peggy fox caught up with him today. i'm peggy fox at national airport. where senator rand paul describes how he missed his flight today after a standoff with it. s.a. agents in nashville. tsa agents didn't care about seeing senator rand paul's knee after he set off a screening machine in nashville. they were about to give him a pat down and he refused. >> if you go through and your 10-year-old or 12-year-old daughter goes through and the light goes off and you don't want her patted down, i think she ought to get to walk back through there. >> after an shower paul was final lay loud to walk back through the scanner again. senator paul says unless the passenger raises suspicions, everyone should be allowed to walk back through the scanners if they want. >> why does it take so much to go through the screening again? >> reporter: doctors say they are hopeful senator mark kirk will make a full recovery after he experienced a stroke this weekend. the 52-year-old illinois republican checked himself into the hospital saturday and underwent surgery today to relie

reporter: i'm peggy fox.ive months after that big earthquake i'll tell you how this high school is going modular. >>> nearly five months after an earthquake rocked mineral, virginia, aftershocks continue in the small town. yesterday an aftershock hit louisa county and once again rattled the frayed nerves of residents. >> since august two schools remain closed because of the damage to the buildings and they're still unsafe. we sent our peggy fox out to louisa county to get an up close look at how these schools are trying to rebuild. reporter: i'm peggy fox at louisa county high school damaged ever since that its quake in august. they're putting the finishes touches on to get ready to move into a modular campus. >> building k classrooms, building k classrooms. reporter: it takes more than a, b, c to move an entire high school. it also takes h, k and p. >> we have to get this site all ready for february 1st. reporter: that's the day 1,400 students at louisa county high school go back to class in their new tempor

peggy fox says an update on efforts to get students back to campus in a few weeks. >> i'm peggy fox at louisa county high school, damaged since the earthquake back in august, they're putting the finishing touches on to get ready to move into a modular campus. >> building p, classrooms. building k, classrooms. >> it takes more than a, b, c, to move an entire high school. it takes h, k, and p. >> ready for february 1st. >> that's the day 14 hundred 00 students go back to school on their school's temporary parking lot. >> they'll be right in front of their building severely damaged. >> it was very frightening. they settled in. i think the trust is back. >> then we had an aftershock in the morning. it was 2.0. every one of us just froze. but we're ok. >> the high school students have been sharing the middle school next door. each school has been operating alternating days including saturdays for the younger students. >> we made it work, yes. >> superintendent dr. debra pettitte said she's grateful to the parents. >> parents have not complained. they've stuck with us. as of february 1st, we

peggy fox has more on this unfolding story. >> they were walking through the trail. >> search teams on the ground, in the air, and on the potomac river spent the first two days of 2012 looking for 27-year-old heather beatty. the mother of two little girls and wife of an army soldier disappeared around 5:00 p.m. new year's day. her husband reported her missing at 7:30. his concern about her walking off into the woods from their home on the base prompted the massive search. it included 40 uniformed soldiers. the coast guard, and fairfax county emergency teams. >> there are guards out here in fairfax county. they are trying to help. >> no dogs. just them walking and keeping an eye on the search. >> keep an eye out. >> for what? >> for blond haired lady, short hair. >> a team of five was seen searching just outside fort belvoir a few miles south of mt. vernon. one of the searchers spotted her around 2:00 just walking on the base. she has since been reunited with her husband and is in a local hospital being evaluated. peggy fox, 9news now. >> officials are working on an official press relea

here is peggy fox. >> jason is 36 years old, but has the mental capacity of a six month old baby. his mother says since she couldn't handle him at home, he lives here at the northern virginia training center where he is taking there feudic writing and enjoys many activities. >> it's a full, vibrant campus. >> all of the residents have severe disabilities. >> john does not walk. he does not talk. he is not potty trained. >> when ed could not lift his grown son anymore, the parents are among hundreds who are angry and terrified about virginia's settlement agreement with the justice department that will close four of its five training centers. including nbtc. the residents are to be moved back home with support services or to group homes. >> put him in a playpen or a tv in front of him and feed him? that's not a life like yours. that's a prison. >> in the parent's legislative mission, they warn that closing the training centers could lead to what happened in new york state. where the death of 1200 developmentally disabled people were attributed to unknown or unnatural causes. things

