breaking news from germantown. a woman found dead inside her apartment and her 11-year-old son missing. >> and a gunman kills eight people. >> repairs at the national cathedral after was damaged in the august earthquake. morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine. 5:00 a.m. on this thursday,

october 14. .am cynne simpson >> i am natasha barrett. adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. unsettled weather will last until tomorrow. spotty showers and some heavy rain this morning. under the banner, a purging if it is and bethesda have heavy downpours moving through the north and northeast crossing over 270. preston is still getting moderate range. rain in a fairfax county county andwilliam moderate rain moving into manassas. a line of storms crossing over 66. a few thunderstorms cannot be afternoonlater this with some drizzle. it's not an all-day rain out. highs around 70 or so.

similar tomorrow. that means a challenge in commute for friends coming manassas and gainesville, along the greenway and tollway in good shape. is quiet into the district. on the southeast southwest freeway. no problems in northeast. 95, northbound, foggy. breaking news out of germantown. police believe the disappearance old boy isar- connected to the murder of his mother. >> the woman was found last night at the condominium. the jummy olabanji joins us with learned.has >> what we know is montgomery atnty detectives are looking case at aperson homicide investigation. they are looking for the 11-

son of the victim, seen onwas last about two weeks ago. police say that yesterday they got a call from 51-year-old jane's said that they could not contact her. the fire department got into a dead innd found jane bedroom and noticed that her 11-year-old son william was missing. maybe withe william his mother's car, and 2011 honda crv. that is a small suv. the investigation is ongoing. they have not been able to contact the school to figure out last time william was

in class. with thatorking time, the last time seen at the apartment complex. police have issued an amber alert along with maryland state who hassking anyone seen and black suv or the la boy to call 911. more than a dozen people are collisionter a involving two amtrak trains. this happened a few hours ago at station in oakland, california. the trains were both traveling at low speeds. 16 people injured. minor injuries. because of the crash is under investigation. a developing story. police have identified a suspect massacreday's deadly salon in southern california. old scott decry.bus s

>> he was stopped a half mile from the salon by police and the surrender. they told him to get on the ground and they put him against and pulled out of body armor and magazines. >> his neighbors say that his wife michele was a hairstylist at that salon. a bitter custody battle over the son may have led to the shootings. government officials are inessing the damage powerful after a rocked the resort bali. of residents and hotel guests the streets when the occurred ade quake ago.ours issued andalert was reports of injuries so far. expect a busy scene today of national cathedral. beginning the repair work trying to fix the damage by the august earthquake.

autria godfrey has more. >> if you saw any of the video destruction left in the quake, the 5.8 magnitude likely remember seeing the .in crumpled pieces today they will begin repairs on the pinnacles. get behind the scenes so. as they do at 9:00 thisrt morning. the opera portions of the southeast grand political combat two tons will be removed by a crane. parts of the doctor people was quake. down during the additional damage occurred a crane weeks later when a fell. forneers have been waiting scaffoldingteel place beforeut in can begin the removal process. all four pinnacles will be

repairs.y removed for if the camera will be allowed to to capturetral tower that process. we will have battle later today on abc 7 news at noon. will talktonemason about the repairs at some point today. he has already said that all of take upnstruction could to a decade. it is scheduled to reopen on november 12. godfrey, abc 7 news. and congress will hold a the delaware proposal response to the august earthquake. a subcommittee will look at the office of personnel management's quake.g of the lawmakers will also ask about of unanticipated events. 63 degrees. still ahead, look at this video. monitor beating a old student. why a monitress said that she

believes shey she not break any laws. >> a mother could be facing after letting her 9- child drive a car. >> it is a soggy commute.

