the cold front moved through last night. we are seeing a transition into more comfortable air. lingering clouds moving out of the metro area. winchester 68 and stafford. still humid in the metro area, but that is changing. a fairly comfortable day with lower humidity. you ll notice that over the next couple hours. tomorrow, same story comfortable, low humidity, made 80 s. a crash gone on the beltway at central ave. they are doing some paving in clarks gap. expect unusual delays. we zoom in to southern maryland, which is good. rte. 4 and route 5 in and out of baltimore uneventful. more neighbors hitting the road, southbound 270. and 66 and 94,5, plenty of the volume up to the beltway. that is the left side, the headlights on their way to 495. it s 6:02 and our top story. the death toll from a raid on a luxury hotel in afghanistan keeps on rising. armed attackers stormed the intercontinental hotel. at least 10 people were dead. good moring. ning. attacks in the afghan c
this is fox 5 news at 10:00. it used to be prince george s county s top politician. now jack johnson could be looking at years behind bars. tonight we dig deeper into the cloud of corruption hanging over the county. plus a couple is brutally beaten and robbed after leaving a popular local store. now police reach out to the public to find their attacker. and a bombshell announcement from arnold schwarzenegger. tonight we re giving you a chance to weigh in on the scandal that apparently broke up his marriage. good evening. i m brian bolter. and i m shawn yancy. former prince george s county executive jack johnson apologized today after pleading guilty to two felony charges connected to a corruption scandal. i m very sorry for what happened. you know, we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of the lord. today johnson pled guilty to extortion and witness and evidence tampering. fbi agents arrested the former county exec and his wife councilwoman leslie johnso
much like yesterday, parts of the area had bright sunshine for a good portion of the day. those of who you do get the rain showers and thunderstorms very short period of time. we have embedded thunderstorms through much of the city. you might see a brief heavy downpour as you run out the door, particularly on the west side of the beltway. you can see to the south and east we have some clearing. not going to rain every minute but we could see heavy rain at times. because of that, we have a flash flood watch which is in effect for most of the area here. 63 at reagan national. 64 in ocean city. lots of clouds around. a little bush. thunderstorm a possibility. 7 # your daytime high. more details on the frost. the weekend looks good. i ll have that for you in a minute. 72 your daytime hoyt. jack johnson pleads guilty. the next step will be prison. he was arrested last november with long with his wife. this plea agreement has nothing to do with the case against his wife. the
bodies to confuse police. he also studied other serial killers. he also studied other serial killers. neighbors who have known scott for years say there were hints early on that he might be a predator. most of the problem started when he was around 10. started him being a peeping tom, leading to videotaping people, breaking and entering. you d never have known he was going to commit murder. reporter: police worry scott might be responsible for other unsolved homicides in d.c., texas and florida, other locations he s known to have frequented. there are about 40 unsolved murders in his home county which will also be looked at again. i m looking at these the number of crimes associated with this individual. in my experience, 30 years of policing, i ve not seen, never seen such type of criminal in our midst. reporter: rosa smith, dolores dewitt s mother, still can t understand. to do this without knowing a person.
story of a 27-year-old man in maryland that police call a suspect in a series of mother-daughter murders. capturing jason thomas scott and cracking the case was quite a challenge for investigators near washington, d.c. pierre thomas reports. reporter: the horror began at this home on january 26th, 2009, as an intruder neutralized the alarm system and slipped in. karen lofton, a 45-year-old nurse, was fatally shot as she tried to hide in this corner. her 16-year-old daughter was repeatedly shot as she frantically dialed 911 from her bed. police were perplexed. the doors were locked. no signs of forced entry. neighbors were terrified. two months later, the bodies of dolores dewitt, 42, and her 20-year-old daughter, ebony, were found in a burning car less than a mile away from the loftons home. another nurse and a daughter killed. i will tell you mr. scott presented us with a very challenging ability to identify him as a suspect. reporter: this man, jason