there's been a police involved shooting at new jersey avenue and c street in northwest. a 35-year-old man was transported to the scene. we are told that the gun was fired, northwest, i should say. we are told that the gun was fired by a capital police officer and entrances to the u.s. capital have been sealed off while the investigation continues. we have a crew on its way to the scene and we'll have more information as soon as we get it into the center. >> problems on the red line are starting. the transit agency began trying to turn an urgent safety recommendation into reality, but it is easier said than done. digital correspondent has more. >> regular riders don't call it the redline anymore, they call it the slow line. >> it takes longer. i know they are driving safer. they aren't driving as fast. >> here's one reason why.

metro employees stationed along the section of track where the tragedy occurred. human safes to make sure one train is on the rails at a time. >> do you trust the electronic system? >> no, i trust the people more. >> i am scared being on the train. this is the redline. >> all of this because the computer system separates and controls trains, mysteriously continues to fail in the area of the crash. even after replacement of suspect switches. in some tests, trains on the track simply are not detected. and urgent recommendation issued monday says metro should immediately develop electronic train controls to continually monitor trains on tracks and alert drivers when the system fails. metro general manager held the first meetings today to shop for a solution. costs and time frame still unknown. also at the congressional hearings, revelations from the

u.s. department of transportation that that agency has very little to say about how local transit agencies regulate safety on the rails. leaving them pretty much to regulate themselves. on the metro system, scott broom, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> meanwhile, the latest estimate of losses to insurers due to losses is up to $100 million. that's according to bloomberg.com. police are searching for a loudoun county real estate agent indicted in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme. police say 42-year-old diana used her job to target people with bad credit. she is accused falsifying documents. then she would accept larger commission. victims defaulted on those inflated loans and mortgage companies lost millions. >> the sad part about it is, their credit is ruined, they are bankrupt. they are foreclosed and that's the way it worked.

>> the mortgage companies that are out $50 million as well. that's something that gets passed on to anybody that owns a home. whether it is insurance rates that go up. >> police say more people could be involved with the scheme and they e continuing to investigate. they believe she fled the country and working to try and locate her. >> now after weeks of trying and trying, we are taking you live to florida state canaveral and now shuttle endeavor finally lifts off. >> lift off of endeavor, completing and fulfilling japan's hope for an out of this world space laboratory. >> roger, roll endeavor. >> this is mission control houston. endeavor is being completed. it is now going into a head's down position on its flight to

the international space station. flying 400 miles per hour. one mile an altitude and 7 miles from range from the kennedy space center. endeavor's engines are startling down as it passes over. >> it's been a long time coming after weather delays. endeavor is on its way to dock with the international space station. the crew will off load and install the final section of a giant space station. >> the three engines on board are throttling back up. endeavor flying at 1100 miles an hour, and 10 miles down range. >> always amazing to say. >> and tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of man's first trip to the moon. apollo11 lifted on july 16,

1969. four days later, neil armstrong left the eagle landing to become the first humans to walk on the moon. for more on the historic apollo mission, you can go to our website, click on moon landing memories at the bottom of the page. now to mcclane, virginia, where we are nearly 24 hours into a police standoff. a suspect is held up inside a home in the 7700 block of fisher drive. that's where we find seray chin live at the scene and tell us more. >> frustration has definitely set in here in falls church. now going as you said, 24 hours into the standoff as officers try to communicate further with this man held up inside. here you see officers right here at this command post. you see the yellow tape. they are all talking about the situation on hand. now everything right now on the stand by mode at this hour. the tense situation began at 6:30 last night when a domestic

dispute turned violent when he shot his exgirlfriend in the head. the armored vehicle parked in front of the house on lyle avenue swarmed police. you can see, virginia state police utilizing their high- tech robot. the man has been in the house since last night and it has been putting residents on edge. >> i've lived here 12 years and i've never seen anything even remotely like this before. i always would tell everyone what a safe neighborhood it is to live in, you know. a lot of people around here didn't close their doors. >> and again, back here at the command post, as officers come in and out, there's also a woman inside that police cruiser. don't know exactly who that is. again, right now stand by mode and of course everyone wanting a peaceful resolution and of course they want to do and take care of everything before another night fall sets in. live here in falls church, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> thanks for that. now to a rather amazing story

of survival from ocean city. an 11-year-old boy who was in cardiac arrest after a sand tunnel collapsed. dave is in the information center with all the details. dave. >> lesli, ocean city beach patrol captain told me this afternoon that the 11-year-old boy was reluctant at first, but now has once again enjoyed the sand back at 37th street. things looked grim as the child dug a tunnel out of the sand and became trapped. >> a lady responded, came up and said a kid was buried in the hole. i sprinted over to the hole. >> bystanders delayed a minute or two, because no one realized the young boy was in trouble. he credits a 12-year-old girl which sounded the alarm. he was trapped under the sand. she was right. >> a couple other guys helped unbury the kid. we pulled him out. he was unconscious. he was not breathing. he did not have a pulse.

