that's the latest from manassas. >> ok, mike. thank you. >>> investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that killed a mother and two of her children. 24-year-old alli anderson and her sons died with flames racing their through their home on wednesday. three other chern survived. >> a woman -- >>> teresa lewis was executed by lethal injection despite appeals from europe, john grissom, and thousands of people online. lewis was accused of killing her husband and step-son in 2002. her final statement was for for her step daughter, kathy criminaliston. -- clifton. >> she did make a last statement. she said i just want kathy to know i love her and i'm sorry. >> many -- many argue that lewis did not have the i.q. to organize this murder for hire. they say it is unfair the two gunmen got life in prison and she received the death penalty. >>> eric foreman was arraigned yesterday and charged with felony murder. neil was fately shot last month in northwest d.c. while riding his bike. they say the suspect had been associa

right now just to the south of manassas, so coming through the manassas area shortly, just to the westla plata, seeing some heavy rain as well. let's go to vipir. quick look at vipir, we'll show you that there is so much moisture, folks, we've got another several hours to get through. the worst of our weather will be during the morning hours, including areas of heavy rain. so during the morning hours expect another couple of inches of rainfall across much of the region. now let's go to -- back to the graphics. max 2, and the area covered by a flash flood warning. that's the counties that you see in the brownish color, that reddish brown color, that is a flash flood warning in effect. generally speaking, it's into late morning, early afternoon, depending on the county you are in. then off to the east in green, that's a flood warning until 10:00 this morning. flooding has been observed. wind gusts not so bad across washington. the worst up to the east. ocean city, and this will increase during the day. and a wind advisory for gusts up to 45-50 miles per hour. that is in effect until 6:00

the fire broke out in a manassas subdivision called sumner lake.are located in the 8300 block of tillett loop. at least five other home have been damaged. firefighters have tried to stop the flame from spreading by spraying other house in the subdivision with water. the flames were still visible and shooting from the homes less than 30 minutes ago with smoke seen from seven miles away. the hop has been call to the scene now. it's not yet clear why so far there have been no confirmed reports of any injuries. >>> joe robertson with the fire department joins us now on the phone. what can you tell us i

. -- 93 manassas.or on the a nice night for baseball. the braves are in town. clear to partly cloudy, breezy an mild. 84 to 72. and winds will continue out of the southwest at 10 to 15. between the winds and the low humidity it is making it bearable, not like a humid day in july. lows 65 in gaithersburg. 67 rockville. i think downtown and around the beltway, you are probably around 70 to the low 70s. out to college park you are 68. 66 in fairfax. 66 reston and 65 also in leesburg. not bad. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and warm. slight chance of a shower. temperatures 60s and 70s. don't change your plans. winds southwesterly at 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy. still plenty warm. spotlight chance of a shower. highs 84 to 88. and winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15. we should be in the upper 70s this time of the year. we will zoom in on this skinny line of showers moving through detroit approaching pittsburgh and back in to kentucky. that's the cold front that will give us a ch

>>> fire roars out of control and just like that, three homes in manassas are up in smokes. our own, brittany morehouse, is live on the scene with breaking news and the latest, britney? >> reporter: well derek, we're in a sprawling development in the center of the city of manassas. before we roll to the video, which shows the kind of impacts here, i want to show you that behind me, the community center. the families that are displaced, they are being helped by the red cross right now. i also want to show you the layout of the house that is here. if you could look behind me, these houses are so closing together and they are very large. for that, you could only imagine, tells you how fast the fire could spread, which clearly might have been what happened here today. around 3:00, witnesses say when they heard a loud explosion, we don't know what that explosion was. and they say that they saw two of these houses here go up in flames. and they spread fast and furious. they didn't have much time to think. we did interview one gentleman who was sleeping. and he is okay. he was stay

lanes are wide open out of manassas. as we continue to 395, so far so good from 95 past seminary making the way to the 18th street bridge. take you to the beltway in maryland where we have no complaints here north of the district from 95 to 270. an speaking of 270 southbound, going to find the lanes wide open from 109 to the split. back to you. >> thank you, angie. >>> flames ripped through a neighborhood forcing families our of their homes. it happened last night in manassas, virginia. this fire spread quickly between close-together homes in the 8300 block of tillotts loop. kristin fisher is joining us with more. >> the fire is out but the families are feeling the affects of this massive fire. three homes were destroyed t. eight more damaged. and the families that were living inside are being housed by the red cross. started around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. that's this when the fire broke out. neighbors heard a loud bang and saw two houses engulfed in flames an then the flames spread to eight houses total. neighbors sai

