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now to pamela brown with the latest on that. >> bw parkway southbound between 197 and 198. the southbound lanes should be reopened by the morning rush. drivers are advised to take 95 south or other tool and south until the southbound lanes of bw parkway. at 1:00 this morning a man was driving southbound when his car broke down as he was trying to move it to the sud of the road another car hit his car ended the drivers. he was dead on arrival. no other injuries to report. the driver of that car was dead on a libel. that is the latest. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 5:02. our other top stories on this friday, attack on campus in college park. >> in happened at a parking garage. students are speaking allen against the latest act of violence. we will have more on that in a live report later. >>> excuse maker. 00 me. a fire and the northwest d.c. apartment building has left four people. to be people flames broke khaled after 10:00 last night in the 100 block of kennedy street. if people were rescued by firefighters from the window. if the people suffered smoke inhalation a

pamela brown is live at reagan national. what are you hearing from passengers? >> some of them are going to -- going through airport security screening for the first time since the new measures. some are a little anxious and they are nuts the road about the new measures. the attitude is the same for the most part. passengers are willing to grin and bear it for safety. he arrived at reagan national and earlier than normal. >> we arrived early today because we did not know what to expect. >> security lines are moving along at a good pace. one group is hoping a more passengers will opt for pat- downs, which takes longer. >> protesting makes its miserable for everyone. >> this woman carefully selected her clothing today so not to undergo another that she had on previous trips -- undergo another pat-down. >> my sweater had some metal buttons. >> people with medical devices or prosthetics are having trouble. has no choice about how he is screened. >> they pulled down my pants in the middle of the airport. >> the tsa says its procedures are needed as long as intelligen

. >> i'm pamela brown. thanks for joining us on this veterans day. >> i am alison starling. steve rudin is with us again. we hope that you have a day like yesterday. >> just a couple degrees cooler, but nothing to complain about. lots of sunshine today. sunrise around 6:45 this monica. the 40's degrees at reagan national airport quite now on this thursday. wind out of the north-northwest at 7. it is 38 in hagerstown. fredericksburg is 45. satellite in motion, and the low clouds to speak of. morning temperatures will be in the 30's-mid 40's. 58-63 this afternoon with slight sunshine. but given the date on the commute. >>> light volume of traffic. no vre service. metrorail operating on a saturday schedule, marc rail on a saturdaholiday schedule. westbound after glebe road on the way to sycamore street on 66, there's light volume through the construction zone near the falls church metro. the petits on 270 is great between 70 and the beltway -- the pace on 270. >>> an officer under fire. prince george's county police are looking for a suspect who shot to an off-duty officer on t

i'm pamela brown. >> i am scott thuman. -- i am alison starling. another nice day? >> darrell issa de. -- a really nice day. temperatures warming nicely. 43 at reagan national airport, 37 at the gaithersburg. not much going on across the mid-atlantic. low pressure will move, allowing high-pressure. 37-48 degrees quaking. this afternoon, 58-63 with a lot of sunshine. >>> plenty of traffic moving on 66, 95, 395. hov rules lifted. looks good on the greenway and the dulles toll road. looks fine southbound almaden of frederick and into montgomery county. i-495 between thurgood marshall airport and into baltimore. minder crashed on the inner loop near pennsylvania avenue, but everything has moved to the shoulder. traffic moving at speed and is light in volume. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we begin with breaking news from greenbelt to this morning. an officer under fire. prince george's county police looking for a suspect who shot at an off-duty officer early this morning in the 8500 block of greenbelt road. now the latest on the investigation from courtney robinson. >>

