voters qu eueed patiently here in alexandria and across the country. >> i'm here to elect for the first time a president of the republic, a president that will be good and righteous and make this country wake up. >> all the different people are standing together. the committees have separate lines, and god willing, all is going to go well. >> we want the person who's most qualified to make the country great again and revithes it so that it is the best in the world. >> there will be two days of voting in this first round with a runoff next month if there's no outright winner. one of the front-runners in the presidential race is the former head of the regional arab league, amr moussa. >> my message to egyptians, this is a great day, a big day, a decisive day, and i hope that they will select correctly. they will elect the president that can really lead egypt in this crisis. >> and despite the enthusiasm created by the election, the crisis is profound. there will be huge political challenges for whoever wins. no one knows yet what the powers of the elected president will be. the role of th

across the river in alexandria was battery rodgers. and the tour of them covered the potomac river in case ships or raiders of some sort would have come up. now this fort was built, constructed between 1863 and 1865. unlike most of the other forts, it was not abandoned at the end of the civil war. they continued to maintain this fort and man it until 1878 because it was on the river. the only other fort on the river, of course, you had battery rodgers across the remember, but on towards the chesapeake bay was ft. washington which is basically located about across from mt. vernon, george washington's home. at the beginning of the war, it was manned actually by marines, and was manned in one sort of another during the war, but it was not actually part of the civil war defenses of washington, the circle of forts, but if there would have been ships trying to come up, it would have had an effect also. if you look at the map here or actually plan, it will give you an idea of the way the fort was located on the river. you have the fort itself

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across the river in alexandria, was battery rodgers. the two of them covered ships or if something would come up. this fort was built, constructed, between 1863 and 1865. unlike most of the other forts, it was not abandoned at the end of the civil war. they continued to maintain this fort and man it until 1878 because it was on the river. the only other fort on the river, of course, you had battery rodgers across the river, on toward the chesapeake bay was ft. washington. it was across from mt. vernon. it was manned actually by marines at the beginning of the war and was manned in one sort of another during the war. it was not actually part of the civil defenses of washington. the circle of forts. if there would have been ships trying to come up, it would have had an affect also. if you look at the map here or actually plan, it will give you an idea of the way the fort was located on the river. you have the fort itself and then some of the buildings associated with it behind. but its main focus was the river itself even though it anchor

service honors 19 alexandria law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. the district those atop counting on the job a few more years. police chief cathy lanier signed a new five-year quarter million dollar contract earlier this week. it comes as the police union sued to have her removed from negotiations. there's a report her contract does not have to be approved by the d.c. council. >> fairfax county police looking for three men who kidnapped and robbed a man by gunpoint. the victim was a abducted outside his home in springfield gardens apartments earlier yesterday morning. the kidnappers forced him to drive his honda to two atm machines to withdraw money. then they forced him into the trunk and drove to piedmont police in annandale and he was left there and told not to get out of the truck until the kidnappers were long gone. >> pretty shocking. i have lived here since 1998. >> i will not go anywhere by myself and not at night. >> if you know information about the robbers, contact your tax county police. a ceremony will be held this evening at the natio

bow ties and bells in alexandria. watching the derby. >> nationals in action. did the fans turn out? yes. natitude strikes on south capital. the numbers are in. which team fans represented the most? a lot of red being dawned. nats management a lot to be happy about. looking good in burgundy and gold. that's next. >>> and now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> got to admit, the nats take back the park campaign could have gone horribly wrong. what if fans didn't want to take it back? what if philly fatefuls found a way to down out nats nation? if opening night is any indication, strike up one for the home team. 34,000 plus attending. mostly nats fans. our own high school producer who was there says it was 70/30. nats backers, how about that? it worked. how about to the game. there's your pitcher of the month, stephen strasburg. he said, i'm hitting this one to the super mono. first home run given up this year. nats down 3-2. can't make the dive, so we're tied. in extras, wilson ramos saying game winner, let's go home. >> a lot of times this year

