i'm peggy fox. coming up i'll tell you why there's optimism this case and others could be dismissed. >> it may not have been the first time. new details tonight in the case against a d. c. cop and pastor accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. >> the snowfall accumulation map may be overdone but winter ends on friday. he's not going to go away easily. yellow alert for friday. >>> for the first time a judge has thrown out a hot lanes case over the statute of limitations argument. thanks for joining us. >>> i'm jan jeff coe. >> and i'm derek mcginty. one of those drivers is a disabled veteran. peggy fox joins us now from the fairfax county courthouse with that story. >> reporter: well, the vietnam vet has nerve damage and can barely walk. fortunately an attorney took his case for free so he didn't have to be here and fight a $500 fine he received for just one trip. >> it was a mistake. >> bob cowen is a disabled veteran who lives in hay market. he had not heard of the express lanes when he m

i'm peggy fox reporting live in fairfax. back to you. >> peggy fox by the way one of several media representatives on the 34-member commission. she's going to be there tonight at tonight's 7:30 meeting at the government center. we'll have another reporter covering the meeting for our 11 p.m. news. >>> breaking news from charlottesville, virginia. johnson is planning to plead not guilty. johnson's attorney says his client will enter the plea during a court appearance thursday. johnson claims police officers beat him after he was denied entrance in to a bar. his attorney claims the i.d. he was using was not page. >>> another story drops in the story of the alleged gang rape at uva. police today confirmed they cannot substantiate that story either. deborah -- debra alfarone alfarone joins us now. >> they said they tried to track down the alleged mastermind of that gang rape only known as drew. they weren't able to do it. that's what he's listed as in that article. it was that and so many other details that led charlottesville p

peggy fox wusa 9. >>> turns out a d.c. cop accused of molesting two teenagers has been in trouble before. officer best was promoted to sergeant. he was demoted back down to officer because of earlier allegations of sexual misconduct. the allegation was serious enough to get him demoted but not serious enough to get him fired. he is found and senior pastor of a church in southeast. the d.c. police union declined to comment. >>> more running back troubles for baltimore ravens. today the team cut bernard pierce because of a suspected dui incident. baltimore county tops pulled him over for speeding in towsend going 55 in a 35 mile- per-hour zone.he had been drinking and he failed field sobriety tests. while riding with police on the way to the station pierce said he knew the team was going to cut him but the officers probably didn't care about that. pierce is the third raven arrested this off season. >>> update on yesterday's stabbing at morgan state university in baltimore. a 19-year-old student is charged with assault. two f

peggy fox was in court today. >> reporter: if a driver on the express lanes behind me has an e-zpass that's improperly mounted or the credit card connected to it is expired, that driver could run up tolls, fees and fines into the tens of thousands of dollars before he even knows he missed a toll. today a circuit court judge questioned the constitutionality of that tolling system. take a close look at this summons. the unpaid toll is only $1.10. the civil penalty is $1,000, nearly 1,000 times the toll. the summons is one of 11 tony cooley received when her transponder was improperly mounted right after the 495 express lanes opened in 2012. >> excessive fines. you do not know what you're doing wrong and they keep tacking more and more feels on top of that. within a two week period i had $11,000. >> reporter: cooley's tolls totaled just $11.15, but transurban tacking on administrative feels and civil penalties sued cooley for more than $11,000. cooley says she paid the tolls she owed when she was notified about missing them but did not pay the fees and fines. a lot of people have just s

peggy fox. >> as peggy mentioned, the family and friends of the selkes declined to comment and asked for privacy and prayers instead. we also learned today the third american was on that flight, but the state department has not released any details on that passenger. >>> tonight french officials say it appears unlikely an act of terrorism or foul play brought down the plane and they should have a better idea what happened the next few days because they found usable audio from one of the black boxes. >> we hope to have a rough idea in a matter of days and having a full understanding of it with all the information coming in from all the other recorded parameters will take weeks and months. >> investigators have started analyzing the audio. so far they don't have an explanation for the crash. >>> day four of the search for this missing 5-year-old boy and one word keeps coming up, frustrated. police and volunteer searchers are frustrated by the lack of clues in where noah thomas might be. still they're determined to keep looking for the 5-year-old boy. >> reporter: i'm mola lenghi in dub