it took firefighters from manassas, prince william county and manassas park an hour and a half to bring the fire under control. they believe it started in the middle house and then quickly spread in both directions from there. >> the radiant heat and the wind drove the fire from one building to the next. >> it is a bad one. it's going to affect people's lives for a while. >> again, three home were destroyed. five others were damaged and the red ross is helping displaced families find temporary shelter. >>> still no word on what started a fire that killed a virginia mother and two of her children. ally anderson saved three of her children as their lorton town home burned wednesday. she managed to lower them out of a window to their uncle. she went back to get their youngest sons but none of them made it out. the neighbors couldn't get inside to hepp because the fire was too insense. >>> virginia executed a woman last night. 41-year-old theresa lewis died by lethal injection. she pleaded guilty to plotting the murders of husband an stepson. her lawyers questioned her comeps because of her

a touch of fog between culpeper an manassas.we are expecting today is any low clouds and fog to burn off quickly and then we are off. temperatures will soar rather quickly to the 70s by 9:00. mid-70s. lunchtime temperatures already in the low 90s. topping off in some areas mid- 90s for highs. records on the way. >>> let's look at a couple of delayst delays in virginia. begin with the inner loop. looks like we are slow between braddock road and 66. no problems along the way. moving to 395 northbound. we are clearly below speed. stacking up from duke to king street. and we will end with a look at lee highway. this is at the intersection or where it meets military road or actually this is 495 at robinson terminal. but both roadways. they are clear. we are exciting to help kick off the weekend. it is friday. the time is 37. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure s

ash in a nothing but-a subdivision of manassas. the fire was whipped up by winds and quickly spread from house to house. they are still trying to determine how the fire started. we go live to the scene. >> all day, we have been saying residents standing in the streets staring in disbelief at the scene on the 8300 block of killett l;oop in manassas. three people suffered minor injuries and three cats and two dogs did not escape. the fire was too dangerous to rescue them. >> i am just shaken. this is just so sad. >> as the sun rose this morning, displaced residents got their first good look at the destruction left behind by the massive fire yesterday. many were left speechless and some were simply overwhelmed the. >> [crying ] >> her houses still standing but it was flooded and badly damaged. >> the bathroom window is out. the floor is flooded. the floor fell into the kitchen. >> firefighters stayed on the scene overnight repeatedly knocking down a glowing embers. because of the fire is still under investigation but some neighbors th

it happened in the 8300 block of tillet loop in manassas. elaine reyes is live on the scene with the cleanup. good morning sglor good morning, eun. it goes to show how hot the fi was. it is still under investigation. we are in the summer lake area of manassas, just outside, ma mass as. 11 residents are displace and the red cross is helping them. the fire started at a home around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. the wind caused the fire to spread to two other homes. all three burned to the ground. smoak and flames spread to five other homes, bringing it to a total of eight. they suffered damage. two people at the scene were treated for minor injuries. >> i saw this middle one on fire only upstairs. i went in for just a second and came ba out. it seemed like ten minutes all of these went up. i said, you know, i need to pack some things and getut of here. i knew how close we are. my baby was very upset. she was screaming. >> these homes are all located in this area. they're very close together. firefighters on the scene all night, all morning long wat

right now, still 97 at national. 95 in manassas. 96 fredericksburg. so temperatures almost 20 degrees above average. when you get temperatures 20 degrees either side of average you are rewriting the record books and that's the truth. tonight, clear to partly cloudy skies. breezy and mild. low 60s in the suburbs. low 70s downtown and winds continue southwesterly 10 to 15 overnight which will make it feel more comfortable. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and warm. slight chance of a shower. 60s and 70s to start and winds, again, southwesterly at 10 to 15. by afternoon, the frontal system will go through us and the winds will kick and become northwesterly at 10 to 15 but still warm. highs 84 to 88 and a slight chance of a shower. of course that is ten degrees cooler than today so a little improvement. look at the highs tomorrow. 867 gaithersburg -- 87 gaithersburg. 88 andrews and springfield. off to the west, plenty of upper 80s. 87 reston. 86 sterling and leesburg. satellite picture, radar combined. you see the skinny line of showers. that's the

. >>> still ahead, we know what sparked the devastating fire in manassas. plus, a lovely night. what will the rest of the weekend look like? >>> looking at our top headlines, cigarettes are being blamed for a fire that destroyed three homes and damaged seven in manassas. it took over 100 firefighters from three jurisdictions to bring the blaze on victor control. at least one that was killed and two people suffered minor injuries. >>> silver spring police are searching for the driver who struck a woman. her condition is considered very critical. >>> day on the national mall, hundred celebrating the national book festival. more than 70 authors and illustrators manned different stations. the library of congress sponsored the event and alison starling was there to host the presentation. >>> michael douglas is back as gordon gecko, the role that gained him an oscar. it is the story were the second go around? arch campbell reviews. >> michael douglas brings back the guy that you love to hate, "wall street" with "money never sleeps." >> it never sleeps. you have to pay close attention.

