at the event we learned that d.c.'s latest murder victim may have been killed over a pair of sneakers. darcy spencer joins us live outside the shilo baptist church in northwest d.c. with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, aaron. yeah, over a pair of nike tennis shoes apparently. the third homicide of the year so far here in the district. mayor vince gray talked about the hop side at the vigil this evening. it happened around 2:30 this morning on foot street. in northeast washington. the victim 19 years old. the mayor saying it appears he was shot and killed over a pair of nike tennis shoes. motive appears to be robbery in this case. he described it as a gun battle. there were casings all over the street. ♪ i love you jesus >> at shilo baptist church in northwest d.c. a candlelight vigil held in remembrance of victims. shot four times during the virginia tech massacre in 2007. >> in that place four years into college on a monday morning in french class i was put in the most dangerous situation of my

. >>> d.c. police looking for this man's killer tonight. 19-year-old delonte williams was stabbed to death in the 1500 block of receive the street northwest last night. he made it to the kennedy recreation center where police were called about a block away but williams did not survive. there's a reward up to $25 $25,000 if you lead police to the killers. >>> the protesters in freedom plaza know now camping out will no longer be allowed of noon monday. the move comes after a house oversight subcommittee hearing. >> i'm sticking it out till the end. if the last structure here is that teepee, so be it. >> i don't see anybody going anywhere. we're all staying, but as a matter of what to do with the tents and sleeping equipment and everything else. >> the national park service says 24 hour vigils are allowed but protesters must leave one site if any temporary structures open -- one side of any temporary structures open at all times. >>> no rest for the we're rei on the campaign trail a day after the

the ceremony kicks off at the d.c. armory in southeast washington at 10:00 this morning. >>> today, a judge will sentence the driver behind the wheel of a deadly crash. back in may, with kevin coffee was driving along route 108 and ulney when his car went off the road and hit a tree and utility pole. he survived, but left the scene and walked to his mother's house. he pled guilty to three counts of leaving the scene and vehicular homicide. a judge could sentence him up to 40 years. >>> today, health inspectors will be at the occupy d.c. camps

today d.c. mayor vincent gray, maryland governor o'malley, and virginia governor bob mcdonnell will meet about the transit service. problems with metro buses, the latest fare hike proposal as well. jummy olabanji has a preview from clarendon. >> good afternoon. as you mentioned, on the table today at the meeting will be issues with metro buses. our cameras caught a bus last night reversing on 395 during rush hour. we spoke with a metro spokesman. he tells us they are trying to figure out who that bus driver is. some passengers a that is not the only issue metro need to address. >> they know there are a lot of problems. >> last night's abc 7 cameras caught a metrobus driving in reserves down 395 during the evening rush hour. -- driving in reverse. wtop made public these videos a couple days ago of metro bus drivers in crashes and close calls. while many passengers believe not all the incidents are operator error, they wonder what kind of training? the agency is providing to employees. >> sometime

just let me tell my constituents who want to visit d.c. that they can come to any park they want to and bring their tent as long as they say they are protesting. >> national park service director says he'll begin to enforce the no camping law, but he won't say when or how. >> we are not evicting mcpherson, the occupiers under any circumstances. unless there's some sort of major health or emergency. you need to make a distinction here that camping is a violation on an individual person's case. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> a man charged with trying to assassinate president barack obama has pleaded not guilty. oscar ramiro hernandez is accused of firing shots at the white house last november. the president wasn't home at the time and nobody was hurt. prosecutors allege ortega harbors conspiracy theories and fantasies of killing the president. >>> residents in northwest d.c. are on high alert over another armed robbery. there have been three armed robberies within three miles of the metro. >> in northwest washington where d.c. police chief,

studios ben zygier participant the occupy d.c. and eric latke latke also participant with occupy d.c. and the author of the book twenty forty four the problem isn't big brother it's big brother inc welcome to all three of you glad to have you with us susie if i may start with you what happened in oakland over the weekend and what was the problem primary cause for. occupy oakland was that was trying to take over and be ended city owned building the kaiser article i am one hundred year old building and police clearly knew that that's where protesters wanted to go they wanted to take of this the things you create a political and community center out of kind of replacement but the tent camps you see need to occupy and at least just we're not going to allow that day i am and they resigned it with its dad's tear gas when it's less lethal projectiles that flash bang grenades and i have your mission is that when all day until that mass arrests action around seven pm so here in the san francisco crime.

