peggy fox, 9 news now. afford it. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> planned parenthood said since the news broke it has pulled in close to a half million dollars for donations for its just launched breast health emergency fund. we need to tell you wusa9 has been a sponsor for komen's race for the cure several years. that relationship has since ended. >>> today in annapolis it was a family touched by tragedy versus the motor vehicle administration. the question, how often is often enough to test older drivers for competency behind the wheel. nathan cransopler, a cyclist was hit by an 83-year-old last year and now his family is fighting a new proposal that would let drivers go eight years before testing for renewal. >> this stint a unique incident there. are other examples of -- isn't a unique incident. there are other examples of older drivers having incidents on the roads. >> the move is to save money. the administration says it depends on families, doctors and police to refer older drivers who may need additional testing. >>

peggy fox is live in alexandria with more. peggy. >> reporter: the funeral begins in an hour at 1:00 at temple bethel here on seminary road. the procession has been going on for the past hour and we saw casket, we saw procession of hundreds of alexandria firefighters and paramedics and their equipment coming in. the firetrucks, the ambulances. we saw flags being raised. they have closed down seminary road here for this procession. this huge, huge american flag flying up above as the procession has been going underneath. many people here paying their respects, saluting as the casket goes by. joshua weissman was 33 years old when he died in a freak accident, trying to save someone he thought was in danger in a burning vehicle on i-395 last wednesday night. it was raining, he was jumping over one jersey wall to another. and there was a drop 30 feet down and he fell between the two bridges and died several days later. we have his family here to pay their respects, of course, and many firefighters filling in for the alexandria firef

and as peggy fox reports, albo's sexually charged speech was the stimulous for the woman strike force pack. >> in a picture of a bill that has albo on it. >> dave albo's story about not having sex with his wife went viral over the weekend. >> the very next scene was a gentleman from alexandria going -- >> after they caught a clip about the transvaginal ultrasound bill, his wife was suddenly not in the mood. >> the show is over and she looks at me and she goes, i got to go to bed. >> both sides of the aisle found it funny, it pushed a group of women into action. >> i was angry about it. >> fairfax station activist, rebecca gellar helped create the pack that will get candidates that voted for the personhood bill. >> help these candidates, train them, and take over these seats. we want to defeat the people who supported these crazy bills. >> he's the one who forged a compromise. >> all what was said and they don't know that i was the guy who fixed it. >> gellar says the bill as it is diminishes women's rights. rebecca has an impressive group of women leading the pack. seven former women

i'm peggy fox, reporting on the pump patrol. back to you. >> you can always find the best gas prices in your own neighborhood at wusa9.com. just click on pump patrol. lesli? >> okay. well. i'm suppose to be telling you about this mild winter. you know what, i'm just going to talk to kristin. she's going to talk to us more about the fabulous weather that she got a chance to be out in all day. kristin, take it away. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher on the basin where washington residents are enjoying the 70- degree weather in the middle of winter. it's february, what are you doing with your shirt off? >> it's crazy. we try to take advantage of the weather. just look at it. it's beautiful. it couldn't get any better. >> reporter: while most people love the warm spell, the organizers of the cherry blossom festivals are starting to sweat. >> what we have seen in the last month to six weeks is sort of a ping-pong event of the temperatures. >> reporter: it's 70 degrees today, but it's forecast to be freezing this weekend. the back and f

peggy fox has the incredible chain of events that led to their rescue. >> my family, you know, six of them. >> this was the scene in fort washington at around 1:00 this morning. two adults and three children are air lifted to baltimore shock trauma for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. narrowly escaping death from carbon monoxide poisoning. >> they took readings and discovered 450 parts per million of carbon monoxide. now anything over five parts per million is considered unhealthy. initially you'll start feeling flu-like symptoms. headaches, nausea, dizziness, and if not removed from that environment, you will eventually die. >> the first event that saved the family was their two-year- old son, falling out of his bed at 9:30 last night. his parents thought he was having a seizure and they called 911. >> because carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, the paramedic who's came for the boy had no idea the levels were so dangerously high inside. it wasn't until three hours later when the doctor at children's figured it out. as we discovered other family members were not responding, i

