the arlington losp. thank you very much. supervisor farrell: thank you. next. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager at the tender would -- the tenderloin in a neighborhood association. i want to give strong support of the losp than the 10-year plan to end chronic homeless is. we are a nonprofit development organization. we total about 2300 units. we have nearly 100 formerly homeless households in the tenderloin and the mission the benefits from the availability of losp funding. we expect another 172 tenants at our latest development that will come online this fiscal year. losp is critical as a tool for the homeless in san francisco. it is able to leverage millions of state, federal, and private dollars to help people but homeless as behind the. we believe that losp makes san francisco and national leader in its approach to ending homelessness, and that is of the oil should be very proud of. we encourage you to preserve losp funds for the arlington. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i am f

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at the women and military service memorial at arlington national cemetery. after that, he is hoping to take the exhibit on a nationwide tour. derek. >> thank you, matt. >>> well, new pictures tonight from the mars rover curiosity. now, these amazing snapshots give us a magnificent view of the red planet's krater. now, another shot captures actually part of the curiosity. you can see the shadow of its robotic on there with the image. most of the photos so far are low resolution thumb nails. nasa says we'll get some more high resolution images and color versions very soon. >>> tonight there is outrage at least in some quarters over reports that the tiny maryland town of glenn echo would like to install cameras to give out tickets because drivers routinely ignore the stop sign, so why are some of us upset about it. tonight i think i have an answer, but you may not like it. the charge is good old fashion driver hypocrisy. i'm going to be arguing for the prosecution. we all claim to want the rules of the road enforced, but then we say to ourselves, hey, i almost

atlanta detectives learn the same suspects had been in the arlington county p.d. urges staff to check accounts for any suspicious activity. here's where things ben to get weird. public information officer tells us the police department's aflac representative tells them that the two women arrested in atlanta do work for aflac and there's no evidence anyone there was actually scammed. it appears some county police officers here are not buying that. the officer who gave us the internal memo says the officers are furious and he says, the department let those people in and represented them at legitimate. people were set up and the department is liable. end of quote. >> a major development tonight with the chinese based website known as id chief. back in may, we told you about teenagers using that site to get fake id's to buy booze illegally. 9 wants you to know that will not be happening anymore. >> i'm andrea mccarren on capitol hill where four u.s. senators set a letter to china's ambassador asking that country to take immediate action against the fake id website kno

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the arlington police officer who gave us the me memo said fellow officers are furious. he said quote, the department let those people in and represented them as legitimate. they were scam artists. our people were set up and the department is liable. but arlington county police public information officer, dustin sternbeck says no one here was scammed. >> declined to do an interview and said they have confirmed the two women arrested in atlanta actually work for aflac and atlanta jumped the gun. but a sergeant in the atlanta police department says they didn't jump the gun and don't think the women work for aflac and put them in jail. in arlington county, peggy fox, 9news now. >> a little bit of confusion here. we contacted aflac, which confirmed the women arrested were not their representiat run airports and oversees its biggest construction project is coming under fire. local leaders are demanding some dramatic changes after reports of sweetheart deals and lavish trips by members of the metropolitan airport authority. bruce leshan brings us more from dulles. >> the airpo

there have been four murders in arlington in the past two weeks. some residents don't believe the crime rate is getting worse. >> i expect it will stay low. >> it is concerning, but it's beyond our control. >> arlington police are concerned about the recent wave of violent crimes, but they don't believe the crimes are connected. >> the thick police need help finding a person or persons trying to solicit young boys. police say a man in april was distributing flyers at american university park offer tutoring services to young boys. this past monday somebody complained about a man in mount pleasant with child pornography. three boys on tuesday told police a naked man tried to lure them into a locker room at wilson high school. on wednesday a boy said the man followed him and offered him a ride as he walked along 36th street. resentencing set for today for the first of 13 men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars of drugs into the united states. five defendants will be sentenced today in federal court in and alexandra, facing a possible

