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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm November 18, 2014

With layers of bags and blankets. He is sleeping on a bench in front of the world bank with lots of other homeless. I cant believe it. Reporter he has no plans to take the mayor up on had his offer of additional shelter. And i got other peoples stuff in here while they are trying to find jobs or hospitals. Reporter out at Washington Harbor in georgetown they are opening the ice rink. And tony and joes seafood place is hoping for a crowd. Other days its beautiful. Reporter you had to be from sweden to enjoy the wind and wipe caps out on the potomac. Scandinavian, viking, its okay. Reporter it is cold for your car, too. Aaa says calls for help are up 40 . Some for blown out tires and a lot for dead batties batteries. The more juice it takes for the battery to turn over. The youngest out of the group had only on a vest. Reporter Prince Georges County police are hoping to keep anyone from having to go out in the cold without a coat. Officer Jessica Mercer is asking for donations to the one warm coat campaign, and she has collected hundreds so far. Each citizen has an opportunity to help out their neighbor. So with in coat drive they have an opportunity to stay warm together. Reporter every single Prince Georges County Police Station is accepting donations of those coats through monday. Now, Prince Georges County has doubled the number of homeless beds that it has available. Montgomery county is on hypothermia alert. If you need somebody that if you know somebody that needs help, call the homeless hotline, the hypothermia hotline. Get them help. We also have the list of some of the homeless and hypothermia Warming Centers up on our website. Jan, back to you. Bruce, thank you. Right now in what can only be described as a shocking decision, Arlington County today canceled plans for the 550 million streetcar project. The 7. 4 miles of streetcar would have connected South Jefferson street and Leesburg Pike through columbia pike and then cut south of the pentagon down through crystal city and to potomac yards. Stephanie ramirez joins us live where those rails were supposed to be tonight. Steph. Reporter jan, the columbia pike corridor is a part of the project that was supposed to begin first. Officials have been working on this for years. Recently, there were engineers out here. So they did spend money on this specific project. But county Officials Say there was so much opposition that they had no choice but to ax it. A streetcar is nothing more than a bus with tracks and wires. Reporter libby garvey didnt support it. She says she was shocked to learn a half an hour before todays announcement we would all hear this. The only way to move Forward Together is to discontinue the streetcar project. Reporter the county board chair jay facet saying supporters were caught flat footed. He said the public instead showed their opposition in the primaries and again on election day by choosing the candidates Whose Campaign ran on opposing the streetcar. But its not just arlington thats now taking a hit. The 7. 4mile streetcar system was supposed to extend into the skyline area of fairfax county. They were also planning to spend millions on the joint venture. Their Board Chairman today said we are both saddened and disappointed at local businesses. We need to slow down and appreciate the shops that are here. It would add a lot of charm to the neighborhood. It would be a good idea to have it. Reporter but around had salon. I know the idea is like making it exotic looking like san francisco. But there is no room. I think it would slow down traffic. There is already so many people coming and going all the time. I used to live over on h street and the streetcar slowed down traffic so much. It was excruciating. Reporter some people moved speckically to the columbia pike corridor because of the streetcar coming. The chair says the Arlington County chair says the best thing they can do is support tows corridors and make sure they provide upgrades where needed. Stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. The man accused of torturing an attorney and his wife tried to get personal information on other attorneys in the firm. This is all according to prosecutors who argued against giving 31yearold andrew schmool bond. What other new information was revealed about the bizarrend brutal attack i. Reporter how do you feel about him being locked up . Reporter more than a dozen attorneys from the Prestigious Law Firm bean kenny and cormen were in court for the court league. His wife was fired from the firm. The couple is accused of torturing and stabbing the managing shareholder leo fisher and susan duncan at their mcclain home last week. Prosecutors say he tased and handcuffed the couple and then stabbed duncan in the sternum and fisher in the head, neck, and shareholders. It is a shame. Its hard to explain. The is not much more to say than in. Reporter in a statement they said the recounting of the brutal assault on leo fisher and his wife has added to the shock and revulsion we all experienced over the last few weeks. A neighbor said that on halloween alicia schm aa l told them she had been fired but was looking forward to moving and getting a new job. The neighbor said he thinks something more than the firing is behind the incident. He said andrew is a very likable and knowledgeable guy and that he even helped put that roof on his own house but had to take long breaks because of back pain. The neighbor said andrew was either very active or bedridden because of the back pain and the pain medication he was on. Prosecutors also revealed that susan duncan was able to trigger the alarm system by playing dead after andrew fired his gun at her. He missed, but thought he hit her. The judge denied him bond. Peggy fox, wusa 9. Zand you heard peggy mentioned that andrews story said he had mobility issues due to a back injury while in the service. The prosecutor produce add