. >> we expect to find out more about the 12-year-old girl from roanoke, virginia and 32-year-old man accused of kidnapping her and bringing her to the bay area. they were discovered near ocean beach near san francisco last friday. cecilia vega has reaction from the girl's aunt and from roanoke police who are here in town. >> brittany smith's aunt says she met jeffrey easley for the first time on thanksgiving and was suspicious about the way the man acted with her 12-year-old niece. >> he was touching her and touching her hands and hair. it was like he consuming her with his eyes. >> lois said she called a hot line four times the following day and never heard back. she also called the girl's mother to express concern. >> roanoke detectives met outside the hall of justice after a day of interviewing brittany and the man accused of kidnapping her in virginia and driving across the country. >> now that she has been found and headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> police say easley is also a suspect in the murd

light on the cross-country journey. >> we don't want anything to jeopardize the case and the investigation in roanoke. >> reporter: surveillance video from a virginia wal-mart shows the last time brit? i easley were seen, on december 3rd, buying camping gear. police believe in san francisco they lived in an encampment near ocean beach, and panhandled outside this safeway, and a woman recognized them and called police. >> reporter: the police aren't saying when brittany will be reunited with her father, a virginia police officer. >> alan: the missing girl from redding was reunited with her family. police had been searching for last month for 15-year-old jean berlinghoff and her uncle, charles berlinghoff. the girl's cousin, who lives in san francisco, spotted the pair by chance yesterday. she noticed them in a parked car at division and bryant street. she and her boyfriend watched them from a distance until police arrived. the family thinks charles berlinghoff convinced his niece to leave home with him. the girl is doing fine. >>> in vacaville, a 14-year-old boy is under arrest after police say he sex

. >>> for the first time today, roanoke, virginia police questioned the 12-year-old virginia girl and the man who allegedly kidnapped her. the two were found in san francisco on friday. as don knapp reports, investigators aren't saying much about what they learned. >> reporter: detectives from roanoke county police are in san francisco and have talked with 12-year-old brittany smith and jeffrey scott eisley. >> as you know, everyone's goal for the past week has been to find 12-year-old brittany smith and reunite her with her family. now that she's been found and will be headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: the murder is that of smith's mother, tina smith, the girlfriend of eisley. after her body was discovered on monday of last week, police launched an intense national search for the man and girl. a shopper here at this safeway store near ocean beach in san francisco recognized the girl and man from pictures she saw on a cable television show and called police. jc edgelinn is a safeway wells far

they will take him back to the roanoke, virginia in the next 48 hours. he is was with britney mae smith when he was arrested last friday. her mother, tina smith was easley's girlfriend. she was found dead last week in the home. >> there is another round rain moving toward the bay area. mike nicco has a look at it. >> good morning to you. we'll start up in the north bay, show you some of the radar returns that is very scattered in nature. we're in a lull of this morning's rain that dropped quarter of an inch in mill valley. .15 in petaluma. rain we're going to get afternoon hours, things are pretty quiet. we do have more radar returns off shore for hatch moon bay, two-thirds of an inch. a tenth in dublin. we had a healthy rain during the morning hours, during the cold front, we'll get the most widespread and heaviest coverage of the rain, about a quarter to half an inch, meabl double that in the valleys. this is one of five chances in the next seven days for rain. >> we'll keep other umbrellas out. >> san francisco peninsula state assemble jerry hill is a

the family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful and the police station took on a party atmosphere that the suspect was in custody and 12-year-old victim was okay. amy hollyfield reports, it's all thanks to a woman that watched a tv show. >> here is the 12-year-old girl britney and you see 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was nancy grace that cracked the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. she features a girl prominently the past week and pleaded with viewers to look for her. at ocean beach, she spotted jeffrey easley and britney smith. >> they had observed the television show on cnn saying these are the people. >> they were standing near the grocery carts possibly panhandling. they took easley into custody without incident. the grandmother is overjoyed. >> if i could hug and kiss each one of you, i would. >> i can't express it. believe me, i'm happy. it's difficult to put into words. >> the roanoke police chief that officers had feared the worst in this case. mother was found murdered last friday at her home the same day britney disappeared. they suspected easl

cross-country journey or the motive for it. >> we don't want anything to jeopardize the case and the investigation back in roanoke and it's very important that we get justice for tina smith's family. >> reporter: brittany's aunt told us she met easley for the first time on thanksgiving and was immediately suspicious about the way he acted toward the girl. >> he was touching her hair touching her hands, and just anything that -- it was like he wanted to consumer her. it was just gross. >> reporter: she says she called child protective services multiple times the following day and never heard back. surveillance video from a wal-mart shows the last time brittany and easley were seen on december 3rd buying camping gear. police beef in san francisco they lived in an encampment near ocean beach. they panhandled in front of this season and that's where a wore saw them -- a woman saw them and called police. the family say they're relieved that brittany is coming home. >> lives in a different world than most people. tina thought everybody was okay and everything was going to be all right. >> reporter: as of yesterday brit

