i'll give you a complete c >>> residents in spotsylvania county on edge again tonight after a stranger tried to lure a little girl into a van. this is the fifth attempted abduction in the area in the past few weeks. this one happened yesterday afternoon on satterfield court and it involved an 8-year-old girl. darcy spencer live in the newsroom with more details on this. darcy? >> aaron, perhaps the most alarming part of this incident is the age of the victim. as you say, she was 8 years old. that's the youngest of all the victims in this string of attempted abductions. she tells police, one of the men involved yelled out, hey, baby, come closer to the van. an 8-year-old girl was the victim of an attempted abduction here on satterfield court in spotsylvania county between 4:15 and 4:30 on saturday afternoon. she tells police she was approached by four men in a van. one got out and gestured for her to come to him. she ran to her father and stepmoth stepmother's house. the men got away. it's the fourth attempted abduction reported in spotsylvania county since october 14th. >> my daughter'

>> five attempted kidnappings in spots vein ya and stafford counties in less than a month -- in spotsylvania and stafford counties in less than a month. tonight parents are warned to keep a close eye on their children. sherry whitaker's kids are enjoying a carefree evening in their neighborhood west of fredericksburg despite her concerns about a string of attempted abductions including the most recent case of an 8- year-old neighbor saturday afternoon. >> well, i talk to my kids. they're no longer allowed outside unless i'm there and i will not keep my eyes off of them and if i see anybody suspicious, i try to remember everything that i see so i can report it later. >> reporter: spotsylvania county sheriffs officials say four men in derek van tried to kidnap the girl from -- in a dark van tried to kidnap the girl from in front of her home. kenneth payne is her father. >> when the guy slowed up, she noticed it was four guys in the van. one guy rolls the window down and says hey, baby, come here and she said i don't know you and he said it's okay. she said no, got scared and ran in the house,

. >>> there were no reported incidents in spotsylvania county after three recent attempted abductionsrents we talked to said they kept their children nearby during trick or treating. the spotsylvania county sheriff's office doubled the number of sheriffs on patrol. >>> a couple is expected in a fairfax county courtroom charged with the death of their 1-year-old daughter. she died in the baths tub while the family was staying at this westin. yesterday they were charged with felony abuse and neglect. police have not said whether they were in the hotel room when the girl died. >>> metro is expecting its sh ridership to fall as much as 5%. the decline began after the crash two years ago. they expect 15 million trips on the system starting next summer compared to 20 million trips this year. metro says the ridership could fall even farther if transit benefits are reduced. right now federal workers get $230 a month in transit benef s benefits, but that could drop to $225 february 1st. >>> you could be doing some chatting on the choo-choo. amtrak announced it's expanding its free wi-fi servic

. >>> in the last month, there have been at least five attempted abductions in spotsylvania county with the last one happening just this past yeekened. an 8-year-old -- weekend. an 8-year-old girl says two men tried to coax her into a van. instead she went home and told her parents who called police. police have released a photo or a sketch of the suspect. however, they don't believe any of these crimes are connected. >> there is always the potential for copycats and there is always the potential with copycats for hysteria. >> remember in may of last year someone was arrested for an attempted abduction. that turned out to be totally false. >> now, if you do have any information about any of these attempted abductions, call the spotsylvania county sheriff's office. >>> defense attorneys in the case of a murder lacrosse player at the university of virginia will now try to use her medical records to help their case. george huguely's lawyers say the woman died because of prescription medication and alcohol. the trial is set to begin in february and huguely is facing first degree murder char

john henrehan is live with more in spotsylvania county to tell us john -- this means. john. >> reporter: the republicans control the house of delegates in virginia. after yesterday's election, their control is larger and they have smore, at least, seats in the house. the prize was the sate senate which, democrats controlled by two seats. because of the narrow and apparently and enlargingly narrow victory by the republicans and another win elsewhere in the state, it looks like republicans will have control of the state senate also. relatively urban fredericksburg, as expected, went solidly for 28-year democratic incumbent state senator ed houck. >> where's been a longtime resident, 28 years. where's one of the seniors there. where's always treated thisiary with the utmost honesty and everything. >> reporter: houck and the democratic majority redrew lines to redraw part of alley albemarle county that of the secs of the senatorial districts in culpeper, orange, and spotsylvania counties went for the republican challenger bryce reeves. the bottom line -- >> reeves won by 2

julie carey, news 4, spotsylvania. >>> in loudoun county, a change at the sheriff's department. chapman took the job from simpson, an independent. in spotsylvania county, voters were looking for a change. all three incumbent supervisors lost. cook held on to his job. for more election results and all your decision 2011 coverage, go to our website, www.nbcwashington.com. >>> next and new at 5:00 tonight, when we come back, how a fugitive on the run for 14 years ends up in custody. >>> a local university could be pulling the plug on popular athletic programs. >> i'm tom sherwood at catholic university in northeast washington. there's a residential retail project coming here. some say it's long overdue. i'll have the story coming up. >>> news 4 at 5:00 is just getting starts. g[ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what

