according to the paper, -- former state delegate tiffany alston. pleaded no contest earlier this year to using campaign money to pay for her wedding expenses. >> doctors treating secretary of state hillary rodman clinton said a blood clot formed in her head. they are confident she will make a full recovery. doctors say the blood clot did not result in a stroke or do lots of damage. a plot for located behind the right ear. doctors are treating her with blood thinners and say she will be released once a medication dose has been established. transportation officials say the road where this weekend's deadly tour brush crash happen is notoriously dangerous in bad weather. around 10:30 sunday morning, nine people were killed and others injured when a bus crashed regard real and plummeted down a steep embankment. survivors were trapped off the road in the freezing weather. the bus driver is among survivors but has not spoken to police due to the severity of his injuries. >> a person armed with high- powered rifle inside another building in connecticut. >>

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the judge ruled tiffany alston could not hold office because she was convicted of misconduct. he also ruled against greg hall. governor o'malley opposed his nomination because he has a criminal past that includes ties to a shooting death. the delegates' seats is considered vacant. >> more than 10 years after the d.c. sniper attacks, the wife of john mohammed zahir is speaking out again, his ex-wife. she will talk to katie couric at 4:00 today on abc 7. >> the first family will pull the switch on the national christmas tree. the tradition dates back almost 90 years. that's true president calvin coolidge. there will be performances from baby face and james taylor and jummy olabanji will be hosting capriccio activities. that should be fun. -- the pre-show activities. >> two more hours of news ahead. >> next, the latest on the traffic problem on the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ ♪ dear santa i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year bring their wish list to life.

tiffany alston will not regain her seat in the house of delegates, and will greg hall not be filling it, either. a prince george's county judge said the delegate was correctly moved after entering a plea deal related to misconduct in office. the judge also ruled that democratic central committee has the right to withdraw the nomination of a greg hall to replace her. governor o'malley had asked to withdraw his name from consideration after details emerged about drug and gun charges in his past. it is up to the governor to choose the person who will represent the 24th district in the general assembly. $43.1 million. that is the call last month from maryland costa rican cmthree ca. maryland live accounted for $34 million of that revenue. a jump of $4 million from october. perry bill apostasy now generated $5.4 million. -- perryvile's casinos generated $5.4 million. the casino at ocean downs generated $3.3 million. as maryland's new gay marriage blog becomes official on january 1, couples wanting to wed on new year's day can get post dated marriage officials in some counties. they hope t

. >>> former delegate tiffany alston is officially out of office. yesterday, a prince george's county eugenie judge ruled she was out of office. the judge also ruled that the nomination of greg hall to replace her can be withdrawn. this comes after details of a troubled past for hall has come forward. forward. >>> former d.c. council chairman kwame brown's brother is charged with the same kind of crime that forced brown to resign. he is facing bank fraud charges. he is accused of claiming build 35,000 of income on a mortgage loan request. kwame brown also pled guilty to lying about his income on bank loan applications. >>> the big story, for the first time in days, president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke by phone about the looming fiscal cliff. the hope is that this is a sign the two sides are trying to kick start negotiations. fox 5's bob barnard has more. >> i hope he with can come together. it is important to avoid the fiscal cliff and to do it the right way. >> reporter: doing it the right with a depends on who you are speaking to.

a decision is made on who will fill tiffany alston's seeat. >> get ready to see a few more starbucks. details on their expansion. >> a look at it expansion plans at disney world. >> we have some rain in the forecast over the weekend. >> tracking a few problems including some fire activity and a water main break. we will check on those delays. ♪ oh, what fun it is to ride... ♪ get in the holiday spirit with dunkin's peppermint mocha, new white chocolate, or gingerbread flavors today. america runs on dunkin'. >> a shot is fired inside a local e.r. >> are they making progress or as capital stock in a state of paralysis? >> you'll notice a chilly morning. are we back into a more seasonal strength of temperatures? [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> what a difference this morning.

the winner to fill tiffany alston's seat is no one. the judge has ruled she is not eligible to return to proher seat and neither is the man chosen to replace her. governor o'malley will choose a replacement. >> 6:07. 31 degrees at the airport. is the classic easy bake oven sexist? >> egypt is rolling out the heavy artillery as the protest 10 intensifies. >> taking things a bit too far? tell us what you think. >> baltimore getting ready for the 41st--lighting ceremony. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are tracking some police activity at the bay bridge and >> good morning. a beautiful start to the day with mostly clear skies. we'll have details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. we are getting ready for the mind that lighting here in baltimore. such a great tradition -- the monument lighting. this is the poster for this year. this one is spectacular. >> she is not from baltimore but i thought she did a good job captured the essence of the monument and a cool perspective. people collect these posters. t

one >> breaking news out of prince george's county regarding the seat of tiffany alston. the former delegate has been removed from her office after entering a plea deal in october relating to misconduct in office charges. the office has determined that the county's committee has the right to withdraw the nomination of greg hall to replace tiffany. who makes the appointment asked to we draw hall's name after questions about drug and gun charges in hall's past. hall has blocked the committee from withdrawing his nomination. >> now to washington where president obama is warning republicans not to use the fiscal cliff as a borrowing limit. both sides seem to be digging in their heels with no move to avoid the fiscal cliff. fiscal cliff negotiations have been at a stand still since monday when republicans proposed raising revenue by closing tax loopholes not by raising rates own the wealthy as the president has demanded. >> we're not insisting on rates out of spite but rather because we need to raise a certain amount of revenue. >> we can't keep borrowing mown and raising taxe