i don't know. >> reporter: in manassas, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> manassas firefighters say they are investigating the cause of the blaze. >>> jury deliberations are underway in the trial of an accused drunk driver charged with killing l.a. angels pitcher nick adenhart. he died after a collision with andrew gallo in fullerton, california. the april 2009 crash killed two of his friends. gallo is charged with murder because he had a previous dui conviction. prosecutors say his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit at the time of the crash. >>> wearing bright red, remember members against m.a.d.d. are celebrating the anniversary. they marked the occasional the capitol. the last three decades mothers against drunk driving says it saved 300,000 lives but they say drunk driving is still a problem and is calling on congress to fund technology that prevents drivers from operating their vehicles if their blood alcohol content is over the legal limit. >>> this is child passenger safety week. the federal government is using the occasion tone courage the proper use of ch

manassas of 276. arlington bond up a little bit at 75. -- manassas at 76.l be similar to yesterday. a record $igh is 96. that was set in 1885. here is a look at the satellite and radar composite. this is a cold front. this will show lelowly push eas. a back, when will kick in. the southerly wind will bump are temperaáures up. tonight mostly clear skies. 6 quite as cool as what we had last night. =v(>>> d.dc. car owners are beig asked to give up their vehicle for one month. some are being asked to carpool or fight. and >> i use my car for a 5 minute trip verses hopping on the metro. >> program leaders said lester 65% of the participants said3 participating in the challenge. a new case of bedbugs cropping up in frederick county. frederick county public library is temporary close. the urbana library was closed after spotting them in a ball. -- spotting them in a book. >>> coming up on abc7 news at noon, a neáqá of stars takes to the day of singapore. phome? day of singapore. -- a new set of stars takes to the dance floor. later today, jon stewart on host: coul

reporting live in manassas, peggy fox, 9news now. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> the fbi is on the lookout for a man suspected of robbing dozens of area restaurants. these are some surveillance photos from two of the 38 holdups he is wanted for and they date back to february of last year. restaurants were robbed. the fbi says the man should be considered armed and dangerous. a $10,000 reward is being offered for his capture. >>> prince georges county police made another arrest in the robbery of two university of maryland students. on sunday, andrew turned himself into police. authorities say hilluck and a third man used a gun to rob the victims on august 8 in college park. they are charged with armed robbery and possession of a handgun. >>> a teacher accused of sexually abusing a minor will avoid jail time. in a plea agreement, 65-year- old robert peterson was sentenced to five years probation. peterson admitted touching a middle schoolboy inappropriately. it is a private school. >>> blocked an effort to repeal the law banni

breezy and still hot. 90 in manassas. upper 80s in gaithersburg and 91 frederick. warm for high school football. eventually tonight clear to partly cloudy and mild. 64 to 70 for lows. winds southwest at 10 to 15. we will come back and talk about the weekend. big changes in store. >>> i'm lindsey mastis in washington. the results are in and it's probably no surprise. we had the worst summer in the country. that's according to the weather channel. not only was it hot but there were bad storms in july and august. >> sometimes business shut down when it rained a lot. >> reporter: temperatures are again in the 90s. step foot on the national and you will work up a sweat. >> it is hot. get water moving. >> it is not as bad as in july, no. >> reporter: but some people are feeling it a little more than others. pat apple has one of the hottest jobs, driving people around in a pedicab. >> i looked at the bike and started to sweat. like my body knew. i know the heat is what is going to end my day today. not necessarily the fatigue in my legs which is typically the case. >> rep

the flames raced their homes in the 8300 block in manassas. three homes were destroyed and eight others and damage. they complain>> before you knewd about 15 minutes, it was gone. >> it is a complete loss. there is nothing left. >> firefighters all joined forces to battle the blaze. it took them several hours to get the blaze under control. investigators are trying to determine what started a fire that killed a mother and her two children. they died when flames raced through their lorton home. three other children survived. d.c. the democratic nominee gray appears to have supporters in high places. eric holder said he voted for gray. he made the mission after meeting with gray at the building yesterday. he is meeting with the attorney general. he also had a discussion with michelle rhee. they talked about the state of d.c. schools. they did not talk about rhee's future. they will talk about that when they meet again in the next two weeks. >> we will have to wait and see. still ahead, stephen colbert to a trip to capitol hill. we will tell you

-- intense homes in manassas.red a jay sent homes were serious -- adjacent homes were seriously injured. medic units were on the scene. and our surae chinn has made it there too. what do you know, surae? >> reporter: you know you have been seeing from sky 9, these incredible pictures of three homes destroyed by fire. we know that there were four other homes affected because of fire spread so quickly to the other homes. and they are moderately damaged right now. and the firefighters, as you can see, they are still here at this moment. and we have assistant chief from the manassas city, limiting here to tell us a little bit more about what happened. >> all right. >> we received a call shortly after 3:00 p.m.