the arlington county police department is in the beginning stages of the investigation of to suspicious deaths in the 1900 block of north culpeper street in arlington county. >> reporter: i know you can't identify the victims but what do we know about the victims at this point? >> two adult black males. that's all we can release. >> reporter: roughly age range or can we not say at that point? >> i don't want to give a rough age range because i don't want to be way off. >> reporter: i understand. again keep in mind as of now, this is still just a suspicious death. but if indeed this does become a homicide, it would be a very big deal, especially here in arlington county because arlington county isn't used to having homicides. it's been a very long time except for what happened last week, it's been a very long time since arlington county had any homicides. >> we went approximately 28 months without a single homicide. last week we do have our first two homicides so again we are investigating this as a suspicious death at this time. any further information that is released, whether it's a h

we will announce the winner in hour.00 >> at the arlington county fair night.here last i had a chance to be there with officials andd folks and the good the. military the they will be in business through night. >> i have been waiting for the races. >> those will start today in south arlington. outside it is about 75 degrees. >> loved ones preparing to say six people killed in sikh templeing shooting in wisconsin. sikh templeing shoo♪ i dare you to dare me what's today's dare? erase the damage of 100 blow-drys [ female announcer ] with daily moisture renewal from pantene. the pro-v system nourishes to lock in moistu"e erasininthe damage of 100 blow drys for a silky, soft touch. think only salon brands can n that? i took the dare...will you? [ female announcer ] daily moisture renewal from pantene. hair so healthy it shines. now to the deadly shootings in milwaukee. funeral will be held today for killed.people it will be at a high school near the temple. attorney general eric holder is expected to attend. the fbi wrapped up its investigation and allowed temple leaders back inside for

he's live in arlington both with the story. ken. >> reporter: well, you know, derek, word is certainly out here on the streets, and there is a lot of concerned people out here taking notice of these violent crimes. police officials say they're all isolated cases, none of them are linked, but it's causing a lot of concern on the streets. >> i think it's a safe place, but last two, three weeks, i don't know what's going on. >> reporter: this man works and lives near the 3300 block of wilson boulevard, the spot where a man was brutally stabbed after confronting another man reportedly breaking into his car. he, like own, is worried about what seems to be a spike inviolent crime. >> it's scary. we are scared. we'll be careful. >> reporter: arlington police say the man stabbed is recovering from multiple wounds at a nearby hospital while they search for the suspect. the bloody attack follows four recent homicide in a county that hasn't had any in the past 2 months until just a couple weeks ago. >> it's very concerning for us. we've h

in a deadly arlington jewelry store robbery and police say the d.c. man in custody could soon face charges in another jewelry heist as well. audrey barnes following this one now. >> a joint investigation involving the fbi, d.c. and arlington police netted suspect james sylvester caroline of d.c. now he's being held on a probation violence, but police say he's a suspect in the homicide at capital jewelers in arlington july 27th. the owner tommy wong was found dead inside. caroline is a suspect in a separate robbery at benson jewelers of northwest d.c. in june. surveillance tape was key to bringing in caroline detectives say. wong's family is thankful for the speedy arrest. >> i'm really relieved that, you know, the guy that did this is caught and he can be put to justice for what he did to my dad. >> just thankful that this guy is caught and off the streets and he can't hurt anyone else. >> d.c. contacted us immediately following the arlington county incident and we have been working with them hand by hand side by signed since that incident. so yes, ca

also wore a yellow reflective of best just like the attack inn the arlington. >> police released a composite sketch of the man they believe responsible for a sexual near the georgetown waterfront. believe this happened july 7 at 1:00 a.m. it is a white male with a heavy accent.an he is slightly overweight. anyone with information is asked call police. are learning more about the frightening near collision between three planes at reagan national airport. aviation officials insist nobody but a federal investigation is under way. autria godfrey with new insight what nearly went wrong. >> tonight both the faa are investigating the incident. a fairly common practice reverse the runway like they did, especially a whether even to. this the best additional focus how the proper information to not relayed from the site who needed to know. in the cockpit of pilot attempting to land is not so fast. air traffic controllers scramble fromear the planes away two during -- planes heading it.rd >> there was unclear information about the traffic flow and the runaway configuration. the lack of communication as

