reporter: republicans return to control of the house, promising that openness will be the new standard. we will not always get it right, and we will not always agree on what did is right, but there is a great deal of scar tissue that has been built on both sides of the aisle. we can t ignore, that nor should we. reporter: the new former speaker nancy pelosi handed over the gavel t o ohio republican john boehner. the house gop set its sight on tackling the budget deficit and repealing healthcare reform. the people voted to end business as usual. and, today, we begin to carry out their instruction. reporter: pelosi promised to reach across the aisle and said where there is not common ground, democrats will stand their ground. when the new speaker of the house, john boehner and the new republican majority and, congratulations again, come forward with solutions that will address these american challenges, you will find us a willing partner. what nancy pelosi citizen
away and this went i spoke to said this is connected, this case. reporter: prince georges police spent all day here on crawford place. at one point, they left the house carrying bags and sures said they contained drugs. police were towing two vehicles from the scene a lincoln and chrysler 300. neighbors say the residents were a woman, her 6-year-old daughter and the boyfriend. a neighbor who didn t want to be identified, said the woman and her daughter are friendly and outgoing. she does everything that, you know, a mother does. and decorates the christmas in front of the house, it s beautiful at christmas time, decorates at thanksgiving, easter and whenever. she mingles with us, summertime, we cook out and send her plates, she sends us plates. reporter: a mile and a half away in a dirt pulloff next to a landfill, the police found the body of an adult man who was shot multiple times. a pass or by saw the body. officers responded and that is an act of homicide investig
most of the afternoon. it should be open now but it will only allow these folks to drive out of the apartment complex. the road won t be paved until about this time tomorrow. that s when they will be able to drive back in and hopefully resume some kind of normalcy but it has been quite an abnormal day today. back to you. jon: what a mess. claudia gomez, wilmington, delaware. thanks. our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been keeping a close eye on this storm. he is live now in the fox extreme weather center. rick? jon, you were just mentioning the drought a little bit ago. we had such a hot and dry summer across so much of the eastern part of the country. this is the drought that it has left behind. you see some of these areas shaded shaded in at least moderate drought. it extends farther back across the ohio river valley. they didn t get any of this moisture. so that drought is going to continue. this area from the mid atlantic in towards the northeast it s going to be wiped
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philly found this when she went outside. someone else s car had floated up on top of hers. you can see the storm also flooded out roads in new jersey. but a garden state climatologist says the mess could have been a whole lot worse. new jersey has been in the middle of a drought so water levels were low in rivers and streams and that may have prevented more serious flooding. in upstate new york, firefighters went door to door to check on folks who found themselves stranded by the floods. some areas got around seven inches of rain. but, again, this storm is not finished yet. we have team fox coverage of the east coast storm with rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center. first though to claudia gomez at station wtxf live in wilmington, delaware. how does it look there, claudia. well, jon, fortunately the storm has moved out of this particular area of the east coast. but, take a look behind me at what it left just a calferness