peggy fox, 9news now. >> coming up on 9news, we'll see if topper's forecast is a good deal for us. it's been pretty mild. plus, people behind this scene not the -- the sign, i should say. we'll talk about what is wrong there. i'm sure you can figure it out. we'll be back in two minutes. >>> a refresher course in spelling could be order for the people in this next story. the word school is misspelled and it's been this way since the summer of 2010. the word above it is also wrong, missing an i in crossing. >> i was like, really? >> everybody makes mistakes. >> okay, but why so long to fix it? somebody finally did. the road signs were corrected tuesday. new york city blames a utility provider for the spelling mistakes. but since the summer of 2010? it's 2012. really. >> i hope someone noticed and couldn't get around to doing it? >> that's what i'm hoping. >> all right, 49 today. i mean, okay, not our 54 like yesterday. >> still so nice. >> we cannot complain. going back to the birds, they were blackbirds in the story we got before. i got an e-mail from amy saying there are dozens of

peggy fox, 9news now. >>> three days into the new year and campaign 2012 will really start to pick up steam. tomorrow is the iowa caucuses and six of the seven candidates are criss crossing the state tonight to make their last minute pitches. a new poll pit mitt romney in the lead, followed by ron paul and rick santorum. a key iowa congressman has not given any endorsement. >> lie look at a candidate and say, i like all these things about them, but it's not all i want to see in the next president of the united states. it's true, we don't have a perfect candidate, but we could make a perfect candidate out of the candidates that are there. >> and steve king is not alone, that same poll shows that 41% of people who are likely to vote tomorrow have not decided who to cast a ballot for or they say they may change their minds. danielle nottingham has been in des moines since late last week and danielle, you have to wonder with the caucuses starting tomorrow, why so many people are undecided? >> well lesli, i spoke to a lot of voters over this last week and they say so far all of the candida

the cost to compete bonuses in the budget, which we have to fight tooth and nail. >> in richmond, peggy fox, 9news now. >> tonight, governor mcdonnell will address the general assembly in his annual state of the commonwealth address. he will lay out his spending priorities for the proposed budget. >>> voters in maryland's fourth district have one less candidate to choose from. prosecutor glenn ivey has announced he is dropping out of the race. he was planning to take on donna edwards for the democratic nomination, but ivey was having trouble raising enough money. edwards still faces two other democrats in the primary, but neither is as well known as ivey is. >>> an update over a battle on church property in virginia. a judge ruled today against seven congregations who split from the episcopal church. this started in 2006. those churches want to keep their buildings and land, but the judge ruled today the episcopal church should be restored as the owner of all the churches involved. that same judge sited with the seven congregation, but the state court disagreed. >>> make sure you have an um

as peggy fox reports, it was so badly damaged, some wanted investigated as a hate crime. >> i'm peggy fox where fairfax county police say if they find the vandals who hit this mosque and learn they did it to target islam, it could be a hate crime. >> it could be somebody who really -- they made it to look like it. >> it was a heartbreaking discovery for the muslim community, which was weeks away from opening it new mosque. >> did not leave one window untouched. >> each window has been broken or shattered. >> this has at least four. >> the vandals struck overnight, using bottles of alcohol, cinder blocks, or two by fours. damage is estimated between $60 to $80,000. >> we are devastated. >> the leaders believe it's a hate crime. >> there are always going be people that don't like this. the majority of people in this area are very accepting and are very loving people. >> is iran willing to launch a terror attack inside the united states in response to a real or perceived threat? u.s. intelligence agencies say the sobering answer to that question is yes. that is the warning from the u.s.

reporter: i'm peggy fox in fairfax where carmela dela rosa received a jury recommended sentence of 35 years in prison for killing her granddaughter. what do you guys think about the sentencing? is it fair? >> a little harsh. reporter: before receiving the sentence the 51-year-old grandmother stood before the court and cried as she said, "i'm very sorry for what i've done." and she apologized to her daughter cat and james whose daughter she killed. >> her motive was jealousy, anger and revenge. reporter: on november 29th as the family walked out of tysons corner food court she picked up and threw her 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter angelyn ogdoc off a 50-foot high bridge to her death. >> it's been a long arduous case for the family. they suffered greatly. >> she loved her granddaughter and would never do anything purposely to hurt her. her mental illness is the only reason, the only explanation for what happened. reporter: >> that was peggy fox. >>> police are looking for the driver in a hit and run crash in oxon hill. that person struck a man and woman this morning in the 6200 block of o

reporter: i'm peggy fox at louisa county high school damaged since the earthquake in august. they're putting the finishing touches on to get ready to move into a modular campus. >> building c classrooms, building k classrooms. reporter: it takes more than a, b, c to move an entire high school. it also takes h, k and p. >> we have to get this site all already for february 1st. reporter: that's the day 1400 students at louisa county high school go back to class in their new temporary buildings on their school's parking lot. they'll be in front of their old building which was severely damaged in the august earthquake. >> it was very frightening and they were very frightened, but they've ettled in and i think the trust is back. -- settled in and i think the trust is back. reporter: then? >> we had an aftershock yesterday in the morning, 2. something, and every one of us just froze. we just said again? but we're okay. reporter: the high school students have been sharing the middle school next-door. each school has operated alternating days including saturdays for the younger stude