he was very blue. i stard cpr on him. >> the beach patrol in a defibulator. >> it didn't assess there was a shockable rhythm. thlife guards continued with cpr and within approximately a minute, we got a lse and the patient started breathing again while we had the patient still on the beach. >> i was very happy. i was happy all the training we have done on beach patrol helped to do that. i was very happy. >> the beach patrol says this is a good warning on the dangers of children or adults building tunnels in the sand. the patrol advises visitors not to dig holes deeper than the knees of the shortest person in the group. > the pictures were taken by the captain. the boy started to come, he looked and complained of sand in his eyes. lesli. >> all right dave, thanks for that. still to come on 9news now, these people came to washington

today to plead to save their attackers. we'll tell you more on that story just ahead. plus, the life and times of president abraham lincoln. the curtain went off on a new museum today at fords theater. it's another beautiful summer evening. things are going to change as 'l go heinto t ekwe d.en y l ecchk see chdan-ve st. t,firs we'll take you to e fiea brbek wium nrsum e th of the hour. s.der paudlylo cy ie er mpteatures generally in the mid 80s. stay tuned, weather is up next. @

we want to update you on the breaking news from capitol hill. a police involved shooting at new jersey avenue and c street northwest. a 35-year-old man was transported from the scene. we are told the gun was fired by a capital police officer.

entrances to the u.s. capital have been sealed off while the investigation continues. here's what an eyewitness saw. >> a lot of security was pushing us all back. so i couldn't see if the tires were being shooting out of the vehicle or the inside. >> he said they were going at a fast rate of speed. how fast do you think they were going? >> if i would guess, going around 50, 55. >> again, we have a crew headed to that area and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. >> the curtain went up today on the new museum at fords theater. a $3.5 million transformation of the facility leads visitors on a historical journey. it includes the diary, and other items connected to the murder of our 16th president. >> we have the gun that killed lincoln. we have the suit that he was wearing the night he was shot. we also have some great art

artifacts. pins and buttons from his 1864 election. it is a really great, new expanded story we are telling here. >> after a visit and coming to the ford's theater, visitors are invited to cross the street and go to the peterson house where president lincoln died. >> a man who lost an arm to a shark is now asking congress to help protect the creature that attacked him. he is not alone. shark attack victims hit capitol hill today. they lobbied congress to strengthen laws against illegal shark fishing. >> who better to speak up for sharks than those of us who have lost so much? >> a lot of people may see sharks as vicious killing machines. we see them as a vital part of the ecosystem. >> 73 million sharks are killed each year. most are caught for their fins. this type of fishing is outlawed in u.s. waters. a bill under consideration

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the woman behind the largest embezzlement in dc government history is being auctioned. the u.s. marshal's office is selling the two unit property belonging to harriette walters to the highest bidder. the minimum bid on the home on st. thomas is just over $212,000. and walters managed to steal more than $48 million from the dc tax office before she was caught. she was sentenced to 17 years in prison. >> the pentagon says it will not ban smoking by troops in war zones. the move comes despite a recent study recommending a tobacco free military. military leaders say the troops are under enough stress and making enough sacrifices from the fighting and the two wars. defense secretary, robert gates does not want to add to that stress by taking away one of the few outlets the troops have to relieve it. >> to minnesota now and some people there are cleaning up from not one, but two tornadoes. those twin twisters hit yesterday in the towns of swiz

falls. they flattened homes, tossed cars into the air and turned barns into scrap. the tornadoes came, one neighbor headed for the safest place he could find, downstairs. >> i was in the basement. i was wondering when we were going to see skylight, i was sure the house was going to go through. >> despite all the damage, there is good news. no one was seriously injured, which is pretty amazing when you look at those pictures. >> that's a testament to the increase in the skill of the forecasting of tornadoes. there have been a lot -- there has been a big decrease in the amount of deaths in the last five or ten years because we are doing a lot better in getting the warnings out. twenty minute sometimes, that's good. >> it saves lives. >> that gives you plenty of time to head down to the basement. here, things have been quiet. there hasn't been anything for us to talk about as far as severe weather goes. the temperatures haven't been all that extraordinary except when you think the other

direction, when you think extraordinary this time of the year, you would think i was discussing hundred degree temperatures, but no. the last couple of nights, the temperatures have been in the 50s. it felt like september, last night we were in the 50s. things are going to change a little bit. the average high right now is 89. it is typically the hottest part of the year. yes, tomorrow will be warmer and more humid, but that's what it is supposed to be like. then it is going to cool off as we go into the weekend. specifically for tonight, partly cloudy skies, a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm late tonight at midnight. this evening already dry and pleasant. low temperatures will drop into the 60s. a south wind at 10 to 15. during the day tomorrow, mixture of sun and clouds. warmer, more humid. a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. i put a 30 or 40% mark on that. a lot of people are rooting for rain to come in. it has been dry. don't count on it. there will be some storms around. this is not going to be a big coverage event. high temperatures in the upper

