you're looking down the 5000 block of connecticut avenue. a bunch of people coming from the businesses on this side trying to get away from the scene. take a look at the video. you see the man on the ground bgz taken into custody by metropolitan police. they shelled the man for a short time. we're told he may have had a rifle. this started about 3:00. the police chief says this man walked into the comet ping-pong establishment, fired at least one round intoe let's get more details now from chief knewsome. >>> about 3:00 yesterday afternoon, an adult male entered the comet pizza with an assault rifle. the folks that were in the establishment at the time immediately fled. there is some evidence that the weapon was fired inside of the location. metropolitan police department him into custody safely. now, no one was injured. we're told that shot was fired into the ground. the person came in a car, they have that car. they say they also took a handgun from him. the car had out-of-state tags. we don't necessarily know if that means the suspect is

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extending back to georgia so georgia to connecticut you're in for about a 25 minute slow down and big problems there as well. we'll keep up updated metro on time now except for safe track surge 11 last day orange and sl ver will track westing to east falls church back to you steve and allison. >> coming up next why james taylor is canceling a stop at deadly overseas tour. >> and explosion in mexico killed dozens of bell app the scene was visible for miles. looks like something out ever a war zone. reaction from witnesses coming up next. >> developing news it in berlin germany german media reports now police are looking for tonesian man after finding identity document inside the truck. the original suspect did christmas markets across berlin will. >> buckingham palace cautious closing roads for iping cha vring of guard military >> with recent wave of violence aron the world president owe lekt donald trump plans to meet with national security advisor today. donald trump will be briefed by michael flynn. yesterday flynn and team met with vice-president elect mike pence in washington. >>

on connecticut avenue. so watch out here. seeing delays northbound on connecticut avenue. mike and jan. >>> today the supreme court is going to hear arguments in a pair of cases examining redistricting in north carolina >> some african-american voterrers claim that -- voters claim that democratic voters have been packed in some districts. >>> a man is accused of walking into a pizza store and firing a rifle. >> they say he was there to investigate a pizza conspiracy. he is in custody after walking into the store on connecticut avenue.

blocking shoulder traffic all the way backed up past connecticut from coalsville to connecticut watch for big slow downs a 15 minute delay now from 95 over there. >> we'll keep up updated >> straight ahead at 6 a family is homeless this morning after fire tears through their rockville home. the mistake that caus house to go up in flames and reminder for all of is this winter. >> "fox5" taking action as getting as after a man tried to break into a home in the districts and police did not take action until we got involved. update on the story you only saw on "fox5". >> and here he, here he. it is officially wint are a live look outside on this wednesday morning it's december 21. the winter solstice arrived 15 minutes ago and that also means it's shortest day of the year. >> we'll not see the sunrise until 7:17 and sunset is after 4:30 this afternoon. >> only three months until spring. >> keep telling me that good morning to you i'm allison seymour. >> i'm steve chenevey. >> defing overnight, a rockville family is homeless days before christmas there's still photo from the flames what is

a two mile backup inner loop just before connecticut avenue here this morning. taking a look 95 authorities at franconia springfield parkway still blocking two right lanes. the roosevelt bridge. 66 inbound okay, rest of 95 no major problems. prince george's county rolling along just fine. southbound connecticut at jones bridge road a disabled vehicle blocking the center lane causing delays and dc 295 southbound disabled vehicle in the right lane. overall up top and all of the routes into town and out of town 95 looking quite miles per hour almost everywhere a little bit slow on 270 this morning. >>> it is 6:53 and ready to roll. this morning we're taking you inside the brand new mgm national harbor casino resort before it opens tonight. earlier we told you about all the dining options there. >> now we are going to meet the man who played an integral role in bringing those residents to oxen hill. justin finch is live with the main lobby with that. justin. morning. really trying to get you hungry this morning i'm here with executive chef jason johnston. we have a

i think, having sat through that whole trial, the connecticut supreme court today was correct. mickey sherman made some difficult, perhaps incorrect decisions about how to defend michael skakel, but the reason michael skakel was convicted is because he actually was guilty, in my opinion, and i think that's the correct result in this case. >> so you sitting in that trial room, you believe that the evidence was convincing. >> i do. i absolutely do. and in the idea that mickey sherman, who was a well-known lawyer in connecticut and a frequent guest on cnn and other talk shows, was constitutionally inadequate, if you look at the quality of defense in the united states, mickey sherman was far from the worst that someone would get. cheerily what i thought was going on was that the intermediate appeals court thought skakel was innocent and they used the ineffective assistance of counsel argument as a way to get michael skakel out of prison. but i don't think michael skakel was innocent. neither did the jury and neither did i think the connecticut supreme court today. >> does he have a

