. >>> a big twist in the story of that abed baby in beltsville that turns -- that abandoned baby in beltsville that turns out it wasn't abandoned at all. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in fairfax. did senator mark warner learn anything from that unexpectedly close race in his apparent victory? see what he says coming up. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in alexandria, why an entire elementary school came to thank this one woman, why she's touched so many lives coming up. >>> we begin with the breaking news out of prince george's county. investigators have identified the mother of this little newborn girl. we thought she'd been abandoned in a beltsville yard on wednesday. thanks for being here. i'm derek mcginty. >> the story has changed a bit. i'm lesli foster. debra alfarone is live at police headquarters with the latest developments. what do we know about the mother? >> reporter: we know the mother told police she was overwhelmed, but i want to be clear that baby was never abandoned. that baby was never in danger. the mom simply said to police that she was overwhelmed and told them that she basicall

. >> just hours old, a neighbor heard her crying on a home near shoal creek terrace in beltsville today. >> what was the neighbor's reaction after seeing that little baby? >> reporter: surprised to say the least. around noon today a woman in this neighborhood found an abandoned newborn baby girl in her own backyard and then called 911. here's what she tomorrow us a few moments ago. >> i walked out to my back poh a baby crying. normally people walk their baby around the neighborhood, a nice development. so when i heard it again and i heard it closer, i stepped on my back porch to see what it was and i saw a baby laying in the grass. this is crazy. i'm overwhelmed. what do i do at this point? after i got her and cleaned her up first thing was call the police. it's a blessing for me to have found her. anything could have happened to her. >> reporter: so what a surprise for that woman today in beltsville. you may wonder the condition of the baby. we understand the baby was taken to a local hospital and is fine and the police are now looking for the mom. live in beltsville, jim osman, wusa9.

in beltsville, i'm nikki burdine. now back to you. >> thank you, nikki. >> as you said a long time coming. >> i wonder if more people will use it now. they're even advertising on the radio saying hey, we've got it road here. >> use it. >>> a federal appellate court issues a warning about same-sex marriage laws in four states. >> beware, apple users. a new malware program is targeting your device. wusa9 is back right after this. be a weekender and book weekeyour stay at hampton. >>> it is 6:08 on this friday morning. check out this picture if you're not looking at the screen. take a peek now. beautiful sky about half an hour before the sunrise on this friday. it's brisk out. we've got 40s to low 50s. ed winds are going to be a factor. could be gusting to 30 miles an hour. keeping temperatures only to 50, 55. weekend looks cool and mainly dry. we'll let you know when the shower threat is over the weekend coming up in about six minutes. right now here's beverly with another look at timesaver traffic. >>> got a crash in m

. >> reporter: people in this beltsville neighborhood are stunned. they want to know who gave birth to this baby and why was the child abandoned. >> i stepped outside. >> reporter: she couldn't believe that a healthy newborn baby girl was craig outside her home in beltsville, this morning. >> she was cold. she was really cold. it was crazy. >> reporter: she found the baby on the side of her house. she is a mom. she knew what to do. >> i heard a bigger cry and i stopped my porch and i saw her right here. i immediately just got up and got her and washed her. >> reporter: investigators belief she was born moments before she found her. tonight the child is sleeping at a hospital and we're will she appears to be in good condition. she wishes the mother had knocked on her door. >> i would have done what could i to help her, you know. but it came to this. god works in mysterious ways. >> reporter: tonight prince george's county police want your help. if you know who the mother of this child is, they want you to give them a call. in beltsville, news4. >>> a

. >> just hours old, a neighbor heard her crying on a home near shoal creek terrace in beltsville today. >> what was the neighbor's reaction after seeing that little baby? >> reporter: surprised to say the least. around noon today a woman in this neighborhood found an abandoned newborn baby girl in her own backyard and then called 911. here's what she tomorrow us a few moments ago. >> i walked out to my back poh a baby crying. normally people walk their baby around the neighborhood, a nice development. so when i heard it again and i heard it closer, i stepped on my back porch to see what it

