. >> we expect to find out more about the 12-year-old girl from roanoke, virginia and 32-year-old man accused of kidnapping her and bringing her to the bay area. they were discovered near ocean beach near san francisco last friday. cecilia vega has reaction from the girl's aunt and from roanoke police who are here in town. >> brittany smith's aunt says she met jeffrey easley for the first time on thanksgiving and was suspicious about the way the man acted with her 12-year-old niece. >> he was touching her and touching her hands and hair. it was like he consuming her with his eyes. >> lois said she called a hot line four times the following day and never heard back. she also called the girl's mother to express concern. >> roanoke detectives met outside the hall of justice after a day of interviewing brittany and the man accused of kidnapping her in virginia and driving across the country. >> now that she has been found and headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> police say easley is also a suspect in the murd

now that she's been found and will be headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: the murder is that of smith's mother, tina smith, the girlfriend of eisley. after her body was discovered on monday of last week, police launched an intense national search for the man and girl. a shopper here at this safeway store near ocean beach in san francisco recognized the girl and man from pictures she saw on a cable television show and called police. jc edgelinn is a safeway wells fargo employee. >> in the mornings, there's a lot of people that panhandle, especially in the area where it took place, where they found her. i'm pretty sure as i walk in the morning, i saw them around there. >> reporter: the man and girl are believed to have been living in a makeshiften campment near the store. after police arrived on friday, they took eisley into custody and placed smith into protective care. >> i saw her being questioned by the police. behind her, i saw, noticed a huge amount of luggage, and just carrying items, like bag

the girl's family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful to say the least. the police station there took on a party atmosphere when they got the call their suspect was in custody and the 12-year-old victim was okay. as amy holyfield reports, it is all thanks to a woman who watched the right tv show. >> there you see the 12-year-old little girl britney and you see the 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was tv show host nancy grace that helped crack the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. grace featured the girl prominently on her cnn show the past week and urgently pleaded for viewers to look for her. a san francisco woman saw grace's show and then went shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easily and britney smith. >> the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn stating that these people were the ones in fact from that show that aired today. >> the two were standing near the grocery carts outside the store. they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easily into custody without incident and th

roanoke police have arrived in san francisco to take over the investigation. don knapp tells us about the big break in the case. >> reporter: one week after 12- year-old brittany mae smith was reported missing she turned up a continent away, right here in san francisco. the long shot hope that someone would spot the virginia girl, or the adult male she was with, actually came through. when a woman at the safeway store on 48th near ocean beach recognized the two from a cable news program. >> i just know that the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn saying that these people were the one on the show that aired today. >> reporter: brity and jeffrey scott easley, had last been seen november 23 in salem virginia about five miles from roanoke. and brittany's mother, easley's girlfriend was found dead and what police kerred to be a homicide at -- considered to be a homicide at the virginia home. easley is under arrest in san francisco on kidnapping charges awaiting extradition proceedings. brittany is safe and being cared for by child prot

to roanoke, it is just beginning. the leading edge is virga. here is a wide look at the snow potential. you see the white area. that's a general one to three. light blue is three to six. three plus toward the northern neck. you may get three, three and a half. in the mountains of west virginia, that's where you're seeing six plus over there. we'll have more detailed snow totals at about 5:14. richard andre is here with time saver traffic. >> some ice to contend with, rock creek parkway and p street. traffic is getting by although it is a bit of a slippery situation. accident clearing in prince george's county. still the southbound lanes should be in the wrap-up stages. but still lay down for a second or three. no major issues to contend with in the area overall. i-495 quiet on the montgomery county side. all lanes open there. also, quiet, no incidents inbound on i-66. the inner loop beltway in virginia and the same story inbound on the dulles toll road. next time saver traffic coming your way at 5:09. >>> it appears a mistake using a spice heat

the girl's family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful to say the least. the police station took on a party atmosphere when they got the call the suspect was in custody and the 12-year-old victim was okay. it's all thanks to a woman who watched the right tv show. >> there you see the 12-year-old little girl britney and you see the 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was tv show host nancy grace that helped crack the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. grace featured the girl prominently on her cnn show the past week and urgently pleaded with viewers to look for her. a san francisco woman saw grace's show and then went shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easily and britney smith. >> the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn stating that the people were the ones in fact from that show that aired today. >> the two were standing near the grocery carts outside the store. they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easily into custody without incident. they say britney is okay. her grandmother

roanoke detectives spent the day at san francisco's haul of justice, interviewing brittany smith and the man accusedded of kidnapping here in virginia and driving her across the country. >> now that she has been found and will be headed back to roanoke soon the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: police say jeffrey easley is a suspect in the murder of brittany's mother tina smith found dead last week in her virginia home. some say tina and easley were romantically involved. but today there was no light shed on the cross-country journey or the motive for it. >> we don't want anything to jeopardize the case and the investigation back in roanoke and it's very important that we get justice for tina smith's family. >> reporter: brittany's aunt told us she met easley for the first time on thanksgiving and was immediately suspicious about the way he acted toward the girl. >> he was touching her hair touching her hands, and just anything that -- it was like he wanted to consumer her. it was just gross. >> reporter: she says she calle