more back here toward manassas. right along 66. as far as the weather is concerned today, we've seen a very hot day today. 90 in sterling, look at culpeper. 97there and that's some of the heat that will coinue to move from the south. it is 95 in raleigh. 93 in cincinnati. psych that heat continuing to build. and tomorrow, it will build right into our region. high pressure dominating the area. here's the cold front though. way back to the west. that cold front will eventually try to slide our way. that is what we need to break this heat. i do think that heat will be busted during the day on saturday as the cold front moves through. much cooler weather will move in in time for the week. and ybe not just cooler weather. maybe very rainy weather as we start next week. some big change coming up. this evening, mostly clear. 78 to 87 degrees. tomorrow morning when you're waking up, stepping out the door. clear, slightly human. 67 to 71 degrees. as we make our way through the day, here you go. day 66. and it's another record. 94 degreess t

>>> it looks like carelessness started this fire that ripped through a manassas neighborhood. residents want answers. not just about the cause of the blaze. >>> good saturday. i'm craig melvin. that thursday afternoon fire destroyed three houses and damaged five others and now those who are displaced know why. darcy spencer is live with more on what fire investigators discovered there. darcy, gd evening. >> reporter: craig, the fire marshal says this blaze was, in fact, an accident. it was caused when a resident discarded a cigarette butt in a potted plant. fire investigators determined the blaze that destroyed three homes in manassas o thursday was caused by a resident that threw a cigarette butt on a plant. >> potting soil is not dirt. potting soils organic material. the mulch that is in these potted plants, sometimes, is shredded timber, shredded bark. >> reporter: the fire marshal says the blaze in the sumner lake community spread from the potted plant to the deck to the vinyl siding and then to adjacent homes. it's been ruled an accident. the fire marshal says the smoker

. >>> 66 eastbound in manassas, there's traffic. between 5123 as well. -- between 50 and 123. 95 looks good in baltimore and richmond. >>> a major upset in the race to be the district's next mayor. this morning it appears vincent gray will unseat adrian fenty. 90% increase since reporting, vincent gray has 53% of the vote. adrian fenty and conceded the race a few hours ago. >> we have live team coverage from both candidates headquarters. courtney robinson is following what is next for the fenty campaign, but we begin with pamela brown, following the man who will take the reins of the nation's capital. >> he spoke to a crowd early this morning at the washington corridor tel. he says is focus moving for is to bring district residents together, unites them, and create one city. his focus will be on community engagement and collaboration. he emphasized that reforms will continue with him at the helm, but he said there will be changes. he hinted that the school chancellor's days are over. he wants someone who will orix "with" teachers an

mass transit down to -- manassas down to 64. 68 gaithersburg and 70 from mason neck. ft.elvoir 66. andrews where the fog is 66. to the west a couple of mid- 60s, manassas to haymarket. sterling 70 degrees. a warm morning. dew point 70 for late september. are you kidding me? this is nothing we should be seeing but it is here and the winds are not helping at all. they are dead calm. a sticky, steamy morning. we have some haziness with the higher clouds to the north. you see the line of showers. you can see it in hd especially. that is a cold front and that cold front will be here tomorrow morning ahead of it, though, it is very warm. the air is pouring northward across the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. as we put our future cast in motion you will see how things stay warm here through 10:00. we will go through the day. it's warm. we get to tonight, midnight, there's the front, pittsburgh, not passing cincinnati. warm overnight. see the showers in the mountains, midday torment, noontime, 1:00 this is through dc. winds turning west and northwesterly. it wi

it's not required in the city of manassas. even homes built today are not required to string sprinklers. >>> a break in the murder case of a d.c. waiter and college student. officers arrested a 16-year-old gang member. neil godleski was shot to death at sherman circle in northwest. police believe the killer is eric foreman from northeast. officers say foreman tried to rob godleski before shooting him several times august 20 second. foreman who is now 17 is being charged -- 22nd. foreman who is now 17 is being charged as an adult. >>> two people taken to the hospital after a two car collision getting hit by a ride on boss in kensington at 7 -- one of the injured people was in the bus. the other was in one of the cars. the intersection was shut down for a while, no word on the cause of the crash. >>> the first congressional hearing on the national transportation safety board's report concerning the deadly 2009 metrorail collision was held today. officials testified about the accident and the progress of safety procedures and ope

the flames broke out in one house and spread through parts of that manassas neighborhood within a matter of minutes. fox 5's bob barnard is there tonight on the still dropping story. >> reporter: this fire still smoldering seven hours later. you can see fire crews putting water on some hotspots. in the middle the house that was there is gone. on either side two others destroyed. take a look at this thing from the air. sky fox above the raging infernos around 4:00, three homes up in flames, but the scores of firefighters called to the scene, it's a losing battle for them. later from the ground the 8300 block of tillett loop in manassas looks like something here exploded destroying those three homes, the heat damaging several others. >> when there's that much fire, you need a lot of water, hoses and personnel to patrol it. >> reporter: this house was barely spared. >> looks crazy, like a war. thank god, nobody got hurt. >> reporter: two people did suffer minor injuries, one woman hospitalized from the shock of seeing this, her home basically destroyed. this is her husband. >> we feel bad,