peggy fox is one of the media representatives on a 34-member commission. she'll be there tonight at 7:30 for a meeting. we'll have another reporter covering that meeting for our 11 p.m. news. >>> we want to show you video from when the 22 members of the military medical unit were getting ready to leave aberdeen ground in october. during their four months in liberia the soldier scientists ran six labs and tested more than 4500 samples of suspected ebola. military officials say their hard work cut down wait times on results from days to just hours. they were among the 3,000 troops that deployed to west africa to fight ebola. all but 100 will return by the end of next month. >>> the ebola patient getting treatment in n.i.h. remains in critical condition tonight. the american healthcare worker arrived at n.i.h. 10 days ago. >>> the nationals' home opener now just two weeks away and the team is warning fans if you go to the game, expect some changes in the security for getting in to the ballpark. >> i'm at nationals park where the first big offseason acquisitio

reporting live in fairfax peggy fox wusa 9. >>> if you thought the district's brand new marijuana law might allow you to get your buzz on at the local watering hole the dc council is saying slow your role. and today they moved to restrict marijuana use in bars and clubs. advocates of the new law say that's not what the voters wanted last november when they approved the legalization of pot. >> i'm calling order to this meeting. >> reporter: they voted to ban pot smoking in bars, private clubs and just about every place outside the home. >> this way we can make sure it's not popping up in neighborhoods, private clubs in a road house community where there's a lot of coming and going. >> the people of the district are voting to end marijuana prohibition. >> reporter: two of the seats are vacant but i did a poll of the remaining 11 council members and wanted to find out who actually has tried marijuana. nine of the 11 council members admit they've at least tried marijuana in the past. yvette alexander is the only one who said she's never ever smoked reefer. advocates last week applauded th

plenty of snow to go around today in fairfax county as peggy fox has a look at conditions there. good evening to you. >> reporter: hey. we have seen a lot of people out clearing snow, boiling the snow, shoveling, but we did see quite a number of people taking an opportunity for some fun in the snow. >> do i have any snow in my hair? >> no. >> reporter: they have coached their dad. which is not only known for great performances, but awesome sledding. >> yes, me and him. we would go backwards. >> reporter: was that scary? >> yeah, a little. >> reporter: a ramp the boys built near the bottom of the hill offered up the serious air. but then the question about what is faster a sled or a tube. >> which one is faster the tube with no air, the board, or the board that is wrapped along the tube. what do you think? >> the tube >>> no >> -- the tube! >> ready, set, go! >> reporter: these are the days you don't want to miss with your kids says stay-at-home dad. >> yeah, it's awesome. i'm grumpy in the morning. but you're joking. there's only a few opportunities, you know. >> reporter: and so

i'm peggy fox reporting live in falls church. back to you. >> i imagine this is not the last we'll hear of this. based on a judge's ruling in a recent case, lisa is hoping her attorney gets her judgment thrown out so she can keep her license. >>> yes, it is spring and we're still talking about snowflakes. chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking who has the best chance now at seeing flurries. >> i would say probably the i- 270 corridor perhaps, again nothing serious. this is not going to hurt the cherry blossoms. let's talk about the futurecast. 8:00 tonight clouds and temperatures, chilly, low 40s, upper 40s downtown. 24 hours ago we were in the mid- to upper 70s. by 10:00 you can walk the dog. it will be dry, 42 in leesburg, manassas, 46 downtown. by 7:00 we clear out briefly and temps fall below freezing in the suburbs and begin to look up to the north. see hagerstown and frederick some clouds developing by 10:00 in the morning. as we go through the late morning, afternoon see the blue. there are your snow showers either s

i'm peggy fox. back to you. >> i'm really hoping they won't need that until next december. >>> that damaged delta airline plane that nearly slid into the flushing bay has been moved to a hangar. two big crannies grabbed the aircraft from the run -- cranes grabbed the aircraft from the runway at laguardia airport this morning. interestingly airport officials say even though we had all this snow, the runway was actually in pretty good shape just before the plane slid off. six people were injured but not seriously. >>> area airports are trying to play catchup after yesterday's storm canceled thousands of flights, but for one family there may be no way to fix their heartache. vickie johnson is a single mom raising her 16-year-old son in southeast d.c. she said her son is beating the odd doing well in school with dreams of becoming a chef. he won a trip on u.s. airways to disney world as part of disney's dreamers academy where he'd get to meet influential people like steve harvey that could help him reac