. >> she will be headed back to roanoke soon. the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: easley is the suspecin the murder of tina smait, brittany's mothe easley and teen -- tina smith were romantically invoed and moved in with brittany and her mother in october. the police would not shed light on the cross-country journey. >> we don't want anything to jeopardize the case and the investigation in roanoke. >> reporter: surveillance deo from a virgin wal-mart shows the las time brit? easley were seen, on december 3rd, buying camping gear. police believe in san francisco they lived in an encampment near ocean beach, and panhandled outsid this safeway, and a woman recognized the and called police. >> reporter: the police aren't saying when brittany will be reunited with her father, a virginia police officer. >> alan: the missing girl from redding was reunited with her family. police had been searchin for last month for 15-year-old jean berlinghoff and her uncle, chles berlinghof

a 12-year-old girl from roanoke, virginia and a 15-year-old from redding, california are safe. the 12-year-old was found on friday and today cecilia vega learned more about her cross country ordeal. >> britney smith ease aunt told abc7 she met jeffrey easily for the first time on thanksgiving and was suspicious about the way the 32-year-old man acted with her 12-year-old niece. >> he was touching her hair and touching her hands and it was like he wanted to consume her with his eyes. it was gross. >> lois said she called child protective services and a child abuse hotline four times the following day and never heard back. she also called the girl's mother to express concern. >> that's when i said he lives there? and she said yes, but he is moving out jie. they met outside the hall of justice after interviewing britney and the man accused of kidnapping her and driving cross country. >> now that she has been fined and headed back to roanoke soon. the police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> easily is also a suspect in the murder of britney's mother, ti

tonight, roanoke police are in san francisco to take over the investigation. knapp has more on that case. >> reporter: one week after 12- year-old brittany mae smith was reported missing she turned up a continent away, right here in san francisco. the long shot hope that someone would spot the virginia girl or the adult male she was with actually came through. when a woman at the safeway store near 48th and ocean beach recognized the two from a cable news program. >> i just know that the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn saying that these people were the ones from that show that aired today. >> reporter: a police spokeswoman says in an e-mailed statement that police believe the plan and girl may have been pan handling outside the store and the san francisco chronicle had reported that the two were camping near ocean beach. the two were last cease december 3 on surveillance cameras in a walmart star five miles from roanoke in virginia. and brittany's mother who was easley's girlfriend was found dead in what police considered a ho

now that she's been found and will be headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to murder investigation. >> reporter: that's a reference to murder victim keena smith, whose body was found in their west virginia home. they were last seen on a wal- mart surveillance video camera in virginia where they bought camping supplies and a tent. after that, police felt she had dropped off the face of the earth until they got a call from san diego police. >> i saw her there. she was being questioned by the police. behind her, i noticed a huge amount of luggage and just carry items, like bags, and definitely looked like it was a lot more for one person to carry. >> reporter: in a lucky long shot, a woman shopper where jaycee works for a wells fargo branch, recognized the man and girl from pictures the shopper saw on tv, and called police. the couple had been living in a make-shift encampment nearby. >> in the mornings, there's a lot of people who panhandle, especially in the area where -- the place where they found her. so i'm pretty sure, as i walked in the

britney smith vanished from roanoke virginia where her mother was murdered. the suspect was spotted here with britney and was arrested. this morning, detectives from virginia are on their way here. the family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful and the police station took on a party atmosphere that the suspect was in custody and 12-year-old victim was okay. amy hollyfield reports, it's all thanks to a woman that watched a tv show. >> here is the 12-year-old girl britney and you see 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was nancy grace that cracked the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. she features a girl prominently the past week and pleaded with viewers to look for her. at ocean beach, she spotted jeffrey easley and britney smith. >> they had observed the television show on cnn saying these are the people. >> they were standing near the grocery carts possibly panhandling. they took easley into custody without incident. the grandmother is overjoyed. >> if i could hug and kiss each one of you, i would. >> i can't express it. believe me, i'