among >> the arlington county school district has an overcrowding problem on its hands but not in the classroom. too many children are taking the school bus. >> you now have to have passes to ride the bus. >> they do not worry about the piece of paper. >> requiring kids to show a paper pass to read the school bus raises the same concerns. >> how of my supposed to remember that every morning with everything else within about. >> the arlington county school district thought about that, too. >> we are looking at giving them more permanent passes. >> in november a consultant's study suggested the bus solution to these problems. too many kids who are supposed to be walking to school or hopping on the school bus. what's that is what we are trying to avoid. we do not know those kids are going to get on the buses, we cannot manage the number of students. >> a lot of kids said, i do not have my past. they were just like, this is too much to keep up with. >> starting in september they are going to try to keep only those with bus passes on board. the challenge for the district is to find a way t

. >> reporter: we are on the arlington in the town center. this is where the controversy is the worst. the old lights looked like that, the new ones are higher and brighter. a hamlet in the hills. it has the feel of a town from a by gone era. >> feels very small town. not berkeley, not oakland. it's a lot of people haven't heard of it. >> reporter: now it has new street lights but here new isn't necessarily better. >> they aren't charming at all. they look like they would light a wal-mart parking lot. >> reporter: they have lived above the arlington for 30 years and they have been upset. >> i'm pretty certain people are like -- like lie want to relace them with something more attractive. >> reporter: others agree the lights don't fit. >> it's a -- more of a freeway feel than a parking lot. >> reporter: the objections have been so loud pg&e stopped the project after putting in 42 of them with just 14 to go. >> we are doing all we can to make both the county and the community happy with the end result but we have to work together. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: we are on the arlington in the town center. this is where the controversy is the worst. the old lights looked like that, the new ones are higher and brighter. a hamlet in the hills. it has the feel of a town from a by gone era. >> feels very small town. not berkeley, not oakland. it's a lot of people haven't heard of it. >> reporter: now it has new street lights but here new isn't necessarily better. >> they aren't charming at all. they look like they would light a wal-mart parking lot. >> reporter: they have lived above the arlington for 30 years and they have been upset. >> i'm pretty certain people are like -- like lie want to relace them with something more attractive. >> reporter: others agree the lights don't fit. >> it's a -- more of a freeway feel than a parking lot. >> reporter: the objections have been so loud pg&e stopped the project after putting in 42 of them with just 14 to go. >> we are doing all we can to make both the county and the community happy with the end result but we have to work together. >> reporter:

they were working to renovate the outside of the arlington hotel. the crane on the sloping section of levinworth street started tipping. it scraped the arm of the hotel and ripped down the scaffolding moments before the crew was set to go up in it and it smashed and totaled the rear of the truck and they were loading the bed. the accident has kept the intersection closed to traffic for the last four and a half hours as police continue their investigation here. >> this is the kind of high density area. people are milling around. kids are going to summer school. it is a miracle that no one was seriously injured at all. >> reporter: police tell me because no one was injured, cal osha was not called to the scene. they will make a report and share it with the department of building inspections which has an investigator here. san francisco is seeing a construction boone. coming up at 6:00 tonight. how they are supervising multiple accidents such as this one. reporting live, david stevenson. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the jobs report for july is out. it sho

