the national education foundation gave louisa county a $10,000 donation. thomas jefferson elementary and louisa county high school have the most damage and have been closed since the august quake. the nea donation is in addition to federal aid released earlier this month. louisa county schools is also holding community fund raisers to pay for the cost of repairs. >>> police say that drag racing could be the cause of a deadly accident that killed a 72-year-old man. this happened early on monday on the baltimore washington parkway near powder mill road in beltsville. louis poteat was on his way to work when he was run into by the driver of a dark mercedes. poteat's car was run off the road, and he was killed. the hit and run has left family and friends devastated. >> i've known louis poteat about 20 years. >> what kind of guy was he? >> very, very nice guy, one of the best guys you'd ever want to meet. very friendly, very kind, real hard worker. >> park police say the driver of the mercedes was racing someone in a silver lexus. they're asking anyone who saw

. >>> fema will help repair louisa county schools damaged in the earthquake. louisa county high school suffered the most damage and are closed until they can be repaired. fema will help state and local governments and assist county residents whose homes were damaged. >>> the waterfront navy yard, anacostia, and congress heights stations closed at 10:00 last night and will stay closed until monday morning until crews replace track switches. free buses will run from the l'enfant plaza station to southern avenue. all stations should be back open for your monday morning commute. >>> today may be your lucky day. it is the 11th day of november, the 11th month of the year, 2011. as you can imagine, a lot of people are taking advantage of this 11-11-11. as for lottery players, 11-11 is so popular, you can't play it with pick four. it is sold out. and there are also 11-11 parties around town. we found one at 1111 11th street northwest. we also found a few people having their own. >> i actually myself is going to have a party at my apartment. it's going to be military t

. >>> louisa county, virginia, will get federal held to repair schools and damaged by an earthquake intary and louisa county high-school have been closed indefinitely because of the damage. students are attending class is in temporary facilities. >>> the quake-damaged national cathedral will reopen for the first time tomorrow. a special event will take place. the rev. dr. marianne buddy will be the first-ever female bishop of the diocese and that ceremony is sunday. >>> the state department ordering a developer of an oil pipeline to be about that amount environmentally sensitive areas of nebraska. that means it could not happen until after the 2012 elections. the canadian company wants to build this to carry oil from alberta canada, to refineries on the texas gulf coast. pipeline would pose an environmental. >>> president obama losing another team member of his team. his personal assistant reggie love will leave the white house by the end of the year. the 30-year-old has worked with mr. obama since he was a u.s. senator from illinois. the former duke basketball and put all clear also p

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fema denied virginia's request for assistance for louisa county. >> time to answer our question of the. it was 80% of all millionaires drive which one of these things? is it a, a used car? b, an suv or c, a european car? >> well, the answer may surprise you. turns out it is a, a used car! i guess that's one of the reasons why they're millionaires in the first place. >> they know how to manage their money. one more check of traffic and weather when 9news now returns. ♪he's in the army now ♪ he's the boogie woogie boy of company beat ♪ >> if that doesn't wake you up and get you in a good mood, nothing will. it is veterans day. one more thing before we go, we want to remind you of the telethon here on channel 9 to benefit the troops and their families. we want to put thanksgiving meals on their tables. we're trying to feed 1400 families. >> it starts at 5:00 tonight. you can donate to wusa9.com right now! wusa9.com and check us out there. find out some details on donating to this wonderful cause. >> turkey, all of the fixings, each package costs about $50, we can use all of the help we ca

fema is bringing in portable classrooms to be used at louisa high school in virginia. high school has been closed for repairs. the students have been sharing space at a nearby middle school. they hope to move into their new classrooms soon. >> who would have ever thought we'd be relieved to see modular units coming in to be located in front of our high school in? but it is because it means progress to us. >> before the students can move into the new classrooms, the portable units still need furniture, electricity, plumbing, fire security, and the internet. school leaders say they're relieved federal help is available, but it also means a lot of paperwork for them. there's still no word how much the repairs will cost or when the work will be done. school leaders hope to reopen the high school for good in 2015. >> still a long way to wait for those children. that's a long time before the school reopens. >>> we are 5:21. tom says a warning to everyone. some guy named leonid may be streaking tonight s that what you said? >> the leonid meteors are streaking through our sky