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fog. 5:10 is the time. traffic and weather. >> it is difficult to see out there. 270, especially near the 270 spur. from gaithersburg all the way heavyo the beltway, moving into olney. just clipping bethesda. heavy rains to the north of bethesda. chantilly and north of the fairfax county is where we have areas of light rain. we saw heavy rain moments ago. a few more showers down to the continue marching northward through the early morning. 65 in the district, and 50's in 67 inenandoah valley,

lexington park. afternoon. cooler to the northwest of the area. morning rainshowers, then areas drizzle, a midday. afternoon, storms expected, a few scattered thunderstorms later on today. clearing for the weekend. looks ok around the beltway. 70 in ands on 270, out of baltimore. reporting normal service. the overnight construction projects were canceled. still getting into vienna, moving ok. the normal travel times to and american legion bridge. picture in maryland of traffic and enter avenue. . andrews airn near force base. looks good on this side of the beltway as well. back to you. >> thank you. 63 degrees. cracks coming up, more headaches users.ckberry cracks coming up, more headaches users.ckberry the ny grebefore me,

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we began our top stories with breaking news. investigators are searching for of then the murder woman and the of her son.e 51-year-old jane mcquain was founded last night. her 11-year-old son william was on september 30. police have issued an amber alert. investigators believe someone abducted him. two trains collided at the station in oakland, california. the trains have stopped passengers when a at slowtrain ran into it speed. people with minor injuries. 8 people died when a gunman fire at a california salon.

shortlyan was arrested after the shooting. a bitter custody battle may be blame for the massacre. the gunman's ex-wife worked at the salon. we turned to 2012. president obama and begins a day bus tour of north carolina and virginia on monday. those are traditionally republican state. the white house said the two townswill stop in in north carolina and then spend ville.ght in greenfie and a survey finds that herman be a ahead of the pack in the gop presidential race. an nbc poll released on tuesday notfinds that herman cain is leading mitt romney of 27% to 23% among republican primary voters. this represents a dramatic shift weeks.race in recent federal prosecutors have

complaint against owner of the oil rig that year in the gulf of mexico. killed 11 workers and led to spill.ve oil accuses trans ocean of refusing to honor from federal or investigating the oil spill. monitor charts 14-year-old boy out.ing a camera caught the june attack on tape. the seven-year-old woman is battery and abuse. she resigned shortly after the incident. her lawyer says while some her actions, the oil was bullyingoy was her. >> he did not back down from her. young boy had tossed a

seat just before incident. colorado drivers could not believe their eyes. before today's citizens called drivereport a very un wheel in the town of junction. >> officers immediately began doing investigation and were had to determine the mother allowing her nine-year-old daughter to drive a car on various occasions. >> rogers was in the passenger a 10-month-old baby was the backseat as the child town and even up to a mcdonald's drive-through window. police are working to figure out if the mother was under the of drugs or alcohol. more headaches for blackberry users. the outages are spreading, including to my phone. here's tanya rivero. the blackberry problems are spreading. users in the u.s. and canada are

outages of messaging and internet services. subscribers staff in other parts of the world have been having problems several days. research in motion if says the , but a has been fixed of messages was clogging the system. recalling 1.6 million television sets that could melt or catch fire. is a 40-inch television 2007 andfactured in 2008. there have been 11 incidents in japan. apple reported is getting ready cloud.r movies in the you will be able to buy the itunes and access to them on any apple device. i am tanya rivero. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> off to a mile start. foggy.

-- a mild start. >> chance of rain today and tomorrow. good for the sunshine with high pressure. look at live super doppler 7. the red and orange is heavy rain over rockville and , 370ing gaithersburg included. towards olney and laytonsville. we have a few more showers stretching southward across the fairfax county and prince william county and fauquier county. silver spring as a light sprinkle. the heaviest rain is over 270 in montgomery county. that we have more showers to the south in virginia. those will continue marched this morning, then a the rain showers by , just a patsy drizzle:. possible later on today.

the unsettled weather pattern. but at the action of to the west, stretching all the way the upper midwest down to to the gulf of mexico. notice the rain showers. is a dip in the upper level pushthat will continue to our way. be the next system to cause a few showers tomorrow. unsettled tomorrow. but the weekend looks good. 64 degrees in the district, 57 in winchester, 66 in hagerstown. upper 60's for the high temperature in the potomac highlands. ms. 70's year-round the beltway later on today. morning rainshowers, at lunchtime. a few thunderstorms possible the afternoon and evening. similar conditions tomorrow. today er chance of and tomorrow. breezy on saturday, a very sunny. high temperatures in the upper 60's. near 70 on sunday, plenty of

sunshine on the weekend. clouds moving overhead on sunday. showers onof tuesday. looks pretty stable after tomorrow. looks ok on 66. getting a little foggy unusual spots. manassas and the beltway. in falls church roosevelt bridge. 95, more of the same out of fredericksburg. a little bit of punching up at 610.arine base at throughway is moving college park. normalail is reporting service systemwide. back to you. >> thank you. 64 degrees. >> next, another extra big inning home run. cruz takinghave over as mr. october.