she disappeared from roanoke, va. after mother was murdered. the boyfriend is believed to be the kidnapper and jonathan blum has more of the good samaritan located this child. >> here, in san francisco, a dramatic child of deduction that made headlines from where it started in virginia and it right here at the safeway store. a good samaritan it spotted part needs met and with the man who is alleged of capturing her, spotted-percen prbricfor to smith, right near the beach, and if there been he is in san francisco co, in their being processing his return back to roanoke. and as good samaritan is not shown herself yet we confirm that she is not an employee of this grocery store issue is just the grocery store shopper. >> and as jonathan blum mentioned his ordeal began one week ago the mother of brittanty smith , was found dead and reggie smith continues our story. >> for several weeks, a 47 trying to questioned jeffrey easily, authorities--for try to find out more details from jeffrey, the boyfriend of the mother boyfriendbrittany salem, was virgi

we see roanoke and richmond right now. between roanoke and richmond with, at best, probably if you aries. west corner of virginia. i thri it is going to be held mostly to the south. more on that in a minute. 28 at b.w.i. marshall now. 63% the humidity. the barometric pressure. at the moment, the winds are calm. doesn't feel too severe out there. by the way, this weekend, the two days, the 18th and 19th, the anniversary of last year's big storms, of the major storms that hit us last year, westminster almost 19 inches. officially at the airport, that two-day snow total is 18 inches. here on tv hill we get 17 inches of snow. temperatures in annapolis, salisbury down to 14. 28 westminster. in the teens out in far western maryland right now. here's the satellite imaginary combined with radar. you see that storm developing and starting to move in our direction, it looks like it will move to our south. out the sea, going up to the coast. near the coast would be bad because it would throw snow back at us. if it scoots to our south

roanoke detectives are expected to take brittani home once they have interviewed her. >>> more problems at napa state hospital. a worker was badly beaten today, and it's the second attack in four days by the same patient. lisa amin gulezian is live in napa tonight. >> reporter: the hospital is still on lockdown, but that's only because of a staffer who was murdered back in october. there has been a slightly elevated police presence here at the front gate all day long, but employees say none of that is enough two attacks in 2004 -- in to four days have staffers on edge. on wednesday, a custodian was commit knocked unconscious by a resident. this morning, another attack, this time on a rehabilitation therapist, or rt. >> the same person that committed the crim against the custodian was without with the r. t., the r. t. was boat up -- beat up. >> the maintenance in the jail, charged with assault. the attacks come less than two months after the murder of describing psychiatric technician, donna gros. >> all of i know is they're doing their bess to remove themselves from any situation that c

will be a press conference from roanoke officials this evening and we'll have more for you later on. >> and san francisco police say one officer was involved in an altercation with a homeless man this afternoon and shot him. it happened in garfield square in the mission district. abc 7 is there with more now. >> cheryl, we know that the police officer was not shot. and here is what police are telling us. the officer in question suffered only lacerations and they won't tell us wr. exactly. it happened when he confronted the suspect in the park. now both men started to fight. the police officer who was, by the way alone, then shot the suspect. he, meaning the suspect suffered non-life threatening injuries and was shot in the hip. both were taken to san francisco general hospital just blocks from here. here is a play by play of what happened when the officer first approached four men who were drinking in the park. >> at one point, one of the individuals became combattive with the officer and a fight ensued. this struggle between the officer and suspect he tried to detain the suspect. at

. >> now she has been found and headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke police department has shifted to the murder investigation. >> police say easley is also a suspect in the murder of brittany's mother, tina smith, she was found dead last week. family says easley and tina were romanticly involved and that he moved into her home back in october. >> a 15-year-old redding girl is back her family after being found in the bay area. they had been searching for a month she and her uncle. he is accused of abduct her. the girl's cousin spotted the bay by chance on saturday. she noticed them in a parked car at division and bryant streets. she and the boyfriend watched them from a distance until police arrived. the family says charles berlinghoff convinced her to leave with him. >> organizers of the sailing race are not happy with the latest offer. they are giving the city a friday deadline. lilian kim reports. >> organizers of the mechanics america's cup have had it with san francisco leaders. so much so chief operating officer fired off a letter to city hall, says he wants a deal by friday.

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and to get back to roanoke, okay. >> there was an unrelated felony warrant out on easley. it's unclear what for. roanoke officials say they're not sure what the plan is for bringing britney home right now. she's likely in the custody of child protective services. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> she's safe. thank you. >> and a san francisco police officer shot a man late today in a mission district park. police say the officer was investigating reports of several men drinking in garfield square, one attacked him. the officer opened fire hitting the suspect once. >> he's been treated for what police describe as nonlife threatening injuries. the officer was hurt, but only slightly. >> there is a srdz of reports on how your tax dollars are being spent and how the government can get the biggest bang for your buck. the city of san carlos is getting a rude wakening. a 30-year-old cost sharing agreement for the fire department isn't working out. vic lee is live in san carlos tonight with the story. vick? >> in this day and age, it's aabout bottom line, money. first a police