the girl's family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful to say the least. the police station there took on a party atmosphere when they got the call their suspect was in custody and the 12-year-old victim was okay. as amy holyfield reports, it is all thanks to a woman who watched the right tv show. >> there you see the 12-year-old little girl britney and you see the 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was tv show host nancy grace that helped crack the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. grace featured the girl prominently on her cnn show the past week and urgently pleaded for viewers to look for her. a san francisco woman saw grace's show and then went shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easily and britney smith. >> the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn stating that these people were the ones in fact from that show that aired today. >> the two were standing near the grocery carts outside the store. they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easily into custody without incident and th

the girl's family and hometown police in roanoke are relieved and grateful to say the least. the police station took on a party atmosphere when they got the call the suspect was in custody and the 12-year-old victim was okay. it's all thanks to a woman who watched the right tv show. >> there you see the 12-year-old little girl britney and you see the 32-year-old kidnapper. >> it was tv show host nancy grace that helped crack the case of missing 12-year-old britney smith. grace featured the girl prominently on her cnn show the past week and urgently pleaded with viewers to look for her. a san francisco woman saw grace's show and then went shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easily and britney smith. >> the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn stating that the people were the ones in fact from that show that aired today. >> the two were standing near the grocery carts outside the store. they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easily into custody without incident. they say britney is okay. her grandmother

they will take him back to the roanoke, virginia in the next 48 hours. he is was with britney mae smith when he was arrested last friday. her mother, tina smith was easl's girlfriend. she was found de last week in the home. >> there is another round rain moving toward the bay area mike nicco has a look at it. >> good morning to you. we'll stt up in the north bay, show you some of the radar returns thats very scattered in nature. we're in a lull of this morning's rain that dropped quarter an inch in mill valley. .15 in petaluma. rain we're going to get afternoon hours, things are pretty quiet. we do have more radar returns off shore for hatch moon bay, two-thirds o an inch. a tenth in dublin. we had a healthy rain during the morning hours, during the cold front, we'll get the most widespread and heaviest coverage of the rain, about a quarter to half an inch, meabl double that in the valleys. this is one of five chances in the next sen days for rain. >> we'll keep other umbrellas out. >> s francisco peninsula state assemble jerry hill is at a meeting, he w

the girl today. >> reporter: roanoke county virginia detectives met in san francisco with 12-year-old brittany smith and jeffrey scott easily, who is reportedly under psychiatric observation in the san diego county jail. >> as you know, everyone's goal in the past week has been to find 12-year-old brittany smith and reunite her with her family. now that she's been found and will be headed back to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to murder investigation. >> reporter: that's a reference to murder victim keena smith, whose body was found in their west virginia home. they were last seen on a wal- mart surveillance video camera in virginia where they bought camping supplies and a tent. after that, police felt she had dropped off the face of the earth until they got a call from san diego police. >> i saw her there. she was being questioned by the police. behind her, i noticed a huge amount of luggage and just carry items, like bags, and definitely looked like it was a lot more for one person to carry. >> reporter: in a lucky long shot, a woman shopper where jaycee wor

now that she has been found the roanoke police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: that is a reference to tina smith, mother of britney and girlfriend of easley whose body was found in their home. britney ask and easley were last seen in a camera in salem virginia. after that police felt as if britney dropped off the face of the earth. until the san francisco police called her. >> being questioned by the police and behind her i saw -- i noticed a huge amount of bags and just carry items like bags and that's -- looked like it was a lot more for one person. >> reporter: lucky long shot a woman shopper at the safeway recognized the man and girl from pictures the shoppers saw on tv and called police. they had been living in a makeshiften campment. >> there are a lot of people that panhandle, especially in where they found her. >> reporter: police found a tent that easley bought at the salem wal-mart and found the car that was missing tina smith's home at san francisco international airport. it's not known who britney will we reunited her family but police

soon, the roanoke police department has shifted to the murder investigation. >> police say easley is also a suspect in the murder of brittany's mother, tina smith, she was found dead last week. family says easley and tina were romanticly involved and that he moved into her home back in october. >> a 15-year-old redding girl is back her family after being found in the bay area. they had been searching for a month she and her uncle. he is accused of abduct her. the girl's cousin spotted the bay by chance on saturday. she noticed them in a parked car at division and bryant streets. she and the boyfriend watched them from a distance until police arrived. the family says charles berlinghoff convinced her to leave with him. >> organizers of the sailing race are not happy with the latest offer. they are giving the city a friday deadline. lilian kim reports. >> organizers of the mechanics america's cup have had it with san francisco leaders. so much so chief operating officer fired off a letter to city hall, says he wants a deal by friday. if not, quote, san francisco w

