the scene on sheriff road near fedex field in landover. fox 5 s will thomas arrived on the scene a short time ago. what have you found out? reporter: here s what we know. just after 7:00 this evening an officer patrolling an area right off the 8100 block of sheriff road, i know it s very dark, you won t see much, but trust me, this is a dark sort of isolated road lined by these giant trees. there s some apartment buildings on the other side. here s why i m here. the officers know there s a pocket back there near the trees, near the apartment building where people gather. there s some drug use that often goes on. an officer working alone sees three people together acting suspicious. we can go back to the sky fox video. he sees these three people. as he approaches, they scatter. he goes after all three of them, catches one of them and tackles that man, an adult man. i m going to bring in corporal larry johnson from prince george s county police to pick it up from this point.
in the middle of connecticut avenue this week speaks out about her tragic loss. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us tonight. i m laura evans. i m wisdom martin. we start with the arrest of actor george clooney. it happened during a protest outside the sundanese embassy in d.c. the demonstration comes two days after clooney testified on the hill about mounting violence in the sudan and just one day after meeting with president obama about the same thing. protestors gathered at the embassy of sudan in wash to complain that the president of that nation is block washington to complain that the president of that nation is blocking food aid to starving people. george clooney put his star power behind the demonstration. clooney and his father nick clooney asked action immediately for the humanitarian crisis. immediately we need humanitarian aid allowed into the sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. clooney and the protestors blocked
tsunami rocked the coast of india, how survivors are paying tribute to the thousands who lost their lives. we begin with a news alert. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. i m maureen umeh. the family of a disabled man said he got on an amtrak train in union station 10 days ago heading home to alabama, but never made it and no one has seen him since. roz plater is in the newsroom with more. this family learned two new clues, one from a virginia woman on that train, the other from a charlotte detective, but they don t know where he is and it s frustrating. mitchell malik smith is blind, has been missing for 10 days now and his family is plenty worried. not knowing anything, you want to know where, what, if he s okay and as i say, that s what s so surprising to me. if he is okay, why hasn t he called? reporter: relatives say they dropped him off at union station the evening of december 16th. he had a ticket to birmingham, a route he d taken many times before.
contenders are taking aim. looking to derail texas congressman ron paul in the first in the nation rival state, they plan to hit with tv ads. all the talk about the ron paul surge and the support that he has out, there the momentum that he hassing into the january 3rd caucuses is real. reporter: mitt romney, michele bachmann, rick perry kick off bus tours while santorum goes hunting. mike huckabee says the outcome may boil down to the elements. if the weather is good, mitt romney is in better shape. if the weather is bad, ron paul will win. reporter: on january 10th, the nation s first primary is scheduled where romney leads by double digits. begin rich and paul are tied for second ahead of jon huntsman. he will take new hampshire by storm and do well there. that will propel him into south carolina where he will have problems. i don t think it s over yet. i still think the southern states are problematic for romney. some say he wins iowa and new hampshire, a cake wa
have concerns about the republican alternatives. fox news digital politics editor cries stierwalt, host of the power play on foxnews.com live, joins me now. hi chris. greetings from sue city, how we doing? alisyn: doing well. looks chilly there but you guys did a great job last night. let s talk about this new poll, because it s interesting, it measures how independents feel. as we said, 59 percent of them say they disapprove. what better calculus is there, frankly, as to what s going to happen in 2012, since aren t they the decision makers? let s put it into an even larger context. remember that the president has been getting a jump on his republican rivals, whoever that ends up being, since labor day. he has been essentially in a full-time campaign since labor day, and the historic unprecedented kickoff speech to joint session of congress. he s been railing against republican intransigence in the house over and over again, impede blips, and his numbers are worse than