let's start in d.c. traveling on to sterling, your ramp to 295 at this time is still closed due to the extent there. choerps over 66 east, here, right at dudley, you have an accident blocking both shoulders. and at last check, it was blocking the right lane, but right now, i don't see the emergency response vehicles blocking the right lane, but you are seeing crowding again. this 166 east as you head towards 234 business. traveling at father hurley making your way south, you are getting a little bit of congestion aus continue to head towards the spur. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. now back to you both. >> thanks very much, danella. >>> lawyers for harry thomas junior are nearing an agreement on a plea deal with prosecutors in his federal krumgz case. thomas is weighing an option in which he would resign from the council, plead guilty to charges and serve some prison time. the ward 5 council member was under investigation for allegedly misspending $3,000 in district funds. no plea

pepco's d.c. customers adamantly protested the utility both inside and outside of the hearings. >>> pepco was the only d.c. headquarter company featured in a report put out by the u.s. public interest group and citizens for tax justice. it claims pepco is 1 of 30 fortune 500 companies paying more for lobbyists than it does in federal taxes. in the past three years pepco holdings, pepco's parent company, received 817 million in tax refunds and earned 882 million in profits. members of the activist group our d.c. alleged that this was all happening as pepco cut its work force. they say these are just some of the reasons for the commission to deny pepco's request for a higher rate. pepco officials say it was a result of the u.s. government changing the tax code in an effort to stimulate economic growth. in a statement released to news 4 they explained that pepco is significantly upgrading its infrastructure in the district of columbia to improve reliability and is installing advanced technology that

d.c. metro area also could be seeing that as well. this morning, as kids are heading to the bus stop, partly cloudy and cold. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. for the rest of today, may see some breaks of sun in the morning. increase in clouds throughout the afternoon. highs only in the upper 30s. it will be a gray and cold day. very typical for january. our satellite and radar picture showing us we did see some light snow showers go through north of us, mainly into philadelphia and into pennsylvania and upstate new york. right now, in the 30s in downtown. 23 in hagerstown. around the beltway, 33 in reston. great falls, also 33. rockville, 34 degrees. our future cast showing us all right, here we go. cloudy conditions for today. then late tonight, when we see the winter weather, the blue is the light snow and the pink is the wintry mix. we're talking sleet and some freezing rain. that will continue through the overnight hours, accumulations of ice maybe up to a quarter inch in some spots.

it is 34 degrees in d.c. this morning. >> still ahead, back in the headlines, the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway is headed to trial for another murder. >> learn why the department of defense is investigating a movie in the making about the killing of osama bin laden. first, >>> i am molly. come and see her life sculptures at the national gallery of art. good morning, washington. >>> 5:39, time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's check in with adam caskey. the weekend is here. >> it could be a very warm day today. if you can, before a little early this afternoon. it's gone to be beautiful with sunshine and high temperatures near 60, very springlike today. an anomaly for this time of year. this is the coldest period in washington, but not right now. the weather does not always follow the rules. 36 degrees at reagan national, 27 in frederick. temperatures ranging widely. 39 in martinsburg. near 60 this afternoon locally. former -- wwarmer south of because -- warmer to the sou

tonight, d.c. police are hoping you can help them track down two men who eluded the law. >> guns were pulled and shots fired in the 5300 block northeast. d.c. police say antonio barnes and earl jackson were right in the middle of it. according to police, members of the 37th place crew showed up the afternoon of october 13. looking to settle a score. one group claimed the other stolen cash and guns and they wanted it back. arkansastist was an innocent victim. tibs took part in the fight. continue to come up just short of capture. >> the trail is not cold, we're further behind, catching up to them than we would like to be. instead of being an hour behind them, we are a couple days, a week behind them. we know that they are getting assistance. >> the captain says investigators believe the two men are traveling together and were last seen in a suburb outside atlanta, georgia. >> we know that they are getting assistance from family and friends, particularly down in that north georgia area. >> but there

. >>> a d.c. neighborhood is in shock. police are still searching for answers after a newborn baby girl is abandoned in front of a home in the freezing cold and dies. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> it is 6:00 on this tuesday, january 17th, 2012. you can see the roadway out there as you look at northwest d.c., still wet out there today. rain is going to be an issue for your commute. good morning. i'm sarah simmons i'm tony perkins in this morning for steve chenevey. we are joined by tucker barnes as always to let us know what is going on out on the road -- not the roadways, but across the area and indeed the roadways are wet. >> we'll just throw that on you too. >> in addition to my tweeting duties at fox 5. >> yes. >> very important. >> more and more. >> julie is on top of t we have to catch up with her. let's get right to it. i want to show you the radar. the showers continue across the area. most of the showers overnight here and for the past couple of hours have been south and south and east of t

in d.c. it has been relatively peaceful there is that there is a truce between the occupiers and the police the occupiers they do their actions they shout the slogans against the ninety nine percent they talk about the people versus the powerful. yes thank you the good against the one percent let's get this exactly right the point one percent the tippy top people versus the powerful they do actions in front of banks actions in front of the lobbyists keeping the message out there in many cases coming dangerously close to disrupting traffic or something else that's inconvenient and the police have generally been tolerating it and generally tolerating the tent cities and macpherson square and freedom plaza and what the police the park police did very recently under current congressional pressure was say well instead we've had this careful balance between the vandalism and the first amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances and we are now coming down on the side of trea