i'm peggy fox in nokesville, back to you. >> french investigators say it could be days or weeks before the remains of all 150 victims of the crash are recovered. french and german officials say terrorism or foul play are unlikely. >>> today virginia governor terry mcauliffe is ordering alcoholic beverage control agents be retained following the high profile arrest of a uva student. pictures from the night martese johnson was arrested outside a charlottesville bar we've all seen. the governor ordered police to investigate the march 18th arrest. ism it's been a week since we first report -- >>> it's been a week since we first reported friends are concerned about the health and safety of walter fauntroy. today they appealed to the public for donations and bruce johnson was there as they faced reporters leaving more questions than answers as to what has actually happened to the 82-year-old former d.c. delegates delegate. >> some of his friends are talking about going to dubais to look for the former congressman and hope to raise money to help his wife keep their northwest residence. everyb

peggy fox reports from arlington tonight where the problem is not enough salt. >> reporter: arlington county has been cutting back because of its depleting supply of salt. maybe that had something to do with the blocked off and slippery roads this morning. winter held its icy grip through afternoon despite the bright sunshine. on i-66 through rosslyn icy actions among those sections shaded by the sound barrier five cars crashed into each other. >> it's slippery and too dangerous outside right now. >> reporter: this morning the icy roads and highways were treacherous. this tractor trailer crashed on i-95 in the southbound lanes just south of the occoquan bridge. on i-66 a tractor trailer ended up on its side. this morning most neighborhood streets in fairfax county looked like they'd seen a plow truck or two but not in arlington. tires were spinning, cars sliding. >> i think because it's sunny outside people think it's okay to drive but not quite. >> reporter: the worst streets were veatch and 14th near the courthouse, hills too icy to drive. >> reporter: stuck? >> yes. >> reporter: di

i'm peggy fox. i'm have this story coming up. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. a very nice evening. when you head out of the wizards game, chilly, nothing crazy, 47 downtown, back in the burbs low 40s. we'll come back. we have a yellow alert tomorrow and saturday, doesn't mean all the day is a disaster. we'll explain. >> reporter: a controversial program has communities taking sides. i'm paula reed in fairfax county, virginia, >>> virginia is the latest state to take up a controversial proposal that is making animal lovers literally choose between birds and cats. >> as paula reed reports while the program does save feral cats from being put down, more vulnerable animals are now in danger. >> reporter: patches is a stray cat with a numb and thanks to a group call -- name and thanks to a group called alley cat allies, he's heading home a southern maryland neighborhood. >> his ear has been clipped and so we know that cat has been sterilized and vaccinated. >> reporter: grant sizemore is director of the invasive species program at american bird conservancy. >> it pu

as peggy fox tells us, one is a disabled veteran. >> reporter: bob cowen is a disabled veteran. he had not heard of the express lanes when he got on them one time a year and a half ago. >> it was a large postcard. >> reporter: he said whenty called the number on the postcard the person told him to disregard the notice. so think did. this past december he received two summons from trans urban. >> i was there one time. i never took it again. it is crazy. >> that was an expensive ride. >> was. $503. yes. >> reporter: the second summons added a $250 civil penalty for a second violation just four minutes after the first one. >> a year and a half later when he is in frail health he receives summons asking for outrageous penalties. >> they are

peggy fox says theparence locked cri-- the parents locked eyes with the accused killer. >> the first time the parents of hannah graham saw the man accused of murdering their daughter. they were taken to the courtroom away from cameras but inside they did not shy away from looking straight into the eyes of jesse matthew. wearing a gray and white jail suit, shackles and handcuffs jesse matthew was brought into the courthouse for a hearing on the abduction and murder of hannah graham and he is accused in an abduction and murder of morgan harrington. . >> to be here today. >> reporter: she sat next to the grahams. getting their first look at jesse matthew. >> first time that you looked him in the eye? what was that like? >> strange feeling. but we know a lot of people that have not had this resolution. who family members and loved ones are still missing. although it is an odd place to be at we are grateful we have this opportunity. >> hannah graham's father had a hard time taking his eyes off the defend. >> did you feel like looking away at jesse matthew? >> i didn't want to glare or sta

peggy fox, wusa 9 news. >> jesse matthew is charged with a 2005 abduction and sexual assault of a woman. that trail begins in june. >>> barbara mikulski drops a clue on what is next. after the break, the politician she might work with. >> and up next, chewed a pop tart into the shape >>> new information on the young boy who made pop tart into the shape of a gun. the state board of education sided with the school board's decision to suspend him. he was just 7 when he took a couple bites and made it look like a gun. officials at park elementary school suspended him for two days and it is been two years since them. the family accused the school of having a bias against guns. >>> a rally today pushed to bring the so-called death with dignity law to maryland. relatives of people who took their own lives while termally ill showed their support of the bill. it would give patients with six months to live the option of ending their lives. the 5 states have similar bills on the books. >>> barbara mikulski says if hillary clinton runs for president she expects to play a role in that campaign. barb

