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wood grove at louden valley, the high school game of the week. always great to bring those highlights to you on friday night. >>> 9news is goi ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ard to say no to the opportunity of a lifetime. even if it's five hundred miles away. there's a lot to figure out. new city. new job. new bank. a friend recommended suntrust. because mobile banking lets me manage my money how i want, when i want. so i can make the most of my new life. and focus on all that's ahead. with every suntrust checking account, it's easy to avoid fees and go mobile. suntrust. how can we help you shine today? >>> wow, check out this crazy car chase. this is a white suv, looking more like a car to me, two women on the go who tried to run over a cop at a bank. they led police on a 40 minute chase over miami. you know that nev
wood grove at louden valley, the high school game of the week. always great to bring those highlights to you on friday night. >>> 9news is goi ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ard to say no to the opportunity of a lifetime. even if it's five hundred miles...
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. >> reporter: a child of northern virginia, doug green was a graduate of louden county potomac falls high school, a communication specialist with an army infantry unit, an iraq war veteran killed by an ied in afghanistan sunday. >> this was sudden. we weren't ready for this. in two months, he would have been done with his tour. >> he was way too young, 23. >> i think i'm still really numb to it. i don't think it's going to hit me for awhile. >> to me, it's beyond my imagination, because he was so trained and so talented. i think that the enemy was lucky on this one. >> reporter: his parents, doug and sonny, say they tried talking their only son out of enlisting in the army, that was in 2007. >> sat him down just like this and we said, whatever they're giving you, we'll double it, don't go, don't go. it's not worth it. and he said, it's something i have to do. >> reporter: he said he wanted to be a veteran. >> and i get that though, because when i see veterans in parades and i see them, i look at them differently. thank you for serving. i do. and i think -- you know, he wanted that ac
. >> reporter: a child of northern virginia, doug green was a graduate of louden county potomac falls high school, a communication specialist with an army infantry unit, an iraq war veteran killed by an ied in afghanistan sunday. >> this was sudden. we weren't ready for this. in two months, he would have been done with his tour. >> he was way too young, 23. >> i think i'm still really numb to it. i don't think it's going to hit me for awhile. >> to me, it's beyond...
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louden county has agreed to build three parking garages so the cost of those garages won't have to be absorbed into the larger project, but the deal came with conditions, including the metro station must be built above ground and the land must be donated for one of the garages and no local tax money can be used to pay for the garages. >>> dc councilman tommy wells want to start the online gambling in the city. the provision of allowing online gambling was slipped into a budget last year. it became law when congress didn't object. they say it should be repealed because residents didn't get to have their say on whether they want it. >>> laura evans has your fox 5 top 5. >> shawn, the cost of college text books just got cheaper thanks to ebooks. number 5, amazon is the latest to announce that it will rent text books via kindle e-reader. students can save 80% off the list price of a hard cover text book and the reader can be rented for up to three days or 160 days. number 4, changing your lifestyle could dramatically reduce your risk of alzheimer's. experts identified seven risk factors t
louden county has agreed to build three parking garages so the cost of those garages won't have to be absorbed into the larger project, but the deal came with conditions, including the metro station must be built above ground and the land must be donated for one of the garages and no local tax money can be used to pay for the garages. >>> dc councilman tommy wells want to start the online gambling in the city. the provision of allowing online gambling was slipped into a budget last...
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regional airport officials have been going back and forth with faishg and louden counties over whether the station should be above or below ground. what does bob mcdonald think? karen gray houston has the details. >> reporter: it's making headlines. the governor is taking his case on the road. >> we're back with more of ask the governor. >> reporter: the airport's authority plans to build a world-class metro at dulles with an underground tunnel. that doesn't sit well with him. at a cost of $330 million more than an above-ground station. >> but i've asked them to take a hard look at this and consider reversing their vote. >> reporter: governor mcdonald says he wants the authority to weigh the benefits versus the price tag. one benefit being proximity to the terminal. >> reporter: just to give you an idea of how much closer, it's about 600 feet, which would be like walking the length of that terminal. >> 600, really, i don't think it makes much of a difference. as i said before, if we can save taxpayers some money being a virginia taxpayer, i'm all for that. >> i'm all for saving costs,
regional airport officials have been going back and forth with faishg and louden counties over whether the station should be above or below ground. what does bob mcdonald think? karen gray houston has the details. >> reporter: it's making headlines. the governor is taking his case on the road. >> we're back with more of ask the governor. >> reporter: the airport's authority plans to build a world-class metro at dulles with an underground tunnel. that doesn't sit well with him....
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along the counties that border the mason dixon line, and perhaps northern and western montgomery and louden counties as well. that's where you'll have to watch for a little bit of glaze there. most of us, it will be mainly wet for the morning commute. last thing i want to show you, dc mostly rain. if we get any light glazing, it's the counties in the light purple, light icing changing to rain and the ice built up to central pennsylvania, big problems in that region. more information on this storm that's battering so much of the country and what we expect for tomorrow when i join you upstairs . >> here's a look at i270 a short time ago. the road's wet. the good news, it's a lot warmer than expected and so far no ice. road crews have been out all day pretreating the roads, still out tonight to deal with any possible refreezing. >>> stunned by criticism of dumping workers on the road in the middle of last week's storm, the officers are making the call early. federal workers can take unscheduled leave tomorrow or telework from home. this still looks like a rain event but if we get any closures
along the counties that border the mason dixon line, and perhaps northern and western montgomery and louden counties as well. that's where you'll have to watch for a little bit of glaze there. most of us, it will be mainly wet for the morning commute. last thing i want to show you, dc mostly rain. if we get any light glazing, it's the counties in the light purple, light icing changing to rain and the ice built up to central pennsylvania, big problems in that region. more information on this...
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i think we're very plugged in in that respect, with all the federal facilities in louden county, i think this is an area of great concern and we are as plugged in as we can be now. are we getting all the information in the world? no, but i do feel like having someone on this task force and working with them on a regular basis that we're probably as informed as we can be. i know a lot of information is a need to know basis. as we need to know it, i believe we get it. >> put this in perspective for us, for those folks who live in this area, is this an isolated incident or is there a reason to believe there are other people like this operating in this area? is this a reality. >> i think it's a very real threat and brings home the fact that this type of activity and these types of folks are in our communities and could be planning something as we speak. not to set off alarms but we need to be vigilant. >> a louder county sheriff was part of the undercover operation and that person was not allowed to share any information with anyone. sheriff simpson says he only found out about the plot shor
i think we're very plugged in in that respect, with all the federal facilities in louden county, i think this is an area of great concern and we are as plugged in as we can be now. are we getting all the information in the world? no, but i do feel like having someone on this task force and working with them on a regular basis that we're probably as informed as we can be. i know a lot of information is a need to know basis. as we need to know it, i believe we get it. >> put this in...