and i was so moved because i didn't know until i saw it in springfield how often the word, springfield, came up in that play and suddenly, i was sitting with all these townspeople in springfield watching a play that was really about springfield. when it was here, it was about washington, so i think that's just, it will find, hopefully, it's homes in different places to people. >> so ultimate lyly, for people who common experience the play, what do you want to leave them with? what is the ultimate message of this play for them? >> i'm, i will list sounding coy here but i've kind of given up on the idea that i can even wish that. what i do hope is that knowing that many many people have big opinions about mary lincoln that i hope the play will at least engage those opinions and if not change them for a couple of hours they might consider who mary lincoln was. might have been. and maybe look at her a little differently. >> and are there universal messages in the play? >> absolutely. >> what would those be? >> i think grief is a process. grief is both very private and very public. and ther

at springfield most are black or hispanic. >> there is nothing about rice. the concern is taking kids out of school where they're comfortable with. >> i believe it is about race. >> what are you doing? >> my kids don't get honestly they don't get the same education as some of the other kids do. >> reporter: federal investigators found the district never implemented an immigration integration plan it implemented in 1970. in the count seat of springfield noticed the segregation within schools and brought it to the attention of the department of justice. >> it is a drag-over from the civil rights era. we have people that have that civil rights bull connor defiant attitude in robinson county. >> with two children attending middle school in the city, stacy's concern is that majority white schools are receiving better resources. >> they have top-dollar everything. you come to springfield middle school you have an auditorium that's condemned. you have just as many kids in trailers as you have in actual classrooms. >> the department of justice agreed finding the dis

this is springfield road in bethesda -- springfield drive. if you look at it this has been plowed been passed through pretty much. it's passable be stopping can be the issue. slush is the order of the day. look at ag den street here a plow came through here within the last five or ten minutes. it doesn't look the same as springfield, still passable but again, slush is the issue. now, of course on the roads it's a whole different story. take a look. this is the scene earlier this morning. we had a plow going out. then we caught up with someone who left their car overnight. a lot of those cars got stuck on the side of the road and prudently decided to leave them there. now is the time to dig out. we talked to a man who was just getting his car out this morning. >> you're doing a good deechltd i went to work yesterday to take care of my patients. i didn't expect it to snow much later than it did and i got stuck. >> reporter: he was an orthopedic surgeon, a doctor some of the folks that had to be on the road. even if you had to be out for good in

i was so moved because i did not know until i saw it in springfield how often the word springfield came up in the play. i was sitting with all these townspeople. it was really about springfield. when it was here, it was about washington. i think it will find, hopefully, its home in different places for people that it might have meaning for. >> hopefully for people who experience the play, what do you want to leave them with? what is the ultimate message for them? >> i will risk sounding -- i have kind of given up on the idea that i can even wish that. what i do hope is that knowing that many people have big opinions about mary lincoln, i hope the play will at least engage those opinions, and if not change them, for a couple of hours, they might consider who mary lincoln was, might have been, and maybe look at her little differently. >> are there universal messages in the play? >> absolutely. >> what you hope they would be? >> grief is a process. grief is both very private and very public. no one can do it for you. you have to go through that. as mary said, mary lincoln did it on her own

it was here, in springfield, where i saw all that is america converge farmers and teachers businessmen and laborers, all of them with a story to tell, all of them seeking a seat at the table, all of them clamoring to be heard. i made lasting friendships here friends that i see in the audience today. it was here we learned to disagree without being disagreeable that it's possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised; and that so long as we're willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst. that's why we were able to reform a death penalty system that was broken. that's why we were able to give health insurance to children in need. that's why we made the tax system more fair and just for working families, and that's why we passed ethics reforms that the cynics said could never, ever be passed. it was here, in springfield, where north, south, east and west come together that i was reminded of the essential decency of the american people where i came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more

and not even in springfield.east springfield. >> brian comes across frances' post from way back in 2001. >> i left a very strange message. are you the nephew>é#y pt 109 crew member, harold marney? >> it was quite shocking to get a call out of the blue. >> in august 2013, that gravestone for uncle harold is placed at the veteran's cemetery. it gets dennis thinking about (qq ts dennis thinking about to his grandmother he's been years. isn't it time he did something with them? but then comes another kind of reckoning for dennis and frances. their brother, john, dies of diabetes at the age of 57. >> it makes you think about what do you want to do with the rest of your life. his death was unexpected. >> they retrieved the letters, which francis has never seen.<í >> and i was shocked when i saw the letters actually detaileded >> why now? >> the driving thing was the loss of our brother, john. like a wake up. like i'm notes s getting any younger. these documents could be of significant historical value and be worth a