peggy fox joins us from the scene with more. >> reporter: the shooting happened at that home. i'll tell you what happened to the man who was shot in a home, but first the homeowner whose name is mr. king spoke on camera and explained why he had to fire. >> it was a little terrifying somebody breaking into your house, you don't know what to do. so i just ran and got my gun and evidently i told the guy to stop, but he didn't hear me. so that's when i returned fire at him and unfortunately i hurt the young man, you know. >> i heard somebody yelling. >> reporter: a report of a burglary at this home came into fairfax county police at 8:30 this morning. the homeowner apparently fired his hand gun at the alleged intruder. the wounded man ran leaving a trail of blood down the street and into the bestway parking lot. >> he was on the inside of the house. >> reporter: mr. willis, a neighbor across the street from the home where the shooting happened, saw the man running. he got in his car and followed him. he did so so he could help identify him in case he got away he said. >> i asked t

reporting live in nokesville peggy fox, wusa9. >>> now let us get to the latest on the investigation. garrett hake joins us live in studio with that. >> french officials say it could be days or weeks before the remains of all 150 victims of tuesday's plane crash are recovered in the alps. investigators are trying to figure out what brought that jetliner down with no warning. investigators have started analyzing one of the voice recorders from one of the plane's black boxes. they caution the findings are preliminary. >> we hope to have a first rough idea in a matter of days. >> reporter: authorities say they don't have the slightest explanation why the germanwings airbus lost altitude and slammed into the french alps shredding into pieces. french president francois hollande said the casings of the second black box has been found but not the flight data recorder itself. hollande, german chancellor angela merkel and spain's prime minister expressed their condolences to the families of the 150 victims. the crash site is only accessible from the air, so emergency crews are staging 8 miles

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peggy fox is in charlottesville where she talked to a student who witnessed the arrest. >> reporter: that student is also a good friend of martese johnson. he was here today along with about 150 other supporters. cour standing room only crowd of supporters most wearing black in solidarity said the uva's walked through that door, all these students, ones he knows and doesn't know, just knowing a lot of us skipped class or came early to be with him. >> reporter: the bloody arrest of the 20-year-old third year uva student by white abc officers has sparked outrage here and across the country. >> the civil rights movement is not over. the fight for justice and equality is not overto try to do here the rest of our time at the university of virginia. >> reporter: the president of the student ncaa chapter is a close friend of johnson and was with him that night. >> to really not be able to do anything but be standing right there, it's a terrible feeling. >> reporter: johnson was charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice. abc officers say he was belligerent. jenkins disputes

i'm peggy fox. coming up i'll tell parents what they need to know to keep their children safe. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson in the u street corridor in northwest. everyone has a pothole story today. the city got nearly 1,000 complaints. coming up i'll introduce you to a guy making a lot of money off your pothole misery. >>> more than 1,000 people are paying respects to a failen police officer killed while doing his job off duty. >>> but first the state department official recently charged with soliciting sex from a minor was using an app this makes it difficult for law enforcement to catch criminals, but it's an app that's extremely popular with children and child predators. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. peggy fox has been looking into this and joins us live from the newsroom with what she's found out. >> the app is called kik, hugely popular with teen-agers and preteens, but there are things about the kik app and others like it that are also attractive

i'm peggy fox. we'll look at the difference in these express lanes. >> reporter: it's a new app that could change the way you see the world in realtime, but there could be some real problems. >> snapping back to winter, tracking snowflakes, what that means on your saturday and which day will be warmer. >> reporter: i'm mola lenghi in dublin, virginia, where the search for noah thomas. now police are investigating how this 5-year-old ended up dead in a septic tank. >>> a virginia woman is about to lose her driver's license and vehicle registration because of a h.o.t. lanes toll dispute. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm nick giovanni. that dispute is with transurban, a private company headquartered in australia which operates the 95 and 495 express lanes. peggy fox is live with the story. how did a small fine potentially balloon into losing her license? >> reporter: it really is amazing. this woman had an e-zpass, but for five days back in 2012 she doesn't know why the pass was

