it was the midnight rush in at the h & m store in tysons corner. just one snapshot of what has been going for hours. we're live this morning on all the black friday madness do you believe that? >> i hope no one got hurt during that. we knew it would happen. >>> a gormtown university student and two others arrested in -- a georgetown university student and two others arrested in egypt will be on their way home soon. >>> we are starting you off way live look from sky fox on this november 25th, 2011. they are over the staples on leesburg pike in the tyson corner area. that store just about to open its doors. do we see a line of folks there? they just went inside, we understand. they just opened the doors. there was a line of eager shoppers waiting to go in and that will be the case for a lot of stores today. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm matt ackland. >> the h & m store -- >> that was madness. are you kidding me? >> they had to be giving away something. >> it is like what's the deal. >> i would pay money not to be in that crowd. that was rough. >> there w

beltway leaving tysons corner.ane getting by. you probably want to use 123 in that area. in springfield, looks good northbound and southbound. >>> ♪ arch campbell keeps us in the mood with his movie reviews. unsettled weather from sunday afternoon and into tuesday with rain chances. cooler weather and by monday. >> i'm going to have the muppets song in my head. >>> goodbye. >>> good morning america. ready, set shop. we've been up all night with the millions of americans in the middle of thelack friday frenzy. competition so fierce. one shopper used pepper spray to blow back the crowd. gunshots even fired at one mall

joining us now is kristin fisher live at the macy's in tysons corner. i don't see a whole lot of people behind you right now. >> reporter: i can explain why. i've learned, i was talking to the manager. said we're in a lull right now. the reason why is because of the midnight opening that you all were talking about. think of it like all of the kids, all of the people -- not kids but younger folks, age 30 and under, instead of going out to the bars, instead of going out and seeing a late night movie, a lot came here to this opening of the macy's. so, you had this younger crowd going through here, apparently there were hundreds of people in line and they've kind of -- now, it is getting to be 6:00 a.m. they're tired, they're going home. now are we starting to see the 30s plus crowd starting to come in and they're only starting their black friday day. i'm told we're in a little bit of a lull now. that's why you're starting to see a little bit less crowds but don't be fooled here. there are lots of people inside this store. they're scooping up some pretty am

you're a pro with parking near tysons corner. what would you recommend for people coming down here in terms of where to find the best parking spots? >> well, you know, you gotta grin and bear it. my personal secret is find a spot on the edge near the exit. >> i love it. thank you, elizabeth. we'll be chatting with you later, i'm sure. coming up, a big story here at tysons corner center, of course, this is the first time that macy's has opened up at midnight. we'll be chatting with one of the managers of macy's coming up at 5:00. back to you, surae. >> all right, thank you, kristin. >> i can't do it. there's no way. >>> it is hard to imagine thanksgiving without turkey and pumpkin pie. that was the case for a lot of people in d.c. this holiday. >> thousands of first responders, for example, had to go to work and a lot of other people couldn't afford a holiday feast. so, as lindsey mastis reports, volunteers provided meals to some of them. ♪ >> reporter: everyone is welcome at the central union mission in northwest. 800 pounds of t

it will carry traffic into tysons. when it's complete, four paths into tyson's corner rather than the current two. >> we don't have to wait until the end to open things up. as they get built, they open up. >> reporter: the completion is in sight. the target date, end of december, 2012. julie carey, tyson's corner. >>> the lane shift is expected to take place tonight and tomorrow night. it could stretch into sunday night, if necessary. >>> why charges will not be filed against a judge who was >>> hello, everybody. welcome back, i'm meteorologist doug kammerer in storm center 4 watching what is going to be a chilly night tonight. the temperature continues to fall. winds out of the north-northeast at 15. the camera is shaking because of wind gusts upwards of 20 to 22 miles per hour. overnight tonight, dipping down. 27 in frederick. 30 in winchester. 31 in leesburg. 37 inside the district. as we make our way through the day tomorrow, temperatures on the rebound a little bit with plenty of sunshine. 52 in washington. ten de

you're looking at it now on the outer loop at route 123 in tysons. it looks like it is a disabled vehicle but an arrow board has been set up. it may be there for a bit. as you head south from the dulles toll road toward 123, stay to the left. expect early days this morning through the tysons area. let's take a look at a map. again, southbound, you can see all of the red here. that's because it is already slowing down past the toll road to get by the incident at 123. let's take a live look in springfield. on the northbound side of i-95, delays from dale city, it is off and on. no big problems to report along the way. 395, brake lights. you're good to go to the 14th street bridge. i'll update you on all of the incidents. let me give you a heads up. if we can go back to the graphic. on metro, delays as well on the blue and yellow lines from largo town center because of technical problems out of crystal city. coming up, i'll update you on the incident in tysons. >> next in sports, the capitals need to head to overtime against the ducks. wait until you se