live in beltsville, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> never saw that coming, thank you. you know, maryland, virginia, and the district all have safe haven laws in place. in the commonwealth, parents can leave a baby up to 14 days old with an employee at the hospital, emergency room, or merge and see medical rescue squad. in the district, a baby up to seven days old can be left in any hospital, fire department, or police department. >> we are on storm watch. rain has moved through. chief meteorologist doug hill has the latest on that and the cooldown? >> the temperatures will nosedive after midday. the cold front went through and brought thunderstorms. the next 7, process 8 hours with the cooler air filtering in. live super doppler seven radar, most of the heavier rain is east of the metro, but there is some coming in from manassas, reston. no lightning detection, but there are good downpours, part of a larger complex of showers associated with the cold front and upper level low pressure. that is moving from west to east a late-night, overnight. we will have clearing skie

it is sad. >> reporter: that's a neighbor of khiani jackson's in beltsville. jackson told police in a 911 call on wednesday she found this newborn baby abandoned in the backyard of her house. it turned out all a hoax. the baby is really hers. >> she owned up that that's her child. >> reporter: a battle of words between moms on social media and in conversations has ensued between a call for compassion and condemnation. >> she kind of was afraid not knowing what to do. >> reporter: you have a lot of compassion for >> reporter: on our wusa9 facebook page almost 500 comments, a fair number of them not in the favor. bosh ra mom -- barbara edwards writes i hope they hold her responsible for the lost 911 time and response time. the police department made its position clear. >> we believe there was no time where the child was in danger. our position is not to vilify this woman. we just couldn't be more happy that both she and the child are doing well. >> reporter: all is quiet at jackson's home where she falsely claimed she found an abandoned baby while social media i

. >> and who would leave this newborn just hours old alone crying outside in a beltsville neighborhood? >> a former ravens cheerleader, a mom now charged with the rape of a 15-year-old and providing alcohol to teens. >>> a newborn hours old abandoned in a beltsville neighborhood today. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. look at this baby girl. a neighbor heard her crying outside near a home on shoal creek terrace this afternoon. she called the cops. >> jim osman is outside prince george's county headquarters where police are trying to track down the person who abandoned her. >> reporter: you look at those pictures and think who could abandon a baby? tonight police are trying hard to find out. down these back steps in this beltsville neighborhood is where a woman made a surprising discovery. this newborn baby girl with no clothing. >> i walk out to my back porch and heard a baby crying. normally people walk their baby around the neighborhood. it's a nice development. so when i heard it again and heard it closer, i stepped off my back porch to see what it was and i saw a baby laying

beltsville. a neighbor found her and called police. she appears to be in good health. doctors believe she was born hours before she was discovered. police want to hear from anyone who can help them track down the mom. please call and you do not have to give your name. >>> the senate race in virginia not over yet between mark warner and ed gillespie. warner is ahead but only by a tiny margin, close enough for a possible recount. peggy fox is live where vote canvassing is now underway. >> reporter: we won't know if there's a recount until the end of the month. now they are going over all the voting machine readouts making sure the numbers add up, but now after more than 2 million votes were cast across the state very few errors have been found and certainly not enough to put gillespie in the lead. >> we also take additional security precautions. >> reporter: a guard stood watch over fairfax county's vote tallies as canvassing began for yet another razor thin election. >> we do this every year no ma

a woman called 911 yesterday saying that she found a child outside of beltsville. horace holmes has been tracking the story. you just spoke with investigators. they have actually talked to the mother? yes, yesterday evening. it was the woman who told us at the time she had found the baby, right next to her home, in the grass. she said she heard her cries, came outside, found the baby lying in theit was the woman wht the time she had found the gras. she scooped up the baby, took it inside, and called 911. the little baby girl is doing fine right now. the woman's name is khiani jackson. this is what she had to say to us yesterday. i stepped off my balcony to see what was going on and i saw the little girl in the grass. >> that is the woman, khiani jackson. we talked with her yesterday. the babye are saying was never in any danger, she actually had the baby inside her overwhelmed, and called 911 and apparently made up the story. the baby is fine and the p olice are saying that no charges will be filed against the mother at this time. what a turn of events. recapping,