bow ties and bells in alexandria. watching the derby. >> nationals in action. did the fans turn out? yes. natitude strikes on south capital. the numbers are in. which team fans represented the most? a lot of red being dawned. nats management a lot to be happy about. looking good in burgundy >>> and now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> got to admit, the nats take back the park campaign could have gone horribly wrong. what if fans didn't want to take it back? what if philly fatefuls found a way to down out nats nation? if opening night is any indication, strike up one for the home team. 34,000 plus attending. mostly nats fans. our own high school producer who was there says it was 70/30. nats backers, how about that? it worked. how about to the game. there's your pitcher of the month, stephen strasburg. he said, i'm hitting this one to the super mono. first home run given up this year. nats down 3-2. can't make the dive, so we're tied. in extras, wilson ramos saying game winner, let's go home. >> a lot of times this year we have been awful qui

the fort itself was supposed to cover the leaseburg and alexandria pike. but we are on a high point. so the guns can fire for a long distance and they can cover those areas. the original fort held 36 guns. they started building it very early and kept working on it and changing it to the place where it was eventually the fifth largest. you had basically during the war green guns and black guns. the bronze and the iron. usually the bronze was smooth ore and the black guns were rifle guns. the rifle guns of course had a better range and actually fired better. but a gun like this was a good anti-personnel weapon. there were various types of ammunition you could use in this plus at times you could put chains and everything else in here and fire it at an enemy. of course, the chain or whatever could mow down a number of men. so this became a -- this type of gun became a good anti-personnel weapon. with this platform you could get up and take a look at the fort without walking on the walls. as we get up here you can see the ditch and the embracers as they come ou

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again in alexandria. otherwise we're looking pretty good for tuesday morning. no problems to report on the dulles toll road coming in from the airport or 66 in from manassas. we'll take a live look at 66 at the fairfax county parkway and on the inbound side of i-66 we'll go out live. no problems to report. all lanes are open as you head for vienna and the beltway. the beltway is looking great through annandale and springfield. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the other side of town. route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly is fine. no problems on the prince george's county side of the beltway and coming in from southern maryland, no issues. we'll take a look at route 50 coming in from sandy point, the bay bridge no problems all the way inbound to the beltway. in my next report, we'll go to the north side of town at 5:09. >>> he made generations of d.c.'s music fans and he made them smile. in just a few hours, people are going to have a chance to pay their respects to chuck brown. >> the godfather of go-go died earlier this month after being h

he was not. >> i wouldn't wish this on anybody. >> reporter: alexandria lundberg was buckled into the driver's seat of the car on the right. the man who hit her head on was drunk more than three times the legal limit. he died instantly. remarkably she survived. >> i still can't do everything like a normal 20-year-old. it's really hard. >> reporter: the drunk driver was a 26-year-old uninsured illegal immigrant from guatemala. >> it will be two years this summer since that happened to me. >> reporter: when alexandria speaks to teenagers, they listen. she relives her pain in hopes that others will never have to experience it. >> i broke both of my femurs. do you know how hard those are to break? here like concrete, both of them. my ankle, my arm. i have scars that i have to live with for the rest of my life. if i can change the life of one person my age to stop them from being him or being me, then it's worth it. >> reporter: so after all her suffering alexandria must pay the more than $200,000 in medical bills that have piled up. >> just last week i picked a piece of glass out of my ha

and alexandria living a life surrounded by drugs and violence. >> i felt one of the bullets fly past me and that moment, i knew that tomorrow wasn't promised. i decided to turn my life around. you have to see this one. >> reporter: soul searching led him to a fashion teacher at west potomac high. she convinced him to join a fashion contest. he didn't win, but it changed his life. he found his passion and soon realized he couldn't afford it. he had no money for college, a way to pursue his career. then, a bizarre twist of fate. in 2007, sam's classmate, another budding designer was one of four teens killed in a car crash. she just graduated from west potomac hours earlier. his father said he turned donations into a scholarship to help a student live a dream she never fulfilled. the student chosen was sam. >> she was still alive with me and she's going to be alive with the recipient, sam. so, you know, the longer we keep the memory alive, the better. >> i see how blessed i am because not a lot of people get this type of chance. you know, this is like a second chance for me. every day,

