surae chinn is live with the conditions on the road. at least some cars are moving surae. >> reporter: well, we are on the outer loop and traffic is going just fine. but the inner loop as we look across, that's where the accident happened. that's where the problems are and that's where the inner loop is shut down. we have seen some movement here. maybe an indication that things are clearing out. the tractor-trailer has just moved out of the area. it has driven out but i do see from my vantage point. the tractor-trailer slowed down for some reason and a driver behind et rammed into the rack of the semi. this all happened around 1:40 this morning. there were a couple of things happening at the same time. there was a work zone going on and a fender-bender. so as you move around the bend here on the inner loop. that's what drivers encountered. we don't know if that's the reason why the tractor-trailer driver slowed down but we know that the driver of the car has died. the medical examiner was here  on the scene removing the body from that

surae chinn is live at national airport with more on this story. surae?> andrea, today does mark a decade since the creation of tsa and the creator of the organization says tsa is just not working as good as it should be and this comes as 23 million people travel during the thanksgiving holiday. not very comforting but florida congressman john mica says it is not all bad. he says that we are safer ten years later but there have been 25,000 instances of failures where items have been snuck on board planes that screeners should have caught. there are those breaches and controversial pat-downs he has said that liquids, banning the liquids, just doesn't matter. he also says too reactionary. remember the richard reed shoe bomber then we had to take off our shoes. the diaper bomber, cargo breaches. tsa has missed the mark time and time again. we talked with captain mark weiss, retired american airlines pilot. also, he works for a security firm, talking about airline security. listen in. >> they still need to do a lot of work in cargo security. they need to do w

surae chinn is live at the occupy d.c. camp in northwest washington. surae, good morning and how are things there? >> well, things are going very peacefully. it is calm here at mcpherson square. 15th and k streets northwest. as you were saying, not the case across the country. we do have some local protestors here, joe and rusty, to talk about the reaction of some of the clashes between police and protestors in places such as portland, albany, new york and oakland, california. >> definitely stand in solidarity with the other movements. they're our sister movements. it is really tearable that they are facing that kind of violence from police. luckily we've been able to avoid that here. >> rusty and joe, talk about the violence that may have occurred here because of police chiefs saying you have been increasingly confrontational with bystanders. your response? >> if you were to come down here and talk with anybody down here for five minutes, you would realize there is no violent people down here. >> there have been fights and accidents claiming that you g

for the demonstrators have for this afternoon could impact your commute home. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at the occupy encampment in mcpherson square with more. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning. occupy d.c. is upping the ante today as they plan to march on the key bridge this afternoon. and you know how congested it can be going in and out of georgetown so you're going to expect delays. well, it is not just here in d.c. that is upping the ante. gaining steam with the planned day of action but also across the country. >> reporter: in san francisco, california, some 95 occupy protestors and students were arrested after they stormed into a bank of america shouting slogans and trying to set up camp in the lobby. police officers in riot gear arrested the activists. protestors in new york plan to shut down wall street. home to the new york stock exchange around 7:00 this morning and then walk across the brooklyn bridge later in the day. tensions ran high earlier in the week with the eviction of zuccotti park. some protestors returned without their tents since they're now

. >> surae chinn joins us live from nationals park with more on the truly bizarre story. good morning, surae. >> good morning to you, jessica. well, fans here in the district say that they want to hold a vigil here tonight at nationals park. meanwhile, in venezuela, they are following two key leads. one of which they found the get away vehicle yesterday and they also have sketches, two out of the four kidnappers, no contact has been made so far. but police saying that ramos is still alive. ramos, nationals up and comer, aspiring star there in the team was in his homeland playing in the winter league. he was just in his family's home and stepped outside when four gunmen abducted him. kidnappers for ransom is not uncommon in venezuela but it is the first for the major league baseball. >> ramos made $415,000 last year. major league perspective, that's not a lot but for a kidnapper, this is a guy that's got a lot of money. >> reporter: police again saying that ramos is still alive. no contact has been made. no demands have been made and police say they haven't been in contact

. >> surae chinn is live in northwest washington where protestors say they may disrupt tonight's commute home. good morning, surae. >> reporter: it could be a trouble spot later on this afternoon between 2:30 and 6:00 tonight. you see all of the tents, all around here, across here and all across the mcpherson square. they'll be getting up later on this morning, waking up and this afternoon, around 2:30, they're going to march from here to the key bridge. through georgetown and you know how congested it can be in georgetown, getting in and out from there. well, this is a planned day of action and it is also happening across the country. >> we are the 99%. >> in san francisco, california, some 95 occupy protestors and students were arrested after they stormed into a bank of america, shouted slogans and tried to set up camp inside the lobby. police officers in riot gear arrested the activists, one by one. protestors in new york city plan to shut down wall street, home to the new york stock exchange. around 7:00 this morning and then walk across the brooklyn bridge later in the day. tensions

surae chinn is live there with a story new this morning and the line is just immense. good morning, surae. >> it is. it is building and wrapping around this building. you can see this is the end of the line. and this over here is the front of the line. there are at least 80 folks who are just taking their chances. there are no guarantees that they will be on this waiting list and all they had was this flier that says that this subsidized housing has now been reopened, 100 applicants will be received for each bedroom. that's an efficiency bedroom and two bedroom. and they're just taking their chances, including diamond whit anker. -- diamond whitaker has been standing in line since 6:00 last night trying to find a home for her family. she's tried her luck at shelters and different apartments but they are all booked! she thought she would try her luck at camping out. >> it is very, very hard because i've been calling and calling since like last month, they gay me a list -- different listings to different apartments. it has been really hard trying to get in. and even the s

