caused two trains, both on the red line, to lose power and keep tens and thousands of passengers stuck in the system for up to an hour. >> do you have a delay down there? >> i have to get to work. >> how did you spend the time? >> listen to music and look at videos. >> not upset? >> no. it's usual. this all began between 8:00 and 9:00 this morning. just like this one here, it was half way between the rhode island avenue station when suddenly, that middle rail lost power. metro couldn't solve the problem. eventually, they had to get some 60 people off of the train. >> we made the decision to get the 60 passengers safely off that train, back to a platform located nearby at brentwood yard where buses were waiting. there were no injuries as a result of the evacuation. two passengers were transported to local hospitals for medical evaluation. >> there was no evacuation in

the second incident this morning. but between 9:00 and 10:00, a red line train near the tenly town station came to a halt after the power failed. >> metro carries a million people a day, any time our passengers are affected in that way in their regular commute is tremendously concerning. >> tonight, metro is looking at data from its computers to figure out what caused those two outages. this is bruce johnson reporting from northeast washington. for 9news now. i'm surae chinn at the metro stop where the second power failure occurred. and where riders are frustrated. >> i don't know. it was such a mess. i didn't want to take the train anymore. >> and lots of confusion. >> they are going to evacuate us again and get the power back on. >> andy took this picture sitting in the dark train. >> no electricity at all. >> the six car train was full to capacity with roughly a

thousand on board. it would take metro an hour to restore power and move the train 150 feet to the station platform. >> i could tell more and more people -- it was getting to them. ladies were experiencing panic attacks and people were beginning to get restless. >> anny is like many we talk with that say they don't have the choice but to rely on the transit system. >> it hasn't affected my trust in the metro system. >> at the metro station, surae chinn, 9news now. >> a school day altercation in coolidge high escalated into an after school gunfight today leaving one student wounded and another in custody. d.c. school's chancellor says the two students got into an argument earlier in the day. after leaving the building, one of students came back with a gun as school was letting out at 3:15 and shot the other student in the leg. that suspect and shooter were arrested. the victim is expected to

survive. as the washington nationals set their sights on the post season, the d.c. council guarantees metro will extend its hours. the question tonight is, who is going to pay for all that? >> but i don't think many of our passengers or taxpayers want us siphoning off $30,000 a night. >> you think the nats can pay? >> i don't think metro will pay. >> metro will be open so everyone who attends a playoff game can get home. >> the other sports teams, they play for the additional metro service. are we looking at a scenario where the nats won't be paying, perhaps the combination of the nats and city paying? >> we'll have to see. >> we'll have to see. evans concedes maryland and virginia won't be asked to foot the bill. at least not this year. french embassies are stepping up their security after a magazine in france published unflattering cartoons featuring the prophet mohommed. although the country has

freedom of press, he questions the responsibility of publishing such cartoons. after all this, sparked outrage in the middle east and went to the killing of u.s. ambassador, libya, chris stevens. three other americans died in that attack. so, governments around the world restrict the mocking of mohommed or should we be standing up for free speech, especially when it ts scary and dangerous? let me know what you think. send us an e-mail. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. mitt romney shifting from defense to offense. aggressively attacking the president on the economy. in the very tight race for the white house, showing him trailing in three key states. danielle nottingham has the latest. >> raising campaign cash in atlanta, mitt romney worked to steer his message back to the economy and away from the secret recorded comments he made to campaign donors.

>> the question of this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. i do, he does. the question is, who can help the poor and the middle class? i can, he can't. >> number two on the republican ticket spent wednesday looking for votes in virginia where a new poll of likely voters shows president obama leading romney by four points. he's also up by six points in wisconsin and a point in colorado. paul ryan pointed to remarks the president made when he was in illinois state senator. >> president obama said that he believes in redistribution. mitt romney and i are not running to redistribute their wealth. >> the white house says republicans are bringing up a 14-year-old tape to divert attention away from romney to own comments. >> this is where our campaign is having a very bad day or very bad week. in circumstances like that, there are efforts made, sometimes desperate efforts made to change the subject.

