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back to you. >> sarah simmons, thank you. >>> fox 5 is n top of another big story that will impact the future commute for thousands of you. maryland is out with the proposed tolls for the intercounty connector. the state wants to charge 25-35 cents per mile during rush hour. if you rode the entire 18-mile stretch during the rush hour, that could be $6.15. tolls will be collected using an easy pass. if you don't have one, a picture will be taken of your car and you will get a bill in the mail. the first section is set to open next year. >>> the other big story today, president obama on the world stage. this morning the president repains in new york for meetings at the u.n. in just about two hour mrs. obama will preside over a meeting of the security council, the first u.s. president to do so. he is expected to focus on the nuclear threat from iran and north korea. then he hosted the g-20 summit and is expected to tell world leaders that the global economy can't keep relying on huge borrowing and spending by americans and massive exports from countries like china. >>> the summit is alrea
back to you. >> sarah simmons, thank you. >>> fox 5 is n top of another big story that will impact the future commute for thousands of you. maryland is out with the proposed tolls for the intercounty connector. the state wants to charge 25-35 cents per mile during rush hour. if you rode the entire 18-mile stretch during the rush hour, that could be $6.15. tolls will be collected using an easy pass. if you don't have one, a picture will be taken of your car and you will get a bill...
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i'm sarah simmons. i'll explain coming up. >>> also a fox 5 stress, the high-tech with a authorities are catching toll booth violators. >>> you are watching fox 5 morning news. ring ring ring ring. hey, your chicken noodles ringing. ring ring. progresso. hi, may i speak to my oggy please? thank you. i'm sorry, who? my grandma. this is obviously her chicken noodle soup. only hers tastes like this. just put my oggy on the phone. thanks so much. hold one moment please. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay well i'll hold. she's holding. wha? she's holding. tell her its karen. (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to change. overtime, you can begin to have bone loss. calcium and vitamin d work together to help keep your bones strong. and yoplait gives you... ...20% o
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sarah simmons joins us live now with more on those changes. >> reporter: you can already tell behind me route one is a very busy area but we are not just talking about right out front here in this area of alexandria outside fort belvoir. mostly, project will be in the fort belvoir north area. most of the work is actually going to be done on army property. but there is a lot of roadwork that is going to need to be done outside of the base leading up to the facility an that has a lot of residents worried about congestion. when jed abraham moved to this rolling road neighborhood seven years ago, wanted to be away from traffic and noise that comes with it. >> the suntery suburbs. you pull off a little street and you come into your home and you're done. and it is kind. nice and quiet. >> reporter: then the construction started right across the road from his house. what was once a wooded area he could see from his front yard is now a federal road project that will connect rolling and fullerton roads in the springfield area. there is also a plan to construct a national geospatial intelligen
sarah simmons joins us live now with more on those changes. >> reporter: you can already tell behind me route one is a very busy area but we are not just talking about right out front here in this area of alexandria outside fort belvoir. mostly, project will be in the fort belvoir north area. most of the work is actually going to be done on army property. but there is a lot of roadwork that is going to need to be done outside of the base leading up to the facility an that has a lot of...
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sarah simmons joins us with more on how this will change traffic. >> reporter: good morning. the project is mainly in the fort belvoir north area but a lot of this work will be done on the base. some of it is going to need to be done on the roadways outside of the base just even look at the traffic here at this time of the day. it gives you an idea how busy and congested it already is down here. but you know a lot of people are worried that it will be even worse once the brac realignment takes place. a federal commander will be meeting today at 1:30 to discuss road developments that are sure to come up. the road project, they are federal road projects that will connect rolling road and fullerton roads. there is also a plan to build a national geospatial intelligence agency in the same area. and along with that is expected lots of people. >> the army is moving 8500 employees to the nga facility they are building currently on engineer proving grounds. without these improvements, it would be a pretty heavy toll on the local roads. >> the federal highway administration says it do
sarah simmons joins us with more on how this will change traffic. >> reporter: good morning. the project is mainly in the fort belvoir north area but a lot of this work will be done on the base. some of it is going to need to be done on the roadways outside of the base just even look at the traffic here at this time of the day. it gives you an idea how busy and congested it already is down here. but you know a lot of people are worried that it will be even worse once the brac realignment...
