She realized it but got the run around. Now the private company that runs the express lanes wants 10,000. Because she cant pay, the state is threatening to take away her drivers license and vehicle registration. They say i owe it and i tried to pay. Reporter lisa commerce is about to lose her virginia drivers license over a 14 express lanes toll. How does 14 become 10,000 . Theres just no way. Reporter for every toll violation transurban adds a 100 administration fee, a 77 cost. The first violation carries a 50 civil penalty, the second 250, the third 500 every additional one is 1,000. Why is the state enforcing a private for profit companys business . It just seem as to muddy of a seems too muddy of a water. Reporter but its a different story in maryland where the state runs these express lanes and you dont even have to have an ezpass. We send them a notice in the mail and our video toll rate is 1 1 2 times our standard toll rate. Reporter the only fine is a 50 civil penalty only charged after notification and 30 days of not paying the toll. Bob callan said he got on the lanes one time by mistake. Now transurban wants 600. If bob callan made the same mistake on the express lanes in maryland, he would not have been charged any fines or civil penalties. He would have just received a bill in the mail for 1 2 times the toll and been charged a whopping 1. 58. Letting a private company run a highway is the problem say several attorneys. I think they sort of made a deal with the devil to get this road built. Reporter now i talked to delegate dave albo who is a state lawmaker from springfield who helped write the law that gave transurban the write to operate the express lanes and i asked him about these high fees and fines. He said well, virginia didnt have 1 billion to build the express lanes. Transurban did. Im peggy fox reporting live in falls church. Back to you. I imagine this is not the last well hear of this. Based on a judges 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 were 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. Lets 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 side of frederick, gaithersburg, hagerstown, martinsburg, temperatures above freezing and 40 downtown by 1 00. By 6 00 were looking at more showers and snow showers possible, maybe one out towards manassas. Wouldnt get hung up on the exact location of these, sort of like summertime hit or miss. Well come back, let you know when temperatures will finally make it back to 60. Disturbing new details about the copilot blamed for deliberately crashing that germanwings plane into the french alps. Investigators uncovered evidence indicating Andrea Lubitz was struggling with an Andreas Lubitz was struggling with an illness that he hid from his employers. He had a doctors note urging him to go on medical leave the day of the tragedy. When someone is in the state of mind of about to commit suicide, they dont think of anything else except they must relieve their pain. Here in washington flags are flying half staff outside the embassies of germany, france and spain. Lubitz was a patient in february and march for a diagnostic investigation that officials could not share details about, including one visit two weeks before the crash. The medical Examiners Office in roanoke says the autopsy on noah thomas are complete and results are pending. Still there are no arrests in his death. The Sheriffs Office says today moving forward the investigation will focus on facts and not driven by rumors. Reporter im mola lenghi in dublin, virginia, where the search for missing 5yearold noah thomas has turned into a death investigation, one that has produced few leads and very few answers. After 5yearold noah top was found dead in a septic tank this mans daughter asked him a question he was not ready for. Daddy, is he dead . And honestly it took me 15 seconds to think of a good answer because how do you explain that to another 5year old . Reporter authorities have not done much explaining about how noah ended up in his familys septic tank. This particular septic tank, how do you access it . Is there any way this could have been an accident . I cant speak to any part of the investigation. Reporter what about the septic tank, how you can access that . I cant speak to that. I think whats hurting the most right now is nobody knows. Reporter when people dont know, they speculate. He talks to dozens of people a day where he works at the dublin grocery store. Upper radios are running rampant. You have a friend of a police officer, a friend of a firefighter saying we heard this, we heard that and its nothing good. This investigation will be focused on facts and physical evidence and will not be driven by speculation, nor rumors. Reporter perhaps the most important physical evidence . The autopsy on noahs body. How he died will help explain exactly what happened. In dublin, virginia, mola lenghi, wusa9. Police have not said when theyll result the autopsy results. A daycare mom in rockville charged with felony child abuse had a state license to operate despite at least 10 violations since the end of 2013. Officers arrested ana valentin yesterday after an investigation into a january incident at her home daycare business. Doctors said a baby girl in her care suffered severe shaken baby syndrome injuries. The child remains seriously disabled. State officials pulled valentins license after the incident. Her other violations include a potentially dangerous play space and incomplete training. You might say cvs could stand for cited for violation second time at one of the companys drugstores in the district. The 2nd time in three months a rodent pest violation resulted in suspension of the cvs store at 2000 l street in northwest. Cvs issued a statement indicating the pharmacy and other parts of the store are still open. Its Pest Control Service was back on the premises today. A first for