80s. southwest wind at 10 to 15. right now, we have some high, thin clouds out there. partly cloudy we'll call it officially. there's no precipitation. so we'll stay dry through this evening. late tonight, this system, this little disturbance could trigger widely scattered shower, maybe a thunderstorm around here after midnight. our best chance for rain will be tomorrow afternoon over the next 24 hours. right now, 86 degrees. top of the hour. dew point is 59. that's pretty good for this time of the year. yesterday, the dew points were running in the 40s. 59 in the dew point department is a good thing. that produced a relative humidity of only 45%. outside right now, other spots, a little warmer down to the south. 88 in fredericksburg. same thing in haggerstown. and 86 degrees at the top of the hour at bwi. span the view a little bit. look off to the west. see some warm temperatures here in the southern plains. it has been a hot summer for the folks in the southern

plains and some of that heat will be sliding eastbound. so that's why we jump the temperatures a little bit during the day tomorrow. in addition to that, we could see some activity up stream. our weather is coming from the west to east, remember, some thunderstorms around kansas city and st. louis and back into parts of kentucky. so that system is the one that will eventually give us a chance for shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. the cold front itself will come through on thursday night. when that happens, it will stall off to our south in an area of low pressure will develop on that front and come through friday night and saturday morning. that's when i think the best chance for rain will come in. so if you are rooting for rain at your house, only a 30 or 40 percent chance on thursday and friday. friday night and saturday morning with that area of low pressure, we should get good coverage on it. there's a slight chance of a shower. notice the temperatures again. upper 80s to around 90 tomorrow. yes, that's warm. over the weekend, back into the low 80s on saturday and sunday. again, our normal high this time of year is 89. that's what it should be like.

this is typically the hottest part of the year and i don't see any change in the pattern. >> we could get used to this. >> a sweet summer here in dc. >> all right, thanks for that. and dave owens is live at nationals park where they would love to be able to call the second half of the season sweet and starting with some changes, hey dave. >> lesli, how are you doing? by the way, for tony, i give him a gold star, because it is beautiful. great weather, great baseball weather if they were playing tonight. but the all quiet right now. but it is certainly not been a quiet day for the front office. we are going to talk about the new man for the nats and we are also going to talk about some football. a lot of stuff going on the day. new raven fans, one of uryo heavy hitters got hurt. we'll talk about it coming up next in sports.

let's get to a press conference to get the latest on the police involved shooting on the capital. >> at which point the suspects produced a weapon. the officer gave verbal commands, demanded subjects put the weapon down, show the hands. the suspect did not. the officers fired and the suspect was shot. at this point, we have recovered a weapon. my understanding is that the suspect is dead. i'll be back in about half an hour or so and i'll be able to brief you and give you other details and answer whatever other questions you have at that time. >> all right, we will recap that in a minute. let's go now to sports and dave owenss at national park, dave. >> not as important as what is gong on there at the capital.

let's talk about the nationals of course coming into the season, manny acta calls this his most talented team and you might believe that. nick johnson was back. zimmerman was back. adam dunn came aboard. it never seemed to materialize for this ball club. they struggled coming out of the gate. worst in the league in pitching. worst in the league in defense hitting. bottom quarter of the national league. today the team announcing jim as the interim boss after firing acta late sunday night, early sunday morning. and he addressed the media for the first time today. >> the manager, his impact is in the clubhouse behind the scenes creating an atmosphere where players can succeed. it's more of the atmosphere they create. >> after all, again not his first rodeo, he had been this way before, the manager of

three previous teams. the cubs, padres, and mariners. he is also a local guy, too. he went to high school in rockville. he attended frostburg state. he is a local guy and happy to be back in this area now as the interim manager. talking about putting your stamp on the team immediately. he is holding a practice today and while that is not totally unusual, teams sometimes take the day off between the all star break and getting back to that thursday game. the coach says these guys need to work and the players certainly understand. >> as the bench coach, i'm sure it's not going to be too much different. it's very professional, you know, does things the right way. i'm looking forward to it. the wake up call for everybody, you know, check ourselves in the mirror and go out there the second half and do our best. >> and the all star break certainly good news for ryan zimmerman who played in last

night's game. also batted twice in the number nine position, flying out twice. he and the rest of the circuit losing. ravens locked up. six year, $63 million contract. makes him the highest paid linebacker. so it had to be the team's designated player for the last couple of years. the mystics taking on san antonio this afternoon. lindsey harding for the bucket. harding had 18 points, but it was becky who scored 21. san antonio edging the mystics 79-78. the mystics dropping to 6-6 after a 4-1 start. our top story of the day, guys, the nats introducing jim riggelman as their new manager. that's going to do it here from nats park. back to you guys in the studio. >> dave, thanks for that. just to recap our top story. capital police shot and killed a man on capitol hill after he brandished a weapon and

witnesses reported a wild scene on the hill and hitting the ground to get out of the way of numerous gun shots. derek mcginty is going to have an update at 7:00. but if you are headed that way and you see a lot of activity, that is the reason why. of course, it is a beautiful day outside. >> let's take one more look at the seven-day forecast to put a smile on your face. it is going to be a beautiful evening. slight chance for rain after midnight. 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm on thursday and friday. temperatures fall into the low 80s over the weekend. best chance for rain again friday night and saturday morning. >> not a bad forecast. >> there you go. thanks for that, tony. that's it for us. the cbs news with katie couric is next. president obama supports a drastic overhaul on healthcare. what that means for you and

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