shawn? that is the sign that is put up by confident people. >> confident, indeed, and let me ask you, the people coming down, we have seen what appears to be people from all walks of life. do people, are they coming there specifically to watch events unfold on the big screen in are they walking down the street and realizing it's there? what is going on? >> you get a combination, shawn. a couple of people, especially during the noon to 1:00 hour, spending their entire lunch hour here on the curb with their lunch in hand and hoping they could see, you know, one maybe two of these miner -- miners coming out of here. we averaged that is one miner every 40 minutes. if you stay here for two hours, you might get to see three come out. all in all, though, all walks of life and people working in the office buildings and people coming through the neighborhood, visitors, tourists to washington, they wanted to be here because they said that it brought them closer in some way watching the screen and watc

shawn. >> roby, we know you'll stand on top of it. thank you. >>> developing story in chile, during last-minute testing of the rescue capsule tonight, they tell us there has been some small damage to the rescue door. it's unsure what it means in bringing them above ground. the men have been stuck a half mile under ground for 69 days. officials hope to have the first miner out by midnight, and they could take as many as 36 hours to get the last one out. laura evans is live at the chile embassy in northwest tonight where a crowd is watching all the action live, laura. >> reporter: it's a very festive atmosphere, brian. we're in front of the chilean embassy. they've actually taken this party out onto the streets in front of the embassy. you can see dozens of people here and behind me right here are dozens more people. these are members of the chilean community, they are chilean diplomats, they are us government officials, they're eating and drinking, and they're paying attention to the live coverage here in chile which is being broadcast

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. police are sorting this one out at a shopping center turned into a crime scene in virginia. wisdom martin is live at the screen. >> reporter: police are still at the scene and been here since just before 7:00 tonight. they got a call there was a fight here. they say a 40-year-old man assaulted a 37-year-old woman and killed her. witnesses tell me that man stabbed his girlfriend to death. they did confirm the two did know each other but aren't ready to talk about the details of that relationship. the suspect also injured himself during the confrontation. he was taken into custody and transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. minutes ago, i spoke with a man who works next door, here's what he had to say about what he saw just after this incident happened. >> i was working over here at the restaurant and i saw like 13 police cars coming out from everywhere on brookhill plaza and i came by to see what was going on and some guy was screaming, saying this is the guy, ar

brian, that's a look at tonight's top 5. >>> thank you, shawn. we have a nice stretch of weather coming our way. >> do we ever . couple of showers out there tonight, still kind of cool and when you wake up tomorrow morning, maybe a few clouds around but i think they'll get out of town rapidly, and staying out of town, brian. but tonight, a couple showers here and there, the same upper level pressure system that's been kind of hanging around the last few days is trying to finally exit stage right, and it will probably do that over the course of the overnight hours, but still one or two showers showing up so let's check it out on radar. very few of us getting the batch i would been watching over dc at the 10:00 news has moved east to chesapeake beach. and there's one little batch toward the win chester area. this may or may not hold together. i think it will probably produce a band of sprinkles as it gets closer. that is probably going to be it for this storm. over to true view to show you how everything is kind of spinning with this upper level lo

shawn? >>> crime concerns tonight at the university of maryland, a student mugged on campus early yesterday morning. police say three men robbed the student and took off. some of that crime, though, was caught on camera. fox 5's karen gray houston has the story. >> reporter: mayor hair has 600 surveillance cam -- maryland has 600 surveillance cameras on campus, 300 of them monitored in this security control room. >> part of the robbery was caught on camera, the part where they're running away from the scene itself. >> reporter: university police chief david mitchell is not making that tape available to the media yet. he says it's grainy and is being enhanced. mitchell did show off his security system to governor martin o'malley who did a campaign swing through campus. the monitors honed right in on the area where the student was attacked, just behind anne arundel hall. the surveillance camera that spotted the assailants is strategically located. police also spotted a vehicle later they think