roanoke 19. and some of these places have a few shots of snow. and i mention that because this is going to be a unique pattern where there may be more snow to the south than we get here over the course of the next week. wind chills down into the single digits in some spots and as we watch a quiet pattern, we are dry. the satellite shows clear skies as well. so we should have a lot more sunshine for today. overall weather pattern looks very interesting watching the jet stream diving down through south florida and then off the coast. what's interesting is when you get the cold shots pushing off the eastern seaboard, you get the cloud line mimicking the coastline. this is ocean effect clouds and showers well out off the atlantic and out of our radar scope. we are watching back to the west. this day in the cloud to the south, that's really tapping into the cold blast and that will actually be the mark of the next system that will ride a southern track south of baltimore. we will be right on the northern fringe of that. that moons we could get clipped

a virginia woman and then kidnapping her 12-year-old daughter and driving across the country from roanoke to the bay area. detectives from virginia were in san francisco over the weekend to question 32-year-old jeffrey easley and interview brittany smith. the two were seen panhandling last friday outside the ocean beach safeway. easley is the prime suspect in the murder of brittany's mother, tina smith. she was found dead week. >> nurses are calling for increased safety measures at napa state hospital. last wednesday a custodian was beaten unconscious and on saturday ux a rehabilitation therapist was attacked. a nurse tells "abc 7 news" that the same patient who beat the custodian also attacked the therapist. and these attacks came less than two months of a murder of a technician. >> it's dangerous. we are losing control. we've lost control. >> napa state hospital says they have immediately added additional measures for escorting patients on the ground. officials say hospital police are investigating last week's attacks. >>> an 18-month-old boy who fell into a san francisco hotel fountain

brittany and scott easily had last been seen december 3rd in salem, virginia, about five miles from roanoke. brittany's mother who was easily's girlfriend was found dead in what police consider to be a homocide and her at her southwestern virginia home. easily is under arrest on kidnapping charges and awaiting can extradition to virginia. brittany is safe and being cared for by child protective services. they called today a day of sunshine. >> brittany will not only be home for christmas, she will be here to tell her mother good- bye, she will be able to tell her mother and sleep tonight. >> reporter: detectives from roanoke have arrived to take over the case of easily and brittany smith while detectives are here to deal with burlinghoff and her uncle charles burlinghoff. >>> if you have been out today you may have seen a heavy fog settling over the bay. robert liles says those conditions are going to continue tomorrow. robert? >> that's right. in fact the national weather service says the visibility is down to less than half a mile. what does that look like outside as we take a live look f

. >> now that she has been found and will be heading back to roanoke soon, the roanoke police department focus has shifted to murder investigation. >> now the girl's mother 41- year-old tina smith of virginia was found dead in her home one week ago a surveillance camera captured her daughter walking with a suspected killer josh easley at a walmart in roanoke. miss had said the -- police had said the mother met easley on the internet and had recently moved in with the mother and daughter. >>> the news is bert this morning about -- the news is better this morning about a missing 15-year-old girl. jean marie berlinghoff went missing. 34-year-old charles berlinghoff was arrested two other men have been detained. >>> time now 6:05 redwood police are investigating an assault on one of their police officers that happened after a traffic stop. the officers stopped the car at 2:00 sunday morning at walnut boulevard for running a red light. both the driver and passenger ran away. the police officer caught up to the driver in an alley. there was a confrontation according to officials. the officer w

it was just last week that the girl's mother was found murdered in their home in roanoke, virginia. the girl's whereabouts has been a mystery until a shopper recognized the pair panhandling outside a safeway, giving police their big break. noz -- >> now that she's been found, the roanoke police department's investigation has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: police are now combing through a camp area where the two might have been camping. >> all right, denise. thank you. it is still unclear if the girl was forced on the cross country trip. >>> a nursery school nightmare in eastern france has ended. but not before an intruder held young children and their teacher hostage for hours. charlie d'agata has more on the dramatic rescue from london. [ noaudio ] >> now, the french education minister tells us that the children and their family will receive counseling. >>> a federal judge in virginia has declared the obama administration's new healthcare law, unconstitutional. u.s. district judge, hend henry hudson is the first judge to rule against the law. a lawsuit's challeng

you have to go down roanoke, points south and west of there. i'll show you this. darker blues that are coming in to charleston over toward southwestern virginia and kentucky. those are reaching the ground. it will take a little while for the atmosphere to moisten up. winter weather advisories have been -- they start to the south and west and go until 9:00 p.m. tonight. jefferson county, west virginia up through the panhandle here. also into washington county, maryland. you're not in the advisories. everyone else is. we're looking at a little snow. i'll get there in a moment. 22 right now. cold enough that anything that falls is going to stick. 18 gaithersberg. it is 15 in winchester. the air is also a little dry. that's one reason that early snow will evaporate. look at the relative humidity. 55%. you have a spread between the dew point of 8 and the temperature of 22. 14 degrees. for us to get a good snow going, we have to moisten up the atmosphere. we can't have 55% humidity and get a good snow. you want to have 85, 90, 95, 100%. bic bigger picture, snow showers

