the woman is pamela fayed and the man is her husband, jim. at the time this video was recorded, one of them just had minutes to live. rewind the video to just a few minutes earlier. the fayeds have just had a meeting with their lawyers. they are in the midst of a bitter divorce. it's 6:30 p.m. the meeting is over. pamela hurries to catch the elevator and gets off at the third floor. she walks to her car and reaches for the keys inside her purse. >> that's when she was attacked. >> los angeles prosecutor alan jackson would spend many hours scrutinizing that video. tell me about the attack. >> brutal. vicious. heart-stopping. pamela was completely defenseless. she was attacked, i believe, from behind first with a knife. somebody much larger than her, somebody much stronger than her who had an absolute mission, and that was to cut her throat to kill her. >> on the video, you can see people in the complex starting to walk toward the sound of pam fayed screaming. one man ran to the scene and saw a tall man in a black hooded sweatshirt jump into th

the woman is pamela fayed, and the man is her husband, jim. at the time this video was recorded, one of them had just minutes to live. rewind the video to just a few minutes earlier. the fayeds have just had a meeting with their lawyers. they're in the midst of a bitter divorce. it's 6:30 p.m. the meeting is over. pamela hurries to catch the elevator and gets off at the third floor. she walks to her car and reaches for the keys inside her purse. >> that's when she was attacked. >> los angeles prosecutor alan jackson would spend many hours scrutinizing that video. >> tell me about the attack. >> brutal. vicious. heart-stopping. pamela was completely defenseless. she was attacked, i believe, from behind first, with a knife. somebody much larger than her, somebody much stronger than her, who had an absolute mission, and that was to cut her throat, to kill her. >> on the video you can see people in the complex starting to walk toward the sound of pam fayed screaming. one man ran to the scene and saw a tall man in a black hooded sweatshirt jump int

pamela: continÚan las protestas de los "dreamers" en el capitolio. lo ponemos al tanto desde washington. >> Éstas son imÁgenes en vivo, todo estÁ listo to para recibir a los cientos de feligreses en la aldea de belÉn. mÁs adelante les diremos de quÉ se trata toda esta algarabÍa. ♪ ♪ ♪ pamela: en la ciudad se realiza algo muy especial. se re construye la aldea de belÉn, donde naciÓ jesÚs. esto es aÑo tras aÑo. >> muy buenas noches, me encuentro en la aldea de belÉn, pero realmente estoy en la ciudad. Éstas son imÁgenes en vivo de lo que estÁ ocurriendo en este momento. la feligreses vienen tres dÍas seguidos a ver el lugar donde naciÓ jesÚs, y ser parte de nacimiento. se remontan 2000 aÑos atrÁs para interpretar lo que sucediÓ. en estas imÁgenes en vivo vamos a pasar con otras que tomamos hace unos momentos. podÍamos ver a muchos animales, entre estos, llamas, camellos, caballos, y muchos mÁs. vamos a escuchar lo que nos dijo rubÉn, quien participa de la construcciÓn. >> cuando entras a este pueblo te olvidas completam

sparked a fight that included attack on officer then vanished aevt years ago and man that murdered pamela butler led police to remains tonight her are her brother it talking to fox5. a drug 10,000 more powerful. >> a drive through the california wide fires. your news starts now. >> and we begin tonight with the "fox5" exclusive metro transit police tonight arrested two teenagers accuses of attacking a man that the fort totten station and some confrontation was kawts on camera. marina marraco was live on how it all wentz down. marina. >> yeah, metro transit officers came down to the platform for a fight in progress and victim saying he was hit in back of head by a plastic bottle and it was allegedly at the haendz of teenager that was inside this train and you see him being cranked from a train by the hood in the video and he walked all the way this way to the stall here and it's there at the stall where you see officer put the teenager up against the mr. examinery glance an slammed on the ground. you're look ago the cellphone by metro passenger and a group of teens is loud and rowdy and fe

i'm pamela brown in for john and poppy. and this morning the president is celebrating his first christmas as the commander in chief in mar-a-lago and it's already been a busy holiday for him and his family. on christmas eve he wished troops a merry christmas and did a church service, but also launched a stream of attacks on twitter and touted his accomplishments. cnn's dan merica is with the president in florida. dan? >> that's right. the president has golfed, he has spent time at his resort, and done things that he usually does at the white house, tweeted about the fbi. he's tweeted four times about the fbi, particularly about deputy director andrew mccabe, tweeting about his e-mail controversy and the fact mccabe's wife ran for office in virginia as a democrat and took money from that state's democratic governor. mccabe intends to retire in the next few months, but the fact the president has gone after him the past two days has led some democratic lawmakers is thinking the president is trying to force him out early. i wan