get the news edge on the new scam out there in tonight's top five with shawn. >>> and check out this soccer player, no. 10. that's the president of bolivia playing soccer and that's the president of bolivia, oh, look at that knee in the player with the groin. what's up with that? the answer right after this. this droid has evolved to do even more. now it integrates your work e-mail so you can be hooked up to everything you need to do. now it does 1 ghz speed on a more intuitive keyboard. turning you into an instrument of efficiency. introducing the new droid 2 by motorola. part of the next generation of does. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40% cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley our children always

shawn, you talk to all these folks, you'll hear the same thing. these numbers are very interesting, especially in respect to the level of discontent they're hearing from voters, but yet how they're viewing this in terms when it comes to choosing their own governor. >> tom, we know you'll stay on top of it down to election day. thank you. >>> it wasn't exactly pretty, but the skins pulled it off. still ahead tonight coach shanahan talks about the close win in the windy city. >>> we are in a tornado. we are in a tornado! >> plus amazing video caught on camera as a tornado touches down in texas. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. from 15 leading brands, including green mountain coffee. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. woman: way to brew. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >>> well, som

of the recent book journalism's roving eye history of american foreign reporting in atlanta we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state university and in new york we cross to peter hart the activism director at fairness and accuracy in reporting and another member of our cross talk team and the hunger all right if i can go to you sean first why are the two things are going on here obviously there are new global english language stations coming on line r.t. came on line five years ago or less than that was al jazeera press t.v.'s out there right now the chinese are going to be importing an enormous amount of money into an english lobel english language station but at the same time there are people that are afraid of these stations in the united states so some people want more news a different perspective and other people appear to be afraid of that perspective

the latest poll showing, shawn, 49% now supporting o'malley to 41% and for robert ehrlich. as you know, this race was in a dead heat for most of this summer and that is starting to move now. the o'malley campaign has momentum on their side and this event today was designed to keep that momentum moving. >> tom, we understand in addition to trying to keep the momentum going, several people reportedly got sick during the rally, what happened out there? >> reporter: this is the bright sunny mid-october day here in bowie. we're told about two, three dozen people were treated at a small tree age unit and that people were here for some time. two people had to be taken to the hospital. one was treated for a bee sting, many of which were here today. the president did take some moments throughout his speech today as we have seen him done when similar events happen, ask people to back away from the person who fell down and to get them some water and those people were quickly taken out and got the help they needed. >> good deal there. thank you, tom fitzgerald. >>> on the republican si

. >> shawn and alex are on the right track. they are doing what is expected here in the united states and that's to be your own boss. >> reporter: the national youth entrepreneur business wants people to start their own businesses. >> we feel they need an outlet or just an additional resource, to show them they have all their options rather than working for other people. >> students from 12 cities put together a businessman and alex and other students were selected to compete nationally. but it's not all about business for these two. alex has dreams of becoming an actor or filmmaker while shawn loves to singe -- sing. >> amazing grace [ music amazing grace how sweet the sound... [ end music brandon carroll. >>> a rare condition could strike at any minute exposing you to a cold, can trigger an attack here are the details. >> reporter: she noticed something odd happening to her hands when she was in the frost end food section. -- frozen food section. she was diagnosed with a rare disorder affecting the arteries. >> the blood vess

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. here tonight on fox 5 news at 10:00 we've learned a class action lawsuit representing both current and former firefighters will be filed ght some of district court. those firefighters and ems employees meeting with attorneys tonight. the lawyers claim there's been a pattern of discrimination that's been going on for years. >> there appears to be disparity in treatment in terms of how the fire department deals with individuals. there seems to be a divided line and you can have one offense and have treatment for an african american handled one way and treatment for someone who is not african american handled another way. >> the d.c. fire department will not comment until this suit is filed and reviewed. >>> now to a fox 5 followup on what some say is a cancer cluster near fort detrick. there are new calls today for the health department to expand its study into a cancer cluster. fox 5's roby chavez is live with an update. >> the investigation seems to be at a lull and that's why the gro