. >>> fema will help repair louisa county, virginia, schools damaged from the august earthquake.mas jefferson elementary and louisa county high suffered the most damage and are closed indefinitely while they make repairs. state and local governments will also recover costs from the response and offer assistance to county residents whose homes were damaged. >>> today may your lucky day. it's the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, 2011. people are taking advantage of this 11-11-11. as for lottery players, 11-11 is so popular you can't play it with it's sold out. there are also plenty of 11-11 parties around town. we found one at 1111 11th street northwest. we also found a few people having their own parties. >> i actually myself am going to have a party at my apartment. it's going to be military theme in honor of veterans day. >> and wedding chapels along the las vegas strip will be pretty busy day. thousands of people have been lining up outside the calvert county courthouse to get their marriage licenses. triple digit days are often seen as good luck and are the second most

the national education association is helping louisa county schools recover from august earthquake. damage from the 5.8 quake forced the county to close two schools for the rest of the year. the nea is donating $10,000 to help with repairs. a lot of kids going to school in trailers right now. >> every little bit counts. that is definitely the case. >> yeah. well we had a correction today. not crazy, but a correction. back to reality really. now in parts of the south, we showed you snow in memphis. now we're going to take you down to alabama. hamilton, alabama. this is the northern part of the state. they had a little bit of snow. it's wrapping around colder air. it's not bringing in arctic air, but wrapping around just enough cold air and generating its own cold air. a little snow in parts of the south and the midwest. all right, for us, well the rain is pretty much gone. we have to worry about cold air coming in here tonight. you can see the purples and the whites. that's all the snow. you can see it all the way down here into the smokies in north carolina and tennessee. it's going

the national education association gave louisa county a $10,000 donation.he august earthquake caused more than $80 million damage to homes, schools, and businesses. thomas jefferson middle school and louisa county high school have been closed ever since. the nea aid is in addition to federal aid approved this month. the schools are also holding community fund raisers to pay are inform the costs of the repairs. >> concerts too. the community is really come together out there to rebuild. >> they've got a lot of work to do. >> tom, what is going on yesterday? i left the jacket in the car. by the time hi to leave for work, i had to have an escort out to my car with an umbrella and a jacket. it just turned real quick. >> like james brown leaving the stage. got to throw the cape over you and take you out. >>> this morning we've had our temperatures really plummet. you need to rummage through your closet to find your bulky, cozy sweater. right now at reagan national, it's a cold morning. the sky has cleared out. it's 41 there. a southwesterly breeze around eight,

both reactors at the plant shut down after august's earthquake near the plant in louisa county. federal regulators kept them offline until november 11. inspections could be completed. the first unit reached full power on friday. >>> arrested a tsa employee for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform. 52-year-old harold rodman charged with aggravated sexual battery. dressed in his uniform, they believe rodman performed some sort of patdown on one of the women and ran away. and police are looking for a man who assaulted a woman. police say the man grabbed the woman from behind, touched her inappropriately, shoved her to the ground. she screamed. they aren't sure exactly what race he was, but they are saying he was wearing a black puffy coat. and coming up at 7:00, is it a crime to steal a kiss? apparently sometimes. why police are investigating what looked more like a schoolyard crush. we'll tell you about it on 9news now at 7:00. >> still to come, a change at one catholic church has parents fighting the role young girls play in math. we'll tell you what they want changed. to

