the judge ordered a recess so bonita could get herself together. it was even more emotional when she returned. they testified the mother and four children didn't show up at the funeral of the father and despite repeated attempts to see the girls who all called her grandma it never happened. after one visit to the house on 6 on -- 6th street jacks called her and left a threatening message. what were you doing at my house? what were you looking for? if you come back bonita told her in that voice mail message, "i'll kill you." three weeks after she says the voice mail message was left it is the last time anyone saw her 16-year-old daughter britney alive. the three other little girls soon disappeared after that. they were not seen until marshalls found their bodies while trying to evict jacks once again. back to you. >> all right. audrey, thank you for that.

>> thank you. sky 9 was at the scene of an apartment building shortly after a little girl fell out of a second floor window. it happened this afternoon at the home acres terrace apartments in beltsville. the 4-year-old girl is expected to be okay. she was rushed to children's hospital. right now she is being treated for what is described as nonlife threatening injuries. the man shot by u.s. capitol police yesterday has been identified as 27-year-old kellan white. he was shot by officers when he refused to drop a gun. he hit two police officers with a car, drove the wrong way down a street crashing his car on new jersey avenue and c street. he died later from his wounds. if you drive by the wilson bridge base yourself for a new traffic pattern. right lane of the outer loop in alexandria will be diverted

onto the eisenhauer connector. since exit 174 will also be closed if you want to get to eyes eisenhauer you will have to take another exit. a hole opened up west of old columbia pike but the actual break in the median. water was restored to customers shortly before 11:00 a.m. this morning and the road was fixed just in time for the evening rush hour. virginia wants federal approval to commercialize rest stops on interstate highways. officials say a number of other states have been given waivers or are exempt from the federal rules that say the states have to operate these rest stops. virginia is facing a budget shortfall and plans to close 19 of the rest stops to save money. a follow-up to yesterday's carjacking. abduction in virginia beach. police say the suspect is now in custody in syracuse, new

york. 24-year-old matthew nash is accused of stealing a vehicle from a gas station with a 1- year-old child in her car seat. the toddler was found in a hotel parking lot a few hours later. nash was arrested this morning. he apparently abandoned the minivan and found hiding in the woods. update on a story we first brought you back in december. arlington, virginia, man will spend no time in prison for killing another man during a botched encounter. he killed matthew hicks inside donaldson's home. hicks and a woman met donaldson through an internet posting. prince george's county police investigating an early morning murder in capital heights. a caller reported hearing gunshots around 2:30 a.m. on cindy lane and then seeing a man on the ground. officers found him dead at the scene. he is identified as 24-year-old

mike james jr. no word on suspects or motive in his death. a louden county business owner has disappeared. he owned businesses in maryland and virginia. his creditors are trying to force him into bankruptcy. an attorney for the creditors says he checked the accounts for the alatari holdings and says there is nothing left. house democrats are moving ahead with a health care reform plan they say will deliver on president obama's promise to cover some 50 million currently uninsured americans. but as karen brown reports the price tag is drawing criticism even from within their own party. >> come to order. >> reporter: house lawmakers began plowing through hundreds of pages of legislation to revamp the nation's health care system. the proposal aims to bring coverage to some 50 million uninsured americans by fining

employers and individuals who don't purchase health care and tax the wealthy. >> it would be difficult to go home and tell my constituents to refuse health care reform. republicans argue that the plan will sock it to small businesses owners forced to provide coverage for their workers or pay a penalty. >> if private 1 is getting people back to work how can you think making it more expensive for people to hire people is a way to to that. >> reporter: the gop as well as some democrats also don't like the 1.5 trillion price tag and point to warnings from the congressional budget office that the legislation will raise health care costs not lower them. i'm hopeful and optimistic that there will be more savings. >> reporter: three house committee is trying to push them through and hoping to reach a more bipartisan agreement by friday. they want that before the august break and president