but life at springfield was complicated. and dangerous. violence to his advantage. it was a saturday night and hall was in the tv room mesmerized by an episode of "america's most wanted" about serial killers. suddenly another inmate approached the tv. >> you could tell this guy had been in for a long time, a big buff guy. and he just walked up to the tv, looked at everybody in there and decided he was going to turn the tv channel. and he turned it. i found this very interesting. larry looked at me and very quietly mumbled under his breath, he goes, hey, i was watching that show. >> keene leaped into action and knocked the guy out. >> i nailed him with an upper cut and i kicked him through three rows of chairs. he was beat up real bad and had to go to the hospital and they took me and threw me in the hole. >> it was worth it and it was a breakthrough with hall. >> he not only now looked at me as a guy that he could look at and say, wow, he thinks i'm cool coming from him, that's a compliment, and now he's also able to protect me. >> now kee

>> go now to top democrat senator richard durbin joins us from springfield, illinois. senator, good to see you thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, norah. >> o'donnell: should netanyahu cancel his planned speech to congress next month? >> i don't think this political grandstanding by the speaker, mr. netanyahu or best interests of israel. we have a strong relationship, a strong alliance with israel. for speaker to decide to go it alone to invite prime minister netanyahu without consulting with the white house was a mistake. >> o'donnell: as you know president obama will not meet with the prime minister while he's here. what about democrats in congress will they attend this speech? >> we're troubled by it. i don't want to show any weakness in terms of our commitment to israel but some of my closest friends in the united states who support israel had described this boehner strategy as disaster. take the politics out of it.

. >> reporter: jeff stewart showed up at his friend john geer's house in springfield not long after police arrived for a domestic dispute. officer adam torres fire a single shot surprising everybody there. torres told investigators he saw geer reach for his waist, something no other officer there saw. >> john was shot unjustly. he had his hands above his head. >> reporter: five months before he shot john geer officer torres blew up in court at commonwealth attorney charles peters using the f word numerous times and storming out. peters said he was somewhat stunned by the meltdown when he spoke to detectives investigating the geer shooting. we now know what caused torres to lose control. he had arrested someone on dui

honored, not even in springfield, and he was from east spring field.mie: brian comes across frances' post from way back in 2001. >> i got a phone, and left a strange message. are you the nephew of pt109 crew member marney. >> it was stronging to get a call off the blue. jamie: in august 2013 that grave stone is placed at veteran's cemetery. idennis is thinking about those letters written to his grandmother that he has been holding on to for 25 years. isn't it time he did something with them. but then a reckoning for dennis and frances, the brother john dies of diabetes at age of 57. >> it makes you start to think about what do you want to do with the rest of your life. because his death was unexpected. jamie: they retrieveed letter that frances had never seen. >> i was shocked when i say what the letters detailed. jamie: why now? >> the driving thing was the loss of our brother john. >> a wake up you know, i'm not get anything younger. >> these documents could be of historical value, and worth a lot of money. jamie: you had a big decision to make. >> i

don't get hung up on the lows. 36 in springfield and 34 out toward sterling. we'll talk about how temps will fall and the prospects of seeing snow showers during the commute. >>> a metro north train crashed in new york. what could have huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? >>> if you're just getting home, here's a look at headlines. the mtsb has sent a team to new york to investigate last night's train crash. at least 6 people were killed when a metro train crashed into an suv. crossing gates came down on an suv. andrew quomo called it one of the most gruesome scenes he's witnessed. >>> check this out. the transasia airways plane clipped a taxi and a bridge before plunging into the river below. rescue teams rushed to save 15 people before the wreckage sank. the pilot called ou

if you're traveling on i-95 heading north from lorton to springfield, springfield toward 395, you'll have no problems northbound and southbound lanes clear and free of any accidents this morning. for those of you on the beltway at river road, you can see volume beginning to pick up. no issues, no accidents. any earlier construction is all but wrapped up. we are now getting ready to get into the thick of things in terms of rush hour. for those of you in d.c., you'll have no issues there this morning. south capitol street at suitland parkway, free and clear. back to you. >> thank you, larry. >>> 6:12 up for. today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the battle of iwo jima. it one one of the bloodiest battles fought in the pacific during world war ii. this afternoon there will be memorials across the area commemorating the day. at 2:00 p.m. there will be a wreath laying at the memorial in arlington and also a wreath laying at the world war ii memorial downtown. that is at noon. >>> the national cathedral is finished with phase one its earthquake repairs. they gave us an inside lo