. >>> a big twist tonight in the case of an abandoned baby in beltsville. good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. we now know who that mother is and that is the shocker. this woman who called 911 out ab this baby supposedly left at her house outside is actually the mom. debra alfarone is live in beltsville with how it all went down. >> reporter: police say the baby was never in danger and was never abandoned. the thing is the mom basically said that she felt overwhelmed and she lied saying she found that baby in her backyard. >> i stepped on my back porch to see what it was and i saw a baby laying in the grass. >> reporter: wusa9 interviewed this woman wednesday night who said she found the baby abandoned in her backyard. >> after i got her and cleaned her up first thing was call the police. >> reporter: police say the woman who called 911 is actually the baby's mother. she told police that she became overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. police say she is now getting the help she needs and will not face charge at this time. >> in maryland there's a safe

. >> police confirm she is the woman who claimed to have found baby in her yard in beltsville and called 911. >> we're hearing from our viewers who say they are happy the baby is safe but they are asking why would a mother do this? when we spoke with khiani jackson on wednesday, she said she discovered the baby in her grass that morning. >> i cleaned her off. i got her a onesie, a diaper. i called an adoption agency initially. to see what i could do. to see if they could come get her, you know? then they told me that i had to report it to the authorities, so i did. >> and she said she had no idea why the mother would have abandoned the baby. >> i don't know the circumstances. i don't know how the baby was conceived or what may have taken place. maybe she couldn't afford her or take care of and thought i could. >> jackson tells us she was the one who called 911. in a second interview with detectives, she told them she had given birth this the bill rl that -- the little girl that morning. >> i'm glad that the baby is ok. it is unfortunate. >> she tells us, she has five children. the younge

you're heading out, we're looking at a pocket of a small area of heavy rain north of washington, through beltsville, laurel, continuing to spread into howard county. eventually two words glen burnie, anne arundel county, a second area in anne arundel county and across the bay. we're seeing these repeat patterns moving across. this is lingering behind the whole cold front from earlier today. up to one inch in mount area, adding to that total, .63 in bowie. if you like to keep the numbers at home, put these in your journal, 65, 55, the high-end low. of an inch in9 the rain gauge at reagan national. we are in the 50's. it takes a wild behind the cold front for the cold air to filter in, but it shall. cold air across the western mountains of maryland. this larger view shows the satellite radar, bands of showers developing behind the cold front. that will push through tonight. the next several hours, showers will be possible. by the morning, that will be out of here. futurecast shows clearing skies by early morning, breezy and cool. through the afternoon, sunshine, gusty breeze. any precipitation will s

they say the person who actlly called 911 yesterday to report the baby in beltsville happened to be the child's mother saying she gave birth inside a home in, and called detectives saying she had just become overwhelmed. the mother is currently ree lly receiving medical attention. we talked to the lady who found the baby on the ground. >> i heard a baby crying, then a bigger cry, and i stepped off my porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her, and washed her. >> we're told the baby is in good condition at the hospital. police also saying criminal charges are mot going to be filed in this case at this time. the story we'll continue to follow throughout our newscast. back to you. >>> drastic measures we'll tell you about the unprecedented move from the post office that will affect whether your holiday packages arrive on time. >>> the clock is ticking. tell you why it's more important this year to finalize the travel plans for thanksgiving. >>> right now, concern is growing for a missing gaithersburg girl. take a look. montgomery county police just released a pict

. >>> a big twist in the story of that abed baby in beltsville that turns -- that abandoned baby in beltsville that turns out it wasn't abandoned at all. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in fairfax. did senator mark warner learn anything from that unexpectedly close race in his apparent victory? see what he says coming up. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in alexandria, why an entire elementary school came to thank this one woman, why she's touched so many lives coming up. >>> we begin with the breaking news out of prince ge

makes the total drive from gaithersburg to here to beltsville, $4.40. it cost $89 million to build this stretch, more than $2 billion to build the entire i.c.c. you know what? when we talked to those people who are using the road today, we didn't really hear any complaints. >> it is a very pleasant drive. it's much less trafficy. it is very nice because there isn't much traffic coming from olney. it is costly. but it is worth it. >> well, what you can see around me behind here is a lot of open space and one of the things we're hearing is we don't expect this road to be used much in the near future but there is going to be a lot of development around here. at 6:00 we'll have more on the story including hearing from the mayor of laurel. he said he believes this roadway is going to be good for his town. we'll tell you why when we have the story. >> all right. you got it. thanks, brad. today a former georgetown university student convicted of having the agent ricin in his room was sentenced to a year in prison. >> it is unclear if the seven months daniel mi