>> a couple of things, pamela. first of all, flake and dent are unbound by the niceties of ry i for running for reelection, so they can say what they feel. throughout history there has been a pattern of midterm elections not being very favorable to the current office in power. that is a challenge that the representation are fully aware of and are taking steps to address that. look, money matters, when we're talking about campaigns. the rnc has $40 million in the bank. the dnc, democrats have just $6 million. i think it's really important to keep in mind, we have a lot of seats up for grabs come the midterm elections. those in power, the incumbents, have a lot of things in their favor. when you're an incumbent, you have name i.d., the ability to build a war chest, support from the current support, and you have the ability to continue doing your job in washington and raising your name i.d. heading into the elections. i'm confident that the tax reform legislation will be a positive thing. it will boost the economy. wh

>> well, this is what's so difficult, pamela. on the one hand, people say, well, i can just not update to the latest version of ios. as cnn's technology correspondent, i don't advise that because security patches come with the updates. you're stuck between a slow phone and a phone that turns off. some experts say that maybe a new battery could help. that's $80 at the apple store. and even apple's not saying clearly whether that will help or not. i think that's why so many people feel this lack of transparency from apple has put a lot of people between a rock and a hard place. an iphone and another iphone. >> all right. thanks for breaking it down for us. >>> president trump says he's getting back to work today, and he's back to attacking the fbi. we'll be back. vo: gopi's found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings. quickbooks. backing you. it's the final days of the ford year end sales event. ♪ i'm on top of

>> good night, pamela. the president has been relentlessly attacking the fbi and also the people who are charged with investigating his associat associates' alleged ties to the russian meddling in the 2016 election. now, all of this is happening as his allies on the hill are actually looking into potential misconduct at the fbi. and the president's tweets seem to feed into that narrative that there's a problem at the highest levels of the fbi where officials were tainted from the beginning. tying andrew mccabe to the hillary clinton campaign, for example. but it's worth noting here that andrew mccabe is also one of the people that the president interviewed earlier this year to replace the fired fbi director james comey. at that time, the president seemed to make no mention of some of these concerns that he's been raising on social media in recent days, pam. >> all right. abby, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> now, i want to bring in evan perez. evan, president trump said in today's tweet that the

we have some video to show you -- a picture of pamela butler. she was murdered in 2009, and that is a crime that her boyfriend admits to committing. back in october, he was in court and accepted a plea deal. he accepted 12 years behind bars if he admitted to the crime and told police where he disposed of his girlfriend's body. the boyfriend's name, jose rodriguez-cruz. he told police he did posttest disposed of the body in the stafford county area of i-95, north of dumfries. that is where police are right now. you come back to our live shot, vehicles in the express lanes. the search is going on right now. the issue with the search, back in 2009, the area you are looking at right now was woods between the north and southbound lanes of i-95. now you can see it is an express lane. they are hoping the cadaver dog picks of pamela butler's scent and brings her family some much-needed closure. that is the latest right now. live from stafford county, i-95, i am q mccray. adrianna: cruise doing all they can to slow down six fast acting burning wildfires

. >> for nearly a decade, pamela butler's family has suffered through nights not knowing how she died or where her body is. but today the confessed killer told where he buried her. >> police will soon start the search. mark? >> reporter: good evening, wendy. i spoke with derek butler. the family is elated at this latest news. this is the stretch of area where on friday they will search. >> we want to give her a proper burial. >> reporter: pamela butler's family may finally be able to give their loved burial. for more than eight years they have been waiting to take her home. police will begin the search friday afternoon along a strep of i-95 in stafford, virginia. multiple law enforcement sources as well as butler's brother tell news4 that the man who admitted to killing pamela butler brought to a spot along i-95 in the median strip between northbound and southbound lanes in stafford county where he says he buried the 47-year-old's body after he strangled her in her home in 2009. d.c. police chief peter newsham would not comment on the specifics of the search but did speak about the im

finally answers for the family of pamela butler. her ex-boyfriend recently pleaded guilty to killing her in 2009. police now have the information they need to hopefully find her remains. megan mcgrath is live at d.c. police headquarters this morning. when and where will police begin the search for butler's remains? >> reporter: well, there's apparently going to be a search friday afternoon. a stretch along i-95 in stafford county. we'll keep a close eye on that. this has been a difficult time for the family of pamela butler. they've been grappling with her loss and haven't been able to hold a proper burial. theype butler's one-time boyfriend, rodriguez cruz admitted to strangling her in her home in 2009 and aes agreed to lead police to her body in exchange for a lighter sentence. as you heard first on 4, police will search a stretch of area on friday afternoon. cruz told police that's where he buried her body years ago. her brother says it won't bring absolute closure but it will help them find peace. >> i don't think you ever get c

