road. sky 9 is over the scene where one vehicle rear ended another between the toll plaza and the exits to the beltway. when one of the drivers got out to inspect the damage, they were struck and killed by a third car. the accident has traffic backed up on the toll road right now for miles. still no verdict in the chandra levy murder trial, but we did get a question from the jury which might be a sign that they are edging closer to a decision on the fate of ingmar guandique. bruce johnson is trying to read the tea leaves at superior court. can we get an idea of what they're up to in that secret combined jury room? >> reporter: we can only make educated guesses. we did get a chance to get a look at the jury today. they came in with that question, and i'll tell ya what, they looked exhausted, blery-eyed, perhaps a little bit frustrated. but here is what they were asking about, this is the verdict sheet, the jury instructions. and we could have some video that will show you some tight shots in it. i would suggest to you that the question maybe indicates that they are getting down to going line by limpb through this line through this jury sheet and jury instructions and verdict sheet and the question they were dealing with was about this first-degree felony murder kidnapping charge. they wanted to know what the definition was of assault, and that was actually left out of these jury instructions. so the judge gave them the instruction that assault is down to as little as offensive touching. but as they were going through this, the prosecutor realized that they left out a clause here that was important and kind of expands this definition out a little bit, and they said that if ingmar guandique had taken items of value from the person of chandra levy, that that as well would constitute the assault as defined in this kidnapping, felony murder charge, and so that was included as well. and this question of taking items of personal value is important because the prosecutors contend that chandra levy had a fanny pack on her person when she went out walking in rock creek park back in 2001, and when they found her body, there was no fanny pack on her person, the contention of the prosecutor -- that ingmar guandique took that fanny pack with some money and so forth in it. a lot of the vetting down here was that we would get a verdict today. obviously we haven't. the jury has gone home. will come back on monday. we're keeping an eye on things. when we get a verdict, we'll let you know. >> bruce, thank you for that. former prosecutor and now defense attorney jim shal et joins us now. jim, what could today's question mean for this case? >> well, generally, a note like that is good for the government because if the jury felt that he wasn't there, didn't do it, what difference does it make what the definition of assault is? so that's generally a good note for the government, but as i said to you earlier, lesli, this is a tough case for the government, no eyewitness, no dna evidence, they got prior attacks on two women and a cellmate who says he killed her. >> with no physical evidence, a lot of this is circumstantial. >> it's a very, very tough case. i mean, there's nobody putting him at the scene except a cellmate who says in a vague way he says he killed her. can you believe the cellmate? and there was another cellmate who was brought forward to say i was there a lot with these guys and i never heard him confess. >> bruce was describing the jurors as being tired, exhausted, bleary-eyed. we were talking and you said friday is a key day that a jury will sort of come to sort some of a decision on a friday. now we're going into next week. what's your sense about whether this jury is actually going to be able to come to a decision or whether this could end up being a hung jury? >> this is a very difficult case for a jury. i'm sure they want to convict somebody for this horrible crime. however, they're bound to do it based on the evidence, and the evidence is not that strong in this case. >> i know we gotta get outta here, but you said before this is not such a high profile case, someone like guandique would have been acquitted long ago. >> that's quite possible. the emotions are on the side of the government, but the evidence is not strong, not strong at all. >> all right, jim, we'll see what the jury decides when they go back to deliberate on monday morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> anita. >> thanks. we have an update as well from west potomac high school where things are going back to the way they used to be. after a severe backlash, the school that banished fs and gave a second chance to cheating students is reversing course. the principal sent a letter home today saying the alexandria school will return to its prior disciplinary policy. that includes fs for students who are failing at the end of each grading period. students caught cheating or plagiarizing can also lose class credits. the principal says after talking with parents, teachers and students it became clear to him "we do not have the consensus to change your grading practices from prior years." president obama arrived in portugal today for two days of summit meetings centered around the future of the war in afghanistan and shoring up the world's economy. joel brown joins us live from the white house. joel, not all the global leaders joining him around the same page -- are on the same page. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, anita, compared to last week's g20 trip, this is a very brief european swing for the president, but it doesn't lessen the importance of this trip. nato is into its 10th year fighting in afghanistan. so finding a way out was at the top of the agenda. this roundtable of world leaders signed off on one of president obama's top priorities, an exit strategy in afghanistan. they planned to start gradually withdrawing troops by next july. >> so this summit is an important opportunity for us to align and approach the transition in afghanistan. >> reporter: the escalating war is dominating discussions at nato's two-day summit. of the 140,000 coalition troops, 2/3 are americans, but a record number of allied casualties this year is ramping up pressure for an exit plan. the president wants to fully hand over security to the afghans by the end of 2014. here at the white house, the administration is eager to show that the president is not taking his eye off the nation's economy, even though he's back on the road. in meetings with portugal's prime minister, the president pushed for more trade that will translate into u.s. jobs. >> my highest priority for both our countries and that is creating jobs and prosperity for our people. >> reporter: but not everyone is on the same page. saturday the president sits down with european leaders for meetings on fixing the global economy, while the white house favors more stimulus spending, more europeans are pushing drastic spending cuts and tax hikes. despite the differences, all sides say they want to cooperate, a united front in fighting a war and an economic crisis. so nato leaders are also voicing for start. that is the nuclear treaty he signed with russia. it's been sitting in the senate for months and the president is calling for senators to sign off on it before they recess, but republicans are still saying they need more time. anita. >> joel brown, thank you. it was a busy 24 hours for d.c. firefighters. crews made a dramatic rescue this morning at a home on lorrade place northwest. by the time they got there, flames had engulfed the entire second floor. one person had to be pulled from the home. >> we know the fire was on the second floor. right now we're in the process of determining the cause and origin, and then what we'll do is we'll know more about the fire, what caused it after that. >> the 93-year-old woman who was rescued is in the hospital with some critical injuries. three people are recovering from smoke inhalation after fire ripped through a northwest building last night. a total of six people had to be rescued from that building on kennedy street. the two-story building houses a church and apartments. investigators say the fire started in a first-floor unit and spread to the second floor. there's no word yet on the exact cause. a man pushing his car down a dark highway is struck and killed by another vehicle. it happened around 1:00 this morning on the bw parkway just north of route 1 nech in laurel. the victim was pushing his car on the southbound side. police say a car struck him in the process and he died on the scene. police say this is a reminder of the dangers of doing repairs on a dark highway. >> when people are disabled on the highway, they should stay in their vehicles, notify the police or a tow truck to come to assist them. we can make sure that the scene is a lot safer for you if you need to make repairs to your vehicle. >> the incident closed the southbound side of the parkway until just before the morning rush. we've got a commuter alert for drivers on the beltway in northern virginia. you want to stay away from the outer loop to the telegraph road interchange this weekend to avoid some major delays. construction on the wilson brink is going to -- bridge is going to require the outer loop to be narrowed between the eisenhower avenue exit and then just east of telegraph road. vdot says traffic could be backed up to springfield or even further. >> this is one of the larger paces and it is the last piece of the puzzle that completes this woodrow wilson corridor. >> vdot suggests that you take route 1 as an alternate route and work starts tonight, continues through sunday evening just in time for the monday evening rush hour. let's get a check on the evening rush hour on a friday night. typically a busy time, right, richard? >> reporter: as a matter of fact, we are finding the brake lights on the beltway inner loop, all the way in virginia from the george washington