the d.c. memorial to martin luther king needs a do over. >> plus, topper is tracking that arctic air to see if it moves out for the weekend. >> but first, a frightening spree of local home invasions claims another victim. >> this is 9news now. >> three home invasions in just four days. the latest taking place on a street called berkeley around 6:00 in the morning. >> a woman was sexually assaulted as members of her family were tied up. gary is live in temple hills where police think the series of home invasions may have been committed by the same man. >> this most recent case happened at 6:00 this morning as a woman left her home to warm up her car. when she returned to her house, a gunman forced his way inside and sexually assaulted her police canvassed the neighborhood looking for clues. the gunman used black plastic zip ties to handcuff five family members. a family member's cell phone rang and the woman who was sexually assaulted said don't call again, there's trouble here. the intruder co

that the occupy d.c. camp at mcpherson square protesters have been dealing with outdoor living for months but this extreme blast of cold weather is compounding matters. you have? >> i'm trying to get vitamin c. in the food i eat it. >> that protester named mike dunne is not even able to sleep this morning. he would rather walk around to try to stay warm. the woman that you saw said that he has been forced to sleep outside of the tent because it is infected with rats. she already has a very bad cough. she's not sure how she will fix that because she will not make it to the hospital. i asked her if it is worth the sacrifice to be here in the cold. she says it is absolutely worth it for the cause. don gonzales reporting live, abc 7 news -- john gonzales. >>> lisa baden has traffic. >> there's a crash on the outer loop on the left side of your screen, newschopper 7. there's a crash at georgia avenue on 95. the right side of the screen giving you an example of slow traffic. they are moving everyone onto the sh

not north of d.c. but south of d.c. fairfax, manassas, waldorf, these areas will look at a pretty white ground. but again, road surface temperatures i think doing just fine throughout the area now at 34 degrees in gaithersburg to 36 degrees the air temperature in fredericksburg, virginia. after a very, very mild day on saturday, right now that's what's helping us out. the fact that the road surfaces are running between 37 and 43 degrees. until about 7:00 p.m. >> thank you. >> a developing story now out of the white house. chief of staff william daley is stepping down so that he can spend more time with his family in chicago. >> the pull of the hometown we both love, a city ha's been synonymous with the daley family for generations, was too great. one of the things that made it easier was the -- >> he made the announcement at the white house about an hour ago. he says it was tough for him to accept. daley was chosen for this job about a year ago and was key in decisions about taxes, libya, and the war in iraq. he will st

first of all, where do you think the d.c. council is right now in terms of credibility and what people think of this legislative body? >> i think sadly, i don't think there's a lot of credibility. obviously, i just had a colleague that's pled guilty to stealing government money. i think that, um, i don't think my colleagues -- i mean, i tried to pass legislations and amendments around the ethics bill that would try to improve how much inflew thence is on council members and they all voted against it. >> let me ask you about this. harry thomas, jr., if he comes out of prison and seeks that seat again, he's well within his right. your reaction to that? >> first in d.c., we really don't want to limit voters' choices, but in a case where someone has so violated a public trust to take public funds and utilize the office seemingly for that purpose, it really gives you, um, pause, to say that maybe this is the case where we need to revisit that law. >> should he be barred from seeking that? >> in my opinion, yes. >> so are you seeki

former d.c. mayor marion barry doesn't think gingrich is a racist but he agrees the comments are beyond insensitive. >> it is a racial slur. i've known over the years since 1994. what newt doesn't realize is that people had to get food stamps because they don't have jobs. >> barry currently the ward 8 congressman challenged him to get more jobs. according to the u.s. census bureau, 59% of the households that receive food stamps are white. 28% are black. >>> time for the latest "your money" report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here with the headlines. good morning, jess. >> investors with one thing on their minds today besides making money. that's every day. but today, they're thinking about the december jobs report. economists predict that employers added 150,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate inched up to 8.7% for all of december. checking the numbers on wall street, the dow starts today at 12,415. it fell nearly 3 points in trading yesterday. thes nasdaq was up by 21 and the s&p 500