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we will talk to the attorney general of connecticut next. this is bloomberg. ♪ teva and aren being sued by teva 20 states. this comes a day after the department of justice charged two former executives of heritage pharmaceuticals with conspiring to fix prices. we are joined by george jepsen, connecticut attorney general, one of the state involved in the lawsuit. mr. attorney general, we need to get a sense of the scale -- how widespread is the price fixing scheme? we believe it is massive, quite widespread. it is the first legal action being taken. we expect more. joe: when you say massive and widespread, how exactly -- what with the mechanics of the scheme you are alleging -- how was it coordinated? a. g. jepsen: when we are finding, and the evidence will show, is explicit price fixing to this is not circumstantial evidence when the evidence comes out and some of it has been redacted in what we filed today because of sensitivity to justices and our own ongoing investigation. explicit price fixing where in text messages, you knows, convers

. >>> this is outer loop at connecticut. and there's also another problem before that as you're approaching this slowdown here. again, also on the left side of the roadway. so right now you're seeing extra slowdowns here on the top of the beltway. thank you for that, chopper 4. you can see both there in one foul swoop. 70 at 270 we have a crash in the left lane. and inbound florida there's a crash in the right lane. and inbound 66 at sudley road, the backups are building pretty quickly here. the tow truck just got on the scene. i also have a problem just reported inbound 66 before lee highway. a crash there blocking the center lane as well. we'll have travel times for you 6:02 and d.c. police want to know whether there are more victims after a woman says she was sexually assaulted inside united medical center. >> and police have arrested a hospital employee who denied the allegations. news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters with more on what the suspect is saying. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morn

that other one also outer loop before connecticut avenue. neither of the cameras are showing what is going on there. 270 northbound near montgomery village avenue, we'll have that crash. and northbound landover road, this is the car versus deer. sounds like this has just gotten out of the way. don't corny about that one. northbound indian head highway and 228, there's a crash hanging around ther next. >>> and a boil water advisory in prince william county going on right now. this is for those of you who are north of route 29 in the haymarket avenue. this is going to be in effect for 48 hours as crews try to fix this water main break and test the water in the region that's highlighted on your screen. so here's what to note, boil take precaution if you have kids going to school. send them with extra bottled water. the schools are open and many are affected by this. check the school's websites for updates and head to our website for the latest information. >>> thank you, angie. fairfax county police are sorting through what was a very chaotic s

this unfolds from the restaurana onto connecticut avenue. this was video that was shot by our executive producer. you see the man there with his back turned to police, police p with their guns drawn. according to police when this wh man walked into the restaurant they say he made no threats. he made no demands. his weapon, however, did goer, objection to the d form he fired it several times into the ground. no hostages injuries. police saying on the scene here that the moment at the time was unclear. they were aware of those conspiracy there wrist and interim police chief party knewi sam saying that what had happened earlier today was tied to the social media concerns. however, tonight d.c. police confirming this man confessedese that he came to self investigate these fictitious online pizza gait.pizz we saw a bunch of people clustep around comet and all running this way down connecticut and then someone told us that the chef at comet said someone had come in with a gun and told everyone to evacuate. 45 minutes after they run in, walking bac

>>> we still have the problem on outer loop before connecticut avenue. they moved the camera so i'm not sure if it is gone and they moved the camera or they just moved the camera. i still have it reported in my system, the left lane near connecticut avenue is blocked. 95 northbound and southbound are okay. i had circled this area to just after woodbridge with a right now roads in and out of saint gorge's county are okay. >>> my intent is to bring in general james "mad dog" maddis office even though the rule is they have to be retired for seven years. >>> an update into the live desk on the plane crash that killed most of a brazilian soccer team last week. we just learned that the head of the airliner that crashed, you're looking at new video we've gotten here, that the airliner that crashed in colombia, he's been prosecutors. investigators are still looking into whether the crash that killed 71 people was because of negligence. prosecutors say the interrogation is expected to last for about eight hours and could result in an arrest. that's the latest fro

