breaking news tonight in fairfax county. a man is charged with killing his roommate in the county s first murder of the year. police say 22-year-old benjamin walker killed rhea leslie who is also 22 years old. they both lived together on gunther court in the centerville area. authorities say walker came to the jail and reported that a woman was dead inside his house. when police got there, they found leslie s body. good evening, everyone. on what is a very busy night here. i m aaron gilchrist. we are also following breaking news in the race for the white house tonight. former utah governor jon huntsman is ending his campaign in the race for the republican nomination. nbc news confirmed tonight that huntsman will endorse mitt romney. huntsman finished a distant third in the new hampshire primary. tomorrow the gop presidential candidates will debate in myrtle beach. that s ahead of next week s south carolina primary. right now they are locked in a battle for the palmetto state.
roadways south of the beltway. this is 72 at 29. looking pretty good at this hour on 29. we can see some fog on 895. it is tough to see. plan accordingly. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. a body is found after a fire in stevensville. the body has not been identified. three firefighters needed medical attention after fighting that f begin in the trial of a man accused of murdering a boy. he is accused of sexually assaulting and killing adjacent madison and stuffing the boy s body in a closet of his home. investigators have not explained what prompted the man to attack the teenager. it could be the last day in the trial of paul schurick. he is charged with authorizing illegal robocalls. kim dacey is live at the mitchell courthouse with more on what is expected today. the defense plans to call two more witnesses. one is a character witness for paul schurick. the defense attorney says one of the witnesses participated in the campaign to reach out to african american
mcpherson square park poo-pooed the occupiers. they just want to be on tv. they ain t homeless. they got a place to stay. they don t represent us. reporter: moments ago u.s. park police moved in on the nearly two dozen occupy d.c. protesters who have been sitting in and on top of a structure they built in the middle of mcpherson square park. right now you are looking at a live image of the few remaining protesters that are still on top of the structure. as we said, all the protesters that were below have been removed and now u.s. park police are getting ready to take care of the few folks that are there. part of the reason is that they don t want to knock them off that structure and hurt them and i have to say, bruce, that u.s. park police have been very restrained because even though we did show you some of the scuffling going on, no one has been seriously hurt and even though all the officers were equipped with pepper spray, no person spray has been deployed or used at
virginia beltway, alexandria heading up to tyson s, all the overnight roadwork out of your way and here s 395 at the bridge with the light volume. no incidents to report maryland beltway save for the rest of the construction on the inner loop the eastbound beltway at colesville road pulling the barrels away from the right side there. here at the american legion bridge, no early troubles 270 corridor in on 50 from annapolis, buoy, the vw parkway into down. back to you mike, andrea. the man accused of shooting at the white house has now been charged with trying to assassinate president obama. in morning a disturbing video of ortega-hernandez made is circulating. 9news now reporter surae chinn is outside the white house with more. the good morning. reporter: well, good morning. this story getting more bizarre and stranger by the day. 9news now obtained that 48 minute videotape of ortega- hernandez basically pleading to oprah for a job. and he believes himself to be a moder
team did the bernie dance. dulanny valley high school. it set off a firestorm f complaints from dulaney valley parents - who called it lewdd and offensive. principal george roberts says he fell his decision was right at the time. but after fuuthee investigation, says the punishment may have been harsh. 22:30 i do respect himmfor making the decision for at the time because that s his job but i really wish he would ve made a better decision to prevent all this 44 41roberts says furrher disciplinarr actiin will likely be taken against the team. for now, they mustt ake an online ttaining course on pportsmanship. 3 breaking news in perry toniggh.an apartment ccmplex farm rood.the fire went aven - through the roof of the building and quickly went to three alarms. more than a hundred firefighterssweree called to the scene and at putting out hot spots. 11 people were left homeless by thh fire, but there are no reports oo ny injuries. 3 senate president. mike millerrsays./ a. hhke.