highs tomorrow rockville won't make 50, 49, 48 laytonsville, 50 downtown, 51 in springfield, leesburg 48, toward bowie 49. break it down day planner. to start downtown, 30 ). mid-30s by 9:00 and not too bad, low 40s by 11:00. look at sunday, even milder, 57. clouds will come in late sunday and sunday night, just light rain or showers on monday, not a washout, low 50s. pretty nice on tuesday, upper 40s, low wednesday and well are tracking arctic air, steady temperatures on thursday, 28, only low 20s in the deep freeze by this time next week. >> big drop. >>> it's only a toe, man. >> it's very important. >> those guys are 6' 8. so it's a big toe. >> it's like this big. >> with a big hurt, too. what is wrong with the wizards? the explanation coming up. >> also the latest on bbbt, bradley i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments wit

after a man was shot and killed in the laundry mat here it happened around 11:00 this is 53rd and springfield in southwest philadelphia a man shot and killed in the laundry mat and details are unfolding and the homicide investigation is underway and we are keeping an eye on the situation and we'll bring you more information from this area in southwest as it becomes available to us. once again a man shot and killed at a laundry mat in this neighborhood. >>> five new charter school applications were approved during a heated hearing last night. protests erupted calling the possibility of more charter schools a disgrace considering the district's financial situation, they rejected 34 and approved five, they will review another round of applications in the fall as required by law. >>> last night on "action news" at 11:00 we mistakenly showed you the wrong power ball drawing we apologize for the error. here are the numbers in the order they were drawn last night. 29, 1, 49 9, 32 and the power ball was 22. nobody won the jackpot last night. and now it's $60 million for saturday's drawing. >>> and th

we passed through springfield. we were noticing some flurries at that point. the activity like megan just said has picked up a little bit more but even from springfield down to he right around the dumfri area we are seeing a li bit of a dusting on the roads at most in areas, though. but even i have to say at times by photographer irene and it salt or is that snow. so the activity is still very light here. and we have seen plenty of salt truc out this morning treating the roads. getting you ready for that morng commute. tempere now in the storm team 4 x 4 is at freezing wh left washington we were a li above that. but temperatures are falling. we'll contie to bring you updas on road conditions thro virginia during the morng hours. >> amelia thank you. >>> today we expect to learn how long a maryland woman will spend in jail for murdering ag 35-yead katrina benn was found guilty of shooting eric soma to death in his bed. the two were neighbors who beca romantically involved. a park ranger noticed a gun on thy and was true five pre owners to benn. >>> a state depa

the run off is impacting the reservoir which feeds in the crumb creek plant in springfield springfield. officials say even though it taste bad there's no health risk from dripping dripping it the taste should pass in day or two. >> don't you wonder if salt is getting in there what else is. ? i'm just wondering. >> it's a big deal. >> back to your winter weather authority now. maybe we could get a warmup tomorrow. i never thought 38 would be warmup. but -- (laughter). >> whoo, 38. >> we're getting there. >> okay. that's really the forecast for tomorrow. not as brutal. hard to believe we're talking about not as brutal. lows to night get this will be in the teens. and then tomorrow high temperatures in the upper 30s. that's going to folic a heat of what but it's still blow mid fours where we shall be this time of year and then snow is back in the picture as early as thursday morning for some and it really depends on where you live. but take a look at the numbers this morning. seven in philadelphia. and afternoon high of only 25. once begun the normal this time of year is 46 degrees. but l

more volumes problems getting into springfield with all the lanes open there mike, andrea?and the semiwin for both lift and uber. the dmv decided ride sharing companies can carry on on. they have been running under a temporary yes ma'am with the state. the dmv came to its conclusion after a compliance review found only minor problems that are not safety related. >>> it was a good run while it lasted but low prices at the pump could be a thing of the past. the lundburg survey said the average price of a regular gallon jumped to $2.20 a gallon, on average because of a rebound in the price of crude oil. >>> fuel efficiency improved, average gas mileage for all cars and trucks sold in january. it was 25.4 miles per gallon. overall fuel economy is up 5 miles per gallon according to the university of michigan. >> reward points are about to be converted straight into cash. that according to wells fargo as customers little be able to redeem the award program right at the atm. >>> so it is all about the cheese. single servings of velveeta cheese. kraft launched the single serve pouc

you come to springfield you have an auditorium that is condemned. you have children in trailers as you have them in actual classrooms. >> portables. space available at predominantly white schools in the same cluster. investigators say leaders have engaged in decisions that have hindered rather than desegregated. >> other pairns have expressed concerns about how mixing student populations might affect their child's safety in fact parent opposition has been so strong the school board has delayed voting on the doj's mandate for several months. if the board doesn't comply by next school year the federal government could pull all of its funding from the county schools. $9 million. al jazeera reached out to every school board member for an interview. several responded by telling us they'd been advised not to speak publicly because the board is negotiating with the department of justice. in the past, several board members have publicly criticized the federal government for stepping into the county's affairs. >> this is the way they filibuster. this is the