tysons corner center is buzzing this morning. let's talk about that with elizabeth natwick and tell us what it was like. >> we opened the doors a little bit earlier than we expected. they couldn't wait to get in. the retailers said, put the gates up and that what is they did. >> it was crowded. i asked you how many people were waiting. i was expecting a few hundred, 1500. how many were wait something. >> we don't have actual numbers yet but we were thinking it was between 15,020,000 people this morning. >> >> reporter: holy cow. that is a lot of people. what is everybody out here buying? what are some of the bargains this that can be found here. >> it is fantastic a lot of our retailers kept that hush-hush this year and kept that quiet. we found abercrombie and fitch and ann taylor lot of, a50á to 40%. it is just amazing. they are also keeping it going for the rest of the day pretty much. you have to check but pretty much. >> what are the trend this year for things that people are out here filling their shopping bag with? >> we n

this was the scene at macy's in tysons corner at midnight.ers rushed through the store to snatch up the best deals. this black friday is different than years past because stores are opening earlier and earlier. >> opening even on thursday. most stores opened their doors at midnight. some opened even earlier than that. news 4's megan mcgrath is at the best buy store in the potomac shopping center in alexandria. what's it look like now, megan? >> reporter: joe, it's amazing. the whole open early thing has time shifted the whole black friday experience. we're here at the potomac shopping center outside the best buy. take a look over here. there are tons of parking spaces. normally at this point, the park sg all gone. we see lines and tons of people inside the door. let's show you what it looks like now. it really is amazing. they opened at midnight. they had big lines at midnight. right now it looks terrific. if you're afraid of crowds but still want to do your shopping, this is a great time to do it. we are seeing nothing really much in the way

we're going to get the very latest from steven who is live in tyson's corners with the latest on the suspect who is still on the loose. >> while police look for the suspect here on tysons corner shoppers are reacting to this crime with surprise, shock and fear. >> a 59-year-old woman had left high-end retailer neiman marcus awaiting her on the parking lot a low-end carjacker. >> a woman who looked to be in her 20's approached the shopper. she said she was a college student and had run out of gas. she asked for a ride to a gas station. >> she's using the woman's feelings of charity. it's really 250 bad. -- too bad. >> the woman ordered her to get out of the car. she went down old courthouse road. >> you wouldn't expect it in that area, right? so it's a little shocking. >> while some tyson's visitors are stuck in this enclave of shoppers. people say that no matter where you are you have to be on guard. >> you think you're pretty safe and if things like that happen, it makes you feel more unsafe. >> no sign of the stolen vehicle, a 2003 silver four-door accra like this. >> things like t

here live at tysons corner. the really die-hard deal seekers were out this morning and there are plenty of people here ready to be had. there are items 40 to 50% off. jewelry, electronics, everything is on sale. the parking situation is not so bad either. i actually drove up here myself and was able to find a spot within minutes. they have parking attendants inside these garages at almost every corner directing you to a space. i think tysons corner has really done a nice job of accommodating customers and, of course, we have been talking to shoppers all day long about their overall experience. ready, set, go. this was the scene at the l & m store at tysons poll early this morning. a mob of eager shoppers trying to get the best deal possible. the official start time was midnight but thanks to thousands waiting to get in, the crowd was waiting to get . >>this they were excited, interested. >> things have calmed down since things but there are still plenty of savvy shoppers since then. >> i always go shopping on fr

now you have his grandson and -- >> mike tyson. >> mike tyson gets a bad rap. liked the guy. >> he bit off evander holyfield's ear, said he wants to eat children and you think he gets a bad rap? >> someone killed his pigeons when he was a kid. >> mike, if you're watching, i would like to be friends with you. i'll stick up for you any day. >> that was weird to watch. that was weird. >>> getting hit in prison. too easy. >> some people do say that getting married is like going to prison. see, but really, people are getting married at this prison and we'll tell you why. >>> block upon block of frozen snow. >> you could see the curve that they're putting on it. >> this is like building an awesome snowman you can get inside of. >> see what they're building when we come back. trying to rescue people, good things. >>> when you're getting married, the venue is one of the big things, besides the dress, and who gets invited and all that stuff, right? >> it's all big. >> it's the thing. >> don't forget the cake. >> and you want to start off with your ball and chain the rig

tyson thank you very much for playing it's been a pleasure issue australia joins the growing list of nations around the world that have recognised that one man made global warming is occurring and two something needs to be done about it conspicuously absent from that list the united states as long as we let oil barons and pseudo scientists funded by the koch brothers dictate our energy strategy and tragically will still be aligned with the rest of the world sees. yeah i think my movement received a boost yesterday from senior citizens to send a message to congress about plans to cut medicare and social security cuts that will likely come out of the gang of twelve hundreds of senior citizen patriots occupied downtown intersection in chicago they were joined by nearby members of occupy chicago and other grassroots organizations as well as a few members of congress including representatives jan schakowsky and danny davis ultimately police moved in to break up the demonstration all in a way forty seven people mostly senior citizens in handcuffs you can add their names to the growing list