as peggy fox reports, he's not the only one celebrating. reporter: warner ashby of rockville purchased about 30 new year's raffle tickets for 20 bucks each. this is the one that turned that $600 investment into a million. >> wow! this could be a good day for me. so i looked through my numbers and there it was. i was flabbergasted. i looked through it a few times, made a few combs of the ticket and then i said -- copies of the ticket and then i said oh, my gosh. >> at that time i was calling everybody to say hey, the store won a million dollars of. reporter: the owner of the 7- eleven in great falls was just as excited because his store is where ashby purchased that winning ticket thanksgiving day. now he gets $10,000 for the retailer prize. >> i wish i had the whole thing, though. reporter: warner ashby plans to spend some of his million on his favorite thing, his grandchildren and he might go to hawaii, but he'll keep his chauffeur job for at least a year. >> i like my job. i like the people i work with. i'm not ready to give that up. they

i'm peggy fox in alexandria. coming up, i'll tell you what people say needs change before someone else is hurt along this busy road. >>> we have an update on that accused serial mall slasher. authorities still working to bring 40-year-old johnny back to fairfax county. he was arrested at a lima, peru mall over the weekend. he suspected of slashing nine young women on their backsides at malls in fairfax county last year. police discovered him has returned to his home country of peru after they issued an arrest warrant in september. >>> a young man who killed a little boy on sunday has been charged with dui manslaughter. >> 22-year-old victor has also been charged with maiming for injuring the boy's mother who was walking with her eight-year- old son when the car slammed into them. peggy fox has more from alexandria where the deadly crash happened. >> the boy was killed when walking with his mother on this sidewalk. the driver who hit him was going so fast that he jumped the curb about 30 feet back there. knocked o

peggy fox, 9news now. >> this is the first lawsuit over redistricting plan.he county tells us in order for the school board to reconsider its decision, it would have to redo the entire process and that would mean another four months of public hearings. >>> it is coming up on 6:50. time to answer our question of the morning. it was 52% of all men in a recent survey said they want women to banish this beauty product. is it a, lipstick. b, body glitter or c, black nail polish. >> a lot of us guessed this one right this morning. the answer is b, body glitter. >> one of our viewers said it doesn't taste good. a check on the news before you go is up next. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does thi

. >> peggy fox joins us live where she has the latest. peggy. >> the muslim community here was just weeks away from opening its brand-new mosque. until vandals hit with avengeance. if police find out who did it, it could be classified a hate crime. >> it could be somebody who really targeted the mosque and made it to look like it. >> it was a heartbreaking discovery for the muslim community, which was weeks away from opening its new mosque. >> they did not leave one window untouched. >> each custom made window has been broken or shattered or in the case of the reenforced windows, damaged. >> at least four times. >> the vandals struck overnight sunday, using bottles of alcohol, cinder block, or 2 by 4's from the construction site to bash the windows. >> they look like beer bottles and all the way up. >> they just hurled things. >> i found the bottles on the roof. >> damage is between $60,000 to $80,000. >> local people of the muslim community have paid to build their mosque out of their pocket. he believes given the nature of the attack on

i'm peggy fox reporting live. back to you. >> thanks.erek. >>> have you ever wondered what the attendants are for your neighborhood school in how about overall school performance? if you live in washington, d.c., that information is now just a click away courtesy of these new school score cards. chancellor kia henderson is here. >> i'm a dc public school parent, what do they mean to me? >> they mean you have unprecedented transparency and information about what is going on at your child's school. it also means that you have the ability to choose which schools are right for you because there is more than just the testing information that was previously available about our schools. it's a more holistic view of what is going on at our school. >> give me an example of what we can find out. >> you can look at student growth. you can look at graduation rates. you can look at safety and climate by looking at expension. you can actually look at whether or not your schools are retaining their most highly effective teachers. and those are the kind

peggy fox is live in richmond. peggy, who is on the agenda? >> well, the big story today was a fight over control of the senate. the senate is split 20 democrats, 20 republicans. so the democrats put forth a proposal today to share power. it was voted upon 20-20 and republican lieutenant governor broke the tie to feeding the proposal. essentially giving control of the senate to republicans. it means lieutenant governor will be able to break those ties in everything except for budget and spending bills. budget and spending are the focus of the session. >> virginia general assembly kicked off its 2012 session. >> the house of delegates is now in session. >> for high hopes of legislation supported by republicans. for only the second time since the civil war, republicans control both the general assembly and the governor's mansion. that change in balance could hurt northern virginia, especially in education funding. >> the governor is trying to siphon off $100 million a year and use it to pave roads. those of us across virginia who care about educ