good afternoon. >> the dramatic scene unfolded this morning in manassas, virginia.king photos tside the canterbury shopping center on suddly road when two men apprached him and demanded money. pat collins is live with details on the attack and the arrest. >> good samaritans honking their horns break up an armed robbery here and may well have saved the victim's life. the scene, the canterbury strip mall, manassas. all sorts of stores and establishments here. a pizza place, a dentist's office, a child care center. it was anything but business as usual this morning. >> wha was it like here? >> pretty crazy. >> a lot of people running around tryingto figure out what was going on, and they were trying to help the person that was injured. >> on the backside of the shopping center this morning, a property appraiser is ou taking pictures of the building. he's approached by two young

the current temperature, 96 in sterling. 93 in manassas. we will be cooling down sboorg the upper0s to 70s. the next four days, say goodbye to the 90s and hello to the 70s? that's right. maybe even the low 70s sunday and monday. a very good chance for some much neede rain as well. guys? >>> time for a little high school football. in sterling virginia, our game of the week. hey. >> hello, jill andpat. a huge game tonight. a rivalry game. broad run is riding a 32-game winning streak. the last team to beat them,ark view. both teams have new coaches this season from the area. park view had it. we're ing to introduce you to matt griffith who is proving he is a winner by teaching his players that relationips are most important. >> you know why we have the camera here, right? >> no, no. the ravens are looking for a number three quarterback. they came here to watch me see how i do. see how i do. it is a big day for me. >> to the kids at broad run high school, matt griffith' ability to throw a football isn't nearly as important as how he coaches. gr

you get a bird's eye view of the inferno in this manassas subdivision. neighbors say they saw smoke at this address at 3:00 p.m. and called 911. moments later house was engulfed. >> in about 15 minutes, it was completely gone. >> eight homes were damaged, three of them destroyed. high winds calls the burning embers to jump from one house to the next. >> the man who called this in, his house is now a burnt out shell. >> fighters got the blaze under control, but little is left. >> even the foundations caved in. >> the red cross is providing food and shelter, but with such conditions, neighbors are strain -- are staying on guard. >> we are trying to figure out what to do next. >> emergency management is here on the scene, trying to help these displaced families. they're also trying to help families in six -- to get in help with their insurance providers. it might take days to get to the bottom of this fire. >>> fire officials in fairfax county, but firmed three members of the same family died of smoke inhalation. they were killed when flames ripped to their

. >>> a manassas neighborhood now knows what cause add fire that ripped through theircommunity. on thursday flames jumped from house to house on tillett loop destroying three homes and damaged five othe. darcy spencer got reaction from neighbors after they learned what sparked that fire. >> reporter: fire investigators have determined the blaze that destroyedhree homes in manassas on thursday was caused by a resident who threw a cigarette butt in a potted plant on his deck. >> potting soil is not dirt. potting soil is organic material. the mulch that is in these potted plants sometimes is shredded timber. >reporter: the fire marshal says the blaze in the sumner lake community spread from the potted plant to the deck to the nyl siding a then to adjacent homes. 's been ruled an accident. the fire marshal says the smoker, whose house was among those destroyed, had been discarding cigarette butts this way for some time. >> there was a small breeze at five to ten miles an hour that was flowing in that direction. and it probably fanned that. the way the fire started probably smoldered

right now 80 degrees downtown. 79 in manassas. everybody is up to around 70 or 80. 79 in frederick, 79 in leesberg and 81 down in fredericksberg. and tonight, clear skies and chilly. if you want to have a treat, go outside and look at jupiter at the east. and we'll have more on that at 7:00 tonight. lows 47-57. and winds will become light after midnight. look at the lows tonight. 48 in gaithersburg, 49 in roth listberg and 49 in leesberg. tomorrow winds southeasterly at about 10 and another beautiful day. mostly sunny, spectacular. high temperatures near 80 and winds out of the southeast at 10. look at the zones now. 66 in oakland west of the divide. east of the divide, fantastic. hagerstown back toward winchester. probably making 81 again for leesberg, warrenton and manassas. around 80 downtown and also up in gaithersburg, 79 at andrews, 79 in annapolis. the small craft advisories are out this evening on the bay. 80 tomorrow. just spectacular. a thunderstorm possible late on wednesday, even though fall arrives at 11:09, it will f

the fire spread pretty quickly, and firefighters from manassas, prince william county and manassas park were called in to help. officials believe the fire started in the house in the middle and it burned to the ground. >> reporter: this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of this fire, three homes side by side up in flames. scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house then quickly spread in both directions. >> it's beyond the expression of words. >> reporter: two people did suffer minor injuries. one woman was in shock because of the sight of seeing her home destroyed. >> we got outside, everybody. >> reporter: but the memories, everything inside was destroyed. >> they couldn't save anything. >> reporter: the flames and heat spreading quickly. >> with much fire you need a lot of water and a lot of hoses, a lot of personnel to control it. >> reporter: manassas assistant fire chief says they needed help from other agencies. city officials say they can't believe what they are seei