a woman killed, ken is in alexandria with details on that. ken. >> reporter: yeah, here's what we know for certain. a 21-year-old woman is dead and police are on the lookout for the driver of a black chevy suv that had temporary tags. we understand that woman was found here on the street with severe injuries. she was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died. police are not characterizing the motive of this debt at this point. they simply say they are looking at all kinds of possibilities, including this, perhaps being the result of road rage. investigators did say the victim was involved in an argument with another driver. however, they are not giving any con cluesives information as to what happened. they will know for certain when the investigation is complete. those near the scene earlier today describe what they saw as gruesome. >> going past, i saw a woman on the ground. there was blood everywhere. there was a guy kneeling by her. >> reporter: back out live here. police not identifying the woman. they are just saying she's a 21- y

the massive manhunt to find alexandria and kyliyah bain ended with the two little girls found alive. >> when i seen those kids, they was -- it was a huge relief. >> reporter: they are suspected kidnapper adam mayes who had been on the run from the fbi was found in the woods behind this church in guntown, mississippi. >> preliminary reports indicate he shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. >> reporter: overnight they were treated at a local hospital. they appear unharmed although they were hungry and dehydrated. mayes, a former brother-in-law to the bain family, was at the tennessee home of the little girls the night they disappeared. police say mayes kidnapped alexandria and kyliyah when he killed their mother jo ann bain and 14-year-old sister adrienne. their bodies found buried outside his home charged with first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. authorities believe mayes drove the little girls and the dead bodies to this trailer where he lived. the fbi says mayes' motives remain unclear but he may have thought the little girls were his

parishioners led them to the couple right here in alexandria. wink is hoping to fly them here tomorrow for a happy reunion. >>> the thieves who recently stole the clock hands from a tower at georgetown university have issued a ransom note. it popped up on a website and says, we'll give you a hand if you're willing to trade for a campus celebrity who is recently made quite the buildup for just a little pup. that pup is jack, jr., the university's mascot in training. if they are caught, they could face academic probation or thrown out of school. >>> we are still keeping an eye on those storms heading into our area. some could turn severe. top is in the weather center tracking them. >> we had one round this morning, another round this evening and now we have a third round developing to the north. let's take a look outside. a respite, you can do some stuff, no storms for the next two or three hours and that's good news for the nats game. and temperatures are still pretty warm. after 84 for the high, 78 downtown. pressure falling now 29.88 inches of

red light cameras are bringing big bucks for alexandria. much the city is raking in? new needs and make it to order to the top. >> i do think we will turn up heat a little bit. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side e of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 bi

it happened just before noon on harrison lane, that's in alexandria. a woman was driving in her car when she got into some kind of an argument with another driver. the woman was rushed to the hospital where she later died, we understand. heather was driving nearby. >> whether we were going past, i saw a woman on the ground. there was blood everywhere. a guy kneeling by her and the two cars are still there. >> now the investigation is on going and police tell us they are looking for a black suv that had temporary tags. they believe left the scene of this incident. the victim's name has not been released. >>> an arlington police officer hit a dog with his cruiser last night. that fact not in dispute. however, residents say that officer was speeding. at least 15 miles over the limit when he hit the yellow lab and further more, they tell us cops speed down their street all the time. police say it's not so. and peggy fox joins us live from the neighborhood. she sorts it all out. peggy. >> hi baby. oh, hi my baby. >> reporter: se sebastian is a lucky dog to

the massive manhunt to find alexandria and kyliyah bain ended with the two little girls found alive. >> when i seen those kids, they was -- it was a huge relief. >> reporter: they are suspected kidnapper adam mayes who had been on the run from the fbi was found in the woods behind this church in guntown, mississippi. >> prelimi he shoate he shot himself in the head and was laterced dead pronounced de area hospital. >> reporter: overnight they were treated at a local hospital. they appear unharmed although they were hungry and dehydrated. mayes, a former brother-in-law to the bain family, was at the tennessee home of the little girls the night they disappeared. police say mayes kidnapped alexandria and kyliyah when he killed their mother jo ann bain and 14-year-old sister adrienne. their bodies found buried outside his home charged with first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. authorities believe mayes drove bodies to this trailer where he lived. the fbi says mayes' motives remain unclear but he may have thought the little girls were his kids. >> there was two little girls that