it happened in the parking lot outside the toyota oakdale in connecticut. the victims have not been identified yet. >>> isis claiming responsibility for a pair of suicide bombings in baghdad. at least 28 people are dead, more than 50 others injured. police say two bombers detonated their vests on a busy street near a market earlier today. the blast destroyed businesses in a historic part of that iraqi capital. >>> well, you know millions of people are already ringing in the new year. we're behind the times here so to speak. 2017 kicking off first in new zealand. fireworks at the sky tower in auckland. there they are. and down under, an incredible show with the sydney harbor bridge as this centerpiece. that's just a few minutes ago. ♪ lly sick. and there's a lot that he isn't able to do, and make-a-wish stepped in. we had to climb up the mountain to get the injured hiker. he fell from, like, a rock. he's been the one that has been rescued so many times. he said to me, "today, i got to be the hero." (avo) the subaru share the love event has helped grant the

connecticut flying flags at half-staff today to honor the victims.newtown marked the anniversary with 15-minutes of reflective silence this a minnesota be alive after driving her car into a frozen pond.she was trapped in the car as it started to sink.that's when some good samaritans came to the rescue.mn-dot cameras caught them rushing to the scene to help. "i said eyes' because a lot of glass and we pushed the rest of the glass out of the way and pulled her out of the vehicle.""they are fantastic. good samaritans willing to get involved to take action and help somebody in need."the driver will be okay. a mail carrier and a good samaritan performed a christmas miracle for some people in north carolina ... as they rushed to pull packages from a burning delivery truck. firefighters arrived quickly to extinguish the blaze.many of the rescued parcels were amazon deliveries. amazon was so impressed that they're donating some money to the local fire department. amazon says it's made its first-ever prime air drone delivery... with the launch of a private the u-k.the service promises to get p

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bush: joe lieberman, the great senator from connecticut who is one courageous person when it comes to doing what is right for freedom in the world, and we are thrilled you are here, joe. retirement ain't all that bad a deal, is it? you look refreshed being outside of washington. someone who is not so refreshed, but is doing a fabulous job as senator of colorado, cory gardner. we appreciate your service, and i want to thank you for being one of the architects of tougher sanctions on north korean officials for human rights violations. ambassador robert king, special envoy for north korean human rights, has joined us. robert, we appreciate you coming. you will hear from robert and the other two i introduced soon. we've got members of the korean-american community. part of the purpose here is to encourage all americans, but the

there's a crash blocking twock lanes after connecticut avenue e between connecticut and wisconsin.scon try your luck on east-west highway or other routes but itet right now. inner loop looking nice. n no problems there.he we'll take a look at our maps ms because those aren't the onlye o crashes causing some big delays. inbound douglas bridge eveni though a crash cleared we haveae delays on suitland parkway. parw suitland parkway is very heavyey traffic past south capitol. cap. big delays bw parkwaybw southbound because of a crash or by 32.by allison and wisdom back toac you. >> 6:50 is the time. time. another public hearing set for r this evening about theng abo widening of i-66. i the hearing starts at 6:30 at washington lehigh school in the i-66 transformationransformt project will attempt to ease toe congestion on 66 outside theon6o beltway. vdot's plans call for twoor express toll lanes and three regular lanes in each in eac direction between the beltway and hey markets.ts. >> brands new capitol bikend share is opening os the newests docking station opening atin 22nd and constituti

look at this because of that problem there at connecticut avenue. 95 to 270. going to take you over an hour right now. that should normally take you about 15 to 18 minutes. 66 inbound. you're okay there. the biggest issue, again, 95 southbound here this morning. allow some extra time if you take the top of the don't have a great alternate. good morning, tom kierein, how are you? >> doing well. we are drying out. happy to report we're looking at the radar. that's the green that came over us last night. left about a quarter of an inch in its wake. you can see the cloud cover breaking up off to our north and west right now. still low clouds hanging over the washington on this monday morning. you're going need your gloves, hat, and a warm coat. quite a chill. sunglasses as we'll get the sunshine breaking out. still hovering around 40 degrees at 7:00 and boarding buses and metro between 8:00 and 9:00, still around 40 degree. sunshine breaking out and into the low 40s by mid morning. cold change on the way for the end of the week and next weekend. we'll have that co

