despite the incredible loss surae chinn reports tonight worshipers showed up for services today at atusic ] >> reporter: without their beloved chapel worshipers still came to pray on the grounds of the seminary. across the street from the chapel that went up in flames friday sunday worship devoted prayers to the devastating loss. >> there was a sadness that was palpable. >> reporter: worshipers came here to see the damage firsthand before and after the service. the church was gutted. >> i wanted to see what it was like and it is perfectly awful. >> reporter: doreen williams used to worship at the chapel. >> it is absolutely heart breaking. my late husband and i went to this church for 30 years and it is gone. >> reporter: doreen and many others including international leaders found this sacred ground a special place. president ford once made a visit and so did desmond tu-tu. all the money raised will go to outreach ministries. they say their community and god's work are beyond brick and mortar. >> live will go on. >> reporter: on the grounds of the virginia thee logical seminary, sura

and surae chinn reports tonight on how vanessa's family marked this day. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: 100ays after someone's passing marks a sad day in other cultures. >> yeah, that's what we would have for me. this happens every day. >> reporter: the ceremony has only enlightened her family to the fact that 100 days after her death, someone has gotten away with murder. >> just by this, like the huntingness. >> haunting you? >> yeah. >> reporter: there are still no solid leads to vanessa's killer. only a timeline of when the 19- year-old and a designer was last seen. her white car captured leaving the shopping center 10 minutes before she was found dead with knife wounds in her crashed car. this is not the only place that her family goes to pray. they come here to her grave sight each and every day. >> reporter: vanessa's mother comes here to be close to her only child. >> i think that she will rest in peace now. but we did not anticipate this. >> reporter: in fact, her family, including the aunt, are tormented every waking moment without their loved one. >> i think about her all the time

surae chinn tells us the entire dorm had to be evacuated. >> you've got to leave the dorm. get far away from the building. >> reporter: evacuated and surrounded by police. a woman and her friend still in her bath robe after being forced out around 6:00 a.m. in the morning. >> it is frustrating because it is georgetown. >> reporter: you wouldn't expect to find a drug lab here. >> we did have several people that were exposed to the chemicals. security guards, police officers and three students. >> reporter: a student called campus police reporting they smelled a strange odor. that's when they say they found chemicals to make dmt, an acidic and flammable drug. what's the relationship they have. >> they are named the party floor on our dorm. >> reporter: the university says they will take the necessary disciplinary actions against the students. at georgetown university, surae chinn, wusa 9 news. >> a university spokeswomen says the toxins appear to have been confined to the one top floor dorm room and that room will have to be deacon de contaminated. they thought they had first

but as surae chinn reports, stewart may have jumped the gun. >> they have yet to issue a permit for theally to restore sanity, and his march to keep them alive. but if it does get approved, it will be staged right here with the capitol as their backdrop, they submitted an application for the permit which comedy central believes that they would generate 60,000 people. between noon and 3 p.m. right here on the national mall october 30. his application for the permit didn't get approved until four days. keep in mind that they say it is typical to issue the permits two days before the event. to protect the national park and their properties. stay tuned. on the national mall, surae chinn, 9news now. >> now, they have requested attendees donate to the national parks service, saying that they have received significantly more calls across the globe than they did for their rally. >> new york city taking aim at the sugarally drinks, trying to battle obesity. this time, the mayor announced today, that they want to get permission to prohibit people from use their food stamps to buy sodas, teas, and

on the national mall, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> stewart and colbert have requested attendees donateies. the national parks service said it received more calls a cross the globe than it did for beck's rally. >>> good morning. welcome to 9 news now. today is friday [ applause ] october 8th. i'm angie goff in for andrea roane. patranya bhoolsuwan is standing by with the morning traffic report an howard is here to tell us about a sunshine streak we want to see. >> it is going to be great today, tomorrow, sunday and monday. four days after a nice day yesterday. i want to remind you this time of the year if you are going to be outside and don't have homecoming football games over the week or the skins, sun screen. you can still get a sun burn this time of the year. i will be at happy valley at penn state. i got an invite. it should be fun. whatever your plans are,