as peggy fox reports, it all started when one car hit a deer. >> i couldn't stop bleeding. >> reporter: juan delgado had no idea what hit him as drove this xterra saturday night. he soon learned a prius had hit a deer coming the other way had crashed into the windshield. a leg slashed juan's forehead, but he's the lucky one. his best friend and wife's cousin 26-year-old rodolfo villatoro who was in the passenger seat was not moving. >> they pulled him out of the car and start cpr were. >> reporter: because rodolfo showed no signs of life no helicopter was sent juan says. >> he was such a nice friend to have. any time i used to go anywhere he would go with me. >> reporter: rodolfo immigrated from guatemala five years ago and has been living with juan and his family since. in addition to working two maintenance jobs, he also helps take care of juan's children. rodolfo's mother also lives with them. marta villatoro said her son was a good boy and his death is enormously painful. the accident happened on route 9 west of leesburg on their way to the charlestown racetrack when the deer came

>> reporter: i'm peggy fox in leesburg. a waterford couple was summoned to court this morning. they'll be on trial next month because their children were excessively late to school. >> i don't think it's appropriate for the county to basically make up laws and then try to enforce them in order to intimidate or bully parents into compliance. >> we're not trying to punish children here. that's the last thing we want to do. i think we wanted to work out with the parent how can we alleviate this problem because obviously if you're late 30 times in half a year, that's a problem. >> reporter: the dennicor children have been tardy about 30 times this year. last year one was tardy 68 times, but mark dennicor, a lawyer who represents himself, says the statute doesn't apply to tardiness. >> the statutes in virginia are for basically truancy and for kids that are skipping school without their parents' knowledge and that's not our situation. we know exactly where they are. they're in our car and we're trying to get them there. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> coming up at 7:00 tonigh

so it is up to us to pass on his stories. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> more details abouthe final days of pop diva whitney houston's life are coming to light as the planning is still underway for her private funeral and burial. shelby lynn has the latest. >> reporter: whitney houston's behavior the days before she died has become a focus of the investigation into her death last saturday. the singer was partying at the bar of her beverly hills hotel the night before her death according to a source close to the investigation. investigators requested surveillance recordings. houston was seen drinking considerable amounts of alcohol in the hotel last wednesday and thursday morning according to a source familiar with her activity at the time. the source says other guests expressed concern about her erratic behavior. the source also says on the morning of the day houston died she was seen drinking at the pool. witnesses said her behavior did not appear erratic. houston's cause of death is not expected to be revealed until toxicology tests are complete which could take weeks. mea

i'm peggy fox. coming up i'll tell you how the entire alexandria fire department is able to be here. >>> 9 news now is brought to you in part by your local toyota dealers, toyota moving forward. >>> if it's possible to take anything positive out of something so tragic, it would be how thankful we feel that there are people like josh who are unflinchingly there in the most trying of times for those they know and those they don't. >> that's the brother of joshua weissman speaking before this evening's viewing for the fallen alexandria paramedic in an effort to allow his coworkers to pay their respects. all city fire ems cars will be cover -- calls will be covered by neighboring departments. >> peggy fox joins us now live from the everly wheatley funeral home where the entire alexandria community is rallying around that weissman family. >> reporter: it is quite a scene here. there's a lot of people coming. visitation began at 5:00. at 7:00 tonight and until 7:00 friday no alexandria paramedic or firefi