to alexandria. living a life surrounded by drugs and violence. >> i literally felt one of the bullets like fly past me. and, that moment -- i knew -- that -- tomorrow wasn't promised. i decided to turn my life around. >> have to see this one on m maggie. >> it led him to the fashion teacher. she was able to convince him to enter a contest. he didn't win, but it did change his life. sam had found his passion, but soon realized he couldn't afford it. he had no money for college. a way to pursue his career, but then -- a bizarre twist of fate. >> in 2007, sam's class mate, lydia petkov, a budding designer was one of four teens killed in a car crash. she had just graduated from west potomac hours earlier. lydia's father, richard says the family turned donations after lydia's death into a scholarship to help a student live the dream she never fulfilled. the student chosen was sam. >> still alive with me. she is going to be alive with -- with the recipient, sam. so, you know, the longer we keep her memory

. >> red light runners racking up quite a record in alexandria. three cameras keeping an eye on traffic at all times. so far this year thousands of tickets have gone out to drivers to run the red lights. kendice gibson is live. >> when the city of alexandria and install these cameras just about a year ago they were hoping it would stop cars from running through the intersections when there is a red light. so far that has not been the case. >> 6 seconds after the traffic light turns red. there you have a common problem on this road. drivers running lights despite two cameras a block apart. they went up in august and police are alarmed by the number of people who still run the red light. >> are you thinking you can probably make it? >> you think you will make it and it will not go off. sometimes it is faster than you think it is. >> they have issued more than 3200 tickets. >> we are consistently seeing these numbers that make you think people are not paying attention to the speed or the lights themselves. >> this intersection near the beltway. the t

we are live in alexandria with that the heatre cost. like a hottill blanket out here. a little bit of coolness coming water, but this is weather that you have to be careful about. it proved dangerous for some folks today. >> the heat turns dangerous in the district today. >> it was really hot today. >> fire and ems crews responded dozen heatn a related calls. >> the humidity is bad. emergency crews scrambling, facilities like provided zoo showers. with temperatures in the 90's, even a casual game of lot ofall required a fluid. he has plenty of on-the-job working in a hot kitchen. >> its is very dangerous. i drink a lot of water. >> most agree this is the kind of day where a trip to the zoo requires some planning. >> keep a lot of fluids. >> memorial day, called the summer, moreart of than living up to its name. this lot of us, it is true cant heat wave of the year because we are not used to it. we are reporting live from alexandria. the sun is down and the temperatures as well. what is in store when you wake up? >> we are going to deal with another day of heat and humi

live in alexandria, erica gonzalez. >>> a massive three-alarm fire ripped through the repair shop of a former pontiac dealership. that fire started inside a trailer and then spread to the building late this morning. could be days before investigators figure out what caused it. that's because the building is not stable enough for crews to go inside. nobody was hurt. >>> we're hearing from the husband of a young mother who vanished from loudoun county. today would b bethany decker's 23rd birthday. she was pregnant with her second child when she disappeared in 2011. her boyfriend was believed to be the baby's father. decker's husband deployed to afghanistan days after she was last seen. today he joined her family as they handed out flyers in ashburn. >> my expectations for today is to help get out the word to help somehow, somewhere she's listening to this so that way she'll realize we all miss her and that we really need her right now. especially her son kai who is with us right here today. >> reporter: bethany decker's familiarly had a birthday cake for her. they hope that she will jo

&p3 sisters alexandria and kyliyah pain are recovering after being taken rom their tennessee home late lass month. adam mayes, the man accused of kidnappiig thhm and killing pteir mother and oldest sister -- is deed.police found mayes and the girls thuusday night &pin union county, mississippi. the fbi's ddniel ccullen says mayes --who was on its 10 most wantee list --killed himself. sot: daniel mcmullen/fbi, special agent in charge "preliminary reports indicate that mayes ssot himsellfin the head and was later prrnounned deed at an area hhspital."the girls wereealso taken to the hospital as a precautton.a laa enforcement source tells cnn the sisters are suffering from dehydration and exhaustion, bbt ppear okay.mayes' sister pn law, bobbi booth, says she's happy the girls are fine, but ii dissppointed in mayes.sot (phoner)::bobbii would like to have seen adam face his charges and stand pore accountable. he took the sissy wwy ouu, but praise god the girls are safe, and thatts all that matters."mayes' wife, teresa s also charged in the murders and kidnappings.police say she told them tha