you're looking at 395 and 495 in springfield. there's a state of emergency declared in virginia. 12,000 plows and trucks will be deployed there. more than 200 plows have been on the d.c. streets since this afternoo about 2500 plows and trucks are hitting the roads in maryland tonight. >> if you're hoping to avoid the roads and take metro instead, well here's a heads-up. metro rail will be running on a saturday schedule tomorrow but you're going to pay weekday fares and if you plan to take metro bus expect limited operations. starting tonight the buses will operate on major roadways only. and metroaccess service is suspended tomorrow. >>> and a warning for people who live in the district. if your car is parked along a snow emergency route, you need to move it by 7:00 tomorrow morning or risk getting ticketed and towed. the mayor declared a snow emergency, which means trucks will be out early clearing streets. for a look at the district's map go to nbcwashington.com and search for emergency road. >>> offices will be open in prince

. >>> if you live in certain delaware county communities like swathmore springfield and darby don't beprised if your tap water tastes salty. officials say you shouldn't be alarmed either. "action news" reporter sharrie williams live at the darby municipal building. why is there a salt taste in the water? >> well jim, it's coming from the salt mix that's actually used to treat the roads. we spoke with aqua america about it, and they tell us tonight that the warm up yesterday actually caused the snow and ice that you see here still on the roads, well it is filled with that salt and it is running off. aqua says the water may have a distinct taste but is still safe. janice davis on the job when a resident called in with a concern. >> i had a call from a resident that stayed miss janice have you tasted the water recently? >> she had not had a drink from the faucet and wanted to better under the complaint. >> i came into the kitchen and tasted the water and said wow, it taste like salt. and that's a bad taste in your mouth. >> that bad taste, according to aqua is from the run-off of the road

i'm peg peck -- peggy fox in springfield. we'll take a look coming up. >> reporter: a public defender tries to get bail for this 60- year-old suspect in the stabbing murder of an elderly navy vet. >>> some of the district are celebrating victory by smoking a joint in their homes tonight. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. after all, it is legal under d.c. law as of today, but some folks are worried about people getting stoned and then getting behind the wheel. surae chinn joins us now from dupont circle with more on that. >> reporter: lighting up and getting high in your own home is one thing, but going out in public is still illegal, but even going on the roads is illegal and dangerous. there is a concern that getting behind the wheel now that legal marijuana is here in d.c. that roads will be more dangerous. >> it will be fine on driving, just got to make sure everyone stays home. >> people drive drunk all the time and we don't freak out about alcohol. >> if anything, it will just slow pe

it happened on 53rd street and springfield.he victim we're told was shot in the head and died just ten minutes ago. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll bring you information as soon as we get it. >>> and philadelphia police need help finding the man in this new video. watch what he does. this is a look inside the little caesars pizza shop on west girard avenue. this is valentine's day, around 10:00 in the evening. the man punches and throws things at an employee behind the counter. two women come in and try to stop the man. he shoves them away and keeps trying to assault the employee. if you happen to recognize who this man is you're asked to call police. >>> happening now, the defense is set to pick up the case in the trial of a washington township police officer accused of misconduct. after arresting an assembly man on drunk driving charges. he's accused of falsifying records when he arrested paul more artie on dwi charges in 2012. he faces more than a dozen counts against him. officials eventually dropped the dr

released in the case of an unarmed man who was shot to death by a fairfax county police officer in springfield. john geer was killed in the driveway of his home in august 2013. police say officer adam torres fired the fatal shot that killed geer after responding to a domestic dispute. an audiotape shows military veteran and fairfax police officer rodney barnes was shot by the shooting -- shocked by the shooting. [indiscernible] >> the reason we're here, it was a domestic dispute. he said i have a gun. you guys have guns, i might need mine. >> the family had been searching for information on his case for more than a year. >>> two children are in child protective services after their parents left them inside a car to attend a wine tasting. the parents have been charged with first degree cruelty to children. d.c. police say passersby called after noticing the children alone inside a car saturday engineer 23rd and l streets northwest. police confirmed both children are under 2 years of age. officers eventually located the parents inside the upscale riss restaurant at a private wine tasting evefnt.