obama met privately with two white house senators the white house hopes to persuade. karen brown , 9news now and wusa9.com. president obama also launched a series of 30-second t.v. ads in an attempt to get americans to reach out and try to convince moderate members of congress to get on board with the health care reform plan. federal transportation officials just announced a major step forward in national railroad safety and it comes in the wake of last month's deadly metro train collision. digital correspondent scott broom has the story. metro's red line shut down again today while investigators used equipment to document the blind curve at the site of the deadly metro collision june 22nd. investigators want to know what the operator of the oncoming train may have seen and when she saw it. as the investigation continues to focus on possible faulty electronic sensors in the track that may not have detected a train sitting on the blind spot there was a major announcement

issued. the agency will create rules to require all railroads to use so- called positive train controls. electronic systems that automatically detect trouble and stop a train barreling down the track when darren is imminent. how the proposed rule may affect metro is unclear. the fra does not regulate metro and the system already has positive train control but the control system has been on manual override since the tragedy. while metro consults with experts to develop a fail safe backup to comply with an urgent recommendation from the national transportation safety board. the american public transit association is being called on to assist. the association says any new system will be a tall order. >> well, the system that ntsb is recommending isn't something that dc metro can just pull off a shelf. it is something that is going to require some research and development. >> reporter: the new rules proposed by the federal

railroad administration would stop a train even if its driver was texting, although here in washington it appears the metro system has tested the limits of such electronic systems. scott broom, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you, scott. turning now to the weather. feeling a little steamier out there than it has in a while. meteorologist tony pann in for topper. how is it on the terrace right now? >> still hot. humidity has come down. probably be the hottest day of the year so far. we made it into the 90s. only second or third time the whole summer. but whether it tops out being the hottest day or not still ma s scine be. tyisetwaprit rm the ale takekeliatf so o erkembnus ommb the to ofth e tyhu. on gondownbu tet at hmpes'turen . er ees in the city. low 90s elsewhere. little cooler near the water with the breeze coming off the water in annapolis. as we head toward the end of the week and beginning of the weekend chance for rain will be going up. only a 30% chance for a thunderstorm tonight but i push

that up to about 60% tomorrow night. the weekend will turn much cooler. we will detail that seven-day forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. for now, back inside. it is the most recognizable landmark of the chicago skyline. coming up the sears tower gets a new name. controversial case from sonia sotomayer past testifying at her confirmation hearing. i'm joel brown in washington. the story coming up. fa

this week it continues on wall street. dow climbing for a fourth

straight day closing at 8711 nasdaq rising 22 points and s&p 500 closed eight points higher. labor department reports the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits took a big drop last week. the number of initial unemployment filings plunged by 47,000 people to 522,000 and that is the lowest level since january. hundreds of people looking for work flooding the washington convention center today for a job fair hosted by congresswoman norton. more than 80 employers were at the event all with current job openings and they also gave job seekers some advice on how to be competitive in this ultra tight market. >> in your job search, the basic tenants did not change in a job market but the amount of time an effort you must put into a job search to be successful must increase dramatically. >> right now dc's unemployment

rate is more than 10%. judge sonia sotomayer wrapping up four days of testimony today. as joel brown reports a confirmation to the u.s. speak could come as early as neck week. >> reporter: a white new haven firefighter that judge sonia sotomayer ruled against in a discrimination case was among one of the first witnesses to testify. >> achievement is neither limited nor determined by one's race but by one's skills, dedication, commitment and character. >> reporter: but on the judge's side are new york mayor michael bloomberg and her former boss in the new york d.a.'s office robert morganthal. there is little doubt she will win confirmation getting praise from both sides. >> you have come a long way. you have worked very hard. >> i think you're walking, talking example of the best part of the united states of

america. >> like she has done all week judge sonia sotomayer side stepped hot button issues and refused to indicate how she voted on controversial issues like gun control or abortion. >> would you want to judge a nominee who came in here and said i agree with you, this is unconstitutional before i had a case before me? >> reporter: before wrapping up her testimony sonia sotomayer said shield not rule out aallowing television courts in the high court. she is on track to be the first hispanic supreme court justice appears to have few obstacles left in her way. joel brown , 9news now and wusa9.com. >> republicans are considering judge sonia sotomayer hasn't committed any major mistakes. a quick confirmation would allow her to be sworn in before the new term begins in october. a washington landmark made famous by the watergate scandal

