, actually, at our stuff a truck event on friday. she gave them right to him and she said these decorations are the ones her mom used to use. she inherited them and thought we could use them for the tree. we thank you so much, darlene. >> that's very nice. i know it's a very personal gift and we'll make sure to pass it along and let everybody know that. if you'd like to help out as well, pass down a family heirloom, anything will do, it will be great as we decorate the tree. if you'd like to

southbound 95, 259, good coming in out of laurel. you will find in virginia, the beltway is running smoothly as you work your quay between annandale -- your way between an an annandale and merrifield. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> ate man rushed to the hospital after suffering bad burns in an overnight fire on holt place in takoma park. it happened about 2:00 this morning. the fire believed to have started in a garage or carport area and spread to the home. >>> also new, another day of protests in the district could spell big traffic problems for drivers. >> this one is a mixture of organizations. it includes occupy d.c. and our d.c. fox 5's stacy cohan is live near mcpherson square in northwest with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. ours is a town that has never had a shortage of individuals that would like to voice their opinion about whatever it is that may concern them. we have protests and marches here regularly. so this assortment of groups, some already existing here, some are offshoots of occu

officers are saying jerry lewis killed a woman and her son in long island, then turned himself in in laurel, maryland. lewis faced a judge yesterday. detectives say lewis' mother took him to the police station on christmas eve and he turned himself in where he admitted the crime. >> they call and say hey, we've got your guy. >> yeah, it says something about the case. they want this guy and they want to put a closure to this case. >> lewis is scheduled to have a hearing at the end of january at which point he will ultimately be transported back to long island where he'll face murder charges. >>> people at the intersection are upset and confused sometimes about which way to go. city leaders are spending about $7 million to create a round about. drivers have to deal with two left turn lanes and two straight lanes. there's also backups around the railroad tracks. >> you don't know whether it's a turn right or what lane to get in when you're trying to go down light street or go on key highway. the lights are a little confusing. >> the city says they're planning stages and what people are going t

before it could be imploded which was the original plan. >>> a record-tying performance tuesday in laurelmaryland, the horse rapid redux won its 19th consecutive race in one calendar year matches the mark set by triple crown winner citation in 1948. rapid redux's owner and trainer may now retire the 5-year-old horse. >>> the war in iraq started almost 9 years ago. at its height in 2007, 1670,000 troops -- 170,000 troops were deployed there. >> the remaining forces are coming home this month. >> president obama will meet with some of the troops who just returned. susan mcginnis reports. >> reporter: president obama heads to fort bragg, north carolina today. a military community that has seen its soldiers repeatedly deploy to iraq. the president will talk to troops who have recently returned and thank all forces who fought during the nearly nine-year-long war. >> we've given the iraqis an opportunity to have a democracy and to be successful. it is now time for us to bring all of our troops home. >> the last u.s. combat troops in iraq are scheduled to be out by the end of the year. and the p

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developers plan to develop -- to tear down laurel mall.the plan calls for the site to have 400 multifamily units and 400,000 square feet of shops restaurants, and entertainment. the demolition will begin early next year. >>> it is final exam time at the university of maryland one unique file is taking place for engineers on the college park campus. students or asked to design a two-foot remote-controlled craft that could move across the track. if you want to check out the competition, it is taking place until 5:00 at the engineering building current. >> we will ♪ >>> san francisco will have the next highest minimum wage in the entire country next year. it will top $10 per hour about will be more than $2 higher than the state of california's minimum wage. it is nearly $3 more than the federal minimum wage. voters passed proposition in 2003 which raised the minimum wage each year using a formula tied to inflation and the cost of living. still >> i had, adam caskey will be back. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and en

laurel finding a clear scenario into that sunset time frame. again, maryland's most powerful radar also crystal clear. there's not much weather around the area nor has there been all weekend. but that is changing new storm on the map. show you that in just one second. temperatures now running in the 40s and upper 30s actually. we've got 37 in york now 34 in winchester 34 in dover. i want the show you tomorrow we'll be up near 5 actually but the chances for rain going up through the day katonville dundalk central parts of the state take a look this one small area of cloud cover really a non-- not an issue. but out south and west we've got more cloud cover rolling in that's the leading cloud shield on a bigger storm. large rainmaker here putting down some pretty heavy and steady rain in tennessee out through arkansas down through louisiana. this texas low is going to come up and bring us quite a bit of rain we think as we go into say after lunchtime tomorrow right through tomorrow evening. in the meantime still another 12, 15 hours of dry, cool b