their busesses are bebeing rerecognizeded byolunteerer alexandria for corporate philanthropy. w lelet' focus on why some businesses say donating time and money during a downturn makes sense. welcome back. kim, you or theounder of your law firm so its does not iress the boss when you get involved inhilanthropy, but you have been voted as the top volunteer in yourr area. so many oer things. how be maintainebusy professional life and served on some many different philanthropic boards? >> i think in order to receive you have to give. when i was in law school, i served onn the united way board. it helped me balance law school. some of the other law students were so involvedn law school. for me, it was parart of my life. it is so easy to get involved and just over do it with the law. if iave the i involvement, it helps s mealance of life. >> i am always so ipirered by the alexandria commumunity. it is a community that praises the philanthropic work from corpororations more than any other region in washington. >> it is p partt of our missision to make the community in which we work t

the weatherbug network, nearly rain in frostburg, 70 degrees. 70 degrees alexandria. the final stop, triangle, just shy of half an f rain earlier this afternoon. 76 degrees is the current airport,re at dulles quantico. air to the drier 60's northern michigan. the 70's andwith south.st satellite radar, the frontal down to the south during the evening. now it will stall across the virginia-north carolina border. will see cooler air during along withorrow, increased clouds. live super doppler, widely across partswers district, toward silver spring. not amounting to much. activity well to d.c., to the south fredericksburg, continuing to south through the overnight. e clouds, i wish i had better for the super moon tonight. it does not look very good. the marine layer across our area. to the west, west of the ridge and shenandoah valley, a better chance of the super moon. 53, 60 the overnight lows. the daytime highs, 70-75 degrees. outlook, the high near average a good of the week. we move towards the end of the week, something happens. if you like it more like summer, the

heaviest rain is in the area, downpours especially south arlington and alexandria. of southern prince county and brandywine 235 asing into waldorf, well as had areas of heavy rain with lightning and thunder. now, 73 degrees in northwest, 77 germantown, 73 in gaithersburg. upper 80s where you don't see midday storms and where you sunshine for the high temperature and. new at noon, a motorcyclist in died after being involved a crash this morning the beltway if. the accident happened when a collided nearycle kenilworth ave. the driver of the car was not harmed. the accident shut down the ramp from the outer loop of the kenilworth avenue in both directions. all lanes every opened. police and laurel are searching for the man who robbed a bank last night. he walked in and handed the demanding money before running out with the that heaving the bag claimed contained chemicals. evacuated and the was later determined to be harmless. >> dozens of family and said goodbye to a young stabbed to death. moss23-year-old jasmine los was found in the trunk of a car. 22-year-old nathan

it happened around noon yesterday at a condo in alexandria. police say they were trying to arrest a man for destruction of property when he confronted them with a knife. police say the man did not listen to orders to drop the weapon. that's when they say officers fired. the 61-year-old man was flown to the hospital. police say they have had contact with him before, and he exhibited some unusual behavior. neighbors say the suspect was known as a good samaritan. >> i think he thought he was a sheriff of our community here. >> never any danger, anything. i never saw him do anything or out here doing anything out of the norm. >> i won't expect something like that. like i said, he always seemed real helpful. >> police have not released the suspect's name. >>> coming up on 5 -- 6:34. this morning, a 30-year-old man from lorton, virginia, faces charges in a deadly hit and run in ocean city, maryland. police say he was held -- was behind the wheel yesterday when he hit a 22-year-old man trying to cross coastal highway. he did not stop. police say he w