it was just last week that the girl's mother was found murdered in their home in roanoke, virginia. the girl's whereabouts has been a mystery until a shopper recognized the pair panhandling outside a safeway, giving police their big break. noz -- >> now that she's been found, the roanoke police department's investigation has shifted to the murder investigation. >> reporter: police are now combing through a camp area where the two might have been camping. >> all right, denise. thank you. it is still unclear if the girl was forced on the cross country trip. >>> a nursery school nightmare in eastern france has ended. but not before an intruder held young children and their teacher hostage for hours. charlie d'agata has more on the dramatic rescue from london. [ noaudio ] >> now, the french education minister tells us that the children and their family will receive counseling. >>> a federal judge in virginia has declared the obama administration's new healthcare law, unconstitutional. u.s. district judge, hend henry hudson is the first judge to rule against the law. a lawsuit's challenge

killing a virginia woman and then kidnapping her 12-year-old daughter and driving across the country from roanoke to the bay area. detectives from virginia were in san francisco over the weekend to question 32-year-old jeffrey easley and interview brittany smith. the two were seen panhandling last friday outside the ocean beach safeway. easley is the prime suspect in the murder of brittany's mother, tina smith. she was found dead week. >> nurses are calling for increased safety measures at napa state hospital. last wednesday a custodian was beaten unconscious and on saturday ux a rehabilitation therapist was attacked. a nurse tells "abc 7 news" that the same patient who beat the custodian also attacked the therapist. and these attacks came less than two months of a murder of a technician. >> it's dangerous. we are losing control. we've lost control. >> napa state hospital says they have immediately added additional measures for escorting patients on the ground. officials say hospital police are investigating last week's attacks. >>> an 18-month-old boy who fell into a san francisco hotel fountain

the girl disappeared after order was found murdered in the roanoke, virginia house. he was the boyfriend of her mother. >>> the dc9 nightclub which shutdown in october after a man died outside the club. five employees were initially charged in the death of ali mohammed. if the charges were dropped and the medical examiner has yet to rule on his death. >>> age p packs everything you need into one device, but does it work? rob nelson as those stories and more. >> google is offering tech support. it has launched "teach parents tech with 50 basic videos on how to copy and paste, change wallpaper, and show videos. hewlett-packard has a photo smart station that prints, copies, scans, faxes, and has a detachable touch screen. the device is a little confusing. >> i find that using a tablet device like the ipad makes me prince less, so i take the ipod with me into the kitchen for baking. they seem to be giving you a way to progress, but they are selling you a $400 a printer at the same time. it is a little strange. >> >>> i am >. quick reminder. tabb a hynix county schools are

the crime suspect in her mother's death as well. >> now that she has been fined and will be headed become to roanoke soon, the roanoke county police department's focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> easley is as we mentioned a prime suspect in the death of brittany's mother. the two were romantically involved. smith was found dead in her virginia home last monday. police will not say at this point how she died. police also won't say when brittany will be headed back to virginia to be reunited with her dad and her grandparents. as for the san francisco connection, it was a good samaritan who recognized the pair at the safeway on friday after seeing a story about the two on national television. police have not released that woman's identity. >>> and another missing teenager was found safe in san francisco this weekend as well. 15-year-old jean burlinghoff was found in the mission district where the girl's cousin just happened to be shopping at the same time. she is in shasta county and is back home with her family tonight. she had been missing more than a month. officers say the girl's cousin spotted the girl with her u

journey, investigators are not saying. >> we don't want anything to jeprodize the case and the investigation back in roanoke. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the last time britney and easily were seen on december 3rd buying camping gear. police believe in san francisco they lived in an encampment. they panhandled outside this safe bay, and that's where a woman recognized them on friday and called police. police will not say when britney will be reunited with her father who is a virginia police officer. they are also not saying when easily is expected to be extradited back to virginia. reporting from san francisco police headquarters, cecilia vega, abc7 news. >> and the missing girl from redding was reunited with her family. they were searching for gene burlingoff and her uncle. he is accused of abducting her. the girl's cousin who lives in san francisco spotted the pair by chance yesterday. she noticed them in a parked car. they watched from a distance until police arrived. the family thinks he convinced his niece to leave home with him. >>> tomorrow the senate will vote on a tax cut deal negotiated b

that's reaching the ground. roanoke has reported snow this past hour. a look at the day planner this morning. we're anticipating the snow to develop. not at 9:00. 25 but by noon and 5:00 p.m., light to moderate snow. temperatures holding in the upper 20s. it will stick on anything that's not treated. we have 22 but there are temperatures in the suburbs which are in the teens. winter weather advisory cover almost the entire area here with winter storm warnings down in southern virginia. richmond, roanoke down south of i-64. they could have four to five inches of snow. the snow is coming. you see it in west virginia, kentucky, southwestern virginia. as far as the bigger map on the totals here, we're looking at a general, a general one to three in the white covering the area. quickly dropping off toward the mason dixon line. these are many of the counties we have had reported closed. they're anticipating problems this afternoon. we'll have a few problems for the afternoon rush as well. more on the totals coming up. right now, 5:30. here's richard andrei. >>