after a shooting at a laundry mat in southeast philadelphia at the corner of south 53rd street and springfield avenue chopper 6 hd shows investigators entering the building after it happened. police say the man followed the victim into the laundry mat and shot him in the head so far no one has been arrested. >> a philadelphia police captain was injured in a hit and run this morning. chopper 6 hd was over this incidents after a driver hit the captain's car in the fort richmond section. the police captain was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released. >> mayor michael nutter is talking to students about way to curb youth violence, he delivered the key note on youth safety. it's a topic that is close to his heart when his best friend was shot in the face in high school. nutter says the city is making strides to cut down on violent crime but children must have the knowledge, support and tools and guidance to allow them to make good choices. >>> students in new jersey got a special history lesson their teacher was a tuskegee air andman. he talked about his experiences and their f

honored, not even in springfield, and he was from east spring field. jamie: brian comes across frances' post from way back in 2001. >> i got a phone, and left a strange message. are you the nephew of pt109 crew member marney. >> it was stronging to get a call off the blue. jamie: in august 2013 that grave stone is placed at veteran's cemetery. idennis is thinking about those letters written to his grandmother that he has been holding on to for 25 years. isn't it time he did something with them. but then a reckoning for dennis and frances, the brother john dies of diabetes at age of 57. >> it makes you start to think about what do you want to do with the rest of your life. because his death was unexpected. jamie: they retrieveed letter that frances had never seen. >> i was shocked when i say what the letters detailed. jamie: why now? >> the driving thing was the loss of our brother john. >> a wake up you know, i'm not get anything younger. >> these documents could be of historical value, and worth a lot of money. jamie: you had a big decision to make. >

but the life of a tall, gangly self-made springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible. he tells us that there is power in words. he tells us that there is power in conviction. that beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people. he tells us that there is power in hope. as lincoln organized the forces arrayed against slavery, he was heard to say: "of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought to battle through." that is our purpose here today. that's why i'm in this race. not just to hold an office, but to gather with you to transform a nation. i want to win that next battle for justice and opportunity. i want to win that next battle for better schools, and better jobs, and health care for all. i want us to take up the unfinished business of perfecting our union, and building a better america. and if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as i see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as i sense that th

los hechos ocurrieron a las 11 de la maÑana de hoy en la calle springfield.eclarada muerta en el lugar. no se ha realizado ningÚn arresto y identidad de la vÍctima no ha sido divulgada. la fiscal del distrito del condado montgomery revela la identidad de un hombre acusado de haber puÑalada a otro. hoy aprendemos mÁs de este caso. >> es un caso raro y algunos de los datos bastante estar turbantes. el hombre acusado de homicidio tiene 32 aÑos de edad y declarÓ a la fiscalÍa que apuÑalÓ a otro hombre de 25 aÑos violentamente loco de que ambos estÉn involucrados en una disputa. la planta ha sido lugar de empleo para ambos, la vÍctima y agresor segÚn el testigo lunes 17 de febrero vÁzquez como broma intentÓ quitar una silla en la que el acusado estaba sentado y Éste lo amenazÓ. ayer cuando ambos ingresaron al trabajo el testigo deseÁbamos estropeando , escuchÓ gritos y luego vio apuÑalar a la vÍctima. al llegar en la que se esforzaron escondido en un almacÉn y con hen el cuerpo. fue trasladado al hospital donde se le realizÓ una cirugÍa. enfrenta cargos de homicid

at springfield the majority is black or hispanic. a mandate to change it divided the town. >> it's nothing about race. the concern is taking kids out of school they are comfortable. >> i believe it is about race. my kids don't get the same education as some of the other kids do. >> federal investigators found the district never implemented an integration plan it agreed to. james hubbard, an alderman for 26 years in spring field noticed the segregation within schools, bringing it to the attention. department of justice. >> it's a drag over from the civil rights era. we have people that have people that have civil rights defiance mentality. >> where is the proof i told you to bring. >> reporter: stacy says her concern is majority white schools have better resources. >> they have top dollar everything. you come to springfield, you have an auditorium that is condemn pd. you have just as many kids in trailers as in classrooms. >> the department of justice agreed finding the distribute used port ables to alleviate obvious crowding. even wi

blue line delays to franconia springfield, those still hanging around. as is the problem with brunswick east 890, 40 minutes behind right now. that is because of a frozen switch. 95 in maryland bw parkway in and out of town looking quite good. same thing in prince george's county. overall no major problems. travel times coming up. >>> today we can hear what programs could be cut at prince william county schools. the superintendent is expected to layout his plan to cut $11 million from the budget. board smebs are smembers have ruled out cutting all day kindergarten. zachary kiesch is live with more. >> reporter: yes really tough divisions here as the school district here in prince william county tries to trim spending. among the programs that could be cut, elementary orchestra, middle school sports. but as you mentioned, full day kindergarten are safe. everything else on the table. prince william county as you mentioned faces an $11 million deficit. at the same time school board members would like to see smaller class sizes and increased teacher pay. prog