. >> surae chinn is live outside the courthouse with a preview. good morning, surae. >> good morning, the arraignment is set for 8:30. the accused rapist aaron thomas is expected to appear via closed circuit. now, he is accused of raping and attacking 17 women and here's his most recent mugshot from prince william county. he's back here locally after a connecticut judge agreed to the extradition. well, 17 cases went unsolved for so many years. he attacked women up and down the east coast. four different states from virginia to rhode island. the most recent cases happened here in woodbridge in 2009 to two victims, 17-year-olds who were trick or treating on halloween night. 2009. again, two years ago. and so now, he faces multiple life sentences in virginia. versus just 50 years in connecticut and that's why they're trying him first here in virginia. back to you. >> thank you, surae chinn reporting live from manassas, virginia, this morning. >>> the man who shot president reagan 30 years ago wants more time out of a mental hospital in order to spend

surae chinn is live at the air force memorial in arlington. how long did this go on, surae? >> it happened during a span of five years between 2003 to 2008 and it could have gone on for much longer had it not been for three whistle-blowers. they were mortuary workers in dover who shed some light on the disturbing facts and the disturbing finds that the u.s. air force knew about it the entire time. well, the office of special council confirms body parts of active service members killed in action were lost by the port mortuary. they were cremated, incinerated then dumped in a king george landfill according to "the washington post" and families were often not notified. body parts were misplaced. in one case, the arm of a marine was sawed-off in order for his body to fit in the casket and into his uniform. >> i went through the entire facility, every single rack. i couldn't find it. >> we asked them more than once, why they wouldn't go to the families and let them know what had happened. their response was very clear. they couldn't be trusted. they might go to the press. >> repo

. >> that's led to violent confrontations this weekend. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at d.c.'s much more peaceful protest at mcpherson square. good morning, surae. >> good morning. that's right. you see the tents out here. fairly quiet. it has been fairly peaceful. you can see them right here, not a lot of problems but some folks say that is not the case here in d.c. in fact, the police chief saying some have become unruly but for the time being, protestors have been left alone but it hasn't been the case across the country. listen in. >> communicated very clearly to them that that area was closed and they needed to leave. we use minimal force to push them back. folks who wanted to be arrested, we told them to have a see. we would facilitate their arrest which we did. >> police in riot gear in portland, oregon, started cracking down on protestors. they're tearing down tents and shutting down campsites. in some cases, they put protestors in twist ties and carried out those who refused to leave. portland's mayor and police chief ordered the shutdown of the sites because of the

a friend says he was obsessed with the president. >> surae chinn is live near the white house with thathis is kind of disturbing surae? >> reporter: it's just strange, it gets more bizarre by the day. well, ortega-hernandez appeared in pittsburgh courtroom today and waits for extradition back to washington, d.c.. according to charging documents, he had a lot of issues with the government and the president. so much so that he allegedly quote needed to kill the president and insists that he wouldn't stop until it's done. ortega-hernandez was caught in pennsylvania five days after the white house was shot at. and the 21-year-old idaho man had some tape of him in idaho state university. it's a bizarre development that we're hearing from overnight. that a man videotaped ortega- hernandez on the state campus. talking about all the problems and that he was begging oprah for a job. to be on her show and that he thought he was jesus. >> these people like nostradamus talk about one male. in clear english. as if they were trying to send a message through time. but when i first saw that, there was

survey chinn reports -- surae chinn reports there was a special recognition for african americans who served in the 1940s. ♪ >> we're just extremely proud of our fathers. >> i'm honored to be here. >> reporter: army staff sergeant bailey was a teenager when he headed straight into the battle zone on the beaches of normandy. now, 88 years old, he remembers being part of the red ball express, providing an important role in supplying our troops. >> we greatly appreciate it. >> if it weren't for their efforts, we would have lost. they supplied our troops with everything needed in order to be successful in their campaign. >> the special recognition given to african americans who fought in world war ii. >> in a battle, a bullet coming your way has no distinction. whether white victim or black victim. >> reporter: bailey and his grandson who is in the air force helped lay down a wreath at the foot of the freedom wall. 4,000 gold stars signifying the 400,000 who lost their lives in the war. bailey has left a legacy of generations who have served and will serve our country. >> we have a lot of