verizon said the audit started with arlington and they on top of the problem there, but tell that to the folks in in fairfax. >> they haven't fixed the problem almost anywhere. they're working diligently at doing that. >> and both sides said the tone of the meeting was cordial. at one 911 director said, they have a long journey ahead of them and they're at exit one and have 17 exits more to go. brian? >> that sounds like a long one. karen gray houston. >>> and president obama's sweeping immigration legislation takes affect today. young immigrants lined up to register for a new program to keep him from beinger did ported. this is a scene from los angeles and chicago and in d.c. hundreds waited to apply for legal protection. this is part of the deferred action program. young item grants brought to the united states as children, you want to stay and are eligible if they meet other base rainstorms. >> have a dream to, to reach our goals and to be somebody. >> estimate varies as many as a million immigrants could apply for protection. the program hurts the economy and warns it will underc

they're happy to be done with august 22, combined with the arlington. not a good combination. here is how the owes the stand. they're in -- how the o's stand. they are behind the oakland a's and the tampa bay rays. with 39 games left to play, they are within striking distance in their back home tonight trying to play of the whole -- home field advantage as they open up a weekend series with the toronto blue jays. we will see you at the simulcast as the ravens take on the jaguars. tom tasselmyer with your game time and 7-forecast all straight ahead. -- taiex here's a look at what we're working on for 11 news tonight. the boat accident that injured several people. state health officials are concerned about a bat. some in the game may have been exposed to rabies. we will have these stories and more following the game >> amazing whether locally but we have our right to the south. >> we will see how is it moves and whether or not it impacts florida. these and whether for football and some showers over the weekend. >> thanks for joining us. nbc news is next. [captioning made possibl

the bus to school in arlington, but this year, the fifth grader will have to walk about a mile to get there, lugging a backpack as big as she is. >> on tuesdays, i have sack phone class and i have to carry it too school and home from school that is like carrying two times as much as this. >> reporter: she is one of hundreds of arlington students that just learned they can no longer ride the bus to school. school officials have removed 12 bus stops at five different schools that are within the walk zones to ease overcrowding on the buses. >> the disturbing thing is that the county did not give us any notice. we heard about ten days ago that they were making this drastic challenge. >> reporter: they say that the walking policy has been on the books for years, but this is the first year they're actively enforceing it. students within a mile of school must now walk. middle and high school school that live within a mile and a half have to hit the pavement too. >> it will be a lot harder and longer. and it will take me a longer time to get there, i guess. >> reporter: it means that fifth gr

construction crews were renovating the outside of the arlington hotel when the crane fell. a few parked cars and street lights were damaged when the crane collapsed but amazingly nobody was hurt. >> lucky -- this is the kind of congested area people milling around and kids going to summer school, people on the corners, nothing short of a miracle nobody was seriously injured, nobody injured at all. >> reporter: pg&e was called in to shut off the electricity as the crane was removed from the street. >>> continuing coverage of a controversy giving a fast food restaurant a lot of exposure. >>> today, protest ares declared same sex kiss day at chick-fa-la. this comes after the restaurant's ceo expressed his opposition to same sex marriage. a small turnout was dwarfed by the thousands that came out to support the restaurant. >>> look right in the center of your screen you will see someone spray painted "tastes like hate" workers painted over it. no word that any protesters showed up at that restaurant today. >>> hope tonight for the nation's jobless as they hire more workers in j

at the arlington hotel in an amount not to exceed $9.3 million. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. i understand item 59 is going to be coming out of committee in september september 4. >> item 68 -- item 60 was considered at a regular meeting on monday, july 30. our resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to accept an expensive gift from the baker street foundation for $100,000 for the salary of a gardener at the polo fields in golden gate park for at least a year. president chiu: without objection, this resolution is adopted. supervisor mar: this past friday, the budget office released an import report on the possible impacts of formula retail stores on our fresh food businesses and smaller businesses. this is an important study. my commission did it as a result of a hearing i help with a coalition of small businesses. that was last year on the impacts of the growing presence of large scale corporate for miller retail. -- for formulary retail. among the issues raised was the fact that large before miller retailers are s