police are searching for a second teenaged suspect in the stabbing of a man at a shopping center in manassas. police say the man was taking pictures of the canterbury village shopping center when two teenagers approached him an when he refused, they kicked and stabbed him. >>> republicans in the senate have blocked an effort to lift the military's don't ask, don't tell. senators considered allowing a full senate debate on the military spending bill. every rub joined a handful of democrats to defeat the bill in a 56-43 vote. >>> a new twist in the wrong going d.c. parks contracts controversy. a reluctant witness and fraternity brother of mayor fenty is forced to appear before the special council investigating the case. at the same time, council voted to block more money from going to his company. karen gray houston has more. >>> omar karim showed up because a d.c. court judge ordered. >> there has been no wrongdoing. >> reporter: for a year, the council has been investigating banneker ventures and its contracts to renovated city parks an crec centers. at issue, how an estimated $86 million sk

we're in manassas. must be civil war re-enactors. they got that going on too.ve got homemade ice cream because nothing says ice ream like inches of rain, right never bad weather for ice cream. we'll take a look at that as well. as i was saying before, they've got all these wonderful artists and vendors that will be out here. we'll give you the information so you can come be a part of this. come this thursday, weather is all everyone is talking about. watches, warnings, flash flooding, tornadoes, how it is impacting traffic. we've got it all and we've get it all coming up after the break. fox 5 morning news. stay with us. equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like our famous texas cheese fries. then choose two freshly prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sae, r new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served or a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a friend and t one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. >>

i-66 towards manassas. rain already falling out there. check in with jerry edwards for a loo at the impact on the rain on the traffic. first of all, let's get a check of the traffic. >>> here it come. another surge after a bit of a lull overnight. right now on the radar we should see areas of green. that's moderate rain falling in prince william county and faulk county. that is advancing to the rth. the radar is showing the area of the heaviest rain just about to move in towards manassas and crossing into culpepper county. that, again, is heading to the north. the western part of 66 is going to get inundated with rain. it moves into montgomery county, loudon, fairfax. stay tuned. eun an joe. >>> flames engulfed t livestock exchange on john marshall highway in marshall. fire crews were able to get many of the animals out of the burning tructure. however, at least 50 died. firefighters on the scene describe the damage as significant. right now the cause of the fire is still under

. >>> the investigation continues in manassas as officials try to figure out what cause ad massive fit destroyed several homes thursday. fast-moving flames destroyed three houses and damaged five who are. some sidents are critical of the home's construction but fire officials that investigated there say there were no structural violations. >> when they were building them, these things are just too close together. >> my husband told me, no, the houses are too close together. >> ese houses were built exactly according to code at the time that they were built. >> sprinklers and reinforced fire walls were built there. >>>obberies across fairfax county have been committed by the same person. police are worried because guns were stolen from some of the homes. jackie bensen has more on this story. >> reporter: open garage doors, fairfax county police say it's an invitation to an extremely prolific thief targeting homes. >> the suspect is entering unlocked doors into the home, going inside home to, retrieving car keys, entering the vehicles outside and taking items from in the car. >> reporte

there's a house -- here at tillett loop in manassas. there's a house on fire. >> can you tell where the fire is? >> it looks like it's in the rear of the house. >> like the deck or something? >> i can't tell. i'm down the street and i mean it's just plumes of black smoke now, the whole pretty much neighborhood getting engulfed in black smoke right now. >> reporter: the first call comes from a young man inside the house where the fire started. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> come quick. come quick. fire, fire, fire. >> where? >> reporter: it's the 8300 block of tillett loop. he's in the middle of three houses that would eventually be destroyed. >> what's on fire? >> my deck, my house! >> your house is on fire? >> it's spreading quick. >> okay. get everybody out, okay? i got to get units out there, okay? >> hurry, hurry. >> reporter: he was home alone. >> what's on fire? >> the backdoor. >> the backdoor? >> the backdoor. >> the backyard is on fire. >> reporter: coughing from the smoke the young man clearly knows it's a bad one. >> my

we'll get an update on the big fire in manassas that destroyed three homes.investigation continues. we'll have the latest on that coming up. >>> it is no joke. comedy central host and comedian stephen colbert is testifying on capitol hill as an expert on illegal immigration. what makes him an expert? what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. >>> welcome back. we take a look at traffic crossing the wilson bridge this morning. it is september 4th. as we mentioned, it is friday. >> yes and hot. apparently the heat is making us delirious. >> did you see that shot? fog. >> some of that coming in this morning. that is our main thing. now, tucker, i hesitate to ask you another question b