. >>> there has been yet another attempted abduction in spotsylvania county. this latest incident was over the weekend. men inside a van approached an 8-year-old girl. as pat collins reports, police stepped up patrols. >> it happened again saturday. 4:30 in the afternoon. a little girl says men in a van tried to get her to go with them. she got scared, ran off. they drove away. these incidents have people here on edge. >> my daughters are not going outside to play because this guy is trying to snatch kids during the day. ain't no telling what he'll do. >> reporter: an action plan announced by the spotsylvania office. there have been five attempted abductions here. four in spotsylvania county, one in nearby stafford. the victims range in age from 8 to 20. the descriptions vary. the vehicles vary as well. sometimes it's a car, sometimes it's a van. what does it all mean? do you think it's possible this is a gang or group of people doing this? >> been in the business 23 years. just about anything is possible. >> reporter: the sheriff says he's going increase patr

parents in spotsylvania county on alert after another attempted abduction. there have been four in the last month. the latest saturday night around 4:30. an 8-year-old girl said she was approach bid a stranger in a van. the suspect is described as a hispanic male driving a black econoline van spray painted with the word mallory. when the girl tried to lure the girl to the van, she ran home. >>> virginia voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect members of the state house and senate along with a slew of local offices on the ballot. turnout is expected to be low even though the election could result in a change in party control of the state senate. locally, there are several sheriff's races to watch. a maryland local elections are being held in bowie, college park and greenbelt. >>> also still following the sexual abuse scandal rocking penn state university, the athletic director and the vice president of finance and business both asked to step down. they are charged with covering up allegations related to jerry sandusky, the former defensive coordinator for th

. >>> for the fourth time in the past month, there's been an attempted abduction in spotsylvania county. the latest incident happened saturday afternoon in the 6700 block of satterfield court in fredericksburg. an 8-year-old girl said men in a van yelled at her to come closer. she ran away, though. there were four men in a black ford econoline van with red writing that said malroy. she said they were wearing gray big poofy coats and necklaces with crosses. investigators do not think this attempted abduction is connected to others in the county. >>> this morning an 8-year-old autistic boy lost for nearly a week is waking up in his own bed. robert wood jr. was released from the hospital over the weekend. he disappeared for five nights while hiking with his family in north hanover park in hanover county. wood does not speak, which made it harder to find him. eventually, he was found in a fetal position near a rock quarry close to the park. >>> today officials in greece will meet to decide who becomes the interim prime minister there. they reached an agreement to ford a temporary government

. >>> there were no reported incidents in spotsylvania county on halloween night.he spotsylvania county sheriff's office doubled the number of deputies on patrol in response to three recent abductions. parents we spoke to say they kept their children nearby during trick or treating. investigators are not sure if any of the attempted abduction cases are connected. >>> some students at st. mary's college of maryland are now hoping today is the day they can move on to the temporary dorm on the bay. the small college rented this cruise ship to house more than 200 st. mary's college students. they were forced out of their residence halls after mold was discovered. students were supposed to move on to the ship yesterday, but coast guard inspection pushed everything back a day. >> and i guess they're going to be excited to be on a cruise ship for a while. that's an interesting experience for college life. >> wonder if they have a social director on board. >> a little shuffle board. >> 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> this morning it is a cold start to no

. >>> parents kept an extra close watch on their trick-or- treaters in spotsylvania county, virginia.at's because police are investigating three attempted abductions there in recent weeks. so concerned parents either tagged along or closely followed their youngsters in the car. someone has tried to snatch two girls and a young woman with the latest attempt happening on saturday. deputies also beefed up patrols in the area. >>> they are filing charges this week in the death of a little girl from reston. 1-year-old wreef wafy almutiri drowned in a bathtub on september 18th. both of her parents were there. and now 27-year-old wafy abdulah almutiri and 21-year- old maryam masaad almutiri have turned themselves in to face child abuse and neglect charges. >>> turning to the race for president. gop hopeful herman cain is still fighting to get past what he calls false accusations of sexual harassment from 12 years ago. cain's story about the incident changed slightly and has doing reports -- as danielle nottingham reports, it could cost him his lead in iowa. >> reporter: republican presidenti