pamela osborne in the traffic center for jessica boyington. things on the roadway are looking really good. i'm actually not having a lot to talk about which is good news for you. this is the camera on the schuylkill expressway right at passyunk and south foilphilly. traffic is moving smoothly. heading to 95 and delaware things looking good there, as well. average speeds from the 60s. no slowdowns northbound or southbound there. and if you're driving around in new jerseyws is 295, the turnpike and route 42 all clear. clear. >>> good tuesday morning. get your hats gloves scarf, and all the players, maybe even the longjohns if you're going to be outside for any length of time. it's cold. what you don't see are the windchills. 28 degrees. again, this is the number that you need to be looking at. the wind speeds 10 to 15 miles per hour. if you're out more than five or ten minutes, that will wear you down. if you're prepared for it, it's fine. try to walk in a wind-protected area because it will be a numbing type of breeze here for today. you see al

as you mentioned, pamela butler went missing in she was killed. she worked for the environmental protection agency and her boyfriend at the time, josÉ rodriguez cruz he admitted to killing her, to strangling her in the basement of her home back in february and then he drove her body somewhere in this wooded area along 95. part of this plea deal, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail and agreed to lead police to her body and exactly where he buried pamela along 95 in stafford, virginia. again, later this morning close to 10 o'clock, many of you who live around here, who take 95 through stafford, you may see heightened police activity. you will see crews along the way. they're going to actually close a portion of the 95 express lanes in stafford near the garrisonville road. it's going to be closed for a few hours. we don't have an exact time line from police yet. police activity will not impact, however, your general purpose lanes of 95 in stafford or prince william but law enforcement from stafford and virginia, they're all involved in this search.

pamela but her has been missing since 2009. earlier this year her boyfriend admitted to killing her and agreed to lead police to her body. we learned there will be a serve later this week i 95 and stafford, virginia. lauren demarco is there and has the latest details. lauren. >> and sarah, we are live on 95 in stafford right now. and if you drive this stretch from your commute later this week you are likely to see a good deevl police activity. we're told that it will likely happen on friday. and now, "fox5" has learned crews will be serving side of highway for remains ever pamela butler. there's wooded areas on both side 95 and also thick woods that serve as median between the north and southbound la lanes. pamela was analyst for the environmental protection action who went missing in 2009 her family long us is second her boyfriend at the time jose rodriguez cruz. timely, this year, he admitted to ill canning her during an argument. investigators determined the deadly attack happened in the basement of her home on 4th street no

pamela? >>> good morning. pamela osborne in the first alert traffic center for jessica boyington. taking a live look at 95 at the pennsylvania turnpike. everything is move issing smoothly. we'll look at the -- moving smoothly. we'll look at the blue route coming up. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> left in ruins. flames sent people running into the cold as an apartment complex turns into an inferno. we hear from people who have lost everything. >>> bundle up. record snow in pennsylvania. what you need to know before heading out the door. >>> preparing for new year's. what's being done to

pamela bartling. >> seen him. in khakis, t-shirt. that was about it. >> worked in a little room off the bedroom. sewing room. >> a few years later, warren saw a merger opportunity. and called his cousin fred. >> have i got a girl for you. they took it from there. >> and fred, was a savvy >> he made a small investment in this partnership i ran in the 1960s. berkshire came out of that. >> fred held on to the stock. well that is an understatement. >> yeah. >> note. $10,000 invested in buffet's original partnership in the 1960s, would be worth $900 million today. fred and pamela buffet built a fortune of their own. until misfortune struck. 20 years ago, fred buffet died of kidney cancer. >> i see his name up there. representing somebody who loved omaha, who cared about, so many other people. >> warren's wife susie, a social activist, was pamela's inspiration. >> susie buffet had a profound impact on my life. she believed in man kind. >> you are saying she hopened your eyes and opened your heart? >> i think shepe and then she opened my ey

alison: coming up, the hunt for pamela butler moves 50 miles from where she was last seen alive. the challenge investigators face in trying to close this decade old case. nancy: also ahead, the cia's newest recruit. how a fairfax county recruit fought to join the pack after a late start. >> it has been a deadly week fairfax county with overdoses. i will have that story coming up. alison: we are on winter weather alert for you as snow starts to move into our area. this right here is in spotsylvania county along i-95. chief meteorologist bill kelly shows us where the jackpot will be just ahead. you might take something for your heart... your joints... t you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. the freestanding, cord-free vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. that means

