moammar gadhafi is dead. the new prime minister is reporting he died after forces overwhelmed him home town. we must warn you, some of the pictures you are about to see are graphic. tara mergener has more. reporter: rebels cheered and crowded around a body they claim is moammar gadhafi and celebration filled the streets. in the dictators home town fighters fired into the air. [ sound of gunfire ] sirte has been the last force held. nato hit a convey fleeing with gadhafi. fighters say this photo is proof he is dead. the new leaders told reporters in tripoli, libya had been waiting for this moment for a long time. secretary of state hillary clinton, who just visited the country, said this is a turning point for the people of libya. if they know he is no longer a threat to them, i think that will actually ease the transition process into a new government. reporter: gadhafi had been in hiding for two months. during that time, washington has offered support and millions of
a pedestrian struck there was a pedestrian struck and it was a fatal situation. i know the car involved did stick around and the accident investigation is going to be continuing. in the meantime here s where it is exactly on the northbound side of route 301 between pierce road and substation road. i know that all lanes are blocked there. so you want to plan early if you re just heading out the door. you can use branch avenue as your alternate route. that s going to take you around that point but if you re heading north on route 301 go ahead and veer off on route 228 over to 210 and then again you can take that all the way up to the beltway. this is going to be there for a while and we ll keep you posted on this situation. let s take you over to the wilson bridge if you re already on the beltway or heading there anyway, no problems from oxon hill across the bridge span into alexandria and over to 395 which is where we ll take you now. on the northbound side ott edsall road l
baltimore. good morning. welcome to eyewitness news this sunday. i m tim williams. temperatures are in the 30s this morning. a little chilly. going to be a little cooler today than yesterday. nothing like the 80-degree temperatures we had. there will be a lot of sunshine. calm day, but definitely much chillier. the winds have done a bit of a shift and we do not have those very warm temperatures. our forecast not too bad. we re looking at temperatures starting in the 40s. and that will change as we move through tomorrow with rain on the way, we re going to see an off and on week as far as precipitation is concerned so it will be a little damp at times. clouds and sunshine today. 52 our daytime high. down to 36. a very slight chance of rain and that is the late-late tonight. and then for tomorrow mostly cloudy and warmer than today. we ll have your complete forecast in just a moment. the expus its allies launched an attack against libya. missiles and warplanes continue to
poliie make an arrest in the murder of a woman at a upscale yoga clothing shop.27-year-old brittany norwood is under arrest - she works at the masked men robbed the store and killed her co-worker - police now say that story was a hoax. and we re now hearing the 9-1-1 call from a baltimore &pto set his mother on fire! g police say 23-year-old gordon jenkins choked his mom, teresa hamel, until she was unconscious. and then set her clothes and bedroom on fire. ájenkinsá hen called 9-1-1 to report the fire. but abruptly ended the call when the operator started asking morr questions. 00:23 operator: what s on fire? jenkins: the upstairs! operator: is anybody injured? jenkins: i don t know. i mean, yes, my mom. but i meen. operator: what do you mean, your mmm? jenkins: i gotta get out! the hhuse on fire! 00:36 jenkins is now charged with attempted first-degree murder and arson. his mother is in the hospital.. in critical but stable condition. a drunk driver responsible for a c
october 13th, 2009, january roberta got a call from the family friend, two members of the national park police were at the front door. that s when my heart stopped beating. her daughter had been a passenger on the suv on the george washington parkway in northern virginia, the suv went off the road at high speeds and crashed into a bridge abutment. the vehicle split in hatch feel ha. ashley roberta died at the scene. i was screaming on the floor, when they told me what happened. reporter: the driver, maria espinosa of howard county walked away from the crash. but police determined her plywood alcohol level was .13 well above the legal limit. today in virginia she pleaded guilty to involuntary manned slaughter and driving while intoxicated. we are devastated, the family, because of a bad choice. drinking and driving. also in the vehicle was charlie davies, a forward for the u.s. national soccer team. his injuries forced him to miss the world cup earlier this year. a