surae chinn has more on a serious crash that caused the commotion. >> reporter: chopper 9 above shows a crumpled car on the hound county parkway exit ramp to route 7 heading west. officers with the reconstruction team say the driver of the gray car came off the exit ramp at a high rate of speed, traveled across the lanes and you can see the skid marks where it hit a car, both traveled across the grassy median before landing on the exit ramp heading westbound on route 7. the 18-year-old male driver of the gray car and 47- year-old woman of the silver car were both trapped inside for 15 minutes. they were airlifted to the hospital in very serious condition. in ashburn, surae chinn, 9news now. >>> dui charges could be filed against a driver of an suv that killed a man. this was the scene last night at branch avenue and brandywine road. 49-year-old eugene newman of waldorf was killed. prince george's county police arrested the driver of the suv and he is behind bars on unrelated charges. >>> an ex-marine accused of firing shots at the pentagon and the marine corps museum has pleaded guilt

surae chinn has more. >> reporter: grievance counselors are helping students and teachers mourn the loss of 19-year-old courtney mccoy. but for devin james, singing is what's helping him through this tragedy. courtney's gospel choir came together to pay tribute to the sophomore student last night. >> dealing with courtney's death is indescribable. you never imagined that. you'll be in college and that you have to bury your friend. >> reporter: courtney was a resident hall advisor who dreamed of being a singer. >> loved, loved to sing. she is my little song bird. intelligent, promising future, just taken away. >> reporter: the president of this tight knit university of 5000 also saddened by a life cut short. >> we are very sad over the loss of such an incredibly wonderful young woman, and someone who had such amazing promise for the future. >> reporter: police say courtney was at an off cam pus party. her family says she was trying to break up a fight at this home off maple street. the fight continued outside and that is when police say 23-year-old shanea liggins stabbed courtney, from th

surae chinn joins me right now live from georgetown with how residents caught in the crossfire are coalingello surae. >> reporter: you know halloween is supposed to be a fun night where folks enjoy the atmosphere and look at the costumes. but if you talked to franklin ramirez, he says halloween turned to horror last night. >> everybody was just like crazy and then everybody was calling for police. >> reporter: franklin ramirez was in his dad's mexican restaurant when shots rang out. >> i heard like about three shotguns and i come out and saw everything running and stuff. i saw the body laying there if all the people were like screaming and stuff. >> reporter: ramirez had been waiting for his friends to join the georgetown festivities but at the choofing -- after the shooting there wasn't much to celebrate. >> i seen it in movies and stuff but never seen it like right next to me. you know. it was really sad. >> reporter: police say someone shot the teenage boy in the head just before 11:00 last night. detectives are looking at bullet holes and possible rounds that may have landed in ramirez

in columbia heights, surae chinn, 9news now. >>> hubbard place apartments is taking applications until 3:00 this afternoon. they will also take applications tomorrow. we contacted the apartment management but they've not said exactly how many apartments are available. >>> prince william county lawmakers are willing to go to court to stop the holly acres mobile home park from rebuilding. holly acres got washed away by tropical storm lee last september. dozens of families have been without a home. the park's owner wants to rebuild on the site in woodbridge but a county says that's a bad idea since the property is in a flood-prone area. county leaders say they'll go to court to stop the rebuilding. >>> the law is still on the books in washington, d.c. that says you could go to jail if you're driving with an expired license plate. well, today, the city council will hold a hearing aimed at striking down that law. emergency legislation passed last month, ended the arrest temporarily. new plan would impose fines for expired tags and police would be able to impound your car. >>> this morning's

surae chinn was live outside the store.urae, good morning. >> we talked with some of the jury members. they say what convinced them the most was jayna murray was alive during the 331 blows and that she suffered a slow and painful death. it didn't take long for the 12-member jury to come to their swift decision to convict brittany norwood of first degree murder. one juror said the suffering of a slow death and the fact jayna murray fought back, and there was the knife the final injury through her brain, but jayna had been alive through the other blows. >> we basically wanted to be thorough and make sure there was nothing that could cause reasonable doubt. we discussed possible scenarios and couldn't of any scenario where it wasn't premeditated. >> what made it premeditated was the number of injuries and the fact that they were sustained while she was still alive. >> and jury members said that norwood used a handful of weapons to savagely kill jayna murray, including a wrench, hammer and knife. they said that some of the othe

>> 24-year-old frederick scott was mistakenly allowed to post bond and leaf. 9news now reporter surae chinn the story. what a bungle. good morning surae. >> reporter: no kidding. he was able to walk out of jail a free man. he has been out on the streets for ten days and police say this is a huge mistake by the court system and now there is a nationwide search for the man. >> we'll have the capacity to take another life earlier this year. i would consider him armed and dangerous. >> reporter: he is 4-year-old frederick scott from the high atsville area. now in most cases, suspected criminals who are charged with first degree murder are held without bond. but in this case, to six months later, for some reason a judge had him post bond for $75,000. scott posted it. >>> right now we are actively searching if a suspect in a homicide, back in march of this year. he was apprehended in may in las vegas. it appears on november 10, the court system may have had a clerical error and had given the suspect a bond, which he posted that same day, and was able to release himself from jail. >> reporter: wel