is up for sale. the watergate hotel is expected to go on the auction block next week. the website for alex cooper auctioneers does not mention watergate by name describing only a 12-story hotel at the watergate address. a 30-day foreclosure notice on the watergate expires today. that retail housing and office complex was made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to president nixon's resignation. been called the sears tower since opening in 1973. but as of today the 110-story skyscraper will be known ase as th r.llwe it brsis a itbrh isokbrerage ancompy bad in london is the new same ke eosa>>e atpl pwhy do you think they will call it? >> call it the big willy, whatever you want. this is a fun town. this is a growing town. a global town. i hope we get the olympics. >> that's so chicago. sears was the original tenant that moved out in 1982. the name on the building,

however, remained the same until now. planning to demand all suppliers measure the environmental cost of making its product. wal-mart wants to calculate and post an eco rating for each item. it is seen as spurring companies to redesign products from electronics to jeans. at the same time it presents additional costs as companies are pinching pennies so shoppers won't see those green ratings on products for several years. finally seeing a little humidity. took the dog out for a walk this morning and she was ready to go back before i was. done. ready to go. >> this will end up being the hottest day of the year so far. but like we talked about yesterday even though it is going to get hot briefly around here i don't see any big heat waves. won't stick around for two or three days. by the weekend back in the low 80s. >> just one day shot here of the heat and humidity. actually humidity has gone down since earlier today. this morning it was pretty thick. right now it is not too bad. i'll show you all that in a

second. start with the three-day trend first as we always do. into the weekend there is the temperature trend i was talking about. low 80s saturday and sunday and if you're rooting for rainy think there is a pretty good chance we will get some late friday and friday night. right now looks like it will get out of here that system before we hit the weekend. partly cloudy skies. 30% chance for a shower or thunderstorm tonight. most of you will not see any rain overnight. low temperatures dropping back into the 60s and humidity has gone down. mixture of sunshine and clouds tomorrow. chance of showers and thunderstorms most likely late in the day and evening hours . here is the setup right now. a cold front approaching from the west. got dry air behind it. as a matter of fact, the dry air has already worked its way in. humidity is being squashed down to the south but as the front comes lieu it is triggering a few scattered showers and thunderstorms and so far most of that activity has been up in pennsylvania and new jersey. one loan little thunderstorm

showing up in our neighborhood. take a look at live doppler 9000 down south, south of fredericksburg down 95. this is the only game in town. so if you're watching us down there you guys will see some rain for a while. it is drifting to the east- southeast so maybe it will head over towards the northern neck later this evening but 90% of you watching out there will have dry conditions. numbers now. 94 degrees at the top of the hour. dew point only 55 though. that's come down from the upper 60s earlier in the day producing relative humidity of only 27% because the winds have shifted to the west and that's usually a drying wind. hot just about everywhere. even 95 in haggerstown. little cooler near the water. naval station checking in at 90. cooler temperatures off to our north west in the great lakes. 78 in chicago. only 69 in minneapolis st. paul an some of that air mass will be sliding down towards us over the weekend but this front that is coming through tonight will

stall to our south during the day tomorrow and an area of low pressure will develop in the north east. that's why i think we will see an increase in the chance of rain by friday night and maybe early saturday morning but generally saturday and sunday should be for the most part dry. put a 30% chance for a shower or storm in there but overall not a bad weekend with high temperatures around 83 degrees both days and then we jump back into the upper 80s maybe near 90 by the middle of next week. so, it was hot today. smoking hot. little hotter than i thought it would be. but only one day. >> and it is july. >> that's right. exactly. >> thank you, tony. still ahead, a deadly accident on pt set of a scheduled madonna concert. but first. >> i'm in hollywood. emmy nominations are out. coming up the ones that got recognized and whthe ones that didn't.