. >> i am pamela brown. lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist steve rudin. >> clear skies across most of the area. clients will not amount to much. it's a cold started on this thursday morning. 41 in hagerstown, 46 at reagan national. satellite and radar shows clients on the delmarva peninsula. mainly clear skies in the mountains, to the north of us, and to the south of us. look for abundant sunshine at 6:45 this morning. 37-48 degrees. why range of temperatures this afternoon expected. 63 degrees. nighttime lows around 30 degrees to the west, 38 in the district. colder temperatures in the mountains in the '20s. let's do an update on the commute with lisa baden. >>> hwy crews still working on the alternate vacaville palladian it -- between galanter and university boulevard. you will see the flashing lights. traffic down to one lane. 66 westbound after glebe road, a construction of a tool 267. heading on to the beltway on 66, working in both directions right now. back to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news from greenbelt, in

pamela brown has reaction on this controversial proposal. >> as you can imagine, this has sparked a lot of reaction. a lot of visitors we spoke with today say there are better ways to balance the budget than putting an entrance fee on an institution created for the american people to enjoy. jason is enjoying the day at the smithsonian museum with his daughter. he says the fact that it is free of charge is a big draw. >> i grew up coming year. it would be a disappointment. >> the deficit-reduction commission wants visitors to have to fork over $15 for the museum. >> i would come for my daughter, but i would be disappointed after pay for something that has been free. >> it opened as an institute of education for the american people. it was handed over under the trust of the federal government. visitors want to see their taxpayer dollars going to a good cause. >> i would feel my tax dollars are being well spent because i enjoy going to the museum. >> -- >> this is one of many proposals to raise $4 trillion from the federal debt. the commission wants to take away some funding for the instit

pamela brown has coverage in arlington. >> 3 crews and power crews have their work cut out for them in arlington today. the crews are hard at work trying to clear this busy intersection at george mason drive, trying to clean up the mess left behind from the storm last night. it was a brief storm, but it pack a powerful punch. >> it was just horrific for five minutes. and then that was it. it was over. >> a massive downed tree resting on power lines in a major intersection. telephone poles, downed wires as well. >> there's a tree that is split down the middle in our backyard and is about to fall. >> if upper also form -- a powerful storm swept through after midnight. >> we put the kids in the basement. >> the residents were left wondering what happened to their neighborhood. >> this was strange for november. it sounded almost like a tornado. >> the crews began working in the early morning hours to clean up downed trees and to restore power. the workload was just too much. >> 7:00 a.m. and getting ready to start the morning commute. >> many side roads remained closed for the rush hour if

pamela brown has the latest. >> police say that this did the accident is a reminder to drivers to never get of your vehicle if something happens. call for help. a life could have been saved. the deadly accident unfold around 1:00 in the morning. the card was going southbound on the parkway between 197 and low 98 and did lowdown -- between 197 and 198. the man got out of the broken- down vehicle and was pushing it to the side of the road. the man was struck by another vehicle. >> unfortunately, he's dead. >> a tour bus got stuck on the median while trying to avoid the accident. >> are detectives are interviewing operators of vehicles on the scene. >> southbound lanes reopened after 5:30 in the morning. the driver was struck after the accident. no charges have been filed so far. other than one fatality, there are no other injuries. we don't have any information on that victim. back to you. >> thank you. >>> sad story. 270 in gaithersburg is back open. newschopper 7 flew over a car fire in the southbound lanes of quince orchard road before 6:30. no one was injured, but two right lanes were

pamela brown is live at arlington national cemetery with more. >> good afternoon. while president goes on -- president obama observes veterans day overseas in korea, several people joined here at the national arlington cemetery including vice president joe biden and is showing a deference and respect for those who served our country. at arlington national cemetery this morning, vice president joe biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier it is the observance of the rebellions of the men and women who served our country. [taps] overseas and south korea, president obama took time out from the d-20 summit to mark the occasion. >speaking at an army garrison in a country with 28,000 u.s. troops, president obama took a page out of history and saluted trips for the sacrifices they made. >> nearly 37,000 americans would give their lives and korea, 37,000. >> mr. obama says the veterans purged during the forgotten war will always be remembered. >> because the korean war ended where it began geographically, some ended up using the phra

farouk ahmed appeared in court this morning and pamela brown is live in alexandria to tell us what happened. >> good afternoon, in federal court this morning, farouk ahmed pled not guilty to federal charges that he was plotting to conduct bombings at four northern virginia metro stations. according to this search warrant, several items retrieved from his house and ask burn, va. included fire arms and laptops and a cd-set with lectures from the spiritual leader of al-qaida in yemen. he is linked to several terrorist plots. he tops the list as one of the most wanted man in the world. farouk ahmed was plotting with two men he thought were al-qaida operas but there were two undercover agents. he was arrested back on october 28. a judge set a trial date for april 11 after farouk ahmed waived his right to trial. his lawyers say they need more time to build their case. he will remain in jail in the meantime. he pled not guilty during his arraignment this morning. >>> a d.c. high school students is dead after a double shooting in northeast d.c. two people were shot along holbrook street last night.