peggy fox is in silver spring where she's talked to the family about their next step. what is it, peg? >> they are fighting it. in fact today they blatantly disregarded that ruling. this afternoon we saw their children playing here in this neighborhood park by themselves. the very thing that got their parents in trouble with cps. >> she said i just saw her running after her brother. there she is. >> reporter: danielle meitiv has changed nothing despite a ruling from child protective services citing her and her husband with unsubstantiated neglect. >> i think at first it was kind of shock and numb. then as it sunk in it was really upsetting. i turned to my husband and i said i can't believe they really thought we did something wrong. and frankly i started to cry. >> reporter: the meitivs allowed their children to walk neighborhood streets and to the local park together but with no adult supervision. >> there's no neglect anywhere here. and the fact they couldn't say oh, nothing to see here folks everything is fine, and instead there's some judgment in a file somewhere t

peggy fox, wusa 9 news. >> jesse matthew is scheduled to go on trial in june for a 2005 abduction and sexual assault. >>> sharp questions today on the future of the affordable care act. one of the justices had questions that suggested he might be considering switching sides. >> reporter: i am bruce leshan where boc boc is on -- obama care is on the line. obama care supporters far outnumbered opponents. in a case that could cost millions of americans subsidies on the health health insurance market place. supporters. >> i really need to have care. >> reporter: one of it four plaintiffs says the law forces her to choose between two bad options. >> to either buy insurance we don't want or face a tax penalty. >> reporter: supporters are encouraged by tough questions from the justice. one of the potential swing votes. kennedy said there is a serious constitutional problem if we adopt your argument. the states are being told create your own exchange or we will send your insurance market into a death viral. it takes four votes to hear a case. we will have to wait till june to figure out which

i'm peggy fox. coming up i'll tell you why there's optimism this case and others could be dismissed. >> it may not have been the first time. new details tonight in the case against a d. c. cop and pastor accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. >> the snowfall accumulation map may be overdone but winter ends on friday. he's not going to go away easily. yellow alert for friday. >>> for the first time a judge has thrown out a hot lanes case over the statute of limitations argument. thanks for joining us. >>> i'm jan jeff coe. >> and i'm derek mcginty. one of those drivers is a disabled veteran. peggy fox joins us now from the fairfax county courthouse with that story. >> reporter: well, the vietnam vet has nerve damage and can barely walk. fortunately an attorney took his case for free so he didn't

i'm peggy fox. i'll tell you what happened in court today. >> reporter: why did the metro transit police officer shoot a man in the tunnel back here? police not saying much, but we have one possible explanation coming up. >>> like it or not some heavy rains are heading our way just in time for the weekend. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm lesli foster. should you pack an umbrella before you head out tonight? our chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us with more. >> i would definitely pack an umbrella and a coat. it's going to be a chilly raw night. here's radar the past couple hours. toward cumberland and romney and almost approaching winchester, but it's still not reaching the ground yet. the air mass is pretty dry. it is in maryland on the west side of the divide. i think we have another few hours before we have to worry about rain. if you go out tonight, it's going to be raining to beat the band about 10 p.m. tonight. i guess better rain snow. 40s by 9:00 and low to mid-

. >> peggy fox talks to a local woman who had the exact same surgery. peggy? >> you know angelina jolie lost her mother, her grandmother, and her aunt to cancer. she carries a gene mowation which puts her at a -- mutation which puts her at a much greater risk for breast cancer and ovarian cancer. many women who have the same problem have had the same surgeries. angelina jolie says she had her ovaries and fa lowell january tubes removed last week to help ensure a long life with her husband and six children. the announcement came as no surprise to lisa, the chevy chase mother of two had the same surgery several years ago when she was 40. though she worried about the big side effect. >> the thought of being plunged into surgical menopause at the age of 40 was not something i was looking forward to. >> reporter: lisa like angelina jolie carries the brach coo one gene mutation. which carries an 85% risk of breast cancer. and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. >> whether or not i would have developed cancer, we can't say for sure. but i didn't want to take that chance. >

. >> reporter: in gainesville peggy fox, wusa9. >> we could sure use more like her. milken said wytovich stood out for her leadership and collaboration with the other teachers. she's credwith piloting a math program that helped bring math scores up 14%. >>> still ahead on wusa9 two young children are heroes after foiling the attempted kidnapping of their baby brother. we'll show you how it all unfolded. >> a little bit colder tonight and tomorrow morning. here's futurecast at 7 a.m. it's going to be dry for your morning commute, but temperatures below freezing in gaithersburg, right around freezing in frederick, hagerstown and leesburg. we'll talk about our yellow alert tomorrow and when the rain rolls in. >> good news for a 6-year-old boy who was seriously injured while sledding in mclean, those stories and a lot >>> a 15-year-old under arrest for an attempted kidnapping caught on tape. surveillance video shows the teenager running with a toddler down the street in a small town of sprague in washington state screaming at the top of their lungs. the 10-year-old broth