pamela will join on how you you can get around this mess. she says it's going to be out there for a while. >>> fans of an uncon vensventio santa are upset he's been asked to tone it down a little more. >> he's got tattoos with naughty on one arm and nice on the other. he after years at the mall, the company that hires santas want a more traditional santa photo setup. photographer shared pictures that she's taken and she thinks the censorship is frankly unnecessarily. >> i understand where they're coming from, but censoring him at what he does best is where they're going wrong. >> his family says he'll still be there and they hope the people will still support him. the company that hires santas iffer the mall only told us that they're trying to support the tradition of santa claus. >>> a viewer thought she made a good decision when she purchased a third party warranty, but after she was out of cash. >> and what you need to knowabo. >> reporter: she wanted her son to have his dream car. it looked just like this one. >> subaru, 5 feed turbo, le

pamela: cÓmo estÁs adriana? adriana: bien roberto: estamos trabajando piernas y nos estamos enfocando los glÚteos que es lo que mÁs les gusta hacer a las dos. bajamos, agarramos con la pelvis la barra. arriba y abajo. mantenlo. eso es. estamos trabajando la parte de atrÁs de la pierna que es la que nos da la tonificaciÓn a los glÚteos. vamos a hacer cambios. este tipo de entrenamientos se pueden variar dos veces a la semana porque hay que hay que darle descanso para que el mÚsculo crezca. silvia: siempre le digo a roberto que --pamela. es mÁs que nada para sentirse saludable. una mujer con tantas responsabilidades tiene que mantener este nivel de actividad intenso para poder ligar con todo lo demÁs. roberto: estamos liberando energÍa y estrÉs para poder llevar todo con calma. cÓmo vamis? adriana: muy bien. roberto: quÉ te parece tu compaÑera de entrenamiento. adriana: me encanta la sorpresa que me diste. roberto: estÉ tu Último ejercicio. venga, pamela! vamos entonces a intentar hacerlo. vamos a h

earlier this year pamela butler's boyfriend josÉ rodriguez cruz admitted he killed her. as part of a plea deal heof a pe where he buried butler. at 10:00 in the morning a small portion of 95 the express lanes in stafford county will be closed while police search for butler's remains. you will not be able to access the express lanes at garrisonville road. >> reporter: on forrester street a victim identified as 41-year-old ricky williams. he died at the hospital. >>> well, nearly three weeks after a deadly incident in fairfax county involving u.s. park police, family and friends gathered to remember the his family claims the 25-year-old was unarmed. hundreds gathered for the vigil at the lincoln memorial. the fbi is now investigating. his sister spoke about her brother to the crowd of mourners. >> he was everything to so many people. he was so full of life. we used to joke that he actually swallowed a microphone when he was younger. he was passionate about everything. he was caring. he was kind. he was so fun. and he loved to debate. >> well, the shooting incident was capt

pamela bartling. >> seen him. in khakis, t-shirt. that was about it. >> worked in a little room off the bedroom. sewing room. >> a few years later, warren saw a merger opportunity. and called his cousin fr >> have i got a girl for you. they took it from there. >> and fred, was a savvy investor too. >> he made a small investment in this partnership i ran in the 1960s. berkshire came out of that. >> fred held on to the stock. well that is an understatement. >> yeah. >> note. $10,000 invested in buffet's original partnership in the 1960s, would be worth $900 million today. fred and pamela buffet built a fortune of their own. until misfortune struck. of kidney cancer. >> i see his name up there. representing somebody who loved omaha, who cared about, so many other people. >> warren's wife susie, a social activist, was pamela's inspiration. >> susie buffet had a profound impact on my life. she believed in man kind. >> you are saying she opened your eyes and opened your heart? >> i think she opened my heart first. and then she opened my ey

officials say they are close to finding the remains of pamela butler. mark segraves was reporting the news today. investigators believe her body is buried on the median of i-95 in stafford county. jose rodriguez cruz led police to that site. >>> the u.s. will now recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. during a speech this afternoon, the president endorsed a two-state solution but that both sides would have to agree. the decision has sparked widespread criticism. >> and wildfires continue to rage in southern california right now. thousands of families have been evacuated and a first look at the damage left behind coming up. >> now on news4 at 4:00, fake progress. the reaction came during a briefing in aannapolis on the grade tampering investigation. two school board members testified. tracee wilkins has our report. >> reporter: strong words for an investigation into alleged grade tampering. >> they either knew or didn't know. either way, it's either corrupt or it's not. >> reporter: maryland's comptroller called for two school board members to tes