fema denied his original request for earthquake victims in louisa county, but they reversed that decisionast week. the agency approved some federal aid for people affected by tropical storm lee in five counties in maryland, including howard, anne arundel, and prince georges. virginia has not decided if it will appeal that decision. okay. >>> well, we won't even talk about all that bad weather in the past. >> it is so nice. a little more like october than november. we had peer sun today and we have peer sun yesterday. we rarely saw a cloud. let's talk about the picture of the sun. a massive sun spot. highlighted there with the arrow. you could put several earths. there's correlation that sun spots can lead a cold winter. and also it can trigger the northern lights like it did the last couple weeks. that's a good picture. nice job from stafford, virginia. let's talk about satellite picture radar combined. this is our next storm and kicking up a lot of storms and thunderstorms and tornadoes out into portions of oklahoma and kansas. now, this is not going to be that potent when it gets here.

federal emergency management agency approved the governor's appeal to get aid for earthquake victims in louisa county. now getting federal assistance. the agency denied the original request at the start of october. >>> tremendous weather all week long. forgot about what it looked like with that snow. what does it look like? >> it will be cold tonight if you're headed tonight. at least a light jacket. let's start with the temperatures. we are looking at temps 53 downtown. 46 in frederick. teatering on 50 in leesburg and 52 in manassas. so for tonight, clear, breezy and cold. low temps in the 30s. winds north-northeast at 10 to 15. terps forecast tomorrow. sunny and chilly. uva in town temperatures 50 to 55 during the game. good news not breezy tomorrow. we will come back and get you all of the weekend which includes the weather for the redskins game. >> thank you, topper. >>> a man that entered this country illegally now accused of murder in frederick. leaders want to reform immigration laws. what they have got in mind. we will tell you about it. >>> but first new job numbers show the unemploym

the august 23rd quake was centered in mineral in louisa county. >>> the new walter reed national military medical center was formally dedicated today, but major improvements for the traffic around the larger facility are still years away. fox 5's john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: the new walter reed national military medical center located on the old navy medical camp us in bethesda has actually been in the process of opening up in stages for about a year. [ applause ] >> reporter: this new joint service medical facility has now been formally dedicated. secretary of defense leon panetta who served as an army lieutenant in the 1960s told the crowd this new hospital complex is offering the best possible medical care to wounded service members and to veterans and their families. >> to these warriors, this nation owes an irredeemable debt. >> reporter: with the closure of the old walter reed army hospital in d.c. and the consolidation here in the new joint services hospital, the medical workforce in bethesda has jumped from roughly 8,000 people to 10,000 people and the estimated numbe

the money will help the louisa county homeowners who suffered damage. governor bob mcdonnell's first request was denied. he appealed. >>> lions and tigers charging at police officers, we're learning new details about the chaos that broke out when those exotic animals were set free from a wildlife preserve in ohio. >>> and some of the other stories on our rundown. listen, it's friday night, you're here, we're here, got another 20 minutes or so to go. hang tight. we're back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> check this out. this is a new dashcam video showing chaos after an ohio man released dozens of exotic animals into the streets last month. one deputy says a lion burst through the fence and ran straight for him. another says he was charged by a black bear, shot him down just 7 feet from him. deputies had to kill 40 effort animals. it happened so fast they didn't have time to get tranquilizers. the animal's owner was distraught over money and marital problems before he released them. he told his farmhand he had a plan a

and initially, the true heroes in response, as we saw in tusk louisa and saw in newark, new jersey, recently. saw in upstate new york and vermont are the first responders. the police officers, the paramedics, the e.m.t.'s and nurses and doctors and neighbors helping neighbors. talked to a woman in tennessee last year during the floods in nashville, and it was this home that was completely flooded. actually it was a week later, and it was being mucked out or cleaned out by again, lutherans and another, i forget the other name of the other faith-based group. there were two groups cleaning up her front home and she's sitting out this 86-year-old woman saying all these nice people are helping me clean out literally what's left of their home and she said i wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for my neighbor that broke my front window out and pulled me out and saved her life. he was a nice young man, a 63-year-old neighbor, the nice young man that saved her life. [laughter] >> but it's neighbors helping neighbors. those are the heroes. those are the people that we need to make sure that they are p