but as lindsey mastis reports, this is the fifth reported abduction attempt in spotsylvania county since mid october. >> it's a high number of attempted abductions in just a few weeks. each time, the descriptions of the suspects change. lieutenant colonel says he doesn't know why, but he does have some theories. >> there's the potential for copy cats. >> you remember in may of last year, someone was arrested for an attempted abduction, that ended up being false. >> some in the community wonder as well. >> it's people copying each other, like you said. copy cats, because they are just rude people. >> i think it's just either gang activity or just people trying to play on the hysteria. just copy cats. >> why would somebody do that? >> people are sick. >> investigators are treating each case as credible. starting with october 13. in that case, nlgt investigators are on the lookout for this suspect, one for allegedly trying to abduct a 15-year-old girl. october 21 along polaras drive, a 9-year-old was targeted. police released this court instructs the jury of . a few days later on october 29

lure her into their vehicle and that is the fifth attempted abduction in the last month in spotsylvania county. >> the sheriff's officers treating each of the incidents as credible and using appropriate investigative techniques in all of them. >> and the victims range between 8 and 20 years old. the authorities don't believe the incidents are linked and the sheriffs have a lookout for jacinto hernandez, the suspect in the first attempted abduct that took place weeks ago. >>> and in maryland, a frostburg state university student accused of murder said they got the wrong girl. liggins is charged with the stabbing death of another. she said someone else stabbed mccoy. the police account said several people saw it happen and point the finger at liggins. >> in bowie, the hunt is on for two thees who ripped off girl scouts selling cookies outside of a wal-mart and a witness chased after him when another manuel to her he would catch the thief. turns out he was working with the thief and surveillance cameras captured pictures of the suspects. they made off with 2 has. >>> and in time for veteran's day

there have been several similar abduction attempts in spotsylvania county but authorities have not said whether they believe they are linked. >>> there is new information about the eight-year-old boy who spent a week in the wilderness. he has a hole in his sufficient gus. his grandmother believes it was caused by something he ate while he was in the woods. >>> the jury could begin deliberating on thursday in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. dr. conrad murray will not take the stand in his own defense. after six weeks both sides rested their case. attorneys have tomorrow off to prepare for closing arguments. dr. murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter if convicted he could face up to four years in prison and lose his medical license. >>> prosecutors in the rule le mon case could put in closing arguments. the detective who arrested britney norwood testified about how he believed she staged the crime scene to make it look like he was a victim. >>> quite a few people are angry and frustrated not so much about what happened in the store back in march but what didn't happe

there have been similar abduction attempts in neighboring spotsylvania county. however, authorities have not said they believe the attempts are linked. >>> the virginia bautistic boy a week lost in the woods will stay in the hospital for another week. robert wood jr. has a hole in his esophagus. robert was with his father in the north anna park when the two got separated. he was found lying in a fetal position in pay rock quarry next to a park. >>> a church is divided after apparently changes leaving a pastor locked out. they gathered at praise church in landover demanding the return of pastor joe peeples. jackie bensen has the story. >> reporter: some call it a battle for the soul of jerricho city of praise, one of the most influential mega churches in prince george's county. >> this is not orchestrated by p tas tore joel tonight. this is orchestrated by the members of this church. >> reporter: it began last year when betty peeples died, leaving the leadership of the church to a six member board and not her remaining son, pastor joel peeples. the county ruled i

northbound interstate 95, had two separate accidents coming through spotsylvania county. one northbound near 606 out of the roadway. another one at the 123 mile marker still tying up the right side. here we are in dumfries, not looking too bad in springfield. a crash on 95 in maryland, northbound after 198 on the left side. back to you. >> it is 4:40. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> here's jessica doyle with the headlines. >> good morning, we're focusing first on the banks. the federal reserve is ordering a new round of stress tests for the nation's biggest banks. 31 banks will have to show they would be able to withstand a recession if unemployment reached 13%. the fed says that it will publish some of the results next year. as for stocks, markets fell yet again on news the economy grew at a slower pace than expected over the summer. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 11, 493, lost 53 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq off by almost 2 and the s&p 500 lost almost five. as for today, trading volume could be very light. maybe