surae chinn reports from bethesda. one of the routes is getting help. >> i can't get out of the street. >> delores knows just how the base realignment project has changed people's lives, including hers. she lives across the street from the new walter reed national military medical center in bethesda. >> your habits have change and so has everybody else on the street. >> it is a lot different. it just sits and sits and sits. >> gridlock. gridlock between tree and sixth. >> but there is relief. tens of millions of dollars will improve the roads around these two top military hospitals. fort belvoir community hospital in fairfax county received $180 million to widen route one. walter reed gets $90 million, more than half of which will go toward improving four intersections. the rest will go into building a metro access tunnel under route 355. >> lovely. i really nice. i can approve of that. >> i'm an optimist. hopefully it will get better. >> i don't know in what way will it ease. i don't know how. i think it will only get

surae chinn has more information. >> reporter: asthma reasons celebrate its 236th birthday as we approach veterans day to honor our men and women, the air force is underfire for despicable acts, treating remains like trash. the office of special counsel says there was gross mishandling of body parts, some lost at the port mortuary at the dover air force base. >> i got out of the air force. >> reporter: it was common practice to misplace, cremate and dump them at a king george county landfill between 2003 to 2008 until three mortuary workers blew the whistle. >> i went through the entire facility, every single rack, i couldn't find it. >> in one case, the arm of a marine was sawed-off in order for his body to fit into his uniform. >> there is a way to bury those honorably rather than to treat them as refuse. >> there were five instances where fetal remains of military families were shipped to dover inside plastic pails and put in cardboard boxes. >> we owe them so much respect and honor and it just kind of takes away all of that. >> the three whistle blowers eventually got their jobs back

surae chinn is live with more on this story. what happened this. >> reporter: i'll tell you, he was able to walk out of jail a free man, and police consider him armed and dangerous. because they say if he was capable of murder before, he is possibly capable of hurting someone again. he has been out on the streets for the last 10 days. police here in prince georges county say that he was released ten days ago. and this is a huge mistake, because of the clerical error within the court system. forced to release this mug shot for the second time this year because of that huge mistake. 24-year-old frederick scott was locked up for the last six months, accused of first degree murder for a deadly shooting outside of a nightclub in maryland. ten days ago a judge for some reason, granted him a $75,000 bond and he was released. >> we are hoping that maybe he sees these broadcasts, has a conscience to turn himself in, realize that go this was a release that was accidental. and hoping he could come back to face the charges. >> reporter: on

our surae chinn reports despite higher ticket prices this year, people are taking to the skies. >> just hoping it moves fast enough for me to make my plane. >> reporter: the mad rush before thanksgiving and pricy plane tickets have deterred the lunder family from getting to grand ma's house. >> we just tried to keep our expectations low, give ourselves plenty of time. pack ahead. >> we're going to florida and i really want to visit the beach at a cold time in the year. >> tell me are you're heading to. >> chicago airport. >> is this what you were expecting when you came here to the security line? >> pretty much. it is busiest travel day of the year so i was prepared for anything. >> reporter: ticket prices jumped 20% from last year but overall, travel is up. >> they might have cut back on other discretionary items. we're seeing planes very full this weekend. >> one thing you can be certain are the long lines and crowds when you come to the airport. another thing parents don't have to worry about is taking off kid's shoes if you're 12 and under. >> it is better. hopefully one day we won'

surae chinn is driving and she joins us on the phone. smooth sailing i would imagine, surae. >> reporter: it is. i'm driving on the new icc. the entire extent of it, the 18.8 miles officially opens around 12:45 and i'm following our live truck here getting a close look of the new road from laurel to gaithersburg and looking pretty good in this light rain right now it has been in the works for so many years and decades and it officially opens. proponents say that you could shave about 30 minutes of your drive time going from laurel to gaithersburg and also it helps people who are trying to get to bwi airport. so, we're going to stick around here, take a good look, talk to some folks here. driving the road and some of these officials who have their grand ribbon cutting yesterday. see what it is like. of course, it comes with a cost. driving the extent is about $4 during peak hours. it goes down nonpeak hours. so, yeah, if you want to take it round trip, it is about $8 during the high peak hours and so you can ride it for free, drive it for

surae chinn has details. >> reporter: mall security and montgomery county police have stepped up patrols at westfield shopping center in wheaton. >> but forterri, she continues to worry about her family. >> it is worrisome to have to worry about your parents, especially. that shop in this area. >> a lot of people, they're talking about this because it happened three times. in the same area, you know. it is too bad. >> police say the same suspect is targeting men in their 60s and 70s and threatening them with a box cutter. the latest victim, a 77-year- old man leaving the target. he was driven to several atms, cut with a box cutter and beaten badly. >> with a possible fractured skull and a possible broken nose, clearly, he's selecting people who he can overpower. >> i just think anybody that's targeting elderly people, i think they just need some type of help. >> the other two crimes happened to a 60 and 75-year- old leaving the giant grocery store last week. >> police say the suspect would force the victim to sit on the passenger side of the car, drive around to different atms and withdr

we're giving out free samples for the next week. >> reporter: on the icc in laurel, surae chinn, 9news now. >>> toll rates can reach up to $4 one way. the entire length of the icc. be sure to watch tonight at 5:00 p.m. on 9news now because we test drive the icc and also other routes during rush hour traffic from montgomery county to bwi. >>> just to give you an idea of exactly how old other highways are in our region, the first stretch of the capital beltway opened in 1961. the entire loop of the beltway opened by 1964. the original shirley highway from the 14th street bridge to woodbridge, virginia, opened in 1952. it was the first freeway in the commonwealth. interstate 66 inside the beltway, first appeared on master plans back in 1940. but it did not open until 1982. >>> whether you're driving the icc or any roads in our area, make your first stop at our web site. wusa9.com. you'll be able to get live traffic updates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and also you'll be able to see cameras from roads across our region and all over the country. >>> montgomery county police are asking