she was last seen leaving the fairfax shopping complex center report -- surae chinn reporting now on how her family marked the day. >> reporter: 100 days after someone's passing is an important and sad day in buda hism and other asian cultures. it reminds her family 100 days after her death, someone got away with her murder. >> it's haunting us. >> reporter: haunting you? >> yeah. >> reporter: there's no solid leads to her killer. only a time line when 19-year- old vanessa pham was last seen. her white car captured on video leaving the fairfax shopping center 10 minutes before she was found dead with knife wounds in her crashed car. temple is not the only place her family goes to pray. they come here to her grave site each and every day. her mother, julie pham comes here to be close to her only child. >> i think she rests in peace now, but we do not. >> reporter: her family, including her aunt, are tormented every waking moment without their loved one. >> i think about her. i think about her and don't know why people do that to her. she's my baby. i don't know why. >> reporter: in fa

live in haymarket, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> and there's a race to catch this person. thank you. >>> severe weather struck out west today. topper shutt is in the weather center with more on the tornadoes that tore through parts of arizona. >> kind of unusual to have tornadoes in arizona. not out of the question. two maybe three tornadoes touched down in northern arizona. the twisters derailed a freight town, blew semis off the highway and smashed winds outside of flagstaff. sandra hughes has more. >> reporter: the tornadoes that touched down in northern arizona, tossed train cars like they were toyed. >> there i -- i have been through hail storms and snowstorms but nothing like this. >> reporter: and there were no serious injuries or deaths reported. dozens of homes were damaged. >> i didn't see the one at 5:30 in the morning. i saw the other one pass and it went to the east of us. >> reporter: the tornadoes were part of a storm system that swept across the western u.s., dropping record-setting rain and even surprising residents of phoenix with hail. sandra hughes, cbs

i'm surae chinn in fairfax county, where a serial burglar has struck again. this time preying on people in annandale. >> i freaked out. >> reporter: the thief was long gone whennierry discovered her home broken in to. she's among two other neighbors who had the same thing happen overnight. earlier this week, jan became one of eight victims in oakton. >> oh my god, somebody's been in my house. somebody has walked around my house an looked around my house and gotten in to my property. >> reporter: she has gone to great lengths to secure her home. >> yet they walk in my house. i'm upstairs in my bedroom with my dogs and they walk right in my house. >> reporter: investigators say the majority of the cases, the thief got in through an unlocked door or window and in all residents residents have been home and sleeping. >> must be still think not to wake anyone. >> reporter: fire investigators say a possible dispute between neighbors may have sparked the blaze early wednesday morning. >> we have what we would call suspects or people of interest. >> reporter: fire chi

. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> police want your help in finding the suspect of an earlyning robbery from ac's getty mart near the virginia-maryland line. police say the man covered his face with a ski hat and towel when he walked spot gas station. he flashed a handgun and demanded money. he made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. he drove away in a four-door car. a warning for u.s. travelers in europe. be vigilant. the state department will be issuing a travel alert sunday morning advising americans to be extra cautious when traveling in europe. that comes from the renewed threats about al qaeda. the travel alert will be vague and not refer to a specific location. americans traveling abroad should be especially careful when traveling until the tourist locations. earlier this month in paris, the iifle tower -- iffle tower was evacuated. >>> . a series of explosions happened last night near the u.s. consulate. there's no reports of any injuries. >>> child was taken off at plane from mexico to denver, and health officials say the child may have a contagious disease. th

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. >>> i'm surae chinn in chantilly. police are trying to figure out who killed the owner of the chantilly car wash pane why anyone would want to harm him. his death has been ruled a homicide with trauma to the upper body after an autopsy was pleaed today. he was found today in his home on fairfax couldn't pi parkway yesterday afternoon. in fairfax station after a female family member discovered him. his 2002 gold lexus missing and police need your help in locating his suv with virginia tags xyw-8197. >> if we find that it may lead us to the suspect. >> everyone is shocked in our family that something like this could happen so close to us and we don't know much about what happened but we don't know it was random or not. concerning when something like that happens so near to your home. >> reporter: in aspen hill a push is pushing her daughter in a stroller through the intersection on georgia avenue when her daughter is struck by an suv. i just saw the baby trying down on the pavement without moving. the mom was crying. >>