. >> peggy fox watching what could be a landmark trial. i understand there's already been an important decision here. >> the attorney challenging trans urban did win an important victory today. take a look at this summons. the name trans urban is here and that attorney challenging the company said trans urban is a fictional name because it was not registered. today the attorney for transurban, that word is now officially registered as of february 24th, 2015. and the other attorney said that means all the cases all the judgments prior to this past february 24th could be thrown out and refunds demanded. >> it's just too much. >> reporter: thomas sampson is one of several drivers we've interviewed who had easy passes but still face toll violations, fees and fines on the 495 express lanes. >> i want to settle this. what happened? then they said okay, it's $102. i said wait a minute for $2.80? i have easy pass. >> reporter: some people face tens of thousands of dollars in fines and penalties even though their tolls were small. springfield deleg

i'm peggy fox reporting live in charlottesville. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in 2013, abc agents arrested and jailed another uva student after they thought her case of bottle the water was beer. elizabeth daly was awarded more than $200,000 in a lawsuit. >>> former u.s. congressman jesse jackson, jr. is out of prison. he was released this morning from a federal facility near montgomery, alabama. his release comes a year and a half after he pleaded guilty to illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. jackson will serve the remainder of his sentence at a halfway house here in the district. >>> a woman and her daughter are telling a disturbing story about what happened as they walked along a popular bike path. they say a man sitting on a park bench exposed himself as they approached. it happened on the b&a trail in glen bernie yesterday morning. police have now arrested the suspect, this man, michael james sherman with no fixed address. he's charged with indecent exposure. >>> the search resumes for 5- year-old

peggy fox is at the capitol for today's announcement. >> she has tried and failed over 10 medications. >> reporter: the parents don't know what has damaged her more -- uncontrolled seizures or the mountain of medicine she's taking. >> it's about ms, it's about veterans, it's about cancer patients. >> reporter: together in the u.s. capitol, they told their stories about medical marijuana. >> finally a natural medicine that not only solves my insomnia but my daily nausea. >> reporter: sick people have no way to get medical marijuana. a bi-partisan coalition announced legislation that would change that. >> doctors who want to prescribe this is very difficult. we want to take it down to a schedule two so doctors can prescribe it more easily. >> reporter: it would open up research opportunities to be classified as a schedule two. >>> the fbi, prince georges county, and police are on the hunt for violent armed robbers who may have hit a whole series of drugstores in search of cash and oxycotin. >> reporter: frank abbey says he pleaded with the armed robbers at the drugstore here not to blas

the group includes police lawyers activists journalists including our peggy fox. >>> dc's marijuana law isn't even a week old yet and already there's a clarification. bruce johnson reports today the dc council moved to restrict the use of pot in bars and clubs. >> this is what the dc council and mayor muriel bowser were hoping to avoid. private cannabis clubs all over where pot smokers could gather legally to socialize around marijuana. they voted to ban pot smoking in bars private clubs just about every place outside the home. >> this way we can make sure that it's not popping up in neighborhoods, private clubs in a row house community. >> reporter: pot advocates last week applauded the enactment of law legalizing marijuana. today those same advocates were criticizing the bill that restricts where pot can be smoked indoors. >> this is unfortunately re-establishing some of those penalties. consumption of marijuana in public will leave you with a misdemeanor. >> reporter: he admits he was once arrested for marijuana possession. that record has not been expunged but he's behind a law that

. >> reporter: peggy fox, wusa9. >>> more than a year after relisha rudd disappeared her mom shameka young says she desperately wants custody of her three young sons back. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 73 today was the high, but check out the difference in temperatures now. look to the north and west. it's 26 degrees colder now in pittsburgh than just 24 hours ago. we'll talk about just how cold and how low the temps are going to go. >> and a royal visit not just to america, but right here to our backyard and look at when prince charles and camilla have done in in one year 5.6 million hospital workers helped perform 26.6 million surgeries deliver 3.7 million babies and treat 133 million e.r. patients. now congress is considering cuts which could increase wait times reduce staff, and threaten your community's health. keep the heart of america's hospitals strong. for you and your family tell congress: don't cut hospital care. >>> more than a your since relisha rudd disappear -- a year since relisha rudd disappeared a court gave the young girl's mother news she didn't want to hear.

