And volunteers were there to help celebrate. This is such an exciting day because weve moved to that next step, said steve struthers, president of the projects for patriots board. Weve been doing a lot of the background work and getting things going with all the things for financing and things like that to finally get to this point. The landen project is the first under projects for patriots. Organizers say they hope it leads to more projects to help other veterans down the road. Project Board Members say the renovations will cost about 125thousand dollars. 70 percent product and labor has been donated for the house. They say the project should be completed by no later than february first. And theyre hoping to have everything done sooner so that the family can move in as early as possible. Matt and sheila . If you wouldldike to support the landen family, there will be a fundraiser for the landen project tomorrow. It will be at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown sioux city. There is a soci
Situation and conditions they are in at this hour. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is live in leesburg. Jeff . Well maureen talking about the temperatures, it certainly feels a lot colder now than it did maybe an hour or two ago and this was the rush hour. A lot of people are concerned about, but its not prooufb to be any problems. This is route 7 in leesburg. Very busy road. Its been clear for most of the day. This cold and the snow really the pavement not cold enough for it to stick. Its been warm on the roads so things not sticking. Not creating a lot of slipping and sliding. Certainly good news. All over leesburg though and all over the place, we saw trucks out there getting a good workout. Certainly happy about getting that work after somewhat slow winter time. Very picturesque scene out here in leesburg. Looks like a snow globe. All over the place, we were on the roads in ashburn, chantilly and herndon as well. Really did seem like drivers were taking it easy and dri
Home. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. And im derek mcginty. The man under arrest for allegedly plotting a terror attack on the u. S. Capitol. The suspect is a sympathizer with the Islamic Terrorist Group isis. Jims onman is live on capital jim osman is live on capitol hill with more on how the agents learned of his plot. Reporter heres the criminal complaint, seven pages in all we went through tonight and what we found is quite alarming. 20yearold christopher cornell, the alleged plotter to pipe bombing the capitol and kill lawmakers, never made it out of ohio. When he came out the door, he was about halfway across here to where the cars are parked. By that time the agents had come across the parking lot and two agents were on top of him, two or three. Reporter cornell had exited a gun shop buying ammunition when the fbi apprehended him. The governor alleges cornell crafted an isis inspired plot. In a lot of these cases where a sting is used, you look at the perpetrator and they look li
A kind of difficult troubled time, dont we with, all this . Yeah. But i have full faith in our military and intelligence capability, so im not too worried. Reporter that woman visiting from colorado springs, colorado. Cornell was planning to travel with an fbi informant to wash and had just purchased to washington and had just purchased 600 rounds of ammunition. That was when cornell was arrested. Well have more tonight on wusa9 news at 11 00 and always on our mobile app. Jim osman, wusa9 news. Another developing story tonight, a u. S. Official says the secret service is reassigning four of the highest ranking executives because of a series of security mishaps including several recent white house fence jumpers. The execs are assistant directors for different departments and have been reassigned within the secret service. A fifth assistant director is retiring. Right now in Falls Church Fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused an explosion at the eden center. So far they
Strategic reasons. The move was to avoid letting terrorist agencies know they were hot on their trail. He was asked if his resignation at any impact on his testimony, and he said no. Basically, his resignation had nothing to do with the benghazi issue. The attacks still could have and should have been thwarted the staff better protected, some say, and they insist that calls for increased security should have been heeded. They add to our ability to make judgments about what is clearly a failure of intelligence. David petraeus added in telling lawmakers that security was so lax, protesters literally walked in and set fire to the consulate. Thank you. More information on the two women at the center of the petraeus scandal. Apparently they made visits to the white house. Paula broadwell with whom he admitted having an affair, was at the white house twice in 2009 and 2011. And jill kelley, the woman who began the investigation that led to petraeuss investigation, was at the white house. Nei