riot team on scene, people are not being allowed on to the grounds and there s about 100 or so gathered on k-street. we have cameras in that area, but a u.s. park police officer hit in the face with a brick at the occupied d.c. site. this comes after this morning park police officers going in and doing some endorsement activities to clear out some of the campers who may have been in mcpherson square. reporter: as a helicopter hovered above, mounted police and others in riot gear moved in on the ground. and demonstrate foors assembled their own after some pushing and shoving, confrontations didn t escalate much beyond that. soon metal fences went up in the park and around its perimeter. as a result fewer tents and more compliance on the ban. we moved into the park to enforce the camping regulations, this camping is a nuisance abatement. they told us this morning that they were going to be removing tents that weren t in compliance. reporter: some protesters chose to b
during a cnn interview wednesday morning. i m not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i ll fix it. i m not concerned about the very rich. they re doing just fine. reporter: the phrase i m not concerned about the very poor lit up twitter with the obama campaign manager writing so much for we re all in this together. you have a lot to write about. reporter: the white house used the remark to contrast romney s view of the recession against the president s. middle class americans, lower income americans and poor americans were hit hard by the recession. reporter: but it wasn t just democrats piling on. let me shot governor romney. the founding fathers meant the very poor who they called americans. my goal is to find steps for every american to have a job. reporter: later romney said the comment was meant to show he is focused on the middle class. of course, i m concerned about all americans, the porks the wealthy, middle class.
if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter. we have had some light rain in the southern suburbs all morning. that will continue for the next couple of hours. temperatures will be a difficult call today. 50 degrees at the airport. upper 40 s this afternoon. a chance for rain this morning. temperatures in the 40 s of north. we ll come back and check the forecast for super bowl weekend. 1 accident if you are travelling towards the airport. a bit of a delay as you make your way towards stony run road. the rest of the major roadways are shaping up just fine. light rain around the area. you may need to give yourself a couple of extra minutes. still running smoothly at 57 miles per hour. 11 minutes on the inner loop from the 83 s over towards 95. 10 minutes on southbound 95 towards 32. this is 795. southbound traffic at franklin is picking up. this is the parkton region. 83 southbound moving very well down from the maryland line. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. a bu
even though we had the plunge yesterday, the sun is out. that s what we have today. temperatures at 33. winds from the west at 5 miles per hour. as we head into the afternoon, we will reach into the upper 40 s. normal this time of year is around 41. we have a front heading our way. maybe sprinkles off to our north late this evening could lead to flurries. i will show you where it is likely to fall when we come back in the full forecast. a rash of car accidents leave s accidents leaves many people dead. sheldon dutes has more. state police say a car was traveling in the wrong direction on davidson road. the car slammed head on to another car and caused a firey crash. four people perished in this crash. three of whom were in the vehicle on westbound lanes and the other vehicle was occupied by only one vibbling. briana franco and zachary rose were 18 and 19-year-old brittany walker. not long after the accident several people called 911 to report a car driving in the wron
crews began the pain-staking process of excavating around the well early this morning. richard reid is live on the scene with the latest. this is a very active scene. the police pulled the body out of the well at 4:00 this afternoon. it s about a quarter-mile here behind me. this is an unusual case. nobody can remember a case where a body has been recovered from a well. authorities are trying to see if this is connected to a missing alexandria man. forensic scientists and homicide investigators are digging for answers here. it s shocking. it s an unfortunate situation. a death investigation involving a body at the bottom of a 20-foot well. call, at least. an anonymous call midday thursday led the police to this open field and the house nearby to old fort road. now investigators have descended down to the well. they ll take picture, remove the remain, search the rest of the well for any evidence. police aren t identifying the body or saying how long it s been in