shawn started dante's cleaning service for the elderly and disabled and alex came up with easy breezy air freshers in an organic air fresher to help allergy sufferers. >> they are made to help allergy sufferers like myself because when i was little my mom used to make her own homemade version. and that's what started me to make the company. >> reporter: growing up on the streets of baltimore inner city has been challenging. but these young men have managed to stay focused and stay positive and keep their eye on the prize. >> as a young african american in school, you have to be careful of who you you surround yourself with i tried to surround myself with positive people that influence me to do positive things and keep my on track. >> it's not always the easiest thing but it's the rewards are definitely worth it. >> reporter: having a mentor in their lives has made a big difference. >> if we can show more alexes out there, so that other young people can see him thriving and growing and achieving and accomplishing things then they are going to want to do that too. >> shawn and alex are

i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm brian bolter. the first day of filming in the district ended with that accident and it involves one of the movie's main characters. fox 5's will thomas live in virginia where the movie crew resumed shooting over there. >> reporter: that main character you mentioned, a car. tonight we come to you from the spectacular u.s. air force memorial. the base of it served as sort of a local wood backdrop for a couple hours tonight. it's -- a hollywood backdrop at least for a couple hours tonight. it's just gorgeous. earlier in downtown d.c. we saw action no one expected. a yellow camaro named bumblebee, a star in the transformer franchise. downtown d.c. serving as a backdrop for the third installment, our camera rolling for multiple takes. a semi truck or prime careens down third street. bumblebee is following close behind making a left off maryland. that's how it was supposed to go down in this shot, but here's the take that went very wrong. all of a sudden a d.c. police suv heads down third with lights and

newman, michael, shawn. >> i'm michael, but i'm on the next item, item 13. president miguel: excuse me. >> i'm shawn, i own a few properties within a block of the proposed liquor store. this is the third time i've been here over so many years. when he started -- before he opened this liquor store, it was a plant store. i don't remember what it was before. none of the neighbors were particularly thrilled about it being a liquor store and we fought it. he knew it wouldn't be a liquor store when he opened it up. there's too many liquor stores, as everybody has said before. it doesn't do any benefit to the neighborhood to have another liquor store other than to profit the owner of the liquor store himself. there's a dozen bars, as i said, nine liquor stores. and we don't need more. i understand it's not easy, but there were a lot there before he got there and we just don't need anymore. i also urge you not to fall for the ploy of 20%. once there's liquor in the store, it's a liquor store. 20% can go all the way up to the ceiling. that's 12 feet. a few unsquare f

shawn yancy back with your fox 5 top five. >>> good news about your heating bill this winter. no. 5, predictions of a warmer winter should give homeowners a break on their gas bills, natural gas prices low for the second year in a row. the bad news, heating oil could see a price hike up 16% over last year. no. 4, wal-mart is rolling back its rollback. earlier this year the retail giant offered deep discounts on groceries hoping to attract shoppers in. instead of shoppers coming back, they took thedown scenes and ran, so expect to pay full -- took the prices and ran so, expect to pay full price now. >>> cyber experts report users can no longer erase instant message chat history. in other words, if you're trying to keep conversations from prying eyes, find another place to im. >>> no. 2, getting your kids to eat healthier at school, the government is now spending $2 million for food behavior scientists to come up with ways to use psychology to improve eating habits, things like hiding the chocolate milk behind the plain milk and putting fruit in baskets instead of those boring s

shawn yancy is everywhere at 11:00. >> this bizarre attack happened on the montgomery college campus in takoma park over the weekend. a man sexually assaulted a woman in the library. the victim got a good look at the man before he ran off. he returned to the library. campus security was called. officers chased the man, but he jumped into a car and sped away. >>> an unnerving discovery at a new york city cemetery today. a garbage bagful of powerful explosives. police say a worker dug up the bag last year but left it there. a worker found it and called police. investigators are trying to figure out how the explosives got there. [ singing ] >>> her rich and powerful voice delighted audiences more than 40 years. tonight the opera world mourns not death of renowned soprano joan sutherland. her family said she died yesterday at home in geneva after a long illness. sutherland was 83 years old. >>> president obama telling congress to spend, spend, spend. up next the president's latest pitch to bump up the economy. >>> plus no driver needed. this car can steer, start, stop on its own. find ou

