we have a deal to do the new carrollton metro site. national harbor is expanding. we kept our trane bond rating. we went to annapolis and passed legislation dealing with ethics reform so we could take that out of the reequation. we passed something, a $50 million economic investment fund just to show to businesses the culture in prince george's county has changed. we've moved ahead. clearly, what happened to mr. johnson, unfortunate for him and his family but i said then that prince george's county would focus on the future and we've done that. >> oftentimes, we hear concerns about drafting ethics legislation that it sounds good on paper but often doesn't have teeth. it is more than just the county executive that could be subject to bribes. does this have teeth in your opinion? >> i think it has enough teeth to do what we want it to do. no legislation is going to stop people from doing wrong. what has to happen is we have to be vigilant. the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. from my stand point as county executive, i made it very clear to anybody in our admini

>> we were hoping that traffic would start to clear out quickly in landover, new carrollton and greenbeltike that's starting to happen. crash at kenilworth avenue was moved on to the shoulder right away. you're looking at the impact leaving 50, the john hanson highway, to get into greenbelt. very slow, but at least moving now that the crash is on the shoulder. more to come from news chopper 7, but now to news. >> thanks so much lisa. 6:32 this morning. police are charging a 17-year-old girl with attempted homicide. this after a stabbing outside a silver spring high school. late last night, montgomery county police arrested briana funes. investigators say she admitted to stabbing a 17-year-old montgomery blair high school student. she told police she was trying to intervene in a fight in the parking lot of northwood high school. the victim is expected to be ok. >> also new this morning the occupy d.c. protest turns into a hunger strike. three protesters say they will farther from food and water until congress gives the nation's capital voting rights. the hunger strike begins today. one day

no problems to report here as you head through the new carrollton area.oming up, we'll update you on the accident at 4:39. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. today, president obama heads to kansas to continue pushing for an extension of the payroll tax cut. yesterday, he pressured congressional republicans to act saying middle class families need the money. >> as tara mergener tells us, republicans and democrats are at odds over how to pay for the extension of cuts which will expire at the end of the month. >> reporter: president obama heads to america's heartland to continue fighting for an extension of payroll tax cuts. he'll visit kansas where he's expected to call this a make-or- break moment for the middle class. >> my message to congress is this, keep your word to the american people and don't raise taxes on them right now. now is not the time to slam on the brakes. now is the time to step on the gas. >> reporter: monday, the president urged republicans to extend the popular cuts before they expire at the end of the month. the white house says

live look at route 50 in the new carrollton area as you head north or south on the east side of town, the beltway, no worries at all at this point of the morning. coming up, another look at the big picture. at 4:55. back to you. >>> a christmas tragedy in grapevine, texas. seven people were found shot to death inside an apartment. all of the victims appear to be related. now investigators are trying to piece together why this happened. selena hernandez has more. >> it is christmas. >> the merriment of the holiday was quickly overshadowed by a horrific crime scene that terrify those who live at the lincoln vineyard apartments. >> there hasn't been any crime in this complex that they know of. not even a break-in so to hear something like this, it is just shocking. >> reporter: grapevine police say the bodies of seven people were found shot to death inside this apartment unit. investigators say the victims include four women and three minute and range in age from 18 to early 60s. police believe they're related but can't elaborate on the extent of their ties. a 911 call led officers to th

. >> we'll take a live look into new carrollton on the beltway near route 50. route 50, the bw parkway both look great through cheverly. no problems in southern maryland on route 4, 5, or 301. coming up, we'll go into maryland again at 4:47. mike, back to you. >>> thank you, monika. time forever the first your money segment this morning. jessica is off. we have the headlines. the federal reserve held interest rates steady. the u.s. economy is expanding moderately. in the latest policy statement, the fed said hiring is picking up and consumers are spending despite the slower growth globally. they were disappointed the fed didn't offer a new stimulus. the dow lost 66 points, nasdaq dropped 33 and the s&p 500 was off 11 points yesterday. retail sales rose for the sixth straight month in november as americans spend more on clothing and electronics. the overall gain of .2 of a percent was the smallest since june. consumers pulled back on some purchases that are not related to holiday shopping like groceries. >>> macy's will once again keep a handful of stores open a

a bit of traffic in the new carrollton area. we'll take a live look into rockville, route 355 and route 28. a nice, live look here. no problems in the heart of rockville. 270, your normal slow traffic through the germantown area as well. we'll go back to the maps. if you're planning toous trains, metro, marc, vre are running on time. >> i'll update you on the accident in silver spring. back to you guys. >>> the time is 6:16. in just a few hours, jerry sandusky will be in the same courtroom as some of the men who accuse him of abuse. a judge is trying to decide whether there is enough evidence for a criminal trial. >> this will be a chance for both the accusers and the accused to share their stories. all of this will happen in the small town of bellefonte, pennsylvania, just miles from the penn state campus. chris knolls is there live with a preview. how is this expected to unfold today, chris? >> reporter: well, good morning. as you mentioned it, just a couple of hours, we do expect the preliminary hearing to start. it will happ

or south on the inner loop, you can see even that is running on time all the way down toward new carrolltonnd oxon hill. we'll take a look at route 50 as you come in from annapolis. no issues to report. all the way to the beltway and inside as well. through cheverly, you will be ok on this corridor. and now, over to the trains. if you're planning to use public transportation this morning, metro, marc, vre, everything is running on time. coming up, we'll go into virginia at 5:38. andrea and mike? >> today, up to ten men who have accused jerry sandusky of sexually abusing them wills at a him in court. >> the judge at his preliminary hearing will decide whether or not there is enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial. the former penn state defensive coordinator is charged with more than 50 counts of child sex abuse. he is publicly denying the charges. >> members of his family and friends who are going to listen to some of the young men say horrific things occurred between them and jerry. >> he's unequivocal in knowing what happened to him. suffering the unspeakable crimes committed aga

