Intelligence experts are now working to confirm the tapes authenticity. Shortly before what appears to be steven sotloffs death, he spoke directly to the camera. Saying he is paying the price for u. S. Intervention. A masked man in the video speaks to president obama. Just as you continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the neck of your people. Threaten the life of british captive, david haines. Sotloff was seen at the end of a video seen at the beheading of heanotr journalist last month. A state Department Spokesperson said the Intelligence Community is working to confirm its authenticity. If the video is genuine, we are sickened by this brutal act taking the life of another american citizen. Our hearts go out to the sotloff family. He was a 31yearold freelance journalist who grew up in south florida. He traveled to syria to cover the civil war before he disappeared. His disappearance was kept secret fearing he might be harmed. Steven is a loyal and generous son. Sotloffs mother made a plea to isis last week, saying her son had nothing to do with the u. S. Government and is an innocent journalist. In washington, im tori dunnen reporting. Tonight, leaders of d. C. s Muslim Community are planning a News Conference on political to condemn sotloffs murder. Six months since relisha rudd disappeared from a d. C. Homeless shelter. Theres a new report that city agencies did everything they could do to prevent the 8year old disappearance. Bruce johnson spoke with relishas parents and they dont like that city conclusion. Thats the citys take. Absolutely right. They feel relishas mother and father deliberately misled them on why their daughter was missing school and why she was in the custody or company of khalil tatum. A worker at the d. C. General hospital family shelter. The 8yearold relisha had been missing for six months now. Tatum khalil is dead from a selfinflicted gun shot. There has been no sign of relisha. Deputy d. C. Mayor for education, Abigail Smith said today they are recommending changes to Agency Systems like how to communicate better. The city bears no responsibility for relishas tragic disappearance. Theres nothing the government that could have prevented what was a tragic outco. The at same time, the mayor is very clear that we need to constantly work on improving the systems that we have in place and learning from what we see on the ground to be able to improve services for families moving forward. My issues with the school board is, if she missed school, why you didnt call our phone. That is your job requirement at the end of school if a child miss as school day. Relishas mother and her father have now decided, you have seen them in the past, they dont want their faces shown anymore. They are tired of being judged. They did not give custody to that custodian. They point to an aunt, because the child was sick in the shelter. They blame the school for not reporting the child missing, and police chief, kathy lanier said the investigation is on going. Nothing new to report. Something new in the lives of those parents. You say they are leaving the shelter. We just happen to see them as they were getting the keys toe their new apartment, which they got on their own and hoping with that apartment, they established they will get back the three sons that the city took custody of. Questions about that, after what happened to relisha. No indication about they are about to let the three boys go back to the family. A threeyearold girl in Prince Georges County is expected to survive. Unfortunately, her mom didnt make it. Police did confirm little isaband her mom, 31year old, thelma were working in the crosswalk when an suv hit them. She was just running back from the store when tragedy happened. The first one is to better life for her daughter. To take care of her daughter. Fernando as waits for her when she recovers. She was supposed to start preschool today. Flores leaves behind a 14year old daughter. Could the tragedy have been prevented . We sent debra out to check into that intersection when some say is a trepidation meeting tragedy. Its going to take us a while to do the standup, jeff. And even longer to cross. We set up for hours at this intersection on riverdale road in Prince Georges County where a horrific crash took the life of Thelma Hernandez flores. Police say they were walking in the crosswalk. Two cars stopped, a third didnt. Our cameras roll as person after person waited to cross. This woman and her daughter have one car pass them, then two, three, four, five, six, seven, 8, 9, with that bus, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and they are still on that half median. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 before they can even step off. Maryland law requires cars to stop for a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk. This one is clearly marked. A sign introduces it. However, people who regularly cross here Say Something must be done. Some say a stop sign could work, too. And while we dont know if speed played a role in this tragedy, what about the speed limit . It is right now 40, when lights are flashing, its 35. We didnt have an accurate measure, but take a look. Cars often do seem to fly by. Right past people waiting to cross. Prince georges county police are investigating the details what led to this accident. We did call maryland state highway administration. They have jurisdiction over this area and they say they need for that accident report to be done before they can look into making any changes here. In Prince Georges County, wusa9. If you have any information that can help the police do their job, they are asking you to call them. Prince georges county Police DepartmentsCollision Analysis and reconstruction unit phone number is 3017314422. Today is terrible traffic tuesday and that is the dreaded day when parents return to work and head back to school. How bad is it out there tonight . Scott broom is on the outer loop of the beltway with more. What have you been seeing . Well, i have been seeing its not such a terrible traffic tuesday. Compared to past post labor day tuesdays that i covered. Im here on the outer loop of the beltway. Just about at New Hampshire avenue. Youre looking at a lockdown picture from my live mobile newsroom and we are moving along at the posted speed limit. Right between 50 and 55 Miles Per Hour and the same goes on the inner loop on the other side. Thats pretty remarkable for this time of day. The only thing terrible so far has been the thunderstorms that topper has reported on in our region. They have been affecting the interstate 270 corridor and they are doing it again. Up around gaithersburg and germantown. But, the rain showers while they are intense, have been lasting 5 or 7 minutes and so far, drivers have been able to keep it together and there have been no major incidents because of weather. Right now, i can report to you that terrible traffic tuesday is actually looking pretty good for this evening commute. Reporting live from the board cameras in my mobile newsroom, scott broom, wusa9 on the outer loop of the beltway just crossing the northwest branch. Its terrific traffic tuesday almost, right . That looks awesome. Its like a holiday out there right now. All right, thank you, scott. The mcdonnells future now in the hands of the jury. Virginias former governor and his wife could spend decades in prison if they are convicted on all 14 counts. Peggy fox joins us with more on the first day of the deliberations. Peggy. Derek, the jury is home for the night after deliberating for 5 1 2 hours. They began the day by listening to more than 2 hours of jury instructions. A few of the key instructions benefit the prosecution. Thank god goodness and spent some time with my son. Bob mcdonnell and his wifes fate is in the hands of a seven men and five woman jury. They were charged in a 14 count indictment that accuses them of selling the prestige of the Governors Office for more than 177,000 worth of gifts and loans from jonnie williams. There is no evidence of a written agreement between williams and the mcdonnells. But the jury was told today that an agreement could be as simple as a wink and a nod. It could be something that occurred because the parties knew and evidence that knowledge by their future actions. The mcdonnells are accused o providing williams with official actions, such as meetings and events at the mansion. The fo at perdue, we pride ourselves on the freshness of our chicken. Well, not that kind of fresh. But i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires. 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High School Football is back. This is our first game of the week poll of the season. Four great games for you to choose from. Text the code to the game you want to 25543. Friday night lights is back. Its back and im going to predict that Trent Williams will have his way with the rookie. You got a little more to learn. In the big leagues. Show him the ropes. Absolutely. All right. That is all for our news at 6 00. Stay with wusa9 for the cbs evening news next. And were back in 30 minutes. As always, wusa9. Com is always