just today family members of 23- year-old khiani jackson of beltsville told me jackson attended a hearing where it was determined she's going to be able to he could the five children she had prior to giving birth to that baby this week, but there are questions about what's going to -- able to keep the five children she had prior toughie going birth to that baby this week, but there are questions about what's going to happen to the newborn. >> reporter: 23-year-old khiani jackson's stepmom confirms khiani had children previously and after a hearing today will be allowed to keep custody of those children. the question so many have right now, what will become of this little baby girl? prince george's county police spokesperson julie parker was on hln tv today along with wusa9's video. >> of course, the department of social services right now is in charge of the baby. they ultimately will decide with the court system who will get custody of that newborn girl. >> reporter: it was a bizarre twist to find out the woman who gave interviews on tv saying she found the baby in her backyard was actua

. >>> police are looking for the mother who left her newborn child on the streets of beltsville this morning. prince george's county police say somebody left this little girl near a house along shoal creek terrace. a neighbor heard the baby crying just before noon, called the cops. doctors believe she was born hours before they found her. she's in good health. police want to hear from anybody who can help track down the mom,. >>> parents are upset the principal of john t. baker middle school waited nearly a month to inform them a contractor working at the school was arrested for inappropriately touching a 12- year-old girl. today more allegations are coming to light from the damascus school. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone in damascus where parents at a middle school and high school are learning troubling facts about a contractor who worked at the school. this is the man who police say groped a tween at john t. baker middle school last month, 44- year-old john edward epps, jr. the contractor was hired by a temp agency for a company called net com worked on security cameras, the same

we've learn jackson actually lives with her aunt and uncle in beltsville and has her family's support. however, her family says she did not know what resources were out there to help her. >>> the man arrested for abductions in philadelphia and richmond is sitting in a virginia jail cell on suicide watch. delvin barnes arrived at the charles county sheriff's office late last night. he abducted a teenager last month, burned her clothes and doused her with bleach and gasoline intending to set her on fire. that 16-year-old got away and is in the hospital undergoing rehabilitation but is relieved that barnes is off the streets. he is facing six counts stemming from that case including kidnapping, assault, sexual assault, malicious injury and attempted murder. he will appear in court next week. barn wouldn't be behind bars right now if it were not -- barnes wouldn't be behind bars right now if it were not for the work of an atf special agent. thanks to her another woman barnes is accused of abducting is safe. how the investigative's agents work led to the philadelphia woman's recovery. >> r

. >>> a woman found a healthy baby girl crying outside her home in beltsville. investigators believe she was born moments before she was found yesterday morning. >> cold. she was really cold. and i had a bigger cry. i stepped out on my porch and saw her right here. i immediately got up, got her and washed her. >> last night news 4 checked on the baby. she appears to be in good position. if you know who the mother of this child is, prince george's county police want you to call them. >>> ray rice and his wife are expected to testify during an appeal hearing over rice's suspension in the nfl. commissioner roger goodell testified for more than two hours yesterday. rice was suspended indefinitely after video surfaced of him hitting her in public. he argued it was not right for him to be suspended twice. >>> a tough television as ala va flow threatens homes and lives. crews are working on an emergency access road inside hawaii national park after lava flow destroyed the only road into the area. the problem is environmentalists say construction of that road will sprea

debra alfarone is live in beltsville with how it all went down. >> reporter: police say the baby was never in danger and was never abandoned. the thing is the mom basically said that she felt overwhelmed and she lied saying she found that baby in her backyard. >> i stepped on my back porch to see what it was and i saw a baby laying in the grass. >> reporter: wusa9 interviewed this woman wednesday night who said she found the baby abandoned in her backyard. >> after i got her and cleaned her up first thing was call the police. >> reporter: police say the woman who called 911 is actually the baby's mother. she told police that she became overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. police say she is now getting the help she needs and will not face charge at this time. >> in maryland there's a safe haven law where essentially any parent can relinquish their i could, responsible adult, can re-- their child, responsible adult, can relinquish the child within 10 days of birth to any police station or hospital. she gets to that point and obviously we wish she'd been more forthcoming in the initi