smoke could be seen from as far away as alexandria. by the time it put it out this firefighter had received injuries. by the time of dorothy brazil are right to the scene the mayor and fire chief showed up to comfort her. >> we will make sure that their immediate short-term needs are met. >> she quickly had a panic attack and had to be taken to the hospital. neighbors are happy that everyone is ok and did not spread to other homes. >> i went to see if she was home panther car was not here. we figured she was out. -- i would to see if her car was home. she was not there. >> ms. brazil has no idea what caused the fire and she had a number of irreplaceable documents inside. she said, she is taking things one step at a time. >> thank you. it is not clear exactly at this time what started that fire, but the home did have a history of problems. it has been considered an eyesore by neighbors. the couple replaced broken windows and make other repairs. the couple is best known for recovering to forge documents -- recovering forged documents. >>

in alexandria, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> this morning, the ntsb is trying to figure out why two planes collided in mid air in northern virginia, killing two people. the planes crashed around 4:00 yesterday afternoon near silver road in fauquier county. the crash was so violent, the two planes landed about a mile apart from one another. one of the planes caught fire when it hit the ground. the pilot and a passenger in that plane died. a news4 crew found the plane in a wooded area reduced to nothing but rubble. near a man's back yard. >> i mean that's relatively close. >> about 400 yards away. is what it is. >> and how does that make you feel? >> blessed. very blessed right now. >> reporter: why? >> because we could have been in the house when the plane struck it. >> the pilot of the other plane was able to land in this field. he was taken to washington hospital in fredericksburg, we don't know his condition at this time. none of the victims' names have been released. the faa tells news4 it could take weeks to figure out what caused the crash. >>> maryland state police say speed m

alexandria was spotted first. then mayes. >> we immediately issued commands to adam mayes to show his hand. mayes pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his waist band and shot himself in the head. >> emergency responders brought the fugitive back to life twice before he died at a local hospital. the girls were suffering from exposure, dehydration and poison ivy. they were taken into the hospital for treatment as a precaution. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, the washington redskins are celebrating a huge milestone. we're going to take you to the party when we come back. >> an operation to stop al qaeda from blowing up a u.s. airliner would coo have been compromised by leaks. i'm have that story. >>> american forces are going after the terrorist group that tried to bomb an american-bound airliner this week. the terrorists failed because a double agent infiltrated the group and foiled that attack. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: u.s. launched air strikes in yemen killed as many as seven militants. it w

alexandria today they opened it up. brought the fire boat in and sprayed everybody down. a fun day out. there water temperatures are a little cool for swimming and sailing but it is nearly the middle of may and a good way to get the sailing season kicked off there in alexandria. good luck and good sailing season to everybody as the sailing season gets underway. not a bad day outside. here's the newfangled way of sailing. put the sail under water with a pro-feller fashion. everybody in hanes point are points their boats away for the weekend. upper 60s to low 70s pretty much everywhere right now. the low cloud deck kept temperatures fairly uniform. that's the case for the remainor of the evening. what are you going to do on sunday night, how about baseball, the first place nationals. how often do you get to say that? they are taking on the phillies. first pitch 8:05. going for the sweep of the ever feared phillies. 67 degrees a first pitch. storm 4 radar. all of the rain drops are away from town today. a couple of sprinkles in the southern of the shenandoah valley. it is wa

. >> an alexandria woman facing felony hit and run charges in connection with a high-profile case of road rage on a weekend. >> gloria mcmillan's turned herself in just hours after officers seized the car she used to run over and kill shelinda arrington and. jummy olabanji joins us with clues in the case. good morning. >> good morning. fairfax county police say that mcmillan lives in alexandria just around the corner from the victim shelinda arrington and also around the corner from the crime scene. there were able to track her down yesterday after they identified her car, which was actually found in the district. now she has been arrested and charged in connection with the assumed road rage death of shelinda arrington last friday morning. witnesses tell abc 7 news that this all started when arrington at pulled her car in front of macmillan, essentially cutting her off. they say arrington then got out of our car and both women started arguing. witnesses tell us that arrington allegedly jumped on the hood of mcmillan's's car and then she was thrown off and mcmillan ran her over and le

