he was banned from going back to his home in wheaton woods for the three years he will serve probationhe defendant did commit predators rei acts -- predatory acts against his neighbors and he can live somewhere but he just cannot live among the people whom evict ms.ed for so long -- victimized for so long. >> he slashed more than 200 tires. he was caught in 2010. >>> engineers finished the critical inspection of the washington monument, the very top. they are rappelling down the outside and removing stone and mortar loosened by last month's earthquake. >> most of the movement as we know that resulted from the earthquake quake is at the top. that examination is finished. now that they are moving lower, it's expected that the pace will pick up. >> reporter: the inspection team plans to work through the weekend. they expect to wrap up by tuesday. as for when the monument could reopen to the public, the national park service says it's too early to say. >>> if you like your food served from the side of the truck, this is the place to be. the food truck festival held across from the navy yar

stephen armstrong conducted a personal campaign of hate and intimidation against latinos in his wheaton neighborhood by targeting vehicles for nearly 100 mysterious late night tire slashings over two years. luis was so intimidated he installed a security system. >> i was afraid for my life. >> reporter: elizabeth lived in fear, didn't sleep and sobbed in court. >> it bothered me and all my neighbors. >> reporter: no one suspected it was the man who lived next door with his mother, the nice house with the pink trim who was behind it all until he was caught red handed july of 2010. and now it's unlikely armstrong will ever return here. he was banned by judge robert greenberg from coming home during the three years of probation that he will serve after getting out of prison. armstrong was sentenced to a year behind bars. george simms was the prosecutor on the case. >> the defendant did commit predatory acts against his neighbors and he is -- he can live somewhere but he cannot live among the people whom he victimized for so long. >> reporter: armstrong's neighbors are relieved. >> it's a b

it it was a rescue, not a recovery. >> yep. >> justin wheaton, again, wonderful job. thank you so much for calling in. i really appreciate it it. just to update you here on joshua, he was airlifted to loma linda medical center to just make sure he was okay. he appears to be in good condition. but we can't tell you the story about joshua without talking about his parents here. joshua had been removed from his parents' custody about three weeks ago after someone saw him tied to a pole. as the family was packing to move. he was living with a teacher after that. and after his release from the hospital, he was turned over to child protective services, reportedly there is a custody hearing tomorrow. >>> also this today -- new details we're getting on this flight that was evacuated in washington just a short time ago. the united airlines flight was headed from dulless to xpraengs when an engine problem forced the pilot to stop the plane on the tarmac after it just left the gate. we have also learned that supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was on that plane. her staff

off to the north, 57 degrees over wheaton and ashton right now.orecast, look at that beautiful sky as the sun gets ready to come up. it's at 7:03. you can see a little pink and blue all mixed together. great looking sky. sunshine for early part of today, 66. the high 74. breezy. showers for tomorrow. we'll talk about that coming up in just a couple of minutes. danella? >> good morning. on the roadways, we are definitely starting to slow down. a lot of brake lights. travel time right now, traveling on the outer loop from 95 to 270 will take you 16 minutes. average speed is 35 miles per hour. taking the inner loop, this is the few from robinson terminal. traveling on the inner loop right now, you're slowing down as well. heading from the i-95 interchange all the way to the dulles toll road, your travel speed is 49 miles per hour. it will take you about 15 minutes to make that trip. look at these brake lights. on 395 north at duke street. hov not looking so bad. clear right now. you can see these main lanes are definitely slowing down. i'm back in te

. >> reporter: rescuer justin wheaton walked joshua to a clearing a quarter mile away.d "thank you, you saved me." he doesn't talk a whole lot. >> and that he knew what to say. >> we are just so thankful and grateful for all the heroes here behind us. the san bernardino county sheriffs. all the search-and-rescue teams showed up. >> reporter: a sheriff's helicopter flew the boy to loma linda medical center where he is being treated, suffering from dehydration but otherwise is okay. >> for a little boy with autism it was, i'm sure, extremely hard for him. if he said, "thank you, you saved me," i am almost sure, you got the right boy? okay. great. >> rob mcmillan, abc news, twin peaks. >> they knew he wouldn't respond to loud noises. rescuers played tapes of his father's voice. >> very cool. they played that. played favorite country and heavy metal music as well. don't know if it helped or not. some familiar songs hopefully drew the boy. >> such a great ending to the story. >> some stories do get a happy ending. nice to see that every now and then. >> absolutely. police in