family members of 22-year-old khiani jackson of beltsville told our debra alfarone jackson attended a hearing today where it was determined she will be able to keep the five children she already had prior to giving birth to the baby this week. jackson told police she lied about the baby because she was overwhelmed. the question so many have now is what becomes of this little baby girl? prince george's county police spokesperson julie parker was on hlntv today talking about that. >> the department of social services now is in charge of the baby. they ultimately will decide with the court system who will get custody of that newborn girl. >> as of now, jackson faces no charges. police say she essentially complied with the maryland safe haven law which allows a parent or person responsible for a child to relinquish a child within 10 days of byrd to a police station, fire station or hospital -- birth to a police station, fire station or hospital and that baby was never in actual danger. >>> immigration reform is an issue that could drive a wide wedge between president obama and congress. t

leaving four children on that school bus all in order so he could use the restroom at the high school in beltsville. police say the bus drifted across powder mill road and hit a child waiting atthe bus stop. the child who was hit had minor injuries and the children on the bus were not hurt. >>> president obama will meet with congressional leaders for the first time today since the g.o.p. made the big gains in the mid- term elections. craig boswell has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president obama huddled with his cabinet this morning ahead of his meeting with congressional leaders. >> my attitude has been and will continue to be that good ideas don't necessarily come from just one party. >> reporter: 16 house and senate leaders will have lunch with president obama at the white house. most lawmakers have been talking about compromise that in january republicans will control both houses of congress and will be looking to pass legislation the president and democrats have opposed. >> we'll act on the keystone pipeline, restore the 40-hour workweek gutted by obama care. >> reporter: pres

she described how she heard the baby crying outside her home in beltsville, but now jackson admits she gave birth in her home and then became overwhelmed. police say the infant was never left alone outside and they are not pressing charges. jackson is receiving medical care. child protective services is taking care of the baby. >>> a desperate search for two young missing children will continue without the help of the mother, accused in their disappearance. today a judge denied a request to let catherine hoggle lead montgomery county investigators to where she said she left her two toddlers. they were last seen in gaithersburg in september. today the judge decided hoggle wasn't competent enough to lead police to her children. she's insisted the children are alive and safe, despite beliefs to the contrary. family members say hoggle wants to cooperate. >> i asked her how come she doesn't show me, i could pick them up. she said she needed to show the police herself. >> the family says hoggle has been diagnosed with paranoid skid frenia. she's due in court in january. >>> new reports tonig

we talked with her last night here on wusa9 where she claims she found this baby in a beltsville neighbor. now she admits she is the newborn's mom. >> our jim osman is outside prince george's county police headquarters tonight. what a crazy story. >> reporter: well, the mother told the same story over and over again and then police say she finally told the truth. on his off time jeff pontrelli works on his motorcycles out of his garage and keeps watch on his neighborhood. he said he witnessed as his neighbor this woman khiani jackson walk out of this home with a baby. you saw her walk out of the home with the baby she claims she found all wrapped up? >> when she came out and was carrying the baby, i thought there was a fire because the fire department showed up. >> reporter: the baby jackson claimed had been abandoned in her own backyard wednesday. >> it's a blessing for me to have found her. anything could have happened to her. >> reporter: the prince george's county police department said it got to the truth one day after the investigation. >> today we had an opportunity to interview th

. >>> this woman told news 4 she found an abandoned newborn baby outside her home in beltsville. she is actually the baby's mother. jackson admits she gave birth in her home and became overwhelmed. police say the infant was never left alone outside. and they're not pressing charges. jackson is receiving medical care and child protective services has custody of that baby. . >>> a closer look is being taken at police escorts after last week's bus crash. a squad card escorting the buses hit a guard rail. that caused a chain reaction crash between the two buses. a spokesman said the department will not escort any more teams until an investigation is complete. >>> it is one of the first big signs of the holiday season. the rockefeller center christmas tree is now in new york. take a live look at the scene right there. arrived on that huge trailer. take a look at the tree. it's all wrapped up right now. it will be on 49th in manhattan. it's always a beauty site to see. that giant spruce was cut down and hoisted onto the huge trailer in pennsylvania on wednesday. the 85-foot, 13 ton fre

