rain for woodbridge. sprinkles in potomac. degrees.lafayette elementary school, 74 degrees in the district. temperatures outside, it does like october. 77 at dulles. gaithersburg. frederick, 75 degrees. of warm air to go around. hopper-60's in pittsburgh, detroit and chicago, but to the is a big shothere r air on the way, across dakotas. only 36 degrees, and that wayer air will push our next 48 hours, and by sunday, a daytime high of only the upper-50's 260 degrees. skies will clear out across west virginia and western pennsylvania. doppler radar is dry. showers are long gone. futurecast shows temperatures into the 50's, day.omorrow a beautiful sunshine. 80 degrees. then, the showers arrive mid-day saturday. saturday afternoon, a cool down sunday. 70's-to-lower-80's. lots of sunshine. the extended outlook. sunday, sunday, lower-60's with the chance of morning shower. monday should be a crisp, october day. corner withng the t shot of cooler air. >> nearly two dozen dogs rescued from a south carolina puppy mill home now -- are now callin

heavy traffic across the occoquan out of woodbridge and again out of newington into springfield on the left side of the screen 395 loading up through landmark. outer loop of the beltway will slow as you make your way past college park and around to silver spring. just getting world of a crash on the northbound bw parkway northbound, north of the beltway greenbelt road. next timesaver traffic at 6:42. back to you. >>> everyone is talking about the presidential debate this morning. as governor chris christie last week, they'll be talking about his candidate mitt romney. all the losers, all the trirve balance stuff -- trivial stuff. >> charlie rose joins us live. can't wait to see who's going to be on this morning. >> good morning. i hope you watched that debate. also this morning we'll talk about the hits and the misses and the facts from the debate. a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters shows romney won by a 2- 1 margin. we'll look at whether the faceoff was a game changing moment. plus this. how big bird and body language and the moderator set the tone. we'll show you how focused group

will they stay in woodbridge, what's the plan going forward?e way we manage the jersey city teams, basically, on-site over the weekend, starts sunday, able to manage hotel rooms, and they were on-site, away from the families, by the way, just to make sure operations would be conducted. liz: interesting appointment. same as fox business and fox news. we've all been coming in, away from our families. what's this tell you about new york and wall street and the general community? what have you seen? >> i have to say i have fantastic admiration for people of new york. i think, you know, managing crisis is kind of in the genes of the city. i've highly benefited from this. people are just dedicated, committed, and, you know, they've been really saying clients first and the firm has been protected. liz: the corporate and investment north america banking ceo. thank you for coming here exclusively. your time is valuable, but it's great to hear the story from you, the chief. >> thank you for having me here. liz: update us when you move back. >> most defin

the police arrested agent hector crawler at his woodbridge home on monday. the sails took place on multiple occasions between august and october of this year. crawler is in charge of multiple accounts -- charged with multiple counts of sexual battery and taking indescent libbery -- liberties with a chi. >>> microsoft stepping up its game. we'll look at the new windows 8. >> he did the monster mash. st >> monster mash seniors. celebrating halloween in haunting style. the seniors from the green spring retirement community made a video to the song "monster mash." they dressed as zombies, witches and -- witches and vampires on-- to have fun. hav president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine medicare. you're no victim...you earned your benefit

the volume takes you most of the way into woodbridge, across the occoquan and heavy into newingson. 395 not too bad past landmark. there's a crash to go 395 on the ramp the left side is tied up. traveling in on 66 we see delays in manassas and centreville through fair oaks and more volume building. the hov restrictions load up inside or kick in inside falls church in half an hour. so the pace is heavier on the right side of the screen past sycamore street into boston. as you head out of college park to silver spring, maybe a pleasant surprise. the work dozen changing the traffic patterns shifts the lanes to the right but they're all together, no longer dividing around the jersey wall. metrorail has a problem with escalators out of service on the red line at woodly park. back to you. >>> it was ten years ago this morning our region came under attack by a pair of snipers. when the terror ended ten people were dead and three more were hurt. >> most of the physical signs are gone but a lot of the memories still remain. kristin fisher is live in silver spring, maryland with a look back this

delays across the occoquan coming out of woodbridge.vy traffic into newington and springfield and past landmark and shirlington. at least no obstacles. maryland drivers 270 lineups off and on out of frederick to high yachts sewn and then through germantown and getting down into rockville, the issue has been southbound in the local lanes close to falls road see how slowly they're moving on the right side of the screen. word of a broken down vehicle there. lineup out of college park to silver spring. you know that drill. inbound rhode island avenue blocked at northeast with a crash. next timesaver traffic comes up at 6:43. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> we'll -- well never, never has a washington crowd cheered for a pittsburgh time as much as they did last night. just as the nationals finished the top of the 9th, word went out across the park that the pirates beat the braves. the crowd went wild. the players went wild. they didn't even mind a 2-0 loss to the phillies. >> kristin fisher is live at nationals park this morning celeb

