sarah jessica parker. harry potter opens later on this week. >> it's amazing. daniel radcliffe and emma watson are no in their 40s. >> they're married having kids, right. we watched them grow up on the scene. stay with us. news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. vic-timmized. on his way to a record-breaking night. plus, corruption case. another round of raids in prince george's county. this time the focus is on suspected crooked cops. good morning. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it is 49 degrees.

and what you see out there is wet weather in the nation's capital. tom is going to give us the test. he said it was going to rain. here it is, tom. >> it's here. i'm surprised you did not say vick-tory. we have had rain that came in late last evening. the moving color on the screen is rain. passinshowers across much of virgin, district of columbia and maryland, advancing southwest to northeast. and it's going to be with us throughout the rest of the day. right now we're in the upper 40s throughout most of th region to near 50 in washington and near the bay. mountains of western maryland, west virginia, mid-40s now. and they he had rain there too overnight. and more on the way. this stretches all the way back to the gulf coast and an area of lopressure coming through will bring in perhaps more moderate downpours by this afternoon into this evening. between now and then, periods of rain. highs mid-50s. how is the traffic?

>> good news, very quiet start to the drive out there, albeit wet and potentially slick. no major hangups. this is the beltway. here's the outer loop. inner loop. new hampshire avenue somewhere down here. over to virginia, making the trip on the beltway, near route 1, alexandria, smooth sailing. if you're traveling into town, looks good. south capitol, douglas, pennsylvania avenue to the sousa, 295 moving along nicely. metro and vre, no delays. mark trouble on the penn line. 503 nine minutes behind schedule. some of the redskins's shoes might still be stuck in the mud after last night's loss. the eagles's offense embarrassed the skins on their very home field. it began in the first play of the game when michael vick

scampered around and went deep to deshaean jackson for an 88 yd touchdown. donovan mcnabb had three interceptions. skins say the 59-28 loss is a true embarrassment. >> embarrassed. we have a game that, you know, again, with everything that was tied into it, the way the thing just went and snow-balled in the own direction it was just an embarrassment. embarrassment is about the only word you can use. redskins will try to rebound next week againsthe tennessee titans >> quarterback donovan mcnabb has a nice, new contract. they signed a fe-year $78 million contract. $40 million of that is guaranteed. and the total could reach $88 million when incentives are

added. the deal has been in the works since the 33-year-old quarterback was acquired back in april for two draft picks. corruption in prince george's county keeps getting bigger. e roundup comes days after exact executive jack johnson and his wife leslie. tracee wilkins is live at the tick ock liquor store where agents were carrying out boxes late into the night. what were they carrying out? >> reporter: they were carrying out papers, and it looked a lot like what they did at johnson's home. they have seized homes, businesses and bank accounts as this corruption investigation continues. prince george's county executive johnson is back on the job while facing fedal tampering charges. he wore an ankle bracelet like this one after his arrest on friday. >> i'm going to remain strong,

finish what i started. >> reporter: meanwhile, across the county, state and federal agents carried boxes from the tick tock liquor store. who officers and five others were indicted on conspireing to commit extortion charges while a third and another man face drug and conspiracy charges. 45-year-old sergeant and 42-year-old kim. those cigarette and luor taxes are a significant source of revenue for the state of maryland and the federal government. in a separate case, athird prince george's cop of woodbridge, virginia has been indict odd gun and cocaine charges. >> i'm outraged. at the disgraceful conduct demonstrated by three of our officers who trnished our badge. >> reporter: with all th arrests made in the last few days, maryland's u.s. attorney had this to say about possible connections. we have yon going right now a series of related corruption

charges here in prince george's county. >> reporter: those three officers have been suspended nding the outcome of this investigation. tracee wilkins live in the studio. >> thank you very much. and baker says he isocusing on the future despite this latest crackdown. >> the alleged acts of a few in no y should deter all of prince georgs county who are ready, eager and i would say excited about the move to make this county or to take this county from good to great. >> baker spoke for the first time about the scandal last night. he answered few questions on the questions against his soon to predecessor and colleagues. ker said he expects the justice system to play out and deal with the charges. closing arguments will be heard in the chandra levy trial including attempted kidnapping

