advisory's at this this first one takes us to fairfax. 49 degrees, down from 57 for a high. gh temperature today made it up to 58 african national. 43 in frederick. baltimore at 49. warmer air out there. detroit is looking at 61. these are temperatures during the 11:00 hour. the colder air, it is definitely there. fargo at 10 degrees. the reason i am showing you this, this cold air is going to modify just a little bit. a big shopping day on friday. we are talking about highs in the mid-40's. from california to colorado. closer to home we go. a few clouds pushing in from the north and west. a cold front from the north and west of us will make its way to our area late on tuesday. ahead of the cold front, and daytime highs above average for this time of year. once the system moves on through, that is the first shot of cooler air. the cooler air will stick around for several days. look for some areas to drop down to just about half a mile. the fog will dissipate by 9:00 in the morning. winds will be out of the south at 10-15. the cold front arrives late on tuesday. a chance for s

log on to join us in the conversation. >>> and fairfax county do not expect to see any f's in west potomac high school. they are doing away with the failing grade and they will get an "i" for incomplete. now the principal said students are encouraged to keep on working. do you think that dropping the f grade coddles students who aren't doing right or do you think this will end up being motivating for people struggling. share your thoughts in mcginty's mail bag at mag bag at -- mail bag. >>> so it's going to be a wet night. >> temperatures in the 50s, but add rain to the mix and it's cooler than that. let's start with current teams with temperatures in the low to mid-50s. depending on where you are. a couple of areas in the 40s. but primarily 50s. 55 in fairfax, 50 in reston. 51 in sterling. still 54 out in leesberg. but 52 in rockville, bethesda, college park and 51 in beltsville. and there is the one 49 up in laurel and columbia. cooler off to the north and east. so the redskin forecast then, temperatures in the 50s. 7:00 drive but by 9:00 we'll see showers. and by 11:00 we'll see rain an

a search of his home linked him to the fairfax county crimes. >> we recovered evidence from inside the homes that directed us to at least one home. police knocked on the doors, asked residents if this property belonged to them and that's how the connection was made. >> thank goodness for montgomery county police! >> reporter: residents say the crime spree has had them on edge for months. >> you never know when a car pulls up if it's going to be someone that's invited to your house or someone that's scoping it out. >> reporter: lisa cabler is hoping her neighbors stay alert. >> they're now suggesting maybe he didn't work alone. so i don't think that it's time to just get too relaxed. you still have to kind of be vigilant. >> reporter: police say in many cases the victims left their homes or their cars unlocked. they're urging people to lock up and call them if you see something suspicious. it won't be edmonds, though. he's being held on $450,000 bond. all the charges so far are in montgomery county. fairfax county police say they expect to add dozens to that list very soon. >>> metro police are investigating

. >>> parents are so in the fairfax county school board over its decision to close clewiston elementary school. mike conneen joins us outside the fairfax county courthouse. -- clewiston elementary. >> parents are angry about the closure and are not willing to wait until the school board election in 2011 to show their frustration. they filed a lawsuit at the fairfax county circuit court hoping to challenge the school board decision. >> it is too important. >> the parents believe the fairfax county school board violated virginia law. they claim the board members made the decision to close it too quickly and the reasons keep changing. >> i am not naive to believe there was not another agenda to close it. >> parents have taken their case to the internet and local newspaper editorials in a media campaign. >> one thing that brings this large community together. >> the board voted to close the school in july. board members decided renovation costs, increasing enrollment projections, safety concerns, and water quality. parents say those issues are exaggerated or solvable. >> we brought the fax to the school board. -- facts.