>> the first thing i would be is ask the connecticut supreme court to reconsider its decision. it was a close call, it was a 4-3 decision. just overturning the judge's decision, which overturned the conviction. so i would ask them to reconsider, number one. number two, they still have a federal claim that they can pursue. they put that to the side while they focused on this appeal. so their appeals process is not done. there's still a lot more they can challenge. >> can that appeals process be exhausted though? can they go too far with it. >> eventually, yes. the case has already been to the united states supreme court once, they turned it down. they have the opportunity to ask again if that court will accept it. but eventually, perhaps 50, 60 years down the road, the case will finally be over. >>> terror attacks, spike in homicide, a national drug epidemic and a capture of a drag lord. >> 2016 has been an interesting year for crime and justice. jean casarez has the details. >> we are not going anywhere. we're here to do a job. >> reporter: a 41 day occupation at a federal wild

on connecticut avenue stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> thank you so much. this is all happening as people were at comet and also next- door at other restaurants. people ran outside seeking refuge next-door. our nikki burdine talked with some of the people who what are they saying tonight? what can you tell us? >> reporter: i got off the phone with a man who was inside comet when this happened. he was there with his family enjoying pizza playing ping pong when he and his wife saw a man walk into the restaurant and they saw the weapon on him. strangely enough he said his first reaction was not that this was a man who was a threat. he said his first reaction was this man was extra security because he knew about all the threats they've been getting here. so they first thought this man hidden underneath his coat. staff members came rushing out escorting out all the employees and all the people here inside the restaurant sending them to the sidewalk and then many of them ran across the street hiding outs finding refuge in the bay -- out finding refuge in the bana

connecticut where benedict arnold is from already has two major generals. that means five officers ranking below arnold are elevated past him to major general while ar not, the highest ranking bringing adeer gesture to receive a christm christmas-- >> people would say that arnold was thin skin, but this was outrageous and horrifying washington. the letter i would walk about this, initially he said i've heard this is the situation. i can't believe it's true, but believe me. if it is, i'll do everything that i can for you, if i can. >> he would try, but this beg began. arnold's real problem with the couldn't new england congress, you know, he had a point, john stark from new hampshire, you know what he did? he quit, he quit and went to new hampshire and would raise his own state's army. and you know, arnold could have done that, but, no, he hung in there. and in typical arnold fashion he's in new haven kind of upset about all of this. he's now a widower. he met a 16-year-old girl that he had fallen in love with. he's written her the most purple letter you've

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police.ol police swarmed connecticut and nebraska avenuesor it was aboutr su 3:00 p.m. whenn man walked in and put a gun toan an employee's head somehowd somw everyone managed to get outt safely. the suspect identified as 28-year-old edgar madisonear- olwelsh of north carolina didorn fire the gun insides.nses about 45 minutes later he wasesr taken into custody.ta you can see his arrest hereken capturared oren cell phone vided by fox5 executive prizer jeff gygac.ga police recovered two weapons he came to investigate pizza gate fake stories that hillarysh clinton and her campaign were involved in child trafficly. restaurant's owners say fakes sf news can do real harm. real h >> we should all condemn theou l efforts of some people to to spread malicious and utterlyndty false accusations about comet ping-pong a venerated and beloved d.c. institution. let me say unequivocally these t stories are completely and what happened todayd t demonstrates that promoting proo false and reckless conspiracy cc theories do come with consequences and i hope thate t those that are involved

broadview middle school in danbury, connecticut, watched the video online. declan jakobson is an eighth grader. >> it was saying i should have been able to recognize the signals that the kid was giving. >> reporter: his school has adopted a violence prevention program, developed by sandy hook promise, called "say something." what are you taught are the warning signs? >> when people isolate themselves, when they're being bullied, a lot of times that will lead to something, or when they're obsessed with death, gun, things like that, they also teach yoo adult. >> reporter: psychiatrist dr. harold schwartz co-authored a 2013 report on the newtown shooter. >> risk signs appear in many people who never perpetrate violence, so what we can do that will be most effective will be to create prevention programs. >> reporter: research shows school shooters have often communicated their plans beforehand to social media, texting or conversations. report. for school children, we need to try to end the code of silence. >> reporter: avery marquis spoke up after seeing another