now you have his grandson and -- >> mike tyson. >> mike tyson gets a bad rap.ed the guy. >> he bit off evander holyfield's ear, said he wants to eat children and you think he gets a bad rap? >> someone killed his pigeons when he was a kid. >> mike, if you're watching, i would like to be friends with you. i'll stick up for you any day. >> that was weird to watch. that was weird. >>> getting hit in prison. too easy. >> some people do say that getting married is like going to prison. see, but really, people are getting married at this prison and we'll tell you why. >>> block upon block of frozen snow. >> you could see the curve that they're putting on it. >> this is like building an awesome snowman you can get inside of. >> see what they're building when we come back. >>> your fears of robots are about to get a little worse. ♪ it's a flexible, rubberized robot that scientists at harvard has developed that crawls, wiggles, in spaces about five inches long and its legs can be independently controlled by pumping them up with air. >> looks like something that should b

this is a big push for that yet at the same time here in the united states tyson you mention very very strong fossil fuel lobby i mean this is the power what gets back a lobby to thirty years ago it's just it's it's how can any politician stand up against that lobby well i think you're going to see a couple of key variables come into play one is going to be beyond going talks the united states about our deficit and the debt and as we try to desperately come up with new revenue sources when a bomb are put together the deficit commission up until the last minute there was a carbon tax and a lot of the drafts there are some principled conservatives in the united states that have signaled support for a carbon tax so i think you know i think well you've got the american enterprise institute and others that have papers that are those who have. you had several members of congress that supported. a type of carbon pricing. cap and trade was actually originally a republican idea that's right and then and then you've got susan collins a republican senator from maine that was a co-sponsor of the o

this happened at tyson's galleria yesterday afternoon. her victim was not hurt, but police want your help solving this crime. news 4's derrick ward has more on the woman and the car police are looking for. >> reporter: police say it started in the parking lot at tyson's galleria on saturday afternoon. the shopper identified only as a 59-year-old woman was approached in the parking lot of neiman marcus by another woman who said she needed help, that her car had run out of gas. the shopper bought the hard-luck story and offered the woman a ride to a gas station. >> the victim felt comfortable with the person who ended up being a suspect and didn't see anything unusual about her, did not appear to be distraught or under the influence of any type of substance. >> reporter: but when they approached the intersection of old courthouse road and route 123, the woman who'd asked for a ride pull out a knife and demanded the good samaritan gave up her car. she complied and got out near the intersection. >> she contacted police immediately. we had the

road at route 7 in the tysons area, no problems to report.rything is nice and quiet heading for the beltway even on route 123 as well. 395 at duke street looking good. actually leaving 95 in springfield up the line to the 14th street bridge. it is incident -free here. all lanes are open whether you're leaving oxon hill or alexandria across the bridge span on the south side of town. coming up, we'll take a look into maryland. >> thank you, monika. good to have you back. >> if you have a child who plays sports, there is always a risk of concussion. >> thousands of students are having their physical and mental abilities tested ahead of time so doctors can get a better read on an injury later. >> 14-year-old marco suffered a concussion during a soccer game. >> i was sliding to goal and the kid kicked me in the head. >> it was horrible. i knew it the moment i saw it, i knew he was hurt. >> his parents and his doctor were well prepared for a head injury. before the season started, the team took a baseline test called impact which measured his verba

no problems to report if you're leaving the tysons area or bethesda coming down from 270. coming up, we'll go into maryland at 5:09. back to you, jessica and mike. >> investigators with major league baseball are now trying to help venezuelan authorities in the kidnapping of nationals player wilson ramos. >> gunmen took ramos in front of his family home. 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,

tysons, a car blocking one lane but that is being taken care of. northbound 95, usual delays and day woodbrige. 395 single more action now in landmark, looks good at the pentagon, good across the 14th street bridge. 270 southbound drivers in maryland, delays from 80 to 109. headlights in this camera out of greenbelt through college park to get to colesville road. crash on 29 at the outer loop on the shoulder. >>> the pentagon plans to spend $270 million to ease the pope brac -- ease the brac-related problems. there will be a new underpass in bethesda where the new walter reed national medical center is located, along with other projects. back >>> of america back down. >> the last dance for david arquette. >> and a possible link between alcohol and breast cancer. woman: day care can be expensive. so to save some money, i found one that uses r bots instead of real people.'cuz robots rrk for free. robot 1:good morning... robot 1:al...female child. sfx: modem dial-up noise woman: are there flaws? yeah, um, maybe. anncr: there's an easier way to save. a