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live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, we are following breaking news. and 11-year-old boy disappears mother is found dead inside a montgomery county home. still searching for answers. good morning, washington. it's thursday, october 14. -- october 13. >> adam caskey has a check on forecast, first. we have accused body showers of 95 and parts of virginia. also in maryland around 270 in we have county is where heaviest rainfall. it's moving through rockville, olney, and laytonsville.

the heavy bags of grain moving to the northeast. otherwise, lighter showers and areas of drizzle. 64 in the district, seven in martinsburg, 67 in lexington park. 4 this afternoon. patchy drizzle into the midday. possible byngest the afternoon. still unsettled today and tomorrow. clearing for the weekend. unsettled is a good way to describe the roads. it's gone to been interesting commute. now accordingight virginia state police. maryland across legion bridge. let's pull up a picture. and a nice ride in and out of baltimore. now to breaking news. we start with breaking news from germantown. police found a mother dead apartment. her 11-year-old son is missing. >> jummy olabanji joins us from on theappened with more

investigation. good morning. >> good morning. a very sad case in the montgomery county. . detectives working even at this hour. yesterday they found 51-year-old dead in her bedroom knolls mi condominium complex. william mcquain, age 11, missing. friend of jane's called because they could not contact her. police believe williams has not seen at his home since about two weeks ago. police this morning whether they have any information they can share with who may be behind a

homicide and the case of missing william. informationave the right now. say.is what they have to >> this investigation is still fresh. detectives do not want to narrow yet and possibly miss a clue. they are looking at a wide scale and considering many possibilities. is alsotim's car missing. police believe that william with the car. , a smallvck suv. the maryland license plate tags on your screen. police have issued an amber for william and the vehicle. there are signs on the interstate flashing. hasce are asking anyone who seen william or the black suv to call them immediately. police are searching for a attacked and tried to

abduct a fairfax county teenager. the attack happen yesterday or actually tuesday morning the teenager was walking to high school. to thetarted talking irl and then try to force her into a car. she was able to break free and was not injured. the suspect had piercing on his left ear.d a developing story from california. after a in custody massacre at a busy year so on. 42-year-old scott dekraai walked hair salon and opened fire. a person died and another was critically injured. arrested shortly after the shooting. and several weapons in his car. was employed as a lot and they were in the middle of a bitter custody battle. a powerful earthquake rocked the resort island of , indonesia. hotel guests and residents

the street when the quake should the island a few hours ago. tsunami alert was issued and no reports of injuries so far. the first votes in the 2012 race could be cast in less than two months. new hampshire and could move expressed in the nation primary december 6. that vote were to take place today, it might be a surprising victory. john hendren joins us from more on theth candidates 30 in the polls. >> aside. -- more on the candidate in the polls. >> that's right. the man from godfather's pizza. the new republican front-runner is herman cain. he is more than just the flavor of the week. a difference between he flavor of the week and

dazs black walnuts, because it tastes good all the time. he's leading the pack with 27%. mitt romney at 23%. herman cain as a simple plan 999.calls 9 percent flat income tax, 9% tax, 9% sales tax, coming with its share of controversy. >> you are going to have to pay anyway. >> but mitt romney has focused rival, rick perry's refusal to denounce a prominent says that mitt not a real christian. ism is a cult.

>> it's the wrong direction for the country. the president is focusing on jobs. take no for an answer. despite will go on. >> president said that he will defeat.pt he says that senators will now on its plan one a time. hendren, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. degrees. >> still to come, more changes could be on the way at metro. a new cleanup plan on the table. >> the occupy movement, how much of protests costing cities across the country? of protests costing cities across the country? ugh, time to color.

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all neimoving through and laytonsville. basically along and west of pushing off to the north and east. parts of northern virginia where had moderate rain, now a showers in fairfax county and into loudoun county. george, virginia, heavy downpours moving through. 74 this afternoon. highs in the upper 60's in the highlands northwest of the metro area. the steady rain will be ending morning, patchy drizzle through the midday. few of thunderstorms after that into the afternoon. still unsettled weather tomorrow with spotty showers, but weekend.on the normal service for a the trains. in maryland oned the john hanson highway near the beltway. leaving cheverly all the way to annapolis. near the beltway, accident reported. 270 near falls road.