d attempted robbery. the statute of limitations ran out on the robbery charge. guandique still faces two cots of murder. one of his former cellmates said he never confessed to killing le levy. the court also heard messages left on levy's phone by former congressman gary cond. the tw were romantically linked at the time of her death. >> 6:30 i haven't heard from you. maybe you're out of the country or something. give m a call when you pick up th message. bye. condit was once the main suspect but authorities no longer believed he was involved in levy's disappearance or death. jury deliberations in the case could begin as soon as today >> we're following a developing story in aruba. this could be a major turning point in the gnat lee hallway case. tourists found a human jawbone. they discored it friday along a peach on the hotel where hall

wee disappeared in 2005. in the past prime suspect van der sloot has confessed to dumping the teen's body near that location. detectives sent the remains to the netherlands forensic institute. there tests will determine whether it matches her dna. van der sloot is in prison facing charge of murderin a peruvian woman. missiles were fired into north waziristan, a tribal region on the afghan border. it is a base for insurgents responsible for many attacks on the u.s. and nato forces. the u.s. has increasingly. 5:08. 50 degrees. the mysterious disappearance of an entire family. what investigators are now saying about their search >> also, metro investigating another escalator incident.

what happened in this latest case >> next, a wet commute this morning. rain is falling around the region. we'll have weather and traffic with patented sonic technolo philips sonicare is the number 1 recommended power toothbrush by dental professionals it's no wonder philips sonicare is the toothbrush america loves switch now and if you're not 100% satisfied, we'll give you a full refund.

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good morning on tis tuesday morning. it's raining. rain continues to advance southwest to northeast in the district, and maryland. it's chilly as well. upper 40s to near 50 degrees. later today, highs of mid-50s periods of rain throughout the day and into tonight. may get up to an inch total by the time it ends tonight. tomorrow, low 60s. sunshine back with gusts over 35 miles per hour. and then on thursday, mostly cloudy, cooler and much cooler friday. a look at the weekend at 5:21. how is the traffic jerry? we keep close tabs on 95 in virginia. route 1 corridor, dale city on route 1, no hanps. looking pretty good. see if that's the case elsewhere at this hour. merge legion bridge, inner and outer loop, road spray.

an issue on 270 with an accident 270, route 85. police are pulling up to the scene now. heads-up. u may want to avoid it. pop over to 355 if you're clear of 85 and cut back down to 270. out to the railwe go. so far metro and 305 all right. 503, 13 minutes behind schedule. 5:13, 50 degree ahead on news 4, jet blue fired him. steven slater is no longer unemployed. where the former flight attendant landed job. also signs that the government might be listening to passenger complaints about new airport security screenings.

chandra levy trial could be coming to an end with closing arguments this morning. they dropped two more charges. the statute of limitations ran out on robbery charge.

he faces two counts of murder. in court, one of the former cellmates said guandique never confessed to killing levy, in contrast to another who said he did confess to her murde corruption crackdown in prince george's county led to several arrests. who officers and five others were indicted on conspireing to commit extortion charges while a third and another man face drug and conspicy charges. the latest roundup comes four days after county executive jack johnson was arrested. >> eagle embarrassing the skins. donovan mcnabb got a brand-new $78 miioncontract. eun, back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. more trouble for metro riders this morning. self escalators have en shut down again after another accident. one of its escalators suddenly stopped during morning rush yesterday. it's not clear what caused the problem. no one was hurt. this comes week after an act accelerator suddenly stopped injuring six people. since then, metro has been inspecting all 588 of its

escalators system wide. the baby abandoned by her mother has been named mary. she was left outside a roman catholic church in fairfax county monday morning >> my initial reaction was thank god it was to the church. the baby was found quickly and taken care of mediately. >> reporter: parishioners in fairfax are calling this cute newborn girl a miracle. she was found early sunday morning before mass in this gym bag lying in the grass in front of the church. a parishioner brout her inside, called 911 and the baby received immediate medical attention. >> it's full of loving families and people who care about the community and the family. the mother probably felt it was a place she can trusto have the baby cared for.