>> on capitol hill, democrats were having a field day with romney's caught on tape moment. >> his comments just show how out of touch he is with america. >> the president and mitt romney will meet in colorado in just two weeks for their first debate. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. we can hardly wait for that. this evening, romney making his cay to latino voters. he'll participate in the candidate forrum and he holds a rally in miami. president obama gets his turn on the tv network tomorrow. attorney general, eric holder, and his top deputies in the clear tonight in the wake of the botched gun walking operation known as fast and furious. the justice department inspector rules holder had no knowledge of that operation that allowed thousands of guns to cross into mexico. two of those weapons turned up at a scene where drug traffickers could kill a border patrol agent. and a lifetime ban tonight for former olympic switch coach. that's the man accused of

having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old back in the 80s. the founder of the swim club announced today he is giving up his fight against the ban before the national review board. let's take a look outside right now. it is gorgeous. just a little hint of fall in the air and topper shutt is out on the weather terrace enjoying it. the rest of our evening going to be nice, but cool? >> if you're going to be out past 9:00 or 10:00, i would bring a sweater or jacket. a touch of fall. a fantastic evening. let's start with temperatures. even downtown, it's 68. 63 in gaithersburg. 64 in manassas and leesburg. 66 up in frederick. and another 68 down toward fredericksburg. so, pretty cool evening already. it's going to just get colder. satellite picture, radar combined. a few clouds earlier today. now we are left with clear skies and that means the clear skies, calm winds, dry air mass. it's going to be chilly. clear skies, chilly. open the window, but not too

far. lows 46 to 56. winds easterly at 10. again, a little touch of fall. we'll come back and talk about weather for high school football. also for the redskins and also for the ravens. big stuff this weekend. thank you, top. still to come on 9news. an elaborate plan to get his son a date to the dance backfires on a border patrol pilot. and right after the break, how babies are being used to fight crime in one dangerous neighborhood.

this is right near burke, virginia, where the train is stopped dead and it's not going to be moving for a while. in fact, if you're waiting for somebody heading south, you probably aught to perhaps keep the dinner warm. it may be a while. that's train number 331 stopped for a police probe. what are they looking for? there was a suspicious package on the tracks. the delays are at least two

hours. advising passengers to get off at burke and find some other way to get home. the railroad is working to transport them around the problem. if you are expecting someone, keep the dinner warmed up, it could be a while. students in chicago are back in school today after teachersended that seven-day strike. union delegates voted to suspend the walkout last night. their contract is not perfect, but it's good enough to get the teachers back into the classroom. the d.c. city council is back to work after a two month recess. mary introduced three bills. one of which would pave the way for automobiles, or if you prefer, self-driving cars. now this measure allows for rules governing the vehicles to be created. these cars could provide a safe alternative for the elderly or visually impaired. laws permitting self-driving cars are in place in nevada, florida, and california. store owners in one dangerous neighborhood are

turning to babies to help fight crime. take a look at this. when the shutters come down on these stores in southeast london, they have baby faces painted on them. they are all over the place. experts say they were looking for a way to fight the violence. >> when people look at this. they think of their babies and families. >> while some residents say babies aren't going to make any difference, doctors at the university of pennsylvania found that the big eyes and the chubby cheeks trigger a caring response in our brains. the company behind the project plans to monitor the crime statistics for a year to see if the baby faces perhaps make a difference. this is a live look outside right now and topper shutt will be along with your forecast. >> it involved a helicopter, a stuffed animal, and some flowers. now dad is in big trouble after the helicopter dance request here at patriot high school. the story coming up.

a u.s. customs and border patrol pilot in trouble tonight. apparently he went too far. the pilot dropped an invitation from a chopper over patriot high last week. however, as reporter peggy fox explains, dad got permission from the school, but not from his boss. >> all of a sudden, this helicopter came and it was sitting right over top of that

fence right there. >> students snapped pictures of the helicopter after it hovered over their football field. here's one posted on instagram. >> i noticed a helicopter coming from the right side of this field. and then it kept coming to the football field. >> the chopper dropped a stuffed bulldog carrying a request for senior, tori burriss who is the football team's first female kicker. >> when i came out, i never even kicked a football before. and then jamie started teaching me techniques and everything. >> janie is the first string kicker and according to these student, the one who sent the message from above. >> he walked over to tori and they walked over to the stadium and a teddy bear that said, dear tori, will you go to homecoming with me, love jamie. it was so cute. >> his father is a pilot for the u.s. custom border patrol. and according to officials, he