shawn yancy has the numbers in tonight's fox 5 top five. >> reporter: up first tonight, brian, do you have any idea how much a trip to the hospital could cost you? no. 5, it is not cheap. a government study shows the most expensive hospital stays in the u.s. now average about $18,000 a day. that's for things like blood infections and heart attacks, but even stays for childbirth and pneumonia cost about $7,000 for a four day stay. no. 4, if you want to keep your brain in shape, take a walk. university of pittsburgh researchers found walking about 6 miles a week appears to protect against brain shrinkage in old age which helps delay the on set of cognitive decline. no. 3 a big celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of president john f. kennedy takes place january 20th at the kennedy center. ticket prices start at just $49. at no. 2, forget a price reduction for that metro smartrip card. metro was going to cut the $5 price tag in half but reversed the decision. turns out smartrip cards actually cost $3.40 to make. the difference would have cost metro millions of do

i mean, barney still has three times as much money as shawn. but i think -- i think beilat is giving him a run for his money and you're seeing the sweat. and, you know, he's -- he keeps saying, i had nothing to do with this. i had nothing to do with this. but as the old saying in law school if you have the facts, pound the facts. if you have the law, pound the law. if you don't have either, pound the table. barney has been doing a lot of table pounding in this campaign. >> so what's happening in boston today? well, the president is there. not stumping for barney frank but there on behalf of his good friend duvall patrick trying as another term for governor. is he having the same effect as he travels out there and campaigns for democrats as he did in 2008. well, dana perino was on "the factor" last night weighing in on just that. >> when he was the candidate and on the campaign trail, and you look at those speeches and you listen to them and you can understand why he won by such a substantial margin and then you compare that to some of his speec

shawn lewis, wgn news. >> a new ad from the democratic national committee accuses republican strategist and the u.s. chamber of commerce of using secret form money to pay for campaigns in the u.s. among those targeted in the ad, top bush aide carl rove who calls the charges baseless and says there is no evidence to back it up. >> this is a dissipate and i think disturbing trend by the president of the united states to tar his political adversaries with a list being unrestrained byny facts or evidence what sofer. >> we now see tens of millions of dollars being spent by the chamber and a number of organizations, some of which cropped up. gillespie and carl rove won one of them. tens of millions of dollars from undisclosed donors. >> axel rod offered no proof, but he said disclosing where the money came from would answer all of the questions. rove said he and gillespie have not used foreign money on campaign. u.s. chamber of commerce also denies it. >> james meeks said he will not give up his ministry if he is elected mayor. a group of pastors met reporters outside of city hall to voice th

i'm eric shawn. fox news. >> bret: there are questions right now whether michelle obama violated illinois law when she voted early today in chicago. the print pool reports that mrs. obama spoke with other voters after turning in her ballot. one of them told the pool reporter, "she was telling me how important it is was to vote to keep her husband's agenda going." however, spokesman with the chicago board of elections says that never happened. if it did, there is a question about whether it breaks the law against campaigning in a polling place. we'll keep working on this story and see what the white house says. let you know. republicans are canceling tv ads in florida and spending money elsewhere. the gp will use that money on closer contest in pennsylvania, california, and illinois. >>> u.s. intelligence agencies are said to be extremely concerned over a new terror threat. we discuss it with the fox >>> recent advancement in intelligence show a tend toward, as you mentioned, smaller, faster developin