and then using the brakes again around 70, 100 the fairfax county parkway fog to contend with. staying in virginia, pushing it over to 66 that trip making it eastbound right here looks like that construction inside the beltway is clear. what we're dealing with is volume between route 50 and 123. >>> back to the graphics, want to let you know 95 and 270 you're okay on the outer loop, only ten minutes. 95 southbound no problems on the way toward the beltway. d.c. 295, seven minutes toward the 11th street bridge. still ahead in your next traffic report at 6:12 a check on the dulles toll road eastbound. >>> thank you, angie. we get to stories happening today. d.c. mayor elect vincent gray will be talking money today. he is delivering a state of the budget and finances address doing that at the wilson building this morning. >>> winter on both sides of the potomac. maryland state highway administration and vdot both testing plows and salt trucks today as well as going over some of the less sons learned from the blizzards last february. >>> vice president joe biden well comes wounded

fairfax county tells me he hopes to file charges in this case very soon. he says it appears the motive in this investigation is personal gain, but it's unclear what exactly he used on all that money. reporting live from fairfax, darcy spencer news4. back to you. >> thank y, darcy. >>> the jury still has not reached a verdict in the trial of the man accused of killing chandra levy. his name is ingmar guandique. he is the man accused of killing levy back in 2001. the jury has been deliberating more than 15 hours since wednesday. today the jurors sent a note to the judge. they asked for the legal definition of assault. the judge gave them an explanation and the deliberations resumed, proving that there was an assault in the case is an important element of the felony murder charge that guandique is facing. >>> an assistant chief has been suended from the d.c. police department. diane groomes was put on administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted into cheating allegations. a statement from the police said she is accused of helping members of the command staff take a test for a training course. the entire class will have to take a new test now. t

to news4 at 5:00. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. it's a busy day here. first investigators tell us they've arrested a ma tied to more than 100 burglaries across fairfax, princeounty. darcy spencer is live for us with the details of the take-down. darcy? >> reporter: this serial burglar has been prolific, elusive and tonight he is bend bars. and police are crediting the quick actions, the alertness of a regular citizen in the neighborhood with calling police and rporting a sspicious vehicle. and that helped them to narrow in on their suspect. here he is. 34-year-old brad edmonds. he lives in oxon hill and prince orge's county. police say he is a suspect in more than 100 crime in this region. police have had hill under surveillance in recent days. after that woman report his r

us the baby is alive. that discovery was made in springfield right off fairfax county parkway and close to the catholic church. derrick ward joins us live now from sprgfield with the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: this is the scene and parishioners coming this this church this morning were greeted by crime scene tape. at 6:45 someone apparently dropped off a baby girl in the parking lot. now the child was in what they describe as a gymag with towels and it was a newborn baby. we are told the umbilical cord was still attached. it was a baby girl no way to tell the ethnicity at this point. we're just told a dark haired baby girl. now the child was taken to fafax hospital. the condition isnknown but we are told as well the child was crying when discovered. there arsafe haven laws in virginia and other area jurisdictions that allow the parents of a child to drop the baby off within the first 14 ys of life an police and fire station and there would be no criminal prosecution provided that reasonable measures were taken to ensure the fety of the child. though it's not clear whether the discovery or whether t

fairfax police is for the health of the mother. they say she likely carried the baby to full term and gave birth alone without any medical attention. fairfax county police tell us that the baby is in good condition at fairfax hospital. officers say she was just hours old when a man arriving here heard her crying. she was in a bag wrapped in a blanket or towel. he called 911. it is of hispanic descent likely born between midnight and 6:00 a.m. sunday. officers are not talking about criminal charges. they want to make sure the mother is ok. if you know anyone who was pregnant, is now not pregnant and you see no sign of a baby or you have any information on this, you are asked to call police because they just want to make sure the mother is doing ok. >> prince george's county executive jack johnson expected back at work today three days after being arrested. johnson was arrested friday following an f.b.i. probe. he is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers. his wife leslie johnson was also arrested. jack johnson has they weeks left on the job before rushern baker succeeds him. >> hopefully he will keep the last three weeks doi

