only a handful of female sailors live in the henderson hall barracks. mts inside day -- say it is too early to tell what caused her death and say it is likely nothing more will be known until tomorrow. they aren't ruling out foul play but say there isn't any sign she was murdered. so with or without an indication of foul play, the naval criminal investigation service is pushing ahead with their investigation. as is standard operating procedure. >> i am brul brl >> i am bruce leshan. the judge he turned down the qft defense to delay the trifle -- bonita jacques that killed her four children and lived with their bodies for seven months. right now the admissibility of a videotaped tape statement that bonita jacques gave to list. the statement from an interrogation room goes on and on and on for six hours. jacques in a soft, slow, raspy voice tiptoes right up to the edge of explaining what happened to her girls, and then

backs away. saying the detectives wouldn't understand. at one point she says her oldest daughter was possessed. she says she went to sleep with her youngest girl, 4-year-old asia. and woke to find her dead. she says the others just, quote, passed out and never got back up. this is bruce johnson in downtown washington. you may have noticed around the mall area and the inner city neighborhoods more and more people are getting around using these pedicabs. there are scores of them out here. >> basically our company line that is we don't work for a fee. we work for tips. >> there is no set fee. whatever you negotiate with the driver. >> what are the rules? do you follow bike rules or do you follow taxi cab rules. >> that is a good question. just -- there are rules -- we're -- were a basically a taxi cab. >> you look more like a bike than a cab. >> yeah, exactly. >> where is your helmet? >> i don't wear one. >> we have learned that in san diego, a woman was recently killed when she fell off of one of these pedicabs. so, we wanted to know what are the rules and regulations here

in the nation's capital. we found out today, there are no rules and regulations. we were directed to the d.c. taxi cab commission. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs. the mayor's office, the d.c. council, but no one seems to know of any rules and regulations for the city's pedicab. and metro says it will act on today's recommendations from the national transportation safety board in the wake of last month's deadly accident. today the ntsb urged metro to develop a way to continuously monitor its computerized train control system. right now those reviews are being performed every day and metro says right now there are -- there is no system available that can provide the kind of alerts the ntsb wants. well, judge sonia sotomayor started the confirmation today process today by making it clear that the senate judiciary committee, what she thinks her role will be on the supreme court. >> in the past month, many senators have asked me about my

judicial philosophy. simple. fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to make law. it is to apply the law. >> , with joining me now to talk about the first day of the confirmation hearings bridget bonitez with the hispanic bar association and robert all the constitutionland expert with the heritage foundation. let's talk about today. boring with a capital b. to some extent these guys are going through the motion. the south carolina senator says unless there is major melteddown she will be confirmed. robert alt? >> that is facing the realities of the numbers in the senate. you have a filibuster majority for the democrats. the committee itself, 19 members 12 are democrats, seven are republican. unless there is major issue -- you know i tell you i think the "x" factor in these confirmation hearings might be the gun rights issue. that is the one issue that cuts party lines that might strip off democrats if anything does. >> what about that particular issue, impresses but her. is there some ruling she has made, that comes down on that

issue that might be controversial. >> yes, she issued a ruling on panel for the second circuit court of appeals in which she said the second amendment that guarantees the right to bear arms does not apply to the states. and she did say based upon an old 19th century president but the supreme court said in its recent heller case that it does not apply the required supreme court law. >> she went against what the supreme court eventually ruled. >> she went against what the supreme court said was the proper law and they actually raised an issue that no other court has, reaching the question of whether or not there is a fundmental right involved. >> i want to get ms. bonitez in on this. is that something that could cause her trouble? >> it is an issue that will come up but i don't expect it will cause her trouble. she is someone who is i am -- eminently qualified. where you started off is exactly right. she will be confirmed. confirmed not because there are more democrats than republicans