i'm peggy fox. coming up, i'll show you what parents are doing to change that. ahh... so much better than last year. [ both screaming ] throw the food out the window! throw the food out the window! [ growling ] never again. everyone deserves a great vacation at a great price. get on board a carnival cruise and get more fun for all. >>> if you live a block away from your child's school, you probably expect them to walk to school? >> yeah. that is the one elementary school that has been considered unwalkable. they are assigned a bus, even though they may live close by. >> but as they report, they are now pushing to make their school walkable again. nothing wrong with being bussed to school. it just doesn't seem right. >> no matter how close you are, they will try to push you on the bus. it's a commuter route to washington. many people don't stop at the crosswalk. parents say there is rarely a police enforcement. >> we live just a quarter mile up here. if we have a sidewalk that came down the road, it would be easy for the kids right here to walk to school. but instead, y

peggy fox joins us with more on the reunion. peggy. >> reporter: part of the search went on here at the washington griss mill. she pent the night wandering in these woods. >> we were walking through the trail and looking for her. >> search teams on the ground, in the air, and on the potomac river spent the first two days of 2012 looking for 27-year-old heather bayty. the mother of two little girls and wife of an army soldier disappeared around 5:00 p.m. new year's day. her husband reported her missing at 7:30. his concern about her walking off into the woods from their home on the base prompted the massive search. it included 40 uniformed soldiers, the coast guard, and fairfax county emergency team. a team of five was seen searching outside the gates. and not far from where the family lives. >> there are a couple guards here in fairfax county that are trying to help. >> they have dogs? >> no dogs. just them walking and keeping the search up. they told us to keep looking. >> they asked you to look? keep an eye out? >> for what? a

i'm peggy fox in leesburg. the story coming up. >>> talking about fairness.ard it all before. we'll be joined live by cbs evening news anchor, scott pele. >>> it could be president obama's best chance to outline his vision. tens of millions are expected to watch tonight's state of the union address at the u.s. capitol. and the partly president is expected to draw a battle line over financial fairness. but house speaker, john boehner, is calling the themes a pathetic rehash of unhelpful policies. cbs evening news anchor, scott pele joins us live from capitol hill. we'll get to speaker boehner's remarks in a moment. first, this is an important speech for the president. what does he need to say tonight? >> well certainly is, lesli, you might think of this as the kickoff of the president's reelection campaign. he is going to be saying that america is a strong country, stronger than ever. and better off than a lot of people believe. but he is also going to call for what he describes as economic fairness, which republicans here as a code word for tax increases for

peggy fox reporting live. back to you. >>> mean time we are learning that metro has ordered the immediate inspection of more than 450 of its train cars. the transit agency announced the news late this afternoon after a brake disc fell off a train today near the stadium armory station. this happened around noon and caused delays for hundreds of riders on the blue and orange lines. metro spokesman dan thessel tells us the inspection will extend through the weekend probably into next week. today's problems come just a couple weeks after a similar episode when riders were struck in the dark when a friction ring fell off the train and hit the electric third line. >>> the latest snapshot of the labor market shows a prettier picture. the december unemployment numbers dropped more than expected. we now have the details live from the new york stock exchange. nice to hear some positive news. reporter: absolutely. we'll take it. the labor market is showing signs of strength, but that didn't bring out the buyers on wall s

peggy fox is live along richmond highway in alexandria with more on this proposal. peg? >> reporter: a little farther down the road, richmond highway narrows and congestion gets really bad during rush hour. and it is growing because of the influx of workers. the deal gat who represents this area says what is needed is a widening project here on richmond highway. like he is not hopeful there is any money for projects like that. >> in my area of the county, the transportation nightmare has become an economic development problem, because we can't attract new developments, new jobs, now houses. >> because of a $500 million maintenance shortfall every year, money gets siphoned from construction just to upkeep the roads. democrats have argued for years that the gas tax needs to be raised. it's been 17 and a half cents for 26 years. >>> 30% of the miles on our highways comes from out of state users. to the extent we don't tax that usage, we don't charge that when they buy gas in virginia, we are allowing them a free ride. >> if you are driving a car that gets 25 miles a gallon,