the case. >> now that she has been found and will be heading back to roanoke soon, the roanoke police department focus has shifted to murder investigation. >> now the girl's mother 41- year-old tina smith of virginia was found dead in her home one week ago a surveillance camera captured her daughter walking with a suspected killer josh easley at a walmart in roanoke. miss had said the -- police had said the mother met easley on the internet and had recently moved in with the mother and daughter. >>> the news is bert this morning about -- the news is better this morning about a missing 15-year-old girl. jean marie berlinghoff went missing. 34-year-old charles berlinghoff was arrested two other men have been detained. >>> time now 6:05 redwood police are investigating an assault on one of their police officers that happened after a traffic stop. the officers stopped the car at 2:00 sunday morning at walnut boulevard for running a red light. both the driver and passenger ran away. the police officer caught up to the driver in an alley. there was a confrontation according to officials. the officer w

the first was from virginia. roanoke police have arrived in san francisco to take over the investigation. don knapp tells us about the big break in the case. >> reporter: one week after 12- year-old brittany mae smith was reported missing she turned up a continent away, right here in san francisco. the long shot hope that someone would spot the virginia girl, or the adult male she was with, actually came through. when a woman at the safeway store on 48th near ocean beach recognized the two from a cable news program. >> i just know that the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn saying that these people were the one on the show that aired today. >> reporter: brity and jeffrey scott easley, had last been seen november 23 in salem virginia about five miles from roanoke. and brittany's mother, easley's girlfriend was found dead and what police kerred to be a homicide at -- considered to be a homicide at the virginia home. easley is under arrest in san francisco on kidnapping charges awaiting extrad

the bay area was found safe here. that girl was from virginia. tonight, roanokeice are in san francisco to take over the investigation. don knapp has more on that case. >> reporter: one week after 12- year-old brittany mae smith was reported missing she turned up a continent away, right here in san francisco. the long shot hope that someone would spot the virginia girl or the adult male she was with actually came through. when a woman at the safeway store near 48th and ocean beach recognized the two from a cable news program. >> i just know that the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn saying that these people were the ones from that show that aired today. >> reporter: a police spokeswoman says in an e-mailed statement that police believe the plan and girl may have been pan handling outside the store and the san francisco chronicle had reported that the two were camping near ocean beach. the two were last cease december 3 on surveillance cameras in a walmart star five miles from roanoke in virginia. and brittany's mother who was easle

we become close and the snow not quite to roanoke reaching the ground even though it is showing up on the radar. that will start to reach around in the next hour. by mid to late morning, it will be snowing here. watch out this afternoon. let's find out about that commute this morning. here's richard in time saver traffic. >> it looks like an accident clearing on laurel buoy road. also, some roadwork from the overnight period continues. along southbound 95 at 1978 in laurel, taking the left lane away. construction will be greeting you at the american legion bridge. left lane taken away. down the road at georgetown road, left lane closed. also i-66 still a clear drive from centerville to the beltway. next report coming your way at 4:40. mike and andrea? >> thank you, richard. >> here is a look at stories we've been following. >> ten people are being sheltered by the red cross after an overnight apartment fire in ashton hills at midnight at a complex in the 2941 block of tuite avenue. two apartments were damage and the third had severe smoke damage. some of the displaced residents had to

soon, the roanokenty s heriff's office has shifted to the murder investigation. tina smith of virginia virginia was one dead inner with home one week ago. a surveillance camera captured her daughter walking with jeffvy scott at a walmart in roanoke county. the video was taken the same day they believe the mother was k illed. police say the mother met the man on the internet and recently moved 234 the mother and her daughter. >>> a missing 15-year-old girl from redding is safe this morning after being found 234 san francisco. she disappeared last month. a cousin of the missing girl was shoppings at the sports basement in san francisco on saturday and spotted her walking with her uncle and another man. 4-year-old charles bur ling hoff was arrested and two other men who may have been involved in the teen's abduction were d etained. >>> 8:34. well, students at sonoma state university are on alert after a campus bookstore was robbed. it's. this happened around 7:15 saturday morning. police say two gunmen bu

the bay area. she disappeared from roanoke, va. after mother was murdered. the boyfriend is believed to be the kidnapper and jonathan blum has more of the good samaritan located this child. >> here, in san francisco, a dramatic child of deduction that made headlines from where it started in virginia and it right here at the safeway store. a good samaritan it spotted part needs met and with the man who is alleged of capturing her, spotted-percen prbricfor to smith, right near the beach, and if there been he is in san francisco co, in their being processing his return back to roanoke. and as good samaritan is not shown herself yet we confirm that she is not an employee of this grocery store issue is just the grocery store shopper. >> and as jonathan blum mentioned his ordeal began one week ago the mother of brittanty smith , was found dead and reggie smith continues our story. >> for several weeks, a 47 trying to questioned jeffrey easily, authorities--for try to find out more details from jeffrey, the boyfriend of the mother boyfriendbrittany salem, was virgin