to prepare. >> this orthopedic trauma surgeon use screws to repair her shattered wrist and crushed pelvis. for x-rays tell the story of injuries on the rise. in the past few years, fairfax hospital has seen a 25% increase in traumas' from bike accidents, more injuries as more city lanes have bike lanes. >> the car just pulled right in front of me. >> this street cop showdown is destined for a draw. the bikes and cars are here to stay. >> we have to coexist. that starts with both of us agreeing to follow the rules. >> the washington area bicyclist association and ddot have put together a rules for the road for bicycling for drivers and bikers reading through. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >>> still ahead, tonight's top headlines, plus steve rudin has the fore this is your captain speaking. we are 14th in line for takeoff. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! ♪ [ child ] the train is now arriving. [ male announcer ] the train has arrived indeed. take 10 trips, earn 10,000 amtrak guest rewards

fairfax county church parking lot. thanks for joining us. i'm will thomas. >> and i'm maureen umeh. a parishioner made the discovery early this morning and called 911. the baby is said to be in good condition at a fairfax hospital. tonight police are looking for her mother. >> our main priority now is we need to find this mother. it's obvious that the baby was not delivered in a hospital. therefore, she possibly delivered this baby on her own and we're very concerned for her safety and her well being. i would say divine intervention, the holy spirit told that parishioner to stop and look in that bag and the parishioner found a crying baby. >> the newborn is expected to be hospitalized for the next week or so and then she'll be placed in foster care. >>> the news edge on maryland now where prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to head back to work tomorrow, just 48 hours after his arrest by federal agents. right now he's charged with felony witness and evidence tampering in an ongoing federal corruption investigation. tonight incoming executive rushern baker is not commenting on his predecessor, but baker's team says they're not concerned about the t

us. >>> well it's not just people who want to be home for the holidays. our four legged friends have that dream too. joining us this morning, karen diffiny, director of the animal shelter for the fairfaxounty area. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> and also answering some of our questions is veterinarian laurel marley from the deep wood veterinary clinic in centerville, virginia. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> okay, who do i have here. let's start right now. >> this is noel. that is the name we gave her. she was a little stray dog that came to our animal shelter and not redeemed by an owner so she's available for adoption. >> i'm trying to get her to love me. her heart is beating fast. >> she's very interested in what is going on. >> she's adorable. and in your lap, who do you have? >> i have this cat jabba. you can see one of our larger kitties. very gentle and looking for a new home. also came to us as a stray. and again, no one has claimed him. so he's here and ready, looking for a forever home. >> he has lost some weight, believe it or not. >> so he's almost -- well he's still a jabba for now. and i want to get that out of the way in case we couldn't keep noel on

to return soon. >>> a fairfax county school is making headlines for changing its policies on cheating. beth parker explains. >> reporter: a zero. that is the grade you usedou were caught cheating on a test at west potomac high school. >> i think if you got caught cheating, that is your fault. you shouldn't have done that. you shouldn't get a second chance. >> reporter: but a policy instituted this year at the fairfax county school told teachers to give students caught cheating a chance to recomplete that work. >> everyone deserve as a chance. >> that is morally corrupt to promote heating with no repercussions. i teach infants and toddlers and a big principle behind learning there and anywhere is natural consequences. >> reporter: principal cliff hardison reverted back to a different policy that teachers to decide if they wanted the student to redo the works. parents created a facebook page called real world, real grades. >> they've got two or three more days to study. they can talk to other students about what was on the test and they may have even had a chance to scan the test while -- before they got caught cheating. >> reporter: parents are also frust

and we're going to have fog and patchy drizzle with us the next several hours. mid-40s in montgomery and fairfax county. arlington is near 50. it's in the upper 40s in prince george's county. southern maryland, chesapeake bay, temperatures in the 40s. patchy dense fog there. faher to the west, chillier. panhandle of west virginia. temperatures there are in the mid and upper 30s. above freezing. the's fog. winchester, ro visibility. and closer to washington, minimum visibility is in the suburbs and right around a half a mile. it's dipped down to a quarter mile. visibility is okay. three quarter mile visibility there. in the upper 30s. eastern shore, tidewater, near 40 degrees. the view from space the last 12 hours showing a few light clouds. giving a few showers in the upper midwest. thos may move in here tomorrow. right now, though, with the cloud cover in place, a little patchy drizzle and cloud skies, patchy fog through perhaps 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. in the 40s to near 50. by noon time, sun breaking out, upper 50s. low 60s this afternoon, partlily sun y. wel have that just past full moon t