." >>> for the fourth time, there's been an attempted abduction in spotsylvania county. the latest incident happened on the satterfield court. a man in a van yelled at her and asked her to come closer to the van. she ran away. parents are concerned about what the attempted abductors could do. >> my daughter's not going outside to play because this guy's trying to snatch kids during the day. ain't no telling what this guy will do. >> the girl told police four men were in a black ford econoline van with writing that said malroy in red, and they were wearing big gray poofy coats and necklaces with crosses. they don't believe this attempt is connected to others in the county. >>> in decision 2012, mixed political fallout after claims of sexual harassment against republican presidential candidate herman cain. he is taking a hit in the polls, but it has not stopped the flow of financial contributions. his campaign raised $2 million since reports of allegations surfaced. but a new reuters poll showed his favorability dropped 9 percentage points for republican voters to 66%. cai

. >>> parents in spotsylvania county are warned to watch their kids after a firveght attempted kidnapping. the crime wave is startling some families butt sheriff's office does believe a serial stalker is behind the attempted abductions. they released a composite sketch of a man who attempted to abduct a 17-year-old girl. the first attempted kidnapping was reported two weeks earlier on october 13th. >> when the guy slowed up, she noticed there was four guys in the van. one guy rolls the window down and says hey, baby, come here and she says i don't know you. he said it's okay, you can come here. she said no, she got scared, ran in the house and shut and locked the door. >> the latest attempt of appear abduction of an 8-year-old was just on saturday. >>> the virginia boy with autism who was lost in the woods for a week is finally home now. robert wood suffered a small hole in his esophagus and some other minor injuries while he was lost. a volunteer searcher found the child in a creek bed north of richmond 10 days ago. >>> we are following a scandal at penn state university. coming up next,

one includes the senate district 17 race which covers part of spotsylvania county and fredericksburg. the contest is between incumbent democrat ed huck and bryce reeve. it is likely headed for a recount. can you track the election results on our web site, myfoxdc.com. >>> italy's leader says he is resigning for the good of italy. he made the announcement after he lost a majority in parliament. the 75-year-old is the longest serving leader in italy since world war ii and it was not the sex parties or the dozens of corruption charges that brought him down but the european debt crisis. he says he will leave once parliament passes his austerity plan. >>> she grabbed national headlines when she jumped behind the wheel of her dad's van and served as his designated driver. we'll hear from the 9-year-old girl as she and in court. >>> and a death that has people stunned this morning, the death of heavy d. q you disgust me. prove it. enough's enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding, guaranteed. d-con. get out. >>> the 9-year-old driver making headl

it's culpeper and orange county, fredericksburg, spotsylvania. julie carey reports. >>> i'm looking at 102. >> canvassing the totals is a matter. >> reporter: theout come is likely to give the republicans their sought after control of the state senate. earlier this morning, they declared victory with an 86 vote margin. ed was the victor. today's canvas revealed more mistakes. when corrected they boosted the republican total. >> he was called in at 519. it should be 591. it was transposed. >> republican party leaders were thrilled with the updated vote total. >> he's picked up 144 votes net. that means he's up in the 200 range, 240 votes, give or take. >> at the campaign office, staffers were packing up and clearing out. the campaign manager did not respond to our request for comment. with the canvass under way, the campaign office is still a busy place. the candidate himself not available for comment. he was taking a day off, relaxing with the family. >> we are confident that bryce is going to be the next state senator for the 17th district here.

and to most of 66 and to culpeper county and to western sections of prince killwell county, spotsylvania countystafford county. that is the heavier rain and the blue and redline, we were talking about that earlier. south of that, the temperatures are aroundest is degrees. and -- around 70 degrees and there is more available enemy and they have been try -- energy and they're trying to break into a few thunderstorms. that is met the case now. -- not the case now. severe weather in southern sections of virginia. you see to the west here. that is a cold front and that is coming through overnight tonight, bringing a chill to the air. that will pick up the winds and that is more of a chill to the air. the temperatures today mainly in the 50s and with a few lower 60s. quantico, 62; and manasses, 57; you jump the boundary, look, columbus is 46 and detroit is 45 and that is what we're talking about here tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon and look to the south. richmond at 76 and 68 and raleigh, 76 and there is a lot of warmth and heat and moisture and they have had some big thunderstorms down there. the po

