gary nurenberg is following for us. where does it stand, gary? >> reporter: anita, they're pretty close to a vote. we're watching the house floor right now. as you said, we could get a final vote on that tax bill in just a few minutes. as the senate tried to pass a trillion dollar bill and the house worked on the deal to extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits, local tea party activists watched carefully. >> it's kind of a kick in the teeth. it's almost immoral. because they were voted out. america spoke. they said we want new leadership and now they're trying to ram stuff through the majority of americans who are against. >> reporter: but within an hour of the interview, the senate gave up on that spending bill loaded with earmarks, including more than 66 million inserted by mark warner. john mccain gave credit to the tea party. >> for the first time since i've been here, we stood up and said enough. stop. >> reporter: the senate will likely approve a short-term spending measure instead. the action later thursday night was still in the house,

gary nurenberg joins us now with that story. gary. >> reporter: good evening, anita. we're talkt awais younis who has had several identities. >> i was shocked. really shocked. really surprised. >> i can believe it. >> reporter: not so surprised for some who went to high school with younis. >> no friends. but certain things that happened he was just real weird about it. like when 9/11 stuff and happened in school, he clapped about it. >> reporter: clapped about it and said what? >> that's what they get. and then they beat him up. >> reporter: the case began when a facebook friend told the fbi younis had posted threats to use pipe bombs to blow up metro trains at the height of rush hour. >> more and more wanna bes are connecting with each other. you can do what you want to do through e-mail. >> reporter: the fbi alleges he used facebook again when he believed his friend had turned him in posting in a chat you are sticking your nose where it doesn't belong into something bigger than you and i. that is the problem with americans. they can't leave well enough alone until s

our gary nurenberg is live just across the street from the suitland federal center with the latest on this case. gary. >> reporter: when you're a police officer, anita, life and death can sometimes be measured in inches. it was tonight. [ sirens ] it started about 5 5:30 when a robbery victim from several days ago spotted a robber at this metro station and phoned in a clear description. within minutes, an unnamed officer found the suspect meeting the description, approached the man to see if it was the right guy >> and that suspect produced a handgun and fired it at the officer. the officer returned fire. the officer was not injured. we're not sure if the suspect was struck or not. the suspect took off and fled on foot down swan road. >> reporter: police closed nearby roads and searched the area to no avail. it was only last week when there was a fire in close range. hurley was not struck. that suspect died two days later. two officers in six days in gun fights at close range. they both walk away unhurt. it is only through the grace of god that the prince george's county police depart

. >> gary nurenberg. thank you. >>> a town crumbling cross ways. the shocking truth about some bridges in our area. >>> plus in the line of duty, a police officer's brush with death. >>> and we show you how flash mobs get organized. see it all come together coming up. >>> how safe are the bridges on your drive? after decades of deadly bridge collapses, congress told the states years ago start keeping a report card on bridge safety. scores of spans in our region came up structurally deficient. bruce leshan explains what that means. >> reporter: it doesn't mean the bridge is unsafe, but it does mean inspectors need to keep a closer eye on it. >> if you look up there, you can see signs of concrete deterioration, patchwork, some if you have falling off the bridge. >> reporter: the concrete chunks actually fell off the road in arlington a few years ago right on to route 50 below leaving spots in the bridge where you can see right through. vdot has the cash to fix the road but not washington road near the boulevard nor 30 other deficient roads and 250 br