we will soon in over the heart of alexandria and arlington especially the south side of arlington, we are seeing moderate to heavy rainfall john in yellow and orange. over southeast d.c., light rain with northeast d.c. as well. heavy showers across the potomac shortly and will pass over reagan national airport and move into the district. also along 5 in the clinton area moderate rain and restored as county and along 210 in prince george's county, moderate to heavy rain. we had a few lightning strikes and under earlier, but i don't see any signs of lightning or thunder right now. county, a soaker moving north. and in charles county all the way up into la plata and waldorf. light to moderate rain. and in the northern neck of virginia. we will clear out and see a little sunshine behind this morning rainfall. a clearing line it. then more showers and storms in the afternoon. we have an area of low pressure, the disturbance moving through. despite some clearing later this morning and midday, we will have more rain in the afternoon and evening. by thursday the cold front could be through ou

alexandria and kyliyah bain. the man hunt came to a violent end in guntown. >> reporter: it all went down deep in the woods where investigators are still searching this morning. they're looking for more evidence. they suspect that mayes had help. we're learning new details about the delicate and dangerous mission. the tip that broke this case came into the local command center at 5:30 p.m. literally, the tip ster walked in and told fbi agents that the dense woods near the zion hill baptist church would be a good place to hide. they immediately dispatched 31 mississippi fish and wild life officers who arrived and split into two teams. at 6:50 p.m., one spotted alexandria bain. 100 yards into the woods behind the building. they saw the fugitive. he saw them, dropping to the ground, his hand on a semiautomatic weapon. the girls lay nearby, not saying a word. >> the little girl picked her head up, the other one did. we order mr. mayes to drop his weapon. >> reporter: the girls hadn't eaten anything for three days. th

they came across alexandria bane. police told him preetedly put your hands in the air. police did not he pull add semiautomatic pistol out of the waist band and shot himself in the head. the girls are suffering from exposure poison ivy and a little bit of hunger as you can image. just to give you an idea of what they were living in the last nine days special agent ford gave us a taste and an idea of that. take a listen. >> it is like what we have been face whatting we have been searching very rough, very -- what we have been searching very hilly, a lot of trees, a lot of shrubbery, very, very hard area to survive in. >> oo poison ivy you are saying and exposure to the el ems and the emotional trauma. thank you so much. so glad they are safe. >>> joe biden apologizing after supporting gay marriage before the president did. some say that forced obama into giving his own endorsement. it is not hurting them with the liberal elite. peter, we understand the president talked a lot about his new stance at a fundraiser in hollywood last night. >> he said people like him and they

>> kids all-around alexandria sign up for stans and sell laminated. they go out during the day and sell it and they bring us back the money and we give it to two charities in the arlington community. >> this is the 10th anniversary. of raised nearly $100,000 over the course of doing this. where's the money going? >> smiles. it is for kids that are foster children and they don't have enough money to take ap glasses and be a part of sports teams. healthy families is a support system for new families in our area. >> this has to be very rewarding for you all, making a difference in the lives of some of your peers. >> yes. my mom and dad are really into helping the community so it is how i grew up. it is important for me. >> how can people be a part of this? >> we have a main stand in market square and another at mount vernon rec center. we have 30 other stands throughout alexandria. all have the symbol on the front of it. you can buy lemonade or make a donation. anything to help out. >> the weather will be great and the drinks will be refreshing. thanks f

what do you know about where alexandria and her sister kyliyah are tonight, how they're doing? >> i'm not. i have no idea. i haven't got any reports on the girls more than you have. >> you spoke to the sheriff's office today about possibly visiting your sister teresa in jail. what did they tell you? >> that she has to be in jail for seven days before i'm able to visit with her. but that she was able to make phone calls. >> she's charged with -- >> sorry, she's charged with first degree murder. you're saying your sister doesn't remember what? >> she doesn't remember numbers well, so i don't think she's remembering any of the phone numbers to contact anybody. >> if you're allowed to visit her, what do you want to say to her? >> i want answers. i want to know if adam forced her to do this, you know, if so how did adam force you to do this. i'd like to know, you know, details as to what happened. >> what was their history like? >> and understand more. he was abusive to her. >> physically abusive? >> physically abusive, mentally abuse abusive, very controlling. >> and what is she li