. >>> jerry lewis turned himself in to police in laurel. he's suspected of killing his exgirl friend and 2-year-old son. he will be sent back to new york to face murder charges. >>> five relatives are killed in a christmas fire. investigators investigators spent the day looking for what caused the flames. >> reporter: crews knocked down the building that killed a family. >> attempted rescues within the structure that were pushed back by intense flame and heat. >> reporter: the fire gutted the victorian style home that sits along the long island sound. a well known advertising executive, madonna badger owns the house and escaped along with a male contractor who was helping with the renovation. but badgers' two daughters and parents did not survive. >> it's so terribly sad. you would hope that everybody would have gotten out at least so they would be alive to enjoy another christmas. >> reporter: monday neighbors dropped off flowers for the victims while investigators work to figure out what sparked the deadly fire. in new york, manuel galleg

it runs east of interstate 95 in laurel. the remake one mile of the six lane highway. still left to be completed. expected to be finish in 2014. >>> a female military veteran. when you hear that you usually don't think homeless. but reports say there are an estimated 13,000 women in uniform with no fixed addresses. >>> a few of those women received a helpful hand during a ribbon cutting ceremony. lindsey mathis shows us the place these women can now call home. >> reporter: this is the house jessica foreman now calls home. the iraqi war veteran found herself homeless after she left the military and completed school. >> just because you go to school for something there is not necessarily guaranteed you would be employed. >> reporter: in the pantry there is plenty of food and it feels like a luxury to army vet mona various son. she said in the military she was raped by a fellow soldier. here she could get help with posttraumatic stress disorder. for her, this private bedroom with a large walk in closet is a great start. >> reporter: there are six bedrooms in this house an

here is a look at the frost on the field here at laurel high school. you can see that quickly melt off. just a few high thin clouds overhead and for the rest of the region. 55 degrees in fairfax with total some time. 53 degrees at the chesapeake bay. take a look at the morning lows. 21 in frederick. 34 at reagan national. river temperatures are still near 50 degrees. 24 at dulles airport. luckily, those are not our current temperatures. closer to 50 right now. 48 in frederick. most of us in the low 50's 4 highs. a few of us will be in the mid 50's this afternoon. 51 is our average high. here is the satellite composite. not much in terms of cloud cover. notice this band of clouds and snow to our west. the cold front paws and that will do it through today. it will not bring any snow. that will stay to our north but it will cause a few clouds. the next couple of mornings are not going to be quite as cold. tomorrow, widespread 20's, and then into the 30's, but by the weekend, we will warm up. highs in the low to mid 50's again. early to mid next week looks

sunny skies in laurel today. little morning cloud cover in the baltimore area but ocean city was crystal clear all day long right into the evening. maryland's most powerful radar all five sweeps showing not a thing. that's going to be the case tonight and in the morning tomorrow. clouds increase through the day. we do bring in a chance of rain tomorrow night. temperature wise 30s and 40s out to the west and mid 40s across the central part of the state from baltimore testoon. the beach at 43. but again these numbers headed south tonight on a light northwest winds under a clear sky. these temperatures will be dropping pretty quickly down to the 30s. in a few spots potentially the 20s. >> across the region again quiet weather pattern. very little happening locally, but we're watching our next weather maker already putting down some pretty heavy and steady rain across western tennessee and down through the mid south. places like mississippi, alabama. this storm will keep tracking slowly northeast through the day tomo