nasa ed to, how the agency is push today, how the agency is pushing Space Exploration forward with this afternoons blastoff. Next the new Live Streaming app periscope is all the craze, but there if you were hanging out with us at 5 00 yesterday, you got a first look at the new Live Streaming app periscope. Now were taking it to the streets. Some tech experts say periscope is changing the way we all see news and Debra Alfarone is live with phone in hand near the 16th street bridge and telling us how construction is affecting the commute there. Reporter ive got eight people from around the country looking at this. You can see this app periscope. Im showing them behind the scenes and also showing people whats going on right here. Theyre looking at whats going on with the 16th street, this whole slowdown because of construction, but theyre from all around the country. I talked to people from boston, atlanta, the uk. Theyre looking at this right now and yesterday this came in very handy. A powerful dangerous and perhaps even deadly building explosion rocked new york citys east village thursday. Photographers captured the scene, but before they got there people on the street streamed it live through the power of periscope, the new app owned by twitter where you can easily stream video and sound live while people from around the world can watch and communicate with you. Did you know that you are being live streamed on periscope . Repto people in adams morgan today. Were doing stories about this new app on periscope. Reporter and there are 10 people around the country watching this. What do you think of that . Many say its a game changer for how you see breaking news, kind of like how this picture, the first snap of the miracle on the hudson, crashed twit pic in 2009, but there are concerns. Wusa9 web guru joni v. It gives anyone with an iphone the ability to shoot breaking news video, but it doesnt mean theyre a verified trusted source. Reporter like this video of a protest, but who is protesting what . While you may find some cute pups, theres always the opportunity to come across something you may find offensive. Parents should always know when it comes to apps like this you have to monitor your childs itunes downloads, whatever theyre getting in the app store. Reporter you can see were still using this live. See all those hearts because people are enjoying this report, believe it or not. You can see what the traffic conditions are like here on 16th street using this on my iphone. However, this app is not yet ready for android. Debra alfarone, wusa9. Hello to all those people. Thank you. Twitter is apparently trying to stomp out rival app meerkat which launched about a month ago by restricting its access to some twitter functions. Were supposed to be in the 60s this week, right . Its spring, but we could see snowflakes this weekend. After the break topper tells us when well get back to normal. Reporter its 70 degrees here in spokane. Its so warm the Cherry Blossoms have begun to bloom already, going to be hot inside the arena as its the biggest trade violation in history. Today middle east governments are shredding open skies agreements they signed pumping over 40 billion in prohibited subsidies into their stateowned airlines. Protectionism at its worst. And their actions threaten thousands of u. S. Aviation jobs. Its time for middle east countries to play by the rules. Restore competition. Restore open skies. Fight for american jobs. The fate of healthcare exchanges and subsidies now lies in the hands of the supreme court. The justices are expected to rule this summer on whether they stay or go. If they go away, representative joe kennedy, iii who sits on the subcommittee in charge of obamacare says its no problem. The legislative fix on this is pretty simple. Its a technical fix to make sure that all members of our society, all americans, are able to get access to those subsidies. So i would certainly hope our colleagues here would file that legislation right away and it get through the house and signed into law. The house tried to repeal obamacare 54 times. So a vote to save the most controversial part of the bill is probably unlikely. The healthcare conversation does continue on capital download sunday here on wusa9. Join Derek Mcginty and usa todays susan page at 8 30 a. M. For astronaut scott kelly, its 2 1 2 hours down, 8,257 hours to go. The rocket man blasted off from the launch pad in kazakhstan on a mission to spend one full year in space. And liftoff. A year in space starts now, kelly, kornienko on their way towards the International Space station. Scientists will closely monitor kelly during his year up there to learn more about the effects of long term spaceflight and they will compare his vital signs with those of his earth bound twin brother retired astronaut mark kelly, husband of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, some breaks in the clouds. Its chilly, again hard to believe we were 77 this time yesterday. Were 51 now, dew points fallen back into the 20s, winds northwest at 12. Looking at a pretty dry and cold air mass this weekend. Colder tonight. You will need a coat and gloves, wind chills in the 20s. More like winter tomorrow with a few flakes mixed in. Sunday better but still cool. Well struggle to get to 50. Thats better than struggling to get to the low 40s, i suppose. The weekend will still be okay for Outdoor Activities if youre a bike rider or jogger, cyclist or walker, you can. Just add a layer. Tonight 8 00 40s, 43 in gaithersburg, 46 in manassas and leesburg, temps not falling off the table tonight. By 9 30 still low 40s with breaks in the clouds off to the north and west, frederick, leesburg and culpeper. We get into Morning Hours 7 00, generally clear to partly cloudy and temps falling now below freezing just about everywhere even la plata 31, manassas and culpeper 32 degrees and by 10 00 