manassas is 59. frederick and gaithersburg 57 and andrews is 62.a couple of clouds mixing up there. 59 on the dew point and the humidity is 78% and a light southwesterly wind at six. it was calm last hour. so the front is up in this part of the world, but there's no real weather with it. you see showers across new york state and to the west, as well. storm system gathering in the middle of the country. that's going to be moving toward us. first we get the front. perhaps a few clouds with it this afternoon and this evening. tonight mainly clear. winds will start to relax as that storm pulling away -- pulls away. as we head to thursday look at this through the midwest. that could bring us shower activity on thursday night in to friday morning. this is igor, another perspective and if this doesn't turn it is right on-line for the northern leeward islands but the good news with the storm, even though it is a strong one, the forecast track has it making turn away from this leeward islands and could be approaching bermuda has a category two storm. 180-mi

manassas place say two teenagers did it.g photos of the canterbury village shopping center for one of the owners there. the two teenagers kicked and stabbed him when he refused to turn over his camera. >>> the republicans filibuster the efforts to remove the policy that lets gays serve if they don't tell anybody. they argued over letting a bill on defense spending go to a full senate debate. democrats needed 60 votes but republicans defeated it 56-43. >> secretary gates a republican tea sides this policy must change because there is an election coming up? of course not. it is because they reached a conclusion, the policy needs to change. >> ma year 2000 leader harry reid says he will bring the issue up again in the lame duck session after the mid-term elections. soy a virginia chiropractor would treated members the washington capitals has pleaded guilty to steroid charges in florida. douglas nagel had an office in the ballston common mall where the capitals practice facility is located. three players say they received treatm

investigators say a cigarette caused a fire that destroyed three homes in manassas, virginia.y flames jumped from one house to another. a smoker put a cigarette out in a potted plant. ames spread from theeck to vinyl on the house and then to the homes next door. >>> in lorton, virginia, a community is mourning the loss of a mother and her two children killed in a townhouse fire. neighbors held a candlelight vigilast night for eileen anderson and her sons solomon and alfonso. they died of smoke inhalation and burns after their home caught fire on wednesday. no official word yet on what sparked that fire. those are some of the stories making news today. nbc 4's viewpoint is next. >>> gd morning, everybody. welcome to "viewpoint." i'm jim handley. education nation this week is focusing on scools. what's working, what's notnd ho to improve education in the u.s. our guests are experts in education. dr. leslie finwick, bryan jones, the chair of the d.c. public charter school board, and we also have with us senior director of community and school-based programs at central. welcome to

it destroyed three hoops in tillet loop in manassas. three alarms before firefighters got it under control. ee rain reyes is live with the cleanup. >> good morning, joe. the cause of the fire is sll under investigation. let me step out of the way. firefighters are actually still here on the scene just watching out for hot spots. they have the hose on because there are several smy areas. 11 hnts were displaced and th red cross is helping them. again, this was a three-alarm fire that took two hours to bring under control. the fire started at a home on tillet loop at 3:00 yesterday afternoon. firefighters say the wind caused the fire to sprea two people at th scene yesterday were treated for minor injuries. >> i ran to the guy's house. he was in the house. like a teenager of some sort. heas in a panic trying to call the fire department. i told him you have to get out of the house. iwent to the garage. i looked through the house and the whole back of the house was on fire already. >> again, three homes. a -- three homes damaged by the fire.

that flyer hasn't from house to house within the sumner lake community in manassas. the fire grew to three alarms before firefighters were able to get it under control. >> reporter: eight homes damaged or destroys as the flames moved through a massive row of single-family homes. strong winds caused flames to jump from roof to roof. amateur video shows a fast moving blaze. firefighters struggle to get control and neibors start to panic. >>his was only ten minutes before all of these went up. it was really horrific, and i said i need to pack some things and get out of here. i knew how close we were, and seeing how close they were and how fast it happened, it was pretty bad. >> reporter: the fire broke out at the back of 8355 at tillett loop. the heat from the fire caused vinyl siding on three other homes to melt. one neighbor ran door to door to make sure everyone made it out okay. >> i ran to the guy's house and he was in the house, like teenager of some sort, and he was in a panic, trying to call the fire department or something like that. i to him, you got to get ou

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in virginia, 66 eastbound appears to be moving well out of manassas to inside the beltway. 95 northbound, also checking out okay from the beltway to the 18th street bridge and 95, before that, we are looking at a one hour drive from fredericksburg to the springfield spore change. back to you. primary day 2010 has come and gone and there's major changes in our region. specifically in the district of columbia. the citizens of dc voted and mayor fenty has been defeated by vincent gray. with t 0% of precincts reporting, gray finished with 53% of the vote while mayor fenty carried 48%. chairman -- gray's victory assured he will be the next mayor since there is no republican running in the general election. >> make no mistake, we will work to restore your trust in city government by being fiscally responsible by bringing back transparency and sending a message that the days of play to pay politics are over in district of columbia. >> reporter: the mayor conceded the race at 2:45 this morning. he was criticized for not being an inclusive leader. in the race for the dc council chair's position w