peggy fox wusa 9. >>> one day after the one-year anniversary of relisha rudd's disappearance, police gave an update on the investigation. >> stephanie ramirez reports there wasn't much to update. >> i'm outside of the police headquarters where mayor muriel bowser as well as the police chief told us they do not have any new information to report. that's why this one-year mark is so important. heir asking anyone who may have information on relisha rudd who is now 9 years old. >> anybody who may have seen something that over this past year has not reported it or didn't think it was significant enough but from hearing from us today now does think it's significant, please pass that information on. sometimes it's just one small piece of the puzzle that helps us get to the solution that we're looking for. >> reporter: members of the dc police department along with volunteers spent much of the day this morning and evening passing out fliers at different metro stops and other important locations. police cannot emphasize enough any little piece of information could help find relisha rudd even

. >> we do need to mention wusa9 news reporter peggy fox is one of the media representatives on that 34 member commission. >>> now to the latest in the martese johnson case. the law firm representing the uva student said johnson will plead not guilty in court thursday. johnson was arrested last week outside a pub in charlottesville by agents with the virginia alcoholic beverage control board on charges of public intoxication and obstruction of jucut to the head that required several stitches. state police are investigating the circumstances surrounding that arrest. >>> three days inspring and we're tracking some rain and snow showers for the morning commute. >> our first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is all over this thing. so who will see them and who stays dry? >> if you're inside the beltway, i think you're dry, showers and wet roads possible to the west. we've not issued a yellow alert. just wanted to let you know you might see some snow showers tomorrow morning, especially along i-81. we have a little activity in the mountains back towards elkins but a lot of it not rea

peggy fox reports they were loved by many. >> reporter: the international tragedy hit home here in nokesville. there is pain and sorrow, a mother and daughter both perished on that plane. >> that's it, no comment. >> reporter: a man is -- at the selke residence asked news crews to stay off the property. a family spokesperson sent out this statement. "our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, caring, maggie people who meant so much to so -- amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time we respectfully ask for your privacy and your prayers." yvonne selke was a 23 year employee at the government consultant booz allen and spent her career working at the national intelligence

i'm peggy fox. i'll tell you what happened in court today. >> good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and i'm derek mcginty. >>> a yellow alert tops your only local news at 7:00. >> it's not going to let up any time soon, right, top? >> no flood watches in effect but heavy rain after 10:00 tonight through the overnight hours. the closest rain is back toward harrisonburg and roanoke. this activity is not reaching the ground. the atmosphere is still pretty dry. it's close but still dry in cumberland, romney and kaiser. probably till 9:00 or 10:00 in the metro, it will start in the west and move eastward. by 8 a.m. we still have rain across the board, 40s. good news, we're looking at temperatures getting milder tomorrow, one of the our silver linings. by 1:00 temperatures back in the 50s. see the dark green there? that's pretty heavy rain and the yellow is very heavy rain. even through early afternoon we're looking at heavy rain with temperatures 55 in leesburg, 56 in manassas, 507 downtown. we'll come back, talk -- 57 downtown. we'll come back, talk about when heavy

in charlottesville, peggy fox wusa9. >> and those special agents involved in his arrest have been assigned to the administrative duties. after a shooting in knoxville, maryland. 60 miles northwest of dc and police have ruled it a double murder suicide. they join us live. what happened here? >> well first of all this quiet community is stunned at the tragedy that happened right behind me. the house that you see there. police say that the 87-year-old shot and killed his 86-year-old wife and his 56-year-old son with special needs. she has lived in her home for more than five decades and has known the family across the street for years. she describes them as wonderful neighbors who would help her out. but the couple suffered health issues. >> there was something wrong for them too. i think they told him that it was maybe cancer. >> reporter: and they found johnny green and his son dead. his wife mary was taken to the hospital and later died. the father in the basement. >> they couldn't take it any longer i guess. they had three children including their special needs son who lived with them. >>

i'm peggy fox. i'll have the very latest at 6:00. >>> we are just getting started on wusa 9news at 5:00. why the wants prince george's county to drop a plan for special academies to teach students trying to learn english. bruce leshan brings us the story coming up at 5:30. >> topper is back with what looks to be a significant snow event heading our >>> the potholes in and around the dc area are down right dangerous. our crews spotted two nasty ones today one at dogwood in oregon and a larger one at fox hall and hawthorne. we drove by this today working on a story. both in northwest. what a mess . we've reported these craters to the city so hopefully they'll get taken care of soon but until then, be careful. >>> wusa 9 is your pothole patrol. if you've got any big craters you want to see get taken care of, e-mail e-mail tell@wusa9.com. >>> then there's a sinkhole that swallowed a volkswagon bug. dc water tells us water main broke and sections of the road gave way. that bug happened to be parked at th