. >> now that she has been fined and will be headed become to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> easley is as we mentioned a prime suspect in the death of brittany's mother. the two were romantically involved. smith was found dead in her virginia home last monday. police will not say at this point how she died. police also won't say when brittany will be headed back to virginia to be reunited with her dad and her grandparents. as for the san francisco connection, it was a good samaritan who recognized the pair at the safeway on friday after seeing a story about the two on national television. police have not released that woman's identity. >>> and another missing teenager was found safe in san francisco this weekend as well. 15-year-old jean burlinghoff was found in the mission district where the girl's cousin just happened to be shopping at the same time. she is in shasta county and is back home with her family tonight. she had been missing more than a month. officers say the girl's cousin spotted the girl with her u

. >> now she has been found and will be heading back to roanoke soon. the police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> the girls mother 41-year-old tina smith of virginia was found dead in her home. captured her daughter walking with the suspected killer at a walmart in roanoke county. that video was taken the very same day police believe the girl's mother was killed. police said the mother met easley on the internet and recently moved in with the mother and daughter. >>> the news is better this morning about a missing 15-year- old girl from redding. she was found safe in san francisco. jane marie was missing from her home last month. the missing girls cousin was shopping saturday and spotted the 15-year-old walking with her uncle and another man. 34-year-old charles was arrested. two other men have been detained. >>> a san jose man is dead after being hit by a bus. that happened at 5:30 at east capital express way. witnesses say the man was walking around drunk in traffic and appeared to be homeless. police say the man was in h

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. ---- y dos detectives de la policia del condado de roanoke escoltan de regreso a la chiquita de 12e secuestrada por un sujeto de 32 ... en virginia. ---- jeffrey easley trajo a britanny smith (su hijastra) desde ese estado a san francisco, donde capturaron al secuestrador y liberaron a la jovencita.---- el acusado sera presentado ante la justicia maÑana.---- easley y smith estuvieron acampando en el parque golden gate por varios dias hasta que los encontraron . ---- quiero recordarles, antes de continuar con las noticias, que daniel rodriguez se prepara junto a la gente de la biblioteca publica de san jose ... a demostrarle como usted y su familia pueden tomar ventaja de la biblioteca en si, y de su completisima pagina de internet !!! ---ademas, ellos estan esperando sus consultas ... ---llamenos gratis al 1-866- 229-4848 ....o escribanos a "noticiero 48 arroba telemundo punto com" ... ---- seguimos en san jose. ----a solo dias de varias redadas en dispensarios de marihuana medicinal, el concejo municipal toÓ hoy el primer paso para legalizar esos establecimientos.--- en vivo, jaim

. ---- y este video es de cuando llego a la carcel de roanoke ...th, de 12 aÑos, desde virginia al area de la bahia .... presuntamente, despues de matar a la madre de la niÑa, "tina smith". -- el sujeto estaÁ bajo observacion especial en la carcel, por instrucciones del departamento Édico carceÁ rio.--- maÑana seÍa presentado ante la justicia. ---y regresando a oakland, el jefe de la policia esta solicitando apoyo del fbi en la investigacion de un incidente, en el que una persona desarmada murio a manos de la policia ... ...---anthony bates dijo que con esto quiere que la investigacion se desarrolle de manera independiente...---el mes pasado dos policias de oakland acudieron a un llamado de disputa domestica en donde derrick jones murio luego de sufrir disparos de los oficiales...---segun los agentes jones parecia estar armado...pero al final no se encontro ningun arma. ---por aÑos sufrio de mala reputacion ... y muchos no querian ir alla.---se trata del asilo y centro de rehabilitacion publico de la ciudad de san francisco, el hospital de laguna ho

. >> now that she has been found and will head back to roanoke the county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: the girl's mother, tina smith was found dead in her virginia home monday. her dodge neon was found in a parking lot near sfo. the suspected killer, jeffrey scott easley was recorded with smith's daughter on this tape december 3rd. the same day police say they suspect she was killed. police have said tina smith met easley on the internet over the summer and he moved in with her and the girl in october. >> we don't want anything to put in danger the case and the investigation back in roanoke. it's very important that we get justice for smith's family. >> reporter: since arriving in san francisco yesterday detectives visited the area on the out skirts of ocean beach where the girl and easley were staying prior to their find. the two were seen friday panhandling outside a richmond district safeway, recognized from their photographs on a national crime show. >> without your help this case could have ended much differently. >> reporter: easl