ght now it's 76 in hagerstown ahagerstown. 73 in manassas. 71 in arlington.ere's a look at the radar. one or two lone some sprinkles. they are falling apart as they come out of the mountains. not much of a rain drop in washington. after that look at the cooler air back up to our north and west. 49 in nneapolis right now. nice taste of coer air coming our way. arrives tomorrow and sticks around for the first half of the week or so. the front won't make it too far down to the south. that will play a big part in our forecast. the front lays down in southeastern virginia, little ripple of low pressure comes along with it. sunrise torrow morning cloudy skies tomorrow morning. south of town, fredericksburg, stafford, spotsylvania, southern maryland might get a sprine as early as early afternoon tomorrow here in the washington area. our steadier rains arrive after sundown. monday and tuesday looks like soakers. today partly sunny quite warm. tomorrow the complete turn around clouds on the increase, cooler tomorrow, a risk of some showers late in the day. highs tomor

and culpeper will make 81 or so but warrenton, manassas and leesberg, great falls probably holding in the upper 70s. downtown, 80 tomorrow with sunshine. 79 by the water, no wind to speak of so it's below small craft advisory criteria. 80 tomorrow, 87 on wednesday. and kind of hot, near 90 on thursday and friday. some storms are possible wednesday afternoon and thursday afternoon and maybe a shower late friday. should not interfere with high school football though. and then nice weekend. cooler and low 80s on saturday and back into the upper 70s on sunday and monday. >>> skin fans are a little baffled today. >> the start of the game was great, the defense not so much and the end of the game was a -- one name stands out. 500. that's how many passing yards they gave up. and one guy is taking it back in his own hands. >>> and the mri is back on haynesworth's knee. we'll be back with that in a moment. chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. ♪ down a bit. too much. [ crowd cheering ] [ grunts ] [ garth ] cap

manassas, leesburg. petersburg and frederick could be 95. tappahannock, cooler by the bay. temperatures helping you out big time. easton 88 degrees. tonight in the 60s to low 70s about where we are thissen mooing. things won change until friday night, saturday. in the tropics, not a problem but this may develop in though matthew in the next day or two. this is haiti, dominican republic, south america, central america over to the yucatan in the next couple of days. we will watch that. the seven-day forecast, got the heat. near record heat for today and tomorrow. saturday 83. should be okay for any evens going on. sunday 76 and could be a couple of showers and cooler weather monday, tuesday and wednesday. it's 4:49. good morning, angie. >> hello, everybody. yeah, creeping closer to the 5:00 hour and right now still dealing with same old problems out in silver spring. 185 southbound at viers mill road. that's where we have debris in the roadway taking away the right lane for drivers. stick with our maps and move you up to 95 and the bw parkway. looks like going southbound we h

out of manassas, no major problems to report making your way to inside the beltway. we have lingering construction to tell you about on 270. it's going northbound at the falls road exit. southbound you are doing fine. route 4 and 5 all these roads remain incident free. back to you. >> thank you, angie. >>> beginning today, vre riders in fredricksburg will notice changes. construction on both platforms at the fredricksburg station will limit handicap riders. during the first phase of the work, both the station's handicap ramps will be closed. for the latest information, riders are asked to visit the bre web site. >>> taking a look at this morning's living wellhead lines. a new test for hiv has been developed which can develop the virus weeks earlier. this screening is only available in san an con i don't texas but -- san antonio, texas. but several local hospitals are looking into it. to get an idea of how important this break through is, here are numbers. according to the centers for disease control, more than half -- a million americans are infected with hiv. about

we could probably open them a little bit. 57 in reston. 56 in leesburg and 56 in manassas.omorrow morning, mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. 50s and 60s. winds southwest at 10 to 15 and then by afternoon, a nice day. partly cloudy, breezy and warmer. a shower or thunderstorm possible, but they are going to be few and far between. the best chance will be in the mountains and to the north. high temperatures upper 80s and winds still out of the south at 10 to 15. small craft advisory for the bay and title potomac. zone forecast, you're in the 70s in oakland, but in the 80s in cumberland. 89 in culpeper. a little better chance of a storm towards martinsburg. etch there, it will be few and far between. 88 downtown. 86 in annapolis and small craft advisory in effect. next seven days, upper 80s tomorrow, 90 on thursday and friday. 81 on saturday. nice, maybe a sprinkle on sunday. not a huge deal. then we are back up to 80 on monday and bruce, tuesday, you know, some showers and thunderstorms possible. probably the best chance of storms will be tuesday of the next seven days. >> w

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main lanes not so much. 66 inbound near manassas, accident. fire and rescue headed there. prince george's county, capital beltway, andrews, smooth saing so far. good news is, as you travel from i-, colle park to wilson bridge, travel lanes open. joe, uen. >> thanks very much, jerry. >>> a strange case of vandalism in one local county. police say the cars targeted have one thing in common. >>> metro announced it will be perfoing trck work during the day. find out when and where and whether this construction project will slow you down. >>> construion project near wilson bridge ends early. new traffic patterns in place. live with this traffic alert next. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up lening strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen colle tuition for fo years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one s