surae chinn reports from northeast washington that the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> reporter: fire and ems work on getting out the 24-year-old man whose legs are pinned underneath a dash and steering wheel. >> like a bomb went off. >> gloria barnes was sitting in her car when she heard the crash. >> looked over there and saw him. he was in a daze like. people started running to get him out. he was stuck. >> it happened at new york avenue and kendall street northeast around 6:00 this morning when the driver of the van plowed into the back of the tractor trailer heading into the district. it forced new york avenue to be shut down. cars started stacking up quickly. >> new york avenue is bad on any given day and even though they're opening back up some of the lanes, traffic is backed up for miles through the morning rush hour. firefighters eventually got the man out of the van. he was conscious and awake as he was rushed to the hospital. >> everybody was standing out there, was really praying, hoping that god would help him get up out of there. firemen were

surae chinn is live at the westfield shopping center with more on this story. od morning, surae. >> good morning, andrea. we're awaiting the all- important surveillance video of the crime and of this guy because the suspect, interestingly, went to all of the atms. you can see all around here, there are lots of cameras. wherever you didn't at atms, there will be cameras. again, the interesting thing is that we know at least in one case, the suspect was driving the car. he forced the victim to sit in the passenger seat so he was driving the car. he was taking out the money so hopefully there are some good opportunities to get a good frontal face view of this suspect. we are waiting for that. the latest case, a 77-year-old man was leaving the target just across the street from here at westfield, wheaton shopping plaza and he was taken by this man, he was confronted with a box cutter and forced into his car and forced to go to different atms. police have not released the locations of the machines but we do know this man was dropped off at hyattsville where he was ta

. >> surae chinn is live in our satellite center with more on what he said last night. surae? >> reporter: jerry sandusky denies any sexual conduct with the young boys. he says it didn't happen. he said so in his own words, in his first interview with bob costas last night, since the scandal broke. now, jerry sandusky, the former penn state defensive coordinator for the university was the coordinator for 20 years. he now faces 40 counts of inappropriate contact with young boys. according to the grand jury indictment, a mother of one of the boys confronted sandusky during a shower incident and that case was closed by the campus police director back in 1998. there was also a janitor, wrestling coach and grad assistant coach through the years who witnessed boys in separate incidents either being raped in the shower at penn state and other sexual contact between boys on the university's campus. >> are you a pedophile? >> no. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underaged boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underaged boys? sexually attracted, no. i enjoy young people. i

is getting money from the pentagon earmarked for making traffic improvements. 9news now reporter surae chinne in bethesda where money is headed to the military medical center there. good morning, surae. >> good morning, andrea. traffic around here can be a real problem. we're on center drive around walter reed military medical hospital in bethesda. but now, federal funding is coming our way but you know those improvements are going to be going on while there is gridlock and folks trying to get into the huge complex or it is going to create more traffic issues but nonetheless, lawmakers are calling this is a huge win for the area in terms of getting and securing the funding. the department of defense awarded nearly $270 million for the two military hospitals, walter reed national medical center will get nearly $90 million and fort belvoir received $180 million to widen route one. bethesda, around the hospital where we are, four intersections will get improvements and an entire metro access tunnel will be built under route 355. lawmakers from our area in both virginia and maryland have been fi

surae chinn joins us from manassas where the court proceedings begin in a couple of hours. she's live. good morning, surae. >> good morning to you. accused east coast rapist aaron thomas is expected to appear before a judge here in prince william county later on today. aroundel 8:30. via closed circuit. he was extradited to virginia after a connecticut judge agreed to this extradition on monday where he faces more charges and a longer prison sentence versus in connecticut. i want to show you his latest mugshot here from prince william county where he is accused of 17 rapes and attacks up and down the east coast from virginia to rhode island. the most recent known attack, a double rape of two 17-year-olds on halloween. they were trick or treating in woodbridge and it took 14 years to solve this case. and all of the cases, in fact. it wasn't until the fbi put up billboards up and down the east coast, an anonymous tip came in and they put surveillance on him. dna from a cigarette linked him to all of the cases. now he faces multiple life sentences versus just 50 years in connec