woodbridge, 49. s afternoon.hi mostly sunny skies. pleasant. to 68.ht where we should bu back in the 70's tomorrow. a bit of a warming trend. that is your forecast. check on traffic with angela foster. >> good morning. have three separate accidents on 95 north at the prince parkway at the springfield parkway. , both of those. on the hov lanes. a crash reported there. enough, in were not northbound 395 at duke lane. blocking the left not bad on 66. delays getting to manassas up to fair oaks. the beltway, often on traffic and slow traffic there. maryland, not too bad. from theut jam parkway. jammed from the parkway. >> 6:42. obama, mitt romney meeting for another debate .onight we will get a preview from our partners at politico >> welcome back. 6:45. politico counting down to tonight's debate. pressure falls on deliver up toa to of lackluster performance the first debate. what to watch for, a politicong in executive producer. good to see you. >> that sums it up. pressure seems to be on the president. >> the pressure is on both men. as we saw with the f

head over to the district. 53 degrees. 45 and woodbridge.top will take as over to camp springs, maryland. 47 degrees. temperatures across the board 40's and 50's. we will fill it more of a drop moving to the early hours. temperatures in the 30's. 39 degrees in petersburg, west virginia. should not cause any significant travel delays tomorrow morning. a good indication of what is on the way for the next few days, high pressure moving off the coast, which will allow a change in wind direction. temperatures in the upper 70's on tuesday and wednesday, and warm conditions. stick around thursday and friday for some big changes. you will hear a lot about the system. developing here could become troubled coal -- tropical storm sandy. could hit the state's on the weekend into early next week. sutherland maryland, still in the green. give it a week. daytime highs into the 60's. it is looking better. temperatures will as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut ouour own pay as go

to novec, and they are showing 24,646 outages there mainly in the monasses area, dale city, and woodbridge, gainesville area. but the utilities are working very hard, and they'll have to figure out a safe time to get back to those restorations. >> we'll take a quick break and be back with more on other side of super storm sandy. >>> a serious topic, but let's have a little fun. christopher ber serks t has been monitoring our social media site, some of the pictures have been serious, but some have been fun. >> and now let's have her join us. >> reporter: we have so many great tools for everybody to join us with the storms, the outages within the numbers they need to call. if you go to our home page, wusa9.com, all the information you need is there. once the sun starts coming you, and a you see the damage that's happened, that information will become vital. and if you happen to lose power, can you use our mobile site. you just type in m.wusa9.com, and you'll have all the information you need. many of you rode out the storm, and you had some companions with you as well, your animals. so we'll

for the morning, here's the forecast for woodbridge. ix center on woodbridge, 78 degrees by 7:00 p.m. 75 by 11:00 p.m. partly cloudy conditions for tomorrow. but we're going to start out with some more fog. a lot of clouds. and a chance of even some showers, scattered showers between 7:00 a.m. and about noontime tomorrow. here's your future weather. you can see the cloud cover around tonight. there's the rain moving through early part of the day tomorrow. then i think maybe a slight chance of a shower for the afternoon. but still, we'll be getting more sunshine than what ix had today. high temperature tomorrow, topping out right around 80 degrees. then on friday, 82. and into the 70s, the first half of our weekend. ix are going to make our move from this september-like weather today, tomorrow, to more like early november for sunday, monday, even tuesday. highs in the low 60s to upper 60s by the end of next week. look at the overnight readings, upper 30s to mid-40s. i know you don't like it cold. >> so long to summer. >>> a local news an

arizona senator john mccain stumping for romney in woodbridge and in fairfax. >> jim moran speaking out about the criminal probe into his son's actions. arlington police launched an investigation after a conservative group released an undercover video of patrick moran allegedly giving a plan to commit the voter fraud. he doespatrick resigned from the campaign. >> there's a new report revealing where wealthy singles are located in the d.c. area. >> and what wall street is watching today. linda bell has more from bloomberg in new york. >> we're watching apple. stock-index futures indicating a lower open. dropping 100 points for the dow jones. apple is spending more to refresh its product line to keep up with samsung. apple sold your ipads in the than what analysts predicted, mainly because customers were waiting for the ipad mini. the pentagon may be able to help out apple's business. it plans to open its network for the first time to iphone as well as google operating systems. the defense department would be able to provide alternatives to the blackberry. looking for love in our nation's

delays stacking up out of woodbridge headed northbound out of i-95.nce you get past this, then you can exhale continuing north on 395 headed out to the 14th street bridge. we do have delays eastbound on 66. heavy volume out of manassas through centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >>> a news alert now out of fairfax county where police are asking for your help in catching a serial groper. >> police believe he has struck again and this time in falls church attacking a woman from behind in broad dayght. melanie alnwick is live with the latest. >> reporter: wisdom, according to fairfax county police, there have been six reports since september of other young women who have been accosted and groped. most of those in the springfield area and now they are checking suspect descriptions to see how well they match up. now, according to witnesses, the machine who groped them is about 5' 6" to 5' 8", hispanic with a medium to dark complexion and short hair. they describe him as skinny. in the spring field cases, he had a neatly