peggy fox shows us how they're helping wounded warriors and veterans. >> reporter: brandon gilbert is beating the ots on two fronts. he's a young iraq war veteran who has a job, not among the 30% who don't. the war left him with a brain injury. >> in iraq, i was a combat engineer. i did a lot of things with explosives. >> he's thankful he's not among the 75% of people with disabilities who are unemployed. the nonprofit employer mvle helped him find a job with the federal government through a program called working warriors. it also found work for these two veterans who found the job market brutal. >> in the old days, probably apply for 20 jobs and get a job within a month. it is not like that now. >> alan bishop found service to your country didn't matter to potential employers. >> they're going to look at factors other than someone who serves our country for x number of years or greater, they served and were wounded. >> mvle is branching out from its sole mission. for 40 years, it found and created jobs for people with disabilities. now, the organization provides daily employment opp

in mclean, peggy fox, 9news now. >> they held a meeting last night to discuss safer roads. chester brook is one of seven schools in fairfax county that have no designated walkers. >>> well, we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. with some school closings and delays we want to tell you about -- >>> well, thanks a lot for waking us with up. i'm mike hydeck, she's jessica doyle. monika samtani will have traffic momentarily. >> and howard bernstein has the weather forecast. >> big snows out west and winds around here, just the wind the precip is over. mike still has pi

however, as peggy fox tells us, the parents there, they are pushing to make the school walkable again. >> reporter: there is nothing wrong with being bussed to school. it just doesn't seem right when you live across the street. >> no matter how close you are, they will try to push you on out there. >> i think that people, they drive way too fast. >> reporter: it's a commuter route to washington. many drivers, they will speed and they don't often stop at the crosswalk. parents say there is rarely police enforcement. >> we live just a quarter mile up the road. if we had a sidewalk that will come down this road, then it would be easier for the kids right here to, you know, to walk to school. but instead, you know, they are bussed. >> reporter: several students like oliver garcia walk their kids to school. the system doesn't commit children to walk by themselves here, nor will they be safe. >> that's the problem. it's a terrible issue. you know, we are all trying to build the better communities. it would seem reasonable if you are here. and now, since they are not used to stopping at cros

if he refused to comply with the security procedures, you won't be allowed through the gates, i'm peggy fox, back to you. >>> his father, ron, and the other presidential candidates are working on their last minute prep for tonight's debate in florida, but the texas congressman won't be in the sunshine state when they hold the primary next week. instead, he will be campaigning in nevada and colorado. both those states will hold caucuses in the next two weeks. they think that their resources could be better spent focused on the contents. >>> a new poll shows a two-man race in florida. that's according to the reports, newt gingrich leads in the sunshine state with 41% voter support. that's nine points better than mitt romney. today, the two front runners went on the attack. >> i think as you take a look at the speaker's record overtime that it has been highly erratic. >> please remind everyone that they have a chance to help nominate a grass roots conservative verses theestablishment's money. >> both rick santorum and ron paul trailed significantly in the polls getting just 11% to 8%. they hav

in fairfax, peggy fox, 9news now. >> and virginia's agreement will be enforceable by a court and compliance will be moderate for them by the independent reviewer. >>> and just days ago weed told you that the governor of virginia was pushing for the earlier start to the school year. bumping it up before labor day. but today, the senate committee, they killed that idea. the lawmakers voted it down for them to speak against it and the vacation resorts and the beach town. they will put them at a disadvantage. . kenny, what do you know? >> reporter: well, the county police and the spokeswoman said that there will be a body for them inside the well and at the house on the 11900 block. there's a body inside there. right now they don't know who it is, how that body got there. they are not calling this a homicide. saying it is very early on in the investigation. right now they are in the process of trying to get the body out there. the body to get that on out of there will be very difficult. they will be out here for the rest of the night. there will be an interesting nugget though. the alexandria p

. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> brian's mother is still in the hospital. she has two broken legs, a broken pelvis and other injuries. she doesn't remember anything after being hit and they have been told not to talk about what happened to her son until she perhaps gets stronger. lesli. >> life in prison, plus 200 years. that's the potential penalty for a man accused in a brutal series of home invasions and sexual assaults. kevin ray has confessed and bruce leshan says you are not going to believe his explanation. >> growning and on crutches from injuries suffered during his arrest, kevin ray faced a judge who had just heard a prosecutor detail that explanation. he allegedly told detectives he was out alone invading homes and raping women in montgomery and prince georges counties last week because his partner had been killed earlier while the two of them were holding up drug dealers in the district. >> the defendant has prior convictions from manslaughter, armed robbery, and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. >> prosecutors say his l

peggy fox was in the courtroom and joins us now with more. reporter: before the judge handed down that sentence he asked carmela de la rosa if she had anything to say. she stood and cried and said i'm very sorry for what i've done. she apologized to her daughter, her son-in-law, her husband and her 94-year-old emotion who was there. then the judge gave her 35 years and said -- mother who was there. then the judge gave her 35 years and said what she had done was unconscionable. the 51-year-old grandmother was given the jury recommended sentence of 35 years in prison today for killing her granddaughter. she threw the toddler off a 5th foot high bridge at the tysons corner -- 50-foot high bridge at the tysons corner center in front of the child's parents. >> fossing an innocent child off a bridge, it's hard to -- tossing an innocent child off a bridge, it's hard to imagine anything worse than that. i tossed my granddaughter off the bridge, but don't hold me responsible because i'm depressed it. just doesn't wash. reporter: de la rosa said she wa

. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> brian's mom said the fairfax hospital, she has a broken pelvis and two broken legs. she only remembers being hit, not anything that happened after that. they also say they have been told not to talk to her about what happened to her son until she is better. >>> now, a followup on the abandoned baby girl who died after being left on a stranger's doorstep in d.c. the chief of d.c.'s police department has stepped into the front of the microphones asking the mother or someone who knows her to please come forward. >> really important to us that we try and locate the person who delivered this child. one, we believe that she may need some medical attention. >> a neighbor spotted that baby wrapped only in a towel late sunday night. it was about 28 degrees outside at the time. that child died a few hours later at the hospital. police chief lanier says the baby could have been anything from a newborn to as much as a month old. at this point, it is impossible to know if the mother was aware of the city's safe haven law. that law permits a parent to leave an unwante

peggy fox introduces us to virginia's newest lottery millionaire. >> much milder today and even milder air is on the way. we'll tell you what goes in the books. we hit 50 at national today, low temperature much better unanimous 17 yesterday, low only 30, average -- than yesterday, low only 30. average is 43. we'll come back and talk about how mild it can get and if that comes with showers. >>> first it could be the beginning of the end for some of the gop presidential contenders, the very latest from new hampshire straight ahead. >>> 9 traffic now is brought to you by geico. >>> now an update on the race for president. the nation's first primary is five days way in new hampshire and the republican leading in the polls there apparently feels confident enough to campaign somewhere else. we're talking about mitt romney. today he left new hampshire to campaign in south carolina, but before he left he took a verbal shot at president obama and his economic policy. >> it's killing jobs. this president is a cronie capitalist. he's a job killer. >> newt gingrich is campaigning in new hampshire

peggy fox, 9 news now. >> several residents tell 9news they don't plan to attend any wolf trap events until the foundation backs off. >>> natalie hallway, caylee anthony, elizabeth smart, all three of them went missing and all three made national headlines. coming up tonight on 9 news now at 7:00 why one group charges that another common denominator between those three victims is the same reason others who have gone missing are not getting the attention they deserve. we'll talk about it at 7:00. >>> coming up in this half hour more arrests connected to the brutal hazing ritual at florida a&m. we'll tell you more. >>> plus call him the crooner in chief, president obama and show time at the apollo, those stories and more just ahead. ♪at last my love has come along ♪ >> what a voice, etta james is being remembered this evening. the three time grammy winner passed away after a long battle with leukemia. she was 73 years old. ♪i'm so in love with you >> all right. president obama channeling his inner soul singer, big fan of etta james at the apollo theater last night and this was part of a

here's peggy fox. >> maria is the grandmother of 8-year-old brian hernandez chavez who was killed onas severely injured when police say a drunk driver jumped a curb and barreled into them. they were walking to land mark mall along duke street just past the i-395 overpass. >> i can't believe he's gone. he was like a little brother to me. >> brian's uncle, 15-year-old martin lopez says he

our peggy fox caught up with him at reagan international airport when he finally arrived in d.c. >> ithing to hide. >> reporter: the tsa agents did not care about seeing him after setting off a screening machine in nashville this morning. they were about to give him a pat down until he refused. >> if you go through and your 10-year-old daughter goes through and the light goes off and you think it's an error and you don't want your 12-year-old daughter to be patted down, she ought to be able to walk back through there. >> reporter: they would not let them go

system tomorrow, some are looking at increasing that tax by 5 cents, while many republicans say no, peggy fox talked to a local democrat who said the money for road improvements must come from somewhere. >> in my area the transportation nightmare has become an economic development program, because we can't afford new businesses. >> reporter: because of a $500 million maintenance shortfall every year, money gets see phoned from construction just to upkeep the roads. democrats have argued for years that the gas tax needs to be raised. it's been 17 and a half cents for 26 years. >> 30% of the myles on our highways comes from out of state users, and we're allowing them a free ride. >> if you're driving a car that gets 25 miles a gallon and drive 15,000 miles a year, a nickel gas tax would cost you 30 bucks a year. it's not a lot of money. >> reporter: he said that 30 cents only has the purchasing power of 7 cents these days. >> i consider transportation particularly in virginia, where basically we own, operate, and maintain essentially, not totally, but essentially the entire transportation struc

