. >> ellison barber is live to tell us more. >> reporter: that's right, guys, it's certainly a step in the right direction. there's a ton of legislation that cong but today the commission told congress after 18 months of research, they believe there needs to be a museum of american women's history and it should be part of the smithsonian institution. >> it's dedicated to the history of women, and that would be great for our country. >> it would be interesting, but should we separate that from america? >> would it be powerful to see my story as an american woman? probably, but do i necessarily >> reporter: regardless they may see one by 2026. with exhibits like this -- >> the will and testament, give and grant. -- >> reporter: or something close to it. >> this is freedom at my desk. >> reporter: this virtual reality lets you step inside the display you can see at the american women's historical museum. carolyn maloney has pushed for it our nation's women, and it's important it will speak to the world about our value of women. >> reporter: she found a partner in marcia blackburn, and 2 y

ellison barber has more. >> reporter: tonight residents received some good news from the acting police chief. he said detectives are close to solving the murder. >> we have significant information in the case, and we are very confident that we will be able to bring some of the people involved into custody. >> reporter: this meeting at st. caletta was schedule the more than a week because of the two shootings that happened last saturday that occurred within 2 hours of one another on the corner of 5th and 8th street. >> reporter: but the weekend violence made it more urgent. >> it's a 16-year-old girl, and that's appalling. >> reporter: brianna was shot and killed on friday at 11:42 a.m., around the 1200 block of i-street southeast. her murder was the start of a deadly weekend. gunned down one on l street southeast at 12 44 in the afternoon, and one on howard road at 4:12 p.m. >> lining up and asking questions. >> reporter: resident after resident asking for answers. >> do we have a prosecution problem in the city? or do we just have a crime problem or both? >> reporter: many of them wer

wusa9's ellison barber brings us the story. >> reporter: on may 6, 2016 a mushroom hunter stumbled on a human skeleton just off of catoctin hollow road near cunningham falls state park. remains were spread out across this area. police had to bring canines into help them search. they recovered most of the bones and that's how they were able to get this photo. or sketch, really. of a young man anthropologist say is between 16 and 19 years old. the remains belonged to an african-american man who was roughly 5'6". forensic artists used all of that information and the remains to create this. an image of what he looked like before he died. police hope someone recognizes him. how the team died is still unknown. medical examiner could not determine it but police say whoever this is died a while ago. the place where they found him is isolated and off of a major highway. this is the closest town. clermont. most people we spoke to knew about the case but no one recognized the mystery man. police say this is a last-ditch effort to find some closure in a case where all the leads dried up months ag

. >>> i'm ellison barber, wusa 9. >>> police are asking for your help in finding two teenage girls. >> the two girls are 15. mariam is from ash burn, and taylor is from the braydenton area. if you know help officers find them, please contact the sheriff's office. >>> in the district, a judge has found probable cause to hold the father of a 3-year-old who showed up at school with a loaded pistol in his backpack. the school resource officer found the semiautomatic gun on tuesday after the child arrived at multon elementary. the father is facing gun and child endangerment charges and >>> a u.s. park police officer could be facing surgery and rabies shots. >> he accidently shot himself in the foot while fighting off a racoon. it happened around noon today near the horse stables at rock creek park and the racoon bit the officer. another officer shot and killed it, and it's being tested right now for rabies, and if the tests come back pose, the officer will need shots. >>> >>> the er school bus involved in a deadly crash should not have been behind the wheel. glen shackle and five other peo

reporting in prince william county, ellison barber, wusa 9. . >>> now the sheriff's office is asking for your help in finding this 17-year-old girl. charlie may shanks from the warrenton area, and it's she was last seen at her home 8 days ago. she disappeared without her cell phone or purse. she may be with this man. hunter, deforest andrews from front royal. he does not have a car, and he may still be in the area. if you can help, contacted the faulkner county sheriff's office. you don't have to give them your name. >>> a federal $3 million after an article about a gang rape at a fraternity hose. she said she was portrayed as a villain, and she was asking for $7.5 million. >>> a final night of campaigning for donald trump and hillary clinton. independence hall, joining her was her family and president obama, first lady michelle obama, and musicians bruce springsteen and jon bon jovi. >> and these last hours, we need your help knocking on doors and making phone calls, helping us get people out. >> reporter: right now clinton is headed to north carolina for a midnight get out the vote

ellison barber has the story for us, and that's from northeast. >> dc scores is a nonfederal government here in dc, partnering with a number of and soccer. tonight here atwoodson high school, it was all about the poems. ? we the people! we the people! ? >> there's a lot of ways to celebrate. first i was nervous, and then i was giggling because of a friend. he was flying like he was a monster. >> this is our eastside plan. our poetry night takes two nights. >> reporter: 2200 students for 3rd to 8th grade. >> everybody ready? >> reporter: half of them stepping on stage tonight, speaking of their homes. >> reporter: and their hopes. >> the success, told my mom i always do my best. >> reporter: their frustrations. >> they say man up, but what about woman up? there has never been a woman president. that's why i -- >> reporter: the world they want to live in. >> everyone raises above. whether you're black or white, you can treat each other right. >> reporter: the trophy sitting on the side of the stage, but with every word, and every stomp and every cheer. >> reporter: this night was about so