fairfax county. my officers went and handled it well, and we developed the suspect as a result of that call in to us. >> reporter: all right, tonight, edmonds sits in a month dorm -- montgomery county jail. the bond is set at $425,000 faces more than a dozen felonies, and several from a stolen gun. members of a special task force put together in fairfax county plan to come forward with their own charges soon. >> it sounds like police are saying the crimes were very similar no matter the location. is that right? >> and we have been covering these for months now. the same m.o. he went up to the homes, there was an open door and that is how he was able to gape access in maryland. he walked in overnight and simply got through an open door. >> all right, matt ackland, thank you. >> uh-huh. >>> and we're following a developing story affecting commuters. the police are investigating a deadly accident and this is on that outer loop of the beltway which is the dulles toll road. the officers say that one man was killed in the accident and this is the scene right now. you can see the traffic is backed up for mi

us. >> reporter: finally, parents say they were caught off guard when there is an alternative ap course to honor's courses. >> people move to fairfax county for a school. i did. i school shopped as a teacher for the best education for my kids. i regret that, look at what they trying to put in place. >> reporter: as a principal, the incomplete grades can not spill over into summer school and promises that everyone will have an actual grade by the end of the year. the school system did not want to talk to fox 5 on camera and a spokesmanned told us, quote, there is no story here. the school board member who represents the mt. vernon district is out of town and did talk to us by phone. he said that the grades should always be handed out in a timely manner and that cheating should be handled on a case-by- case bases and that there should be consequences, brian? >> beth. >>> people getting tested with a hope of saving a life. earlier, a bone marrow drive was held at the college university college of medicine. the drive held in the memory of shannon tavares who starred in the lion king. her mother is a howard university alum saying bone m

to speed. using left lane, drivers backed up before briggs cheney. live look from sky 9 over virginia, 66 eastbound at 234. crash activity pushed to the left shoulder. drivers slow from fairfaxe beltway brakes from sycamore to gleeb. biggest delays this morning. >>> harry potter fans, tonight is the night. >> you have about 17 hours until harry potter and deathly howells part one opens. second to last chapter in harry potter series. a lot of theaters have showings at a minute past midnight. >> here are the theaters. visions it d.c. metro mix for details. >>> two hours until gm ipo hits the street and looking higher. >> early show has more on lisa murkowski's write in wind a keith urban performing his new single live. >>> next news cast at noo

fairfax staff. as we head into the holidays, it is important to give back. visit usteer fairfax.org. >> good morning, washington. >> it is a foggy morning. give yourself extra time. the metro area and points south are included in the dense fog advisory if until 11:00 a.m. this will last a while. all the way through the morning. by midday and after lunch, we will see some sunshine. visibilities under a mile in many locations from winchester to culpeper and manassas. 1.5 in gaithersburg. half mile visibility in manassas. that's true 10:00 or 11. sunshine, mid 60's. we are near 50 degrees for an unseasonable starts. increasing clouds tomorrow, the , mid to upper 60's tomorrow, another mile day. a lot of sunshine on wednesday, cooler. some rain possibly late on thanksgiving and lingering into friday. >>> moving around the beltway, traffic on the interstates looks pretty decent. getting a quick glimpse, traffic in virginia, moving at speed at edsall road near the pentagon. the next geico camera reveals, no problems in maryland along the beltway at 270. back to you. >> tha