peggy fox, reporting live. >>> thanks peg. >>> meantime today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that police have to get a search warrant before using gps technology to try criminal suspects. >>> it is a big setback for the government and police, who have increasingly relied on this type of high-tech surveillance. the decision stems from a case involving dc nightclub owner antoine jones. the gps device in jones's jeep helped to link him to a maryland house used to stash money and drugs. an appeals court reversed his life sentence. bruce is in the satellite center monitoring this year's march for life. bruce? >> reporter: it was 3 years ago yesterday the supreme court came up with the roe vs. wade historic decision. kristen fisher went to the mall today to check out today's demonstration. what does it look like? >> reporter: you can see things have certainly quieted down here. in fact, now most of the trash cans along the national mall are full of these soggy, prolife signs. but earlier today, there were literally thousands of people. the majority of them under the age of 25. this was

peggy fox joins us now to tell us about an organization from around hire that's trying to do something about those harsh numbers. >> it's a local nonprofit that for 40 years has been finding and creating jobs, work for people who otherwise could not work, people with disabilities called mvle, and they believe these folks are willing and able to work and now they are taking on veterans and wounded warriors. brandon gilbert is beating the odds on two fronts. he's a young iraq war veteran who has a job, not among the 30% who don't, and the war left him with a brain injury. >> in iraq i was a combat engineer which i did a lot of things with explosives. reporter: he's thankful he's not among the 75% of people with disabilities who are unemployed. the nonprofit employer mvle helped him find a job with the federal government through a program called working warriors. it also found work for these two veterans who found the job market brutal. >> in the old days you'd have probably five to 20 jobs, get a call back and get a job within a month. it's not like that now. they're going to look at fac

i'm peggy fox. this story is coming up. >>> but first, they are in tonight's cool school spotlight.y that is music to our ears up next. >>> the cool school is striking up the band, but not really in the most traditional way. >> we'll show you how the students are composing by a story that felt so good for the encore presentation. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the key to success. practice, practice, practice. bethany knows that from her family. >> mid dad plays the piano. my grandpa sings. >> reporter: so she decided it was time for her to learn too. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: keys, quarter notes, and computers all come together in silver spring. in the digital music lab, the teacher has things like youtube in her disposal. 32 computers are all connected to professional keyboards and the whole room is networked together. >> okay, i see about a third of you have it open. >> reporter: she can see every student's workstation from her desk. >> if i double click on it, i can see what they are actually doing. i can control her computer and do things for them if i want to show them how to do somet

i'm peggy fox in fairfax.he story coming up. >>> facebook wants to warn you about a new type of scam on its time line. the popular social networking site alleges an online marketing site is literally hijacking your personal information. now facebook and the washington state attorney general are suing one company for ripping people off. >> like jacking, a new facebook scam that draws users to the like feature and intieses them. facebook officials say it works like this. you notice an intrigues post that a friend supposedly likes. it is actually a bogus type of spam that takes you to online surveys or products. the washington state attorney general's office joined facebook to sue the delaware based online marketing company add send media. >> this company is misleading you, the user, into thinking that you are getting a message from a friend. and in fact that is an advertisement. >> the company lures you into giving your personal information and ordering products it never intends to send. then it goes a step furt

peggy fox has been following the story and she has brand-new information for us. >> we learned the police officer who arrested victor said he had a blood alcohol content of .15. that's twice the legal limit. he said that he could barely conduct any field sobriety maneuvers. walking, standing. he said he consumed two 4locos before driving. that's like drinking ten glasses of wine. >> maria is the grandmother of 8-year-old brian hernandez chavez who was killed on sunday afternoon. his mother was severely injured when a drunk driver jumped a curb and barreled into them. they were walking to the mall along duke street just past the i-395 overpass. >> i can't believe he's gone. he was like a little brother to me. >> brian's uncle says he watched his nephew after school. >> he likes sponge bob and soccer mostly. >> the family's grief is drenched in anger at 22-year- old victor aldona who had a blood alcohol content of .15. he is charged with dui manslaughter, dui maiming, wreckless driving and no operator's license. >> he is stupid for not turning and he hit my nephew and my sister-in-law. >> n

i'm peggy fox. changes to the school lunch line. >>> first lady, michelle obama, and celebrity chef, rachel ray. they are talking about star power when these kids walk into the cafeteria. >> first lady, all right. so the new standards require reductions over the next ten years. they also require offering a vegetable and a fruit. not just a choice. you have to have a fruit and a vegetable and the vegetables have requirements in variety. they have to have a variety of dark green and orange, like carrots every week. so today, the first lady was out showcasing these standards that are already in place in fairfax county schools. 200 kids jump to their feet as the first lady of the united states entered their cafeteria. some of the lucky second and fourth graders at park lawn elementary school got to go through the lunch line with mrs. obama who came to promote the new school lunch nutrition standards. >> when we send our kids to school, we have a right to expect that they won't be eating the kind of fatt