thinks at tysons corner at midnight. take a look at the people.knowledge, no bad desire, just a desire to get a good deal. fox 5's sherrie li is live. how are things looking? >> talk about bad behavior, if you and sarah don't behave, santa will not bring you anything. >> i don't have any pepper spray so i'm not doing anything wrong. people ran through the doors at midnight. they had to get in line. about 15 to 20,000 people people were outside waiting to get those door buster deals. it is always about the bargains. shoppers had their arms and hands full of bags. things were on sale 20, 30, 50% off, deals to buy one, get one treatment for the first time, macy's here at tysons corner opened at midnight here. this ace big day for retailers to get into the black. this is the day that they have all been waiting for. people pushing trying to get into the store. i went to, press and waited in line for two hours trying to get a few thing i'm pretty sired. i've been up for almost 24 hours. i have by two-hour energy and i have to drive about an hour to get

traffic open once again on the beltway as you travel from tyson's towards 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> in the penn state abuse scandal, we are now hearing from the map at the center of the allegations. jerry sandusky denying he is a pedophile. let's go more on what he said from fox 5's stacy cohan live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: he gave the interview to nbc news. he spoke to bob costas by telephone and juriy sandusky told him he simply likes the company of young boys but he denied any wrongdoing. however, the "new york times" is reporting that 10 more victims may come forward. this is the first time we've heard from jerry sandusky since his arrest in connection to the sexual assault ever several -- of several boys over a 15 year period. >> i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts and i have hugged them and i have touched their leg without intent of sexual contact. >> reporter: that was the voice of jerry sandusky. the head of the charity that sandusky set up to help underprivileged young people i

by the time the second is over, tysons corner expect to have about 200,000 shoppers come through the mall. a hot of people we talked to were shopping for themselves as well as others because you can't beat the good deals that are out here on black friday. for those people who wanted to programs avoid some of the crush, there were still deals to be had. i couldn't want to get up and get beat up. >> you know, shoppers know what they want. >> and surveys show that people expect to spend a little bit more, 8% according to ebay.com. one of the most interesting things that i have learned, some of the experts are saying, look, black friday is not necessarily the best time to get the best deals. a lot of things that you find on sale today are the lower end items, smaller appliances and things like that. if you want those higher end items, the best time is actually in the week after thanksgiving and then don't wait until the last minute because prices will shoot back up because they know all those last-minute shoppers can get a little desperate. that's the latest here at tysons corner. >> tha

it will carry hot lane traffic into tyson's.here will be four paths into tyson's corner rather than two. >> we don't have to wait until the end to open things up. as they get built, they open up. >> reporter: to get the lane shift taken care of by monday, there are going to be closures over the next few days. they start at 9:30 tonight. if you are coming through this area, consider a detour. coming up at 6:00, a word about the final timetable to the completion of the project. back to you. >>> see you then. thanks, julie. >>> the government reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the fire that destroyed the georgetown public library. it started in 2007 while contractors were renovating the building. the ceiling collapsed, thousands of books were destroyed. today, the district attorney's general said the two contractors who were involved agreed to pay $6 million to reimburse the city for some of the costs to rebuild the library. it reopened in october of last year in all of its glory. >>> drivers who come into fairfax county

she is also wanted in connection carjacking and tysons corner. the start of the thanksgiving weekend. >> about brian jones is with a the forecast. >> -- bob brian joins us with a first look at the forecast. >> here is how things look right now. we had some rain showers, nothing now. at these temperatures, my goodness. they are already into the 40's around us. the wind chill is still out there. we have that northwesterly wind at 15 miles per hour. be a good as as we go through the evening hours. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, temperatures will be delightful. 100% sunshine. good eating weather. good family weather. could everything weather. have an abc 7 investigation. foundenage boys were on the side ofd road. not know each other, lot iny did have a common. no one has ever been charged in incident. the families are wondering the two incidents are related. we take a look at the mystery. >> amoral marks the spot or sullivanound kevin unconscious one year ago. the 17-year-old brought weight to the drama club. his dd to get away from it. >> last november

police believe she is also the suspect who posed as a college student who had run out of gas in tysons corner, then carjacked at knifepoint the person who pulled over to help her. police say schwab also talked her way into a good samaritan's car on thanksgiving in catonsville. >> she asked for a ride, and our victim was nice enough to drive her down to the shopper's food store parking lot. when they reached that location, the suspect displayed a knife and ordered our victim to keep driving. >> detectives say the victim flagged down help, at which point schwab slashed her with a knife and ran out of the catonsville shopping center. police believe schwab may be hiding out in a baltimore-area hotel waiting for a chance to commandeer a car to get out of the city. investigators say if you do see schwab, you should assume that she is armed and contact police immediately. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. some tense momts for city firefighters called to investigate a strange odor. this was just before 10:00 p.m. on monday night. there was evidence of a meth lab. nobody was injured. a