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to the ainova fairfax hospital for the holiday season. >>> police are staying vigilant. >> they are looking for two men wanted for suspicious activity. kristin fisher is live to tell us how the men got the police ' attention. >> we have pictures of how these men got police's attention. before i show you it i want to point out they are not accused of any crime or any wrongdoing. right now metro simply wants to know who they are and what they were doing. you can understand why. keep in mind, this comes at a time of increased terrorist activity around the world and less than a month after a northern virginia man was arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb four metro stations in arlington. with that said, let's look at these pictures. here it is. this is a shot of the two men that metro employees are on the lookout for. it was taken by a metro rider who saw them acting "suspiciously. " according to an internal memo, metro says -- last night's metro's chairman of the board said as of now there is no indication of any specific threat. he says metro is circulating the pictures to be cautious. he also points out this was never intended to be released publicly. it was only in

us to the prince georges county area. route 4, branch avenue. crane highway. no significant days to report at this time. just more drivers hitting the road. 15 minutes and growing on 66 from fairfax parkway to the beltway. toll roads, you're doing just fine. d.c., 295, no report towards the 11th street bridge. in your next traffic report, 6:12, live look at conditions. >>> in the top of the hour, 6:01. we get to some of the stories happening today. the murder trial of guandique, he's charged in the murder of chandra levy. >>> the long-awaited ground breaking ceremony, at the site of the d.c. convention center, will be turned into a four-star hotel. it's a $520 million project. >>> miracle on the hudson pilot captain sully sullenberger returns to washington. >>> we're getting a closer look at a plan to renovate the national mall. >> kristin fisher joins us from the mall to show us what's included in the extensive plan and a pretty big price tag. >> this is a major, multimillion dollar project that will likely be taking place over the next several years. now the bad news is of course, that in the short-term, this means it would likely foreclose traffic in the area around the nation

us she's of hispanic descent. if you know anything about the mother you are asked to call poli police. fairfaxficers say they are not talking about any criminal charges at this point. we are live in springfield, courtney runs, abc 7 news. >> thank you, courtney. it is 5:15 and nato says the death toll from an insurgent attack in eastern afghanistan has risen to five. officials have not released information about the attack or the nationalities of the service members who were killed. >> the government is urging people to be vigilant during this holiday season. the homeland security department will kick to off the "if you se something say something" campaign today at reagan national airport to protect against terror threats during the busiest travel tim of the year. >> philadelphia now has a new national museum of american jewish history. during yesterday's opening vice president joe bidden spoke about the -- biden spoke about the accomplishments of jewish americans. >> albert einstein. barbra streisand whose voice sold more records than any other woman in history. sandsy koufax willie stargell

fairfax county west potomac high. they're upset with a new policy. it allows those caught cheating to retake the test. >> there is a majority of us with good honest character and i think it's unfair. >> it's good for the students but it's not overall good sending a message you can cheat and get away with it. >> the new policy was announced by the principal. he says cheating should result in a disciplinary consequence secondary from an academic one with the goal of getting all students to learn the material. >>> let's turn to the scene of a building fire where crews are working the scene. gary, you have some of the latest story for us. what do you know? >> reporter: the christ universal church, a two story building. this call came in 50 minutes ago when dc fire and ems got here. they effected some rescues immediately. one person saved from a roof. another from a window. dc fire and ems went in and found a victim unconscious on the floor. brought three people to safety outside. all three are suffering from smoke inhalation. the fire itself essentially knocked down but no doubt the fast work of dc fire and ems saved at least three people tonight. no one kille

us. in the overnight forecast, one or two clouds are out there. it's chilly, cool, not quite as cold. the upper 30s into the lower to mid-40s. the coldest spots in montgomery county, fairfaxounty, in the upper 30s, working their way into the 40s there in the middle of washington. we'll take you to the forecast tomorrow morning, we'll slowly start to rise through the 40s as we're not climbing cold. then in the afternoon, a few clouds here and there. but we're still around 60 degrees, considering 58,59 the average high of this year. we'll take that depending on where you are. still a mild day before it all comes to an end. even in the zone forecast, blue ridge, a few degrees cooler in the 60s. 66 here in washington over towards the upper 50s to around 60 maybe here and there. big day tomorrow. when the cool starts, quickly up to 58 by noon hour and 5:00 we're up to 55. and of course, fedex field, we're hoping to hold the rain off and we will hold the rain off for monday night football. but there you see it all through tuesday into the early part of wednesday. secondary storm systems on thursday, really bringing some chilly air into friday. at least the sunshine is returning