>> reporter: mayor gray and d.c.'s cf occasion against repeeling the tax. >> and we need to recognize that this is one-time money that we're talking about and this is not reduing money. >> reporter: what do residents want? $240million goes a long way. >> in housing, affordable housing, we're not fixing up some of the dilapidated homes and things like that. they have so many vacant buildings that they have moved people out of. people need a place to stay. >> reporter: all right, the chamber of commerce is second a letter to mayor gray and chairman brown tomorrow morning asking them to revisit the latest income tax on district residents. chairman brown's office told me today that there are no specific plans yet. the chairman wants to evaluate all options, laura. >> all right, and better to be in the black than the red. >> huh. >> thank you. >>> and from the surplus in the district to a huge deficit on the hill. a new budget report predicts that the federal government's deficit will be $1.1 trillion by the end of this fi

to bring learning alive for students in the d.c. public schools. >> good morning, washington. >>> friday morning, 5:40. it is gusty, cold air moving into town. high wind gusts across the region. in frostburg, 52 miles an hour. that is situated at almost a thousand feet. mchenry, 50 miles an hour. wtop radio, 42 miles an hour. similar at dulles airport. the wind is really whipping around and air temperatures are dropping. wind chills this afternoon will be in the teens and 20's. there's a wind advisory northwest of town until 6:00 p.m. 30's for the high temperatures today. on the weekend, mid 30's and breezy. >> there's an accident. springfield, virginia, northbound 95 toward tysons. on the exit ramp everything was shut down until a few moments ago. traffic getting by to left with a leg growing quickly and newington. on the left side is traffic that will carry on towards 395 and that is good beyond. things are quiet in maryland. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:41, 18 degrees. we are learning more out a video showing u.s. troops urin

the d.c. government and d.c. public schools will open on time. >> in virginia, alexandria and prince william schools will open two hours late today. stafford county schools will also open two hours late. there's no morning kindergarten in stafford county. >> in west virginia, schools in jefferson and morgan counties will open two hours late. you can find a full list of delays on the bottom of your screen and on nbcwashington.com. >>> right now, tom is here to tell us about the forecast temperature on the screen at least. 33 degrees, above freezing. does that mean the threat has passed? >> a little bit in a few areas. i mean, that is just here in northwest washington. but many other areas are a little bit below freezing. so what remained frozen over the weekend from that friday night/saturday morning storm is still frozen up. watch out for that. any sidewalk that was not shoveled is still treacherous with a glaze of ice and that crusty snow. right now at reagan national, foggy and 33. just a little bit above freez

the popular d.c. chef is leading a campaign to warn drivers about one of those red light traffic cameras. thanks for joining me. >> glad to be here. >> tell us about this campaign that you are spearheading on foxhall. i got $425 worth of speeding tickets in three days >> three tickets? >> 125 and $150 apiece >> let's show fox what you have done. you have hired a guy with a sign to warn drivers. what does the sign say and what's the point? >> sign says, please, slow down. new speed camera, 500 feet ahead. $150 fines sort of courtesy of your restaurant chef jeff >> reporter: three tickets out there police would say if you don't speed, then you don't have to worry about these speed cameras. what do you say to that? >> through, through i have actually talked to the police department and they are supporting this process. we are trying to get the word out that the speed is 25 miles per hour on foxhall road which seems slow to me but that's what it is and we want to get everybody to sort of slow down and sor

one is when the d.c. authority, attorney general or the court denies pre clearance it denies pre clearance. the plan is not free cleared. there is no such thing as free clearance in part or personal free clearance. it is a line-item veto. the second point is not to save the court doesn't provide reasoning for its decision or the attorney general. that is why the court -- this court knew the objections were to particular district even though the effect was to not pre clear the old plan. that seems to be the mistake of the district court that effectively treats the non pre cleared plan. that is the exact word judge johnson used in the lower court in oppa and this court reversed. you don't ignore that. but on the other hand you take into account the judgment of the attorney general in that case. other than that you take the plan into account not withstanding the fact that it hasn't been free cleared. >> we said over and over that it is the attorney general and the district court in d.c. that has exclusive ju

really among few of our presidents ever choose to live in washington, d.c., in their post-presidential years. woodrow wilson decided this would be the perfect place for him to reside since his second wife, edith, was a washingtonian. here in the entrance hall of the house, visitors who visited wilson were greeted at the front door. wilson's brother-in-law served as his secretary, took his appointments. few visitors visited the house, however, people who did arrive would see wilson generally about 3:00 in the afternoon. wilson would then either accompany them on a motor ride through the parklands in and around washington, d.c. if they were family guests, they would be invited to dine here in the house. and on saturday evenings they would attend the theater. they'd go to keith's vaudeville house. wilson was a regular attendee and each saturday evening the crowds would wait expecting the former president at that time to take his seat up in the balcony. the house was built in 1915. the wilsons were the second occupants of the house. mrs. wilson had the task of finding a suitable home for h

d.c. council member his job. >> this is no good. >> later, the season has ended on a sour note for virginia tech at the sugar bowl. good morning washington continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine, washington. it's wednesday, january 4. i am doug mcelway. i am cynne simpson. >> i am natasha barrett. there was no showers in some suburbs yesterday. >> we have some school closures. garrett county public schools' opening two hours late. that's maryland. in virginia, winchester county schools are closed. clark county public schools in virginia will open two hours late. is there any more snowfall all the way to? -- on the way? >>> >>the big story this morning is the cold. 17 at reagan national, in gaithersburg 20 in quantico. nine in winchester. i have been asking my facebook friends for their readings. in warrenton, 16. 13 in damascus. thank you to all my facebook friends for posting this. highs today in the low to mid 30's. much