early in the morning there will be light snow beginning around roanoke. y it may take awhile for some of this to reach the ground. by noon time it will be over all of us. the afternoon and evening rush hour will be the time -- maybe even a dusting to an inch around the washington area. the pretreated roads could cause problems. we stayed. dou -- we stayed with what doug was saying earlier, an once or two. certainly nothing like last year. temperatures into the low 20's. the snow begins around washington around noontime. out towards the eastern shore maybe earlier. temperatures below freezing. once again, still a cold pattern and only a slight chance of anything that develops on late saturday will be anything that we have to worry about. we ask you how much probability do you think tomorrow will be the first inch of snow? over 60% say tomorrow will be the first inch of snow. >> we have a lot of pessimists here. when you don't have to cook, you have time for other things. yeah, like what? i don't know. fishing. fishing?! i, uh, i said wishing. [ female annou

he also remains a suspect in the murder of parties mother who was found dead last week in roanoke. the woman who recognize pretty smith and her kidnapper from a television news report is to resell. she is a severed his good native who live near that safeway where she spotted the two. she said she saw the report of thursday and then saw the girl and her kidnapper the grocery store on friday. she spoke to kron 4 dave. >> it was her brown eyes and it was her aunt that i saw first i was asking for the return of brittany to bury her mom and be there for christmas. i forgot dog food and decided to hit the safeway on 48 that the which i rarely go to. as i drove in i saw a man's with the young child. my intuition is that something's wrong. as i walked up to them pretty captor eyes on asian ever lost she met dr. head but her eyes state of mind. i couldn't reach her, i knew the hair on my arm stood i knew some things wrong. i did want to speak to work because she was someone that was taken i didn't want a tip him off and then they leave. someone inside the nest a clerk to dial hurt the local

her and the girl in october. >> we don't want anything to put in danger the case and the investigation back in roanoke. it's very important that we get justice for smith's family. >> reporter: since arriving in san francisco yesterday detectives visited the area on the out skirts of ocean beach where the girl and easley were staying prior to their find. the two were seen friday panhandling outside a richmond district safeway, recognized from their photographs on a national crime show. >> without your help this case could have ended much differently. >> reporter: easley is being held in the mental unit here at the san francisco county jail on warrants for kidnapping, credit card theft and credit card fraud. the girl is in protective custody. she talked to her father over the phone. police haven't said when the two will go back to virginia and they have not yet set a date for the hearing for easley. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2news. >> the other girl who had been missing found in san francisco yesterday was reunited with her family this morning. the 15-year-old of redding was seen by a cousin y

captured her daughter walking with the suspected killer at a walmart in roanoke county. that video was taken the very same day police believe the girl's mother was killed. police said the mother met easley on the internet and recently moved in with the mother and daughter. >>> the news is better this morning about a missing 15-year- old girl from redding. she was found safe in san francisco. jane marie was missing from her home last month. the missing girls cousin was shopping saturday and spotted the 15-year-old walking with her uncle and another man. 34-year-old charles was arrested. two other men have been detained. >>> a san jose man is dead after being hit by a bus. that happened at 5:30 at east capital express way. witnesses say the man was walking around drunk in traffic and appeared to be homeless. police say the man was in his 40s or early 50s. his identity has not been released. >>> brentwood police are investigating an assaulted on one of their police officers that happened after a traffic stop. officers stopped the car at 2:00 sunday morning near oak street fo

they're getting the snow now, roanoke and lynchburg and danville. now here locally, we have a winter weather advisory in effect r today. all those counties in lavender under the winter weather advisory. farther to our south it's a winter storm warning. this covers just about all of virginia and much of maryland, including the district of columbia and much of west virginia. certainly cold enough for snow. temperatures right now just in the upper teens in prince george's county d montgomery county, near 20 at arlington and fairfax and in the driktd of columbia, low 20s. low 20s around the bay, southern maryland. it's very cold. shenandoah valley only in the teens to near 20 degrees. over the last 12 hours, been watching this storm system advancing from the west. an area of low pressure. a fast-moving weak area of low pressure. nonetheless it does have moisture with it. you can see thesnowfall is moving into west virginia, out ofentucky and ohio and indiana, and also thatnow stretches down into north carolina. before today, we'll have the light snow int

the death of smith's mother. >> now that she's been found and heading back to roanoke soon, the police department focus has shifted to the murder investigation. >> they were found panhandling outside of a san francisco safeway. a woman recognized them from a national television show and called police. >>> the baltimore man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruitment center was ordered held without bond today. 21-year-old antonio martinez is a recent convert to islam. he's accused of plotting to bomb military recruiting office outside of baltimore. homeland security analysts say martinez is the latest example of home-grown terrorism inspired by videos like this one he posted on his face book page and by the preaching of u.s. clericsal waral locky. he waived his miranda rights after the arrest and told them he was a committed jihadist and in tended on attacking the u.s. until attacked or killed. >>> and here you take president obama and add defending nba champion los angeles lakers and toss in kids from the boys and girls club and then have everybody put together care packages for wounded combat troops. th