pamela butler missing and presumed dead. alison: this past october, eight years after the crime, her boyfriend finally admitted that he killed her, but tonight her family is still waiting to bring the body home. now it seems the man who killed her may be ready to help them do that. jonathan: tom roussey has the new developments in the case tonight. tom? body wasla butler's found about 45 miles from where i'm standing in northwest washington. tonight we have reason to believe that her remains are somewhere here along 95 in stafford county, virginia. >> body. tom: two months ago today, pamela butler's family spoke after her boyfriend admitted killing her last decade. today he pled guilty to's second-degree murder and promised to show where butler body was. 12 years. he got the family would have liked more but they were willing to except that. >> we want to bring pam home and give her a proper burial. tom: he has led investigators to stafford county. they will search near i-95. derek butler says the area has changed over time,

i'm pamela brown in for ana cabrera. the white house denying a bombshell report that says during an oval office meeting back in june, the president became so enraged by the number of people receiving visas centering the united states, he began to unleash on specific immigrant groups saying that haitians all have aids and

pamela osborne here looking at route 73 in new jersey. pam? >> yeah. we'll start things off in berlin, new jersey. in this is our camera was jackson road. no problems there. no problems on any of the other majors either. 295, the new jersey turnpike, as well as route 42, all clear now. there is one thing i'm keeping my eye on for you, cheltenham. there's an accident at cheltenham avenue and cedar lane. it's not causing any backup or anything, but something to be aware of if that's where you drive. we'll look at pennsylvania roadways when i come back. >>> thanks. 5:10. christmas dream crushed. the search for a smashed north jersey -- for a stolen north jersey puppy is on. it was meant to be a gift for little girls. >>> and new, look at the jersey shore from above in this multimillion dollar wheel. >>> and it's time to pitch the pine. why expert say it's dangerous to wait any longer to toss your christmas tree. >>> christmas dreams were shattered for a pair of north jersey twins. the girls were about to get a new dog until someone stole the pooch from an

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pamela bartling. >> seen him. in khakis, t-shirt. that was about it. >> worked in a little room off the bedroom. sewing room. >> a few years later, warren saw a merger opportunity. and called his cousin fred. >> have i got a girl for you. they took it from there. >> and fred, was a savvy investor too. >> he made a small investment in this partnership i ran in the 1960s. berkshire came out of that. >> fred held on to the stock. well that is an understatement. >> yeah. >> note. $10,000 invested in buffet's original partnership in the 1960s, would be worth $900 million today. fred and pamela buffet built a fortune of their own. until misfortune struck. 20 years ago, fred buffet died of kidney cancer. >> i see his name up there. representing somebody who loved omaha, who cared about, so many other people. >> warren's wife susie, a social activist, was pamela's inspiration. >> susie buffet had a profound impact on my life. she believed in man kind. >> you are saying she hopened your eyes and opened your heart? >> i think she opened my hea

pamela osborne in for jessica boyington. looking live at the schuylkill expressway at passyunk avenue. you see some more cars on the roadway this morning. the good news is you're not going to have a lot of problems getting to wherever you need to go. the hardest part may be walking out your front door to your car. for more on the forecast in these bitterly cold temperatures, here's meteorologist steve sosna. >> even getting out of bed, difficult. temperatures in the lower 20s. collingling collingswood at haddon, if you're heading out, expect the brutal windchills to continue. i'll be back in the next half hour to see if there's any improvement on the way. >>> also ahead, we're hearing from residents who escaped their burning experiment and watched flames destroy their homes. >>> my wallet's in their, my keys to my car, everything's in there, my life's work. >> next, the destruction left behind as police try to determine what may have sparked that massive fire. >>> and a skyscraper like no other. a tower laced with technology

i'm just outside the homicide offers here, that's where derrick butler the brother of pamela butler, met with homicide investigators just around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon i was told that after the search, the investigators have determined that pamela's body un recoverable. we talked to derrick. here's what towed say a few minute ago. >> he told me that the cadaver dog, one hit on several spots, where pam was supposed to be. the other dog didn't alert to it at all he b where. >> in your heart you want to find pam, but you know what they're telling you is unrealistic. >> not realistic at all, yes. i don't think we're going to find her. >> just after 10:00 this morning, along stretch of i59 near garrison ville road, two cadaver dogs appear to alert to area just off the southbound side of the highway. an area where there used to be official vehicle turn around. before construction gannon the express lanes. about a dozen detectives and the two lead prosecutors in the case spent about two hours going over the area. at times, they took photographs, and used a shovel to move some of the dirt.