to the south, winter storm warnings down for richmond and roanoke. satellite and radar, we've seen the clouds move in since the early morning hours. here's some of the snowfall showing up in west virginia. this is not reaching the ground. some of the blues here getting real close toward charlottesville now. live doppler 9000, we're picking up some of the returns as well. this is virga. not reaching the ground. see it is ragged looking here. worth of winchester. almost. give them another 30 minutes or so. that snow is headed toward us. temperaturewise this morning. teens and low 20s. reston is 18. hay market in manassas, only 16 right now. 19 in columbia. and andrews and baden at 17 degrees. lleytonville at 18. cloudy skies. and the air is dry. humidity is only 55%. first batch of snow will take a little bit of time to evaporate. you can see it coming in here now. we're going to watch it. it all matching off to the east with a heavier amount south. want to show you the snow totals before we get to the extended. as we head toward 5:00, almost two inche

they will take him back to the roanoke, virginia in the next 48 hours. he is was with britney mae smith when he was arrested last friday. her mother, tina smith was easley's girlfriend. she was found dead last week in the home. >> there is another round rain moving toward the bay area. mike nicco has a look at it. >> good morning to you. we'll start up in the north bay, show you some of the radar returns that is very scattered in nature. we're in a lull of this morning's rain that dropped quarter of an inch in mill valley. .15 in petaluma. rain we're going to get afternoon hours, things are pretty quiet. we do have more radar returns off shore for hatch moon bay, two-thirds of an inch. a tenth in dublin. we had a healthy rain during the morning hours, during the cold front, we'll get the most widespread and heaviest coverage of the rain, about a quarter to half an inch, meabl double that in the valleys. this is one of five chances in the next seven days for rain. >> we'll keep other umbrellas out. >> san francisco peninsula state assemble jerry hill is a

and roanoke, virginia, drivers were careful during their evening commute. of course, the snow made for terrible visibility. they had sleet, snow, and freezing rain. and they also had some slick and dangerous roads. >>> all right. now, let's look at north carolina. the temperatures there dropped so low that a water fountain actually froze. look at that. is that amazing? the low mercury turned the water fountain into a solid block of ice. schools and businesses were closed because of the dangerous conditions. >>> well, the fighting is over. soon, president obama will sign the tax compromise deal that he reached with republicans. but not everyone is celebrating this bipartisan measure. joel brown reports from the white house. >>> president obama obama will sign the tax cut deal into law this afternoon, giving millions of americans a little more money next year. >> the motion is adopted. >> the bill cleared its final hurdle late last night. when it passed in the house. the measure extends the bush- era tax cuts for two years for everyone. it also extends unempl

this happened last night in downtown roanoke. a norfolk southern spokesman said four rail cars carrying automobiles were leaving the rail yard when they went off the tracks. nobody was hurt. >>> don king was briefly detained by airport security in cleveland. a spokesman for hopkins international airport said the tsa stopped king last night for having i'm -- ammunition on his carryon luggage. no word on whether he'll be cited. king has yet to comment. >>> d.c. area high school musicians spent the day inspiring children to succeed. the group called brass of peace visited three d.c. schools today, including francis scott t and cleveland elementary schools. they are partnering with the national symphony education department to develop public speaking and performing. >>> coming up next, new at 5:30. >> this is bruce johnson, unemployment in the district is officially at about 10%. but in some communities it's up to 50%. and the mayor-elect brought the business leaders together to ask for help in putting people to work. i'll have that

. >>> the man accused of abducting a 12-year-old, jeff rerey -- jeffrey easley arrived in roanoke lastes charges of abducting 12-year-old brittany smith. the two were found at a san francisco supermarket, shortly after police discovered the girl's mother dead in their roanoke home. >>> police are on the lookout for real-life christmas grinches. they stole the grinch from the vfw post. surveillance video shows the man and woman unplugging the decorations, loading them into a pickup truck. they made off with about $350 in decorations. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange says it is great to smell the fresh air again. the wikileaks founder is headed to an english country mansion, where he says he will continue to reveal top secret u.s. documents. assange is fighting extradition to sweden, where he's wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. >>> katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> the security guard who saved those florida school board members says he's no hero. i'll speak with him about what happened. so that story and more tonight, o

thousands of miles away from her roanoke, virginia home. after a week long search. 12-year-old girl was found today at a safeway grocery store in san francisco's richmond district. on la playa avenue. and they say that she was with the man that authorities believed abducted her. now, they say someone who saw 32-year-old jeffrey scott easily picture's on the nancy grace show called 911 after recognizing easley in the supermarket, he was dating the girl's mother found dead after britney may smith was reported missing. row nanoke police issued an amb alert for britney may smith. it showed them at a wal-mart in virginia shortly after she was reported missing. but that was the last information they had about her disappearance until today. authorities discovered the body of tina smith, britney any mother monday. easley was sought in connection with the mother's homicide and possible abduction of the girl. police say the person who recognized easley's picture not only called police but stayed at the safeway on la playa. kept an eye on the pair unt

