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9news now in hd is out gh to you by verizon fios. this is 9news now. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >> right now a wounded woman and a whole world of trouble in one mclean neighborhood. 7700 block of fisher drive. digital correspondent andrew stack joining us live with the latest. >> reporter: derek, as of right now you can see that four blocks behind me are lined wall- to-wall with police vehicles and a short time ago they brought in several mobile batteries of flood lights. to neighbors it appeared as though the entire fairfax county police department had descended. >> quite a disturbance when the fire department and everybody else came by but what can you say, man? it is the times. >> reporter: a neighbor in this quiet mclean neighborhood heard a gunshot. what he saw next left him shocked. a woman shot in the head and laying in a front yard.

>> she is alive. unknown condition at this point. >> reporter: for hours police tried to make contact with the manholed up inside the home on the 7700 block of fisher drive but no luck. >> we have someone inside the house that we want very much to talk to and that's why our negotiators are on the scene and making every effort to get through to the person inside to come talk to us. >> reporter: so far that hasn't happened yet. they just set up the flood lights. is it will probably be a very long night of pressure for the person inside that house. >> so, andrew, sounds like a pretty convoluted situation. any information you can provide. >> reporter: the fairfax county police department does not want any bystanders to get injured or killed or hurt in any way. so they aren't releasing any more information at this point but we will keep you posted as we learn more. >> andrew stack. thank you for that one. here is a name you likely thought you would never he ar

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those two trains crashed. today there was a hearing on the crash that killed nine people. the transit needs to get a brand-new track control immediately they have been told. >> we have contacted vendors. we have meetings scheduled tomorrow morning at my building to begin the process of developing the system. >> meantime operators will continue to run the trains manually until investigators can pin down the cause of the crash and metro can make all the necessary changes. a federal panel says the deadly trolley crash near boston last year could have been prevented if they had an automated transit control system. a trolley ran into another in massachusetts. today the same panel found that the operator may have fallen asleep. she had an undiagnosed sleep disorder. follow-up on that southwest airlines flight forced to make

an emergency landing in west virginia. we first told you about the hole the size of a football in the fuselage of flight 2294 last night at 11:00 p.m. tonight we are seeing some video from inside the plane. a passenger taped it with his cell phone. southwest airlines says this particular jet had eight cracks in its frame repaired after it was inspected back in january. today southwest inspected more than 180 of its other 737 jets and says all those planes are safe. despite those inspections a new problem for another southwest 737 today. flight 3238 flying from st. louis to orlando when pilots got a warning about a fire in the plane's auxilliary power unit. they made an emergency landing in orlando. no evidence was found of a fire, however. republicans trying to paint sonia sotomayer as someone who would bring a biased viewpoint to the beg but as it is reported today, she is fighting back. >> reporter: supreme court

nominee walking away unscathed after senators peppered her with questions for eight hours. >> judge, thank you very much. >> reporter: republicans were poised to ask her whether or not her past remarks indicate she has a racial bias. but democrats beat them to the punch giving her a chance to clear the air. >> here is your chance. you tell us what's going on here, judge. >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> reporter: she also fielded questions about her stand on the abortion rights case. she came close to calling the landmark decision settled law. >> the court's decision in planned parenthood re-affirmed the court holding of rowe. that is the precedence of the court and settled in terms of the holding of the court. >> reporter: there is little doubt that she will join the supreme court at the end of this process. the chairman of the committee

holding the hearings say some will vote to confirm her. senator lindsey graham could be among them but one of his big concerns is whether sonia sotomayer is a bully on the bench. >> it is hard enough being a lawyer having your client there to begin with without the judge beating you up for no good reason. do you think you have a temperament problem. >> nos. >> reporter: the hearings are expected to wrap up by the end of this week. cbs news, supreme court. democrats planning to name a new hate crime bill after andrew sheppard. the measure would authorize the federal government to step in and prosecute a hate crime when a state is unwilling or unable to do so. sheppard's mom said it would send an important message to stop such crimes. nation's largest group of

atheists, freedom from religion center claims taxpayers would be paying for engraving "in god we trust" thehouse and senate passed identical resolutions. it will cost less than $100,000 to make the engravings. new tonight word the newly renovated gerard street park in the district could be getting a new name. residents celebrated the reopening of the park this weekend and they overwhelmingly want to rename it after president obama. >> we have our first black president and he is obviously doing well. he is obviously doing very well. >> i would hope that our current president has a great legacy and that we would have something a little more grand in terms of that but we will see what happens. >> there are lots of things named washington in this town. just because it is the first one doesn't mean it is the last. >> dc council member jim graham