>> reporter: while authorities still don't know who the mother is, monday night the priest addressed this gift at the orstep. >> he said the baby doing very well. he named her mary. very appropriate for a catholic church. >> reporter: but what happens to baby mary now? fairfax county departmt of family services says it's up to them to try to find her a home. >> the first step to to find family or kin to take caref the child. if that's not possible, quite often foster care is the way to go. >> i feel wonderful. i really do. there are so many parents out there just waiting to adopt a child. and i know this baby will have a wonderful life with whoever chooses to adopt it. >> family services say that is not the case. they need more adoptive families. it says for every certified foster and adoptive family, four children in the system need a me. there's no telling how long it

will take baby mary to get adopted. it depends mainly on how long she will be here in the hospital. fafax, john schriffin, news 4 today. jay mcdowell kicked a student out of his class for the day after the teenager said that he did not, quote, accept gays. mcdonald was late reprimanded by the school and suspended one day without pay. the issue is now gaining even more attention, though, after a 14-year-old openly gay student from another school defended mcdowell at a school meeting. a teacher whosupport finall stood up and said something where the students say the worst kinds of tngs. >> this video has drawn thousands of views on youtube. they are hosting a community

forum to discuss tolerance and adversary issues. investigators in ohio are fearing the worst after finding a teenage girl gagged and bound in a basement of a nearby home. police believe there's a possibility the 13-year-old sarah maynard's mother, brother, and family friend are all dead after vanishing lt week from their home. she was rescued from 30-ye-old ex convict matthew hoffman, who was arrested and charged with her kidnapping. police are searching a nearby lake for their bodies but so far have not fnd anything. the agency will have open ears to passenger complaints over new airport security measures. janet napolitano said the new pat-down do not violate privacy rights but travellers and pilots complained it is equivale to a public groping and virtual strip search. she said the agency will consider changes based on those complaints.

>> if there are adjustments we need to make to these procedures as we move forward, we have an open ear. we will listen. but it's all being done part of our joint security effort. look, everybody has a role to play. >> napolitano also introduced see something, say something, a holiday initiative asking traveltories report anything out of the ordinary. the jetblue flight attendant who infamously grabbed two beers and jumped out of the plane's emergency exit will serve as mile high text club contest. itten kurnlgseople to text in their most outrageous travel stories. lime 2. nasa shows a volcano erupting in indonesia. it shows mt. merapi in indonesia, one of the most

dangerous in the ring of fire. since ittarted erupting three weeks ago, more than 200 people have been killed. the gray you see in the photo is actually ash that has completely covered fields and forests near that volcano. >> now, that is a cool picture. yeah, it is. amazing. >> it's probably still causing trouble right now. >> the red in the photo, too, is the green foliage of the jungle. they just had the scanning set up to see the clouds -- the ash coming from the volcano. >> it's not lava. >> that might give you that impression. >> here this morning, we have rain falling from a cloudy sky, falling since late last evening. we have periods of rain, passing owers. green is where it's coming down a little bit haer along the interstate 95 corridor from fredericksburg to charlottesville. elsewhere, just light rain lling. that's enough to make everything wet.