>> pamela, good reporting. thank you very, very much. with us now, democratic senator richard blumenthal. he's a member of the judiciary committee and previously served at connecticut's attorney general. senator, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. good to be with you. >> we've got a lot to go through. let's start with this "new york times" report that the past february the fbi briefed hope hicks about efforts by russians to contact her during the presidential transition. what does that tell you? >> what it tells me is that the fbi knew about contacts between the transition team and the russian government, as have been documented previously. they obviously were concerned about possible leaks of information from the trump transition team to the russians and contacts by flynn, which are now part of the charging documents and official files with the court show that, in fact, high-level members of the trump transition were knowledgeable about flynn's contacts. and the question really now is, what did they know and when did they know i

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i just got off the phone with derek butler, the brother of pamela butler, the woman who was murdered eight years ago. he told me that he was talking to police after the search and they gave him disappointing nutz. we're going to take a look from chopper4 at the first location they searched. this is mile parker 147. these are the express lanes of i-95 in between northbound and southbound. and as we look at this location here, this area, this grassy area here is the area that they concentrated on with the search dog and derek butler tells me tonight that police told him while they did not recover anything there tonight, they did get enough of a hit from a dog to believe that that is where his daughter -- his sister's body was buried. but he says he's very disappointed to know they will not try to recover her remains. >>> the search team got started just after 10:00 this morning. derek butler was already here, hoping after more than eight years he would be one step closer to bringing his sister home. investigators targeted two locations along this stretch of i-95 in stafford. the first

police think pamela butler might be buried here. earlier this year, when jose rodriguez cruz pleaded guilty, they were happy to have justice but they were still left feeling empty because her body had not been found. >> what we want is to bring her home and give her a properly burial. >> reporter: now the family and police hope to bring her home this week. police will begin the search friday afternoon along i-95 in stafford, virginia. multiple law enforcement sources as well as butler's brother tell news4 that jose rodriguez cruz, the man who admitted to killing pamela butler, brought police to a spot along i-95tw where he says he buried the 47-year-old's body after he strangled her in her d.c. home in 2009. the specifics of the search were not discussed. >> it's very important for the family to be able to recover pam's remains. i know that's extremely important to them so we're working with the u.s. attorney's office to see if we can make that happen. >> reporter: now, as you can imagine, the terrain has changed in the past eight y

but first pamela osborn has your first alert traffic. >> and the most important thing is allowing plenty of extra time to get where you're going because there are some slick spots. that's the blue route ramp. you can see some work crews clearing things up, a trouble spot there but traffic is getting by. lit's take a look at the drive times. average speeds in the 50s and 60s but i am watching an accident that just popped up. this one is near the airport. we're talking about 95 southbound. there's a lane restriction there because of an accident, so that's something to be on the lookout for. >>> new this morning philadelphia police head to corral a cow that wandered on to the southbound lanes. police briefly shut down the lanes to traffic. it appears the cow escaped from a live nativity scene nearby. that's a great nativity scene. police captured the uninjured animal and are working to return it. >>> we're off to a slippery start after snow hit much of the area. we're tracking snow showers in parts of our area and checking on the roads for your commute. randy, tell us where you are and desc

but first, pamela osborne is watching your first alert traffic. >> and we're seeing an improvement out if upper dublin. there was an issue on the roads i was telling you about at fort washington avenue. we know there were wintry conditions there that were causing troubles but police have called and said that is all clear so you shouldn't have any problems getting around there. let's take a look at our camera at 95. you can see traffic moving smoothly in either direction. now, most of the majors look just like this. they look pretty good. no snow, but there are slick spots to be aware of. if you're headed to the airport this morning things are looking good there as well. i should pass along that philly international just issued their own winter weather alert mode. that's until 10:00 a.m. they're just reminding people to allow themselves extra time to get there and check with their carriers before arriving for their flights. >>> our live coverage continues in south jersey where some roads are still slick from the snowfall. >> i know what it's like a few hours ago. what it's like right no

i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, not meeting the press. the president left washington today without holding a traditional end of the year press conference. something we are told trump wanted to do. it's a surprising decision given the president could tout his biggest accomplishment to date. the sweeping tax bill. but white house advisers overruled the president. two white house tells cnn the fear was over questions about russia, questions they clearly didn't want him to answer. but that didn't stop trump from giving his own version of reality after he signed the tax bill into law. here he is on obamacare and the end of the individual mandate. take a listen. >> essentially i think obamacare is over because of that and we're going to come up with something that's going to be very good. >> so obamacare is not over. 8.8 million people signed up for 2018 coverage. trump went on to boast b about his own accomplishments. >> we have more legislative victories than any other president. >> well the bottom line is truch has only had two in congress.

