surae chinn reports on this tragedy that ended near catholic university in northeast. >> horrific. just to look at that car they're towing away now. >> reporter: it's a burgundy minivan that now sits on its top. >> it's just unbelievable. >> reporter: all three people inside were thrown from the van. a 19-year-old and another adult man died. a 17-year-old is in very critical condition. it all started in 700 block of otis place northwest, several miles from the deadly scene. police received calls of gunfire and people shooting from the minivan around 3:00 sunday morning. >> the fact that violence even occurred from the beginning with the shooting is tragic. >> officers spotted the minivan and gave chase, bringing them to taylor street. >> when the suspect vehicle crested the hill he be gab to lose control. he hit a tree. >> reporter: but that's not where the van stopped. police say the minivan rolled over several times before landing on top of the police cruiser, then falling off. the two officers were coming in the opposite direction, responding to the call. they were taken to the

surae chinn has more on the man that the fbi calls a home grown terrorist. singing along with the background music shouting. meaning allah is greater. all during the shooting attack in triangle, virginia. >> that's the military building. >> reporter: and seconds later with his .9 mm pistol, he shoots at least 17 rounds on his first pass of the museum. he would go on to attack four other military sites including the pentagon. no one was hurt. but last june, he was caught at arlington national cemetery, about to move on the grave markers of the fallen military personnel who served in iraq and afghanistan. and he had a backpack full of nitrates and an ingredient to make a bomb. the fbi believes that they caught him, just in time before more violence would escalate, especially after what they found in his closet. they had nine components for an explosive device. >> reporter: today's plea also demonstrated that the violent home grown extremism is present in our community. he faces 25 years in prison and more than $120,000 in restitution. at the federal courthouse

surae chinn in fairfax, 9 news now. >> i saw one of those go off in my car and i was like what's going on. >> it's a sad state of two days of cold air this is what happens. we're in a world of hurt because fortunately it's going to leave quickly, but wait till we have a week of this weather. we're looking at a little bit of snow right now. let me start with live doppler 9000. these bands of snow are setting up to the west. this could lay down a dusting. howard mentioned it at noon. we're getting some pretty good echos. i don't know if there's any ground truth to this, but in hagerstown and frederick i think the snow is hitting the ground. the darker blues are a pretty good indication it's hitting the ground. the activity will push off south and east and move down 270. most folks will see at least a flake tonight. we'll zoom in a little. go up 270 past clarkbsurg, urbana and go across the river, i think you're seeing a little light snow. the bands will continue to move south and east. our big snows don't come from the west, so nothing to worry about. our temperatures, a very dry snow. 3

surae chinn has more. >> i just hope they get call reporter: her life was threatened and she's scared but is speaking out because she doesn't want anyone else to go through what happened to her last week. the ole lower woman was approached by a woman -- elderly woman was approached by a woman and three small children. the suspect woman said she needed help cashing a check. >> obviously the children were used to gain the victim's confidence. reporter: a second woman led the children away while the elderly woman drove the first suspect a mile to the bank of america on new hampshire and university boulevard. that's when police say the suspect implied she had a gun and threatened to shoot her if she didn't withdraw thousands of dollars from her bank account. >> i'm still scared. i keep looking around thinking that they're going to be watching me. reporter: clear surveillance video shows the suspect followed the victim into the bank as she withdraws part of her life savings. this grandmother has a message for others who may be lured in when small children are involved. >> you just get some

surae chinn talked with the handler and the desperate search for her dog. >> i can't believe he's not in there. >> an empty crate brings heartache to sonya. >> i'm going crazy and i can't imagine what he's going through. i know he wants to come home. >> reporter: a 3-year-old black german shepherd was at the trail end of his training thursday before receiving full certification as a disaster rescue dog. he got spooked by something in the woods off 301 in bowie. >> reporter: the fact that he went across a four-lane highway, you know, is just -- i can't even talk about that. >> he needs to come home. please. bring him home, home safe. >> reporter: sonya is part of fairfax county urban search and rescue. she's been involved in countless people searches in haiti, katrina and countless local searches. he was supposed to follow in his dad's paws. >> it's a helpless feeling. i don't know what to do. >> take a good look at dad here, because he is nearly identical. black all over with brown legs. there's a strong possibility that someone has vito already but sonya wants them to know this highl

surae chinn in northwest d.c. to explain what's going on. reporter: well, it's frustrating nonetheless because you've done everything right. think about this. you've registered with the company, park mobile. you've given their credit card information but yes, you're still getting tickets by mistake and for one woman it's not just happened once, but three times. >> irritating to say the least. reporter: elizabeth stone has grown accustomed to the pay by phone method when parking, but after getting slapped with multiple tickets by mistake she's rethinking it. >> i have paid at least $150 in overdraft fees to my bank account from mischarges, from parking tickets, from attempting to pay parking tickets. reporter: after three tickets she's fed up. >> i can't afford it. reporter: still vdot says the system is a success with only a fraction of the 10,000 daily users encountering problems. >> it's either a software issue or human error, more than likely a software issue, a delay in getting the information. 99.57% of the time the transactions work as