. >>> also, tonight, 9 news now has learned that d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. is telling associates he plans to step down from office. >>> that stunning revelation just into our news room tonight. >> this may be the end of the line for the city council member harry thomas jr.. bruce johnson joins us now with the story that you'll see only here. >> reporter: this is going to come as a shock to the people following this story but a lot didn't think it would come to this. harry thomas is telling close associates is telling 9 news now the councilman will agree to resign from office as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. this all started with allegations thomas stole some $300,000 from youth baseball and used that money for personal trips, golf outings and expensive items like an audi, suv, and motorcycle. his associates say councilman thomas will plead to a felony and he expects to go to prison. >> last year when d.c. councilman harry thomas was accused in a civil suit of saling some $300,000 from youth baseball programs he denied any wrong doing. >>

>> the d.c. district court is scheduled to begin january 17th and closing arguments on february feared pity if you look what happened at the judgment justice breyer they have a summary judgment arguments. >> i have read in the opinion and what you said on the phone and so forth. it seems to me that it's a complicated case but suppose you are completely right of your time schedule then you will decide something how can any human being a regional the maps in five days or ten days or do have six different positions? i mean i think it's impossible. how can you -- i don't see how you can. >> pre-clearances granted we won't have an issue. spinnaker would seem to me from reading it i didn't think that the judge is ready to grand prix clearance. the other thing and sending it back i read the brief and then i read the opinions. i don't think i have -- i am not being too generous but i thought that they were saying it throughout is they didn't try to draw extra collection or opportunity districts. they eme

. >>> d.c. leaders will try to seize on the new hampshire height by making their case the district should become the 51st state. district leaders plan to testify to support that resolution. they have been asking other state legislators to pass similar measures. >>> right now, president obama is on his way to the swing state of ohio. he left joint base andrews about an hour ago, and he is headed to cleveland to talk to voters. in a live video conference from washington, the president outlined his progress during his first term and asked party activist for help during the campaign. >>> and then the d.c. council is meeting for the first time this year and there's word there could be a shake-up in the works. negotiations are under way for a plea deal for council member, harry thomas. there are accusations he diverted city money and spent it on himself. darcy spencer joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. i was able to talk to several council members as they entered the wils

then there's d.c. council chair kwame brown. the d.c. attorney's office is looking at how he raise and spent 300 grand during his campaign for his at-large seat in 2008. as you recall, he also came under fire and public scrutiny for ordering a fully loaded suv for his official car. add second suv ordered because the first one was the wrong color, leaving the district on the hook for both lease. finally there is d.c. mayor slip sent gray. he is under a federal investigation of his own. prosecutors are tracking the large amount of money that flowed through his mayoral campaign. wendy? >> to date, voters who say they are disgusted by the actions of gray and brown filed formal pagers to try to recall those two elected leaders. tom sherwood is here with that. is that going to get anywhere? >> no city wide recall has been successful in the district but this is more trouble for mayor gray and chairman brown. ♪ america >> reporter: mayor graves celebrating environmental issues wednesday at an elementary school in southeast washington. while do

the question swill it help d.c. schools? d.c. -- will it help d.c. schools? d.c. council chair kwame brown wants to offer incentives to get highly effective teachers to move to lower performing schools. i sent actives include a $10,000 bonus -- incentives include a $10,000 bonus, tax cuts and even housing assistance. reporter: it's called the highly effective teacher incentive act. its main goal? >> to go after the worst performing schools and fix them. reporter: the proposed legislation would encourage some of d.c.'s best teachers already in high performing schools to pack up their classrooms and move to schools where their talents are needed most. >> the bill's broad package of incentives has the potential to bring even more great teachers to our communities of. reporter: school chancellor kaya henderson offered her support at a public hearing monday but also addressed concerns from parents with students already at high performing schools. >> let me also say that our focus on our low performing schools does not mean ignoring our higher performing schools. in fac