the suspected killer pled guilty if he could lead police to the remains of pamela butler. so, if that changes and they do not find her, what happens? >> reporter: yeah, and i actually talked to derek butler about that. the plea agreement actually does not specify that they actually have to find her remains. only he has to make the best effort to lead them to the location. the prosecutors and the search team are able to determine they believe this actually is the location where her body was buried, but they're unable to actually recover it, that would more than satisfy the plea agreement. and then, yes, he would only have to serve 12 years. and i asked derek butler about that. he said he wouldn't be happy about that. he would have to live with that, but as you know, there is a second investigation for the search for cruz's first wife who was reported missing long before pamela butler. derek butler told me today he may take up that cause because he never wants to see jose streets ever again. erika? >> such a difficult story and a delicate search underway right now. mark segr

i'm pamela brown in for my colleague jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. and the white house's goals for 2018 starting with an infrastructure bill. in the coming weeks, the trump administration is set to unveil a proposal to fix the nation's bridges, highways and airports, but could democrats put up a speed bump or even a roadblock? let's begin with cnn's ryan nobles in florida where president trump is spending the holidays. ryan, he just checked off a major win with tax reform. is the white house feeling confident about building bridges with democrats in the new year? >> reporter: well, pam, there is no doubt that the president and his administration feel they have a degree of momentum behind them after passing that sweeping tax reform bill into law. and he believes that infrastructure could be a very positive agenda item for him going forward, primarily because he thinks he can get democratic buy-in. in fact, friday before he left to come here to florida, this is what the president said about a potential infrastructure bill. >> infrastructure is by far t

. >> now, new information about the search for pamela butler's remains. her boyfriend confessed to her murder. that murder happened more than eight years ago, but her body has never been found. today detectives began the search for her remains. crews spent several hours combing the land along i-95 in the median strip in stafford county. news4's mark segraves broke the story this week. he joins us live with an update from the butler family. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, doreen. i spoke to derek butler, the brother of pamela butler an hour ago after he was briefed by deck tichldeck detectives. they did get one or two positive hits from the search dogs. that is enough to lead them to believe pamela butler's remains are buried along i-95. they say they do not plan to try to recover those remains. derek butler told me this evening that makes him and his mother very disappointed. derek butler stood on an overpass and watched for hours as a search team looked for the remains of his sister, pamela butler. >> hoping that we would come up with something. >

we're told that pamela butler's brother will be on hand when the search begins this morning. the family, of course, hoping that the ordeal will come to an end today. the man who has confessed to killing butler, her one-time boyfriend, jose rodriguez cruz, he's now helping police in the search in exchange for a lighter sentence. now, rodriguez cruz has led investigators to a stretch of the median that is stretching the north and southbound lanes -- he said he buried butler's body there when he killed her in 2009. the search getting under way in a matter of hours. butler's family hoping that this will finally come an end. >> i want her to -- that's what i want. i want her. >> reporter: now a limited stretch of the 95 express lanes will be closed as the search goes on for a couple of hours today. people should be aware of that. regular lanes ever 95 will not be affected. back >>> i hope it may bring the family a measure of peace. >> a warning for some of you drivers there. >> frederick county reopened. chopper 4 was over the monocacy river bridge crashed. it damaged a part of th

pamela butler's family they remain hopeful. we spoke to them earlier this week, to her brother derek butler who tells us that he remains hopeful that the remains will be found after eight agonizing years and they really hope that they can finally have some sort of closure to this case that's been lingering for eight years. we should also mention that police say rodriguez cruz will not be out here. however, derek butler, her brother, will be out here with law enforcement agencies and arlington police, they are still investigating a case from 1989 involving rodriguez cruz's first wife, marta, when she went missing and that remains an open investigation and they are still searching for her in that case. that's the very latest here from stafford. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks annie. 5:33 right now. let's talk about those raging wildfires in southern roads and schools are closed, buildings are burning and thousands of people are under new evacuation orders. relentless overnight winds are fueling the flames with gusts up t

finally maybe answers from the family of pamela butler. her boyfriend recently pleaded guilty to kill >> police have the information they need to find her remains. >> live at metropolitan police department. when and where will police begin searching for the remains. >> reporter: friday afternoon is what we're told. a median strip along i-95 in stafford county will be keeping a close eye on this. the family of pamela butler had been waiting a long time to have a proper burial. they are hopeful that soon it could happen. butler's one-time boyfriend, rodriguez cruz has admitted to strangling her in 2009 in her d.c. home and has agreed to lead police to her body in exchange for a lighter sentence. as you heard first on news 4, police will search a stretch of a median strip beginning in the afternoon on friday. crews telling police that's we are buried her body all those years ago. butler's brother says recovering her body will not br closure but it will help the families find peace. >>> closure with it. it's different if somebody dies of a nat