>> thank you, surae chinn live along the intercounty connector this morning. just to give you an idea of just how old the other highways in the region are, get this. the first stretch of the capital beltway opened in 1961. the entire loop didn't open until three years later in 1964. of the original shirley highway from the 14th street bridge to woodbridge, virginia, opened in 1952. that was the first freeway in the commonwealth. interstate 66 inside the beltway first appeared on the master plans in 1940 but didn't open until 1982. >>> in other news, there is no other way to describe it. other than failure. >> the subcommittee designed to cut $1.2 trillion from the nation's deficit threw its hands up yesterday saying it can't do the job. >> now both parties are scrambling to prevent the automatic cuts designed to make the committee do its job. susan mcginnis has the latest from the hill. >>> president obama is expected to keep the pressure on congress when he heads to new hampshire this morning. >> there will be no ez off ramps on this one. >> monday, he threat

the tsa its name is out with a report that's highly critical of the agency. 9news now reporter surae chinn is in reagan international airport with more on this story. >> reporter: 23 million people are expected to travel across the country this thanksgiving holiday. you could be going through screening that just doesn't work as effectively as it should. that's the sentiment of some people. especially the creator himself of the tsa. and that is florida congressman john mica. he gives the tsa a d minus in performance. he says it is just too large. too reactive and too bureaucratic. the congressman is calling for reform and plans to issue a new report today, showing instances of dangerous materials and weapons that security screeners failed to detect. >> there are documented instances of thousands of breaches of things getting through. i think some 25,000. >> reporter: 25,000 instances of breaches in the security system. well, not all of the news is bad. we've come a long way in the last ten years. we're going to talk about some of the things that some experts say could improve the tsa and sc

surae chinn is in the satellite center with more on sandusky's first interview about all of the charges. good morning, surae. >> jerry sandusky, accused pedophile is fighting for his innocence. he broke his silence last night in an exclusive interview with bob costas and a phone interview on nbc. take a listen. >> sexual contact with any of these underaged boys? >> yes, i am. >> never touched their genitals, never engaged in oral sex? >> right. >> penn state defensive coordinator for more than two decades faces 40 counts of sex crimes with young boys. according to the indictment, the sexual activity dates back to the mid to late 1990s with eight victims. in that time, there was a janitor and assistant coach in separate incidents who witnessed boys being raped in the shower at penn state and other sexual contact between young boys between 10 and 11 on the university's campus. >> i say that i'm innocent of those charges. >> innocent? completely innocent? and falsely accused in every aspect? well, i could say that you know, i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids.

surae chinn is thrive there with more on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. whenever you go to the bank or an atm, there are cameras from top to bottom, everywhere you look, there are cameras from behind and in front and also through this glass. well, this latest incident did happen at a target where 77- year-old man was leaving forced to get in his car and drive around to different atms across the area. to withdraw money out of his own bank account. well, another incident happened just saturday afternoon as well. a 60-year-old man, here is a shot of him. he did not want to go on camera but he did take out money because he was forced into the passenger seat. the suspect was forced -- drove around to different atms to withdraw money there. in each case, the guy forced the man to do this with a box cutter and the latest incident, this 77-year-old man was cut in the face and punched. police really want to find the person who is responsible for all of this because there is hopefully surveillance video that will be released later on today. so, back out here live,

surae chinn is at nationals park with more on the limited clues police have so far. surae, good morning. >> good morning to both of you. yes, venezuelaen police are working on a couple of leads this morning, one of which is finding the get away car yesterday. they have sketches of captors but no sign or wilson ramos. nationals catcher wilson ramos was kidnapped in his hometown on wednesday. and an upand comer for the team was in his homeland playing in the winter league. he was just in his family's front yard in st. inez when an suv pulled up and four gunmen abducted him, kidnapping for ransom is not uncommon in venezuela but it is a first of a major league player. >> ramos made $415,000 last year. major league perspective, that's not a lot. but for a kidnapper, this is a guy with a lot of money. >> well, police say that ramos is still alive but again, no sign of him this morning. and no contact with these captors. no ransom note. no demands at this point. so, we're waiting to hear and fans and family are hoping for the best. mike, jessica? >> surae, any other respons

surae chinn is live to tell us exactly where some of the money is going to go. surae, good morning. >> good morning. traffic isn't too bad here on center drive at this hour. we have seen some traffic building. some folks lining up trying to get into walter reed medical center here in bethesda. now, that's on the naval medical center campus. here in bethesda. that's what's going on, you see more traffic building, too. it is all because of the base realignment project. finally, federal funding will be coming to improve the roads to ease the traffic. but of course, you know these improvements will be going on while there's gridlock or creating more of it. but lawmakers are calling this a huge win for the area in terms of getting funding, the department of defense awarded nearly $270 million for the two military hospitals where we are, walter reed national medical center will get $90 million. fort bell voish receives $180 million to widen route one. in bethesda around the hospital, four intersections will get improvements. an entire metro access tunnel will be built

remains are processed at the dover air force base mortuary. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at air force memorial with more. surae? >> andrea, this is just unimaginable treatment of our service men and women who laid down their lives for our country. you would think that they would treat them with respect and dignity but that was just not the case. in fact, treated like a piece of trash instead. well, the special council said -- sent a letter to the president, concluded there was gross negligence. mismanagement and dishonesty. the culture, commonplace for body parts to be lost or mishandled, remains were cremated and dumped in a king george county landfill. there were five instances where fetal remains from shipped to dover inside plastic pails and put in cardboard boxes. when several of these mortuary workers blew the whistle, they were fired. those disciplinary actions have since been rescinded. one of the whistle-blowers says he's seeing to it the practices of 2003 to 2008 are no more. >> i can guarantee the families that their loved ones are being treated with honor, dignit