the greenway quiet. 7 out of tysons. we show you 270 live. traffic moving very nicely in clarksburg. >>> we are following breaking news this morning coming out of dupont circle that is where the search continues for the cab driver behind a hit and run. this happened just after 1:00 a.m. this morning in the 1300 block of connecticut avenue. a cabdriver hit a man and drove off. the victim was taken to the hospital. we do not know his condition at this hour, but we will follow the investigation and bring your new details as they come into the newsroom. >>> we have new developments in the mystery in aruba. later today prosecutors hope to convince an appeals court to reverse the ruling that freeze gary giordano. he's been held for months. jay korff has more. >> the gates of the jail slid open tuesday night. a white suv pulled up to reporters. for a few moments, we could see gary giordano in the backseat. the 50-year-old spend 100 days behind bars, suspected in the disappearance and presumed death of his travel companion robyn gardner. for investig

my condolences to his family. >> mike tyson, thank you so much. former heavyweight champion, thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, brooke. >>> also, we've been talking a lot about tornadoes breaking news. a third tornado on the ground right now. let's go straight to jacqui jeras. where are we talking? >> we have two in texas right now and one in oklahoma. they are shorter lived tornadoes but they have been confirmed on the ground. we'll take you through it. there are the watch box areas. this is the area where the threat will be throughout the rest of the afternoon and the evening. this is the first one. this is in oklahoma. this was also reported in downtown valiant. we'll take you south of there and go towards nacadocious and here around the douglas area, a new warning has been extended to the east of there. that's shelby counties included in on this tornado warning and last but not least, north of the houston area, this is for humble, texas. a tornado has been spotted here. it's moving northeast around 40 miles per hour. so three areas that we

cain will speak in tyson corner this morning.tacy cohan is there now live with the latest. >> reporter: herman cain certainly brought his campaign here to prove that's a serious political candidate but all that he has been dealing with lately is with the sexual harassment claims and certainly that has followed him here to washington. he has been polling at the top of the heap of the republican presidential hopeful as this campaign has gained momentum. the the former godfather's ceo is planning a series of meetings here in our area. but the campaign has been filtering the fallout of the recently resurfaced sexual harassment charges and herman cain did have the opportunity to tell his version of the story. juror brought my hand, didn't touch her, up to my chin sand says you're the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin, my wife of 43 years. that was put in there as something that made her uncomfortable. we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement, maybe three months salary or something

the woman accused of a tyson corner carjacking struck again. police in baltimore county say november 24th he she pulled a knife on a stranger that had given her a ride. during a struggle, the victim covered minor cuts and she took off running. the next day investigators found the silver acura that was stolen in tysons corner during that carjacking. >>> getting the first glimpse of a man accused of carjacking and robbing older people at wheaton mall. detectives say the suspect has struck three times in the past week including yesterday afternoon. a 77-year-old man was forced into his car, told to drive to an atm after leaving a target store. police believe the same suspect robbed two men outside of a giant last week. >>> another big story we are following tonight, the neighborhood not used to seeing a lot of violent crime but over the weekend a man was shot and others shot and stabbed in an attack at dupont circle. beth parker is in the newsroom. >> reporter: this started as a birthday celebration but toward the end of the night it turned ugly.

lindsey is live at tysons corner in mclean with a look at small business saturday. hey, lindsey.. you know what? it's tomorrow. but when you go into the mall like this and it is just so crazy inside, you see so many people buying so much, you have to wonder if they've saved any of their money. tomorrow is supposed to be for local businesses, those mom and pop shops and they're running some very good deals. >> never heard of it, really. no, small business saturday. reporter: small business saturday, have you heard of it? >> no. reporter: tomorrow is small business saturday. >> i saw it in our local paper at home. reporter: small businesses need shoppers now more than ever, and to get people in, they have to offer something more. peartree cottage is right down the street from the mall. >> we have furnishings, accessories, a mix of antique, vintage and new. reporter: owner francis brayshaw says the goal here is to be different. >> i try really hard to find unique things that you can't find in malls that, you know, you'll be the only one with it. >> we're called the virginia star. re

inner loop leaving springfield tysons, normal. more delays expected between braddock and gallows road. 50 eastbound after the beltway near 704 in maryland, cleaning up an accident involving a boxed up that flipped over. war equipment to haul away the pieces. traffic getting by to the right. westbound is open out of bowie. >>> 41 degrees. >> coming up, behind bars again. lindsay lohan turning herself into a los angeles jail. >>> on the next "anderson," my mother gloria vanderbilt is back. i remember the night you told me my dad had died. >> i just wanted to hang in there. >> how to survive the loss of a loved one. >> what could i have done to prevent him from dying? >> next "anderson." captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> ♪ >> did you recognize that person? we are used to sing lady gaga in outlandish outfits. this was last night's at the mtv music awards. she was a big winner. best female act, assault as video, and best fan base. that's a place in belfast northern ireland. -- tathat took place in be