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breaking bag, damages, dexter, house and loss only network dramas to get noticed. nbc's comedy "30 rock" 30 nominations. >> come to think of it i do have a meeting. >> reporter: 30 rocks competition in the comedy category. office. >> i'm not going to give you a prize for running over an employee. >> reporter: family guy. flight of the concords. how i met your mother. entourage and weeds. there were also a few noticeable snubs. several shows that recently ended were overlooked like e.r., boston legal and the shield. even though hbo dominates the nominations with 99 it is vampire saga true blood was left out of the major categories. >> i'm coming from the darkness into the light. >> reporter: like the oscars this time the emmies are trying something new adding more nominees to the big categories

hoping increased star power can deliver a better audience. last year's telecast was the least watched every. cbs news, hollywood. >> nominee and how i met your mother actor neil patrick harris will host the 61st emmy awards sunday september 20th right here. officers rolling up on a minivan on fire. more of this amazing video is coming up. but up next the first moon walk like you've never seen it before with a little help from hollywood. nasa remasters the most memoble momentf the apollo 11 mission. 9 news now is brought to you by the room store. put it all together and save more. >> i'm sam inviting you to our 23rd annual tent sale. we all have confidence

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gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories in the news now. emotional testimony was heard today at the bonita jacks murder trial overcome and helped by a rs nuase two grandmothe oasf the dead children testified about the disappearance of jacks' daughters. investigators checking a blind curve on the redline today where that deadly accident happened june 22nd. while that investigation continues the federal railroad

administration issued an order for new rules that require equipment that automatically picks up any rail line trouble. on monday it will be 40 years since human kind took its first steps on another celestial body but only in the last few years has nasa gone in search of the original tape of neil armstrong stepping foot on the moon. nasa came up with something good for the anniversary anyway. >> very, very fine grained. >> reporter: who could forget those fuzzy pictures from another world. >> on the planet earth. wrst step upon thmoon. t hayou didn't hear was the anguish of the guy who designed the video camera that was beaming back the pictures. >> when i first saw the image i turned to my counterparts at nasa and said what happened? >> quality of the t.v., how is it. >> beautiful, mike. in fact. >> reporter: it was not as half beautiful as it could have been something went wrong as nasa

converted the video format for live broadcast on t.v. stations across earth. >> standing on the surface of the moon. now nasa has taken the best videotapes of the moon walk it can find and had them remastered by the digital wizards at a hollywood firm better known for restoring classic movies and come up with this. you can actually see armstrong's visor and reflection in it. much of the cloudiness is gone as buzz climbs down the ladder. you can see the stars and stripes. but what nasa has not found despite a long search the original tapes in the original format. >> we felt terrible. we felt depressed. >> this is channel 9's archive room. just a few hundred tapes and every decade or so a new boss comes in and wants to throw them all out. nasa had tens of thousands of tapes. every bit of data from every space mission and no one was even thinking about the video.

nasa suspects the tapes were simply recycled. >> with restoration we can narrow that gap considerably but never, ever get to the point we could with the original. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> nasa has spent about $230,000 on the restoration project. it released just a few clips today and expects to release more when it is finished in september. you can see the clips that we have seen at wusa9.com. and nasa engineers are reviewing photos from last night's launch of space shuttle endeavour. officials say eight or nine pieces of foam insulation came off the external fuel tank during liftoff and the shuttle was hit at least two or three times but mission control says the damage looks less extensive than similar damage on the shuttle flight. endeavour will get another inspection tomorrow on approaching the space station. pretty sad anniversary. ten years ago john f. kennedy jr. died after the plane he was

piloting clashed. his wife and her sister also died in that crash. jfk jr. was only 38 when he died. now to the latest on the murders of melanie and bird billings. the couple killed during a home invasion earlier this month in florida. they were well known in that state for adopting 13 special needs children. so far eight people have been charged with the crime. the home invasion was captured by security cameras the billings used to monitor the 13 special needs children they were caring for. >> we have located evidence, valuable evidence. we have located the safe. the safe is being processed at this time. we have located several guns in various locations. one of which we believe is the murder weapon.