peggy fox, thank -- on the streets. peggy fox, thank you. >> look at the twinge until his eye. he can't even stand -- twinkle in his eye. he can't even stand still he's so excited. >> we're going to see some snow. it's not going to be a monster storm or a perfect storm, but it's all we got, my friend. we're hanging on for dear life. let's look outside live at the capitol, just a beautiful evening. the winds have calmed down. we're in pretty good shape and temperatures are quite mild actually. we're in pretty good shape for mid- to late february, 52 downtown, winds calming down out of the north at 10. remember the dew points yesterday in the low 40s? now the dew point is in the mid- 20s. so the air is a little drier, a little more winter-like, if you will, humidity 34%. let's go through the bullet points again. you can keep your saturday night plans, probably will start as rain south and east of town. so calvert county, st. mary's county, even charles county but it will change to snow between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. sunday and the critical times have not changed, 11 a.m. sunday to ab

peggy fox joins us live from children's hospital with the chain of events that led to the family's rescue. peggy. >> a faulty furnace started spewing spewing carbon monoxide. when the little boy had to come to the hospital and when nobody at home would answer the phone, doctors here put together the mystery. >> i heard -- >> i was really scared. >> this was the scene in fort washington at around 1:00 this morning. two adults and three children are air lifted to baltimore shock trauma for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. narrowly escaping death. >> they took atmospheric readings and discovered 450 parts per million of carbon monoxide. now anything over 5 parts per million is considered unhealthy. initially you'll start feeling flu-like symptoms. headaches, nausea, dizziness. if not removed from that environment, you will eventually die. >> the first event that saved the family was their two-year- old son, falling out of his bed at 9:30 last night. his parents thought he was having a seizure and they called 911. >> because carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, the paramedics who came

i'm peggy fox.ing up, i'll tell you what it's all about. >> but up next, president obama's new budget plan is under fire. we'll break it all down when we come back. >>> president obama delivered his 2013 budget plan. the $3.8 trillion spending plan cuts to military and domestic spending. and the renewed plea for tax hikes todd very wealthy. at $350 billion to stimulate job growth. but the forecasted $901 billion deficit does fall short of the president's goal of cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term and the republicans already say the cuts in the president's proposal just don't go far enough. >>> president obama unveiled that budget proposal at the campus of the northern virginia community college today. >> plan would create an $8 billion fund to help connect community college students with businesses looking to hire workers for high growth industries. >> here in american, we have the best workers and some of the fastest growing companies in the world. there's no reason we can't c

. >> that's where peggy fox talked to the doctor . more on the narrow rescue that saved them all. >> this is the hyperbaric oxygen chamber here at shock trauma center where two of the family members are still recovering tonight. this after they were pulled from their homes yesterday morning after narrowly escaping certain death. >> he was concerned because they wouldn't answer the door and he could see different ones lying on the floor. >> two adults and two children were passed out on the floor from carbon monoxide poisoning leaking from their furnace. they have given one child a seizure. >> i think they didn't know what was happening. he fell off the bed. i guess he was unconscious. the hospital let them know it was gas. >> doctors treating the boy at children's hospital sent paramedics to the home when nobody answered phone calls. but the children's uncle got their first. according to the shock trauma doctor treating the whole family. >> he saw the house mates collapse on the ground near the four month old who was in a seat. and th

peggy fox joins us live from leesburg to explain. peggy? >> reporter: well, a few weeks ago a sheriff's deputy knocked on the door of mark and amy denicorr in waterford, handed them a summons to appear in court for a class 3 misdemeanor. this morning they were here answering that charge, all because their children have been late to school. >> every parent knows how tough it can be to get their children to school on time, but should they be summoned to court when kids are tardy? >> the issue that we have is making it criminal. >> reporter: mark and his wife were both charged with a class 3 misdemeanor for their children's excessive tardiness at loudoun county's waterford elementary school. the parents could face a $3,000 fine. >> i don't think it's appropriate for the county to basically make up laws and then try to enforce them in order to intimidate or bully parents into compliance. >> when the bell rings, people are in their desks ready to work. so if you're coming in at the bell, you're disrupting the day that's already begun. >> reporte