live here in chantilly, surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> now the illegal immigration crackdown in virginia. 15 illegals convicted of sex offenses will be deported after their serve sentences. governor mcdonald, attorney general and the customs enforcement agency announced the arrest today. several crimes were against children or teenagers. the arrests are part of operation soar or sexual oftener alien removal. another 365 inmates will be deported once their sentences are served. >>> the mother of a 24-year-old woman killed by a hit and run driver in the district this week speaks out, calling the person who took her daughter's life a coward. kiela ryan was celebrating her birthday the night she was killed at dupont circle. right knew we are waiting if the suspect to emerge from dc superior court. scoot barometer is there live. >> the suspect is an albanian national living this chevy chase chase. she pled not guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. she was ordered released on her own recognizance with some conditions. she's got to surrender her albanian passport so she can't travel out

. >>> i'm surae chinn in haymarket, virginia in, prince william's county wheres there been 14 attempted or actual break-ins and police are trying to find out if it's related to 90 or so incidents. but this burglar has a pen chant for big homes and cash from designer purses. >> reporter: chris is airing out her purse when a crook got the purse out of her car and stole cash. >> it's disturbing that they came to my garage. >> reporter: jennifer is one of the luckier victims when the thieves bypassed her house after trying to get in cutting her screen door to find the door locked. >> my heart raced and i felt ill. >> reporter: in most of the cases, the crook is getting in through unlocked doors to homes and cars. >> he's not going to take time to smash and crash to get caught, he just wants easy victims. >>> this is bruce johnson in the district. d.c. police and community activist thes -- activists -- activists surround a funeral in adams morgan. cameras were not allowed inside the church but the minister said we're getting tired of this madness. i don't want to receive another phone call f

surae chinn, 9 news now. >>> now now let's update you on an armed robbery at a subway in ashburn last month. police charged mohammad akbar with robbery, use of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a viced felon. police say he entered the subway in a plaza with a gun and took the money from the store. akbar was also charged in august with a robbery in sterling. he is being held without bond. >>> in dc, police now have a suspect in custody for the death of jamal bell. if charged, 17-year-old sims with one count of first-degree murder. you will recall late on june 18th, bell and two women were shot on georgia avenue in northwest. all were taken to the hospital but bell died from his injuries. he was talking -- he was walking home from a graduation party when he was shot. that party had been hosted by a police officer for her daughter. jamal bell was just 16 years old. >>> people throughout southern maryland are drying out after being in the rain bull's eye for the past two days. parts of saint mary's county got more than 13 inches of rain. this was the scene in great mills this morni

. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9 news now. >> investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire. >>> from the first local station with news in high definition this is 9 news now. >>> good morning. welcome to 9 news now. today is monday, october 25th. i'm andrea roane. >> thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. howard is starting with the weather first. >> she is still pregnant. >> i know. >> feels like spring out there. we have temperatures 60s in spots and a rather warm afternoon for late october. let you know what to expect here. as we head through 9:00 n the low 60s, mostly cloudy skies. could have a few showers by noon. and this afternoon some showers and isolated thunder. 72 for the drive home. the winds from the south 10 to 15. a little bretcy. overnight the clear skies are giving way to increasing high clouds. showers are back in kentucky and tennessee and alabama. they have a while before they get here. we will be dry throughout the morning the way it looks now. 60 in town. look at the 60s out there. with the warm air in place we expect a mild afternoon. in in spite of th

surae chinn is following the investigation and is live in fairfax, virginia. after all of these attempts and actual break ins, do police have any leads? well, very little to go on. the burglar has stayed away from annandale up until this morning. three break ins, one attempted here on prosperity avenue in annandale avenue. he strikes in the middle of the night when everyone is at home and everyone is sleeping. the still think robber, a burglar, comes in, he takes the cash and leaves would you anyone noticing. >> i freaked out and cleared the house to make sure no one was in the house. >> reporter: the thief was long gone when jerry discovered her home broken in to and her purse missing. she's among two other neighbors who had the same thing

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