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the supreme court. >>> right now 12-year-old brittany smith is headed back home to roanoke, virginia. the alleged kidnap victim was found in the san francisco bay area on friday. she had been missing for -- for a week. she was found with 32-year-old jeffrey easily. the two were panhandling outside of a grocery store. easily in custody waiting extradition. he is the prime suspect in the murder of the mother. easily was her sometime live-in boyfriend. investigators were told she didn't know her mother was dead. >> she'll be home for christmas and to tell her mother goodbye. she'll help her mother rest in peace tonight. >> there is also speculation that the girl may have been involved in some sort of relationship with easily. >>> let's get a quick check of our frigid forecast on this monday night. topper, where are the temperatures right now? >> they are just tanking. first thing i want to start with it live doppler 9 -- 9,000. we have snow showers up and down 270 and down into southern maryland. i want to zoom in. this is the heff jest snow shower in the last two and a half hours. this w

the ground. it's already accumulating there, route 220 near roanoke, and our radar showing we do have snow alo aloftesville points west and southwe and this will reach the ground in washington d begin to accumulate later this morning and during the afternoon with about one- to ree-inch accumulations in the district, nearby in suburbs of maryland. three to five inches before it all ends. eun? >> thank you. we >>> good morning, everyone. clear dry road surfaces but still quite heavy and slow. lanes are open and headed for the american legion bridge, outer loop particularly sluggish. eun. >> thank you, >>> we are back now 8:30 on a thsday morning, the 16th day of december, 2010. our toy drive rolls on. man, we have got an impression sive elf with us now, it that is liamneeson the actor, collecting toys for needy children all across the country. remember, if you can't get down here, still donate online by heading to amazon.com/today. we are going to talk to liam neeson in just a couple of minutes. >>> meanwhile on this thuday morning, i'm matt lauer along wi meredith vieira, al roker and natalie morales

the three of them shared a home in roanoke county, where the mother was found dead, december 6th. the last time anyone saw the boyfriend and daughter in virginia was three days earlier at a wal-mart store. >> as far as the murder charge, i think that that is something that we'll have to consult with the commonwealth attorney on. >> she just looked innocent. >> reporter: witnesses who saw the pair outside the safeway say they were panhandling and had all their possessions with them. >> it was a lot of bags, a lot of lug yang. >> reporter: now that virginia detectives are here, they will be arranging the girl's reunion with family. her father has already spoken with her by phone. >> he couldn't even believe it was her. he wanted to know and be sure it was her. he asked her for the name of his dog and her dog to make sure it was her. >> reporter: again, the sufficient jeff easley remains jailed here, awaiting extradition to virginia. we hope to touch base with the detectives and have an update for you at 10:00. reporting live in san francisco, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>

the break. >>> now to roanoke where investigators are trying to find out why a train jumped the tracks. this happened last night in downtown roanoke. a norfolk southern spokesman said four rail cars carrying automobiles were leaving the rail yard when they went off the tracks. nobody was hurt. >>> don king was briefly detained by airport security in cleveland. a spokesman for hopkins international airport said the tsa stopped king last night for having i'm -- ammunition on his carryon luggage. no word on whether he'll be cited. king has yet to comment. >>> d.c. area high school musicians spent the day inspiring children to succeed. the group called brass of peace visited three d.c. schools today, including francis scott t and cleveland elementary schools. they are partnering with the national symphony education department to develop public speaking and performing. >>> coming up next, new at 5:30. >> this is bruce johnson, unemployment in the district is officially at about 10%. but in some communities it's up to 50%. and the mayor-elect brought the business leaders together to ask for he

the nationwide manhunt started in roanoke virginia last friday and ended in a safeway store in the outer richmond district of the city. the 32-year-old suspected kidnapper and possible killer is now in the san francisco county jail. it's not clear when he could be taken back to virginia. last monday police issued an amber alert for jeffrey easley and his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter brittany after the girl's mother was found dead in her home. a nationwide search led to salem, virginia where brittany and easley were spotted on surveillance tape buying camping gear. yesterday a woman shopping at a san francisco safeway called police after recognizing the two from a national cable tv show. >> san francisco police received a call from a citizen saying that she had observed a male and a juvenile female matching the description of a possible kidnapping murder suspect. >> police from virginia say they're not sure whether brittany went with the suspect willingly, she did tell officers that she knew her mother was dead. she is currently in protective custody and will soon be heading back to

easily told them he came to san francisco after it showed up on a google search as the best place to be homeless. roanoke detectives are expected to take brittani home once they have interviewed her. >>> more problems at napa state hospital. a worker was badly beaten today, and it's the second attack in four days by the same patient. lisa amin gulezian is live in napa tonight. >> reporter: the hospital is still on lockdown, but that's only because of a staffer who was murdered back in october. there has been a slightly elevated police presence here at the front gate all day long, but employees say none of that is enough two attacks in 2004 -- in to four days have staffers on edge. on wednesday, a custodian was commit knocked unconscious by a resident. this morning, another attack, this time on a rehabilitation therapist, or rt. >> the same person that committed the crim against the custodian was without with the r. t., the r. t. was boat up -- beat up. >> the maintenance in the jail, charged with assault. the attacks come less than two months after the murder of describing psychiatric technician, donna g