. >>> breaking news tonight from connecticut. that state's highest court has reinstated the murder conviction of michael skakel, a ruling that could send him back to prison for the killing of his 15-year-old neighbor four decades ago. >> reporter: at issue, whether kennedy cousin michael skakel received an adequate defense when he was convicted 14 years of martha moxley's murder. >> this is martha's day. >> reporter: skakel served time until 2013, 11 years of his 20-to-life sentence. when a judge ruled that mistakes by his attorney, mickey sherman, cost skakel a fair trial. moxley was beaten and stabbed to death with a golf club. today the connecticut supreme court split 4-3 on the issue. reinstating skakel's conviction, saying skakel's defense attorney did provide constitutionally adequate representation. this could mean skakel will have to return to prison to finish his sentence. skakel's attorney declined to comment. skakel is the nephew senator robert kennedy's widow ethel. the case and the trial attracted national attention,

when the fire house was built in 1916, it was the only building on that part of connecticut avenue. the firehouse reopened in 2014 after a four-year renovation. >> at the end of the day, we want to make sure that everybody safe. kellye: this marked its 90th birthday earlier this year for the latter company. an airplane made an emergency landing after having issues with its landing gear. the nose gear for the aircraft collapsed. only a few minor injuries were reported. a funeral today for former cuban leader fidel castro. hi in santiago. the ceremony was private and the government decided to ban coverage. for some, the death of castor has been difficult to accept, but for others it is a beacon of hope. cheryl conner shows us one group that marked castro's burial with a vigil. ? memorial on the day that fidel castro's ashes were buried in cuba. through an interpreter, she said that she lost her left arm at the hands of an assassin in the castro regime. >> it caused her to lose her left hand. cheryl: now she is seeking political asylum. >> they threatened that they would kill me here.

police shut down part of connecticut avenue. a short suspect was arrested. we're on the scene with the latest on the story. >> right now comet ping-pong is surrounded by police tape. there is also a police crews are on the outside. officials are stressing this incident was not terrorist related. at this time, the suspect name has not been replaced -- release but we know he is in his late 20's. >> this afternoon, and adult the comet pizza with an assault rifle. the folks that were in the establishment at the time immediately fled. there is some evidence that the weapon was fired inside the location. >> it appears at least one shot was fired into the ground. no one was injured. the suspect was carrying a rifle. police also found a handgun. the scare started around 3:00 at comet avenue. customers and workers inside the business spotted a man with a gun and then police were called to the area. they surrounded the business and the man was taken into custody. a witness sitting across from the restaurant share this photo of the suspect that came out with his hands

this is what they encountered in manchester, connecticut. people screaming as punches are thrown inside the shops at buckland hills mall. this one ended with a chase and an officer reportedly assaulted as the officer tried to break it up. then we move on to fort worth, texas, where a mall was put on lockdown after a massive fight ensues near the food court. there were reportedly more than 100 middle and high school students involved in that madness. it ended up with officers going store to store to let the people who were shopping out once that lockdown was lifted. then in aurora, illinois, another fight involving multiple people at fox valley mall. that mall was forced to close for the entire day. you see the fights are happening both on the top and the bottom. then in ohio, another mall, another fight in another food court. then go ahead and move on. the aurora town mall closed and evacuated after not one but several fights broke out inside that mall. here's what police say prompted what happened there. >> our investigation revealed how th

patrick: now to a somber anniversary in one connecticut town. today marks four years since 20-students and six-adults were connecticut. the gunman, adam lanza, killed himself as police approached the school. in newtown this morning, 15-minutes of silence, starting at the exact time the shooting began. a jury in south carolina will soon decide the fate of the man accused of killing nine members of a church. closing arguments begin tomorrow in the case against dylann roof. as abc's lauren lyster shows us, today jurors heard the frantic 911 call from one survivor. >> there are so many people dead, i think. oh, my god. chilling 911 calls revealed in a charleston courtroom. describing the horror shortly after dylann roof allegedly opened fire on a bible study after entering the historic church, killing nine worshippers. >> did you see him at all? >> yes, he was a young 21-year-old white dude. he has got it in his hand. he is reloading. >> how many shots as he fired? there's so many. >> polly sheppard made those 911 calls telling jurors that roof , sp

but the state of connecticut appealed to the connecticut supreme court. today, the connecticut supreme court reinstated his conviction, so if the status quo remains, he will be ordered back to prison. >> you've been in that courtroom for days are through this trial. do you believe the evidence was convincing? >> i do. i think the court that whereabogranted the motion was wrong. mickey sherman was a competent lawyer. he made some difficult choices about who to blame for the real murder, but it was a constitutionally permissible defense. i think the jury was correct in its ruling. i think the judge was correct in upholding the ruling, that is the trial court judge. and i think justice was done here. you know, i think it's worth noting that the only reason this case was brought all these years later was my great friend and colleague dominic dunn of "vanity fair" drew attention with it. >> jeffrey toobin, thank you very much. fascinating case. i want to turn now back to donald trump, his transition, his relationship with vladamir putin, and we're joined by ou

