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
down while trying to land in bad weather. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead. but officials fear that toll could go higher. in all, there were 252 passengers onboard that airliner. the crash site is a challenge, given the mountainous terrain. reporter: there are rescue teams rushing to the site. they have to go to a certain point and then trek up to the areas of the debris of the aircraft. it s will not be an easy rescue. this is the first crash for this airline, airblue, which began flying in 2004. we ll have much more from the crash site, later today on good morning america. next, to arizona, where a crackdown on illegal immigrants is set to become law. the go ahead is expected to come today. in the meantime, the latino community and the police are bracing for a battle. john hendren is joining us from washington with the latest. good morning, john. reporter: good morning, vinita. thousands of undocumented workers, today, are awaiting the ruling of a feder
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is running great . military road looks good. looks fine at rock creek park. looks good on the george washington parkway. let s look at typical volume of trafficked. it has been days since we have been able to see through these cameras because the power was out. restored once again at four corners. it does not take much. it s good to see progress. we begin with the widespread outages that women across the metro area. if it could be friday before everyone is back online. at the height of the storm, 300,000 or more were without power. that has dropped to about 50,000. crews from other states have helped in the restoration progress. brianne carter is at the staging area. we have seen a number of cruise go out to this morning from the staging area. crews from all kinds of different states try to get back into the neighborhoods to get the power back on as quickly as possible. the damage is still evident from sunday s storm. a number of trees are still down. they have to get t