people deceased in the home. a total of five. understand what them is a woman in her 60s if. there was a man in his 40's. and some men in their '30's. we understand they are all immigrants from el salvador. we had a chance to speak with a close friend a member of their church. say while they may not be blood relatives, they consider themselves all family in the church. they are all each other has. there's a lot of tears. you workers and firefighters are still inside the home trying to figure out exactly what haven' -- happened to cause the level to be so high. it was off the charts. something that could kill somebody in a matter of minutes. they have not figured out the cause. investigation is underway. at this point, homicide detectives are here, and representatives from washington gas. they say the house has a gas furnace, gas hot water heater, and a gas stove. they are trying to figure out if anything malfunctioned. it was a chilly night. the bottom line is five adults are deceased. a terrible tragedy. looks like carbon monoxide is the cause. they were discovered this morning when a friend became very worried and went to the house. it was too late for paramedics to do anything. carbon monoxide poisoning had claimed all these victims. we will have much more on this through the day and again this evening. >> a terrible story. coming up at noon, police investigating a house fire in montgomery county. newschopper 7 over the home in the 2300 block of twin valley home in oxon hill. there was a fire in the fireplace overnight but that has not been determined to be because officially. soldier who gave u.s. secrets to wikileaks is in a fort meade court for another pretrial hearing. bradley manning facing several charges including aiding the enemy of. is asking the judge today to dismiss all the charges claiming military prosecutors did not hand over documents that could help his defense if. faces life in prison if convicted. >> clear skies around the region, warm weather could be making a return as well. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> warmer outside today than yesterday. but still about 10 degrees below average for this time of year in spots. i want to start with a time lapse in the belfort furniture weather center from arlington. the camera at washington-lee high school. the clouds drift away in the morning and dissipate as they move out of the region. now we have patchy fog, fair weather clouds of. you can see the trees shaking around because of the gusty wind in excess of 20 miles an hour at times. we are 56 degrees in herndon, 55 in fairfax 52 in my delma village, 55 in oxon hill -- 52 in montgomery village. the upper 50's in the northwest of the metro area. breezy in the daylight hours. the wind will subside tonight. there's more rain on the way. i will talk about it, coming up. >> of marion barry taking more heat, this time is surrounding new controversial comments that he made about the asian community. just weeks ago he apologized for making another gaffe. >> another day and another controversy surrounding d.c. councilman marion barry. this time, the comments from yesterday's meeting between council members and officials from the university of d.c. marion barry, while talking budget told university officials he believes if they need to do a better job of recruiting and hiring teachers and nurses that are district residents. >> if you look at the hospital now, you find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the philippines. grow our own teachers and nurses. >> he's right. we do need more african-american nurses. >> if i was about to die, i would not care where the person was from if they could save my life. >> the comment about filipino nurses comes just a few weeks after marion barry came under fire for comments he made about asian business owners if in the city and some of their restaurants being "dirty." >> i think that he says things to get attention. >> many district residents believe his comments are being taken out of context and there are some who believe he is out of line. >> marion barry being marion barry without thinking first. >> i always supported him. i don't think he said nothing wrong. i think people are making a big issue out of nothing because it is marion barry. >> a staff member told us they had no comment at his office. jummy olabanji reporting. >> we would like to know if you think about this. out poll question for the day do you think that he has gone too far with his comments? log on to our website, wjla.com. >> metrobus riders, passengers may have been exposed to a contagious infection,. metro reports a bus driver has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. the driver operated a bus that ran along 14th street in northwest last friday. metro says the passengers may of been exposed to that disease. >> it is scary. >> pretty scary. >> yes, very upsetting. >> metro is disinfecting more than 100 metro buses as a precaution. >> the district could soon end a ban on sunday alcohol sales. council member jim graham is likely to recommend sunday sales as part of the city's budget. it could bring an additional 700 $10,000 in sales tax revenue. the sunday alcohol sales proposal is intended to be used as leverage to erase vincent gray's proposal to extend our hours. >> mcpherson square is getting cleaned up. park officials closed off the south end of the square yesterday to begin. the beginso -- to begin the cleanup. they will not get to the other side until the occupiers leave. >> more speed cameras and red light camera is coming to montgomery county, 10 of tspeed cameras and 20 red-light cameras by the end of 2014. >> a newly released study shows shocking numbers about teenagers being distracted behind the wheel. one-third of those admitted to reading text messages while driving. two thirds identify themselves as very safe drivers. >> we need to take the same kind of approach with distracted driving as we have with tough laws, tougher enforcement and personal responsibility. >> that was transportation secretary ray lahood. only eight states several years ago had a law banning cellphone use behind the wheel. now it is 37 states plus d.c. that have made it illegal. >> president obama has presented this year's teacher of the year award. rebecca receive the honor at the white house today. she teaches seventh grade english at california middle school. there were also finalists from the other states recognized. the president praised each and every one of them for their hard work in the classroom. >> these are the kind of teachers who change lives forever. i would not be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me and pushed me and put up with me and inspired me. >> the president says they went above and beyond getting students and parents involved in the class. the winner has parents' nights and sends out a weekly memo to parents and maintains a facebook page. coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- >> the crazy thing is that i feel ashamed. >> a pink slip that takes the cake. a woman fired after donating her kidney to her