in culpeper, peggy fox, 9news now. >> and patricia's husband is looking into hiring an attorney.we think of the french, fine wine, culture, and the arts come to mind, but tonight, there are some who suggest that french parenting is also superior. anny hong is here with this debate. anny, tell me about this. >> it's all in this book called, bringing up bebe and it's about an american mother in paris and she says french parents have a certain attitude when it comes to raising better behaved children. she says french kids eat more varied diets than american children do. they sleep through the night earlier than the average u.s. infant and according to the author, more self-sufficient. able to amuse themselves without the help of their parents. >> french mother of two, peggy, prides herself in raising her daughters the french and american way. >> certainly have more exposure to different food. i mean, i do shop in the bakery. >> she is a director in georgetown says french parenting starts with the belief that children can learn self-control. that kids must not interrupt adults, for e

i'm peggy fox. coming up, we'll talk to one abortion care provider for some answers. 9news now is sponsored in part by nissan. choose nissan.com. >>> updating our top story. the abortion debate is heating up in virginia. late this afternoon, governor bob mcdonnell backed off supporting a controversial bill that would force women seeking an abortion to have an invasive ultrasound. he called for an amendment so that women would not be forced to undergo that kind of procedure. that bill was amended and has passed the house of delegates. now headed to the senate. that is just one of three bills being debated in virginia that opponents claim would infringe on women's reproductive rights. give unborn children at every stage of development the same rights as any other person. that is what is known as the personhood bill and the other would draw abortions of abnormal pregnancies. anita. >> lesli, as you know, people around the nation are watching this. but what do these bills mean for the women who live in

so we sent our peggy fox to the cathedral to find out how the repairs there are going to be happening. >> i'm here in the stone carver shop of the washington national cathedral, where the stone carvers, they have been working to repair the damage from that earthquake six months ago. sean, can you tell me about this large piece right here? >> sure, this is one of the grand events, the surviving ones. when the earthquake hits, three of these, three out of the four fell. this one shifted, but did not fall. >> yes, there's some damage there. that's till cal damage for a lot of them there. this is the intermediate view, which will be topping the view. >> i understand that it will look like this piece over here? >> i'm using tools that i will be shaping here to create that there. >> reporter: it'll take at least five years for all the repairs to be made because it costs $18 million. all the scaffolding that needs to be built is what's costing so much. peggy fox, 9news now. >>> meanwhile at the epic center of the earthquake down here in virginia, it was not until earlier this month that stud

peggy fox, you spoke to somebody who speaks out about bullying and what it can do to people. >> david is a college student who devotes much of his life to bullying. gives talks to people who are bullied and also tries to help bullies change their ways. and one of the main things is talking to bullies to help them cope. >> when i was being bullied, i felt like everybody hated me. >> david is a confident student at northern virginia community college on his way to gw next year. but when he was in elementary school, he was bullied relentlessly by kids who used to be his friends. >> they would start making fun of me for various things. for my size, for religion, for being in the gifted education program. constantly degrading me. it's all of the things i was proud of. i have always been proud of my religion, you know, and it hurt to hear on a daily basis how my religion could be used against me. >> he left his bullies behind in his new middle school. the bullying had broken him down, leaving him emotionally unstable. >> at that point, my self- esteem was down. once i got into middle school

peggy fox is live in culpeper with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: an eyewitness here in culpeper is contradicting what state police are saying about the investigation and why the culpeper police officer fired at a sunday schoolteacher. >> he had his hand on the door handle. i remember distinctly. >> chris says he saw a culpeper town police officer shoot 54-year-old patricia cook to death in this church parking lot yesterday morning. cook was in her jeep wrangler, cook rolled up the window, catching the officer's arm inside and dragged him. it didn't happen that way. >> it was right next to the vehicle. one hand on the door handle and one hand on his weapon. and she was rolling the window up and they were exiting out of the parking lot. >> the window was half way up. he said stop or i'll shoot and really didn't think he was going to do it. but she got the window all the way up and he shot and she took a left out of the parking lot here and he stepped out in the street and fired five more times. >> the officer was not dragged. he couldn't have had his arm caught because