tyson is tweeting, shocked that the track team may be cut. maryland's track coach is slated to lead the u.s. team at the olympics next summer. >> obviously we had the roll- out with the uniforms and football and unfortunately the team isn't doing great. we took heat for that. it is an embarrassment because maryland wants to be a top tier athletics department. we're saying we haven't balanced our budget correctly and we have to start slicing sports. >> a final decision on the proposed cuts is expected before the end of the year. >>> a new study may make you question your idea of the typical heart attack victim. researchers in minnesota found 70% of recent heart attack victims didn't know they had coronary heart disease. 60% of those patients were women or younger men under 56 years old. the study says those groups rarely qualify as high risk so they don't usually get the preventive medicines like aspirin and statins which can reduce their risk. >>> a new study shows there's time for obese children to turn their health around. previous research

the car swiped in the carjacking in tyson corner. >> this individual could be dangerous.ther high profile violent crimes that were committed. >> schwab report edly left her manassas home when she was 12 years old. court records show she has had plenty of run ins with the police. >>> the so-called east coast rapist will be heading back to virginia. prince william county paul ebert petitioned to have him return to the commonwealth where he faces potential life sentence. this is aaron thomas and he is being held in kentucky where he pleaded -- connecticut where he pleaded guilty to a rape in 2007. dna evidence shows he's responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women from virginia to connecticut. >>> now to an update on the story we've been following out of fort diederich maryland. it's all about a chemical release when crews drilled a well at a well last week. according to the attorney there, the chemical was a substance known as pce. it's often used in dry cleaning and levels are non-hazardous. they stopped drilling and closed up after they smelled an order. >>> the f

. >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain coming to tysons corner later today. he is still dogged by sexual harassment charges from the late 1990s. for more on the claims, we turn to fox 5's stacy cohan who is live this morning in tysons corner. >> reporter: good morning. herman cain certainly arrived here in washington during a trouble spot in his campaign with charges swirling around him and the sexual harassment suit and what happened during that case that dates back to the mid-1990s. herman cain is perch ad top the heap in the polls just two months before the props begin choosing their presidential nominee. that is when news of the lawsuit broke. the woman apparently worked with cain at the national restaurant association and accepted a five-figure cash settlement to settle this claim. >> brought my hand, didn't touch her, up to my chin and said you are the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin. that was put in there as something that made her uncomfortable. we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement, maybe th

travel look good as you work your way across the people headed to tyson's. no trouble spots to report right new on 395 leaving duke street headed out towards the 14th street bridge. that is still an easy go for you guys. allow extra time out there on the roadways. we do have accident activity reported if you are travel along 97 northbound at route 100. now receiving word of a crash on the northbound side of the bw parkway near route 100. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> well, it is the great getaway this morning. >> and millions of people are heading out of town for the holiday weekend. fox 5's stacy cohan is live at reagan national. stacy, i'm starting to see a few people walking around back there. >> there are a few people that are here. i'll step out of the shot he you can get a better idea. there are a few. this is a busier than normal travel season. we do have the numbers from aaa and i can give them to you. it says aaa is reporting that there will be a 4% increase in folks traveling this year. that translates to over one million from t

tysons, inbound across the roosevelt bridge into the downtown area. remember, roads that normally carry one-way traffic during the rush hour are two-way this morning. that includes canal road, rock creek parkway and even the key bridge. be aware of that as well. we'll go over to college park. on the northside of town, outer loop, no real delays to report as you leave college park over to 95 and into silver spring. coming up in my next report, we'll go downtown at 6:25. jessica and mike? >> thanks, monika. >> interesting factoid i learned from producer dan. there are always hov restrictions on route 50 in maryland. 24 hours a day, all the time. we don't know why. >> going on right now. >> right now, 6:19, hov, only abide by the law. coming up next if sports, ready to tip off the college basketball season which i love! wait until you see also what one hokey did on the football field last night. >> right now, time for another check of our question of the morning. 80% of owl millionaires drive which one of these things? is it a, a used car. b, an suv or c