to bring us any rain. another dry day today. we're 41 downtown. 36 in prince george's county. 31 out in fairfax. 30 degrees in leesburg. 30 in winchester. upper 20s to low 30s across upper montgomery county as well. plenty of cold air out there first thing on a sund morning. those rain showers way out to our west will stay west of us for today and through much of tomorrow as well. i think our rain trances here don't start to sneak up again until we get into the late hours of monday night. hopefully we can keep the rain away from the redskins game. >>hank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >>> we're following two developing stories this morning. first in virginia firefighters are investiting a two-alarm fire at a stripall in vienna. this fire broke out at the vienna plaza shopping center on maple avenue west early this morning. the cause of the blaze is still unknown and no injuries were reported. and in maryland a man is seriously hurt aer a shooting at an apament complex. this happened this morning in the 400 block of muddy branch road in gaithersburg. lice suspect the man was trying to break into one of the apartments when the tenant sho

to the crew in sky fox helping us out. they are taking a peek at 66 inside of the beltway. that is where we have the crash at fairfax blocking the left lane. look up there at the top right side of that is where we have the accident activity. traffic squeezing by to the right. only the right lane able to get through as you guys travel inside of the beltway on 66 this morning. if you are on the inner loop of the beltway, you are slowing out of oxon hill headed across the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, a murder investigation into the district. calls came in to 911 about 3:00 this morning about shots being fired near fort circle park. officers found a man lying face down and not breathing. no word on his identity. police are looking if a grayish colored vehicle, probably a chevy tahoe. >>> after two days of meeting in south korea, president obama says he is confident countries can work together to create growth. >> we committed ourselves to growth that is balanced and sustained including financial reform and fiscal responsibility. >> the president is now in japan. this

us from fairfax with more on the arrest. >> police are saying it was a phone call from a single residence in fairfax county that led to this arrest. she call police, repting a suspicious vehicle and it turned out to be the vehicle belonging to the serial burglar. policeay this man, 34-year-old edmos is the elusive serial burglar responsible for some 100 crime in fairfax, prince william and mogomery counties since august. he was finally nabbed this week during a surveillance praying in potomac, maryland. >> those four hours that he was in theneighborod, he committed a residential burglary here. attempted another burglary and broke into several vehicles. detectives gathered enough evidence and made the arrest. >> reporter: they identified him as a suspect earlier this month after a residentreported his olds mobile car in her neighborhood. he was pulled over and given a traffic warning. during a search of his car, police found handwritten addrses in areas where burglaries had occurred. police started following his movements. >> i think it is a person that's very brazen. he was parking, we believe, in areas and walking on foot

us the conditions to form the line of thunderstorms. this is the picture of the storms last night, not what's happening right now. there is the line of storms that developed. the squall line caused damage from fairfax baltimore. it goes out all little and forms an "s" pattern and dad can cause a brief tornado. their dispatching a storm survey crew to baltimore later on today to assess the damage and to determine whether there actually was a tornado. germantown, gaithersburg, north of albany -- olney, a few light sprinkles still. the wind sustained at 10 miles an hour or 14 miles an hour at reagan national. still ahead of the southwest locally. beginning to shift. a westerly wind will prevail today. it will be gustiest. from's a wind advisory 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. with gusts up to 30-50 miles an hour. mid 50's currently for the temperatures. mid 60's drives. mostly sunny through the weekend with highs in the 50s. >>> there's an accident that happened yesterday afternoon. we will go live to the toll road eastbound, coming out of reston. this is a short to back up just developing. two lanes to the left getting by. clean up to the repairs of the dual mode overpass -- beulah road overpass. let's g