it opens up once you hits the beltway and head through springfield. 66 germantown road they don't have any issues either. all of the earlier construction we had 066 is now out of the way. so that is great. taking a look at 270 headed south at montrose road no problems. same thing as you're head northbound seeing volume start to build of course. but no problems right now. wide look at things overall, everything is looking pretty good. a little tiny bit slow 295 past 50 there in the city. otherwise look quite good on the beltway. and the beltway at indian head highway, everything is flowing quite nicely. back at 6:01. we'll have a live picture of 95 in virginia. >>> 5:54. there is talk now da about the fees you have to pay to dump your trash this spot veinsylvania and stafford county. leaders are against a plan to charge more for bigger trash loads brought to the landfill on he is es hill road. they say you should pay a flat 2350 you fee. you don't have to pay anythg for resickables. >>> virginia's dmv says ride sharing companies like lyft and uber can now legally operate in virginia. th

nbc 10 and springfield township. the zoning hearing board passed a rule to let the farmers market stay. the members of the community started a campaign to keep it from leaving flower town. >>> a driver is charged with assaulting a special needs student. he was driving the student home last friday when there was a disturbance. they say he chased the victim and threw him to the ground. they say he punched the student and left him with cuts and bruises. >>> a failure of school officials to keep students safe from sex abuse. parents have filed charges saying a teacher sexually assaulted studented in more than one direct. >> nbc 10 has reported for a year now on the growing list of alleges against a former second grade teacher who is now behind bafrs. hoe is awaiting sentencing after pleading no contest. but in a lawsuit just filed by the parents of two 8-year-old girls, allegedly abused by him last year the family says school administrators failed to protect their children. >> this is a case where some place along the li

delaware county, the blue route at mcdade boulevard no problems coming from villanova broomall or springfieldooking good there. we have a fire location watch for it at watson road in sharon hill, delaware county. we're not expecting widespread traffic problems, but something to watch for as you head out early on. flying northeast extension construction is clear speeds 65 miles per hour looking good from the lehigh valley and quakertown. construction on 168 between collings avenue and nicholson road no big problems as you head out. >> the fbi has launched it's own information into the killing of three young muslim in north carolina. a neighborhood gunned down all three people who were college students at a home north carolina chapel hill. else a self described gun toting atheist with a reputatioion for bullying his neighbors. the victims' families are certain the three were targeted because they are muslim. they were laid to rest yesterday. more than 5,000 people turned out for their funeral. >>> an alabama police officer is facing charges after an incident that left an indian man seriously in

lanes open along 95 with the fairly typical volume delays between dale city, newington, springfield.nes open toward the beltway. heaviest volume has been manassas in centreville and getting out of fair lakes into fair oaks and toward vienna metro. >>> no surprise here. dominion power and some of its customers have different views about rates and where they should go in the future. >> i have a feeling i know what the the ratepayers think. virginia is also enjoying its largest oyster harves nearly 30 years. >> nick giovanni has those stories and more in this look at your money. good morning. >> reporter: mike, andrea, good morning you to. questions are being raised this morning about how a bill that's been sailing through virginia's general assembly is going to affect utility customers. the state's largest utility, dominion power says the measure will keep rates consistent the next few years and protect customers from higher bills. critics on the other hand as you guessed it, mike, say the company is misusing its influence with lawmakers to avoid being forced to lower rates. >>> on the

. >> in this springfield, virginia neighborhood, a contractor has coded the sidewalks with so much sand and salt that the road already looks snow-covered. quite the story tonight is dressing for these cold temperatures. tomorrow will be about preparing for the possibility of snow. make sure you have plenty of ice melt, a good shovel and a strong back. >> this just in. the virginia governor has told vdot crews to get ready right now. nobody is taking any chances in preparation for a storm coming on monday night. >> we are going to be ready for it. this is the first major storm we have had this winter. no major storm of significance. we are pulling out all the stops. we will have more than 3800 trucks available. they will be deployed by midafternoon tomorrow. they will be pre-staged around the interstate and neighborhoods so they will be ready to hit the road. >> what do you think the impacts will be because of the presidents' day weekend? will people be off the roads? will people becoming home on monday night and that the problematic? >> you have people traveling. it is good news for tom

salt on the roads is impacting the springs and reservoirs that feed fruit crumb creek plant in springfieldthere's no health risk. to a story you'll see only on fox tonight. convicted criminals have been escaping left and right from local halfway houses. authorities have no idea where they are. it's happening on basis clearly neighbors are worried same with police. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in juniata park. dave, you're outside of one of the facilities where inmates are actually just walking off? >> reporter: this is one of the facilities called the kintock facilities these repeat repeated escapes from police and the public on e tonight. in fact we spoke with one of philadelphia's top police officers tonight and he says it's time to get to the bottom of this and tighten security. they're called parole violation centers. halfway houses for inmates in the state and federal correction system. one is located at erie and whitaker. other at d and luzerne. both had repeated escapes in the past two months. raising concerns for police and the public. >> we're concerned about that. and the b