in congress or in the senate but because she is extremely qualified. she has more experience than any justice has had in the last 100 years. >> she comes to the questions tomorrow, did we all know about that. the big case, ritchie case, the connecticut firefighters will be coming up over and over again. how does judge sotomayor defend a decision that was repudiated by the people she will be colleagues with on the supreme court. >> well, it wasn't repudiated. it was a supreme court simply adopted a new standard. which the court has its perorogative to do. i think mr. alt disagrees. it is almost an exaggeration to say the second circuit decided. her own colleague, a clinton appointee chastised the court for failing to give the issues. the -- the attention they deserve. she -- she dismissed it summarily without touching the issue. the supreme court that gets 10,000cert petitions per year and hears less than one% of the

cases decided not only to hear this case but all nine justices chose -- said that she answered the question in the wrong way, and, in fact, there were serious questions about the way she handled it. how dismiffs she was. -- dismissive she was. one senator, lindsay graham says hey, i don't want milquetoast justices. doesn't the process encourage justices to never say anything controversial, to never speak their mind. >> if you're talking about the confirmation process, i think the -- ever since the bork confirmation hearings, the modus operandi is duck and cover. >> is that a good instinct? >> i don't necessarily think it is. i think that there are appropriately questions that they shouldn't answer, if they are asked. how would you rule in a case which is likely to come before the court or is coming before the court. i think that a nominee can and thud refuse on that. >> i want to give ms. bonitez a final word. >> i think she is great that she is direct, speaks her mind

and has an extensive record we can all look at and is one that is -- is very meritorious. she was confirmed already for the district courts for the second circuit, one of the most prestigious appellate courts in the country. she has done extremely well there. a tremendous career and tremendous story, and is someone who is imminently qualified and should be confirmed. thank you. we appreciate your time today. by the way, -- >> everything in your records to indicate that -- >> the police will remove that man! [ yelling ] >> okay i said it was boring but not right that second. you see four protesters were arrested for interrupting today's confirmation hearing. one of them, norma mccorvey, the original plaintiff in the roe v wade abortion case. and as the confirmation hearings began for judge sotomayor, president obama announced his next surgeon

general. dr. regina benjamin runs a clinic in a small alabama shrimping town on the gulf coast. the president said she has done her -- spent her entire career doing all she can for her patients and he believes she will be an advocate for all americans who need medical care. for now a follow-up for you on a story we first brought you friday night at 7:00. the results are now in and the race for the reston citizens association usually doesn't sound like a big deal but remember -- remember on friday we introduced you to the only candidate on the ballot. his name was ken myercord and his controversial views on the holocaust had opponents pushing for a write-in candidate in saturday's election. well, on saturday, that write- in candidate, collin mills won. with more than 1500 votes. myercord had 23 of those. you can see our original story and hear myercord's views, at www.wusa9.com 'click on virginia news. a nice warm sunny day to start our week. tony pann out on the weather terrace enjoying nice weather, tony? >> all good, derek, yeah.

beautiful monday evening in progress. we will keep the mild conditions going that we have enjoyed so far thissumm at leasr foone more da pay. lyrtdyesclki te, ou pour-towes80mid s. w deints in the low 50s. the air is really dry and the temperatures will fall quickly tonight. as a matter of fact i think the suburbs will drop into the 50s. almost a touch of autumn when you wake up early on tuesday morning. the temperatures will make it into the mid 80s in the afternoon. now it is going to turn a little warmer and more humid during the middle of the week and we could throw a couple of thunderstorms 50 forecast. we will talk about that when i come back in just a few minutes. for now we will send it back inside to derek. tony pann thank you. well, a look at the end of manny acta's tenure with the washington nationals . but first paying for a college education getting a lot easier at asw t for some veterans. more on a new program in 90 seconds. b@

welcome back. the pentagon considering snuffing out smoking in the military. the problem, the numbers. one in three service members use tobacco for comparison the general civilian population the numbers are closer to one in five. right now tobacco costs the pentagon 846 million a year. and medical care and lost productivity. we're already getting a lot of comments on that story at www.wusa9.com. so we want to know what you think of the lan. share your thoughts in an -- of the plan. share your thoughts in an e- mail to mailbag@wusa9.com. a college information getting more affordable. for veterans. yellow ribbon fund will provide tuition and supply pes 11 d.c. colleges and universities have agreed to welcome the vets on their campuses this fall. >> it is the most extensive education assistance program since the gi bill was signed into law in 1944. the veterans administration is partnering with 11 d.c. colleges and universities, to