i'm pamela brown in for ana cabrera. the white house denying a bombshell report that says during an oval office meeting back in june, the president became so enraged by the number of people receiving visas centering the united states, he began to unleash on specific immigrant groups saying that haitians all have aids and nigerians would never go back to their huts once they have seen the united states. i want to go to boris sanchez. what can you tell us about the forceful response to the story from the white house? >> reporter: pam, the white house refuting this "new york times" reporting. this took place during a meeting between donald trump and his cabinet and the president had just finished reading a document that was prepared for him by domestic policy adviser stephen miller that detailed the visas granted to people of different nationalities and according to the sources that they had in that meeting and those that were briefed on that meeting, the president said the following about haitians. again, this is from "the

nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in south philadelphia with what investigators have learned. pam? >> reporter: well erin crime scene investigators have finished up here but you can see police are still holding the scene. they tell us when they got here the front door was unlocked. they also say the house appeared to be in order. only adding to the mystery of why the 65-year-old man who lives here was killed and who was responsible. it was a 911 call that brought police to this row home on the 1200 block of johnston for a report of a person who needed to go to the hospital. when police entered the home they discovered the body of the homeowner in an upstairs bedroom. investigators say he'd been stabbed in the stomach. he was pronounced dead at the scene. early this morning, police were interviewing a woman who knew the victim in hopes of figuring out what happened. we've been speaking with neighbors off-camera. they tell us this is a quiet neighborhood. they say they all know each other or know of each other. they were shocked to see this happen. and a little nervous, as they wait

pamela butler's family got that word this afternoon and tonight butler's brother spoke to dorothy spencer about the disappointment he feels after nine years of searching. >>> cadaver dogs searched for the body of pamela butler. but their hours of serarching turned up nothing. >> how are you and your family feeling about that? >> very disappointing, but i was there. they did search, they worked at it very hard, and you know you don't win them all. >> the federal worker went missing more than eight years ago. a break in the case finally came with a confession from her boyfriend jose rodriguez he promotiised to lead detectiv to her body for a shortened sentence. >> if we could get her in and give her a proper resting place, then we know where she is at. we don't know where she is at this point. >> police told butler they're not going to continue searching president the section of road where cruz allegedly buried her has been the subject of road construction. >> of course i would like for them to go k bback out there, b at the same time i have to be realistic. >> cruz is facing 12 years in pr

investigators will start searching for pamela butler's remains tomorrow.. near i-95 in stafford county. two months ago, her boyfriend, jose rodriguez-cruz, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. and he promised to show where her body is. in return, he was sentenced to only 12 years. support for senator al franken.. all but collapsing on the hill as he plans to make an announcement about his future in just a few hours. ryan hughes is at the live desk - despite reports saying senator franken has already decided to resign -- a tweet from his account says -- he is talking with his family at this time... and any reports of a final decision are inacccurate. all this, amid a chorus of calls from his fellow democratic senators who now say he must go. and it appears to be a coordinated effort - with at least 38 senators media with calls for resignation. just hours earlier another woman had come forward, saying franken forcibly kissed her. she is now the eighth accuser. we'll be following the announcement closely. right now - the route 355 bridge in frederick county

pamela? >>> the minimum wage railroads are looking good. i'm seeing reports of hazardous conditions. we'll start in east norriton. germantown pike, all lanes closed between suite road and stanbridge street. we know that this is because there was water leaking on the roadway. that water, of course, and the cold temperatures with icing and freezing over. they had to call a salt truck. another problem at york road and cherry street. at abington other another problem spot, old york and keith road. also, want to let you know about the issues on mass transit. traveling septa, the broad street line, a little bit of improvement. southbound, everything is close to schedule. as we there are residual delays because of an earlier problem. doylestown run beining about 30 minutes late. >>> cold temperatures and winds didn't keep everyone inside for christmas. we found a couple roasting marshmallows over an open fire at winter fest, the blue cross river rink. one family rented out one of the cabins to hold their christmas celebrations. >> reporter: how ar

autria: new developments and the search for the remains of pamela butler. adrianna: john gonzalez is live outside of d.c. headquartered -- police headquarters. john: ladies, good morning. this cold case nearly nine years old, and investigators will be going to an area in northern virginia about 50 miles from where pamela butler once lived. derrick butler, her brother telling abc 7 that authorities are being led to stafford county, near interstate 95, by the man behind bars. jose rodriguez-cruz in early october pleaded guilty to killing butler, his ex-girlfriend, convicted of second-degree murder. he agreed to tell where he hid the body in exchange for a 12 year sentence. he killed her in dragged her body out of a window. she was 47 at the time and employed with the federal government. her family has never given up hope, saying it is never too -- close this case, bring pamela home, and have a proper goodbye. happening tonight, a vigil at the lincoln memorial to remember in mclean man shot and killed by park police appeared he was shot november 17 after polic