according to her, d.c. has always been appealing to sipping gals because of all the activity the city has to offer. >> so much to do in d.c. there are so many -- there are meet- up groups, singles events, so many fascinating things going on. if you make an effort to get off your couch, you know, and out into this beautiful city and do things, you are going to meet people. >> here's what's surprising. despite washington, d.c. having a reputation for being gay friendly city, our expert says dating within the gay community isn't as easy. >> there aren't as many gay clubs, all these things indicate inter that community. >> reporter: even in a city that ranks top-tier, there are alleges exceptions evidenced by one young lady's anecdotes. >> some of the guys out there are just really weird. >> in case you're wondering, the number one dating city, atlanta. i thought they had a younger population there. the only other city in our area to get a nod was alexandria, ranking at number 21. this could be a good cuddle ni

d.c., no more free parking. that is the message when it comes to disabled driver. instead, new disabled parking will be provided. we have a report. >> reporter: finding a spot to park in d.c. isn't easy especially when the district says people are abusing the disabled free parking policy. >> really frustrating t make you not want to come over here. >> reporter: fox 5 reported on the disabled parking issue back in may when northwest business owner john wilson told us his customers couldn't find street parking. >> just a big headache for everybody involved. >> reporter: wilson blamed the abuse on metro workers who would park right in front of a bus depot across the treat. because they had disabled placards, they would never pay a dime in the meters but now the rules have changed and d- d.o.t. says it was because of abuse across the city. >> it eliminates the incentive to get a placard or to get a plate when you really aren't eligible for those. >> reporter: d-d.o.t. showed us the new meters

. >> there will be plenty of street closures in downtown d.c. because of the events marking 10 years since of the guantanamo bay prison opened. they will march to the capitol and the supreme court. parts of pennsylvania and constitution and part of first street ne will be shut down. >> kodak is trying to sue apple and htc. >> let's go to linda bell. >> good morning. do not count kodak out of the game. the company is suing apple and htc for patent infringement. it is accusing them of using their technology for image transmission as a way for users to use images from a camera. one analyst tells us that it is their way of boosting the value of the patent portfolio which they are trying to sell. no big bonus for general motors ceo. no bonus at all. pay must be approved by the special pay master at the treasury department. that is because the government still owns 32% of the company although gm has been doing quite well since its ban up. the treasury wants to see their stocks rise above $30 per share. taco bell is looking to ramp up and go upscale to

he previously had four terms as washington d.c. mayor starting in 1979 and ending in 1999. >>> coming up a local man who made history in that d.c. is slated to rest. --laid to rest. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson doug hill, and tim brant sports. >> today president obama made his pick to run the consumer bureau. a came after senators blocked the nomination in december. the president stood his ground and back his pick. >> now is the time to do everything we can to protect consumers to prevent financial crises like the one we banter from ever happening again. that starts with letting richard do his job. >> 44 senators rejected the nomination. it is not over his credentials but the powers given to the new agency. gop leaders try to find out if his appointment was illegal. >>> a federal judge in new orleans has ordered a temporary halt of payments from a compensation fund. they require 6% of settlement money be set aside for hundreds of plaintiffs attorneys. they are trying to reformulate payments and compl

in the hour because we are getting reports just south and west of d.c. that it's beginning to snow and people are definitely aware that we've got a combination coming. we're going to get a little snow and sleet tonight, maybe enough to measure in many areas and then the concern that is tomorrow this may change over to some freezing rain closer to dawn. we can see the businesses across the street here from fox 5 the salt is glistening in the streetlights and people know the bigger concern won't be snow, but it will be ice. we'll start out with a look at radar so you can see what we are seeing. what you'll notice first on radar, we've eliminated anything that is not hitting the ground, but in these areas and you can see it expanding in pink and red is where we've getting our heavier snow and it's starting to come down and will, in fact, stick and the temperature will drop. when we turn on all the other levels of the radar, there is a lot of snow aloft, but it's not hitting the ground because it's so dry. bigger picture, sentinel radar putting it all in mot

and by law, holidays in d.c. affect tax deadlines the same way federal holidays do, which means the taxpayers across the country will get an extra day to file their taxes. actually, two extra days until the 17th. >> you're not a procrastinator, i know, you in you need those extra days. >>> a national wedding dress chain is apologizing. >> the store is being criticized for not donating the dresses to charity. workers at priscilla of boston were videotaped spray painting designer pieces including ads 6,000 dress by vera wang. the store was closed by its parent company david's bridal last week. after a national outcry, david's bridal says it will donate dresses whenever possible in the future. >> recent they, they said they destroyed them because they were soiled or damaged. but some say they saw workers taking dress us out of new dress boxes. you wonder if they were soiled or damaged, give them to someone and let that person decide whether they want to wear it, get it cleaned or repaired. >> exactly. and with some