parkway extending through montgomery county all the way to new hampshire avenue and i-95 in prince george's county. some brakes on the way, but basically you'll be on the brake lights, so keep that in mind. slow also on the outer loop from the 270 spur going back to virginia to the dulles toll road. you should find all lanes over there. virginia, southbound 95 from washington boulevard down to duke street. beyond that point, southbound 95 quite slow from beyond the beltway going to 123 and even past that point to quantico slowing. still ahead, a woman who was sexually assaulted sues a local taxi company for leaving her in a dangerous area against her will. >> reporter: if you are headed to high school football playoff games tonight, take a jacket or sweatshirt. temps falling pretty quickly. we'll show you the current temp. low 50s in some spots, but already in the 40s in many spots. we'll also tell you why the number eight could be lucky for us. i'm manugiagas in new york. sarah palin has a new book coming out in which she talks about president obama and reality tv. we'll have that story coming up. this is southbound i-95 at ripen landing in dale city this morning. the exit ramp was shut down for a while as crews worked to clear the overturned trailer. no reports of any injuries. sky 9 captures the scene over i-270 where a car slowed down the morning commute. that car burst into flames on the southbound lanes of route 124 in gaitersburg. two lanes were shut down briefly while firefighters put out the blaze. no one was hurt. dutch authorities are examining natalee holloway's dental records to find out if a jaw bone found last friday in aruba could be hers. the alabama teen disappeared in 2005 while on a graduation trip to the caribbean island. the jaw bone was found by a tourist on the aruba beach. hallowway's father has been told that the bone comes from a young woman. an oregon man faces the possibility he'll be spending the holiday without his missing son. second grader kyron horman disappeared six months ago in portland. his biological parents are no longer together, but they both accuse the stepmother, terry horman for the disappearance. she's refused to talk. but he is speaking to "the early show." >> how much do you worry people will forget? >> i worry about it all the time. we went out yesterday at one of the local malls and passed out flyers to the businesses and a couple of comments, oh, i thought he was home already. and that just reaffirms that we gotta keep getting it out there. >> while searching for his son, kane horman holds down a full-time job and acts as a single dad to his daughter kiera. he says kiera longs for the return of her brother. sarah palin has a new book coming out next week and portions have leaked out on the internet. >> in the book, palin expresses her strong opinions on everything from the current administration to reality tv. manuel giagas has the details from new york. >> reporter: sarah palin's new book doesn't say whether she'll run for president, but with another popular best seller, tv shows and public appearances in political hi-important -- politically important states, she appears to be laying the groundwork as explain today barbara walters. >> if you ran for president, do you believe you could beat president obama? >> reporter: palin takes a swipe at barack obama saying he is among those who seems to think the tea party is racially prejudice. she also goes after the first lady, suggesting michelle obama hasn't shown enough pride in her country. sarah palin's first book "going rogue" sold over 2 million copies. the new book will have a first printing of 1 million and it's expected to be a best seller. >> from what i just recently read, 40% believe she should run for president, so perhaps that's the percentage that could be interested. >> reporter: readers will also get palin's take on pop culture. she criticizes "people 2 people" saying con -- criticizes "american idol," but she uplifts "dancing with the stars" and says her daughter is uplifting her in a fun new way. she writes, it was disgusting to watch as his 15 minutes of fame were exploited by supposed adults taking advantage of a lost kid. palin has complained on twitter about the leak of what she called out-of-context excerpts from the new book which isn't officially released until tuesday. >> publisher harper collins said palin worked with a ghost writer on boast books and planning a multi-state book tour. expect more traffic jams than usual over thanksgiving weekend if you're headed north on i-95. the problem, is the work around the new arc delaware toll plaza. delays could start as early as tuesday and last until the monday after thanksgiving. so the best advice? find a different way to get there. this weekend many of you will head out to pick the perfect bird to adorn your thanksgiving dinner table and while the prices may change where you live, here's a sampling of what you can expect to pay at some area