. >> the compromise for this springfield family was delaying immunizing these children until they were 2. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good. tired. >> bianca bradley is due in three weeks. she has already made a decision about whether to inoculate her baby girl. >> she is definitely going to be up to date with all her shots and i don't want her to be exposed to anything that's going around. >> the nationwide measles outbreak is impacting everything from daycare centers to politics. the american academy of pediatrics is weighing in urging parents to vaccinate their children. barbara fisher runs an organization that supports parents being informed about both sides of the vaccination issue. >> i absolutely think parents should have a choice when it comes to vaccination because we're not all the same. we don't all react the same way to pharmaceutical products like vaccines. for some of us the risks are much greater. >> we made numerous calls and reached out to different groups to interview anyone in the anti-vaccine community. we have heard feedback that they are afraid to come out of the

tras ser baleado en una lavanderÍa los hechos ocurrieron a las 11 de la maÑana en la calle 53 y springfieldiÓ el control del vehÍculo. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> algunos congresistas encabezan una propuesta para requerir que el congreso los estados aprueben designaciones como las Órdenes ejecutivas, fernando pizarro nos amplÍa. >> el presidente obama dio tres monumentos nacionales y luego viajo a un barrio histÓrico de chicago donde afroamericanos trabajaron en la construcciÓn de los vagones de trenes pullman. >> nuestras tierras, aguas, monumentos son parte de nuestros derechos de todos los estadounidenses. >> pero esta misma autoridad que usÓ el presidente para nombrar el monumento nacional a cesar chÁvez en california en el 2012 podrÍa estar en peligro, el congresista republicano de idaho encabezan una propuesta para requerir que el congreso y estados aprueben primero estas designaciones que ellos dicen restringen el acceso del pÚblico a lugares naturales, maite arce parte de una coaliciÓn que logrÓ que el volcÁn de colorado fuera nombrado por el comitÉ internacional. >> si el congreso no estÁ trabajando,

court documents reveal police seized jewelry, clothing and a watch from stockton's springfield home. >>> environmental ilss in virginia say csx should be payi more than $300,000 for a derailment in lynchburg. last year's crash dumped nearly 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the james river. and now the department of environmental quality is proposing al $361,000 fine. 17 cars te railed from that train. three ended up in the river. crews tested the water for several days. they did not find any lasting environmen. >>> the ntsb has released its first report ant that deadly n crash new york that killed a mother of three. according to the report the woman's car was on the tracks before the crossing gates came down. one of the gates hit the back of her car. she got out to look then got back in her car and tried to drive off. the report says the metro north train was going the speed limit and the driver of that train followed the rules, used the ho the emergency brake. five people on the train were also killed. >>> congress is expected to hit another roadblock in its effort now to avoid anot

two weeks after a chunk of metal came flying off the beltway and through her windshield a springfield woman is sharing her story of survival. >> yeah, and chelsea sterman is here now with more of what happened and why the survivor can't take action against whoever it was carrying that metal. joce? >> sharon fine had no idea who is carrying the metal that slammed through the windshield of the car she was driving in. it looked like a brake drum and ended up shattering part of her face. she has no way of figuring out who carried it. >> wow. >> sharon fine is seeing this piece of metal for a second time. she can't remember the first. >> first thing i saw was a gray blur. >> smashed open by a 17 pound chunk of steel that came flying into fine's car as it cruised around the beltway near annandale two weeks ago. >> i remember standing here thinking oh, so this is how i'm going to die. right here at 495. >> seeing photos of the damage it would have made sense if fine didn't survive. but she did. her face shattered and now scarred. her life saved by first responders and luck. she was hit with

greer was unarmed when he was shot in his home in springfield. today, some fairfax county residents demanded an independent review. >> the fairfax board needs to change the policy of obstruction to one of transparency and create an independent review board to give officers fair treatment but have some accountability. >> the board decided to conduct an internal audit. the father hasn't read the whole report but he told us today it seems to confirm that other officers on the scene had a different account of what happened than the officer who actually shot his son. >>> protesters on the white house today demanding worldwide nuclear disarmament. a group of global zero brought an inflatable missile to rally support for the cause. they say president obama is proposing an upgrade to the u.s. arsenal that could cost a trillion dollars. >>> domestic aus into a big issue for the nfl this year. highlighted by the ray rice case and how the league handled it. super bowl sunday two ads will address the issue during commercial breaks. one is funded by the nfl a