in laurel, maryland, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> the red cross is helping displaced families. most of them have been moved to another apartment within the complex. investigators say the fire caused an estimated half a million dollars in damages. >>> it's going to cost you more to mail a first class letter. starting today, postage rates increased for the first time in 2 1/2 years. it now cost 45 cents for first class postage, that's a one cent increase. the hike does not apply to forever stamps purchased before today. the cost of sending packages and other mail also goes up. they hope to generate $900 million in new revenue. >>> still ahead on 9 news now, a new exhibit in town that michael jackson fans will want to check out. >>> and freezing rain tonight on could make for a messy monday morning commute. stay with us. >> the wax museum unveiled its new exhibit, the michael jackson experience. it pays tribute to the late teen of pop with a new wax edition. members of the dance studio were on hand for today's opening. the exhibit features three michael jackson features from vario

boy, maryland surae chinn checked with the dog's handler and the people who found him. >> reporter: vitoonya heritage are back together again after a frantic three-day search. friends and volunteers are stopping by. >> i'm glad you got it back. >> yeah. good boy. good boy. >> reporter: so where he had gone to? >> i was seeing a flier. the next thing i saw him. >> reporter: vito had trotted into his glass shop. volunteers had been searching all this area. he went missing about a quarter mile from here in the woods before he was found in this auto body shop. >> like every day, we were bringing the dog here, and play with him. and show that somebody one day was going to come and ask us. >> reporter: but it was rodriguez who saw the flier late last night with vito's picture on it. he called his brother and that's when dog and handler were reunited. sonya came to see the family again today. >> thank you so much. >> we're very happy that they got their dog back, you know. because this is very good, sometimes you don't get it back. >> reporter: the dog will take a week off before he goes back i

surae chinn talked with family, friends and campus police. >> i'm devastated. you want to do everything that you possibly can to help. reporter: erin horne montgomery a family friend is desperate to find 17-year-old arianna carr. mom says her daughter left her oakland, california, home last saturday and was last seen on campus at howard university on monday. i talked with the mother april scott by phone who said her daughter was dealing with bullying issues with her roommate and her friends. the university confirms the roommate moved out before winter break. >> she was still feeling threatened by them, that these girls really hate you and have it out for you. reporter: by the time arianna arrived back at her dorm here montgomery said the girl expressed to her mother that she may withdraw from howard university. >> they were in her room taking her clothes, taking her food, took her ipad. reporter: mom says arianna even mentioned the deadly stabbing at bowie state university where a female student fatally stabbed her roommate back in september. >> i don't know wh

. >> reporter: at the federal courthouse in alexandria, surae chinn, 9news now. >> he faces up to 25 years in prison. he's expected to be sentenced in april. >>> and we're gathering more information for you tonight on the breaking news out of prince george's county. and the former corrections officers, on charges related to first-degree murder in the death of the prince george's county police officer when he was found dead. this afternoon, we learned that the former corrections officer, they are now charged with the view of his death. they found him unresponsive in his cell and failed to administer the care. and authorities are charging them with covering up his role in white's death. >> and we'll have more informs for you coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> and asking for life with no chance of parole. brittany norwood is sentenced in the lulu lemon murder charges tonight. lindsey mastis here with more on the emotional plea. >> reporter: and now the state says she's a pathological liar and has never shown any remorse for killing jana murray. but they have submitted these statements to t

reporter: i'm surae chinn in southwest d.c. where paying for parking by phone can be convenient, but for a couple dozen people they're hitting a roadblock. >> i've been frustrated, but i think i might have to keep using it. reporter: elizabeth stone has received three tickets so far by mistake. >> irritating to say the least. reporter: despite doing everything right by registering with the company park mobile, giving them her credit card information, she's paid more than $150 in fines and overdraft fees. >> occasionally somebody gets a ticket and we understand that can be frustrating. what we're trying to do and want people to know is that we're working to try to eliminate the problem so that it never happens. reporter: park mobile with the agencies that enforce parking, vdot and department of public works say overall the system works. only a fraction of the 10,000 daily d.c. users run into problems. >> it's either software issue or human error, more than likely a software issue. >>> by january lots of people will be talking ab