share the cost higher education. >> we will give the veterans $18,000. the veterans administration will match that and the gi bill will take care of the rest. that is a fantastic benefit for undergraduate veterans. graduates will go for a 60% discount. veterans who served 36 months or 30 continuous days and were discharged due to a service-related injury, are eligible for the yellow ribbon program. >> it is a god-send for vets like staff sergeant brian hawthorne who served one tour in iraq and had just been accepted at gw when he got orders to go back for a second tour. >> i would like to go into politics. and work for the fbi. >> he's back at george washington university now. as director of the student veterans of america, he's also working with student vets and universities, to make the transition from soldier to student, a smooth one. >> they are in iraq and afghanistan applying to colleges. they will get home, get out. 30 days later they can be in a college classroom.

>> catholic university. gallaudet, georgetown and american university are a few of the local colleges participating. america university's yellow ribbon program will start this fall. during the first year they will support 18 veterans. after four yores that number will climb to 40 -- 4 years that number will climb to 40. audrey barnes, www.wusa9.com. and 56 schools in virginia and 27 in maryland are also taking part in the program. we're putting a ig link with more information on our web site. www.wusa9.com. click on district news. could this time be the charm for the shuttle --space shuttle? we will be back with that and your full forecast. keep it here. b@

welcome back. we will -- well, after weeks of rumors the ax has fallen on manny acta. the nationals fired their manager today who led the team to a 26-61 record heading to the all-star break. here is brett haber. >> it wasn't personal. in fact, nationals brass made a point of saying they expect manny acta to have a long successful career elsewhere. but at 94 games under .500 after two ..-and-a-half years it wasn't happening here. we're not happy with a 21- 61 record. i think we have more talent than that. anyone watching our team feels we have more talent than that. we're not willing to waste the whole year. >> acta was well liked but perhaps too well liked. on a young team that called for discipline, some say manny let

too much slide and the clubhouse needed a new voice. >> did manny lose this team? >> i don't believe he did. i really don't. i thought the team played hard. up and including yesterday. i -- like i said it was -- they dug themselves a big enough hole and we couldn't get out of it. >> new skipper jim riggleman. >> as of today his headaches guilt -- get shifted to veteran baseball man jim riggleman who found out in the middle of last night he was getting promoted. >> he has nine years of major league managerial experience. he grew up in rockville and went to richard montgomery high school. and frostburg university. with the world "interim" in front of his title will he have a chance to be here after this fall. >> he has a chance to lift the team above what they have accomplish sod far. if he's successful in that that gives him a leg up on the job permanently. -- as for nationals fans their relationship with acta was affectionate these last three years. but even the mousted arrival them seemed to -- most loyal of them seemed to realize it was

time. >> he definitely needed to go. i have been a season ticket holder now about four years. watching them play you would see mistakes you would expect do see in little league. >> i don't know that it is his fault but when you're this bad you have to do something. can't change ownership, might as well change management. at nationals park brett haber 9 news now and www.wusa9.com. live in the web center tonight. next monday marks 40 years since neil armstrong took those first steps on the moon. and this week a brand new web site is gearing upfor that sthi icevent. we choose the moon.org does not go ontineun l thuray but it isalready got a pretty impressive display. the site will track the apollo mission in realtime starting with the anniversary of the liftoff at 9:32 thursday morning. it is all sponsored by the john f kennedy presidential library. we have a link to the site at www.wusa9.com. just click on water cooler and while you're there check out the history beat link for more on those moon landings. snflt just a few minutes ago

nasa decided once again to put off the latest trip to space. engineers scrubbing the launch of the shuttle "endeavour" because of thunderstorms once again hanging around there. right now nasa deciding whether to try tomorrow, or wednesday. now when "endeavour" lifts off it will dock with the international space station and the astronauts will offload and install a film piece of the giant japanese space lab. okay tony what is the deal man. what is with the thunderstorms all over the place. it is a rare day in florida 11 you don't get thunderstorms in the -- >> in the summertime. >> it is almost the same forecast every day. you're okay until 2:00 or 3:00 and then thunderstorms develop. >> why don't they launch the shuttle at 10:00 in the morning. >> i don't know. that is a question i actually talked about on my radio show. why didn't you launch in the morning when the thunderstorms don't happen. >> makes sense here. >> there must be something -- >> must be something we don't know. >> exactly. that just makes too much sense. let's take a look at what is happening weather-wise over the next couple of days here at home. we will turn up the heat just a little bit. it won't be anything unjuly like but we will get close to