the nationwide manhunt started in roanoke, virginia last monday and ended in a safeway store in san francisco yesterday. the 32-year-old man who was suspected of kidnapping her is also suspected of killing her mother. it's not clear when he will be returned to virginia. police issued an amber alert for jeffrey easley and brittany after her mother was found dead in their home. brittany and easley were spotted buying camping gear. yesterday a woman shopping at a san francisco safeway called police after recognizing the two from a national cable tv show. >> san francisco police dispatched a 911 call from a citizen saying she had observed a male and a juvenile female matching the description of a possible kidnapping murder suspect. >> police from virginia say they are not sure whether brittany went with the suspect willingly, but she did reportedly tell officers that she knew her mother was dead. she is currently in protective custody and will soon be heading back to virginia to her grandparents. >>> also just in tonight. the police chief in oakland wants everyone to know how tough it is for offi

. >>> the man accused of abducting a 12-year-old, jeff rerey -- jeffrey easley arrived in roanoke lastes charges of abducting 12-year-old brittany smith. the two were found at a san francisco supermarket, shortly after police discovered the girl's mother dead in their roanoke home. >>> police are on the lookout for real-life christmas grinches. they stole the grinch from the vfw post. surveillance video shows the man and woman unplugging the decorations, loading them into a pickup truck. they made off with about $350 in decorations. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange says it is great to smell the fresh air again. the wikileaks founder is headed to an english country mansion, where he says he will continue to reveal top secret u.s. documents. assange is fighting extradition to sweden, where he's wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. >>> katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> the security guard who saved those florida school board members says he's no hero. i'll speak with him about what happened. so that story and more tonight, o

the 12-year-old britney smith vanished a week ago from roanoke, virginia. s spotted in san francisco with britney and was arrested. >> we're live with the latest information on this. >> reporter: the 32-year-old jeff ti easley and 12-year-old britney smith were first brought here to the richmond station and have since been moved, probably to the hall of

to the south, winter storm warnings down for richmond and roanoke. satellite and radar, we've seen the clouds move in since the early morning hours. here's some of the snowfall showing up in west virginia. this is not reaching the ground. some of the blues here getting real close toward charlottesville now. live doppler 9000, we're picking up some of the returns as well. this is virga. not reaching the ground. see it is ragged looking here. worth of winchester. almost. give them another 30 minutes or so. that snow is headed toward us. temperaturewise this morning. teens and low 20s. reston is 18. hay market in manassas, only 16 right now. 19 in columbia. and andrews and baden at 17 degrees. lleytonville at 18. cloudy skies. and the air is dry. humidity is only 55%. first batch of snow will take a little bit of time to evaporate. you can see it coming in here now. we're going to watch it. it all matching off to the east with a heavier amount south. want to show you the snow totals before we get to the extended. as we head toward 5:00, almost two inches

i also want to thank the fbi, the marshal service, roanoke city police, salem police, secret service, and i'm sure i missed one or two persons. but please forgive me if i've missed anyone. but we've just had fantastic assistance. it's a great evening for us and we're so very pleased to report this to you tonight. >> chief, what's the connection to san francisco, california? that's not saying that the circumstance, do you know what the connection is. >> i don't at this time. >> was there resistance or did he put up a fight? >> i understand that there was no resistance. >> have they been traveling for the last weeks? >> we don't know. we're going to be working with them throughout the night to gain as much information as we can. and hopefully we can report that to you maybe at a later time. >> do you know if are britney is going back to virginia. >> i would say as soon as we can make travel arrangements for her. we may have to deal with social services out there. she's been in touch with her family. they are very relieved. and i am assuming that maybe a family member will go out there a

so the temperatures are very cold into detroit and baltimore at 18. roanoke 25. ing to the south, though, 61 degrees in jackson. montgomery at 5 #. we can see the warmer air nudging in here and that's what we will see maybe as the onset of that especially into southern maryland. so let's go ahead and send this over to kim brown with your traffic. good morning, kim. they are salting the roads correct. >> reporter: that's right. they are beginning to salt the bay bridge because of some reported icy conditions. we have wind warnings in place at the key bridge. so the elements slightly affecting us this morning. the road remain dry. look at 59 and the maps, we don't have too many problems. no accidents at least. a pair of water main breaks south highland avenue closed between bank and pratt street. expect icy conditions near there. also east north avenue at north collington a. water main break is blocking the center lane and there are detours posted. now back to you. >> thanks very much, kim. >>> if you are celebrating a birthday today, happy birthday. a special happy