looking into fairfax county, there is tyson's corn krur. there's still autumn color in northwest washington. there's the palisades neighborhood in the distance, and now we are panning the camera towards downtown. a beautiful sun splashed autumn day under way. temperatures are declining. it's in the upper 50s in washington. it has climbed from 30 degrees to 60. and the rest of the afternoon, a beautiful sky and mild and a gentle winds and highs in the 60s throughout much of the region, and parts of virginia in the mid-70s. it won't last long, brief for an hour or two, and then chilly tonight. we will look at that and the big change for the end of the week and the weekend coming up. >>> traffic is moving after two vehicle crashes shut down the westbound lanes of new york avenue in northeast d.c. the crash happened near kendall street northeast during morning rush hour. ems crews rescued one person trapped inside a vehicle. the person was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. prince georges county police say a officer was no

no incidents to report coming across the american legion bridge as you travel between tyson and 270. at an easy ride on both the outer loop and inner loop. you will find yourself at speed south of i-07 headed past 109. no other issues have been reported ayou continue will you german up two and rockville. 395 still an easy commute in both the main line and hovs headed northbound. the beltway looks good between an and del and merrifield. here is a live shot of nix coming in from manassas and still at speed making your way past the virginia visitors center. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> d.c. police say a drunk man tried to jump into a moving taxi in dupont circle. we're just getting new video into the newsroom of the incident on connecticut avenue. it happened in the last hour. investigators tell us the man is in serious condition. the door of the taxi was apparently open but the driver pulled away. police don't know why. unclear in the cab driver left the scene. still trying to get details on what happened there. >>> virginia will be the first to try the suspected e

. >> a woman wanted for a carjacking at tysons corner now linked to a bank robbery.uthorities say she may have hit again today. >>> on the road to better health. the district is making it easier than ever before for people to get tested for hiv. >>> coming up in sports, the redskins reconsider a choice on the roster. the capitals still celebrating a win over the coyotes and, in hawaii, georgetown armors up against the silver swords when news [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. il, any luck finding a car? it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroug

be aware of that in tysons. in my next report, another look around the area at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. >>> welcome back. we are back at 6:29. the place you can always get your weather first is right here. here is a live look at the cap to. these shots have been spectacular all week. yet another beautiful one. it is about 39 degrees there right now. gorgeous morning start. >> thanks for starting with your wednesday with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace dressed like he's in the frozen tundra. >> compared to what we have been, it feels like the frozen tundra. yest

carl tyson is one of the very best. it is important to appreciate that this is not just a tribute to the best of the past, but we get to the present day, and the art of the reported column, these people who can hit any pitch, carl tyson is a great example. he is a humorous, writes about crime, politics, unflinching, and he is one of a very, very best writing today. ♪ also from miami. >> next call comes from west virginia. hello. go read. >> i. i am fascinated by the journalists of the date -- late 19th and early 20th-century. the five -- writing was so vibrant, and some of the reporting it, especially from the first world war is may be some of the greatest ever read. i read something incredible. it was a writer, i believe, an american writer who went to an austrian hospital before the u.s. into the war. some of the most moving writing that i've ever read about any wartime experience. i wonder if you mention any of those, and especially john reed. i remember one column, and i am not sure when he wrote this. speaking abou

we are reporting live at tysons corner. >>> coming up, cars stolen using toy trucks. see where the suspects' took the cars. >> we will tell you why michele bachmann is demanding an apology from nbc. >> a helicopter crash is trying to install a christmas tree. >> he got fired over a tweet. it happened to a man. >>> a pilot is lucky to be alive after an incredible helicopter crash. the helicopter snapped off and the chopper crashed to the ground. amazingly, he walked away and is doing fine. can you believe that? drivers in pennsylvania got into a sticky situation. the disabled more than 100 cars. some state police and made into vehicles had to be towed after getting stuck. workers used stand. the turnpike set up a phone number to help drivers filing insurance claims. >>> an employee at a local gymnasium was fired because of a tweet he sent out about a co- worker. natasha barite is in our newsroom. >> the tweeting got some attention. the man said he and not only got fired, but he says his boss said it was for insubordination and of violating a non compete clause for runn

they have periodic closure as long the play near tyson's but that roadwork is in the process of being cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a terror plot thwarted in the big apple. police say i map was planning to target soldiers returning from the war. jose pimentel was denied bail last night. investigators say he planned to blow up police stations and poafort offices. he has been under investigation for the past two years. -- investigators say he planned to blow up police stations and post offices. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf, motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan as well as inspired by al-qaeda propaganda. >> pimentel was arraigned last night. he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> prince george's countiy police are urging a suspected murderer to turn himself in days after being mistakenly set free on bond. investigators say frederick scott was one of three men who got into a fight at the surf club on kenilworth avenue back in march. one of the men was shot and killed. scott and another man we