90 on wednesday and thursday but in the short term, really -- nice. -- clear to partly cloudy skies tonight. unseasonably cool conditions with temperatures dropping into the 50s, in the suburbs. the middle of july, that's awesome. low 60s downtown. sunset at 8:34. during the day tomorrow another nice one. partly to mostly sunny. high temperatures in the mid 80s. humidity will still be in check. sunrise tomorrow morning at 5:55. nog nothing showing up on the radar around us but activity on the eastern shore heading towards the beaches. the atmosphere is a little more unstable on the other side of the bay. but here in our neck of the woods it will stay dry. there is a bigger system off the carolina coast that just missed us. i saw -- thought last week perhaps that could catch up to us and give us rainod aybut fortunately it stayed to the south. current temperatures, low 80s in most locales. 81 in winchester, 83 in baltimore. 84 degrees officially at national airport. but the key to the forecast is the dew point. the dew point is 53 producing

relative humidity -- of only 29%. as soon as the sun goes down because the air is so dry the temperatures will fall quickly. high pressure in control of the weather tomorrow. give us another nice day before a warmfront slides in here during the middle portion of the week. that will cause the temperatures to jump and the humidity will go up a little bit as well. on wednesday and thursday, and we're going to throw hit-and- miss thunderstorms into the forecast, in the afternoon. wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday. i emphasize the hit-and-miss part of it because most of you will still see dry conditions for the rest of the week. but i put about a 30 or 40% mark on the possibility of your running into some rain. >> not bad. >> we don't mind. >> thank you, sir. let's get to our weird news file. a question. when the moon comes out don't we usually think of romance and nostalgia, sure. but orange county, last week, the annual moon over amtrak, hundred people showed up to moon passing trains. it was nothing compared to last year when 8,000 people appeared

-- >> no. >> to bare their buns to the sun. the cops had to shut the thing down last year. there were traffic jams. people were drunk and not to mention the whole public nudity thing. pe -- they look lonely out there. they beefed up patrols and no drunkenness and not a lot of fun. this started back in 1979 and has become sort of an annual tradition. my goodness. are horses mooning. >> that is natural. >> yeah. we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag at mailbag@usaa9.com. closed captioning provided by

in the mail bag the confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayor. our good trent nathan from -- our good friend nathan from rockville has questions of his own. >> i hope she will be asked where the empathy that president barack obama praises for judges went when she ruled against those who it firefighters. denying them a promotion they observed. judge sotomayor might also be asked whether justices stevens, ginsburg and souter had

empathy. i am expecting you will hear more about this than you wanted to at least from senators asking about it. nominees make an art of talking a lot and revealing very little. i would be surprised if sotomayor doesn't follow that same discriminate. what one of our guests here call duck and cover. you in on to the really big story of the day. the nationals -- the manager, manny acta fired. and another good friend john from santillly said we all saw it coming. there is a truism that players have to play and players on the field weren't playing well. fundamentals like catching and throwing were not being executed at the level of a winning major league baseball people. it is a truism that the manager has to get the players to play their best. was he getting the best from the players or did the front office not give him a cadre of the best available players to work with. manny acta is a class act. i vote the front office didn't. and they should have been fired. >> you can't control how much talent you have but you can play marred and take care of fundamentals and acta's team was doing neither very consistently.

at some point he had to take the heat for it. nice guy and a class act and we wish him well. we also wish for more of your e- mail. the address mailbag at www.wusa9.com. that is our report. i will be right back here tonight at 11:00. tonight we're keeping a close eye on a vote, expanding that saudi academy in fairfax county. and a little foul language can go a long way towards your health. don't forget, log on any time, www.wusa9.com. see you a little later. bye bye!

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