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-- newtown connecticut. as you can imagine very few things can touch you so viscerally and so profoundly and jennifer in my world was turned upside down. we were literally on the floor so that we didn't off so there was nothing to hold onto and immediately felt compelled that we had to do something. .. a the irony is when you close your eyes and do that, you are imagining it and we need to imagine it because until you let something touch you and walk a few miles in those shoes, you're not going to do anything about it. we spend too long reacting to things but not doing anything to prevent the. we have to imagine it and put ourselves in our shoes. on the bright end of the tunnel is the imagination we used to paint our world beautiful colors and the imagination that sets us free to make tomorrow better than today. there is a great quote if you are guilty but all are responsible and we are responsible for our behavior is our loved ones and our communities that we live in. so we would have to imagine it and we h

connecticut were benedict arnold this from already has two so this means that five officers ranking below arnold are elevated past him to major general walt arnold, the highest ranking for you dear general who has just it achieved a miracle on lake champlain is overlooked for promotion. people would say that arnold was thin-skinned, but this is outrageous. it horrified washington. the letter he would write initially he says i've heard this is the situation, can't believe it's true but believe me if it is i will do everything for you that i can. he would try, but this began arnold's real problems with the continental congress. he had a point, and others for example john stark from new hampshire the same thing happened and he quit. he quit and went to new hampshire. he would raise his own state army. arnold could have done that but he hung in. in typical arnold fashion he is in new haven kind of upset over all of this. he is now when you were at 36, he spent a 16-year-old girl that he has fallen in love with. he has written her most purple letter you have ever read and she is turned him dow

dashcam video catches a team of connecticut officers' heroic actions. an officer on patrol came across a car that had hit a couple of trees...and saw the driver was pinned in the front seat. but then the car catches fire....and officers rushed to try and put out the flames. however -- due to the car's damage from the crash...there was only one way to the get the driver out. they had to pull him out the sergeant arnault baker: "in fact when we were pulling him out, and i was inside grabbing his belt line, i could look at his feet and i could see a red glow from underneath the fire wall. it was organized chaos where we all realized what was going on." after they pulled the man from the car...it was fully engulfed in flames. he was lucky..and only had minor injuries. the cause of the crash rm toss to rob a large low moves slowly off to the east and weaken today allowing us to slowly dry up but we will still see a few morning showers and snow showers. drizzle could linger into the afternoon. as high pressure builds into our region, we continue to dry but st

. >>> breaking news tonight from connecticut. that state's highest court has reinstated the murder conviction of michael skakel, a kennedy cousin, a ruling that could send him back to prison for the killing of his 15-year-old neighbor four decades ago. >> reporter: at issue, whether kennedy cousin michael skakel received an adequate defense when he was convicted 14 years ago of martha moxley's murder. >> this is martha's day. >> reporter: skakel served time until 2013, 11 years of his 20-to-life sentence. when a judge ruled that mistakes by his attorney, mickey sherman, cost skakel a fair trial. moxley was beaten and stabbed to death with a golf club. today the connecticut supreme court split 4-3 on the issue. reinstating skakel's conviction, saying skakel's defense attorney did provide constitutionally adequate representation. this could mean skakel will have to return to prison to finish his sentence. skakel's attorney declined to comment. skakel is the nephew senator robert kennedy's widow ethel. the case and the trial attract