southern california, fairfax, berkeley and oakland can continue to write these tickets until july of next year. oakland police issued more than 3900 citations last year. but they couldn't tell us how much revenue they will lose. alameda county maintains it won't issue more local tickets to make up for its looming $2 million shortfall which starts in july. deputies say the county might receive a portion of state ticket revenue but they aren't counting on it. in alameda county, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two men tried today to beat their own record at climbing yosemite park's favored el capitan. this is video -- oh, my gosh -- look at that. death-defying stunts by dean potter who along with shawn leery set the new records of 2:36:45 earlier this month. the first successful climb up there took 47 days. that was back in 1958. the word from the park is potter and leery made it to the top safely today but they missed setting a record by by 20 minutes. those pictures are incredible. >>> coming up next at 6:00, the confrontation over security measures at a california airport, what set off the passenger. >>> coming up at 6:00, dramatic testimony today in the preliminary h

fairfax county well-liked harder time filling a course. officials have changed their grading system. instead of getting an f, students will get an i which stands for incomplete. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think about the idea of replacing the "f" with an "i" for incomplete on student report cards? you can e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again, that is watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a special ceremony is expected to take place at the white house today. somebody will receive the medal of honor. it has stopped been given to a living person who has served in a war since the vietnam. a specialist saved three american paratroopers during an ambush in afghanistan three years ago. he is now based in italy. >> many experiencing the new tsa regulations say they hit to close to home. >> kate amara has the latest on this morning. good morning. >> these full body scanners have been at bwi for some time. but now the government is trying to address a growing concern that these scanners are too invasive. the tsa is taking heat over a new security screening measures. >> and now we are deploying them across the united states as the next gener

fairfax county and then we're gone and skies clear. so your morning commute will be dry, it will be windy so keep that in mind. use your judgment hanging on to the wind. if you're going out, hagerstown and cumberland, out 68, you're driving a van or a high profile vehicle, two hands on the wheel. rain to showers and then the showers end by midnight. windy and mild, lows in the low 50s. winds southwest at 15-25 and gusty. now tomorrow morning partly cloudy and windy. grab a light coat. but winds up to 30 mile-per- hour and by afternoon, partly cloudy and windy and still nice, despite the wind. highs between 60 and 65. winds westerly at 15-25 and gusty. for the next three days then, we're looking at winds tomorrow, 62. breezy on thursday and 58. and getting cooler on friday. we're back in the mid-50s. next seven days. saturday spectacular and 60 great for the terps. it will be colder again on sunday. we've dropped temperatures on sunday. still sunny but only in the mid- 60s. 60 on monday and by tuesday temperatures again in the 60s. it is tuesday. this just grabbed me. it's kind of nice and a reminder that it's slippery with the leaves on the

us about the forecast. >>> look at the sky change. >> nice. >> sunlight earlier since we went to standard time. our sunrise is now 45 minutes away. and temperatures are chilly. we're just near 40 now in arlington, fairfax, montgomery and princeeorge's county. mid and upper 40s. mid and upper 40s near the chesapeake bay and eastern shore. farther to our west dipped into the upper 30s in north central, panhandle of west virgin virginia. we have temperatures in the 20s and thirs und high pressure stretching from eastern canada to the gulf coast. bringing us plenty of sunshine. highs should reach low 60s by early to midafternoon. sunset 4:59. a look at thursday, friday, saturday at 6:11. how is the traffic now, jerry? >> tom, generally doing well, 395 to the beltway on up. doing okay. had an accident outbound side of the 14th street bridge. authorities putting the wraps on that. we have a few flashing lights. else wrshgs rush hour picking up a little volume over the american legion bridge. accident at university boulevard, merrimack inside the beltway. authorities dealing with a serious tractor trler accident i-95 southbound near lady smith. detours in place. northbound the lanes are open. out to therails.