we're looking here at the map on 95 through dumfries and up towards springfield. lanes are open but just a little bit of yellow in between the green means that you do have some stop and goa volume along -- stop and go volume along the way. no issues if you're taking a trip on 66. we are slow, however, making your way from centreville over towards, say, fair oaks and out towards the beltway. but again still not too bad of a drive for you if you're headed there this morning. and 270 still seeing the volume but folks are still moving making the trip northbound and southbound here through tuckerman lane. mike, andrea? >>> at least 15 people are dead and dozens of others are injured or missing after the crash of a transasia airways plane this morning. >> investigators say the taiwanese flight had 58 people on board. at one point the plane turned sideways in the air, clipped a gebridor shtly after takeoff and crashed into a river in taipei. rescue crews are still on the scene right now. >>> seven people are dead, many others injured after a commuter train with hundreds

someone slid on a patch of slush and a new accident on springfield township, woodland avenue. we're seeing a handful of accidents through the region. >> the wintry mix is messing up the morning commute. >> the "action news" team is spreading out across the affected regions this morning. >> let's go over to chad perdelli. >> reporter: matt for the better part of an hour we've had strictly rain. all the rain we've had out here is seeping through my jacket and getting me wet. this is airport road we have a nice, thick slush on the roads. penndot wants the slush to get traction for these vehicles. it's been slow going but it looks like cars and suvs and the semis are moving nicely along airport road. it can get slick in spots. we got two to three inches of snow. there was a serious accident on the northeast extension quakertown where the tractor-trailer jackknifed. there are delays. strictly rain, it's messy out here, the roads are drivable, but slushy. be careful because it can get slick in spots. chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." back to you guys. >> let's look live at phil

this project will take traffic from rolling road to the fairfax county parkway in west springfield. crews will create a two-lane ramp. sound off tonight at 6:30 at the rolling valley elementary in west springfield. >>> detectives in prince wim county are turning to social media hoping to drum up new leads in a cold case. in 2004 linda mae archer disappeared from her home in woodbridge. now cold case detectives are highlighting the case online. we've created a link with all the details of this unsolved mystery on our website. go to cheaters.com. search "cold case." archer's remains were found five years ago in a vacant lot near the prince william parkway. >>> i'm tracking the radar right now looking at rainmaking its way in also sleet and snow all on the radar. i'll show you as temperatures drop it will affect you overnight tonight and maybe through tomorrow morning's early rush. >>> and we'll take you undercover the see what it's like to ride metro when you're in a wheelchai >>> a domestic violence case against an n tossed out. greg hardy was in a charlotte, north carolina courthous

dentists provided free dental services for the give kids a smile annual program in springfield. kiesch spoke to to some of the volunteers and the kids at today's event. >> did you have fun at the dentist? >> yeah. >> yeah? >> reporter: they came in large groups some with parents like 4-year-old aaron and his mother angela others with friends and teachers from school. >> this is about providing dental care to children of need in our area. >> reporter: free care and today almost 300 youngsters from northern virginia took advantage. all identified by their schools as being in need. some made their first trip to the dentist chair. >> hey, guys. how's it going? hi. what's your name? >> reporter: this doctor led the charge but he wasn't alone. dentist, hygienists helped volunteering their time. they provided about $50,000 in care. >> it's really about having them come away with a positive dental experience so they understand the importance of dental health and dental hygiene. >> it's very important because i want to make sure he has access to good health care and dental care at a youn

we're talking about going from springfield and making your way up toward 270. 21-minute commute there. i-270 and montrose road nice as well. no issues or major accidents to report there. we'll send it back to you. >>> advocates for rape victims are joining the fight to try to end the backlog of untested rape kits. as we've told you on wusa9, there are thousands of untested rape kits in cities across the country. natasha was raped in 1993 in new york and went through a grueling exam just so police could get d.n.a. to catch her rapist. instead her rape kit sat untested for nine years. >> after he raped me and while my rape kit was sitting and collecting dust, he was on a nationwide crime spree. >> other crimes could have been prevented had they tested the kit. president obama is vowing to commit $41 million to try to get rid of the backlog. >>> if you are in the middle of the application process trying to get health care coverage through the d.c. health link, you'll get an opportunity to finish today. you can get your questions answered and help with the applicat