stores. at giant, a fresh shady brooke turkey sells for 99 cents a pound. that same turkey frozen sells for 47 cents a pound and a frozen butterball sells for 99 cents a pound. over at shoppers food warehouse stores in northern virginia, a frozen marval prime turkey sells for 47 cents a pound and that fresh shady brooke young turkey there sells for 99 cents a pound. by the way, that's not turkey. >> no. but it is neat. >> it is neat. >> stinky meat. if you like kosher, if you want to do kosher, i know that whole foods is selling them for $3.49 a pound, a lot more expensive. also if you don't eat meat, faux turkey options. tofurkey. let's move over to what we have here. the smell is wasting. >> these folks send it to me every year, it's ukrainian catholic natural shrine at the holy family and want to have their annual christmas bazaar. it's sunday hairwood road northeast 4250 hairwood road. >> we get a closeup of those sausages. that looks good. >> the sausage, dumplings, it's all good. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every sunday, it's going to be rain or shine. let's talk about temperatures. could eight be our lucky number? yes, it could be, our eighth consecutive nice weekend. >> awesome. awesome fall weather. >> how's that? temps are falling like a stone out to the west. 43 in sphaás, 48 in leesburg, 43 up in fredrick, 45 in gaitersburg and 40 downtown. if you're headed to friday night football. we got tkpwaáeuftersburg at sherwood, a marquise game. temperatures in the 40s, clear and crisp. grab a jacket please, at least the sweatshirt. remember, you can always keep up with the scores at dc.high schoolsports.net. we'll have all the highlights. a nice november weekend. saturday breezy and milder. now saturday night cold again and then mostly sunny but cool on sunday. then we go back to mild weather on monday. so temperatures still kind of going up and down for the next four days or so. tonight clear skies, cold. 34 to 42. winds will turn southwesterly at 10. that will actually keep temps up a little bit. the winds were to go dead calm and not turn to the southwest, we'd probably see some upper 20s tonight. instead 45 in gaitersburg, 45 in buoy. that's one of the colder readings, actually. and 30s out to the west of us. again, a pretty chilly night, but the good news is no winds. saturday morning mostly sunny and cold, you know, grab your shades and light jacket, 30ed and 40s. winds briefly southwest at 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly cloudy and milder, highs near 60. that's a good deal. winds turn northwesterly only at 10. zone forecast, only in the 40s for oakland tomorrow. everybody else in the 50s. 55 in cumberland, upper 50s for hagerstown. 60 for cullpepper, that's a warm reading. downtown we should make 60. 59 over for annapolis, small craft advisories expire at 10:00 a.m. next three days, nice on saturday. i mean, it's still a nice day on sunday, just cooler, sunshine, and we're looking at 64, milder on monday. now, the next seven days looks like this, we're looking at temperatures generally in the 60s. as a matter of fact, it gets sort of chilly toward the end of the week. winter will make a comeback. 66 on tuesday, 60 on monday and then we're looking at temperatures in the upper 50s on thanksgiving. i've delayed the cold air for a day, so some showers possible on thanksgiving, and, yes, i have some snow here, snow showers, no less, on friday morning, temperatures only 42 for a high. >> whoa! >> that is a change. we have been very blessed this fall. >> we really have. >> thanks for bringing us that food. >> my pleasure. >> it's stinky. still ahead tonight, watch out, this is today's top pick. everybody wants a piece of ironman coming up after the break. up next, one lawmaker lays the smackdown on another in the parliament in argentina. we'll show you what happened. germany remains on high alert for a possible terrorist attack. this after germany's top security official now says a suspicious package found in an airport yesterday was designed to test airport security. the suitcase was found near bags found from munich. investigators are still trying to figure out who put it there. that threat came amid heightened concerns of terrorist threats against germany. washington archbishop donald whorl will be elevated by pope benedict storm. archbishop whorl is one of 25 new roman catholic that will be installed saturday at the vatican. cardinals began arriving ahead of this big meeting and one of the big things they'll be discussing is the priest sexual abuse scandal. catholic school students across d.c., maryland and virginia all wore red today to celebrate the cardinal designatee and our lady of victory school in northwest, they also showed off a special congratulations banner. they were handed out money at president lincoln's cottage in northwest. the u.s. mint introduced the new abraham lincoln $1 coin this morning. the ceremony coincides with the 147th anniversary of the