. >> reporter: stamford, connecticut, santa's little helper is tony pampina, aka tony christmas. >> how do you like it? >> it's amazing. >> thank you very much. >> this year we're heading into a holiday with the nation kind of divided. do you think christmas lights can bring it back together? >> i think christmas lights and more festive. that's my goal. if you leave here and you don't have a smile on your face, you can't be helped. >> reporter: in red states and blue states plenty feel the same way. >> they're perfectly nice and straight. >> reporter: host of abc's seasonal reality show "the great christmas light fight" -- >> it's definitely been a crazy year with the election going on. people decorate and people want want to share in that magic of christmas. >> reporter: just ask youtube. from the house in chaska, minnesota, that kicks off its big display with a "star wars" theme, to the prestons family home in kingland, arizona, where they design their display with drones in mind. there's a bus driver in pittsburgh who decks out a city bus so that commuters feel like they're riding in

we have a couple crashes outer loop topside of the beltway approaching connecticut avenue crash. please use caution there. volume light enough it is not causing major slow downs. keep in mind prior before that crash scene rather we're dealing with ladder that fell off a vehicle blocking september are lane. so leading towards connecticut you will hit a center lane and then left lane blocked because of the crash and we'll keep you updated with that. along 66, good shape virginia 234 to 28. as you make your way to northern maryland, montgomery county, headed to 270 southbound clear and 2 70 northbound going away from typical rush crash near 370. all rails on time except for safe track surge 11 keep in mind continuous tracking between west falls and east false watch for delays and crowded conditions. trains in rush hour will work only every 28 minutes. the rest of note row commute is on time i'm let you know if beltway. more traffic in a few back to you maureen and wisdom. >> 4:56 the time big army-navy football show down set to take place this weekend one team confident about aa win

join for free now and lose 10 pounds on us. >>> making deliveries is outside the duties of connecticut state troopers, but this christmas package wouldn't wait. an officer delivered a baby saturday in an suv when the mother went into labor on the way to a hartford hospital. little ebenezer and his mom are fine and adorable. >>> a second sinkhole strikes a family in michigan. and deadly violence in chicago. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports the fatal shootings of five people across the city on christmas. police say the killings appeared to be unrelated. there are 27 shootings during the holiday weekend in chicago. seven of them fatal. >>> "time" is publishing a christmas call for peace from hope francis. about 40,000 people crowded st. peters square yesterday to hear the pope's traditional message. >>> "the washington post" reports the abrupt cancellation of a tv series about the ku klux klan. the eight-part documentary series was scheduled to air starting next month on a&e. a&e says the network probing a policy by getting the me

we do have one area, outer loop of the beltway by georgia avenue, connecticut avenue, there was a crash involving a car that hit the jersey wall. so maybe some delays. it might in silver spring. no delays on the outer loop of the beltway as of now. we do have reports of a tree that's down on rock creek parkway. the northbound lanes impacted by massachusetts avenue. these delays are because of long-term construction. >>> in the newsroom, right now, california is under a local state of emergency in the city of oakland after the ghostship that were killed. now a federal investigation says that a possible refrigerator is the source of the deadly fire. >>> police in colorado are investigating the death of a former heisman winner as a suicide. the 42-year-old was found dead last night in a park. no foul play is suspected. and authorities believe that he left a note suggesting that he took his own life. he was heisman trophy and a first round nfl draft pick back in 1995. >>> protesters of the access pipeline are being asked to leave because of dangerous weather. the tribe is asking everyone to

timothy far mandi sent her 42-pound pumpkin arc rock and candles and even traveled to new york and connecticut to try to talk to her. there you go. >>> steve harvey will be back to host the miss universe pageant. [ laughter ] >> he's getting help from one of the world's hottest super models ashley graham will join harvey as back stage host. she served as the back stage host on the usa competition. you can catch the miss universe competition live from the philippines right here on fox 29 on january 29th. do you remember last year. >> oh yeah. >> it was right before our newscast. were you here, were you here with us -- >> yes. >> remember he announced the wrong person. >> yes. isn't right. >> they nearly crowned her. >> right. >> they did crown her. they had to take the crown back off of her. it was all so uncomfortable. we were sitting here stunned going, wait, what just happened. >> how could you make that mistake? >> that was tv gold, though. >> i would have grabbed it back. >> it work out well. how horribly embarrassed. >> and he's back. isn't exactly. >> so is winter. winter is back. fox 29

. >> reporter: stamford, connecticut, santa's little helper is tony pampina, aka tony christmas. >> how do you like it? >> it's amazing. >> thank you very much. >> this year we're heading into a holiday with the nation kind of divided. do you think christmas lights can bring it back together? >> i think christmas lights makes people a lot more happier and more festive. that's my goal. if you leave here and you don't have a smile on your face, you can't be helped. >> reporter: in red states and blue states plenty feel the same way. >> they're perfectly nice and straight. >> reporter: host of abc's seasonal reality show "the great christmas light fight" -- >> it's definitely been a crazy year with the election going on. people decorate and people want to see these lights and they want to share in that magic of christmas. >> reporter: just ask youtube. from the house in chaska, minnesota, that kicks off its big display with a "star wars" theme, to the prestons family home in kingland, arizona, where they design their display with drones in mind. there's a bus driver in pittsburgh who decks