. >>> and a d.c. nightclub where a double stabbing occurred last week has now lost its liquor license. police chief kathy lanier shut down the place, it's called the mood lounge. she shut it down last friday for 96 hours. the two people who were stabbed outside the club are expected to survive. ward 2 councilman jack evans said neighbors had complained about the violence, the noise and the trash around the club even before the stabbing. >>> tonight a man has confessed to a string of arson attacks at an islamic cultural center and four other locations in new york on new year's day. police say that man was tracked down through a stolen car with virginia license plates. twaes believed to be at the scene of two of those attacks. the man said he had personal grievances with each targeted location. he's facing arson-related charges, no word if he'll be charged with a hate crime. >>> the park ranger that was murdered at mount rainier on new year's day has ties to our area. margaret anderson was shot trying t

. >>> plus, the occupy d.c. camps are in the spotlight as lawmakers question why protesters are still being allowed to stay. >>> good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this january 24, 2012. we'll take a live look at 5:00 a.m. 44 degrees. you can still see the clouds hanging over the city. tom is telling us that things are looking better. >> yeah. not as foggy as it was yesterday morning. not as widespread fog as we had. we do have some patchy, dense fog, parts of northern virginia, maryland around the bay. watch for that. as you get closer to the metro area, you'll be running into better visibility. right now, visibility's great there at reagan national. the washington skyline clearly visible. not much fog around the metro area. under a cloudy sky, 45 at reagan national with a light, southwesterly breeze. that will warm us up today. already into the 40s throughout much of virginia and maryland. parts of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia into maryland, into the

d.c.'s 58 degrees right now and some places around the area in the lower 60s and you don't have to go too far to the south. take the temperatures for us, if you can. you can see the big picture here. quantico, 63; gathers bug, 55; notice hagerstown holding on to some chilly air at 44. red wreck is 50 degrees. the interesting -- frederick, 50 degrees. the interesting thing, hagerstown and 15 degrees there. >> oh, dear. >> and as we pull this out, the cold air is lurking and detroit -- detroit, 36; columbus, 48. 58 at reagan and dulles and 59 for a high for bwi marshal. >> all right, gary. we know there is cold on the horizon and you will fill us in on that tha. >> that's right. >> and -- on. that. >> that's right. >> expugns with the cool air gets here, we will cool off for a while. no more 50sfor a while. >> okay. back to you, shape. >>> the latest developments the cruise ship crash. a new audiotape reveals a furious coast guard commander screaming at the ship's captain to return to the shi

it's baltimore d.c., d.c. baltimore, but i think at the end of the day, you know, when your team is out, i think when they do finally settle in, they'll probably be cheering for the ravens before they'll cheer for an outsider. so we'll probably have some extra fans cheering for us. >> the vibe at the ravens training facility this week was that of business as usual. sadly for the redskins this time of year they're usually out of work and the quarterback of the ravens would like to extend an offer for any fan who might be looking for a playoff team to root for. >> anybody that wants to be a ravens fan, come up and cheer us on. as many redskins fans as we can steal that would be huge because they have a great following. people love the redskins. if we could steal some of their fans, i think we'd be doing a pretty good job. reporter: while the ravens prepare for yet another weekend of playoff football at

d.c. yesterday afternoon that was stolen a few hours earlier during a home invasion in bethesda. a masked man sexually assaulted a housekeeper and then tied up the home owner and her teenaged son and robbed them. police believe the same suspect is behind an armed carjacking in wheaton on tuesday. >> an occupy d.c. protesters credited with keeping a toddler safe after the little girl was found alone in a tent. the protesters heard the little girl crying yesterday morning of his she was found wearing a just a onesie and mittens. protesters stayed with the the girl and called police. a man who claimed to be the toddler's father showed up about a half hour later. police do not believe he is part of the occupy protest. the map has been charged with attempted second degree cruelty. the toddler is in the custody of d.c. child and family services. >>> another scandal for washington's ward 5 neighborhood. federal prosecutors now charging the ward's former chairman of the advisory neighborhood commi

. >>> the head of a nonprofit in d.c. that deals with kids and sports is charged in connection with former d.c. councilman's harry thomas, jr.'s money scheme. court documents say marshall banks knew thomas was taking grant money and didn't report it. banks is due in court tomorrow morning. the felony charge carries a maximum of three years in prison. >>> a suspect arrested in a bank bomb scare in arkansas. paul bradley broke into an elderly couple's home earlier this week and forced 73-year- old betty davis to try to withdraw money from a bank as she wore on her ankle what she thought was a bank. police id-ed bradley through surveillance tape captured at a hardware store as he bought the duct tape used to tie up mr. davis. >>> shining a light on the gulf between the rich and the poor in america, what's creating the widening wealth gap? we're crunching new numbers and received some interesting answers. >>> later an art museum turned fashion show runway, the racy stunt that could lead to a lawsuit. >>> check out our rundown