classic fender-bender weather for traffic getting thicker and thicker. upper 40s to near 50. passing showers likely throughout the rest of the day today. and into tonight with maybe up to one inch total amounts as we finish it off late tonight. a blustery wind will dry us out. highs in the low 60s wh sunshine back. and cooler on thursday into friday, though. much cooler. highs just near 50. but sunny and sunny and chilly for the weekend. now, jerry, how is the traffic. >> a little sampling around town if you're coming in new york avenue, florida avenue. avel lanes are open to very minor traffic light delays as you make the trip on in. southet corridor looking good. pennsylvania avue, 295, south cap, all moving along well despite the weather. no worries between springfield and tyson. clearly you want to keep your speeds down. out on the rails, metro, vre, no

delays. penn 503, 13 minutes. brunswick, 870, nine minutes. 5:23 world ofizardry returns this week. harry potter and heatingly hallows opens midnight thursday. it was on this day in 2001 when harrpotter and the sorcerer's stone brought in a record $90 million the first weekend. today is the release of alex ovechkin's dvd, the great eight. gives fans an inside look into the center stsuperstar's life o the rink. it follows him from c. to his homeland in russia. the dvd costs $25.

he will be signing copies tonight at the best buy-in sterling, virginia from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. >> i'm sure there will be a line out the door for that one. he is awesome. >> sure they will be. 5:24. a fire destroys a high-rise building. why four workers are being blamed for starting it adeveloping story. the find in aruba that investigators are hoping will be the break in the gnat lee hallway case. the stillundecided senate race in alaska may be over.

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he earned the honors for his actions in afghanista backn 2007 his squad was ambushed and he pulled a wounded soldier out of the line of fire. he then stopped taliban insurgents from carrying away a second member of his team. he spoke to brian williams yesterday and said this award does not just go to him but all the other soldiers who did not receive the medal of honor. >> i can't bury that melf. it's not for me. if i go up there and give it a spine, it's by no means mine. all these unsung heroes. >> he is the fourth medal of honor recipient from the war in afghanistan. and we truly salute his heroism. amazing. truly amazing. all right. stay tuned. news 4 continues right now at 5:30.

that's the way it started. that's the way it ended. nday night meltdown. eagles embarrass the redskins on national television. plus, the roads are wet this morning. when the rn is expected to clear out. a developing story this morning. the find along the aruban coast that may be the clue for the search in gnat lee hallway. >> good morning. i'm eun yang. i'm joe krebs, the 16th day of november, 2010. a live look outside. that is not your eyes playing tricks on you. it is rain falling around the region. kind of a foggy, misty day out ere. >> yeah, it's wet. you know what that means for our traffic. >> oh, yeah. >> fender-bender weather. we are going to continue to have periods of rain passing through throughout the rest of the day. now, the radar is showing the areas of green. those are more moderate shower

right w there's a moderate shower coming into culpepper county and farther to the east into response vaible sylvania. up to a quarter inch so far. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. it's only going to warm to the mid-50s by midafternoon. in the mountains now, it's in the 40s. theyave had rain overnight as well. more rain to the way. that moving color rain all the way back to tennessee, coming out of the gulf of mexico, an area of low pssure that will track just to our wst today a give us periods of rain with highs only in the mid-50s. total up to an inch by the time it tapers tonight. we'll look at the rest of the workweek in ten minutes. jerry, how is the traffic? tom, at this point we're fortunate. no major incidents. just a little volume. here we are inside the beltway along 395. a cool shot as you head north to and beyond gleeb road.

14th street bridge looking good. along the i-270 spur, no concerns. however, we are checking reports of a broken down vehicle southbound i-270. twenty mont rose and the point whe it divides. let's see how we're dog elsewhere. 270 at mont rose. broken down car. out on t trains, metro, vre, fi. mark, penn 503 is 24 minutes late now. and brunswick 870 up to 12 minutes behind schedule. jerry, thank you. all eyes were on donovan mcnabb after his benching two weeks ago. but it was his former team's new quarterback who was turning heads. michael vick and the eagles's offense ran all over the redskins. it was an embarrassing game that was over before the first quarter came to a close. and the 59-28 loss means skins

season is seously in trouble. lindsay czarniak has more. >> reporter: redskins are humiliated by what they allowed michael vick and the eaes to do them on mday night football. the 59-28 loss takes away any enjoyment he felt from signing his new contraction extension. >> i'm embarrassed. with the way things nt and snowballed in the wrong direction, i mean, it was just an embarrassment. >> we got early out played, yoult coached outcoached in eve. i take responsibility for it. should have had them prepared better than i did. as i toldhe players, we have a short week. what we have to do is focus on getting ready for tennessee. these games do happen. not very proud when they do happen.