. >> reporter: stamford, connecticut, santa's little helper is tony pampina, aka tony christmas. >> how do you like it? >> it's amazing. >> thank you very much. >> this year we're heading into a holiday with the nation kind of divided. do you think christmas lights can bring it back together? >> i think christmas lights makes people a lot more happier and more festive. that's my goal. if you leave here and you don't have a smile on your face, you can't be helped. >> reporter: in red states and blue states plenty feel the same way. >> they're perfectly nice and straight. >> reporter: host of abc's seasonal reality show "the great christmas light fight" -- >> it's definitely been a crazy year with the election going on. people decorate and people want to see these lights and they want to share in that christmas. >> reporter: just ask youtube. from the house in chaska, minnesota, that kicks off its big display with a "star wars" theme, to the prestons family home in kingland, arizona, where they design their display with drones in mind. there's a bus driver in pittsburgh who decks out a ci

una golpiza también provocó la evacuación del centro comercial... y lo mismo ocurrió en manchester connecticut ots paola -- un adolescente de oakland es el principal sospechoso de un tiroteo que dej una persona sin vida en una gasolinera de sacramento. take vo -- el alguacil del condado de alameda, identific a "jonathan jah-quan pierce", de 19 aÑos como sospechoso de dispararle en la cabeza a "patrick lee domingo" el pasado 12 de diciembre. -- "pierce" no ha sido capturado y es considerado armado y peligroso. vo lorena -- hoy volvieron a un juzgado de santa clara, los tres oficiales acusados de uso excesivo de fuerza contra un prisionero con problemas mentales. -- la accion de los agentes habria provocado la muerte de "michael tyree". -- aunque el condado acord pagar a la familia de tyree, 3 millones 600 mil dolares, los agentes deben seguir enfrentando el proceso bajo cargos de ataque violento. vo paola -- mathew salewske de 39 aÑos fue arrestado en gilroy bajo sospecha de golpear a su madre con un bate de beisbol hasta matarla. -- aunque la mujer de 70 aÑos fue llevada al hospital no pudo

connecticut, 270, the accident happened just about 15 minutes ago now. mike and jan, right now, things look okay on the outer loop. >> thank you. >>> what? cellphone underground? yep, metro wants you back. they are trying to get ridership up again.

come on, get on the floor. >> daniel: dramatic video of a state polices redue in connecticut. a car smashes into some trees and catches fire. you can hear the officer scream to the driver to get out but he was stuck. >> the driver's door was like this for hitting the tree -- crumpled in to get out. >> daniel: they had to break open the tailgate and seconds after the driver was freed, the car went up in flames. >>> check this out surveillance video and captures a bear, right there, and a bobcat roaming through the same yard. while sights are not rare in westford, our jacqui heinrich said the wild encounter nearly became a close encounter for >> reporter: people who live on the street say this is not the first time the bear made a visit. the next time they won't make it so easy for him. >> the cameras caught him on camera red handed moseying over to a huge meal too enticing to resist, bird seed. 4:45 and joy was in the driveway feet away to pick up the newspaper. >> we missed him by about 15 minutes then. >> reporter: so could you have been out here and then [laughter] >> yeah,

it happened at a pizza along connecticut avenue which had already been threatened and harassed after a threatened online conspiracy marina maracco is live with thei story. >>reporter: thes conspiracy is known as pizza gait online. this restaurant that you see behind me called ping upon at the epicenter of the conspiracy theories of the restaurant tot hillary clinton and her presidential campaign and the allegations that there was criminal activity happening inside this restaurant thatstau involved children. now you're looking at pictures of witnesses being escorted oute from the restaurant after 45ur authorities about a hoof ablockk away from this restaurant. now you're going to see cellphone. >> video operator: ohio by our producer. you're looking at the right hand of our screen as 27 year old madison turned himself in. he drove up from salsbury northr carolina and he drove with the purpose of targeting this restaurant. vestas a private investigator looking to internet there wrist.tern here on the sceneet place say ts man walked into the front door. he pointed one of these three gun

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