continues to deny the allegations and even says he's never met of some his accusers. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live outside cain's former office at the national restaurant association. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. right, the debate is supposed to happen tonight in michigan. but things could happen -- other things could happen because they're supposed to be talking about the economy. but herman cain's sexual harassment allegations could steal the spotlight yet again like it has been for the last ten days. as you recall, four women have come forward about talking about inappropriate conduct. sharon bialek, as you remember, went public monday saying the presidential front-runner groped her more than a decade ago when cain was the ceo and president of the national restaurant association here in northwest d.c. cain held a press conference last night denying all sexual harassment allegations. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. and these accusations that were revealed yesterday are simply -- simply did not happen. >>> well, not only is he r

more disturbing information is coming out about suspect oscar ortega-hernandez, 9news now reporter surae chinns live outside the white house with the story and just a really kind of bizarre video. surae, good morning. >> reporter: it is, it is very strange in fact. well, ortega-hernandez is in federal custody right now. he's waiting extradition back to washington, d.c.. now according to these charging documents, ortega-hernandez had problems with the government. had issues with the president. so much so that he quote allegedly needed to kill the president. and he insisted that he wouldn't stop until it was done. ortega-hernandez was caught in pennsylvania five days after he allegedly shot at the white house. and this was last week. but in a bizarre development, we find out that a man videotaped ortega-hernandez basically begging oprah for a job. and he believed himself to be jesus. >> you will see that these people likeness tray da plus talk about one male -- nostradamus talk about one male in clear english as if they were trying to send a message through time but when i first saw that, there

having to respond to reports of prior sexual harassment claims made against him. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live in front of cain's former workplace the national restaurant association in northwest washington. good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. yes, the republican front runner denies any sexual harassment but according to politico.com, two women came forward saying that herman cain sexually harassed them here in washington, d.c.. >> we have no idea the source of this witch hunt. which is really what it is. we have no idea. >> reporter: herman cain doesn't remember the specifics allegations he says of sexual harassment that were made against him in the 1990s. the former pizza company executive is responding to a political report that said the trade group gave financial settlements to at least two female employees who had accused cain of inappropriate sexual behavior. >> while at the restaurant association, i was accused of sexual harassment. falsely accused i might add. i was falsely accused of sexual harassment and when the charges were brought, as the leader o

surae chinn is outside the national restaurant association with more on this story. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. all of the sexual harassment allegations come at a time when g.o.p. front-runner was president here at the restaurant -- national restaurant association back in the 1990s. so, we had the first two women who came forward and now this fourth person, the first to really go public. she's 50-year-old sharon alec he was looking for a shop and approached herman cain for help. she had gone to dinner with cain about 14 years ago and drove by and parked outside here. she described what happened next during a new york press conference with high profile attorney gloria allred by her side. >> he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch. i said what are you doing? mr. cain said you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> well, the cain campaign released a statement saying all allegations against mr. cain are completely false. mr. cain has

. >> they were made while cain was the head of the national restaurant association and surae chinn is live outside in northwest washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. good morning to you mike. yes, the republican front runner is denying any of these accusations but according to politico.com, two women claim that herman cain sexually harassed them while he was heading this national lobbying group. the national restaurant association here in washington, d.c.. >> we have no idea the source of this witch hunt. which is really what it is. we have no idea. >> reporter: herman cain says he doesn't remember the details of these allegations of sexual harassment that were made against him in the 1990s. the former pizza company executive is responding to a political report that said the trade group gave financial settlements to at least two female employees who had accused cain of inappropriate sexual behavior. >> while at this restaurant association, i was accused of sexual harassment. falsely accused i might add. i was falsely accused of sexual harassment and when the char

surae chinn has more. >> reporter: good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. there will be grove counselors at school today. it is a tough day ahead. people are remembering 19-year-old frostburg state university student courtney mccoy. the school is located a few hours west of the dc metro. she was a physics major and talented singer. police say another student has been charged. 23-year-old shanea liggins of waldorf. >> we here at frostburg state university are reeling from this tragedy. we are very sad over the loss of such an incredibly wonderful young woman. someone who had such amazing promise for the future. >> reporter: that is the president of the university. meanwhile police have not said what the two were mighting about, although courtney's aunt says courtney was trying to break up a fight. unfort that i cxfing -l this is the second deadly stabbing among female students in maryland. a couple of months ago police charged 19-year-old bowie soup for fatally stabbing dominique fraser. the baltimore sun saying one student was killed and another was injured