very embarrassed as an ganization, our players, our football team and hopefully 'll reond accordingly. >> felt like somebody was playing a video game out there. felt like a video game score. it was unbelievable. >> like racking up bcs points. they should be ranked number one now playing like that. >> mama said there would be days like this. just happened to be right now. can't have it happen at all. but it did. >> with this loss the redskins have given up 104 points, the last two times they have appearedn monday night football. from fedex field, lindsay czarniak, back to you. despite the team answer awful, awful performance last night, quarterback donovan mcnabb has a nice, nice new contract. despite the team's awful performance, the redskins signed mcnabb to a five-year $78 miion deal. $48 million is guaranteed and the total could reach $88 million when incentives ar added.

his agent sd the deal has been in the works since he was acquired back in april for two draft picks. one of his former teammates stirring up probably over the new deal. t.o. took to twitter shortly after the game to slam mcnabb over the new deal. he sai how do you justify a $78 million contract with this type of performance? owens, now a cincinnati bengal, has been critical since their time in philadelphia. bengals, just incidentally are 2-7 with terrell owens help. mike and kyle shanahan are addressing mcnabb's benching two weeks ago. sus susie colbert said he's not the kind of coach that will come out and give the real reason why h benched his quarterback. luckily, his son kyle was a little more forthcoming. he said he just wished his dad had been honest and said we just didn't think donovan was playing very well. a fumble by grossman.

that rurned quickly for a touchdown. the corruption scandal in prince george's county just keeps growing. the fbi arrested nine people, including three county police officers. the latestroundup comes just four days after the arrest of county executive jack johnson. he was back in the office yesterday after h friday arrest. johnson must now wear an electronic monitoring device on his ankle. who officers and five others were indicted on conspireing to commit extortion charges while a third and another man face drug d conspiracy charges. >> we have ongoing a series of related corruption investigations here in prince george's cnty. we're not going to talk about what, if any, connections there might be amo these investigations. >> reporter: >> the officers have been

suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. a story 're monitoring from aruba this morning. a dutch daily newspaper said tourists have found a han jawbone. investigators are trying to determine whether this could be connected to the gnat lee hallway case. kimberly suiters joins us le from the newsroom with more on this. kimberly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this eluded investigators since 2005. this latest discovery would be a tremendous breakthrough. the tourists found the bone friday on a beach where gnat lee hallway disappearedfive years ago. van der sloot confessed to dumping the body near that location but changed history so many times. detectives sent the remains to the netherlands forensic institute. police are hopeful they can cay out a successful dna test. van der sloot is in prison facing charge of murdering a peruvian woman.

on the anniversary of natalee holloway's daempth this is not the first time remains have been found. those bones inhe past turned out to be animal and not human remains. that's the very first thing they will test for. back to you. >> kimberly, thanks very much. >>authorities in china are trying to account for those missing after a high-rise apartment fire. flames spread through the 28-story building killing 53 people. more than 70 otherseneded up in hospitals. police believe unlicensed welders set bamboo scaffolding on fire while doing renovations. the material made it easy for the fire to quickly spread. authorities detained the workers on criminal charges. 5:38 is the time. ahead, looking to students to solve money woes. who is asking for the right to charge for school bus. a word that is forever burned into our memories. why snowmageddon will now live on forever. and next, no snow to speak

of this morning, of course, but the rain is faling. weather and traffic are next.