frazier, mike tyson is in vegas. i'm looking down at your twitter feed. have you at all had a chance to pick up the phone and talk to them? >> no. no. i don't have frazier's number or anything. i'm just tweeting how i feel about this man. i'm a great fan of his as far as my list is concerned and it's how i felt this particular day. yes. >> you know, your boxing styles were often times compared. both of you had pretty devastating left hooks. what did you learn from watching joe frazier? >> well, i watched basically as a competitive fighter. as i was stating earlier, these guys are the quintessential fighting and those guys, they were the yardstick -- when you say joe frazier, you have to include mohammed ali. these guys you had to judge up to. they were phenomenal. and i don't mean to interrupt you, but to see him on a scale, you can't see how qualified or how much he weighed, these guys -- they had statistics and special gifts you couldn't see on the statistic scale. they were just really, really great fighters. >> so with their special gifts, though, i'm

this weekend the traffic pattern is changing near tysons corner. all inner loop lanes will be shifted onto a new bridge over route 123. this will also allow you to get onto the inner loop from the northbound lanes of chain bridge road. >>> metro is renaming a few stations. new york avenue, florida avenue, gallaudet u will change to noma gallaudet u. the name comes from the revitalization of the neighborhood north of massachusetts avenue. but some tourists and regular metro riders may be confused with that new name. and where those new stations, where they exactly are. the navy yard will add ballpark to its name. king street will add old town and waterfront will drop seu since southeastern university no longer exists. the new names go into effect in june. >>> expect large delays this weekend. five stations will close for track work. the stations will all close at 10:00 tonight and reopen monday morning. buses will replace trains between glenmont and fort totten. metro says allow a half hour to get where you're going. >>> all lanes of the inner loop

headed down to the american legion bridge and tysons corner.ing up, we'll go into virginia and back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. this morning, police in venezuela are now on the lookout, trying to find nationals catcher wilson ramos. >> authorities report ramos was kidnapped last night in front of his family's home. he was in his native country of venezuela playing winter ball. a spokeswoman for that winter league team says four men took the 24-year-old at gunpoint. kidnappings are not uncommon in venezuela and the motive is usually money. >>> police in riot gear had to move into the streets in state college, pennsylvania overnight where thousands of students protested last night's firing of football coach joe paterno. the board of trustees dismissed the 84-year-old paterno and the school's president, graham spanier, effective immediately over their handling of the child sex abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator of the football team, jerry sandusky. >> those who sacrifice their lives fighting for this country. now, an invest

stephanie schwab has robbed two banks and carjacked a woman shopper at tysons corner. the latest bank hold-up happened yet tfn at the bb & t -- yesterday afternoon at bb & t in springfield. >>> the eight presidential candidates hoping to win the nomination went head to head here in d.c. the debate focused on foreign policy. the candidates answered everything from how they would deal with iran and china to their positions on israel and the middle east. also it is war in afghanistan. >> this is not time for america to cut and run. we have been in for 10 years. we are winding down. the afghan troops are picking up the capacity to secure their country. >> we were told perfectly natural washington assumption that our killing bin laden in pakistan drove u.s.-pakistan relations to a new low to which my swore would be well, it should have. >> we haven't done a good job of defining what the end point will be in afghanistan. >> there are only six weeks until the first vote is cast in the 2012 republican presidential primary. >>> a georgetown student is one of three americans und

he will be coming here to the ritz carlton in tyson's. the former ceo of godfather's pizza plans to tell us that his is a busy campaign. the charges were filed against him in the mid-1990s when he was at the national restaurant association. although the woman accepted a five-figure payout, he says the case from the mid-1990s was completely false. >> we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement quite frankly. >> what would that be about? >> maybe three months salary or something like that. >> reporter: the woman that accepted that five-figure payout is now meeting with a lawyer. they are going to be in georgetown today because she would like to get out of the confidentiality agreement she was forced to sign as part of the settlement apparently in an effort to speak out as cain has been vehemently denying the sexual harassment charges. cain's event today here in the ritz carlton. he will be speaking with the northern virginia technology council and the consumer electronic association. he moves on to have a press co

. >>> with holiday shoppers already bustling, the tysons ii mall wound up the crime of a scene. >> a woman was carjacked at knife point. >> reporter: police say that the victim had just pulled into the parking lot outside neiman marcus when she was approached by a young woman who said she ran out of gas and needed help. as the good samaritan was driving the woman to a gas station, she pulled a knife on her, forced her out of her car and took off. >> while the victim was not injured, she certainly extremely was extremely upset and distraught. she was trying to do the right thing for somebody who needed help. >> the suspect is a female, 5'5", blue eyes and brown hair. at the time of the carjacking, she was wearing a black hoody and light colored sweat pants. >> the young woman was non- descript. there was nothing unusual about her, no accent. she looked like anyone else, didn't appear to have any problems or issues. was very calm. >> reporter: the carjacker forced the woman out her vehicle. she is now driving the silver four car acura with xek-8095 virginia license number. >> this is a