from first local station with news in high definition this is 9 news now. welcome to 9 news now at noon. i m j.c. hayward. well, judge sonia sotomayor has cleared a big hurdle in her path to the supreme court. we re going to take a live look at the senate judiciary committee. they just approved her to be the first hispanic woman to the supreme court. joel brown from cbs has the latest now from captiol hill. reporter: sonia sotomayor will soon be a step closer to becoming the first hispanic justice on the supreme court. the judiciary committee will vote to send her nomination to the full senate. all 12 democrats on the panel are supporting president obama s first high court nominee. i think this woman has done a splendid job. she s shown a dedication to the law. this has been tested and tested. reporter: republican lindsey graham is crossing the aisle to vote for sonia sotomayor. i would not have chosen her, but i understand why president obama did. reporter: whe
welcome to 9 news now at noon. i m j.c. hayward. we will begin with an amber alert for a missing child in virginia. virginia state police say 1- year-old naomi was in a minivan that was somen a few hours ago in virginia beach. police have identified matthew nash as the suspect. according to police, the little girl s mother was pumping gas at a 7-eleven at 9:30 this morning when nash got in the car and drove away. naomi was still in her car seat. now, the vehicle has been described as a honda odyssey with florida tags. hashem 2. the color is either green or gray. anyone with information should call 911. we are also following another developing story that started last night. police in fairfax county, they are involved in a standoff with a person inside. we first brought you the story on wusa wusa9.com at 11:00 last night. the house is located in the 0077block of fisher dre 00in mclean, virginia. and that s where we are joined live with more information. police are not relea