the air is dry there but it'll moisten up and we will see it going up to roanoke and charlotte during the morning commute. d.c. to richmond as we go throughout probably the end of the rush hour more like midmorning, it'll be a daylight snow event for d.c. and areas like alexandria. the highest totals in the mountains, 6 to 10 inches and this little band of 3 to 6 goes through richmond, so, lynn, philadelphia, new york, boston does not get this storm. this is literally isolated just to that area between richmond and d.c. >> lucky them. bill, thanks so much. >>> grinches take hold on wall street. beer is booming and the world's most expensive christmas tree. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines straight ahead. >>> coming up sydney crosby puts his scoring streak on the line. a great finish between the knicks and the celts. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. here's some top news. greece's government is condemning violent protest that's rupted across athens yesterday as demonstrators angry over budget cuts clashed with police, torched cars and hurled gasoli

the san francisco jail. britney smith vanished from roanoke, virginia where the mother was murdered. the suspect a jeffrey easley was spotted here in san francisco. they are going to try to extradite easley. he also has also been named in the suspect in britney's murder. >> i think that is something you'll have to consult with the attorney on. >> britney and easley were seeing panhandling outside a safeway at ocean beach, a shopper who saw a report about the abduction on television recognized them and called police. they say easley told them he came to san francisco after a google search showed to it be the best place to be homeless. >> employees at napa state hospital will be demonstrating outside the facility to demand better protection for staff. they want more safeguards after an employee was attacked by a patient yesterday morning. that employee is hospitalized in serious condition and lisa amin gulezian says this is second attack in four days. >> it's dangerous. we are losing control. we have lost control. >> those who work at napa state hospital it's like being in a war zone,

the attempt of snow flurries around richmond and roanoke. we'll see how far north that gets. >> baltimore county police have identified the man who they say atemmed to sexually assault a boy. when sla dwrfment attacked, the boy yelled for help, and this morning, slay is facing several charges. >> funeral services set for the family that were killed in a baltimore house fire this week. six members of the family including three children were killed. it happened when their home caught fire. services will be held next wednesday at the empowerment temple at 4217 prim rose avenue. a wake scheduled for 10:00 a.m. followed by the memorial service. if you would like to donate or send condolences, you can go to our web site and click on "local news." >> a group of property owners brought -- want construction stops. they claim the project will siphon money away from other businesses. >> some of the investors burned by convicted swindler bernie madoff will get some of their money back. >> $10 million is how much he will pay back to the victims of bernie

. >> and critics say the school coach and players are if they bring someone back too quickly. >> and detectives from roanoke virginia making arrangements to excite the man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. today the 32-year-old jeffrey scott easley agreed to extradition moved within the next 48 hours to virginia. he will face abduction and credit card charges. he was with britney may smith when arrested in ocean beach r.beach on friday, her mother was easley's girlfriend found dead last week at their home. he is a suspect in that murder. and a 29-year-old was charged in court today with aggravated assault and committing a lewd act on a child a accused of sexual assaulted an 8-year-old girl in a walmart friday night. two shoppers chased him down and held him. >> caltrans is gearing up to install next section of the bay bridge. this shipment just arrived last night. caltrans hopes to start lifting pieces into place thursday. and this will bring nearly three quarters of the way to the final heat. -- height. and they hope to finish by christmas eve. >> battle of the sexes and bulge. who ask z a better j

the eastern shore. they're digging out after yesterday's snowfall. and roanoke, virginia, drivers were careful during their evening commute. of course, the snow made for terrible visibility. they had sleet, snow, and freezing rain. and they also had some slick and dangerous roads. >>> all right. now, let's look at north carolina. the temperatures there dropped so low that a water fountain actually froze. look at that. is that amazing? the low mercury turned the water fountain into a solid block of ice. schools and businesses were closed because of the dangerous conditions. >>> well, the fighting is over. soon, president obama will sign the tax compromise deal that he reached with republicans. but not everyone is celebrating this bipartisan measure. joel brown reports from the white house. >>> president obama obama will sign the tax cut deal into law this afternoon, giving millions of americans a little more money next year. >> the motion is adopted. >> the bill cleared its final hurdle late last night. when it passed in the house. the measure extends the bush- e

in the north bay, clearly see something rain for santa rosa, roanoke park. another batch of moderate rain, gilroy, and the direction of this band is moving to the south so hollister, you'll probably get hit with some of this rain that's now over gilroy, as it slides south. we'll see a chance of showers offand on tonight. live doppler 7hd has pick up numerous lightning strieghtz off -- strikes off the coast. heavier rain picks up in the mid-week time period. tuesday night and wednesday, and then after that, nice break heading into thursday and friday. a break in the action. we are going to see a few breaks, overnight temperatures are dropping and some clear patches. and 50s in the north bay, and 46 for livermore. this was the story this morning. you can clearly see on the map, the jet stream just right over the bay area. we're right here, and throughout the course of the morning the heavy rain just moved flight over the bay area. the last few frames, the jet stream now is starting to sag towards the south, which means we get a break here, and all of this is g