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it is 5:41. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kooron this tuesday morning.

the movi color is rain. lighter blue and darker blue is light rain. wave of moderate rain in culpepper about toome into faulk, stafford. that's advancing forth. metro area here in about an ho. temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s throughout most of the region. it's only going to peek in the mid-s with periods of rain throughout the day and into tonight. and then drying out tomorrow with a blustery northwest wind. cooler thursday and quite cloudy. much cooler friday. a look at the weekend in ten minutes. report of a broken down vehicle. 270 southbound between montrose and the point where the lanes divide in rockville. can't find it. but that doesn't mean it's not there. might be justround the bend. a close watch on that and let you know let's head over and see how we're doing along 95, woodbridge. finding some brake lights.

developing very rapiy north through the enter changes in springfield. downtown, oversized tractor trailer on the ramp that takes you from the eastbound freeway to go north inside the third street tunnel. traffic is beginning to back up very quickly over the 14th street bridge. only delays so far this morning is up on mark rail, penn 503 is 24 minutes late. brunswick 870 is 12. brunswick 890, nine. >> jerry, thanks. our time is 5:43. still to come, there is a fight brewing over the right to build a future library of president obama. plus, she's being called a miracle baby. the newborn left outside a local church now has a fitting name. next, why prosecutors dropped more charges against chandra levy's accused killer. [ female announcer ] this is wendy.endy is a big fan of aetna mobile.

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good morning and welcome back this morning. the newborn baby abandoned at a northern virginia church has a name. it imary. the baby was left outside st. raymond roman catholic church on sunday morning. the priest told parishioners the baby is doing fine. while she's being evaluated at a hospital. >> the first step to find family or kin to take care of the child. if that's t possible, quite often foster care is the way to go. >> i feel wonderfu i really do. there are so many parents out there just waiting to adopt a child. and i know this baby will have a wonderful life with whoever

chooses to adopt it. family services says it all needs adoptive families. they are still searching for the baby's natural mother. $20,000 lead to go information for shootings outside military facilities in rthern virginia. five separate incidentsince mid-october. all of the shootings have been linked to the same weapon. no one has been hurt. this morning two d.c. council members looking to stop paying long-term welfare recipients. marion berry and yvette alexander have proposed a five-year limit. the limit would put the district in line with most other states. opponents sait would lead to

homelessness and hunger. >> prosecutors decided to drop two more charges against ingmar guandique, including attempted kidnapping and attempted robbery. reporter: good morning, eun. after three weeks of testimony, the fate of ingmar guandique will soon be in the hands of the jury. now, closing arguments are scheduled for later on this morning. then the case goes to the jury. ingmar guandique is accused of lling shorthand chandra levy in 2001. guandique confessed to a cellmate he killed levy.

and testimony from another cellmate who said he never heard guandique even mention levy's name. closing arguments are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. then the case goes to the jury. eun, back to you. >> megan, thank you if you're a fan of apple, you may want to tune in to its website. theyave a major itunes announcement that, quote, you will never forget. "the wall street journal" ys the beatles are finally coming to the music library, a deal they have been trying to work out for years. another rumor the tech company will launch a streeching version of itunes >> a $5 million levee will be built in downtown washington to save the city from the kind of flooding that occurs once every 100 years. the moveable levee will be built near the washington monument along the 17th street area. the project could have a major

impact on traffic. without a levee, however, the nation's capital would risk a devastating flood. 2,000 property owners in the area would be forced to buy flood insurance. it could cost $1,500 for each property. all that talk of snow added one mo word to our vocabulary. snow mageddo snowmageddon, snow cam, vuvuzela and refudiate sarah palin version of refute and repudiate. and one of the phrases i think should be on there would be, i

know, right? >> and have a few choice words for the snowstorm last year. >> but none we can publish. >> or say out loud. >> exactly, tom. >> this morning, thankfully no snow, but we do have rain falling. we have had this rain since late last evening. it advances southwest to northeast. now at 5:51, a band of moderate rain. you see the area of darker green out of culpepper, into faulkier, and sponsylvania. shenandoah vaey to 50 in washington and near the bay. we have had total amounts of max near a quarter inch. and we have had temperatures out of the mountains right now in the mid-40s. they have had rain mafg there overnight. this is continuing to rain fm new england to the gulf coast. last week i traveled to howard