keona jackson heard the baby's cries yesterday morning, walked outside her beltsville home and found the healthy baby girl on the ground. >> i stepped outside and i heard a baby crying. i heard a bigger cry. i saw her right here. i immediately just got up, got her and washed her. >> investigators believe the baby was born hours before she was found yesterday morning. at last check, we're told she appears to be in good condition at a hospital. >>> catholic university students caught walking in a wooded area next to campus are going to be punished. this is in reaction to an incident last month. several students were held at gunpoint while using a wooded area as a short cut. the university sent a letter to students calling the woods dangerous and off-limits. and now any student caught walking in that area will be des palestini disciplined. >>> the number of sexual assaults is increasing at two colleges in our area. according to new data that was released, the attacks doubled last year at the university of maryland and university of virginia as well. there were 19 reports at umd in 2013,

breaking news out of prince george's county where a newborn girl was found abandoned outside a home in beltsville. we have a photo. she was just found today. a neighbor heard the infant crying and found her outside and called 911. she's being cared at a local hospital and told she appears to be in good health. doctors say he was born hours just before she was discovered. police are asking for any with information about the baby's parents to call them. >>> turning from the fallout to the mid-term elections. the race in virginia still not settled. senator mark warner is the apparent winner. he currently has a slim lead over challenger ed gillespie, just 16,000 votes with 99 percent of precincts counted. meanwhile in maryland, a shift in power as republican larry hogan pulls off a stunning upset in the heavily democratic state. chris gordon is in maryland with more on the new governor. we begin with northern virginia bureau chief in fairfax county, where they're double-checking the biggest single block of votes for errors. >> reporter: fairfax county was responsible for 300,000 votes. inside today e

it was in beltsville and a neighbor heard her crying and called 911. that baby is now being cared for at a local hospital and told she appears to be in good health. doctors believe she was born just a few hours before they found her. >>> outrage tonight after two alleged assaults involving students and a contracted worker at a local school. the first time parents say they didn't hear about it for weeks and now they just learned about a second alleged victim. this is pat collins in damascus with the story. >> reporter: 12-year-old girl sexually assaulted inside baker middle school. when did parents learn about it? about a month later. do you have confidence in the principal at that school? >> no. >> no. >> absolutely not. >> reporter: a sex assault at baker middle school in da mat scus. it happened october 6th and parents didn't learn about it until weeks later. >> i'm not surprised. it's unacceptable. >> it's inexcusable and unacceptab unacceptabl unacceptable. >> i want to see someone held accountable for this. >> reporter: the suspect, 44-year-old jo

a woman found the baby crying outside the home in beltsville. she was found yesterday morning. they believe the baby was born moments before she was discovered. >> she was cold. she was really cold. and i heard a bigger cry. i stepped off my porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her and washed her. >> we're told the baby girl is in good condition. if you know who the mother of this child is, prince george's county really wants you to give them a call. >> 5:36. steny hoyer wants to stay on as house democratic whip. he sent a letter to colleagues asking for his reelection. you will see hoyer in the yellow tie. he represents prince george's, or st. charles counties. they are tired of dysfunction in washington. >>> it was a top priority for mayor vincent gray. now the fate of a proposed on soccer stadium at buzzard point. >>> a long commute for some of you. we're tracking your hour by hour changes and trouble spots with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. >>> plus, trying to speed up your commute. when you can drive the newest part of the icc. hi,

police have found the mother of a newborn baby girl abandoned in beltsville yesterday, but they're not pressing charges. they say the mother is actually the same woman who calmedled 91 heard a baby crying outside her home. this is what we were told last night. >> i stepped outside and heard a baby crying, then i heard a bigger cry and i stepped off my porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her, and washed her. >> but now jackson admits she's the one who gave birth to the child in her home and then says she became overwhelmed. police say the infant was never left alone outside. the mother is receiving medical care and child protective services has custody of the little girl. >>> now to fast-moving developments on a story you saw first on 4. >> late today, ten people kpicted of federal drug crimes in our area will xi soon go free. that's because an fbi agent is accused of drug-related misconduct, we're told, with evidence seized in more than two dozen cases. now we're beginning to see the fallout from all this. chris gordon outside of the federal courthouse in w