picture of him playing kickball in august. His parents were in court. They had no comment. His wife is also being held without bond. Also tonight we are learning that there is an official cause for the death of hannah graham. At the request of investigators they will not be releasing it. Grahams body was found on an abandoned property outside charlottesville. Jesse matthew is the only person charged we are had abduction. He pled not guilty last week to an unrelighted i5 sexual assault. The long running battle over weather to build the Keystone Pipeline comes up for a senate vote today. It dwight democrats and republicans and also puts congress on a path with a clash with the white house if it passes. Reporter after six years of debate and delay the senate is getting ready for a vote on the keystone xcel pipeline. Republicans say the crude aisle pipeline from canada to the gulf coast will boost the u. S. Economy. Its about energy. Its about jobs. Its about economic growth. It creates tax revenue to help reduce the deficit and the debt. It doesnt cost one penny. Reporter the bill does have the support of some dems. Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu is leading the charge. I brought this bill to the floor knowing in my heart that we have 60 votes. I sure hope we have got the courage that supports that. Reporter the senate vote is expected to be close. If the bill passes, the white house has signaled the president would likely veto it. Republicans say a veto would be ignoring what voters want. It would be equivalent of calling the American People stupid. Reporter most democrats oppose the bill because they say the pipeline is an environmental threat. Thats why i called this pipeline the keystone xcel extra lethal pipeline. Reporter Capitol Police arrested environmental protesters who targeted the offices of democrats voting. Craig boswell, cbs news capitol hill. Last week the house passed its own version of the bill renamed cassidy keystone solution for landrieus republican opponent bill cassity. Four people, including three american rabbis be, are dead after a terror attack in jer use loom. Police say two palestinian cousins armed with a pistol and meat cleaver carried out the attack. President obama condemned the attack. One of the deadliest in jerusalem in years. Folks, nations, israel as well as the United States and our hearts go out to the families. The Terror Group Hamas is not claiming responsibility, but a spokesperson is praising the assault. Israels Prime Minister is vowing to respond harshly to what he calls, quote, a cruel murder. And we spoke with rabbi bruce lust ig. One of the largest reformed synagogues in the nation. He told us synagogues in our area also have security. He says it is important for members to increase surroundings of their awareness or awareness of their surroundings, i should say. The mayor is refusing to discuss a news report that he rejected a plea offer from the feds. He was surrounded by cameras as he left the Community Event in southeast. If you want to talk about this continuing investigation, which has gone on almost four years, talk to al ben met. The Washington Post reports prosecutors were willing to let him plead to one felony for any role he played in illegal contributions from businessman jeffrey thompson. At six, Bruce Johnson reports on what greys attorneys, prosecutors and d. C. Council members are saying, including the mayorelect. We are just Getting Started on wusa 9 news at five. There are arrests for teen drinking made head lins earlier in year but the charges have been dropped. What happened to this case coming up at 5 30. Then coming up a little bit later the undercover sting that has a virginia woman facing terror charges tied to isis. I am meteorologist topper shutt. Some kind of cold. Treat it as if it were midwinter. Hat, gloves, scarf. You need a hat tonight. This is the windchill right now. These are the temperatures your exposed skin feels out the door. 22 downtown but 14 in gaithersburg, 18 in leesburg, and feels like 11 below in davis, west virginia. We will come back and talk about when the winds die down and how many records fall overnight. Plus, there is already four feet of snow on the ground in buffalo. Friends, it can always be worse. We will take a trip to western new york where the flakes arent done flying yet. Right on the new york city subway leads to a woman from virginia is due in Court Tomorrow on charges she plot todaythe terror group plotted to to help the terror group firm. I cant believe that literally Something Like this is happening right in my backyard. You see stuff like this on like csi. The fbi began investigating coffman last bring after she allegedly posted several items on facebook in support of isis. It could be a record setting snowfall in buffalo, new york. Some areas are expecting up to 70 inches before the lake effect snow stops falling tomorrow. Can you imagine . I was getting ready to say, i cant even imagine. Even a city like buffalo, that is a lot. Our sister station wgrv has been on the air all day long because, you know, where do you go when there is 70 inches of snow . Here is a quick sample of the problems they are finding. Right in the middle. We are right around 31 inches of snow. It continues to fall in some spots. You can kind of see. Well, there are towns like east aurora and alden that would get 60 to 70 inches by thursday. Basically, it will snow again tomorrow. Kind of taper off a little bit and then snow again hard on thursday and thursday night. They are hardened snow bunnies there. But even this has got to be a lot for them this early in the season . It is. And the lakes are so warm and this is like mid winter chill. It is a perfect lake effect snow machine. And as you watch the length of time, i call it fake snow. Anybody can blow cold water over a warm lake, right . It does require shovelling. I was going to say, fake or not, thats a lot of shovelling. Yes. Youre right. Even by their standards, its pretty tough. Now, as far as were concerned we are looking at the coldest november day since 1959 and temperatures running, if you factor in the winds, as much as 35 degrees below average. Take a look outside and temperatures downtown 32. Look at the dewpoint. Minus 1. Thats pretty low. That is a dry air mass. Relative humidity 24 . Thats low for us. Wind westerly at 15. The winds are going to die down, which is great. That will take the windchills up. But if the winds die down with this kind of an air mass and clear sky, temps will fall like a stone, especially after midnight. 