. >> wusa 9's ellison barber is live outside of american university here in northwest washington. ellison? >> reporter: today guys it was a symbol associated with white supremacy. students at american university found a swastica with the words go trump written underneath it. >> it's disgraceful and it's embarrassing. >> reporter: but this sort of thing is not rare. the same day police at american university were looking into the swastica on their campus a principal from westland middle school sent home a letter to parents saying someone used ink pen, a pencil, and glue to cover up a boy's bath ram with the symbol in recent days, reports of racist graffiti have popped up from minnesota to new york. at a protest in dc hostility from both sides. >> this is stupid! >> reporter: trump supporters and those against him. >> don't say anything -- don't eat at any -- restaurant. >> let's not. >> reporter: some are worried it's a new normal. >> some people who didn't feel like they had the reason to say the things now feel like they >> there's been so much violence at rallies in his past and

reporting at the white house, i am ellison barber, wusa 9. >> thank you. tonight president elect donald trump's team continues to work on staffing the governm as the man breaks with presidential tradition again, disappearing from trump tower. >> wusa 9's garrett explains. >> do you know where your president elect is? for a time no one but his family and secret service only did after he told staff to go home and trump slipped off to dinner. reporters crowd source the location based on the single journalists rushed to the 21 club in manhattan, there he was dining with his family after his staff told reporters to go home an hourl earlier. -- hour earlier, the latest break from presidential norm s. inside trump tower today the transition teams followed a more familiar pattern, the vice president elect signed papers to formally take over the process of staffing up a government. with some 7,000 jobs to fill eventually, the trump team has annod both advisors to the president elect. >> i will making it a lot different. >> reporter: transition team members and alli

reporting in landover, i'm ellison barber, wusa 9. >> detectives are looking for one or two men, and they are offering $25,000 in information that leads to an arrest. >>> we want you to take a good look at your screen. >> yeah, maybe you can help to find a missing teenager. 15-year-old raquel navez from maryland. she was last seen yesterday lev looihe lane. greenbelt police said she stopped taking her medication for depression and anxiety. if you know where she is, please contact the greenbelt police department. >>> a man who set fire to a woman has died from injuries after the fire spread. the man is identified as 64- year-old lewis fetti, and the woman remain in the hospital with critical burn injuries. strong, but that's what it sounded like. >> reporter: what would you do if you saw somebody attacking your mother, a disturbing case of abuse caught on a nanny cam, and it's tied to immigration fraud. >> she is someone little girls and our first lady look up to. what some lucky local gymnasts felt when they got to meet their o, >>> it will be cold in the morning. 6:00a.m., 45, and w

barber for help. >> reporter: the photo is two years old. and on the for sale sign there's a blurry number for a realtor named kare 11. -- carol levin. >> that's where our story begins tonight. we spoke to the realtor who sold the house. this house right here, two years ago. she actually never really dealt with she only dealt with their daughter. she would not give us her number but says she would ask her to call us. and she did. >> your parents used to live on a house on monroe street? >> yes. my parents did. >> when did you guys kind of sell that house and can you tell me your parents names? >> first you need to tell me what's going on. >> rtrepoer: i filled brenda in on most of the story. tea cart, envelopes, papers. i didn't say what the documents awesome. >> yeah. >> reporter: i skipped ahead. i would love to come and meet you. and then called lisa. >> basically i was able to track down their daughter. turns out she lives in silver spring. about four blocks away from that house they grew up in. >> she was like my mother was famous for h

reporting live in tacoma park, ellison barber, wusa 9. of virginia right now. state police have issued an amber alert. annabella dorthia richardson. she was likely abducted by dillon james richardson. the relationship is not clear. it happened in south central virginia, and police believe they may be in a if you see them, call 911 pleadly. >>> renewed hope for a missing universal of maryland student. friends learned 21-year-old caitlyn george may have been spotted in baltimore. now to john henry with more. >> reporter: i spoke to one of caitlyn george's good friends, and he said they are hopeful the news means she will return soon. >> reporter: it's been a tough maryland, and students like john bolster just want to know what happened to their friend, fellow student, caitlyn george. >> every day i call her, maybe four or five times, and it always goes straight to voice mail. it's really hard. >> reporter: they have known each other since freshman year, and they once lived on the same floor. >> she's one of my best friend dorm on tuesday. at the time she seemed f