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i'm sarah simmons, coming up live with a report. >>> federal agents want to raid a home after a connection to al- qaeda in queens. fox 5 morning news will be right back after this. >>> there is norm big story we're following this morning. police and federal agents raid three apartments in queens for what they call a terror threat. they searched for a man with alleged links to al-qaeda. fox's charles leaf has more on the investigation. >> reporter: no answer at an apartment raided by federal agents. the door likely knocked down, a new one, the only silver door in the place now in place and blood stains on wall. this man lives down the hall. >> i am feeling very bad and it is very good that they find them. >> reporter: earlier police lead a man out of the apartment building and question him after fbi agents and police with a joint terrorism task force raid several apartments in multiple apartments in flushing, monday morning. sources say the raids are launched after a suspected number of al-qaeda claim to new york city over the weekend and was visiting with someone at their flushin
i'm sarah simmons, coming up live with a report. >>> federal agents want to raid a home after a connection to al- qaeda in queens. fox 5 morning news will be right back after this. >>> there is norm big story we're following this morning. police and federal agents raid three apartments in queens for what they call a terror threat. they searched for a man with alleged links to al-qaeda. fox's charles leaf has more on the investigation. >> reporter: no answer at...
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and sarah simmons has both sides of the story. >> reporter: good morning. a concern from some people that i've talked with out here, is that there will be more cars out there on the roadways that may not be safe. now emission inspections will still be performed but it's the safety inspections suspends as of october 1. so there were critics saying this could be more unsafe cars on the roadways. right now the city inspects all cars prior t registration, things like the brakes and other safety equipment. but the fenty administration and the dmv convinced the d.c. council to make a change in order to save some money. about $400,000. now critics question it, saying that many people don't maintain their cars as it is. it's a difficult problem that they have right now. but in talking with people out here, many mention to me that they felt as though that's not enough money to be saved in order to make sure that people's cars out there on the roadways are safe and prevent those from getting into other accidents. of course we'll have mor information. we're going to t
and sarah simmons has both sides of the story. >> reporter: good morning. a concern from some people that i've talked with out here, is that there will be more cars out there on the roadways that may not be safe. now emission inspections will still be performed but it's the safety inspections suspends as of october 1. so there were critics saying this could be more unsafe cars on the roadways. right now the city inspects all cars prior t registration, things like the brakes and other...
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sarah simmons just arrived at the scene and what can you tell us about what is going on there now? >> reporter: right now, we know the police are still here on the scene. new york avenue is shut down here between bladensburg road and "the washington times" building. now, what police are telling us right now, they are still investigating further down the road here in front of the washington times buildi where prince george's county police say that d.c. police originally had pursued somebody that crossed over into prince george's county. prince george's county officers tell us they followed somebody back over the d.c. line here where somebody then crashed a vehicle. we don't know exactly at this point why police were pursuing the vehicle. we don't know what type of vehicle but we do know the vehicle crashed right near the washington time building into a jersey wall. i am told by police that two people did get out of the car and ran off. police were able to catch them and have since arrested them. now, at this point, we don't know why they were pursuing them but the road is still clos
sarah simmons just arrived at the scene and what can you tell us about what is going on there now? >> reporter: right now, we know the police are still here on the scene. new york avenue is shut down here between bladensburg road and "the washington times" building. now, what police are telling us right now, they are still investigating further down the road here in front of the washington times buildi where prince george's county police say that d.c. police originally had...
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i'm sarah simmons. ill have a live report when fox 5 morning news returns. thaiouo "breakfast doesn't really start until the grands are on the table" grands biscuits. would it really be breakfast without 'em? for money saving coupons go to... pillsbury.com. you'll never have to call them to the dinner table twice by putting an end to paper medical records, we have ushered health into the digital age. saving lives, sometimes when seconds count. managing chronic conditions. making amazing new discoveries. and, oh yes, saving a lot of trees. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>> i think that is a relatively light commute, the beltway at the american legion bridge. >> better than it was friday. >> it is 5:30 on a monday morning. >> it is a holiday. >> i would think there would be no cars on the road. >> i would think nobody would be working today except for us and a few other people. >> the weather is nice though. >> the weather has been nice but it is changing, gurvir. you had a 50% chance on that one. >> it was still wet at my house today. >> it rained last night and
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sarah simmons joins us live with an update. >> we're still waiting to here whether or not the suspect is in connection with the carjacking. i can tell you the police searched for hours south of here looking for somebody and someone is now in custody following that search. now just so you know, just to get you up to speed, this happened just before 7:00. police got a call from the woman, the victim, who said she had been carjacked. she told police she had been abducted at gunpoint at the parking garage and the suspect put her in the trunk oher car and dropped her off in lorton where she ran to a home and called 911. police finally spotted this person, spotted the car, and went on a chase where he eventually crashed near hoos road and took off and police searched for him. now this morning i talked with metro ride asthey're waiting to get on the metro. some have heard about it and talked about their feelings about hearing about that happening here at the parking garage. >> i try not to change my habits. i'm a little more aware but i'm not scared. just look around a little more. make sure
sarah simmons joins us live with an update. >> we're still waiting to here whether or not the suspect is in connection with the carjacking. i can tell you the police searched for hours south of here looking for somebody and someone is now in custody following that search. now just so you know, just to get you up to speed, this happened just before 7:00. police got a call from the woman, the victim, who said she had been carjacked. she told police she had been abducted at gunpoint at the...