. >> now that she's been found and will be heading pack to roanoke soon, the roanoke county s heriff'sice has shifted to the murder investigation. tina smith of virginia virginia was one dead inner with home one week ago. a surveillance camera captured her daughter walking with jeffvy scott at a walmart in roanoke county. the video was taken the same day they believe the mother was k illed. police say the mother met the man on the internet and recently moved 234 the mother and her daughter. >>> a missing 15-year-old girl from redding is safe this morning after being found 234 san francisco. she disappeared last month. a cousin of the missing girl was shoppings at the sports basement in san francisco on saturday and spotted her walking with her uncle and another man. 4-year-old charles bur ling hoff was arrested and two other men who may have been involved in the teen's abduction were d etained. >>> 8:34. well, students at sonoma state university are on alert after a campus bookstore was robbed. it's. this happened around 7:15 saturday morning. police say two gunmen burst in wearing bla

. >> a 12-year-old girl that was kidnapped in roanoke, virginia will be escorted back home by police. the alleged kidnapper is expected to be extradited back to virginia the next few days, will face kidnapping charges and murdering her mother. they were discovered panhandling last friday outside a safeway store in san francisco. >> the nurses union is calling for more security at napa state hospital after two more attacks. latest happened in a secluded area the campus. one person is hospitalized in serious condition with four skull fractures. last wednesday a custodian was also beaten unconscious. a nurse tells abc news that the same patient is responsible for both attacks. a person was booked into jail for felony battery. it comes less than two months after the murder of a psychiatric technician by another patient. >> it's dangerous. we are losing control. we have lost control. >>> napa state hospital says security measures were stepped off an a technician was strangled in october. >> developing news, federal judge in virginia has rejected a key position of the obama administration's

brittani smith vanished a week ago from roanoke, virginia, where her mother was murdered. yesterday, the suspect, jeffrey easily, was spotted in san francisco with brittani and was arrested. the detectives are preparing to extradite easily, who is facing charges in connection with smith0s an abduction. >> as far as the murder charge, that's something you have to consult with the commonwealth attorney on. >> alan: police say they were seen pan-handling outside a seasonway store in ocean beach. a shopper who saw a report on television recognized them and called police. police say easily told them he came to san francisco after it showed up on a google search as the best place to be homeless. detectives will be taking brittany home. >>> u.s. coast guard has called off the search for a man who reportedly fell off a boat last night. the coast guard began searching richardson bay after a woman told them a man had fallen overboard and was not wearing a life jacket. the coast guard says the chances of fining the man alive in these chilly waters are slim. >>> san francisco is facin

. >> dan, police in roanoke says you can imagine how grateful they are to this san francisco woman. they say their police station took on a party atmosphere when they got the call that their suspect was in custody and the 12-year-old victim was okay, all thanks to a woman who watched the right tv show today. >> there you can see the 12-year-old girl and 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was nancy grace that helped crack the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. she featured britney on her show and urge pleaded for viewers to look for her. a san francisco woman saw grace's show. and then she wept shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easley and jeffrey smith. >> the person who contacted police observed a television show on cnn saying these are the people from the show. >> the two were near the grocery carts near the store and they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easley into custody without incident and britney is okay. her grandmother says the family is overjoyed. >> thank everybody, bless each of you. if i could hug and kiss each one i

. >> and detectives from roanoke virginia making arrangements to excite the man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. today the 32-year-old jeffrey scott easley agreed to extradition moved within the next 48 hours to virginia. he will face abduction and credit card charges. he was with britney may smith when arrested in ocean beach r.beach on friday, her mother was easley's girlfriend found dead last week at their home. he is a suspect in that murder. and a 29-year-old was charged in court today with aggravated assault and committing a lewd act on a child a accused of sexual assaulted an 8-year-old girl in a walmart friday night. two shoppers chased him down and held him. >> caltrans is gearing up to install next section of the bay bridge. this shipment just arrived last night. caltrans hopes to start lifting pieces into place thursday. and this will bring nearly three quarters of the way to the final heat. -- height. and they hope to finish by christmas eve. >> battle of the sexes and bulge. who ask z a better job of keeping off weight as we age. >> golden globe contenders includ

