reporter: city council chairman kwame brown is not going to wait and is demanding the president testify at a hearing about what fox 5 uncovered. every day, something comes up new from you guys, you know, we have to follow up on it and this is before our oversight hearing. reporter: chairman brown sent this letter to the president sessum less than 49 hours after seeing our story saying he was troubled to see the report on fox 5 concerning your travel expenditures, and requested the very same documentation we used in our investigation. but brown writes the information has not been provided to me which he finds disrespectful. and we re going to be, put forth some of the same questions in the story and asked for answers and we will have the questions here. we ll be questioned about all the issues. reporter: chairman brown knows a think this or two about upsetting taxpayers after his own recent problems was driving high-priced city vehicles. there are going to be taxpa
good evening, i m jim vance. and i m doreen gentzler. we begin tonight with a tragic accident. a man who worked seven days a week who never drank alcohol was hit and killed by a drunk driver. darcy spencer spoke with his brother tonight. reporter: doreen, the accident happened on the key bridge here behind me. the victim had just left one of the many jobs he holds to provide for his 2-year-old son and his mom back home in guatemala. 23-year-old paneda was struck from behind and killed allegedly by a drunken driver as he pushed his moeped across the bridge sunday night. he was on his way after leaving a busboy job at tony & joe s restaurant in georgetown. his brother says he worked seven days a week. he was working very hard. he was making money for the family and sending money for my mom, you know. he was so very good. reporter: the incident happened in the southbound lanes of the bridge connecting georgetown and arlington. police say the driver of the suv that struck
[laughter] craig: why are there so many songs about rainbows what s on the other side [laughter] good night, everybody. good night. promises, promises. a plan to help the district go green has some people seeing red. i don t trust a lot of the district department environment is saying right now. i just don t trust. plus, top was tracking some warmer temperatures but don t put your winter coats away just yet. a local churches good intentions paved the road to health for one neighborhood. you might call this a classic not in my backyard situation. residents are furious over a plan to house ex-convicts in their neighborhood. in a story you ll see only on 9, live in southeast where a local church is at the center of the controversy. delia? reporter: homeowners in the 700 block of brandywine street say it s bad enough to deal with this rundown building that was supposed to be a community center promised five years ago. now they got to deal with the temple of praise
going on right now with the current conditions being reported at reagan national airport. a cold start to the day as expected. 35degrees at reagan national. it is breezy outside with the wind coming to us out of the north and west at 10 miles per hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar. it is a quiet picture. the rainfall that we had yesterday wrapped up last night around 9:00, 10:00 or so. it has moved out of here. most of the clouds have moved out as well. for today, it will be mostly sunny. take a look. things have really quieted down across the eastern u.s. the forecast for today, mostly sunny skies. much cooler after a high yesterday of 72 degrees. it hit 72 degrees i think for like eight minutes. 50 will be the high today. many of you will top out in the upper 40s. let s check in with julie wright. southbound third street tunnel remains closed at this time because of accident activity. a fatal crash occurred about 12:30 this morning. the southbound stretch of t
north korean tv says the south started it but the u.n. and china side with the u.s. and have called f restraint by all parties. tensions remain high,though, and the militaries in both koreas are on high alert. chris clackum, nbcews. the crisis in korea helped push the market lower today as investors dumped risky assets. the dow clos down 142 points to end the day at 11,036. the s&p 500 down 17 poin to end the day at 1180. today s selloff puts all three indexes down for the month. volume is light ahead of the holiday. there was a bomb scare at lon s airport today. the delta airlines cargo terminal was evacuated about 12:30 this afternoon. the bags contained bedding materials, they were not hazardous. the airport passenger terminals were not evacuated. the security scare like the one in boston has the tsa on high alert during this holiday travel season. and on the eve of one of the busiest travel days of the year, a new poll shows about half of americans believe that airp