back to you. >>> d.c. police are search identifying gunman accused of violently assaulting a woman and stealing all of her belongings in the shaw neighborhood. it happened late thursday night on q street in northwest. police say the man grabbed the woman by the neck and sexually assaulted her. residents say they are shocked. >> i go to the safeway down there. i'm going to walk that way. i do have to walk on the side streets to get back to my apartment building. >> officers are describing the suspect as a black man about 25 years old. they say he is between 58 and 510 and weighs from # 50 to 170 pounds. >>> ate former firefighter is charged with first degree arson. gerard dixon is accused of setting a house on fire in riverdale back in 2008. we are told they finally caught him in oregon. he is currently awaiting extradition back to pg county. if convicted, faces 30 years behind bars. >>> three metro employees suspended without pay after an extra long train rode through on their watch. >>> a clash on the tar

you'll notice by 11:00, it is past d.c. it may put down a little coating in spots this evening and that could cause some problems with a few slick areas. watch out for that. tomorrow, this pulls away. the sun returns. we've got temperatures tomorrow as i said into the middle 40s. here is a look at the forecast. today, 35, maybe 33, 34 with the chance of some flurries. late snow early this evening. tonight, partly cloudy. 25 to 30. milder tomorrow. mid-40s. nice on friday. mid to upper 50s. still in the 50s on saturday. then on sunday, of some our computer models suggesting perhaps a little snow early sunday. but we'll watch that carefully then monday and tuesday in the low 40s. stick around. we're back with 9news now at noon right after this. >> we have a winner. the local winner of the virginia lottery's new year's millionaire raffle has come forward. but his name has not been released. the ticket was bought at the great falls 7-eleven. it was one of three tickets drawn for the top prizes of a million dollars. and the stor

it is one of many d.c. programs the technology giant microsoft announced today it will assist as part of a digital alliance with the city. >> we do want to empower people to have the skills of where we see that there is a job market and a great future in information technology. >> fred humphries and d.c. mayor vincent grace said it will provide mentoring for d.c. schools to help bridge the digital divide. >> the investments that are helping us make in the stage for people who will be looking for jobs in 2020 and 2013. >> the alliance will mean students get to meet technology professionals at the d.c. innovation center. >> there will be there for the full day. they will interact with engineers, other professionals. these are microsoft employees. >> supporters argue it will create a better city work force that will actually have a chance to compete with high-tech jobs for companies like microsoft. also, microsoft will be working with d see agencies like employment services training trainers to help the genera

and why do occupy d.c. need an entire congressional hearing to talk about it i mean it's pretty simple right it's politics they're all i says been on a tirade since december to figure out what all is happening in mr macpherson square he's requested all communications from the white house from the interior department and the park service so that he can decide for himself is the president is allowing protesters to stay in unsanitary conditions for political reasons and according to the washington examiner committee members will analyze the effects of the occupy movement with what they fact that they've had on the economy on security and on the environment so is the real concern here unsanitary conditions due to rats well d.c. residents don't seem to think so it's not too bad i mean you go anywhere in the city anywhere in the city there's rats everywhere you go out you know everywhere they can be you know what i was i never knew i'd be seen that many ways you could turn to me and. now i'm sure the mayor knows

my pleasure. >>> and the d.c. firefighter's union is calling on the fire chief to back down from the threat to discipline members over a uniform change. this is after a veteran firefighter spoke exclusively with fox 5 last night. tonight, the union president ed smith said that any uniform change is wasteful and if the chief wants members to comply, he should pay for it. the fire chief for reasons not clear, chased -- changeed the department's logo and ordered everyone to make the switch on their own dime. paul wagner has a followup to the story. paul? >> reporter: the d.c. fire department changeed logos four times the last 20 years. the last time, just three years ago. the decision that would go go unnoticed if it was not so costly to the city and firefighters who were expected to purchase most of the cold weather gear. the firefighter's union is calling for the fire chief to unify the department and paying for the change. here are the logos used by the department since the early '90s. the one in the middle was in

it is one now 63 in manassas, 6 54 in d.c.. we will drop down into the 40's later on today with clearing skies this afternoon and gusty wind. partly cloudy and a little busy tomorrow, mid 50's. upper 40's on sunday. not bad. >> , the monoxide leak on 33rd street, north of m streets. 33rd street is closed. -- carbon monoxide. on fourth street and massachusetts avenue in the district that intersection is closed. the virginia commuters, there's an accident on northbound 95 after 630 courthouse will appear in traffic can get by to the right. upstream in good shape on 395. no problems on the maryland side of 95. >> a restaurant worker in texas says that her grill is holier than most. doris sanchez says that the image of the virgin mary appeared when she was cleaning the surface. here it is. it stayed after several cleanings but then disappeared after days of cooking. she took a picture of the operation on her cell phone to show any nonbelievers. >> i don't see it. >> i do. she should not have " gone that will after that. >> but she