things look great dale city to woodbridge. we'll take a live look outside in spring field. a few brake lights coming up to the beltway. i'll be back with more coming up at 6:11. >> see you then. >>> later today a judge is going to sentence former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. >> the 68-year-old sandusky maintains his innocence following his conviction earlier this year on child sex abuse charges. kristin fisher joins us live with more on what's expected in court later today. >> reporter: good morning. jerry sandusky did not testify at his june trial but he is expected to speak at today's sentencing and he's expected to proclaim his innocence. in fact, yesterday sandusky even called in to the penn state radio station from his jail cell to essentially give a preview of what he's expected to say in court this morning. here's part of that recording. >> they can take away my life. they came make me out as a monster. they can treat me as a monster but they can't take away my heart. in my heart i know i did not do these alleged disgusting acts. >> reporter: former assi

you're okay at woodbridge. another live look outside and show you what it looks like in springfield. bunching up as usual near route 644. i'll be back with more on that accident and the disabled truck actually at 6:11. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president barack obama and governor mitt romney wrapped up the last of a series of campaign debates last night at lynn university in boca raton, florida. >> this time the focus foreign policy. mitt romney tried to convince americans the president has been strong -- hasn't been a strong enough leader on the world stage. the president used his time to tick off his accomplishments one by one. >> kristin fisher is live from our satellite center with a look at how the night went for each candidate. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. no clear winner out of this third and final debate. instant polls from both cbs and cnn did give president obama a slight edge but mitt romney held his own. no major gaffes even though foreign policy the subject matter of this

there are no issues from dale city into woodbridge. volumes beginning to increase across the occoquan river and springfield. we'll take a live look outside and show what you it looks like in springfield. brake lights are forming basically leaving route 644 as we head for 395. let's go back over to our maps. this time over to 270 out of frederick. there are no problems here from i-70 heading down to clarks burning. -- clarksburg. west side of town looks g. i'll be -- looks good. i'll be back with more at 5:40. >>> former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced today. he still maintains he is innocent of the child sex abuse. >> in fact, yesterday he called the pennsylvania radio station to publicly claim he is innocent and announce his plans for an appeal. kristin fisher is live in our satellite center previewing today's hearing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. sandusky's victims are heading into court today hoping for a harsh sentence, but sandusky is hoping for a whole new trial, even af

once you're beyond that, it still looks fair as you head over to woodbridge and springfield. a live look on to 395 north of glebe road still moving well to the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:11. >> thank you, monika. >>> it was caught on videotape. now two prince george's county officers charged with the beating of a university of maryland student go to court today. >> john mckenna was one of thousands of students who was celebrating in the streets of college park following the school's big win against duke back in march 2010. kristin fisher joins us live from college park with a preview of what's expected to happen in court today. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. these two prince george's county police officers reginald baker and james harrison have been charged with first degree assault, second degree assault, and misconduct in office for what they allegedly did on these streets over two years ago. remember the maryland men's basketball team had just beaten duke and thousands of students celebrated by partying in these streets in co

pace is good into woodbridge. a stretch of rolling road shut down south of the fairfax county parkway with a crash. southbound 95 though long holiday weekend you may be going down to richmond. roadwork still there place around thornburg around the 118- mile marker and only one lane getting by with an unusual delay. the eastbound 66 a little bit of volume in manassas. getting in to falls church the hov lanes kick in right about now but the pace is good on to the teddy roosevelt bridge. the volume is building west of new hampshire avenue on the outer loop getting through the silver spring interchanges. next timesaver traffic is at 6:42. mike and jessica back to you. >>> thanks bev. just about four weeks away from election day now and the president and mitt romney both again are campaigning in virginia. >> and both candidates are still adjusting following wednesday's debate. "cbs this morning" has that story. norah o'donnell joins us live from northwest washington with a preview. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey

woodbridge it's going to be slow across the occoquan river. let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. as usual it's always heavy here route 644 to the beltway but it's incident free. let's go back over to the maps. there is an accident southbound 295 right after eastern avenue. that's going to slow you down coming through sheverly. chen it looks like it's -- then it looks like it's a bit heavy as well. a live look on the beltway in new carrollton. traffic is moving well here through prince george's county. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:25. andrea and mike? >>> rain play as major role in the league championship series. that's ahead in sports. >>> another check of the question of the day. 20% of americans have two of these. is it a, children, b, cars or c, cell phones? >> on our wusa9 facebook fan page, our friend tony says it's c. with the cost of having a land line, it's cheaptory have two cell phones on which you can talk, text or e-mail. send us your comments. we'll reveal the correct answer in our next half-h

traffic is a little heavy coming in out of woodbridge. live picture eastbound along 66 working your way in from fair oaks. lanes are open on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. southbound 270, a little bit below speed touching the brakes as you head out to the truck scales. >>> the reflecting pool in tonight of the lincoln memorial is empty again during the two- year $35 million renovation. it was reengineered to draw river water instead of city drinking water. the level of so don't needed to prevent the algae from forming wasn't collaborate correctly. now the national park service is scrubbing away the mess. it will take several days to clean up and refill the pool. >>> you have likely seen them scattered near nightclubs downtown or left on parked cars. now, one city councilmember wants to put an end to the flyers left on windshield. come jim graham says they lead to littering. the proposal comes with a legal challenge because opponents say it would violate the first amendment. graham says he welcomes the public discussion on t