has been looking at the newly opened portion of the icc now between i-95 and route 1 in the laurel-beltsville area. the new stretch of icc open as of this morning. of course light volume right now but an option for folks to consider, especially as more development happens at konterra. you'll see more development on that stretch of the icc and route 1 corridor. checking out the ride for 66 drivers, eastbound getting through manassas, you're still finding the volume delays there. to get past the rest area, are inville, leaving fair oaks to fair lakes although all lanes open. got the volume as you make your way into newington but with lanes open up to spring field, 395 slowest into landmark. still good beyond that up to the 14th street bridge. that's a look at your timesaver traffic this monday morning. wusa9 news continues right after this. i got the job. steak & eggs. steak & eggs. steak & eggs! steak & eggs. steak & eggs. boom. steak & eggs. steak & eggs? steak & eggs. ha ha! steak & eggs! steak & eggs! steak & eggs. when a day deserves steak & eggs give it steak & eggs. dunkin's angus steak

his brother of beltsville died of ebola in august, treating patients in sierra leo >> i knew what they are going through. it's going to take them a long time to really resolve that. it's tough to lose somebody, especially with eb most of the time, you have a chance to bury them. >> reporter: because the ebola virus is so contagious, many victims are cremated. in lanham, maryland, chris gordon, news4. >>> someone at potomac high school in oxon hill in maryland was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis. the health departmens not revealed who that person is, whether it's a student or staff member. but they are working with staff and students to prevent any new cases. they're trying to track down anyone who may have had close contact with the person who became ill. so far, they have not found any new cases. tuberculosis spreads through the air. symptoms include a bad cough, weight loss, fever, chest pains. it is treatable with medication. >>> also in maryland tonight, a fight broke out inside suitland high school. a student is in the hospital. cell phone video shows the brutal beating of th

. >>> police are searching for the mother of a newborn girl found outside a house in beltsville. >> police believe the child was about ten hours old when she was found on shoal creek terrace around noon yesterday. a neighbor made the discovery. >> i walked out to my backporch and heard a baby crying. normally people walk their babies around the neighborhood. it's a nice development. when i heard it again and closer -- [ inaudible ] >> the baby is in good condition. anybody with information regarding the mother's whereabouts, please call prince george's county police. >>> a former baltimore ravens cheerleader faces third drea rape -- degree rape charges. the mother of three is accused of having sex with a 15-year- old boy. court documents show the relationship started when she started commenting on the photos of the boy posted on the instagram. police say the two had sex in a car in a columbia, maryland parking lot and bethany beach. >>> a contractor accused of groping a baker middle school student in damascus, maryland a month ago may have had inappropriate contact with a second student. j

i-team cameras showed this train track trespassing happening frequently in hyattsville, riverdale and beltsville. and in each of the locations, people have recently been hit or hurt. after our report, csx police and safety groups dispatched patrols near the tracks in prince george's county, including at those locations ided by the i-team. >> we have signs you'll see, no trespassing signs, letting people know if you go beyond that point you are illegally trespassing on private property. >> tonight, why so many people are crossing those train tracks illegally in our area and do they turn away when they see those cops manning a post in the trespassing hot spots. our i-team camera is rolling. you'll see it tonight at 11:00. wendy. >> all right. thank you, scott. >>> the maryland surgeon who answered a calling to help in the ebola crisis. his widow speaking about about her final words with her husband. >>> and d.c. naebds neighborhoods are bustling and foods are fueling the economy. we'll look at the hot spots and how a fork and spoon are helping some communities turn things around. >>> a heartbreaki

his brother of beltsville died of ebola in august, treating patients in sierra leo. >> i want to send my deepest sympathy to the salia family. i know what you are going through. we pray that the gentleman, this fine doctor, salia, rest in peace. >> rep the doctor's family has started a foundation to help in the fight against ebola. both dr. khan and dr. salia knew the risks they faced. and tonight on news4 at 6:00, we will hear and see video that dr. salia made as recently as april when he talked about his mission as being his true calling. that's the latest live in lanham, maryland. chris gordon, news4. >>> more people traveling from west africa will have to monitor for potential ebola symptoms. airports are now screening people coming from mali. homeland security officials tell us there are no direct flights from mali. about 15 to 20 people come from mali each day. the move comes after a number of confirmed cases in that country. >>> there are some very big differences between the two deadly american ebola cases compared to survivors. in our next half hour, we continue with doreen g