. >> both reactors at the plant shut down after the august earthquake near louis louisa county. they were kept off-line until november 11th could inspections could be completed. unit one reached full power on friday. >>> fewer americans seem to be dying of oral cancer. >> a new study shows from 1993 to 2000, death rates declined among u.s. patient with cancer of the mouth and larynx. researchers at emery university and the american cancer society say the lower death rates may be connected to changing attitudes about smoking and sexual behavior. >> there is a possible new affirmative for patients with the common precancerous lesions. laser removal iser successful. surgery isn't always feasible when there are large lesions in places like the head and the neck. they say the laser removal may be better for those areas. >> emergency room visits involving energy drinks have skyrocketed in the past few years. a report found visits to the e.r. have increased ten foalt in recent years as the energy drinks became more popular. researchers say half of the patients who visited the hospital

. >>> the federal emergency management agency will help with repairs in louisa county. high schools sustained the most damage and are currently closed as part of the disaster relief. fema will help recover costs. the agency is also offering assistance to residents in the county whose homes were damaged. >>> a push to keep cars off one of the busiest streets in georgetown. it could help to make a commitment is to see things through. confident that no matter what the obstacles we can build something better, together. with the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile, we're making a commitment, to create a stronger network for all our customers. we will invest an additional eight billion dollars and build out the next generation of mobile broadband to nearly everyone in america. that'll mean better coverage and call quality and faster downloads. but it will also create as many as ninety-six thousand american jobs. and we will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america from overseas. we're committed to investing in america now. why? well, we know it's good business. becau

the august earthquake damaged more than 1400 homes in louisa county and damaged the washington on movementational cathedral >>> more information about a teen who was shot and killed on halloween night. why a mistake by city is causing controversy. >>> and a black friday shoppers are hitting the malls full force. rce.  >>> medical does can do wonders for those who receive them. a woman in arlington just received her diabetic dog. >> reporter: michele hunter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes five years ago. a dog lover her whole life, she has rescued many inmalls. several live with her now. today, she got a new dog, sugar, only 14 weeks old, who will become her best friend in pat willing diabetes. she could not be more thrilled. definitely gives my whole entire family peace of mind because i know that i'm going to wake up in the morning, which is huge for type 1 diabetics. you worry about your blood sugar going low at nighttime and some people, when you view that, you don't wake up. i want to be here for my kids and my husband. i feel that having sugar will help me do th

. >> this thanksgiving, the head of schools in louisa county, virginia is giving a big thanks to those who have shown support over the last few months. luis is a county was the epicenter of the earthquake. the school suffered more than $80 million in damage and closed two buildings. superintendent debra petit says the community has been supportive and she's making sure students write their own letters of thanks. >> the first family is celebrating thanksgiving if he white house. wednesday, president obama took part in the annual tradition of pardoning a pair of turkeys. >> some of you may know that recently, i've been taking a series of executive actions that don't require congressional approval. well, here's another one. we can't wait to pardon these turkeys. [ laughter ] >> the turkeys are called peace and liberty. they will live out their days at frying pan park in fairfax county. that's funny. >> it is a busy morning in the kitchen for a lot of people. >> especially for the volunteers at food and friends. they're making thousands of meals who people who may not have a great thanksgi

both reactors of the plant shut down after august earthquake near the plant in louisa county.ederal regulators kept them off-line until november 11th so inspections could be completed. north inez unit one reached full power on friday. >>> we're helping you get hired. >> jessica is back with details on jobs at a company which offers daily bargains. >> a lot of people may know the company living social for the daily deals they sell. all of the offers for restaurants or massages or vacations, take a lot of people to pull off. the d.c.-based company is growing by leaps and bounds and so is their work force. >> if you need a job, living social is a pretty good place to look at the start of 2011, the daily deals company had 600 employees worldwide. now, they're at about 4500 strong. a 750% growth rate. jennifer trespass or jt is still hiring at a furious pace for jobs in d.c. >> we have about 60 open positions. >> what kind of jobs are those for? >> they range all over the place from our product, our design, engineering and sales. >> reporter: with 700 jobs currently available aroun

