chief roberto hilton canceled a news conference late yesterday afternoon.estigators are trying to determine whether more than 30 officers cheated on tests while they were still cadets. >>> today marks nine years since the war in afghanistan began with some 1200 lives lost. president obama has said u.s. troops will come home next year. afghanistan -- reconciliation with the taliban and oer insurgt groups. >> now to the forecast. >> weather has put on a new face and it's sunshine. 68 degrees by noontime today, out of the 50s and 74 your high temperature. >> all right. >> and we're in pretty good shape for the most part out there. on the 14th seet bridge, just volume and on the maryland side, a quick check, just volume. college park to silver spring. >> that's "news 4 today." thanks for starting your day wi us. >> the "today" show is next. 'll see you tomorrow morning bright and early at 4:30. >>> good morning. path of destruction. rare tornadoes tear through

chief roberto hilton canceled a news conference late yesterday afternoon.estigators are trying to determine whether more than 30 office cheated on tests when they were still cadets. >>> federal prosecutors have issued new subpoenas in their vestigation into john dwads' campaign finances. they're looking into allegations that some campaign money was used to keep edwards' mistress rile hunter out of the spot light. edwards admitted earlier this year to fathering a child with hunter. >>> a 37-year-old woman is dead after she was stabbed in fairfax county. the deadly attack happened inside the5-t bar and grill restaurant in spngfield. police say a 40-year-old man walked in and stabbed a woman he knew to death. he was taken to the hospital with self-inflicted injuries but he is expected to survive and is now in police custody. >>> a presidential push to get out the vote. president barack obama will campaign wh maryland governor martin o'malley today. news 4's elaine rey is live now with a preview. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: that's right, good moing to yo

chief roberto hilton now says i was a lazy instructor who set off false alarms. that instructor gave perfect scores to more than 30 cadets who graduated from the academy in 2009. >> at this time no officers will be suspended regarding these allegations. if this audit reveals misconduct or inattention to duty, appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken. >> reporter: the chief says the instructor to gave out the perfect scores has been fined. however, he remains at the police academy. >>> montgomery county police have arrested a 52-year-old man accused of slashing his neighbor's tires. police say that he did it more than 20 times. police say that over four years, steven ray armstrong vandalized the cars of his neighbors in wheaton. investigators say that he specifically targeted hispanic families. he has been released on bond. >>> at 9.6%, the nation's unemployment remains unchanged. the jobless rate has now topped 9.5% for 14 straight months. that's the longest stretch since the 1930s. alexis christoforous has more. >> reporter: 95,000 jobs disappeared last mo

. >> reporter: prince george's police chief roberto hilton says there is no truth to reports of widespread cheating among a group of 32 cadets from training session 115 last summer who now work for the county police department. >> the students of 115, the officers did not cheat. >> reporter: based on the preliminary investigation, the chief says it only points to an instructor he called lazy. >> we do believe there were some procedural issues with that one instructor. >> reporter: what does he mean? >> he provided some answers prior to the administration of the test. >> reporter: prompting this from county executive jack johnson. >> i've spoken to the chief and thatster cannot be in the academy. that will not happen. i expect him to be gone tonight. >> reporter: police officers union president vince canali says he has just met with members of that recruit class. >> none. the officers involved in this expressed to me at any point in time that there was anything that they perceived as being inappropriate or wrong in the way the tests were being administered and again, any idea that they pote

. >> reporter: prince george's police chief roberto hilton says there is no truth to the allegationsf cheating last summer and the officers now work for the county police department. >> the students of 115, now officers, did not cheat. >> reporter: based on the demeanor appear preliminary investigation, the chief says it only points to an instructor he called lazy. >> we do believe there were some procedural unders with that one instructor. he basically provided some answers prior to the administration of the test. >> reporter: prompting this from county executive jack johnson. >> i've spoken to the chief and that officer cannot be in the academy that. will not happen. you expect him to be gone tonight. >> reporter: police officers union president vince canalism says he has just met with members of that recruit class. >> none of the student -- none of the officers involved in this expressed to me at any point in time that there was anything they perceived as being inappropriate or wrong in the way the tests were being administered and any idea that they potentially or algig that they

police chief roberto hilton has ordered an investigation. the pt reports the cheating allegations began last year after a cadet complained an instructor had been providing students with answers. the police department is still considering possible impacts on arrests made by the officers in question. firefighters in montgomery county could lose their jobs because of budget cuts. county executive ike leggette said one in ten firefighters could get pink slips if voters reject a new ambulance fee in november. under his plan, 107 fire and rescue positions would be eliminated. voters will decide whether to impose the iding ambulance fee between $30 and $800. the county would then charge insunce mpanies. >>> budget cuts are the reon why school resource officers will no longer be assigned to middle schools in prince william counties. the cuts will take effect beginning next fall. right now, there are six office here's monitor 15 middle schools. >>> this is international twuk school day. thousands of kids across our region and a lot of the parents too

police chief roberto hilton says the instructor was transferred to the department's sex fender registration unit. hilton said the teacher recorded student scores for students because heas too lazy to write down the grades. >>> mayor o'malley and robert ehrlich met face to face for the first time since their campaigns kicked off forhe first tim ey were in baltimore focusing on jobs, education and the negative commercials the candidates have fired at each other. chris gordon has more on decision 2010. the maryland's governor's race. >> reporter: supporters of governor o'malley demonstrated in front of the baltimore tv ation where the debate was held. members of the audience included democratic elected officials, including senator barbara mikulsky. the campaign team for bob ehrlich said that the rules had calls for a nonpartisan debate crowd. the debate began with theumber one issue. submitted by the public. the economy. >> the truth of the matter is we have actually created over 33,000 net new jobs. that's note saying that. that's the bureau of labo statistics. and we have to continue to crea

chief roberto hilton says it was a lazy trucker who set off false alarm. strucker gave perfect scores to 30 cadets which graduated in the police academy in 2009. >> at this time no officers will be suspended, regarding these allegations. if this audit reveals misconduct or inattention to duty, appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken. >> reporter: chief hilton say the instructor who gave out the perfect scores has been fined. however, he remains a the police academy. >>> investigators suspect foul play in the death of a man at fairfax station. police found the 61-year-old victim with trauma to the body. anyone who see the vehicle is asked to contact police. >>> most people who work at the commerce building at 14th and constitution you have a four- day weekend. there was a small fire that broke out in an area which was under renovation. no one was hurt but there is enough damage that the building will be closed today. people who work there are encouraged telecommute. however, emergency designated employees have to show up. >>> >>> jessica doyle is bac

police chief roberto hilton said the instructor recorded perfect scores on several tests because he was quote, too lazy to write down the actual grades. an investigation is still underway. >>> and if you are riding metro today, work is taking place on the blue and orange lines. there will be no blue or orange line service at metro center. red line will not be effected. for more information we have a link at myfoxdc.com. >>> and take a look at this. torrential rain causing flash flooding in australia. some eastern parts of the country got up to 11 inches of rain. rising water -- water forced people to stand on top of cars to be rescued and high winds knocked out power tore mon 20,000 -- to more than 20,000 people. >>> but things are looking good here. >> it will warm up quite nicely. we'll see high temperatures about 15 -- i think at least 15 degrees above normal today. average high for today is 70 degrees. let's show you what is happening right now with current stats being reported at reagan national as 63 degrees at reagan national. at dulles it's 59 degrees. and it's 59 at bwi marshal