. >>> this store and ticket adds up to more than a million dollars i'm peggy fox. coming up i'll tell you about two lucky winners. >>> a new way to turn back the hands of time, a different type of botox is now on the market. we'll show it to you in our health alert. >>> it's the new year and a lot of us want to head into 2012 with a fresher look. there is now another wrinkle relaxing twist available that entered the cosmetic field in the last couple months. take a look. >> one side of the family gets the wrinkles this way, you know. everybody has the lines across the forehead and the other side of the family is frowning this way. so i got the scrunching and the frowning. reporter: so for the last 10 years 53-year-old kristen cofield has been getting botox, a diluted form of the botch lynn intox in that ferrell lies facial muscles -- paralyzes facial muscles and the expressions they cause. >> it's really refreshing kind of youthful looking. reporter: now this mom of three is ready to try the latest competition of botox which just arrived on the market. it's called x

peggy fox was here to tell us why. what's the deal with this? >> you would think a campaign designed to teach parents to feed their children healthier food would be a good thing. in this case, it also shocks and embarrasses. >> an overweight boy sits on a folder chair fags his mother and asks -- >> mom? why am i fat? >> mom who is also overweight sighs. in another ad, an overweight ad talks about her obese daughter. >> i never thought what we eat made her sick. i always thought she was thick like her mama. >> the ad targets parents and ends with the line. stop sugar coating it, georgia. they are using blunt messages and billboards with images of overweight kids. it's hard to be a little girl if you're not one. >> nobody is paying attention to it. we thought it would take drastic measures. >> we couldn't find anyone who thought the ads were a good idea. >> i think that's very harsh and i think there has to be an alternative way to do it. >> director of the national center of weight and wellness says he is repulsed by the ads, which could be count

i'm peggy fox. the story coming up. >>> but first new research looks at how mothers with breast cancer share that information with their daughter. our health alert is next. >>> in tonight's health alert, sharing a scary family history with your kids, how do you do it? women with the breast cancer genes br1 or 2 are likely to get breast cancer and there's a good chance their children will inherent this tendency as well. reporter: lauren greers which the grac mutation which puts her at a very high risk for breast cancer and what's she's most worried is her 14-year-old daughter will inherent the gene. after her twin sister and aunt and cousin developed breast cancer laura chose to have herb breasts and ovaries removed -- her breasts and ovaries removed and said she never questioned letting her daughter know of her genetics and a new study found lauren did what most parents do. researchers in philadelphia looked at more than 250 parents who had genetic breast cancer testing and found 66% shared their re

. >>> if you often wake up in a bad mood, you may want to change sides of the bed because peggy fox found there's a new study that shows the side of the bed you sleep on can affect your whole personality. >> that's right. now the study was done by a major hotel chain in the united kingdom and they found that people who sleep on the left side of the bed are happier than people who sleep on the right side of the bed. so there really might be such a thing as the wrong side of the bed. >> i normally sleep on the left- hand side of the bed and i'm pretty happy. so i guess there's something to it. reporter: the uk's biggest hotel change, premier inn, studied 3,000 adults and found those who sleep on the left side of the bed are generally more cheerful and positive than people 2 sleep on the right. we asked -- who sleep on the right. we asked the premier inn people who do they mean by the left side of 9 bed? is it this side of the bed -- left side of the bed? is it this side of the bed when you're lying down or facing it? they say it's this side of the bed. the study said 25% of those that snooz

haven't found any social conservatives that have worked in the mainstream media outside of fox news. and peggythere may be a blind spot in whether santorum can win or not. >> you know what, joe, let me throw something out and see if you agree. in the media, in the tops or the establishments "of both parties." the democrats and the republicans, there's a whole lot of libertarian going on. i think you may be suggesting that. when it comes to social issues, everybody, top dems, top reps, the media, it's just not an issue for them. they are very libertarian. america is not very libertarian. america has libertarian impulses. and thoughts. look, we'll see what rick santorum is bringing to the table now, joe. i'm very interested, by the way, in what your experience was with him. i think you were in the house with him. he was one of the young ones of '94. i'm very interested in your read on him. we'll see what he's got to show in new hampshire. but don't write anybody off. by the way, don't write gingrich off either. i spent the past few days talking to people in south carolina. he's not over there. >