ellison barber, wusa nine. >> protests like that are taking place across the country. the upper left of the screen, crowds taking to the streets in philadelphia. in the lower left, protests in dallas. the upper right, at least o in minneapolis, that's the scene at the bottom right, protests have been peaceful with some 3000 people on the university of minnesota's west bank campus.>>> president-elect trump and president obama >>> a cordial tone during their meeting at the white house. they met in the oval office to discuss the transition and then offered summer marks. >> i very much look forward to dealing with the president in >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed, then the country succeeds. >> mr. trump and mike pence also met with republican leaders on capitol hill. >>> melania trump accompanied her husband to town. first lady michelle obama gave her a tour of the white house and the two women discussed the transition over tea. lafayette, louisiana are investigating possible hate crimes against muslim women on

ellison barber, w usa nine. >> leave it to you to find friends all over the world. download our wuse 9 app for the top 25 deals on amazon. >>> so not many washington fans are singing the fight song tonight. the team fell 31-26 against the cowboys. pranked is here to break it all down. they were close. >> they really came back. >> at the end you don't count should haves because the risk its final short at the cowboys, their old rival, this afternoon . they had a real chance to make a statement to the rest of the league why beating the cowboys on the road. these two teams get together? kirk cousins an entertaining game against the cowboys. cousins and jordan reed playing with a sprained shoulder. redskins lineup for the onside kick but dustin hopkins never get that good hot ball, goes out of bounds and the cowboys run out the clock and the redskins fall jay gruden, head coach of the skin, knows this team wants to make the playoffs. >> we have to play our butts off a bit starts in arizona. we don't have a lot of margin for error as to a lot of teams in the nfl. the las

here's ellison barber. >> reporter: they left because betty had alzheimer's. >> i notice she was repeating stuff. she would say something, and 30 again. i said i think she's getting dementia. i told my dad we need to get her tested, and my dad said i'm not going to do that. brenda tricked her mom into seeing a doctor. >> she was diagnosed with dementia. they put her on medication and everything. >> this is at my dad's birthday party. she just got so bad, he was having a hard time with her. >> reporter: her dad decided he needed more permanent help, and they moved to south carolina to live with their oldest march 2014. >> reporter: but for as long as betty lived on the house on monroe street he constantly lived things. >> did you turn everything over as best as you could? >> my sister and sister-in-law, their job when they first did it, dissect the bedroom, looking over every nook and cranny. under the rugs, under her drawers, her clothes, closets. >> it was cash! i don't know. >> reporter: the fact that lisa a total strangers found a stack of fully matured bonds under the tea cart that doe

. >> and ellison barber is with the van holland campaign at the democratic headquarters there where many of the candidates are gathered candidate chris van holland. have you had a chance to talk to him yet? >> not yet. the party starts at 8:00 and cars and people heading in now within eight minutes of polls closing in maryland cbs news projected chris van holland as winning the out going senate seat. not a huge surprise there. the last time a republican won the senate seat from the state of maryland was 1980 so he was tonight and he did. i spoke to a source who is with the maryland democrats and told me if you want any surprises tonight go over to virginia. so far things seem to be stacking up that way. as you mentioned leslie a lot of candidates here including former pollutant anthony brown as long as with hoping to replace chris van holland in the house. back to you guys. >> we'll see how it all shakes out ellison. hopefully you'll be inside very soon. >> garrett with us real quick any surprises jumping out at you at this point. >> a huge number of votes in florida well within the marg

i'm ellison from channel 9. very nice to meet you. and this is lisa. >> we said hello and moved away. because this is a moment for lisa. >> i found something that belongs to your family. and i wanted to give it to you, if that's okay. >> that's our son that was murdered. he's no ng >> and it also has another name on here. >> that's my wife, and she's not here. she's in assisted living. she has alzheimer's. oh my goodness, where did you find those? >> i actually went to an auction in maryland and i bought a little tea cart. >> lisa told him everything. >> the whole time, mr. matthews, i've been hoping it was somebody who needed it and could really use it. and she finally gave the bonds to their rightful owner. >> thank you very much. >> and then he told us everything. >> at the end of the second world war, and i was in korea and vietnam. >> about a life that has gotten tougher in the past couple of years. >> i go three times a week, maybe on saturday, so it would be four times in a week. we're going tomorrow. brenda hasn't seen her in

but it has to be the guys in the barber shop and the ladies in the diner. >> howard howard dean is also running for the job. >>> a sign held at a protest is getting attention, it said, rain melania trump. >> i feel like president elect donald trump does not understand that people are in fear because of the things that he said. >> donald trump recently opened a hotel in washington, dc, like many other trump hotels, it's become a target for protestors. >> trump supporters rallied on the hollywood walk of fame. they gathered on the donald trump star on the walk of fame and they said it's time for the country to come together. >> we are trying to diffuse of hostility and anger and hate. this is what trump people have always been about, we do not want to fight or protest, we want to be in peace and unify the country. >> sunday, a different demonstration took place at the cnn building in hollywood. protestsors chapted anti-trump slogans. >>> mark mark zuckerberg is commenting on whether or not facebook influenced the election. he said, we have already started to work to stop people from posti