then beyond that here, it still looks good as you head through woodbridge. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes. >>> it's 6:13. i am watching your money. looking to make some extra cash during the holidays? this could be the ticket. several big companies are hiring. am disonl.com says it's -- amazon.com says it's hiring 50,000 work e. they expect thousands it hires to actually stay on full-time. full-time workers will get stock grants and benefits. the company says its full-time employees make 30% more than traditional retail employees. macy's if it is meantime is planning -- in the meantime is planning to hire 80,000 seasonal workers. wal-mart will add 50,000 new jobs for the holidays and to us are us are hiring 45,000 seasonal workers this year. >>> the nation's third largest cell phone company is about to make a major move. that could improve service for subscribers. sprint nextel has agreed to a $20.1 billion deal with japan's soft bank. the company will gift sprint an immediate infusion of cash and that will help it continue to modernize it

one of the heavier showers is right over woodbridge. they saw it coming in about 6:16. 6:31 in fort washington. the rain continues to move in. no thunder or lightning. we did see some of that a little bit earlier. that has since died out. but i wouldn't be surprised to hear a couple of rumbles of thunder as it moves through here. you see some shower activity back behind it. this will not move in overnight tonight. what this is, though, is some colder air. a lot of times behind these systems you get cold air aloft and it's very easy to create some shower activity. that's what's happening around pittsburgh. the cooler air will try to move in here but the showers do not make it past here. high pressure moves back in. i think we're in for a great day on tuesday. nice weather, seasonably cool. plenty of sunshine. high pressure slides down to the south and east. we see a little bit of a return flow on wednesday. and that with plenty of sunshine should put us right around 70 degrees again. i think tomorrow is looking like a nice day. wednesday

once you're beyond that, you're okay into woodbridge and up to springfield. no issues to report on 395. we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like in spring field. bunching up leaving route 644. no big deals on the north side of i-95. it's near quantico we're having those problems. back over to the maps and this time the north side of town. a bit of slow traffic forming on the outer loop in silver spring. normal on a friday morning at 5:51. a live look one more time. this time we'll look at the beltway at university boulevard. things look great heading for bethesda and 270. more traffic at 6:01. >> thanks, monika. >>> it's daily deal times. want to be a little bit less hairy? this could be it for you. groupon is offering six laser hair removal treatments on the small, medium or large area. in dupont circle, $169. that is 72% off. as we've been telling you, i've been doing my couch to 5k training. here's a race you may want to do. living social's glow in the dark 5k dance party. rfk stadium friday, november 9. the price is $39, 22% off. you get

you're going to find it a little heavy in the woodbridge area and again in springfield. let's take a live look. first of all if you're planning to head on the northbound side of 95 and 395, those are incident free. here's what it looks like on the beltway if you're heading all the way up into college park. no issues to report right through prince george's county and even as you travel through silver spring in montgomery county toward bethesda. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head over to the other side. no problems on the bw parkway or route 50 through sheverly. we're looking good in the northeast corridor and route 50 coming in from annapolis as well. one more last live look outside. this time we're going to head over to the beltway here at new hampshire avenue where traffic is bunching up just a bit beyond this point toward university boulevard. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. >>> here's a look at some other things making news now. the first family is taking advantage of the early voting process. first lady m

that will keep new a backup out of woodbridge. once you get past the crash at the prince william parkway, the pace does not improve because it is still slow moving headed up to the accident scene here. even our hov lanes gridlocked here because of appear accident at the franconia springfield parkway. accident northbound in lorton tying up the left side of the highway once again. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> president obama and republican presidential nominee mitt romney will face off in their second presidential debate tonight being held at hofstra university in long island, new york. now this, time, the format is a town hall style setting. so audience members will be able to ask questions directly to the candidates. for mitt romney, it is a chance to show his first debate was in the a fluke and for president obama, it is a chance to regroup after what he admits was a less than stellar performance. >> he has to work against that. that is very important for him. that is not very difficult to do. that