virginia are also in town to question himself 12-year-old brittany smith vanished a week ago from roanoke, virginia, where her mother was murdered. yesterday, the suspect, jeffrey easily, was spotted with brittani in san francisco and arrest. the detectives are preparing to extradite easily. he has been named a suspect in the murder of brittani's mother. >> as far as the murder charge, i think that that's something you'll have to consult with the commonwealth attorney on. >> alan: police say brittany and easily were seen pane-handling outside a safeway store. a shopper recognized them and called police police say easily told them he cam to san francisco as it came up on a google search as the best place to be homeless. >>> several blocks of east oakland had to be shut done after one person was killed and three others shot. shell case examination other evidence littered two blocks of international boulevard. police say the other three injuries are not life-threatening. and they're still trying to figure out the motive. so far oakland police say eight people have been shot in the past 48 ho

that's a live picture near 220 at roanoke. we can see the leading edge of the sne is drying out before it reaches the surface. before the nextouple of hours we should have the snow reaching the ground. 20s today. one to three inches expected. lighter amounts farther north. but maybe higher amounts, two or three inches, to our south. drying out for the it's holiday time, and no fruit is as versatile as our ocean spray cranberries. you can decorate with them, bake with them, even make holiday drinks, like our cranberry punch we call the festive sparkler. mm! festive. for all these reasons, we declare the ocean spray cranberry... the unofcial official fruit of the holidays. we'll probab get fk from the dates and figs. but no one can tell them apart, anyway. [ snickering ] for holiy tips and recipes, go to oceanspr.com. >>> good morning, everyone. the trip in from the west along interstate 66 looks like an accident now right side and left side. authorities are on the scene, but it is going to be a sw jun slowdown. let's ow dowand

down i-81 and places like lexington and roanoke, seeing 2- 3 inches as opposed to here. and in pennsylvania very still going on. and column because, ohio, still snowing. and there are the advisories covering everybody and because this light blue is 3-6, well south of town. we'll break down the specifics. meteorologist anne hong will join me also. and jaycee, back to you. >>> many schools are closing early. we want to give you this important information. right now fairfax and loudoun county schools will close 2 hours early. manassas city and manassas park public schools will close 2 hours early. prince william county schools will close 1 hour early. in maryland, prince george's and frederick county schools will close 2 hours early. and all after-school and evening activities are canceled. anne arundel county will let students go home an hour early. in west virginia, mineral county schools will let students out two and a half hours early. of course road crews in our area have been prepared for today's snow. they started last night. salt trucks began pre-treating highways a

they will take him back to the roanoke, virginia in the next 48 hours. he is was with britney mae smith when he was arrested last friday. her mother, tina smith was easl's girlfriend. she was found de last week in the home. >> there is another round rain moving toward the bay area mike nicco has a look at it. >> good morning to you. we'll stt up in the north bay, show you some of the radar returns thats very scattered in nature. we're in a lull of this morning's rain that dropped quarter an inch in mill valley. .15 in petaluma. rain we're going to get afternoon hours, things are pretty quiet. we do have more radar returns off shore for hatch moon bay, two-thirds o an inch. a tenth in dublin. we had a healthy rain during the morning hours, during the cold front, we'll get the most widespread and heaviest coverage of the rain, about a quarter to half an inch, meabl double that in the valleys. this is one of five chances in the next sen days for rain. >> we'll keep other umbrellas out. >> s francisco peninsula state assemble jerry hill is at a meeting, he w

. >> a 12-year-old girl that was kidnapped in roanoke, virginia will be escorted back home by police. the alleged kidnapper is expected to be extradited back to virginia the next fe days, will face kidnping charges an murdering her ther. they were discovered panhandling last friday outside a safeway store in san francisco. >> the nurses union is callg for more security at napa state hospital afterwo more attacks. latest happened in a secluded area the campus. one person is hospitalized in serious condition with four skull fractus. last wednesday a custodian was also beaten unconious. a nurse tells abc news that the same patient is responsib for both attacks. a person was booked into jai for felony battery. it comes less tha two months after the murder of a psychiatric technician by another patient. >> it's dangerous. we are losing ctrol. we have lost control. >>> napa state hospital says security measures were stepped off an a technician was strangled in october. >> developing news, federal judge in virginia has rejected a key position of the obama administration's health care law as

roanoke, 10 degrees. see that overall cold pattern as we go to the next 24 hours, with more strong northwesterly winds. there is an area of low pressure that will move to our south. probably close enough to give us a bit of light snow on thursday. maybe an inch or two, especially you folks to the south. in the meantime, for overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, look at the wind chills. it will be 10, feeling like five to 2110 degrees. only feeling about 20 degrees. during the afternoon, it will feel only about 20. tomorrow morning, dress warmly and safely. temperatures -- the actual temperature will be into the low teens in the suburbs. a windy afternoon. on thursday, i have increased the chances for light snow, down towards fredericksburg, 40% chance. another one we will keep an eye on for sunday. you can keep posted on the weather all the time on tbd.com. we have a blog of nice presents for aspiring young meteorologist. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... wh