. >>> 6:35 and spotsylvania county police are trying to determine whether four recent attempted abductionshe latest incident happened saturday afternoon along satter field court. four men in black and drove up to eight young woman and when one man got out and started coming toward her, she ran away. >>> today is the second day of jury deliberation in the trial of dr. conrad mary. murray. he is accused of involuntary moments -- manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. if he is convicted, he faces four years in prison and loss of his medical license. >>> an historic power-sharing deal increase could be finalized because it country's biggest parties agreed to form a temporary government to approve a european union bailout plan before elections in february. the prime minister will step down as part of that deal. >> time is 6:36 and 41 degrees. >> still at had a new poll sends a strong message to anyone running for president at a later, a familiar feeling for redskins fans -- back in last place. >> we will have another check on >> welcome back at 6:39 and time for traffic and weather every

counties. most areas there just getting drizzle and sprinkles. those areas of yellow right near fredericksburg in stafford and spotsylvania, across the potomac into charles county, those are more moderate showers. this rain will be with us off and on through the day. we're in the 50s throughout the region. it's 57 at reagan national. later today, sunrise at 6:51. we'll have occasional showers. highs reaching low to mid-60s, perhaps early afternoon. along with thunder and lightning, a look at your evening planner at 5:41. how's traffic now, danella? >>> traffic is starting to increase in our areas. it's that time of morning. rain is making it all the worse. traveling out of urbanna on i-270 heading south, it's a slow commute. you're not jammed just yet. you're definitely going to hit the brakes as you make your way towards clarksburg. after you get to clarksburg, your commute gets a little better. you're starting to see volume as you head towards father hurley and make your way towards shady grove. no major delays in this area, but that's going to change any moment now. if you're traveling i-66 right around route 50 heading eastbound, that's where

there have been two other attempted abductions in the past two weeks in nearby spotsylvania county. >>> jurors at the lululemon murder trial are hearing from a police detective who believed almost from the start that brittany norwood was a suspect and not a victim. norwood's accused of killing her co-worker back in march at the bethesda yoga shop and covering it up. the victim's mother is also expected to be called as a witness. chris gordon joins us live from the courthouse in rockville with the latest developments today. >> dramatic developments in the brittany norwood murder trial as it moves toward its conclusion in the next few days. >> reporter: phyllis will be a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of brittany norwood. norwood's defense lawyer objected to allowing mrs. murray to testify about her daughter saying it would be extremely prejudicial, but the judge ruled the testimony is relevant.defense also objected to praying a three hour long police interview with brittany norwood, but the judge allowed it saying prosecutors have to show her thinking, that the murder

. >>> a warning now for parents in spotsylvania county after a fifth attempted kidnapping there.me wave is worrying some families butt sheriff's office does not believe a serial stalker is behind the attempted abduction. they reheesed a composite sketch of a man accused of trying to abduct a 17-year-old girl. the first attempted kidnapping was reported two week earlier on october 13th. >> when the guy slowed up, she noticed it was four guys in the van. one guy rolls the window down and says hey, baby, you know, come here. and she says i don't know you. he says but it's okay, can you come here. she says no, got scared, ran in the house and shut and locked the door. >> the latest attempt of appear abduction of an 8-year-old was just on saturday. >>> the virginia boy with autism who was lost in the woods for a week is finally home. eight engineered robert wood was released from vcu medical cent are over the weekend. he suffered a small hole in his esophagus and other minor injuries while he was lost. a volunteer searcher found the child in a creek bed north of richmond 10 days ago.

charlottesville, too delivered big areas of margins for the incumbent, but culpeper, louisa, orange and spotsylvania countyent for bryce reeves. voters in spotsylvania particularly went heavily republican. the bottom line? reeves won by 224 votes out of nearly 45,000 votes cast. turnout in this close election which puts the republicans in the driver's seat in richmond was only 35% of ridgesterred voters. >> i could have -- registered voters. >> i could have voted but nothing interested me. it's that simple. >> i get a little bit overwhelmed with a lot of the junk mail that comes in. >> reporter: so you chose tonight vote? >> well, i was actual -- to not vote? >> well, i was actually so busy that didn't have time to do it and i didn't know enough about the candidates to think it was going to make a whole loft difference to be honest with you. >> reporter: -- lot of difference to be honest with you. >> reporter: a relative handful of votes might have made a difference in this contest. the apparent republican victory will be certified by the end of this month. at this point the democratic apparent loser will