. >> i'm peggy fox in woodbridge. the controversial and tough antiimmigration policy may be defunded by the feds. while some people are cheering, chairman corey stewart says he is steamed. >> this is not a budget cut. >> corey stewart received credit and criticism nationwide. it trains officers to check immigration status of people that are arrested. >> they are folding under pressure from the american civil liberties union. >> program cut crime nearly 50%. but advocates for immigrants say that's malarkey. >> the crime level has decreased. this is actually very, very typical because immigrant people tend to be very law- abiding, they are patriotic. >> 287g makes immigrants who are victims of crime reluctant to report it, fearing family members could be deported. 9news now. >> tax revenues in the state of virginia fell .7 in september. that is the third decline in the past four months. sales tax collections were up more than 10%. but it was the corporate taxes that were below the forecast. virginia finance secretary sa

and right down through i-95 down towards the woodbridge area. across the river into prince george's county and charles county, too. heavy rain that will continue to move on up. let's time this here. oxen hill, seeing light showers right now. the heavier rain coming in in the next couple of minutes for you. you're going to see heavy rain here. i want to show you just how interesting this is. nothing, nothing, nothing, and then, boom, this entire line of storms developing along the i-95 corridor and through portions of pennsylvania. to the west, nothing but sunshine. to the south and east through st. mary's county, calvert county, lots of sunshine there, too. but that's all moving out. it's all because of this storm system back to the west. and notice what's moving our way. see these clouds coming our way? we also have some showers coming our way. i don't think we're going to see the showers, but i do expect to see the clouds during the day tomorrow. tomorrow, not bad for a saturday. but sunday is looking a lot better. partly cloudy, nice and mild

delays into woodbridge, springfield, 395.traction for northbound travelers was the crash north of duke street. it was off the road to the right and northbound 395 is still that focal point of delays. after that brief delays up to the 14th street bridge. mike, back to you. >> we'll see you around 6:58. >>> weather time, cold this morning. >> chilly out there. temps down to the low to mid- 40s in many of the suburbs. got some fog we're dealing with. warmer days tomorrow and wednesday and some rain that will get here tomorrow. we always need rain so if we can get it in the middle of the week opposed to the weekend, it works out for most people in a good way. this morning patchy fog. grab a jacket. we are running still about 7 inch also below normal since january 1 although we did have a slightly above average september. 40s and 50s this morning with partly sunny skies. we are going to see more clouds as the day wears o. by lunch time we may be mostly cloudy. north of town potentially the sun will hang out longer. as we head towa

back over to our map, dale city to woodbridge to springfield, lanes are open here.our coat with you this morning you are going to need it guys. back to you. >>> a woman is recovering at a local hospital after she was attacked along a popular jogging trail. >> thousands of people use the capital crescent trail in bethesda. last night a woman was jogging and stopped to allow some deer to pass. someone struck her from behind and dragged her unconscious. she awoke lying next to the trail. she was helped by a -- by a male jogger. >> we are trying to determine what happened after she was hit on the head and the woman was taken to the hospital. people would not say what led them to believe this may have been a sexual assault. >>> there are slightly more than two weeks to the election. tonight it will be foreign policy the focus of the foreign dewitt of the both campaigns argue their vision for america. susan mcginniss has the latest. >> the stage is set for the third presidential debate. >> reporter: tonight's focus? foreign policy. there is no shortage of issues. >> after

no problems from woodbridge to springfield. it's friday morning light. a good time to head out. you will not hit any delays right now as you head for the betway. let's take a live look jut side first here in springfield. like i said much lighter than you normally have this time of the morning. no problems to 395. this time to the north side of town, 270 looks great. no issues on 70 as you come in from frederick and down on 270 towards clarksburg. a live look at the merge legion bridge on the west side of town. traffic moving well between 270 and tysons corner. more traffic at 4:39. back to you guys. >>> one on. there's a drive. >> as we've been saying, it was a huge night for the nats and their fans. the team pulled off a must win guaranteeing at least one more game for them and their fans. >> you just get the chills thinking about it. 44,000 fans were on hand last night to see their team stay alive. bottom of the 2nd, adam laroche hit one into the centerfield grass ending his playoff hitting slump. he was one for 11 friar to that. that -- prior to that. nats up 1-on. cards ende

here is what is looks like at route 1 in woodbridge. very light heading towards springfield.his time all the way up 270 coming in from frederick. no issues to report. 355 looks great as well. great seneca highway a little further south in gaithersburg and for the beltway you'll be fine. a quick look at the beltway in college park. here at route 1 everything is fine. eastbound or northbound route 212 at evans trail is blocked because of a utility problem. maybe use 95 instead. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:39. >>> we start with breaking news now. fire crews are on the scene of a deadly fire in northeast baltimore. two-alarm fire started just after 2:00 this morning at a house in the 5000 block of denwood avenue. five people were killed in the fire, four of them children. one person survived by jumping from a second-floor window. multiple firefighters have also been injured. we'll update you on the story throughout the morning. >>> back to the nats. do or die at nats park in d.c. this is definitely not where the nationals thought they were going to be so soon in their f

the armed robbery happened at a store on dale boulevard in woodbridge. the gunman demanded the clerk empty out the register. they took the cash and ran off. if you recognize the men in these surveillance pictures, call prince william county police. >>> d.c. council member jim graham may be in hot water over something that happened four years ago. the government's new office of accountability is launching an investigation to see if graham violated d.c. ethics rules with his role as a d.c. council member and metro board member. the question is whether graham inappropriately tried to influence metro's plans for a vacant lot near the howard metro station. >>> prince william county officials say a new immigration policy change does not crack down on people here illegally. the program called 287g allows police to investigate the immigration status of people who were arrested. after this year, the secure communities program will replace it. federal officials will check names of those arrested against a federal database. immigrations and customs says the new way