through cheverly, nice and light into the northeast corridor, the beltway is looking good through new carrollton. we'll take a look at the beltway on the south side of town here at route 4, pennsylvania avenue from southern maryland, we're doing well. route four, route five, route 301. we'll take the last live look using 395. nice and light into the downtown area. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 5:09. andrea and mike? >> the game of chicken with some really high stakes appears to be over. this morning, the house is expected to vote extending the payroll tax cuts for another two months. even after there is plenty of fighting, this is largely the same legislation already passed in the senate. >> if there is not another last-minute snag like last week, millions of americans won't see a drop in their paychecks at the first of year. surae chinn is in our newsroom with more. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. house speaker john boehner expected the bill to pass before christmas. it could happen as early as today. that means our paychecks will not shri

you're heading on the south side of the beltway, no problems to report as you head down toward new carrolltonnd oxon hill. last live look at connecticut avenue at bradley boulevard in the bethesda chevy chase area, we're look good here as well. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia. back to you guys. >>> thank you, monika. what would your life be like without metro? well, the transit system thought it was important enough to spend $200,000 on a study to find that out. >> they say the study was meant to quantify the agency's impact including things like higher property values and more tax revenue for the area. the kind of information metro can use when it is lobbying for more tax dollars. and while riders say metro is a necessity, most would have preferred the study money go elsewhere. >> fix the escalators, use it to fix the elevators, need more access for the handicap. >> i would add another line in another area. >> a whole nother line? >> got it. >> what color would it be? >> pink. >> who in their right mind would build metal escalators that are exposed to ice, snow, rain and

looking fine all the way down to the beltway whether you're heading to the east side, toward new carrolltonn hill or the west side toward silver spring. we'll take another look at the map. this time, go over to the northside of the beltway. no problems to report right through silver spring and this time, we'll take a live look here near new hampshire avenue and georgia avenue through silver spring, rarely at 5:49 does it look like this. >> another look at the roads at 6:00. back to you, mike. >> here's what's making news at 5:49, a suicide bomber killed at least four people in baghdad, iraq and another 17 wounded when a driver detonated his car full of explosives outside the interior ministry building. this follows last thursday's series of explosions which killed 72 people. >>> a delegation of south korean dignitaries crossed into north korea to pay their respects to kim jong il. the group is headed by the widow of former south korean president kim jong. the funeral is this wednesday. >>> people in europe are talking about what they saw in the skies on christmas eve. many have posted video

the new carrollton metro station which is another development for us which will actually have this maryland department of housing community development, national harbor is doing great. the schools are making improvements. i think the hospital situation not just building a new hospital, but a regional medical facility which will be another part of the development in the county and keeping the triple-a bond rating was high priority. >> baker says that crime in the county is at a 35 year low in that improving those numbers and creating jobs are also his top priority. >>> there is a new acting administrator leading the faa this morning. this man michael hurta was the number two. he had been overseeing the ongoing modernization of the air traffic control system. he now takes over for randy babbitt who has resigned as he faces drunk driving charns. babbitt submitted his resignation yesterday. he was picked up saturday night in fairfax. police say he was driving on the wrong side of the road on old lee highway. they have not released his blood alcohol content. >>> d.c. lawmakers are one step close

columbia heights, new carrollton, oxon hill, and clarksburg, mid and upper 30s.ve patchy dense fog in these counties in gray, northern neck, st. mary's, and calvert counties as well as anne arundel up towards baltimore, as well as on the eastern shore. many locations have visibilities under a quarter mile. watch out for that. that fog should be dissipating by midmorning. we'll have high clouds drifting over us throughout much of the morning hours. little sunshine in and out. sunrise at 7:11. during the afternoon, cloudy with highs around 60. this evening under a cloudy sky, we'll be in the 50s. low 50s by midnight. sunset today at 4:46. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend at 5:51. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >>> taking the trip around the beltway not looking soed ebad. traveling up 270, starting to see delays as you make your way from frederick and towards the spur. you can see as you're making the commute right now, you're pretty slow as you travel south and make your way towards urbanna, still slow. once you get to c

loop crash ater 200 to end delays are expected out of new carrollton to get to fedex field.ashington , that looks beautiful. no worries for springfield and delays are upstream pentagon and the 14th street bridge and 270 has settled down nicely. >>> it is called out there right now. slowly warming up and we general warming trend days meltedt few the four -- frost on the fairways. degrees in the district and martinsburg is 19 degrees. we are on our way to 50 this afternoon with mostly sunny skies and warming up to the thursday and a rain late thursday. thanks for watching and we will be back at noon. "live! with kelly" is next. bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help m make op

the new carrollton metro station which is another development for us which will actually have this maryland department of housing and community development national harbor is doing great. the schools are making improvements. i think the hospital situation not just building a new hospital but a regional medical facility which will be another part of development in the county. and keeping the triple-a bond rating was a high priority. i think it looked good for us. i think you will see us over the next couple of years as the economic engine i like to say of the washington region and play that out. >> you put a lot of attention on the school system getting out and trying to visit those schools and mof forward there. it's always tough from a financing standpoint as to being able to fulfill what you want to happen and make that happen. are you able to make that balance. >> i think what the school system i have, i wanted to visit one school a week. we've kept to that promise because i wanted to make sure that the focus was on education. k-12 education in prince george's county. we've done that and