as pamela brown reports, some passengers are not buying it. >> it is something the tsa says must be done. these photographs prove why. contraband from marijuana to ceramic knives did not make it on board planes because they were caught by full-body scans. >> i think we need to be safe. i'm ok with doing what we need to do to have a safe flight. >> testifying to congress, tsa security chief said under cager -- undercover agents have routinely been able to smuggle contraband through security. the concern is that terrorists can do the same. >> it was largely because we were not been thorough enough in our pat-downs. >> passengers are faced with two good choices -- full-bodied pat- down or full-body scans. >> between the two good choices, i will opt for the stand -- the two choice is, i would opt for the scan. >> it was interested. the padding down deals less invasive. i do not know. >> some passengers understand the new measures. they're still not convinced it will make traveling any safer. >> my conviction is that, yes, we probably have plugged some gaps. you cannot carry something in your

now to pamela brown for the latest on the accident investigation. >> good morning.s been cleared on the bw parkway southbound. traffic is moving now. this unfolded at around 1:00 this morning. u.s. park police say that a man driving down bw parkway southbound between 198 and 197 got out of his car after it apparently broke down. an oncoming car struck the vehicle and driver. he was dead on arrival. we don't have anymore information on that driver. there or other cars on the scene. investigators are in the process of investigating the drivers of those cars as defined above what they witnessed and what their possible involvement was an accident. there's a tour bus that had to swerve to miss the collision. the tour bus is stuck on a muddy median on the bw parkway. there were passengers on the tour bus. that is another situation police are trying to resolve. there's only one fatality, no other injuries to reports. the investigation is underway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> i'm glad bw parkway is back open. our other top story, police are looking for a man who attacked

pamela brown is at reagan national with more. >> good morning. controversy, most americans say that they take safety over being comfortable. a new poll finds that half of americans feel the aggressive pat-downs go too far, but only 1 of 3 oppose the scanners. procedures will be adapted to be as minimally invasive as conditions warrant. so far the tsa has received 700 complaints since the new measures. people with prosthetics or medical devices triggering alarms in full body scanners. some people don't have a choice. one woman says she was forced to pull down her underwear during a because she has a knee replacement. >> we have always told our children to not let people to achieve because its improper. yet it is ok if our government does it to us? that is not right. >> one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. so far we have not noticed a large back up in the security lines. that is because out of 2 million passengers that travel every day, only 3% are getting pat- downs. back to you. >> thank you. >>> former republican vice presidential nomine

pamela brown has reaction from passengers live from reagan national airport. >> good morning to you,cott and alison. this is the busiest travel week, but it is different from years past because of new security measures. but according to a new poll, more americans would sacrifice their comfort for safety. 2/3 of americans say they support the full body scans, but it is up close and personal downs that cause controversy. >> i do not know that they make us any safer. >> tsa says only 700 passengers have complained since the new security measures kick in, out of 40,000 travelers. >> has all of this been done perfectly? no. >> sandra says due to a knee replacement, she had to have the full body pat-down in which she was forced to pull down her underwear. >> she had to take her hand up my skirt. >> still, officials point to intelligence and the main reason behind the stepped-up measures. most travelers that we spoke to says they take safety over being comfortable. >> any time we can find a way to keep us even safer without violating our freedoms, i think we will be in good shape. >> some p