. >>> five reports of attempted child abductions in spotsylvania county, the last -- all in the last month. investigators are trying to find answers in each of the cases. the latest was saturday. an 8-year-old girl told police two men tried to coax her into a van near satterfield court. she ran home, told her parents who then called investigators. in two of the incidents, police have since released a photo or sketch of the suspect. >>> it appears tensions between occupy d.c. protestors and police are settling back down. friday, some of the protestors locked doors to the convention center where conservative group was meeting. that group released video showing two women having been knocked to the ground. occupy organizers have now released video that appears to have a person from the conservative group barreling through the crowd and knocking people over. protestors say they're also talking more to police about what happened friday night when a car struck some of the demonstrators. >>> five minutes after 5:00 time for the latest "your money" report this morning. >> jessica doyle is her

spotsylvania county with a crash on courthouse road at levels road.eck of timesaver traffic at 6:00. back to you. >>> making news now, believe this? a pilot got stuck in the bathroom on board flight from north carolina to la guardia airport wednesday night. well, the pilot told the passengers to inform his copilot but that man had a thick accent and the copilot thought he might be trying to storm the cockpit. eventually the pilot got the bathroom door unstuck but not before fbi agents were deployed. >>> in texas a crime scene stretches over 3,000 miles, they're pickings up bits of evidence that mexican fishermen have set illegal gill nets in u.s. waters. they are banned in texas because they ensnare all fish including endangered species. >>> a tree from wisconsin is a gift to the white house for the holidays. it's a 20-year-old balsam fir 18.5 feet tall. it will be decorated and displayed in the blue room. tom and sue's forever greens tree farm were the national champions in a christmas tree contest. >>> well, friday's here and that means it's time to

parents kept a close watch on the trick-or-treaters in spotsylvania county, virginia. >> that's becauseice are investigating three attempted abductions there in recent weeks. so concerned parents either tagged along or followed closely behind their youngsters in the car. deputies also beefed up patrols in the area. >>> the jury in the lululemon murder case is adjusting to very difficult testimony as the case heads into the second week. monday, prosecutors put three witnesses on the stand including an expert to explain blood splatter. it was found on the walls near jayna murray's body. brittany norwood is accused of killing murray. >>> on the campaign trail, the good news is he's just become the front runner in the presidential race. the bad news is herman cain is now having to talk about sexual harassment claims made against him more than 10 years ago. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live outside the national restaurant association in northwest washington where cain worked at the time of these allegations, good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning to you andrea. the presidential c

the race for district 17 which covers parts of spotsylvania county and fredericksburg too close to callkely headed for a recount. >>> a federal jury has aquitted maryland state senator ulysses currie of public corruption charges. >> i'll continue to serve my constituents as long as they would want me to do it. >> it took four days of deliberation for the jury to reach a verdict. prosecutors accuse the prim county democrat of taking payments from shoppers food ware house in exchange for government favors. defense attorneys argued currie was just a paid consultant for the grocery chain. the jury also aquitted two former executives of shoppers including its former president, william white. >>> d.c. firefighter chuck ryan now back on the job seven months after getting burned in a house fire on 48th place in northeast. doctors released him jed. today, he is starting his first shift since that fire. five firefighters were injured minister blaze april 8th. ryan is the forty -- the fourth to return to the firehouse. >>> the stars hit the red carpet at the newseum for the premiere of j. edgar. f

two wrecks in spotsylvania county before and after 606 thornburg should be out of your way. the left side of the screen, still more volume on the wet pavement. everything open as you make your way to the beltway. maryland drivers, i-270, no early problems. frederick county, maryland with a lot of the flooding closures including michaels mill and adamstown. also a crash on northbound 95 after 198. that was the left side. mike, andrea, back to you. >>> are you among the millions heading out on the roads today before thanksgiving? why haven't you left yet? you're glad you're with us. saturday and sunday are two of the busiest travel days of the year and the roads and terminals will get much more crowded later on today. surae chinn is at national airport with a preview. good morning, surae. >> good morning to both of you. happy holidays. now would be a good time to travel. you can see behind me, pretty quiet. so, now would be a good time to head out of town because we're going to see huge numbers on the road and in the skies. it is going to get a little crowded here. aaa expecti

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there have been similar attempts in neighboring spotsylvania county, but authorities have not said whetherhey think they're limpged to the same person. >>> justin bieber is being sued by a woman in california who claims he is the father of her baby. 20-year-old mariah jaeger claims the two had sex backstage at one of his concerts. she wants bieber to take a paternity test and financially support her baby, who is now 3 months old. a spokesperson for justin bieber released a statement saying, "it's sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory, and demonstrably false claims." >>> herman cain in >>> snee snow isn't in the forecast, but it's not that far away. the snow summit kicks off in montgomery county. that's when the department of transportation will assess the county's snow plans and fleet. montgomery county d.o.t. will announce its new initiatives for snowstorm response, including a new navigation system for the drivers. the snow summit starts this morning in rockville. >> the snow summits are very powerful events. perhaps when they all get together, they could agree to not ha