once beyond that, you're okay triangle into woodbridge.e'll take a live look outside and show you what it looks like first here in spring field. again roads are wet and volumes already beginning to thicken right here as you prepare the beltway and heading up to 395. let's go back over to the maps this time on 270 southbound where the lanes are open. things are looking great out of frederick down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look on the beltway over at kenilworth avenue. wet roads on the beltway as you go up towards silver spring. keep your speed limits down but the lanes are open. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >>> former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced today. sandusky still says he is innocent of the child sex abuse. >> yesterday he called a pennsylvania radio station to publicly claim his innocence and announce his plans for an appeal. randall pinkston has more from bellfont park pa. >> they can take away my life. make me ou

that was the 95 southbound exit ramp to 123 in woodbridge. once again, the accident has cleared. you will find freely flowing traffic 95 southbound and northbound. as you can see, 95 northbound flowing well into the beltway. your commute in prince george's and loudoun looking clear this morning. >> let's head over to melissa who has breaking news from the news 4 live desk. >>> at least 13 soldiers and 13 al qaeda militants have been killed in an attack on an army base in southern yemen. two militants drove an explosives filled car onto base killing themselves and ten others. later they attacked the base by sea, and more were killed. the u.s. has stepped up drone strikes, and militants have increased attacks on army targets. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> now to the race to the white house, president obama heads to battleground virginia today after a stop in new hampshire yesterday. the president will speak to a crowd at george mason university in fairfax county. this is the second trip to that campus in as many weeks. after his rally, the president will head to cam

woodbridge versus dumfries. it's our game of the week. potomac gets it started first. look at the play right here. one of the best you're going to see. terry stuls doing his best. omg! carlos duncan makes the catch. touchdown passes. back to hilton. levinbarry has legs and he knows how to use them. so we go to overtime here. this one will have done the football game. allen neale touchdown. no. out of bounds. almost. but not good enough. so potomac's turn here. dixon running it up. potomac walking off. potomac winning it 27-21 in a thriller. >> coming back to where we've been the last seven years, we have no stadium. we come over here and win this and win a championship and it's fantastic. i'm so proud of what they've done. >> all right. let's move on here. yorktown hosting mount vernon. you know, i'll tell you what, mjd might busted up in the pros, but mjf is doing good in high school. mj stewart in. can't touch this. until right there. hawkins down after a 21-yard run. what can he do for you? score. patriots win 27-35 -- 35, excuse me, to nothing. june has them bawlin

organized for interfaith community engagement, or voice, drew more than 700 people to a meeting at woodbridge church last night. their goal, to hold banks' feet to the fire in the hopes of getting a piece of a $25 billion foreclosure settlement. the crowd got a surprise from bank of america, a $5 million investment into affordable housing in the community. >> we made that $5 million commitment, and we look forward to launching it as soon as we can. >> it's awful hard to turn down priests, ministers, rabbis, and other religious leaders when when they ask us to answer this call. >> there are 20,000 foreclosures and counting in the county. voice hopes to eventually secure between $300 million and $500 million to help those affected. >>> the nation's largest public university officially has a new president. javier miatas has been named president of the university of maryland university college. he's been serving as acting president since february when the previous president, susan aldridge was placed on leave. she resigned in march for reasons still unknown. umc specializes in online education fo

woodbridge as you head over to springfield and on to 395. live look outside in springfield where just a tiny bit of volume is forming but no big deals yet heading for the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 4:55. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> food stamps are a necessity for thousands of residents in our area, but stretching the food stamp allowance into meals can be difficult. and often comes at a price of nutrition. >> to understand just how difficult this is, some local families are taking part in the food stamp challenge. the goal? limit your food purchases to just $30 per week. we have more. >> reporter: 140,000 residents in the district rely on food stamps to put food on the table. the average weekly allowance for one person $30. >> it's really challenging to get enough food to last you through the week and also to buy what you want to eat. >> reporter: alex ashbrook is the director of d.c. hunger solutions, an organization that works to end hunger in our community. ashbrook is taking part in the food stam

no problems coming from woodbridge to springfield. a live look at the 14th street bridge. nice and light. more traffic at 4:39. >>> president obama and mitt romney went toe to toe in the second presidential debate. this time both men came out swinging. >> sparks were flying. contentious exchanges between the two candidates over major issues such as taxes, oil drilling, libya, many, many others. randall pinkston has a recap. >> reporter: president obama and mitt romney wasted little time going after each other in the second debate. >> there were a whole bunch of oil companies-- >> i had a question and the question-- >> you want me to answer a question. i'm happy to answer the question. >> reporter: in a snap poll of uncommitted reporters 37% said president owe bam pa -- president obama won the debate, a far cry from the first debate. romney gained a lot of momentum in the polls following the first debate and his campaign aides say his performance last night will help him continue his surge. >> you're going to see the momentum continue. i think a lot of undecided voters who