. >>> a number of parents in arlington county are upset with school officials there after the school district announced plans to cancel services at 12 bus stops and this is all happens just as school gets under way. we got reaction from some of those parents. >> reporter: these elementary schoolkids and their mothers are trying to get used to a new routine this year, walking to school. >> arlington county dropped this bomb on us just two weeks ago. >> reporter: sandy moore has taken issue with the arlington public schools' decision to stop 12 bus stops. one was only a block away if her house. now her daughter and other kids are left with a new way to get to school a mile away. >> we live in modern times with busy roads and there are some siations that you just don't want a young girl walking home alone in. >> reporter: moore isn't alone in her concern. >> i just think it's absurd to expect children as young as 5, 6, 7 years old to walk a mile, nearly a mile to school. >> reporter: parents say this is the scariest part about their children's walk to school. 18th street and glieb road.

heavier showers in arlington into northwest d.c. in fairfax south down 123 on looks like little river turnpike, south of that now, we're looking at this. very heavy shower. it's not moving much so you get some locally heavy downpours from that. more of those showers here now in prince william county. this is west and south of 234. look at stafford. southwest of stafford see something heavy downpours as well. this goes down into fredricksburg area and folks on facebook. send some our way. we've got you some rain which also is going down here to 301 south of dahlgren. this is all building slowly toward the east. wouldn't surprise me if in charles county you have more in the way of thunderstorm development as we head into the afternoon and even south of fredricksburg we're seeing some of this. with the showers around, temperatures all over the place. it's been dry at national. hazy sun at times, 88. but north of town we've got 77 in gaithersburg. 79 in ma manassas. that's where we've been dealing with some of the heavier showers. cambr

the arlington county fair runs through tomorrow. >> coming up, with only a few weeks until the republican convention in running makes his pick for vice president. >> maryland lawmakers worked into the night, what they decided to do about extending gambling. >> some metro riders are getting paid to take a buses and trains. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. this week, seedless grapes straight off the vine are just 79 cents a pound. starbucks coffee is only $7.49. that'sless than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. tropicana o.j. is just $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> you are watching abc 7 news said noon, on your side. -- abc7 news at noon, on your side. >> big news in the race for the white house as mitt romney has announced paul ryan as his running mate to >> more on the pick and how it will affect the campaign. >> the afternoon. i am kathy park. >> i

arlington police say the victim confronted and chaseed a suspect and that is when the situation turns violent. we have a report. >> this is just not the sort of thing that happens in arlington during the daytime a couple blocks from of a metro station. >> reporter: scott didn't see the violent attack go down just outside this restaurant on busy will sop boulevard but he got there right after it happened. >> you could see blood on the wall. you could see blood on the sidewalk next to the restaurant. so it was a brutal stabbing. >> reporter: a 31-year-old man stabbed in the hand, shoulders back and front left bloodied and fighting for his life after arlington police say he confronted a man he saw trying to break into his car. >> the victim was in his office and he looked out the one owe and he saw a hispanic male allegedly breaking into his car. the victim left his office, went downstairs and confronted the suspect. >> reporter: police say the suspect ran way and the victim chased him. two men ended up here where police say the suspect pulled out a knife and went on the attack. scott br

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now, also, if you're traveling the outer loop this time the arlington boulevard, also still have to stick to the right, single file to the right to get by. but again, both work zones should be clearing shortly. let's head to the beltway in montgomery county. travel lanes are open in this area in both directions, no issues to report. i'll give you a live look as you make your way past university boulevard, and you can see just here, outer loop as well as the inner loop, nice and clear, accident-free and no delays at all at this time. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> all right, thanks, danella. >> 4:43 right now. >>> still to come this morning, the lavish lifestyle that could now lead to punishment for a four-star general. >>> plus, the change overnight that firefighters are now dealing with as they battle wildfires out west. ♪ >>> august 16th, 1977. how a small town in tennessee is leading the nation in marking this important d >>> 14 before the hour now. a four-star army general under investigation for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lavish travel expenses. general willi