leasing or owning suvs. she said she got sick and tired of seeing so many large vehicles in the fleet. she said they were a waste of money and used too much gasoline. well, the bill she pushed passed a year later, but it appears it was ignored. how could a law passed in 2003 just be ignored? well, that s what council member tommy wells wants to know. he tells us 42 suvs including the two ordered for council chairman brown are in violation of the law. i do believe it appears the laws have been broken and we ll have to make referrals to the attorney general. reporter: the initial legislation was introduced by former council member carol schwartz. the law passed and then restricted suvs and other cars that got less than 22 miles per gallon. the mayor and emergency vehicles were exempt. schwartz told me by phone today that she was disturbed the law was being ignored. she said my intent nine years ago was to get the d.c. government away from using suvs unless for top security
day. sky fox overhead just before 8:00 this morning at the mark train station on summit avenue where an 81-year-old gaithersburg man was struck and killed by an inbound train. witnesses told place he d been waiting out in the cold in a nearby coffee shop. when he saw the train coming, he hurried across the tracks to be able to board. unfortunately it appears that he misjudged how fast the train was coming, how long it would take him to cross in front of it. this is presenting itself as a tragic accident. reporter: the victim has been identified as james thomas which he mons, renowned scholar at wesley clemons, a renowned scholar at wesically seminary. he was kind and curious and adventurous. i can t think of a time i saw jim clemons when he wasn t smiling and so when i heard, i was just stunned. reporter: clemons taught at the seminary 28 years. he d also done internationally recognized work in the area of suicide prevention and at 81 was still very physically acti
laguardia. eric fisher is there now. what is the lest conditions like there now? reporter: gooevening. the latest conditions, the fact that they have one runway open. some good newthere but it is deiving. just because it isopen, that doesn mean planes will be flying tonight. we mght be a few flights out of here but they reshowing a lot of cancellatis at the moment. that shouldbe the story. they e also looking to tryo open around 6:0 and jfk and newark. i wouldn t speck many fligh. the winds aret 50. every timee try to car a runway, here com the snow filling it back. in itas been a self-defeating practice. this is a term, blizzard, that do notse very often as meteorologis. we have used it four tmes in theast year. just amazing how strong these storm have been. up there around you, isaw reports o nearly 70-mile-an-hour winds. towa nantucket, they gusted to 80 last night the same strength as a categor 1 hurricane. we always remind people, the big difference between a hurri
abduction. her two children just want her to come home. good evening, i m doreen gentzler. v jim vance is off tonight. it was a night in early october when unique harris put her two young boys to bed as well as her niece. when the children woke up, she was gone. sincthat night, police say there has been no trace of her, not from a cell phone, a credit card, nothing. tonight her family is still holding out hoepe. craig melman joins us from d.c. headquarters with more. craig? reporter: d.c. police are sang at this point this does not look like your typical adult runaway case. after two months of interviewing and re-interviewing family and iends, police say they do not have a single lead. meanwhile, at a community meeting recently in southeast, a top police commander, when discussing the case, used the word abduction. andre and richard haven t seen their mother sin october 9. their grandmother says they ve even stopped asking about her as much as they used to. this is very p
is live in northeast and she has the flip side of the story. probably the worst-case scenario when you are forced to deal with this and no power. reporter: no power in northeast d.c., linden place and 12th street. the pepco crews will be wrapped up sometime early this evening. people have been without power since about 10:00 last night. they are blaming the heave yes use for burning out underground cables. these crews are replacing the cables and trying to get the people in the neighborhood their air-conditioning back. the heat was a burden to anybody outside. like this guy repairing a roof on a charter school in northeast. here is an ambitious salesman taking advantage of thirsty motorists. can you believe it, the bethesda baseball camp went on as scheduled. these 5 to 13 year olds didn t miss a beat. they play in the heat. 99 degrees. reporter: or no heat with good advice from counselors and coaches on how to avoid heat exhaustion. we are trying to give a lot of bra