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sarah simmons is joining us -- it ended in lorton. sarah similar monday is joining us now. we hear the police have somebody in custody. >> reporter: that's right. but police are not confirming whether or not that person is related to the carjacking and abduction that i woman called about. this happened last night all of the very scary scene here at the springfield metro stop parking garage. police say a woman called and said she was abduct ad and was driven around in her chevy camaro. police searched for hours last night south of lorton. they con if i wered they do have someone in custody. they are not saying whether or not this is the person related to the carjacking. they searched for hours from the air and but ground for someone. police say they initially got the call just before 7:00 last night from the victim herself saying she had been carjacked. she told police this person had abducted her at gunpoint and the suspect allegedly through her in the trunk of her on chevy camaro and drove around ending up south of here in lorton where he evtually drop her off near silverd
sarah simmons is joining us -- it ended in lorton. sarah similar monday is joining us now. we hear the police have somebody in custody. >> reporter: that's right. but police are not confirming whether or not that person is related to the carjacking and abduction that i woman called about. this happened last night all of the very scary scene here at the springfield metro stop parking garage. police say a woman called and said she was abduct ad and was driven around in her chevy camaro....
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sarah simmons joins us live with the latest on our top story. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police released the name of the man who was shot and killed here last night. they just released his name this morning. he is 24-year-old michael hair odd of northwest d.c. police are still trying to figure out what happened here last night but sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may be a witness in another shooting and may have been set to testify soon. the shooting happened last night at about 6:30. crime scene tape was wrapped around the neighborhood and it was shut down for sometime. four people were shot in the rear of the home. one of them was killed. police say a hail of gunfire was sprayed throughout the alleyway but police are still trying to piece together the evidence. >> it's too early to say what happened. we're still interviewing wilts so right -- witnesses and it would be too early to indicate what happened and we'll see what the witnesses indicate. >> reporter: there are children that live here and also
sarah simmons joins us live with the latest on our top story. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police released the name of the man who was shot and killed here last night. they just released his name this morning. he is 24-year-old michael hair odd of northwest d.c. police are still trying to figure out what happened here last night but sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may be a witness in another shooting and may have been set to testify soon. the...
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sarah simmons joins us with the latest on this investigation this morning. >> reporter: steve, police just released the name of the man who was shot and killed here last night. he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police an family members are still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but sources close to theamily members are telling fox 5 news that one of the instruct timbes may have been a witness in another shooting and was set to testify coming up in another trial -- one of the victims may have been a witness. this happened on hamilton street last fight around 6:30. it was virtual hi shut town here on this street. four people were shot in the rear of the home. one was killed. another three were taken to the hospital. police say a hail of gunfire was sprayed throughout the ally way but investigators are still trying to piece together the evidence. >> it is too early to stay what happened. we are still interviewing quite a few witnesses. it would be too prethat tour to say what transpired. we'll wait to see swat witness statements indicate. >> we are in a s
sarah simmons joins us with the latest on this investigation this morning. >> reporter: steve, police just released the name of the man who was shot and killed here last night. he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police an family members are still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but sources close to theamily members are telling fox 5 news that one of the instruct timbes may have been a witness in another shooting and was set to testify coming up in another...
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fox 5's sarah simmons joins us live with the latest on this investigation. >> report: we are getting new information about this investigation this morning as well. police just released the name of the victim who was killed in the shooting. he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police and family member are trying to figure out what happened here. sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may have been a witness in another shooting and was set to testify coming up in a recent trial. the shooting happened in the 900 block of hamilton street northwest last night at about 6:30. crime scene tape was wrapped around a large part of that neighborhood. four people were shot in the rear of that home. one was killed, michael harris. police say a hail of gunfire was sprayed through t alley but investigators are still trying to piece together the evidence. >> it is just too early to say what happened. we are still interviewing quite a few witnesses. we have to wait to see what the witness statements indicate. >> reporter: residents say they are obviously worried. they hav
fox 5's sarah simmons joins us live with the latest on this investigation. >> report: we are getting new information about this investigation this morning as well. police just released the name of the victim who was killed in the shooting. he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police and family member are trying to figure out what happened here. sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may have been a witness in another shooting and was set to testify coming up...