there have also been several similar abduction attempts in neighboring spotsylvania county.they have not said whether they believe the incidents are connected. >>> the 8-year-old autistic boy who spent a week lost in the woods will stay in the hospital another week. robert wood jr. has a tear in his esophagus. in a statement robert wood sr. thanked all involved in the recovery of his son. he disappeared in the north anna battlefield park in richmond. after six days of searching, he was found lying in the fetal possession at a rocky quarry next to the park. >>> this is the first morning conjoined twins in california are waking up in separate beds. doctors separated the 2-year-old girls after a nine-hour surgery. the twins were connected at the chest and abdomen. before the surgery, surgeons put si saline ballooned eed under the skin to force it to grow large enough to cover their chests. now they have separate livers, breast bones, and abdominal wall muscles. amazing. >>> lawyers in the conrad murray trial have today off to get ready for closing arguments set for tomorrow. mu

. >>> for the fourth time in a month, there's been an attempted abduction in spotsylvania county. it happened in the 6700 block of satterfield court near fredericksburg. an 8-year-old girl told police that men in a van yelled at her and asked her to come closer. she ran away. police are concerned about what the attempted abductors could do next. >> my daughter's not going outside to play because this guy is trying to snatch kids during the day. ain't no telling what this guy will do. >> the girl told police four men were in a black ford econoline van that had writing in red that said malroy. she also said they were in gray poofy coats and had necklaces with crosses. >>> we have a traffic alert for drivers in virginia. drivers will notice all four lanes of the inner loop of the beltway are on a new bridge on route 123 in tysons corner. the route 123 north on ramp onto the beltway is now open. route 123 will once again have three lanes in both directions. it's all part of the hot lanes construction project. >>> another rough -- that's putting it easy -- rough game for the burgundy a

. >>> there has been another attempted abduction in spotsylvania county that makes four in the past month. the latest incident happened saturday afternoon in the 6700 block of satterfield court near fredericksburg. and 8-year-old girl told police that men in a van yelled at her and asked her to come closer. she says she ran away. the girl told police four men were in a black ford econo line van with a logo in red that said malroy. she said they were wearing gray big puffy coats and necklaces with crosses. investigators do not think that this attempted abduction is connected to others that have happened in the county. >>> this morning, 8-year-old autistic boy lost for nearly a week is back home with his family. robert wood jr. was released from the hospital over the weekend. he disappeared for five nights while hiking with his family in north anna battlefield park in hanover county. robby, as he is called, doesn't speak. which made it harder to find him. he eventually was found in a fetal position near a rock quarry close to the park. >>> the redskins appear to be in freefall mode now. a w

it comes down to district 17, which has parts of spotsylvania and culpeper counties.can bryce reeves edged out democrat edd houck, but just by 86 votes, a very narrow margin. the gop has declared victory, but a recount looks very likely, and democrats haven't given up hope. >> i think this starts to set up things for next year. i think it really is a commentary on the president and what's happening north of the potomac. >> there's so much at stake. i'm hopeful, and i hope a message was sent today that virginia needs to stay on a moderate path and not swing so far to the right that we can never recover. >> reporter: now, if the republicans do indeed hold district 17, that means a 20/20 split in the senate, which is effectively control of the senate, the lieutenant governor. he's a tiebreaker, and he's a republican and presumably would vote along with the gop. a lot of people very interested in this race and exactly what will happen. it's expected there will be a challenge, some kind of recount, but it's one they'll be keeping a very close eye on. joe, back to you. >> m

mary's county, eastern charles county, you go down past spotsylvania and up to fredericksburg, relatively quiet. in the immediate metro, it is coming down. not the prettiest day. temperatures have struggled underneath the cloud cover and the moisture still in the 340s. 46 in -- 46 in frederick. cumberland at 45. on the clip side down south, it is 60 in salisbury. 59 at the tappahannock airport. this warm air is inching northward. we're going to get into this warm air tonight and for the beginning of wednesday before we get cooled back again. right now, 52 degrees in washington. it is raining. dew point is 51. high humidity and a northeast wind at 3. fog has gotten better. still some visibilities are less than two miles. two big storm systems across the country. one in the northwest. this is bringing a lot of rain and snow. this is the one. a classic shade coming back. this is the one that's going to get us tomorrow. look at the showers and storms from houston headed toward alexandria coming into mississippi. a little severe weather threat. for us, the moisture is flowing north. there is a