police say they were acting on a tip when they found alexandria and kyliyah bain in some woods last evening in mississippi. the man who abducted them adam mayes had taken his own life or did so as the agents were moving in. >> other agents moved in to rescue kyliyah and alexandria who were lying on the ground nearby. the girls were hungry, thirsty and dehydrated. >> after being evaluated the bain girls, 12 and 8 years old, are out of the hospital. meanwhile three more people have been arrested in connection with the case. one person is charged with making false statements, the other two illegal possession of a we. >>> a grim report out -- a weapon. >>> a grim report out of alabama where a teenager is accused of killing his half sister by hanging her from a tree. the body of 9-year-old katelyn arnold was discovered last night in ragland alabama. the 14-year-old boy expect his half sister were living with his aunt and average l as part of a foss homer arrange -- uncle as part of a foster home arrangement. >>> police caught the man who vandalized a chantilly mosque in january. the suspect? 18-

team to mayes and his captives. 12-year-old alexandria bain and her sister, kyliyah. mayes allegedly killed their mom and older sister, strangled them. both girls are safe now with relatives, what they have been through is hard to imagine. here is how a police sergeant who took part in the rescue described the moment they were found. >> i began giving commands, the little girl picked her head up, the other little girl picked her head up after another command, mr. mayes began to raise his head, i could see a weapon in his hand, i yelled gun three times loud to let my team know there was a weapon involved. we ordered mr. mayes to drop the weapon numerous times, mr. mayes raised to his knees, never brandished the gun to any of us or the children. at that time he took his life. >> martin savidge has been covering the story and retraces the final minutes. >> reporter: the manhunt for adam mayes ended on a mississippi dirt road. despite a nationwide alert, authorities felt mayes hadn't gone too far and turns out they were right because where we are now is barely two miles a

gloria alfreda mcmillan of alexandria is charged with a felony hit and run. this started in fairfax county last friday. mcmillan and shelinda arrington both got out of their stopped cars and got into some sort of a fight. investigators believe mcmillan got back in her car and drove away crushing arrington to death in the process. there's no word what the argument was about or if the two women knew each other before that friday. >>> the virginia state police department has released its annual crime report. the numbers fell from 4.6% for every 100,000 people in 2010 to 3.77 in 2011. robberies are down 4% but drugs are still a growing problem in the commonwealth. narcotics offenses increased 7% in 2011 following a 5% rise in 2010. >>> a teacher and a media services technician in the montgomery county school system have been arrested on sexual abuse charges involving minors. 50-year-old collier cornel teaches seventh grade in germantown. he's accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old. 39-year-old aaron la mere was a services technician in

you can see it's nice and quiet crossing the river between oxon hill and alexandria. all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at the north side of town at 4:47. >>> the time right now 4:39. i am watching your money. on wall street stocks on pace for their biggest monthly loss since september. the culprit yet again greece. stocks closed at three-month lows yesterday sliding during the last hour of trading. checking the numbers the dow standing this morning at 12, 632. lost 36 or rather 69 points -- 63 let's make that in trading yesterday. nasdaq was down by almost 9 points and the s&p 500 was down by 7. >>> general motors plans to stop advertising on facebook. the company says it simply isn't getting enough mileage out of its spending. the announcement comes three days before facebook is expected to hold its initial public offering. the social networking giant has been trying to convince investors its ad business makes it worth $100 billion. >>> the c.e.o. of jpmorgan chase has survived an effort by shareholders to sprip him of the title of bo

breaking news in alexandria -- a rescue operation to save an animal stuck in a storm drain. rescuers thought it was a dog stuck down there. second ago we learned the rescuers believe it is a fox and they're stopping the operation to decide how to proceed. we have a reporter on the scene. we will bring you more as we learn it. >> coming up tonight, two women stabbed outside a popular casino in atlantic city days before the weekend. >> when you thought airlines couldn't charge you for anything else, now are they resorting to going after families. >> also, fired for being too hot. that's what this store worker cl >>> two tourists in atlantic city were killed today in an apparent robbery tempt. police say a woman stabbed them to death outside bali's casino. it happened in the middle of the day. two canadien women. one was 47 years old, the other was 80. >> men are, an influential group of health experts, advise men to avoid a common screening for, prostate cancer. saying the psa test leads to treatments that can do more harm than good. american urological association is calling