the north power station in louisa county has been offline since the 5.2 quake. dominion power who owns the plant says it spent more than 100,000 hours and $21 million inspecting the reactors. federal regulators ran tests and say the plant did not suv err any functional damage. it will taken ten days for the plant to be fully operational. >>> three good samaritans from arlington received an unusual reward for their very good deed. a pizza. back in august, two men were waiting on their porch for a pizza delivery when they heard a woman being attacked. they tackled the suspect while waiting for police while a third friend helped the woman. during their heroic attack they missed out on their pizza. last night they got a congratulations from the police and a pizza. >> for them to do this, it means a lot. >> just another example of how we are so successful because of the support that we have from gentlemen like these two gentlemen and their friend. >> after some handshakes, the good samaritans got to enjoy their hot new pizza. as for the suspect, he's still in jail aw

. >>> fema has approved more than $2.5 million for louisa county, virginia.he agency first denied virginia's request for disaster assistance after the august earthquake until governor bob mcdonnell appealed the decision. the latest grant will help homeowners with repairs and the grants don't have to be repaid. >>> it is 5:35. i'm watching your money. we're now less than a week away from the deadline for the deficit subcommittee. by law, the bipartisan committee is required to agree on how to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal debt by next wednesday. if they fail, automatic cuts will kick in. cuts which will be equally split between defense and nondefense spending. that's a 10% cut in the government's discretionary spending and with so many federal workers right here, we'll feel the greatest impact. >>> civilians will be furloughed and services contractors will be tapered off. >> dod is talking about severe civilian cuts as well as cutting a couple, two or three weapons systems. >>> the effects of cutting weapon systems will spread beyond the pentagon. trekel

the disaster declaration makes federal funding available to people in hard hit louisa county. >>> before health alert as doctors are warning parents about a new scheme promising to protect kids from chicken position. they are lollipops said to be licked by children with chicken position and people are selling them through the mail. it's bogus promise that kids can boost their own immunity to the virus by eating the lollipops. >>> we are talking next hour about fitness trends. >> holly is live in alexandria at the national inventors hall of fame and museum. i had no idea it was there. she will take us behind the scenes of a new exhibit that gives us the inside story on exercise innovation. back after this. is not for the faint of heart. i love what i do, i enjoy the work, but it's a very hectic pace. ♪ don't want to miss a thing strayer university met my needs in terms of my family, my work/life balance. the fact that leading companies are hiring strayer graduates is impressive, but it's not surprising. these companies want us so badly. [ laughs ] i'm felicia blow, and i earned my m.b.a.

>> reporter: charlottesville, too delivered big areas of margins for the incumbent, but culpeper, louisaorange and spotsylvania county went for bryce reeves. voters in spotsylvania particularly went heavily republican. the bottom line? reeves won by 224 votes out of nearly 45,000 votes cast. turnout in this close election which puts the republicans in the driver's seat in richmond was only 35% of ridgesterred voters. >> i could have -- registered voters. >> i could have voted but nothing interested me. it's that simple. >> i get a little bit overwhelmed with a lot of the junk mail that comes in. >> reporter: so you chose tonight vote? >> well, i was actual -- to not vote? >> well, i was actually so busy that didn't have time to do it and i didn't know enough about the candidates to think it was going to make a whole loft difference to be honest with you. >> reporter: -- lot of difference to be honest with you. >> reporter: a relative handful of votes might have made a difference in this contest. the apparent republican victory will be certified by the end of this month. at this point the