>> well, he said as i said in the beginning, shawn, it wasn't his intention, but he admitted that he hadn't this letter to kathy patterson saying three different places in the letter that he was sending it over even though he knew that he still didn't have the document and then when they conducted their investigation and they still didn't have the document and they couldn't find the document, he didn't then go back to the council and say hey, we can't find it and you don't have it. here's the key point. the council never knew that they didn't have it. that's the thing that's so interesting here, shawn, and then he never told them. >> how long is testimony expected to continue in this case? >> there should be more testimony on monday and then we expect the judge probably to take several weeks to decide on what he's going to do. >> thank you, paul. >>> a local marine was convicted of robbing, kidnapping and raping a woman. george torres arlington abducted the woman off an arlington county street last february, drove her around, sexually assaulted her and left her for dead in the snow o

shawn. >> all right. thank you wisdom martin. >>> still a lot of questions tonight about exactly what charges those men will face at arraignment tomorrow. earlier tonight i spoke with ted williams, a criminal defense attorney, to get his take on this case starting with whether anything hinky is going on right now that these men didn't appear in court today. >> i don't think so, but tie believe that the metropolitan police department -- i do believe that the metropolitan police department will have to conduct an extensive investigation into this case and the significant part of this investigation is what the medical examiner's autopsy shows and i would have to believe at this stage they've conducted perhaps, brian, the physical aspect of the autopsy report, but now the toxicology report, those reports may take some period of time to determine the manner and cause of death. >> well, is the hope, i'm sure, the criminal defense attorney, that perhaps the autopsy results point to something beyond the stomping

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. in 24 hours we've watched 33 joyous reunions, miners trapped nearly 70 days back in the arms of loved ones. hook at these live pictures now -- look at these live pictures now of that mine in chile. the rescue crews are now on their way out. everyone is celebrating this overwhelming success. fox 5's laura evans is live at the chilean embassy where there is a lot of and a lot of celebrating. >> reporter: there was a lot of celebrating going on earlier, shawn, but after almost 24 hours of celebrating you can see the crowds have gone home. the jumbotron pulled away literally moments ago. the chairs have been put away. there were dozens of people out here last night, again tonight. they have now gone home. the tent is remaining and the leaders of the embassy are still here. it's a celebration that began 24 hours ago. it's now over as all 33 miners are safe. the video you're looking at now is one hour ago when dozens of people cheered the moment the 33rd miner reached the surface. you can s

shawn, back up to you. >> that is early. thank you. >>> could your kids soon have longer school days? tonight a local lawmaker is proposing extending those hours and joins us live in about 10 minutes to explain her plan. (music playing)  announcer: has the overpowering smell of scented garbage bags taken over your kitchen? (woman blows at scented tree) hefty bags with unscented odor block technology help neutralize odors with no added scent. hefty! hefty! hefty! two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. te

intern shawn dra leave vee. cbs news correspondent whit johnson is in washington this morning with the latest. good morning, whit. >> reporter: good morning to you. the shawn dree leave vee sex scandal with the former congr s congressman gary condit created such confusion police made missteps throughout the investigation. now, nine years later, the trial begins here with many questions left to be answered. nine years ago the missing person case riveted a nation. >> more canvassing by d.c. police, this time dupont circle. >> reporter: chandra levy, 24-year-old intern simply vanished from her washington, d.c. apartment leaving her wallet and cell phone behind. her parents took to the airwaves pleading for help finding their daughter. >> we, as parents, are very heartbroken, as we don't know where our daughter is. >> reporter: suspicion immediately fell on then california congressman gary condit who had been romantically linked with the bureau of prisons intern. condit admitted they were friends but stonewalled pol

. >> alan: freedom may be moving further away for american hikers josh and shawne. vaughnon officials confirmed they will likely face trial, stepping their detention in iran by at least several months. >> reporter: san mateo clock with close the bridge that crosses crosses the crystal spring dam. they're demolishing the bridge that covers the dam. water pipelines will be improved to meet earthquake safety standards. the closure means a four-mile detour over state highway 92, and kris kris central springs record. cyclist will be able to use the ralston trail instead of highway 92. >>> let's get back to leigh glaser, and a pretty gloomy, drizzly day. >> leigh: certainly was. we're already starting to see clearing in the north bay, and that will continue as we head towards the south bay overnight tonight. this is from our he definition east bay camera. you can see a little of the setting sun out there. temperatures right now, it has been showery, drippy, rainy, sprinkley out there. right now we have 53 in san francisco, 59 in antioch. livermore, 55. san jose, still see