peggy fox reporting live. >> thank you. the >>> there was no testimony today in the yeardley love murder trial in charlottesville. one of george huguely's defense attorneys is ill. the trial is expected to resume tomorrow. the prosecution has wrapped up its case. now it is up to the defense. huguely, a former university of virginia lacrosse mayor, is accused of killing his -- player, is accused of killing his former girl friend. huguely has pleaded not guilty. his attorneys argue this is a manslaughter case. >>> it will be life in prison without parole for the underwear bomber. umar farouk abdulmutallab received the sentence in a detroit courtroom today after pleading guilty four months ago. the nigerian man admits to trying to blow up a detroit airliner on christmas of 2009. the device did not work, but it caused smoke and flames and the nigerian man was badly burned. >>> coming up next andrea mccarren will join us live with the next frightening chapter in her teen drinking series right after the break. hear one local offi

i'm peggy fox in prince william county. back to you. >>> the small town of gore, virginia northwest of winchester is mourning the loss after volunteer firefighter. 21-year-old zach whitacre died yesterday morning. he was on the gore fire and rescue truck which was rushing across the border into west virginia to fight a house fire. zach's father doug was driving the tanker truck to get more water when it overturned on route 50 possibly after hitting annual icy patch. not only does zach's father volunteer with this fire company, so did his grandfather. >>> the entire alexandria fire department will go out of service between 7:00 wednesday night and noon on friday. that's so first responders can attend the various services for joshua weisman. the paramedic died last week responding to a car fire along 395. a viewing is scheduled for wednesday night. the funeral on thursday. during that time other local fire departments will cover any 911 calls in alexandria. >>> the mayor of d.c. is certainly applauding at least one item in pr

only on 9 tonight peggy fox talks with the man behind the wheel when that deer came crashing through his car window. >> reporter: the young man was killed in this exterra. what's remarkable is there's no front damage. a prius going this way hit deter and sent the deer flying through the air like -- hit the deer and sent the deer flying through the air like may of and it crashed of. >> reporter: juan delgado had no idea what hit him as he drove this xterra saturday night. all he knew immediately was he was in a lot of pain. the blood was coming from a huge gash on his forehead split open by the deer's leg. it took 50 stitches to close, but juan is the lucky one. his best friend and wife's cousin, 26-year-old rodolfo villatoro who had been sitting in the passenger seat was not moving. >> they pulled him out of the car and they start cpr. >> reporter: because rodolfo showed no signs of life no helicopter was sent juan says. >> he was such a nice friend to have. i used to go anywhere wee go with me of. >> reporter: rodolfo immigrated from guatemala five years ago and has lived with them

peggy fox, 9 news now. >> the program has turned churchill road into a pilot school in environmental for fairfax county public schools. >>> mean times students at james polk elementary in alexandria made the grade at least when it comes to fitness. today the marine corps marathon presented them with the healthy school award. during the assembly marines from quantico along with miles the bulldog their mascot joined the students in exercising and the school was presented with a $1,000 check for their accomplishment. >>> we are learning more about facebook than ever, but now that the popular social website has gone public. at first glance the figures look promising. the company has seen its annual revenue soar from $777 million in 2009 to 3.7 billion last year. facebook's earnings have grown at a similar rate ballooning from $122 million in 2009 to 668 million last year. even so skeptics say facebook stock is just not worth the risk. >> there's going to be a lot of advertisers that are already there and more advertisers that are going to come, but the question is, of course, whether tha

. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in vienna. it's a familiar place for families with children, but now the reston zoo is under investigation for possible cruelty to animals. it houses a variety of animals such as goats and camels and chickens and turkeys and until recently a wallaby like this one found on youtube, but thursday morning fairfax county police executed this search warrant after an employee at the zoo said the zoo director had drowned a sick wallaby as a means of euthanasia. the warrant says the employee jumped into a dumper it and found a trash bag containing the deceased wallaby which was profusely wet. the police officer wrote that the director said she euthanized the wallaby by injection with a drug called euthanasia but the officer found no blood at the injection site and noted the dead animal was wet. the director said they routinely wash the bodies. an employee says she doesn't believe the allegation and supports the director. >>> an update on a preschooler in north carolina who had her homemade lunch taken aw

in a story only seen on 9, peggy fox has uncovered court documents that are pretty disturbing. >> reporter: >> it's a familiar place for families with children, but now the reston zoo is under investigation for possible cruelty to animals. >> oh, my goodness. that's horrible. >> oh, my god, disgusting. >> reporter: this neighbor is stunned at the allegations surrounding the director of the reston zoo. it's a popular petting zoo for families which also hosts birthday parties for children. it houses a variety of animals such as goats, camels, chickens and turkeys and until recently a wallaby like this one found on youtube, but thursday morning fairfax county police executed this search warrant after an employee at the zoo said the zoo director had drowned a sick wallaby as a means of euthanasia. in the search warrant the employee put the wallaby in a crate and later observed the empty crate next to a water spigot with a 5-gallon bucket of water. the warrant says the employee jumped into a dumpster and found a trash bag containing the deceased wallaby which was profusely wet. the police offic

. >> i'm peggy fox in culpeper, where an eyewitness to a fatal police shooting is contradicting what state police are saying about the investigation and why the officer fired. >> his hand on the door handle. i remember distinctly because hands are close together. which chris says he saw a culpeper town police officer shoot 54-year-old patricia cook to death in this church parking lot yesterday morning. cook was in her jeep wrangler. state police say cook rolled up the window catching the officer's arm inside and dragged him. it didn't happen that way. >> he was right next to the vehicle. he had one hand on the door handle and one hand on his weapon. she was rolling the window up and they were exiting out of the parking lot. the window was half way up. he said stop or i'll shoot. didn't think he was going to do it, but she got the window all the way up and that's when he shot and she took a left out of the parking lot here and he stepped out in the street and fired five more times. >> michelle says the officer was not dragged. he couldn't have had his arm caught because he fired throu

reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> komen's apology does say they will continue to fund the existing grants to planned parenthood and will consider future applications. however, no word on whether or not it will approve those applications. >>> new information tonight on an alleged sex assault inside a southeast d.c. elementary school. d.c. public school officials now say a number of security policies were broken leading up to that incident. reporter: i'm scott broom in southeast washington where d.c. school officials say a number of security policies were broken leading up to anus dent here at ketcham elementary. the -- an incident here at ketcham elementary. the school system said a student issuing an adult visitor is not approved. this incident has highlighted a need to take immediate short and long term action to prove procedures in protocol around school security the statement said. school officials say the suspect spoke with an adult aide at the school about picking up a student. the aide recognized the man and assigned a girl to lead him to a classroom where she claims he inapp

peggy fox is here with more on the susan g. komen for the cure's apparent reversal. >> komen's ceo apologized and said the change in their funding criteria wasn't made to penalize planned parenthood, but, of course, people took it that way. some doubt whether they apology will have any future dollars behind it or not. >> i think they realize that they were losing money and support. reporter: congressman jim moran says the apology doesn't go far enough after komen severed ties with planned parenthood earlier this week. the largest breast cancer organization said it would not fund organizations that are under investigation, but the congressional probe into planned parenthood is political. now komen founder and ceo nancy brinker seen here in an earlier interview says we will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. >> no federal money ever goes to fund abortions. we know that the move in congress is a politically motivated one and actually this

. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in alexandria where thousands of people came out today to pay respects and say good-bye to paramedic joshua weissman who died in the line of duty. hundreds who never knew joshua weissman stood in the rain and drizzle to honor a man who gave his life rescuing others. 33-year-old joshua weissman lost his life after falling through a 20-inch space between two bridges as he attempted to reach a burning car. >> i'll never forget the moment looking over the side of that bridge and seeing josh. >> reporter: joshua died a few days later. his station's fire truck carried his body from funeral to burial at ivy hill cemetery. >> josh did a fine thing and he did a lifetime of fine things. >> reporter: a fellow paramedic talked about joshua's quirky sense of humor, commitment to the job and his love 6 life. >> a wonderful story -- love of life. >> a wonderful storyteller. he always made us laugh. he is not here to do that now, so it's up to us to pass on his stories. >>> the third u.s. infantry regimen typically conducts the honors for burials at arlington national cemet

reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> virginia congressman jim moran has released a statement calling on comb ton reverse that decision. on -- komen to reverse that decision. wusa9 has been komen's washington d.c. partner the past few years but a few months ago komen decided to end that relationship. >>> a controversial abortion pill now one step closer to becoming law of the land in virginia. today the state senate passed a measure by a three-vote margin that would require any woman wanting an abortion to have an ultrasound first. that woman would be offered but not required to see it or even listen to the fetus' heartbeat. the bill heads over to the house of delegates where previous bills have been passed and the governor said he would sign the bill if it passed. >>> fresh off his big win in florida mitt romney carrying momentum into minnesota and nevada. both those states hold caucuses between now and next too much the former massachusetts governor stopped off in minnesota today before he rolled off west and the rest of the gop pack got a jump auto campaigning in nevada. -- on campaig

our peggy fox takes a closer look at what's behind the bitter rift between the two groups. >> this isng. reporter: the susan g. komen race for the cure reportedly has cut its funding to planned parenthood because of an investigation launched by a conservative congressman urged by anti-abortion groups. >> no federal money is ever spent towards abortion. reporter: laura meyers, the ceo of planned parenthood of me

our peggy fox looked into that today. >> i think they realized they were losing money and support.sman jim moran says the apology doesn't go far enough after komen severed ties with planned parenthood earlier this week, the largest breast cancer organization saying it would not fund organizations that are under investigation, but the congressional probe into planned parenthood is political. now komen founder and ceo nancy brinker seen here

only on 9 tonight peggy fox talks with the man behind the wheel when that deer came crashing through his car. >> reporter: the young man was killed in this xterra. what's remarkable is that there's no damage on the front. what happened was a prius going this way hit the deer and sent the deer flying through the air

i'm peggy fox in fairfax county, i'll have the story coming up. >>> and up next, honoring hero who'sg children at risk a chance. we'll be back. >>> it is really tough to teach complex math problems. >> we feature a program that uses creative methods to teach these important skills to children. j.c. hayward shows us how it all works in this week's hero central. >> inside, hidden inside the sculpture is a really cool shape. it's an octagon. >> glenn elementary school has a diverse population. students from 52 different countries attend. today, they are visiting the art reach program in the mcclane, virginia. >> for many of these kids, they have not been exposed to art. they haven't been to an art gallery. they haven't been to a museum. this gives them the opportunity to see art directly, to be inspired by it and learn about the concepts of art. >> welcome. >> have you all been in an art gallery before? >> yes. >> some of you have, some of you haven't. that's great. we are so excited to have you here. >> sharon, a professional educator and artist says, art transcends all the differences

peggy fox joins us from the trinidad central city public charter school in northeast with the story.>> reporter: well, lesli, a concerned person gave us these work sheets that were completed by a 3rd grader here at trinidad center city public charter school. she completed every single one of them despite the violent and shocking imagery in many of them. >> the blood thirsty aliens then sucked the blood of 828 teachers and left them for dead. shocking. >> reporter: parents are shocked over these math problems that were sent home with 3rd graders at the trinidad center city public charter school. here's one about cooking africans, americans and indians. >> she then put the people equally into nine enormous ovens to bake. how many desperate people were in each oven? i mean it's the holocaust. it's too horrific to reasonably that this is the kind of learn -- to even think about that this is the kind of learning problem we're giving to children. >> reporter: this came under 3rd grade multiplication and division, but many questions seemed to come from violent video games. >> i look at ever