paul church in woodbridge. he held a women's meeting in fairfax this morning.se majority leader eric cantor is set to debate an opponent for only the second time since being elected to congress in 2000. cantor, a republican from virginia's 7th district will debate democrat wayne powell, a lawyer and retired army colonel making his first run for public office. the debate is in richmond tonight set for one hour and focus on the big issue, the economy. >>> wednesday will be the first president al debate between president obama and governor mitt romney. domestic policy will be the theme in denver and we here at wusa9 are your go to debate station wednesday night. if you just want the facts and no spin. 9 news now is teaming up with our sister paper usa today and starting at 9 p.m. on our website we will be fact checking what the candidates say. we will also live stream the debate. so make sure your television is turned to channel 9 to watch the debate when it starts at 9:00 and then log onto www.wusa9.com for live checking at the same time. we're doing fact checkin

northbound i-95 into woodbridge, springfield and up on to 395, you're going to be fine.et's take a live look outside at the 14th street bridge. nice and light across the potomac river. out in manassas northbound at sudly road at lamond drive, authorities were dealing with a fire. watch out for lane closures. no problems from aspen hill, wheaton, bethesda, burtonsville, 270 from frederick. a live look outside on the beltway in college park. a good indication of what it looks like all around the beltway. more traffic at 4:39. >> thank you, monika. >>> robert griffin iii is easily the most exciting player in the n.f.l. this season. yesterday we helped the redskins beat the vikings. >> just one week after being knocked out of the game. he led the skins to their first home win in more than a year. at the start of the game many were wondering if rg3 would be okay. he proved to everyone watching he was perfectly fine. better than that, he finished the game 17-22 with 182 yards. he ran the ball 13 times for 138 yards and two touchdowns. that included a 76-yard touchdown run late

no problems reported in woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway headed across the occoquan. no issues reported right now. traffic is running freely in spite of the fog we are dealing with traveling between montgomery county and tysons. 270 off to a good start. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the first of three presidential doe bates is tonight where governor aim and mitt romney will stand on the same stage for the first time in eight years. >> the candidates will focus on the economy. melanie alnwick is live at the white house with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. seems like we've been hearing about this debate for months and months and months now. president obama and governor romney have been practicing their paints and their counter points with debate partners. both camps have been sort of downplaying expectations by talking up their opponents. what happens tonight could change the momentum of the presidential race. preparations are under way for tonight's first presidential election debate in colorado. the showdown between president obama and republ

northbound side as you can see traffic still moving well through woodbridge and spring field.e'll take a live look there right now on the northbound side and volumes are really light leaving route 644 pretty much it looks like this all the way to the 14th street bridge right now. let's go back over to the maps this time out west coming in from dulles airport or 66 from manassas all the way into fairfax. no issues to report. the beltway is now clear as you travel between annandale, tysons and the american legion bridge. we'll take a live look there right now. if you're heading north on the inner loop as well, traffic is moving very smoothly. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. >>> turning our attention to health news, researchers at the university of michigan say it's not all about calories and exercise when it comes to fighting obesity. the study found some people's brains could be causing them to be fat. scientists say some people's brains don't respond to a hormone called help continue which regulates -- leptin which regulates appetite. it causes them to keep eating and

here north of the rest area, dumfries, dale city into woodbridge, the pace is good. >> thank you, beverly. >>> it is 4:40. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> hi, jessica doyle. >> good morning, everybody. wall street is kicking off a new month, new quarter. a lot of economic news out there. expect reports this week on construction spending, manufacturing, and auto sales. main event of course is friday when the government releases the unemployment report for september. the previous reports shows the economy added just 96,000 jobs in august while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.1% because more people stopped looking for work. as for stocks it was a weak finish to a strong quarter on wall street. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 13,437, but it fell about 49 points on friday. it rose 4% for the entire quarter. nasdaq lost 20 points on friday, rallied more than 6% from july through september. and the s&p 500 was off by 6 and gained almost 6% in the third quarter. >>> also investors are waiting on the minutes from the latest federal reserve mee

if you're planning to head northbound on i-95 here in springfield, lanes are open coming up from woodbridgeit's still very light heading to 395. right up the line to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, i'll tell you about some emergency road work on military road that could impact the morning rush hour at 4:47. >>> time right now is 4:41. i am watching your money on wall street. investors would like to keep this trend going today. stocks enjoyed a back-to-back rally following better than expect the profits from big names including goldman saks, johnson & johnson and mattel. the dow starts today at 13,551. nasdaq was up by almost 37 points. the s&p added 15 points. we'll have to see if the rally could fade. intel and i.b.m. reported disappointing profits after market closed. >>> citigroup is not offering an explanation of the sudden resignation of the c.e.o. there are reports he clashed with the bank's board over strategy and performance. shareholders have also objected to his pay package. get this. he received $261 million over the past five years. his replacement will be l