it covers parts of fredericksburg along with culpepper, spotsylvania, louisa, orange and madison counties. >>> republicans only need to equal the democrats in the number of senate seats as well in virginia because the lieutenant-governor bill brohling is a tiebreaker. he's a republican. quick check of some of the other headlines from tuesday's election. in rockville, voters re-elected mayor phyllis maruccio with 53% of the vote. mississippi voters rejected the personhood amendment which would have outlawed abortion and birth control by writing into the state constitution that life begins at conception. >>> in ohio, labor unions are celebrating after voters rejected a law that would curb collective bargaining rights for state workers. more local results will run all morning long at the bottom of your screen. andrea? >> now to the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates meet for a debate in michigan tonight. herman cain is trying to move past the sexual harassment allegations dogging him. in a press conference yesterday, he didn't mince words. >> with respect to the most recen

the louisa county station is the first operating u.s.lear plant to shut down because of an earthquake. >>> the man accused of planning to use remote-controlled model plane to try to bomb the pentagon and the capital will stay behind bars. a federal judge says he is a danger for the community if he is let out before his trial on terror charges. >>> federal employees posed ad members of al-qaeda and staged a police officery of c-4 explosives for him back in september and that is when he was arrested. >>> occupy protestors in philadelphia are still outside city hall despite a sunday night ted line to leave. it is the same in los angeles as the deadline also passed for protestors to clear out last night. police cleared half of the 458 tents last night but had to pull out after hundreds of protests are showed up. the l.a. police chief is not saying when the two-month-old camp will be removed. >>> here in the district, u.s. park police are increasing patrols ever the occupy protest near the white house. they handed out flys are on friday that

east coast earthquake, fema began delivering trailers that will be used as portable classrooms at louisa county high school in mineral, virginia. the 5.2 magnitude earthquake caused so much damage to the high school it's been closed for repairs. that's where the earthquake was centered in mineral. the high school students have been sharing space at a middle school. before students could move into the new classrooms, the portable units need plumbing, fire systems, furniture, and the internet. they hope to reopen the high school by 2013. >>> meet the tow plow. it is a snow plow towing another plow, so two lanes can be cleared by machines instead of just one. get out of the way. authorities also announced they're forming a snow patrol. that's a group of volunteers who will act as a set of eyes and ears on the road for the highway administration. >> snow patrol is also the name of a band who had one hit. still waiting to see if they're going to have anymore. >> you have to be able to sing to join the snow patrol. >> maybe that's what it is. that's one big old plow, tom. >>> based on some of

. >>> schools in louisa county, virginia, damage in august quake will get assistance from fema now.ool are closed indefinitely while crews make repairs. the agency will help state and local governments recover costs from the response as well as offering assistance to county residents whose homes were damaged. >>> metro is using the holiday weekend to do major track work. four stations on the green line are closed right now -- the waterfront, navy yard, anacostia, and congress heights stations closed at 10:00 last night and will stay closed until monday morning while crews replace track switches. free shuttle buses will run from l'enfant plaza station to southern avenue. and on the red line, the shady grove and rockville stations will close early on saturday night at 11:hou00. metro will provide buses. >>> time is 6:37. "today" show coming up next at 6:00. let's check in with ann curry to see what they're working on this morning. good morning. >>> coming up on a friday morning on "today," a very serious story. more fallout from the penn state sandal. the assistant coach who witnessed

>>louisa good morning.m ourf cam in downtown san francisco you can see the high clouds moving ahead of a cold front expected to hit the bay area. you will notice those clouds increasing. with chilly temperatures this morning and even this afternoon moving from north to the south. temperatures will stay in the 60s. as we go overnight, the showers will continue and cooler weather. temperatures will be in the 30's in the 40's. wright also the door we are making some improvement with the temperatures. at last check right outside the door-fift the along the coast. with downtown san francisco of reporting 51 degrees. live temperatures showing what weather showing wet weather pushing its way southbound. by 11:00 a.m., the green and yellow is indicating the light rainfall approaching santa rosa. it will be moving its way and were by 1:00 p.m. napa and petaluma will be dealing with that wet weather. many areas will need their umbrellas. this eventually will move through san bruno, redwood city but that green is indi

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