shawn who supported this thing in the tenderloin housing clinic could manage it. >> are you suggesting that we have some trust for the management situation that would deviate some of the neighbors' concerns about how this thing will be run and how confident is? i assume once we take action, if we take action in the future to do the conversion, does this day sro forever? >> the hotel conversion ordinance regulates all of this. they can talk about this but there are restrictions. this requires only 23. that is defined in the hotel ordinance. we are using those and they don't have bathrooms or kitchens. >> thank you. >> i would like to have staff consider that similar to trinity plaza, we could have some kind of agreement or condition or something that a fifth street building received a building occupancy permit first before the tourist hotel does. we would defend a surer that the project will actually move ahead and those conversions will actually be done. so, if staff it think about a way if that is even possible. i think in trinity, it had to be a development agreement. if we have to d

shawn your this is the eroding word that water disappears. also at this location we are estimating up to 5 acres of seasonal wetlands and that is demonstrated by the dark green area in the graphic and tel. the habitat restoration team is working to identify other habitats. we are pursuing projects and identified by the fish and wildlife service another project will benefit the pressure of it which is in the lower right and we have participated in regional habitat plans in san joaquin county and have existing credits both in alameda as well as the central valley. collectively, the nine projects highlighted in the lme region and in the peninsula a watershed along with the projects on this site will exceed 2,200 acres of habitat. i would like to describe how we deliver the restoration. this includes the standard project component and the permiting design and construction. this also includes the opposition of credits, property interests, regulatory requirements, property encumbrances, and monitoring. all of these things would be required for each

i have to address shawn and the people that have to get out of her life. >> listen. >> listen, listen for one second. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. she's not mel gibson! >> you cannot stop -- you cannot stop a father from loving his children. >> jimmy: no, you can't. that was jake right there, affirming the fact that lindsay is not mel gibson. you know, whenever a famous person shows up on the wrong side of the law, jake byrd is there to support them. he was there for paris, michael jackson, there for guillermo when he finally gets picked up. but today he was there for lindsay lohan. here's jake byrd at the lohan hearing. >> i couldn't begin to tell you how many cameras we have here, how many reporters. we're all behind police tape. they're really trying to keep the madness here to a minimum. >> this is so intense. oh, my god. why can't she just huff gas like a normal person? >> they've got officers and deputies in the street trying to control traffic. >> i bet this is her! >> i bet this is her, is that what he said? >> lindsay didn't look worried, on her way in, calm as she walked once again

in new york, i'm eric shawn. fox news. >> chris: now across the map to california, where four house democrats are a major target of the g.o.p. this fall. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows us how the golden state fits in the battle for control of the house. >> california's economy is a mess. unemployment is up to 14% in worst areas making it worse for nancy pelosi who is from the goldp state. they need 39 to oust her as speaker. they cast her as the wicked witch of the west. california has 53 congressional districts, more than any other state. 33 are democratic, 19 is republican and one is vacant. in orange county, democratic loretta sanchez is vulnerable after a spanish language interview she injected national origin in the call pain. [ speaking spanish ] >> her republican opponent is a vietnamese american. >> 14-year incumbent, sanchez went for hate politics. and basically appealed to the basis of what is going on right here; that is, to pit two communities against each other. >> in modesto with o

. >> and shawn parker comes in -- >> sure. shawn parker is one of the co-founders of napster. and sort of becomes involved with -- involved with facebook. becomes the president for a while of facebook. >> you are working for a director. i said this to his face so i can say it here. this guy is really some hard ass -- he'll do 99 takes of a scene. i said to him, which one did you print, number three? or was it 99? is it that really difficult for each of you to do? >> it's a great opportunity. the difficult thing is when you get two takes of something and you don't get it because the movie schedule is rushed. this is the luxurious one you hope forhave 99 times to try to get it right or 99 times to try to do something different. >> it's interesting how they are different to you. you say they are apples and oranges. what muscles are you using as an actor that are things you don't use as a musician? >> i find it's my job to find relative when i am playing a part. so i do use a lot of what i have naturally become accustomed to to do that. for instance, i find aaron's dialogue to be