the rest of the ride up toward quantico, woodbridge into springfield is incident free.e're open to the 14th street bridge. i-66 decent as you make your way from front royal on into fair oaks. the overnight road work on the beltway gone and eastbound 66 through falls church, ballston, ross lynn, all lanes open. -- rosslyn, all lanes open. the i-270 corridor everything open. >>> liam kneeson returns to his role as a retired c.i.a. operative in his new film. >> alexis christoforous has a preview of the new thriller which hits theaters tomorrow. >> reporter: liam returns to his role as ryan mills in the action thriller "taken too." >> i'll be fine. >> reporter: in the first movie which made nearly $230 million, his character rescued his daughter from kidnappers who were trafficking young girls. in the sequel, the kidnapper's family is out for revenge. >> your mother and i are going to be taken. people are going to come for you, too. >> reporter: he says he's familiar with the cycle of violence that the film explores. >> i grew up in the society in northern ireland where tha

back over to the northbound side of i-95, where you got slow traffic from quantico to woodbridge and here across the 14th street bridge along 395. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:43. back to you guys. >>> montgomery county police are investigating an alleged atack in bethesda. a woman reports being struck in the head. >> she was jogging when it all happened. kristen fisher is live from the scene of the alleged attack. good morning to you. >> reporter: gm. well this suspect is still on the loose and the victim is still recovering after she was hit on the head while jogging on this bethesda section of the capital crescent trail. this all happened around 7:00 yesterday evening. a 21-year-old woman stopped running for a few seconds to allow deer to cross the trail. someone came up from behind, knocked her unconscious and dragged her off the trail. police are investigating what happened next, they are calling it a possible sexual assault. when the woman woke up, she was able to make her way back to the trail. she flagged down another jogger who got her help and called 911. t

heading over into virginia northbound side of i-95, no big delays heading from dale city to woodbridge to springfield. this is what it looks like from our sat 50 camera. with the columbus day holiday, metro bus and rail are both running on a saturday schedule today. back to you guys. >>> cbs this morning is 30 minutes away and it appears presidential nominee mitt romney is closing the gap. good morning to you charlie. >> reporter: good morning mike and jessica. new polls showed this morning the presidential race is tightening, we'll look at the arguments mitt romney will make today. a major foreign policy speech. also a simple switch that could slash crime, john miller reveals what phone companies are not doing to decrease iphone thefts. we'll be tuning in. thank you charlie. >>> now breaking news out 6 forest glenn -- of forest glenn, maryland. montgomery county police say they were responding to the home of a man making threats. >> kristen fisher joins us live with more on this developing situation. what is the latest here? >> reporter: this all started with a very bizarre phone call

area.olice raided the months.ts four >> we are about to learn more t the woodbridge, virginia, a schooleding superintendent in new york. anthony taglianetti is expected in court this week. he shot and killed keith reed outside the man's home in new york. reports the suspect was havingnged wife with a man. she did not comment on the spokes on friday when we she believes is guilty of murder and she's glad he's in jail. >> a hearing is set today for shooting aused of security guard at the family research council in downtown d.c. floyd corkins pleaded not guilty was found competent to stand trial. he remains in jail. prosecutors say that he walked into the conservative lobbying building in august and shot a security guard in the arm. investigators say that before he fired, he said he did not like the group's politics. >> several new laws take effect in maryland today. under 8 years old a child safety seat least -- unless they are 4 foot 9 inches tall. mopeds and motor scooters must have a title and a decal. employers must not ask employees forplying for work forr user name or password social

they concentrated on the heavily populated and very busy rte. 1 m fairfax to woodbridge. course of the year, they have arrested just over 100 people and seized -- >> 4.5 kilos of cocaine, 21 marijuana, handguns, two ballistic vests, and $560,000. >> the police say they have arrested a suspect targeting customers using atm's and stop a murder for hire scheme. quite an operation and the thisrities say they did neighborhood policing undercover investigations. they hope this sends a clear message to criminals. live from fairfax, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> a man in northwest d.c. is after an early-morning fire. a man called 911 at about 3:00 morning and told them he set himself on fire with an tank. when the police got to the house, the found the man unconscious. he was rushed to the hospital, he later died. nobody else was hurt. >> new information on the foiled plot to blow up the federal reserve in new york city, more about the suspect who is locked , facing major charges. officials say that nafis not only had several locations to carry out the attack, but a fascination w

we have some 30's here and there. 47 degrees in germantown and woodbridge and arlington are 42.at system to our northwest which is a windy but the wind will decrease a little bit through friday and that is our next chance of rain, thursday into friday. enjoy the temperatures today. >> good morning, it is getting busy out there. a new accident reported on the beltway on the outer loop coming from montgomery county between careterock and the american legion bridge. that will add to the heavy volume we already see in that area. there's an accident 95 northbound in virginia, dale city, moved to the shoulder which involved a tractor- trailer. we are seeing delays from the springfield interchange northbound on i-395 making your way toward the pentagon. >> thanks so much at 6:50. >> up next, we will have a roundup of today's top stories. we will have a quick look at the forecast now. >> it is 6:53 and time for the wednesday express' theme. >> the second debate last night was different than the first. president barack obama and mitt romney in a town hall-style said were taking questions