32 right now. 28 in leesburg and 32 manassas. 24 hager town. 25 martinsberg. You factor in the wind and this is the story if you are going out tonight. Feels like 22 downtown. But mainly it feels like the teens in the suburbs. Even andrews windchill 17. 18 in leesburg and 14 in gaithersburg. We talked about windchill today. The dewpoint, hopefully the kids will remember, a great bunch of kids this afternoon. Winds slowly diminish tonight. Bus stop temperatures 14 to 30. Those are not windchill. Still cold on wednesday with temps in the 30s and still chilly to cold on thursday with temperatures in the 40s. Futurecast. 8 00 tonight 28 downtown. Mid 20s in the suburbs. By 10 00 you are walking the dog late it will be in the mid 20s across the board. Good news is winds will die down a bit. By morning 22 leesburg. I think these are actually high. 25 downtown. If the winds stay up at 15 miles an hour, we will keep in the 20s tonight. Either way, coldest so far across the board. Tomorrow afternoon a few clouds will come in late ahead of a cold front. Temperatures back into the midtoupper 30s. Thats it. 5 00 about 24 hours from now we are still in the lowtomid 30s with a few clouds. Not going to produce any snow or anything. Just clouds rolling through. By 7 30 temperatures lowtomid 70s. Wind gusts tomorrow a little bit more as we get into tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. Wind gusts to 30. I think this is a little bit overdone. Suffice to say another breezy afternoon. Wont are breezy tomorrow morning. It will get breezy in the afternoon and the evening. So for tonight clear and very cold. Coldest so far. 14 to 24. Winds westnorthwest at 10. Dulles record low high tomorrow 38. I think we are going to break that. I think the record low tonight at dellis is 20. I think we are going to break that, too. But the two records at national 33 for the record low high, 18, thats safe. 23 tonight for a low downtown, but 16 at dulles. 16 leesburg and 19 fairfax and 19 in rockville and about 19 in college park. So again coldest so far. Day planner. 29 at 9 00 with sunshine. 33 at 11 00. 35 at 1 00. All with sunshine but brutally cold. Next three days chilly on thursday, 46. A step down on friday, back to 43. But good news. Weekend 55. 64 on sunday. Showers possible late or sunday night. 68 on monday. Showers mainly at night. Not bad. Still in the upper 50s on tuesday. So no average temperatures until the weekend rolls around. Thank you, topper. In tonight as health alert the cold and flu season is here, but now you can fight it in style a brooklyn, new york company is selling a filtered scar much. As Chris Van Cleef explains, the creators claim is that the scarf helps keeps viruses away. I didnt want to get sick. I was annoyed someone was kneeing on me. Reporter his germfilled morning commute gave him a fashionable idea. It came on a subway . Pretty much. Riding the subway, sneeze in a crowded car and, boom, we need to do better. Reporter his brooklyn, new york partners created a scarf. Simply pull it up over your face. Loop to help hold it in place. Reporter they cost between 49 and 69 bucks. Think about it as a britta filter for your face. Reporter it lasts up to three months before needing to be replaced. Wear your scarf as a mask . Yes. Reporter would you do that . Sure i would if it looks nice. Yeah, i would probably not wear that. I would not wear that either. Reporter why not . It looks kind of silly. I think its a good idea. I think people would use it. Reporter if your eyes are exposed, can you still get the flu from a sneeze. This product can offer some protection against an aerosol, but its certainly not 100 . Reporter the makers of the scoff believe its a fashionable way to help prevent the flu, but you should still get the flu shot anyway. Thank you. Transferring money is a snap with a cool new tech feature and we are going to tell you about it after the break. Plus. M. O. Is the same. He works with people. He gets you into a position where you think you are going to work with him, and then he drugs you and rapes you. Another woman comes forward with a rape accusation against a fifth woman is coming forward with rape allegations against bill cosby. She says cosby invited her to help him come up with material for his comedy act. On the set of the cosby show she claims the comedian gave her a cocktail. I was sitting up, writing one second, and then the next second i was lying down on the couch having my underwear taken off. She claims she cut off contact with cosby a few weeks later after the comedian raped her a second time. He joked about miking womens drinks on a comedy album later that year. In tonights consumer alert, sales and profits are up for home depot despite a major Security Breach back in september. Hackers sold 56 million customers credit and debit card numbers. They estimate this breach will cost 34 million and that number is expected to rise. We have just learned that a deputy administrator is calling on takata to do a nationwide recall of airbags throughout the United States, and not just in the 13 states with high humidity. The agency said it made the decision based on new data it has reviewed. The takata airbags can explode violently and send shrapnel flying through the car. Five deaths are linked to the airbags. A dozen auto makers recalled 16 million vehicles because of the problem. And snapchat users will be able to send money much easier now. 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