temperatures feels himy, 46 in downtown. 44 andrews air force base. 40 in laurel. rockville 43. sterling 44. manassas down to 43 degrees. all of us down into the 30s overnight. so chilly tomorrow, then it becomes milder. dry and cold tonight. saturday sunny and chilly. chilly for the redskins game saturday afternoon. 1:00 kickoff. christmas day is dry. and even a little milder. no white christmas. now, saturday morning partly cloudy, no tonight, partly cloudy and cold. two blanket night. lows down into the 30s. and the winds will be light. should not be as breezy compared to earlier today. surround downtown 35. annapolis, 36. culpeper 34. winchester, all of you down to low 30s right around that freezing mark. now, saturday morning doing some shopping, partly cloudy and cold. you'll need your jacket. temperatures will be in the 30s. afternoon it will look beautiful outside. lots of sunshine, but it's going to be a chilly day. highs will be only around 45 degrees. northwest wind at 5 to 10. so here's your zone forecast. start west, cumberland 40 degrees, and 43 in hagerstown. warr

. >> anne arundel police are searching for a man accused of an attack in laurel.ale employee reported a man held a gun to her head early saturday morning and then tried to force her into a motel room. that man ran away when witnesses started to see what was happening. >>> a series of christmas day attacks across nigeria ended with 39 people dead. a bomb exploded amid gunfire in central nigeria and a suicide bomber attacked a military base in the northeast. one man was caught before his bomb detonated. a radical muslim sect claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks. the christmas day violence highlighted the threat of a growing from the muslim group. they're calling the attack senseless and tragic. afghanistan's president hamid karzai is condemning the attack that killed nearly two dozen people yesterday including a member of the natural parliament. the suicide bomber blew himself up as of a gabs were leaving a funeral of a village elder. drew levinson has more on the attack. >> reporter: a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded 50 mo

. >> in laurel, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> we want to say thanks to carrie for tipping us off to that program. she has a child that plays for the cheetah's. anny. it was just rough out there today. i'm glad it's almost done. >> okay, we're done with the rain, but now comes the wind. and i can feel it. it was cold outside with my coat on. in fact, it was already seeing the blustery conditions kicking in. we have high pressure moving in. wind gusts 25 miles per hour at andrews air force base. 25 also for pax river. 20 in fredericksburg. you factor in the cold temperatures. the windchill already talking about that. 41 in downtown. not so bad if you're in the city. head further out to manassas. it feels like 34. in frederick also. temperatures already feeling like they are close to freezing. leesburg also 34. out toward the bay and east of town, it's not so bad. but that will change as we see the gusty conditions really pick up over the last 24 hours. here's a look at that storm system that brought the soggy conditions. bringing a will the of lowations. more than a half an inch of rain. i

laurel police say suspect jerry lewis, escorted by his mother who lived just a block away from the police station turned himself in and admitted to the double murder in bay shore. he remains here in maryland for how is, but still a relief for long island police who worked through the holiday on such a brutal thing. >> the baby was visually beaten, the baby was -- visual usually beaten, and then put in a plastic bag and put in the freezer. really affect yours moral fiber when something like this happens. >> he was an amazing child. that's all i need to say. and i love him. that's all i need to say. >> again lewis remains in prince george's county for now. he is scheduled to have his hearing at the end of january, at which point he will ultimately be transported back to long island to face murder charges. >>> new tonight, the pentagon says reports of sexual assaults are up at the nation's three military academies, and that includes the naval academy. in the school year of 2010 to 2011, there were 65 reports of sexual assaults involving cadets and midshipmen. that's up from 41 reports the ye

i graduated from laurel high school, which is the school where the majority of students are students of color. apart from my caucasian friend, i don't think a single one of my friends came from a non-immigrant family. the other thing growing up in this climate is how polarizing the issue is. it seems like there has been a battle between people who are pro immigration and people who are anti-immigration. but i think, especially seeing all the faces here, just putting faces on this issue makes it so there aren't two sides to this people, that there are two grooms of people opposed to each other. somewhere down the line, all of us came here at some point, except the native americans. but yeah, i think like my mom said, just getting our voice out there, really are part of the same society, and i think our society has faced a real moral crisis where we have family values that are opposed to what our policies and laws say, and we are splitting up families. i have friends who were born here and don't speak a word of spanish and could be deported and couldn't communicate with anyone. i think