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we begin with our top stories. breaking news this morning. police investigating the death germantown mother and the disappearance of her son. 's body-old jane mcquain was found last night. her 11-year-old son william has since september 30. police believe someone kidnapped him. 16 people injured when two

collided in oakland, california. one train had stopped to unload passengers when another train it at 15 or 20 miles an hour. no word on what led to the crash. crews will remove part of a the national byhedral that was damaged the august earthquake. will make the pinnacles and the central tower more stable until repairs can be made. the cathedral will reopen next mont. metro will begin considering potential changes to a complex fare structure. it plans to eventually phase outsmarted cards and seven (system. use yours you can credit card at the gate. so would require metro to simplify its rate plan. metro says there are more than fare possible combinations. carrying a concealed gun is d.c., but that could change. an act will be introduced today

in the house district committee. delegates and eleanor holmes is upsetys that she an amendment that has been filed. people will have a concealed carry permits in another state to legally carry a concealed gun in the district. she says the amendment violates rules and endangers homeland security. fbi agents will return to an today.on neighborhood wednesday afternoon a pvctruction crew found with metal objects a machineappear to be gun. along patrick henry drive. a middle school was briefly authoritieswhile sure the items were not explosive. another person in a helicopter that crashed in the city last in new york week and died. died.r-old helen another passenger died shortly after the crash. two other passengers and the

pilot survived. the crash is under investigation. president obama is playing host to the south korean the united states for a state visit. aass and ipad dinner at korean barbecue restaurant in tyson's corner. there will be no state dinner held tonight. dinner at a korean barbecue restaurant. obama will be visiting fairfax county. new york city officials are the rising cost of the occupy wall street protests. the new york police department spent more than $2 million the protestsince on september 17. some say that money could. be

could. protesters say don't blame them. >> every new york cop should be robbers.or rapists and everyone of them should be serious crimes. >> i would direct a question at police and say why have you much money on something legitimatecome a national issue? >> the down economy means there workers and apparently fewer babies. in 2007 the u.s. had a record number of birds. than 4.3 million. since then the birds and dropped. a report says high unemployment foreclosure rates likely have an effect. the birth rate also dropped during the great depression and oil shock of the 1970's. national weather service texastors will go to whether ortermine down yesterday. this is northeast of houston. high winds toppled trees onto

homes and businesses. to aoman was taken hospital as a precaution. any seriousf injuries so far. , time for looked at traffic and weather. will continue to see rainfall throughout the day. in arlington a buddy of mine that he just laid down some seed on his lawn, so it could not be better for him. madison county, over 3 inches of rain between yesterday and today. is pretty heavy accumulation down there. around culpeper county, accumulations. locally, not much. here's a look at live super doppler 7 radar. notice abuse by showers out there this morning. the heaviest in montgomery which is easing up at this time. some in have andhersburg and olney

-- and laytonsville. we have some farther south of area, one down for george, virginia, that pushing northward. stretching to fredericksburg and culpeper and remington, areas of light rain. here's the overall weather pattern. more rain west, midsection of the country. from northern canada downd towards the gulf of mexico. that's because of a dip and are levels low. that can cause active weather. -- that's because a dip in upper level low. 67 inin quantico, 57 -- lexington park. today in the 70's.

there will be drizzle man did an afternoon storms. out for thelearing with comfortable temperatures. accident to report near rockville pike. doing ok. beltway in the coaster area near connecticut avenue. we test data press reported on 355.uter loop at .- just had a crash vehicle went into the woods. 66 and 95 doing ok. back to you. >> thank you. forre are policy changes customers and the irs is google.ter >> linda bell is at bloomberg york forers in new details. >> good morning. google, the company is in

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live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:00 this morning, following breaking news. a woman is dead. 11-year-old son missing. montgomery county police have issued an amber alert. good morning, washington. we are approaching 6:00 on this october 13. thanks for joining us. >> we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. with lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> very good thursday morning to you. are tracking the latest on region. across the