boss. >> more explosive testimony in the john edwards corruption trial. >> a disturbing trend among teenagers. a lethal cocktail of mouthwash and hand sanitizer if that has landed us in the teenagers in the emergency room. >> first, a live look outside. it is nice an >> you are watching abc 7 "news at noon" with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> a star witness is taking the stand today in the criminal trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. his former aide andrew young will appear in court for the prosecution. also testified yesterday about meeting edwards' mistress. edwards is accused of accepting nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions in order to cover up an extramarital affair that he had during his 2008 presidential race. >> another twist in the trayvon martin investigation. city leaders in sanford have rejected the resignation of the police chief. bill lee was criticized for how his department handle the 17- year-old death. the temporarily stepped down last month after being accused of not charging zimmerman. zimmerman is now free on bond in the meantime and is in hiding. police have fitted him with a gps device, however. >> no good deed goes unpunished for. >> the new york woman is suing after she said and heard a good deed got her fired. debbie stevens works at a car company. she donated her own kidney to help keep her boss alive. her boss was in desperate need of a transplant and was far down the donor list. stevens, was not a match for the transplant, donated on behalf of her boss to move her higher on a list of. stevens said all she got in return with shame and humiliation. >> it was pretty bad. yelling at me all day every day picking at me, scolding me in front of business associates. >> stevens said when she complained to management, she was transferred to a branch 50 miles away and then fired. is now suing atlantic auto group. the company issued a statement saying stevens has used her own generous act to make the claim and that she was treated fairly. it's a disgruntled mcdonald's customer jumps over the counter and then runs after workers in the restaurant. the customer had been there the night before and complained about the service you received a. rampage lasted about 30 seconds. no one was seriously injured. police are looking for the suspect. >> a weatherman in pennsylvania finds its unbearable to do is forecast. talk about the hazards of the job. >> a family of bears invaded the set. he he ran back inside and decided he would do the forecast from inside the studio instead. >> i used to work near there. they have a beautiful outdoor set at the base of a ski resort. makes for some great outside shots. the bears are taking advantage of it. >> i think the viewer looks a little better from inside right about now. >> adam caskey probably would have been out there. >> he probably would have been petting the animals and feeding them. >> not with the cub around. that's when you go the other way. i was riding my bicycle one time and a little bear cub ran past and we stopped and the mama was not far behind. it's a nice day around here, back to sunshine, temperatures on the upswing. nor'easter is moving out of here. here's a look at the great sunrise this morning at 6:19. beautiful. notice the clouds, how they shift and then dissipate in the morning. it is pretty cool. you see the time lapse of the clouds completely dissipating. now we have fair weather, patchy clouds popping up in the sky. that's what we will have the rest of the day. here's the latest pollen count. it was washed a vote on the weekend and the past couple days from the rain. we needed the rainfall. we still have been on the backside of the nor'easter and the cool weather the. today's 10 degrees below average in terms of the high temperature. we will be back to where we should be by tomorrow. the pollen is moving back up to where it usually is. in the high range for the trees and moderate for the grass. i am sure this will rise even more tomorrow. by thursday, that's our next chance of rain. we could put another nice little dent in the rainfall and precipitation deficit for the year so far. reagan national since january 1 7.28 inches, that inches,4 inches below average for the year. definitely an improvement from the showers we had saturday all the way through yesterday, but still we could use a little more rainfall. think we will get some on thursday. 57 degrees at dulles, 55 in manassas, 59 in the district, 52 in cumberland. oakland, maryland, in garrett county, 37 degrees. a bit of a wind chill out there. in excess of 20 miles an hour. in frederick recently in the last 30 minutes recorded a gust of 31. now 29 at there. the wind will subside especially in the evening. this is a sign of fall, lake- effect snow fall going on in parts of new york and pennsylvania especially earlier this morning. there's a nor'easter pushing off into eastern canada if. the next system that could affect us is in western canada over the rockies for. that will drop south into washington on thursday. it will push a warm front through, so if it will increase our temperatures. thursday will be warm day. and it will bring a cold front throat. -- through. partly cloudy tonight, near 40 degrees. warmer and pleasant tomorrow, well into the '60s. the average high is 69 this time of year. if on thursday, there you go. the book ends of the day will have rainfall. don't be surprised if you wake up to morning showers and then at lunchtime on thursday it is sunny and pleasant. then another round of rain when you are driving home. we could still use this. i will talk about the weekend coming up. >> thank you. 12:18 might now. i want to get your piggy banks ready. today is teach children to save day. saving money. >> a great concept. a lesson in finance. some first graders at elementary school and a hands-on lesson in managing their money. a handful of kids learning how to save today. bankers are going to the class room, teaching children about finances. it's a lesson really paid off in the long run. >> helping them open a savings account in kindergarten, they have come back to us and said they graduated from high school with a lot of money saved for their college education. >> today's lesson for the kids was all about need versus want. they all held up signs and that helped them figure out how to prioritize their spending, so the kids were engaged. >> one group about helping the troops and families may have jobs. military officers association of america encouraging former soldiers and their spouses to come out to the fear that being held at the convention center today, going on right now. that will continue until 3:00 this afternoon if. you still have time. this extends to government employees as well. companies looking for potential employees in every job sckill. a dangerous trend involving hand sanitizer. a warning for parents. >> ufo sightings i was paying too much with cable. paying so much you want better quality. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. 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