pamela brown, good morning. >> good morning if. the redskins had not played in two weeks.xcitement quickly turned into disappointment out of the gate. quarterback michael vick had no mercy on the redskins after sitting of a first game with an injury. the redskins could not to get their act together. donovan mcnabb threw two interceptions. the redskins got slaughtered 59-28, the most points by a team on monday night. the fans were not happy. >> we are embarrassed. as an organization and the players and as a football team. we will respond accordingly. >> we watch the films and come back from this. this is one that you already know, it is fresh in your mind of what happened. we will change this on wednesday when we get back out there. >> donovan mcnabb was benched at the end of the game against the detroit lions. he's had a five-year contract extension now, worth millions of back to you. >> thank you. >>> >. >> thank you. 5:37, 49 degrees. >> still ahead, the final four, we will check out the semifinals. >> is this security or invasion of privacy? the latest air travel contro

pamela brown is live in bethesda with more on the washington washout.rning. >> one word from the players and the coach sums this up -- embarrassment. right out of the gate last night, it was clear that they were in for a brutal beating. on the first play, michael vick threw a touchdown. it was an 88-yarder. vick had no mercy. he threw four touchdown passes and ran for four. mcnabb threw three interceptions. some say this had more to do with michael vick than anything else. he sat out part of the first game against the 'skins. >> i think it was a michael vick revenge type thing. we heard in the first game. he had something to prove. >> i woke up knowing that they did the best they could. >> you believe they did the best they could? >> in my heart, i have to believe that. >> the end, the score was 59-28 -- the most. given up by a team on monday night football -- points given up by a team on monday night football ever. donovan mcnabb got a contract extension worth over $70 million, $40 million guaranteed. >>> it is 6:54. the new "terry porter" film will pr

pamela brown, abc 7 news. >> thank you. it is 5:17.n the new congress begins in january, some familiar faces will still be in charge. democrats elected current house speaker nancy pelosi to lead them. maryland congressman steny hoyer will hold the number two post. the next speaker will be john bane even. -- john boehner. sarah palin says she is considering a run for the white house in 2012. she spoke to barbara walters. >> i'm looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out, if it is a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it is a good thing. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> you can watch the entire interview with sarah palin on barbara walters' "10 most fascinating people." that show will air december 9 at 10:00 here on abc 7. >> in today's tech bytes google's new excuse to shop online. we have those stories and more. >> in today's tech bytes, google goes high fashion. a search engine for apparel and accessories. users can create their own boutiqu

pamela brown is live in arlington with more on the aftermath of the powerful storms. good morning. >> less night's storm was brief but powerful. it caused a lot of damage. the bulk of it in arlington, next to virginia hospital center. this is an example of some of the damage we found. this is a massive tree that fell on the power lines. this leader of the next few hours. it will take some time to clear disks. george mason drive between 15th street and washington boulevard will be closed during the morning rush hour or. a lot of cars are having to turn around because the collins -- cones are blocking traffic. a telephone pole snapped. this is just an example. there are a lot of downed trees and downed power lines threw out to the area, especially in arlington. this neighborhood next to virginia hospital center was especially hard-hit. we have seen tricot crews as well as power crews -- tree crews. 10,500 houses are in the dark in northern virginia. back to you. >>> the storm also caused serious damage in northeast washington. this was the scene behind chris this store

pamela brown is live at the federal court house. >> good morning, farouk ahmed is expected to enter at guilty' plea and alexandria. he was arrested on october 28 after being the target of a federal sting operation. authorities alleged that he thought he was plotting with two out that operatives to conduct bombings of four metro stations in northern virginia which included court house, arlington national cemetery, pentagon city, and crystal city. he's got it sites suggested using a rolling suitcase to carry out the bombing. it turns out that the two people he was plotting with were two undercover law-enforcement agents. farouk ahmed was born in pakistan and came to the u.s. back in 1993 and has been living in loudoun county for the past two years with his wife and young son. he has been held in jail pending trial of the arraignment today which starts at 10:45 for a federal judge is expected to set a trial date. back to you. >>> when did metro know about potential escalator safety issues? a new report shows the agency knew about issues one month before an accident that sent four people

i am pamela brown and it is 8:27 of this wednesday morning.r. >>> we have been saturated this morning out of maryland into a northeast d.c. there is a series of crashes that are now out of the way on south east and north avenue. there is another one out of annapolis on the severn river bridge. baltimore-washington parkway delays are of greenbelt. there was a 10-car pileup after spout run. southbound 95 virginia had been closed in fredericksburg near route 3 because of a crash but now southbound traffic is getting by. we'll take you live to a picture of the beltway with a delay from 95 to georgia avenue and in the sunshine. >>> lots of sun out there and it will stick around for the morning and afternoon, a 61-66 degrees and the sun will set before 5:00 this afternoon. a few clouds here and there tonight and nighttime lows are in the 30's, tomorrow is looking absolutely great, mostly sunny but just a bit cooler compared to today, upper 50's. look at the extended outlook which shows our temperatures are remaining nice for the next couple of days.