it covers parts of fredericksburg along with culpepper, spotsylvania, louisa, orange and madison counties. >>> republicans only need to equal the democrats in the number of senate seats as well in virginia because the lieutenant-governor bill brohling is a tiebreaker. he's a republican. quick check of some of the other headlines from tuesday's election. in rockville, voters re-elected mayor phyllis maruccio with 53% of the vote. mississippi voters rejected the personhood amendment which would have outlawed abortion and birth control by writing into the state constitution that life begins at conception. >>> in ohio, labor unions are celebrating after voters rejected a law that would curb collective bargaining rights for state workers. more local results will run all morning long at the bottom of your screen. andrea? >> now to the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates meet for a debate in michigan tonight. herman cain is trying to move past the sexual harassment allegations dogging him. in a press conference yesterday, he didn't mince words. >> with respect to the most recen

county seeing the rain. the heaviest rain around spotsylvania and fredericksburg. we'll continue to see the rain throughout the rest of the evening hours. more chances for snow but also snow for the whole season. the winter weather outlook. go to www.nbcwashington.com, click on the web chat link. we'll answer the questions for a half hour. we're all in storm center 4. >> thanks, doug. >>> coming up, the city leaders running out of patience for occupy protesters. the demonstrators say they are not done yet. >>> what maryland leaders want to do so people don't turn a blind eye to sex crimes involving children. >> reporter: i'm pat collins. hey, why are these cops chasing these roosters? well, to get to that gold. i'm pat collins. the story, coming up. news 4. >>> bring not one but six walmart stores to the district. >>> what's ahead in sports? >>> the late game collapse by the capitals. believe it or not, it is dallas week. skins players hope thag the rivalry hype will kick their slump to >>> breaking news out of florida where a southwest jet has been evacuated. some

. >>> the spotsylvania sheriff's office doubled the number of deputies on the streets tonight after three attempted abductions in that county in the last couple weeks. parents say the news is unsettling but it did not deter taking the kids out tonight. >> in a group with a couple neighbors and friends they are okay. i have two teens and a five-year-old. it has been unis itling but we are not going to let this damper our spirits. we are out enjoying tonight. >> the police are not sure if the adduction cases are connected. >>> police charged a couple in connection with to the drowning death of their one-year-old daughter. the child died in a westin hotel last month. her parents turned themselves in to authorities today. it's not clear why the child was left alone. the parents are charged with felony abuse and neglect. >>> a man in the country illegally is facing up to 70 years in prison for killing a nun while driving drunk. he was found guilty in an accident last year. the crash killed one and injured two other nuns. this was his third drunk driving offense. he was awaiting deportation proceedings. >>> tonight hundreds of th

spotsylvania. the northern neck and the rain crossing the potomac just about the get into st. mary's county.s will track to central and southern cal vet southern calvert as well. downstate 48 pax river. 50 in fredericksburg. we have 49 from reidville with a 47 in new lynn. but in town, we sit at 50 with cloudy skies. light wind and the dew point at 46. lot of cold air out to the west and northwest. this is headed our way, we expect a nice chilly weekend but there's nothing until you get to the west coast after this morning. the three day forecast, we'll be in the upper 50s today with sun returning this afternoon. breezy too. 30s tonight and 54 tomorrow. a chilly start for the hearth walk. chocks back saturday night. sunday up 50s and if you have a couple of days the burn, do it early next week. mid- to upper 60s through wednesday. monika? >>> we're going to first of all tell you that on the inner loop at the beltway at georgia avenue. all lanes have been oh repped. that accident from -- reopened. that accident from this morning was cleared up but take a look at 66. we have two accidents righ

spotsylvania. >>> authorities issued a warrant for one suspect. he's wanted in connection for an earlier attempted abduction. so far, nobody has been arrested. >>> a fair tax countyckyard neighbor and waging a legal battle. the presbyterian church says every year thousands of golf balls end up on their property. one hit a church employee in the head. according to "the washington post," a special grand jury found enough evidence to go after public nuisance charges. there could be a $25,000 fine if the case goes to trial in january. >>> a push under way to get voters to the polls for the statewide elections tomorrow. it's expected to be a low turnout for a high stakes affair. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: they are the most popular figures in their parties. mark warner and republican governor bob mcdonal. they have spent the last three days with other leaders crisscrossing to get out the vote. the focus, the state senate. democrats have a narrow four-seat majority that republicans are intent on claiming. they say it's critical to keep a balance. >> the senate has been proeducation body. it's a body that killed a lot of bad legislation that's been passing