did not get authorization for the drop. hedid, however, get permission from the principal. >> our understanding is that the father was a licensed pilot who consistently flies over that area. the principal was clear that it could be done safely. >> the pilot has been reassigned while cbp officials review the incident. >> who can say i got asked to homecoming with a teddy bear from a helicopter? no one can say that. i think it's cool. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> helicopters are cool. but that pilot has been temporarily reassigned since he did not ask for permission. disciplinary action is pending. montgomery county world war ii veterans honored today. albert was a member of the 106th infantry division. he was captured by the british. >> we were forced to march for 14 days and put into boxcars for six days for the final trip

to our camp. we had no food or drink for the 19 days. but fortunately, god and his wisdom made it snow and we grabbed handfuls to sustain us. >> some men were in prison before the russian army got there and let them out. space shuttle endeavor in houston tonight. a pit stop as the ship making its final voyage from the kennedy space center to l.a. where it will be on permanent display. bolted on to that 747, endeavor circled around the airport before it landed and gave fans like us an up close and personal look about the magnificent ship. when they did the same thing. >> it was,. >> i can't remember, either. >> it wasn't endeavor. was it discovery? we are terrible, we can't remember. let's talk about weather.

>> before we do that, you're talking about that world war ii story. i was googling that. the number of russians that died in world war ii, low earnesia williams mat, 20 million. highest, 30 million. that's unbelievable. >> i have heard this before. >> i'm sorry. i'm boring you. we're looking at a boring weather pattern. it's nice. we have a fall preview. let's start with a live look outside michael and son weather cam. high was 72. it's in the 60s now everywhere. 68 downtown. look at the dew point. low 40s, that's great. humidity below 40%. winds are calming down. they are still north, northwest at 12. the pressure is rising at 30.14 inches of mercury. the winds will calm down. we'll have clear skies and a dry air mass. that's a recipe for a very chilly night. all right, temperatures right now, low 60s in latensville. i'm not sure i believe that number. 66 in rockville. and mid 60s in great falls. low 60s in vienna.

62 in fairfax. mid 60s in college park and 63 also in bowie. so, a nice stretch of weather is headed our way again. chilly tonight. grab a sweater for the morning. try to get the kids to wear a sweater for the morning. you'll need sunglasses for thursday and the last full day of summer is friday. it's going to be even warmer on friday. pretty nice. for tonight, clear skies, chilly. open the windows, but not too far. 46 to 56 and winds out of the east, northeast at 10. if you go outside the beltway tonight, we're talking upper 40s. gaithersburg, low to mid 50s downtown. that's not bad. 50 in collegpark. 49 in reston. 50 in fairfax. 30 in sterling. you get out toward leesburg, maybe 46 tonight. tomorrow morning, sunny with a chilly start. you'll need a sweater early. 40s and 50s. thankfully light wind. tomorrow afternoon, spectacular. mostly sunny, high temperatures upper 70s and winds south,

southeast at 10. next three days, green, green, and green. we're looking at spectacular weather on thursday. sunshine and 78. low 80s on friday. that's our last full day of summer. on saturday, still nice. we may see some showers saturday night, but the day part will be fine. temperatures go up into the middle 80s. next seven days, our first full day of fall will be sunday and it will be nice and cooler. low 70s. nice for the redskin game. you'll go up to baltimore to see the ravens. take a sweatshirt. you could be in the upper 40s to low 50s. low 70s on monday. upper 70s tuesday with sunshine. wednesday a few showers late, but warm again. high temperatures in the low 80s. returns right after this. stay tuned.

in the mail bag tonight, mitt romney, the republican still taking hits for what he said to big dollar donors about the 47% of americans who he

says will never vote for him. but our good friend, john, says sometimes the truth hurts. media have already said that 95% plus voters have already made up their minds and neither side is courting those voters. they are after the 5% of undecided voters. so now come governor romney that acknowledges he is not worried about the 47% that will vote for president obama no matter what. what is the issue again? well john, the issue is how romney characterized those obama voters. victims unwilling to take charge of their own lives. in other words, losers. not the right attitude for a guy who desperately says he wants to be more likable. then there was this on the continuing rage of muslims in the middle east regarding that youtube antiislam movie trailer. andrew from arlington said the movie is deplorable, but so are the protesters. america is not their enemy, fee

gnattics are. that movie is nothing more than the hate filled stupidity and go about their day and not let something get to them. the protesters to act violently against america as a whole over the stupidity of some is like america blaming islam for 9/11. islam did not cause 9/11, ideology and perhaps questionable foreign policy did. well said, andrew, thanks for writing. mailbag@wusa9.com. that's our broadcast. i'll be back with topper and anita at 11:00. i'll see you then. bye bye.

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