i am palle of brown -- i'm pamela brown with your local up date. >>> there is nothing much happening beautiful trip are no major problems to report. even hov is lifted and relax. there is a two-way traffic pattern on reversible rose. i-395 at the duke street, no worries to report near the 14th street bridge. no complications on i-270 atoll between by 70 and the beltway and good heading from tyson's from the greenway and the toll road. >>> all the traffic cameras show clear skies. temperatures will be about 50 a to-63 degrees which is cooler than yesterday. it will cool down tonight and to the north and west of d.c. and tomorrow a beautiful day 69 -- 59-64 degrees tomorrow and sunshine through saturday and sunday and a chance for showers on tuesday. >>> numerous events are being held across the region today to mark veterans day. vice president joe biden will lay a wreath at at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington at 1:00 p.m., there will be a service at the vietnam war memorial on the national mall. we will the back with another news update at 8:27. for continuous news coverage, tune

reporter: a whole team of democrats filled the stage from pamela harris who acted as moderator running f nin ning fo general in california. jerry brownas been talking to reporters over my shoulder. a number of people had a chance to speak. two main speakers here tonight, senator barbara boxer in fight for her life, and jerry brown, the democrat for governor. barbara was wearing her giants orange using the sports analogy to win votes. >> when i started out in politics, i was 6 feet tall, but those special interests having pounding on me and pounding on me. i want to tell you something, oakland. you're the key. you're the key to sending me back to fight for the middle class, to fight for jobs, to fight for these carpenters, to put them back to work. to stand up against the special interests, and here's what's really exciting, you know. the san francisco giants are on -- they're on track to beat the texas rangers. and we are on track to beat the texas polluters who backed my opponent. >> reporter: and, of course, jerry brown had a lot to say. he says he's the tell it like it is candidate, and he also talked about meg whitman a little bi

if pamela harris wins for attorney general, there is speculation newsom could appoint chu to her old post as san francisco attorney. but willie brown predicts another outcome. >> i think david chu is the president of the board. and when the vacancy occurs, he will be the interim mayor. >> reporter: david chu did not want to go on camera, but he did provide a statement. my focus right now is helping to insure a steady transition of leadership in these unprecedented time. any interim mayor must prioritize providing basic city services and moving our struggling economy forward. keep in mind the interim mayor serves for only one year there is still a mayoral election here in november of next year. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. >>> police in santa cruz are looking for a man who reportedly assaulted a teenaged girl in a park this weekend. the attack happened at ocean view park around 6:30 yesterday morning. the 15-year-old says she was watching the sunrise on a park bench when a man fitting this description sat down next to her. she says she tried to leave after he asked her if she would pe

attorney general jerry brown tonight, governor luck, gary ne omndws a barbara boxer heade for a fourth term in the u.s. senate. still hanging in the balance, though, san francisco d.a. pamelaris, still neck and neck with steve cooley. also being counted, the oakland mayor race. a new voting system played out there. but first on the vote count irregularities we uncovered in some very tight races. jean? >> reporter: jessica, election officials here in san francisco are sorting out some very unusual events. first, police are searching for some stolen ballots. and second, an nbc crew finds election equipment buried urnde the trash in the tenderloin. >> a buried ballot counter was found and police believe it was stolen after the ballots were counted. >> there is no memory pack in there, no ballots or anything, it's just the machine itself. sdp >> sheriff's deputies picked it up. finding a piece of equipment on the streets is unusual, but we found out it won't affect election results. the department is trying to find 75 stolen ballots. that could affect tight races. a poll worker accused of ste stealing those ballots is in jail. >> he pulled open another drawer, pulled out the m