. >> thank you, shawn. >>> now to that aftermath of a deadly hit and run crash. tonight emotions are still very raw following the death of a maryland woman. keila ryan was out with her friends celebrating her 24th birthday when she was hit and killed in dupont circle. tonight a friend that was with her is speaking out, this as the suspected driver appeared in a d.c. courtroom. fox 5's wisdom martin is here with more. >> keila martin was out with a group of people including her brother and best friends. tonight that friend talks about the tragic accident in her own words. >> me and keila met at the office. i started here in march. we initially clicked and became really close right off the bat. we actually took a trip to atlantic city together. this summer she came to my beach house and spent time with my family. she was an all around great girl. she was a lot of fun. she was very smart, thought about going to law school. in the office she was awesome. i knew i could always go to her with anything. we literally a couple days ago had a conversation about how in the

. >> that was san francisco supervisor shawn elseburg react going to the new rules requiring them to get a note from their doctor if they call in sick. since the new rule came into effect the driver sick out days have dropped by a whopping 42%. >> especially on days where we had what i would say an unaccept plea high number of people out andre mondays and fridays. >> the new rule went into effect just as flyers like this began circulating over a driver sick out with the system. >> they put out notice to say you have to bring a doctor's note even if you call in sick one time. >> reporter: it also came after it balked, they told drivers they needed to start paying $80 a month for parking. >> park is hard enough as it is in this area so why not just give us a break, let us park here as we have been doing, and just let it be at that? >> then there is the measure by supervisor else berg to repeal the guarantee to san francisco bus drivers that they be the second highest paid in the country. plus allow for part-time drivers. >> peak hours of the morning and peak hours in the evening. becau

and mar shawn lynch who went to the buffalo bills with high hopes and got in a few jams of the field, he is now a member of the seattle sea hawks. buffalo gets a fourth and sixth round pick. so they basically said please, get out of here. >>> pro basketball seems to be braced for a lockout next season. how about the nfl joining them? from afar, you go jeez, these guys are hand over fistpits the biggest attraction in sports, the one thing in television you can count on for weekly ratings. but demorris smit executive director of the nfl players association says he's got evidence that they're preparing for no football next year, he's talking about the owners, as with everybody else. the basketball owners, they want to cut down the salaries of these guys, but of all the players, nfl, if you're going to limp the rest of your life, you better make your money now and all of the sports, you figure those players could get a little more, particularly if it goes to 18 games. >>> a rough team in miami cost vanamigo his job, fired 12 hours after miami was routed by the patriots, 41-14. you can be

shawn morgan who manages a large apartment complex says she was shocked when she found out. >> you got to be kidding,. >> reporter: she says it's just going to be one more source of narcotics making the neighborhood even more of a magnet. she points out the last time a pharmacy opened up in her neighborhood. people would walk out with their prescriptions, some of them would get robbed or mug or some of them would want to sell them for the money. >> we're going to have a guard. >> reporter: but the owners of the proposed new drugstore say not so. >> the pharmacy has already been a solution to a problem, not pretty much a cause of a problem. >> reporter: he say they researched the area carefully and feel this is the perfect spot. >> this is an under serviced area, with the seniors and hiv positive people, things like that. they need us here. there are ---- there are parents that are under served. this lock is ---- this block is not one of them. it's the worst possible location. >> reporter: she's concerned about the children. >> these kids go on field trips and walk all around the neighb

shawn patrick was awarded. fifth grade english and social studies at belmont staon in ashburn. he uses music and online tools achieve 95%roficiency on reading tests. it comes with 25i$,000 check. well deserved. >> congratulations. >>> should have been 50. >> should have been 100. we love our teachers. >> absolutely. >> stay with us. news today continues at 5:00 a.m.