. >>> new this thursday morning, former delegate tiffany alston is officially out of office. yesterday, a prince george's county judge ruled that she was out of office following her october plea deal relating to office misconduct. the judge also ruled that the nomination of greg hall by the democratic committee to replace her can be withdrawn. this after details of a troubled past for hall came forward. >>> fairfax county police are investigating a disturbing find inside a student's locker. a loaded handgun was found yesterday at the robinson secondary school. melanie alnwick is live now at the school with the latest on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. school officials say, of course, they are taking this situation very seriously and they are taking appropriate disciplinary action. but still, there are many questions here about what happened. many questions from parents and also from the school community. administrators at robinson secondary which is a middle school and high school combined together say they were the ones who found the gun in the st

tiffany alston was removed from the general assembly, accused of stealing money.lston still claims she should keep her seat. >>> the accident happened on northwest circle saturday night. the bicyclist got upset when the driver cut him off and hit the mirror. the driver got out and tried to confront the bicyclist but got stabbed in the ribs. the driver is expected to be okay. police are looking for the bicyclist. >>> take a look at these surveillance pictures from george washington university. police are looking for two women responsible for a string of burglaries inside the residence hall. the women went inside five dorm rooms and stole laptops. call campus police if you recognize these two women. >>> one person is in police custody in connection with a deadly shooting. that shooting happened around 8:15 p.m. ain an apartment along 18th street northwest. the woman was taken to a hospital where she later died. police took one person into custody. they're not releasing details about his relationship to the victim or a motive in the case. >>> right now at 6:34, polic

he has been trying to take over the seat from tiffany alston, who was removed from office.lston claims she should be the delegate still since her sentence was reduced before judgment. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray will discuss a flood project for many blooi -- bloomingdale. if will put put a tank at the filtration plant. >>> eric olson disappeared more than 14 hours ago. his family says the 34-year-old takes medication but does not have it with him. olson was last seen outside his home on deer lake road in derwood. he had on a blue coat and dark blue sweatpants. if you see this man, you're asked to call montgomery county police. >>> a crime alert at george washington university. police believe the same two women broke in five dorms yesterday in the ivory tower residence hall. in each case, students left their doors open. the women came in and walked away with laptops. police warn students to lock their dorm room doors as they leave and even consider keeping them locked when they are in the room. police are trying to figure out who attacks a george washington university employ

greg hall was nominated by democratic committee in the county to fill tiffany alston's seat. she left office when she was convicted of misconduct. the governor didn't want to appoint hall. his attorney tried to get the judge to order the appointment but the judge ruled against hall. >>> deadlocked, that is how people on capitol hill are describing talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the president and republican leaders came out tough today with some tough talk about the other side's plan. fox 5s tom fitzgerald was following the story. 26 more days to go on this. >> reporter: time is running out, shawn. involving a white house and top gop officials were both out talking a lot today about the need to strike a fiscal cliff deal and what they were doing is tacking with each other, with no new talks scheduled between the major players in the debate and the speaker of the house finds himself defending his own plans for members of his own party. in northwest d.c., president obama is on the hard sell trying to convince a group of business executives to support raising taxes on

the judge ruled that hall nor tiffany alston should get the race.overnor martin o'malley asked a panel to withdraw his nomination after learning of his criminal past that included drug and gun charges. the judge ruled governor martin o'malley will pick the next delegate for the 24th district. >>> virginia lawmakers continue their push to move fbi headquarters into the commonwealth. the lawmakers including senators jim webb and mark warner sent a letter to the general services administration to analyze the potential move, saying that many fbi employees already live in northern virginia as well as quantico. >>> getting caught texting while driving could soon land you in jail in virginia. but until it's approved, police in fairfax county are using a different method to crack down. it's a law called failure to pay full time attention and it allows officers to pull over drivers who are texting or distracted. in the past three years, those violations have nearly doubled from 7,000 drivers pulled over in 2009 to nearly 12,000 this year and last. lawmakers

. >>> tiffany alston was having financial issues before being stripped of her seat. washington post reports that she filed for bankruptcy seven months before trying to use campaign money to pay for her wedding. she charged tens of thousands of dollars to a law firm. a jury found her guilty of misdemeanor theft in june for paying a law firm employee $800 in state money. >>> breaking news right now. iraq is on high alert for terrorist attacks as thousands of shiite pilgrims continue to march across the country. the pilgrims are on the way to celebrate at the end of a 40-day mourning period marking the death of prophet mohammed's grandson. they have staged attacks during this religious festival. so far police say a car bomb killed at least three people and wounded 21 others. >>> family, friends and former classmates are remembering a football player murdered in fairfax county. last night, dozens gathered for a vigil at battlefield high school in hay market in memory of 19-year-old xavier stringfellow. he was a sophomore at college in virginia. played on the football tea

a judge ruled that neither he or ousted delegate tiffany alstan should get the seat. hall was nominated to replace alston, but governor martin o'malley asked a panel to withdraw his nomination after learning of his criminal past. the judge ruled governor o'malley can pick the next delegate without waiting for a new name to be nominated. >>> new this morning, d.c. firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked the flames at this apartment building in southeast washington. the fire started around 1:30 around minnesota avenue. fortunately, no one was hurt. we're told at least three families had to find another place to sleep. >>> also new this morning, at least one person is in a-the-hospital after a condo fire in alexandria. the flames broke out after midnight along south washington street. we're told at least one person was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. >>> one person suffers serious injuries after a serious car accident in prince george's county last night alg route 197 in laurel. police say two people were ejected from their vehicle after the driver lost control. that shut d