i'm peggy fox. the story coming up. >> the shocking uva rolling stones gang rape article. the unraveling of the story. now the results of their month long investigation. >>> we begin tonight with news that former dc congressman walter fauntroy appears to be in dubai. thanks for joipg us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. lesli foster has the night off. it's not been seen in this neighborhood in about three years now. families and friends are worried about his mental and physical health. he is 82 years old after all. bruce broke the story. >> keep in mind, nobody has put their eyes on walter fauntroy. an associate who doesn't want to be identified tells me that today he's been communicating with walter fauntroy by e-mail and cell phone. he's convinced fauntroy is in dubai and not wanting to return from the middle east. at one point a ticket with fauntroy's name on it went uncollected airport. he didn't show up as he promised to do so. >> i met martin luther king jr. in 1951. >> reporter: an associate questioned fauntroy's mental state and said no one has seen the 82-y

peggy fox you've been having some fun, haven't you? >> reporter: oh yes, definitely. we haven't seen too many people out here. and traffic is very light. people are going nice and slow. we found quite a few people out on the hills. >> reporter: julia and isabella coached their dads in to taking them to wolf, which is not only known for great performances, but awesome sledding. >> yes, me and him backwards. >> yes, a couple here on the way down. >> and then they would move backwards. >> reporter: a ramp that the boys built near the bottom of the hill to offer up the serious air. but then there's a question on what is faster. a sled or two. >> which one is faster? the tube with no air, right? and the board? or the board that you could see? and what do you think? ready, set, go! >> reporter: these are the days that you don't want noises with your kids. >> it is awesome, yeah. and i'm grumpy in the morning, but they've got a lot as you're guilty. with only a few opportunities. >> some winters we don't get anything. >> this is a good one. >> i had to give it a try. thank y

i'm peggy fox reporting live in arlington. lesli? >> can't get there soon enough. that salt is imported from chile and arrives at the port of baltimore. >>> when wusa9 learned of a woman in a wheelchair stuck in her home because of the snow, we went to check it out. we met melissa ortiz whose only access in and out of her home is an alley. when we learned of her plight, a good samaritan helped her out. surae chinn talked with her today. >> reporter: she is so grateful to her neighbors and that good samaritan. her alley is partially clear now. here's what she had to say today. >> thank you to wusa9 and thank you to my neighbors who came out and helped and there was this man earnest who just appeared out of nowhere to help. i can't find him. we've looked all through the neighborhood and called people and nobody seems to know who earnest is. so i'm thinking he may have actually been an angel. >> reporter: a little snow angel. all we know is his name is earnest and we haven't been able to find him either. the alleyway is partially clear, but coming up at 6:00 we're goi

. >> that's where peggy fox spent the day. and on is thstill snow on the ground -- >> so is there still snow on the ground? >> reporter: it's on the grass and roofs but not on the roads. this morning it was a completely different story. it was bad, bad enough to close school. martese johnson was joined by his attorney, older brother and mom who flew in from chicago to be with her son after his traumatic and bloody arrest by abc agents. >> the conversation resulted in my client being thrown to the ground, his head hitting the pavement. the officer's knees -- >> reporter: that was the story from yesterday down in charlottesville, the one surae chinn is down in charlottesville today as you heard her story and the update today on what's going on, but here i've been in loudoun county where we've had quite the mess this morning, lots of snow. loudoun county, it's very different here in leesburg. the roads were cleaned up pretty quickly, but on the western side there's a lot of gravel roads, it's obviously more rural and they have a

peggy fox was in the capital today for the announcement. peg? >> reporter: 23 states and d.c. have legalized medical marijuana. but because it's still a schedule one drug, federally, it's still illegal to use it in any form. this legislation would fix that problem and more. she has tried and failed over ten different antiseizure medications. >> reporter: the parents of 4- year-old morgan afflicted with a severe form of epilepsy don't know what is damaging her more. uncontrolled seizures or the mountain of medicines she's taking. >> this is not just about epilepsy. it's about ms, it's about veterans. it's about cancer patients. >> reporter: together in the u.s. capitol, with veterans and ms sufferers, they told their stories about medical marijuana. >> finally, a natural medicine that not only solves my insomnia but also allayed my daily nausea. >> reporter: navy veteran tj from chesapeake, virginia says legal drugs turned him into a zombie. so he self-medicates his anxiety and depression with marijuana. >> my kids do not want to have a criminal for a father. >> reporter: even