. >> reporter: in bowie, surae chinn, 9news now. >> if you spotted vito, you can call the number on the screen. call his name. he should come to you and you can take him to any law enforcement, fire department or animal control location. they've all been made aware of of the missing dog and what to do should you have him. >>> coming up, we have the latest forecast. thanks, mom. who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. >>> you know my question, what's going on out there? it's january and we have almost 70 degrees? >> yeah, upper 60s and a lot of places getting to 70 degrees. change is still coming this way. i hope you're able to enjoy it today. i know i did with my dog outside earlier today. it was feeling balmy for january, toasty. things are changing. we're looking at cooler air to come this way as a cool front approaches. here is a look at our current numbers. it is still nice outside, i mean mild. 62 in downtown. it's 60 in la plata. far out there in ma massis, down to 50. if you are going out tonight

surae chinn in fairfax county with more. reporter: metro found cracks on its train tracks. the same thing happened in long island transit system and amtrak is looking into if seeing weather was a problem when power lines came down in philly causing delays here, all causing havoc, but not only the transit system, but our cars. here is a mechanic who changed his seventh battery today because the battery advised they need a new one and it's mapped to the best of them. >> i'm -- happened to the best of them. >> i'm thinking about tires, you know, traction of. reporter: leanne cooper wants to make sure her car is winter ready. tires can lose pressure in a matter of hours. >> the battery when you get to freezing loses about 20 percent of its ability to hold a charge. >> aaa has come to save me more than once. reporter: but who can aaa mechanic dennis turn to? >> i had to jump start my own truck. reporter: he found both diesel batteries dead in his own truck. shouldn't you know that? >> i'm too busy working on other people's vehicles. >> we went from 50 degrees to in the teens. ev

i'm surae chinn, i'll have that story coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt, we're live at the museum. we'll talk about the big announcement and when the arctic air will roll in. >>> up next, the hospital where the celebrity power couple who lives with their child weighs in on claims they bullied other parents. we'll have the real deal for you next. >>> new -- new information about the claims that jay-z took over the new york hospital when their little girl was born. some other parents came forward just days after the little girl was born, claiming that the security group kept them from seeing their own children inside the maternity award. but today, officials from the hospital say that it is just not so and the two complaints they received have been dismissed. leslie? >> oh, the problems here that they have spent reportedly about $1.5 million on toys for baby blue ivy. we wondered if this power couple has a power stroller in the house. because parents, they are buzzing over the four moms oragami which opens and closes with the touch of the button. that's not it. this computer

. >> surae chinn live, we appreciate it. >>> tonight we're getting a look at deadly cruise ship disaster in italy from space. this is a new satellite image of the cost a concordia -- costa concordia on its side just off the coast and it gives you a different perspective just how large the ship. is 11 people are dead, 21 still missing and officials are now starting to identify the victims. while rescuers wait to restart their search after the ship began to move again this morning, we have more. reporter: rescue workers say the chances of finding anyone alive inside the wrecked costa concordia are slim. >> to me it's more about the real possibility. reporter: the committee is in charge of a special rescue team brought in to navigate through the murky water inside the ship. >> you can see your hands in front of your mask, nothing more. reporter: rescue efforts stopped wednesday after rough seas moved the cruise liner. officials say if the ship slips off the rocks, fuel could leak. this barge is loaded with equipment that will help dutch crews drain 500,000 gallons of fuel from the cruise li

surae chinn is live in northeast with a look at new proposed regulations. some people get ready for these things before they even arrive. reporter: oh, yes. even on a cold day like today folks were lining up and just like the food trucks behind me they've been scrutinized before and these new proposals has a lot to do with where they're parked and how long. as it stands now, they can't park if no customers are being served, but that could all change with this new proposal. >> one of the best barbecue in d.c. reporter: it's farragut friday. >> it's something that we look forward to every week. reporter: meaning people gather around and have a lot of choices from a meal on wheels. >> trucks have kind of taken over the square and a lot of people like getting their lunch out here. reporter: it may start to get easier for both parties. d.c. has worked on a 30-year- old ice cream truck rule. if there's not line, you have to move on. >> food trucks need regulations that work, plain and simple. trucks shouldn't have to move if there are no customers. reporter: the

surae chinn was at the d.c. armory for the emotional sendoff today. reporter: it was an emotional day for both the soldiers and their families and many of them as you know for the soldiers, they're leaving experience loved ones behind, those they haven't even met yet and those who mean the world to them. a bittersweet good-bye. one last order before leaving u.s. soil. >> take care of your families. love up and hug up on them. >> so proud, hurting but proud. reporter: patricia mcnair gives a tearful sendoff to her only daughter of six children. >> she's the bravest. i'm helpless right now, but she's brave. she's going to do it. she's a fighter. reporter: 80 of the army national guard's 273rd military police and three of the 121st criminal investigation division are heading to a security force mission in afghanistan. >> i love you, mommy, and i'll call you and write all the time. >> i love him and i'm proud of him. reporter: raquel powers is nearly eight months pregnant and has a 1-year-old daughter. >> it's really sanding to me. he's going to miss our