introducing the bill to make that name change official. that measure is being considered by the committee of the hall but it doesn't appear there will be any further community discussion. the president took to a different sort of park tonight. a big one. bushfield in st. louis throwing out the first pitch at this year's all-star game. not bad. pitch barely made it to the plate. didn't bounce. the commander in chief practiced his pitching yesterday on the white house grounds when he vowed he would not bounce the ball. if you are headed to the del mar beaches you will be sharing the water with jelly fish. lots of them. check this out. so many out there right now kids are collecting them in buckets. >> have you ever been stung by one of these? >> yeah, i have been stung by them today. >> yeah, we got stung today on our legs. >> the beach patrol says typically it deals with about 20 stings per week but this

week they have handled nearly 100. so why are there so many jellly fish? lifeguards say the water has warmed up earlier than usual this summer and warm water attracts them. what's a good way to treat a string. lifeguards use shaving cream. they use a simple straight edge to wipe it off. they say that takes care of most of the pain. okay. it is nice to hear that the water is warming up early this year but tony pann, the weather not so hot. how did that happen? >> i don't know. i'm not sure i agree with that that the water is above average because the temperatures on the east coast have been relatively cool through most of the summer as you well know. we have enjoyed a great summer here in d the miat icntlare . on gi and toeagh thspks right to . at wn steurl at. dr wilop tintohein50 toowrrmo by moin . we nbe c ti fl ngflwithrdre th. lorempteates mpe re cordw lo atvwi is. 57rt nlthaicewiin range. already in the low 60s out in

the western suburbs. 63 at the top of the hour in manassas. mostly clear. temperatures jumping into the upper 80s in the afternoon, though. so it will turn a little warmer and more humid. we will talk about that and check the seven-day forecast when i come back in a few minutes. derek? >> thank you, tony. nice night out there for a ride on a broom. or perhaps to sit in line waiting for the sixth installment of your favorite movie franchise. more about those harry potter fans coming right up. looking for someone rich and single? i'm britney moorehouse. coming up on 9news now i'll tell you where you should be looking. wi

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itself. back in 1995 british doctors grafted a donor heart onto the failing heart of a toddler. ten years later doctors removed the donor heart because the child's heart had repaired itself so fully. the story is now appearing in medical journals and it is boosting interest in studies into the hearts regenerating powers. you might think l.a. and new york are hot spots for rich and single people. arwill ndfi more in tongirli vn,ginia. as britney moorehouse tells us, residents there are not surprised. >> reporter: the median family income is $109,000. 42% of people who live here fly solo. that makes arlington the second best place for the rich and the single. >> most definitely can believe that. >> why? >> look around. you can tell because of the cars you see on the street, what people are wearing.

i was just walking down the street yesterday and there were two mercedes coming at me and i thought somebody is going to get killed by mercedes. >> friday, saturday night you whether have a better idea. >> there is a lineup at every bar. >> all single people when you go to the bar. >> i'm surprised given the economy how many people i see actually going out to eat on a tuesday or wednesday night. >> it costs a lot of money. >> it does surprise a few people. >> i'm neither of the two. >> i'm certainly the latter. so i guess it is at least partially true. >> reporter: so says the maker of this youtube sensation called arlington rap. ♪[ music ] >> at least it is not a terrible result. we weren't ranked america's smell smelliest city. >> maybe we sense a theme for

his sequel. britney moorehouse for wusa9.com and 9news now. >> the city to take first place that would be california. not far from l.a. right now, moguls camped out to be the first to see the brand-new harry potter movie. some fans sitting out there all day long. we mean all day long. we spoke with the first potter file to show up in line. >> we got here at 4:55 a.m. in the morning. no one showed up until 11:30 a.m. it was lonely. >> you've got to really want to see harry potter. the wait is almost over. the first screening at midnight. "harry potter and the half blood prince." number 6 in the series. spectacular 4th of july

fireworks from the base of the washington monument. we will never see that. but the french are not afraid to go there. check out tonight's fireworks that turned the eiffel tower into a giant glowing ember. that is really something. tomorrow nasa hoping to put its own fireworks show on. weather permitting it will light the candle beneath the shuttle endeavour. endeavour will dock with the international space station and crew will offload and install the final section of the giant space laboratory. thunderstorms have been delaying the mission and they have done so three times. hydrogen gas leaks caused two other delays. >> hydrogen gas leaks and electricity not a good match. >> not at all. yesterday we talked about maybe why didn't they wait until the afternoon. because the earlier shots with the hydrogen gas leaks those were supposed to be in the morning. >> really? >> yes. >> derek and i were talking about why they didn't launch in