county to the preschool in columbia, maryland. normally i don't talk to studentshis young. these were 4-year-olds. but they asked great questions. they were very interested in weather. you're neveroo young to worry about weather. barbara was the person who invited me to this wonderful preschool in howard county. and temperatures will stay in the 40s throughout the rest of the morning. watch out for preschoolers getting ready. passing showers. likely wet roads, streets and sidewalks throughout the rest of the day today with periods of rain. temperatures intohe mid-50s for highs. it's not going to warm up much. sunset, 4:54. more passing showers likely this evening. by dawn tomorrow, a littl lingering drizzle. 50s starting weapons. a blustery wind will dry us out during the day. lotsof sunshine breaking up by

afternoon. low 60s. thursday morning, down to near 40. mostly cloudy thursday. highs into the mid-50s. friday, sunny but chilly. afternoon highs just near 50. sunny and chilly for the weekend as well and dry start to next week. tom, watch out for the slick roads. first accident of the morning possibly due to the wet pavement. this is up in rockvil, route 28 on norbeck road. early reports that the car spun out and smackednto a tree. fire and rescue has been dispatched. good example that you have to take it cautiously. downtown, broken down truck. ramp from the freeway eastbound to go through the tunnel, southeast, pennsylvania avenue inbound. outbound pennsylvania avenue at the exit to get onhe capital belty. a car that just spun out. here we go. head out and see how we'r doing. metro and vre, fine.

penn 503. 870 and 890 delayed >> aaa will release its thanksgiving travel forecast later ts morning. the group will aress how the economy mighaffect holiday travel and how much they are expected to spend and how far they will travel and how car rental rates compare with last year. the forecast is also expected to predict the impact rising gasoline prices will have on plans. prices are up 24 cents from last year. d.c., the average gallon of gas costs $2.97. maryland $2,.86. virginia, $2.77. national average is $2.89. traveling by bus is about to get a lot easier. d.c. will become the newest hub for a major discount bus line. well-known mega bus. the company will add ten cities to its routes out of the district.

"washington post" says mega bus will go to richmond, virginia, knoxville, tennessee and raleigh, north carolina. these new routes will run december 15th through january 15th. montgomery county students might soon have to pay to get to and from school. according to the washington examiner, the school board will ask state lawmakers to allow the county to charge students bus fees. board members are considering the fees because of the sagging budget could get a boost from them. right now a 1997 state law forbids it. a man spent two years in prison is suing the carmaker. the minnesota man was sentenced to prison after a crash in 2008 killed three people. he, however, maintained that his camry sped up on its own because of a faulty act accelerator. when the judge reopened the case, prosecutors threw it out. the 2003 camry was not part of the recall and his claim is without merit. today washington archbishop

donald whirl will leave for rome where he will belevated to cardinal. on saturday, pope benedict xvi will elevate him to the college of cardinals. more than 350 people from washington and pittsburgh will travel to rome forhe occasion. some people are already looking to the future. two universities are vying to be the home of the presidential library. university of hawaii and the university of chicago are the two schools in the running so far. right now both schools aren't saying much. a white house spokesman replied, no comment. the city shld expect a huge economic boost. the library in little rock has brought in $1.5 billion and 300,000 annual visitors >> i guess it's like in library terms bidding for the olympics. >> there you go.

right. >> yeah. they could use a boost, you know? that's good. today is the ground breaking of the bush library. those presidential libraries do draw a lot of folks, get a lot of visitors. fascinating places to see regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the president's policies, they're just interesting places to go into and see all the documents and the information and memorabilia from those times in office. a member of the obama administtion w quit his job is now back at the white house. at 6:00 a.m., an escalator stopped in the middle of rush hour. we'll be right bac