a few clouds begin to gather up to the north looking at temperatures still 37 in gaithersburg by 1 00 but notice the blue. That is a little snow on our legend. Just a passing fleury or snow shower about it. 40 downtown at 1 00. Well make it into the 40s at least downtown. By 5 30 a little patch of blue over manassas. I said this earlier. Dont get real hung up on the exact location of these snow showers. Much like summertime we tell you not to get too hung up on the exact location of the thunderstorms. The models arent that good. Theyre good enough to say there will be some showers and snow showers in the metro, but pinpointing them, well have to wait. Late tomorrow night we fall into the 20s quickly. Well be in the mid20s in the suburbs. Tonight mostly cloudy, breezy, colder, maybe a late flurry, low temperatures 28 to 36, winds northwest 10 to 15. Mid30s to start, 37 at 11 00, maybe a fleury, a better chance of a snow flurry, a better chance of a snow shower downtown, 40. Sunday better, showers possible sunday night, 50. Monday maybe a shower early, temps going the right direction, were 60 by monday. Next seven days tuesday were in good shape, low 60s, mid to upper 60s wednesday, maybe a shower wednesday night and rather unsettled thursday and friday, rain and showers, but remaining mild. The maryland women are appearing in their 23rd ncaa tournament. To advance they need to beat a team thats given them some trouble of late. The team is in spokane prepping for the sweet 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 communitys health. Keep the heart of americas hospitals strong. For you and your family Tell Congress dont cut hospital care. Well, sir. After some serious consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. Youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. With a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. Wow youre totally blindsiding me here. Whos gonna manage your accounts . This is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. Well, im gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. Jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. Red velvet. Oh, thank you. I made this. Take charge of your retirement. Talk to a state farm agent today. [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. Wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. Now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. The maryland women will play a familiar foe in the sweet 16 tomorrow, duke, their former acc rival. The terps are in the big 10 and hope for big results in spokane. That is where dave owens is. He has the latest. Whats it like out there . I hear 70 degrees at least. Reporter yeah, die. I feel like im in the yeah, diane. I feel like im in the bahamas. Lets talk about this rivalry. When you say maryland and duke, thats all you got to say in the dmv. If maryland needed any motivation, the schedulemakers took care of that. Take a look. Well, the attitude is like now, but that will change in about 24 hours. When you say duke maryland, you might as well say hatfield and mccoy. We dont like duke. Thats it, simple. I feel like both teams make each other better, but a game you kind of feel like you want to get respect. Reporter duke features elizabeth williams, one of the best players in the country and if theres one player the terps must stop, shes it. No. 1 player coming out of high school, no. 1 draft pick coming up in the wnba. Shes tremendously big, strong, aggressive. I remember my first shot i took at duke she actually blocked it and i was like oh, my goodness. This is going to be a long game. We have to play team defense. Well have our moments to help out on her. Reporter game aside its a special moment for maryland, its fourth straight sweet 16 and head coach brenda frese said enjoy the ride. Its something ill never take for granted. So just those moments for these players to have these opportunities that you build a program like maryland here into a program of consistency. Reporter yeah, its a program of consistency, all right. By the way, as you said earlier, diane, dukes won four of the last five. I asked lauren what she thought and she said redemption. Later tonight weve had great inside access with the women. Weve got fun stuff for you. Heres a hunt. One of the players becomes the reporter. Ill see you at 11 00. Back to you in the studio. Well catch you then. To the pro game where the wizard trying to get off the slide, theyve lost four games. Since then theyve signed will bynum, but none of that mattered earlier when all eyes were on a young teen making a wish come true. 13yearold nittin took part in the game shoot around and will be part of the team. He follows the wizards every day. This dream come true to hang out with them helps him forget hes battling a form of brain cancer. Last year was tough with all of the chemo and all the medicines and the news coming. It was tough for me and all the times i would feel sick, but keeping a positive attitude gets me through it and im glad to be here. To be on this team and hear about that, you know, to give people hope, give a little kid hope, thats amazing. Inspiring kid. And the wizards could use his help about now, 10 pelley the copilot had a doctors note that could have kept him off that plane. European airlines have changed their cockpit rules and the search goes on for the victims. Also tonight, the search for the missing in a new york city explosion and fire. Doctors have modified the polio virus to attack brain cancer. This, to me, is the most promising therapy ive seen in my career, period. Pelley and Steve Hartman on the road with the play of the week in the stands. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, as investigators looked for clueses too why Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew a jetliner into a mountain, they found
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