the morning, not in the afternoon with the thunderstorms. >> apparently it moves around. >> space station moves around and they have to time their launches accordingly. >> let's start with the three- day trend and we will get into the extended forecast in a second. it will get warmer next couple of days. going to feel like fall tonight but by tomorrow afternoon a little touch of summer. upper 80s to 90 on wednesday, thursday. mostly clear skies for the rest of tonight. like i said at the top of the hour we are going to come pretty close to breaking some record low temperatures by tomorrow morning. record low at vwi 57. low to mid-50s in the cooler suburbs. low to mid-60s in the city and near the water. during the day tomorrow partly sunny skies. humidity will slowly climb along with the temperatures and there there be a slight chance for a thunderstorm late in the afternoon. after about 4:00 p.m. i would only put a 30% mark on

it. high temperatures between 85 and 90. right now we have high thin clouds coming in from the west. mostly clear. the air is really dry. dew point top of the hour 46 degrees producing relative humidity of 49%. that hardly ever happens this time of the year. as you know the dew points are typically in the upper 60s and low 70s in the middle of july. the temperature already dropping to the low 60s in the western suburbs. 64 in winchester. mountains, cumberland, you could be in the 40s by tomorrow morning. still hot in the southern plains even at this late hour. 92 in dallas. little bit of that heat will slide over towards us the next couple days along with a couple of these thunderstorms firing up out in the plains states marching east bound as well. during the day tomorrow high pressure stopping at least briefly then a warm front will come through and that will bring in the warmer and more humid air mass. increasing the chances for rain. i know a lot of you are rooting

for that. front lawns dry and parched. 30% tomorrow and thursday. friday and saturday looking better for the possibility of rain with the temperatures falling off again after that system comes in. highs around 83 or 84 over the weekend. so still no big heat wave in the forecast. >> thank you, tony pann. appreciate that. all-star action tonight. what else? >> serena williams action tonight. some interesting news regarding one soon to be -- well, everybody is hoping to be nationals player. ahead in sports. nobody likes to get called into work on their vacation but that's what the nationals will be facing tomorrow. the latest on the team's hope for the future. surprising way they are v handling topic steve strassburg. those stories are all coming up next. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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and now 9sports with sara walsh. the best sports in town. being selected to baseball's all-star team is a huge honor but not being picked isn't so bad either considering the rest of the players getting to on a mini vacation. it is being cut short by the nationals new manager. calling a 6:00 p.m. practice tomorrow at nationals park. first time he addresses the media in his new role opening a four-game set thursday evening with the chicago cubs. the transition should be smooth it was pointed out. >> as a bench coach he has been great. very positive and optimistic. we have guys that maybe weren't were this organization wouldn't be getting the opportunities

they have. they need to open their eyes and realize that they have a great opportunity in front of them and they should perform a little better than they have. >> during the all-star hoopla in st. louis steven strassburg was honored. somewhat shocking is the fact that steven hasn't heard from the nationals since he was drafted. sign deadline is august 17th. the organization is in contact with his agent. other baseball news. pedro martinez signing a one- year deal with the phillies. three-time si young award winner went 5-6 a year ago with the mets. tennis. serena williams picking a good time to join her teammates. she rejoined the team and things are looking better. after starting the season 0-4 the washington team have now won five straight. serena williams making her home

debut this evening after playing three matches on the road. jason campbell at the venue to take it in. serena williams playing in mixed doubles and winning that with her partner. playing a singles match and women's double match. all of her matches ended in victory. they will be home again on thursday. congratulations in order for the mystics player named as a starter on the wnba all-star team. her fourth selection but this time she has been voted in as a starter. she is averaging a little over 19 points a game. the all-star game is july 25th. golf. if i had to list everything tiger woods has accomplished already in his career i would be here until tomorrow evening's sportscast. so narrow down the things he hasn't done and that is playing at turn berry. won the british open before. three times in fact with the last in 2007. never done it on this course.

despite tiger's vast knowledge of the game this week he has got some serious studying to do in scotland. >> you have to pay more attention and -- because you don't have any experiences. you don't have any past experience how the golf course plays. how you were feeling from past opens. that means i have to play a little bit more attention in my practice rounds and get a really good sense of how i'm going to play the golf course. >> cycling. stage 10 of the tour de france. lance armstrong still in third. he is eight seconds off the lead. renrinaldo nocentini still has the yellow jersey. >> let's get to the examiner because tomorrow four on-duty montgomery county police officers were nailed going twice the limit by speed cameras but a judge threw out

the tickets. dc city council approving the fiscal 2009 budget allowing finding for ronp nit onortizagas linked to mario barry to go through. all that tomorrow in "the examiner."

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that ended up with broken bones. lucky to be alive. late show with david letterman is up next. what is he up to? here is a snippet of the top ten list. sonia sotomayer getting cocky. >> number 4, kept referring to al franklin as church lady. >> that's not nice. >> that's 9news now for tonight. thanks for staying up with us. don't forget we are always on. wusa9.com. bye-bye. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com b@@

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