family told us after our reports, someone returned thr dog this morning but they didn say who it was. >>> a fairfax county high school is isn't giving out failing grades anymore. acrding to post," west potomac high school will hand out "is" for incompletes instead of giving students "fs" on their report cards. students then get a chance to improve their grades. if you don't complete the work over certain amount of time, they'll be considered to have be failures. some critics say this gives students less motivation to succeed the first time around and the school's principal says it's a plan to he struggling students. >>> well, sarah palin started a new venture that gives a public glimpse of her life at home. her new series is "sarah palin's alaska." producers call it a family adventure and it comes as her name is being floated around for the 2012 presidentl race. nbc's nora o'doell has the inside story. >> reporter: in the first episode, she's the ultimate frontiers woman. >> it was amazing to watch. brown bear, really, protecting her cubs. >> reporter: fishing for salmon. >> so who's going to catch the first fish? >> reporter: even scaling dangerous glaciers. >> you've a

to students? tracy edwards from american educators joins us tonight. thank you for being here. we invited a representative from west potomac high school but they refused. mr. bailey, you are familiar with the fairfax school district. what sort of message do you think these policies send to students? >> i think that's one of the most utter things is when you of talk to parents -- unfortunate things is when you talk to parents, of course, they're upset but there are statements from students where they say this is absurd. i think there's an unintended message here that says for students that work hard and study hard and play by the rules that, that effort doesn't matter as much because somebody else over here will be able to kind of sneak in and how often will they be caught cheating if they feel they can attempt this and not have the consequence of an f and that's a wrong message. >> it is very interesting to hear the response of the students and parents. outraged parents created this facebook page called real world real grade. the first response is from a student. dan evans writes i am a concerned student. it seems to me the principal is trying to make west potomac school look better to boost score

veteran, colonel juskalian volunteered to help mentor and educate youth throughout the fairfax county, virginia, school district. in closing, madam speaker, let us now pay tribute to colonel juskalian's outstanding service and legacy to our country and to his community through the passage of h.r. 6392. and designate the centerville, virginia, postal facility on westfield boulevard in his honor, a true american hero. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 6392 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i introduced this legislation to commemorate the life of my constituent, the late army kohl yell george juskalian, by dedicating the post office in centreville, virginia, as the colonel george juskalian post office building. he passed away this past july 4 at the age of 96 having served our nation

host: marcus joins us on the democrat line from silver spring, arkansas. hello? we will go to jim in fairfax, virginia. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i've got one question and one comment, please. that question is as a strong supporter of israel congress would not condone any illegal settlements in any other country except israel. why does congress condone settlements, illegal settlements in occupied territory? not only congress but the press also? and the one comment, to the republican strategist, sir, when boehner is asked will he compromise, i suggest that he says i will cooperate with the president when it enhances the american people. i will not cooperate with the president if it -- what is the word i'm looking for -- if it enhances the liberal agenda. that is all he has to say and the american people would be behind him. guest: the first part of the question about israel, it is obvious that for a very long time israel is such a strong ally of the united states and has active constituencies within congressional districts and all 50 states. so, it is an issue that many americ

host: marcus joins us on the democrat line from silver spring, arkansas. hello? we will go to jim in fairfaxnia. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i've got one question and one comment, please. that question is as a strong supporter of israel congress would not condone any illegal settments in any other country except israel. why does congress condone settlements, illegal settlements in occupied territory? not only congress but the press also? and the one comment, to the republican strategist, sir, when boehner is asked wl he compromise, i suggest that he says i will cooperate with the president when it enhances the american people. i will not cooperate with the president if it -- what is the word i'm looking for -- if it enhances the liberal agenda. that is all he has to say and the american people would be behind him. guest: the first part of the question about israel, it is obvious that for a very long time israel is such a strong ally of the united states and has active constituencies within congressional districts and all 50 states. so, it is an issue that many americans -- i'm