. >> surae chinn joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. yeah the verdict came around 7:00 last night. as you said it was about an hour of deliberation before the 12 member jury came to their decision. yes the family was in the courtroom when this verdict was read. they wept as the decision was made and they held on to each other. it was the decision they had hoped for. the family has said the last seven months have been traumatic. during closing arguments, more graphic photos were shown and the family could only look down. brit if any norwood guilty of first degree murder. >> more than anything, i know the trauma our family has been through. i want no other family to go through this. and i felt the brutality was indescribable and again, i want no other victims. >> reporter: that was jayna murray's mother, very emotional yesterday after the verdict. sentencing for brittany norwood is set for january. back to you andrea. >> that was surae chinn reporting live outside the lululemon store in bethesda. we have more visit wusa 99.com, it is righ

surae chinn joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning to both of you.rostburg state university campus is stunned. students are grieving and courtney mccoy's family is devastated. no doubt it will be a tough day on campus today. but everyone and those on campus are all remembering an incredible woman, who aspired to be a singer one day, was a physics major and resident hall advisor on campus. 19-year-old courtney mccoy was born in baltimore and involved in choir both on and off campus. >> just a ray of light. always very positive. just touched so many lives and loved, loved to sing. she is just my little song bird. and intelligent, promising future, just taken away too soon. >> reporter: that was courtney's aunt. michelle atlasly. police say courtney was at an off campus party whether a fight broke out and a student stabbed her outside, off of maple street in frostburg, maryland. riggins is being held without bond. >>> some dc stool students and their parents spent part of their weekend holding a special candlelight vigil. >> they were mourning the loss

surae chinn working hard live this morning in northeast washington. >>> cheerleaders from dunbar high school provided entertainment for thousands of people enjoying an early thanksgiving dinner at the washington convention center. for the 12th year in a row, safeway provided the meals to d.c. residents in need. the convention center donated the space for dinner. mayor vincent gray and d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton volunteered, serving meals. >>> just about 6:06. we're focusing on black friday. the start of the holiday shopping season is here! just about. a lot of places, black friday starts tonight. there is one shopping center in virginia raising eyebrows though because they're going to track shoppers with their cell phone signals. whether the shoppers know it or not. the shopping center is just outside richmond called the short pump town center. lorenzo explains how and why this is happening. >> reporter: your cell phone isn't just good for making calls, or sending messages, it is a great tracking device. that's what the managers of the town center think. some shoppers aren't

area. 9news now reporter surae chinn is at their huge kitchen in northeast washington with more on the story. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning. happy thanksgiving, everybody. we have volunteers all set to go right now. look at them. they're packing the turkeys. these are meals that are going to feed those who need it. who are suffering from a.i.d.s., h.i.v., cancer, other illnesses. i want to show you statistics right here. 9,000 pounds of roast turkey. and that's equivalent, i believe to -- tell me about what's going on? this is a huge, huge operation. >> happy thanksgiving. we're getting ready for thanksgiving 2011. it is about to start. we've been preparing for this for three months. >> reporter: ok, let's go to the board and show how much food we're talking about. >> this is about seven tons of food altogether. i mean it is a monumental amount of food. but the thing that's important to know is that there will be 3,500 people who are living at home critically ill or the guest of our clients and family members who will be hosted by our clients for thanksgiving 2011 than

outside the national restaurant association headquarters in northwest washington and that's where surae chinnlive this morning. surae? >> well, andrea, remember g.o.p. front-runner herman cain says he wasn't going to talk about this anymore. that was until the fourth accuser came forward. well, here's herman cain on the late talk show jimmy kimmel live last night. >> there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> here's one thing people don't know about herman cain. i'm in it to win it. i won't be discouraged. [ cheering ] >> reporter: well, 50-year-old sharon bialek, the fourth woman to accuse cain of sexual harassment but the first to go public in detail of what allegedly happened 14 years ago when she asked cain for help in securing a job at the national restaurant association. here's a new "usa today" gallup poll taken after the first accusations but before the latest accusation shows herman cain now tied with mitt romney in the g.o.p. run. the scandal does appear to be having some type of negative impact at least anecdotally for the cain campaign. it says that 35% of repub

our surae chinn is on the scene with more. surae? >> reporter: well, monika we're on the outer loop looking across to the inner loop. the tractor-trailer still here on the scene. they are inspecting it seeing the they have to tow it away. at this point they will have actually because the cab has been driven away but this was involved in a fatal car accident. the truck driver was slowing down because of a work zone around 1:30 this morning. here on the inner loop at georgia avenue. a driver at a high rate of speed slammed into the back of the semi, and died. some of the video we're showing here right now, we can see the car is just smashed and flattened and reduced in half. just a pile of metal that you can see here. just a terrible, terrible accident. and very tragic. we don't have any information as to who this driver was and any identity and so forth. still too early in the investigation. but still right here back out here at the scene, the tractor is still being investigated. trying to figure out if it's okay. any problems or mech

surae chinn is live in northwest washington with more on cain's attempt to put this story to rest. rae, good morning. >> good morning, michael. herman cain said he would be willing to take a lie detector test. he said he rejects any and all of the accusations. he does so as another accuser reveals her identity to cbs news yesterday. she is 55-year-old karen kraushaar of germantown, maryland. she is one of the first to accuse cain of sexual harassment in 1999 while both worked at the national restaurant association. it ended in a financial settlement although cain said it was a financial agreement to end her employment at the lobbying group and says the accusations were baseless. and by the way, she filed another complaint three years later at another job and that one involved a sexually charged e-mail and later, she dropped the charges saying they weren't sexual harassment. she did release this statement to cbs. the whole situation is so volatile right now, she says. i just don't want to say anymore but not keeping quiet is the fourth woman, sharon bialek who went public monday abou