>> authorities described the deadly home invasion as a well planned military style assault. none of the billings children were hurt. right now two jersey city police officers are in critical condition after an early morning shoot with two robbery suspects. the city's mayor says the gun fight erupted after the officers approached two people connected to an armed robbery. the suspects then ran into an apartment and fired shotguns through the door and wall. those suspects were killed in the gun battle that followed. three other officers were shot. they are expected to be okay. at this hour a two-mile stretch of interstate 75 just north of detroit, michigan, remains closed as authorities investigate the massive fuel tank explosion. the force of the blast and resulting heat caused part of the overpass to collapse. debris was still smoldering today. a water main break flooded at a brand-new hotel in downtown fort worth texas. as much as 100,000 gallons of

water went spewing into a hotel. the hotel next to the convention center held its grand openings earlier this year. no one was hurt. do you know someone who has put his or her life on the line or has done a really good deed for a community? 9 news now has launched a new initiative and we call it hero central. tonight we take you to atlanta georgia where a family road trip would have ended in tragedy if not for the actions of some quick thinking police officers much as susan roberts shows us, it was all caught on tape. >> reporter: the king family was traveling in their minivan last week in the atlanta area when a tire blew, sparks flew and the van burst into flames all caught by a police dash cam as the kings struggled to make it to the shoulder. two of the four family members got out. but as officers pulled up you can hear the anguished cries of sisters stephanie and michele keen screaming for them to rescue their disabled mother

trapped between the burning minivan and guardrail. >> when we got there -- we can't wait for the fire guys to show and do their thing so we just had to do whatever we could do. we picked her up and dragged her a little bit further away from the fire to get her -- i could feel it on my back, the heat on my back. >> reporter: in the end everyone made it out alive. >> i thank all of them for helping us and thank the lord for getting them there. >> reporter: two people are still hospitalized but will be okay. all are grateful. susan roberts, cbs news, washington. >> do you know a hero or need a hero? log on to wusa9.com and click on the hero central button and tell us all about that person. coming up in living smart a little known way to delay foreclosure proceedings. a camera guy apologizing for this incident involving one of our 9news now

correspondents. a local athlete coming full circle. dave owens will tell us what message he is teaching kids. we jump into the 90s only for the second time this summer buit l lloo cofofn aiagov er th e ekwe d. en sey da sllw thu e sn-se s.nucast in a y w tefe t,rsbefi um nrst umthtop e p of the hour. hot but not too humid. still 94 downtown. stay tuned. weather is coming up next.

are your kids putting themselves in physical danger because of texting? join in our discussion. clicon the usscdision tab an scroll down to as scene on 9news now now. the housing foreclosure numbers are not scgetting y an er and unoypl emntmeto bl e.amre osclnge e.filis ro semo re than 33 % nempin edarthcowi th . me month last ar % er15 al u.ou hs. se hoar s lde on the verge of losing their houses in the first half of this year. in tonight's living smart report we look at a little known practice that some attorneys say may buy you some valuable time. >> kerry mcconnell's salary was slushed and it wasn't long before they fell behind on

their mortgage payment. the pair tried unsuccessfully to work with their lender and soon they faced foreclosure. >> we built this house and lived here and it is the home of our kids so it is a struggle. >> reporter: the mcconnell's contacted a foreclosure attorney who advisedded them to use three little words. produce the note. it means asking the lender to find the actual mortgage note proving that you owe the debt. >> produce the note is a legal strategy we use to force banks to show us that they are the proper party to foreclose. >> reporter: seems like a simple request but law professor katherine porter says finding that piece of paper isn't always easy. >> and in today's market with huge banks and changes in the financial industry it will sometimes take the lender three or six or even nine months or a year. >> reporter: during the last decade it became common for one lender to sell a mortgage to another lender. original paperwork was sometimes stored in hard to find locations, misplaced or

accidentally destroyed. >> in 2007 i did a study of home runs who filed bankruptcy to try to save their hours. the note was missing 40% of the time. >> reporter: giving families like the mcconnell's the right to ask the court to block foreclosure until the lender can provide proof of the debt. this give homeowners precious time to renegotiate a deal, find a new home or get their finances in order. >> i believe a homeowner should not ask them to produce the note until they have tried every other approach. >> reporter: he admits producing the note has only worked about 35 to 50% of the time. the mcconnells filed suit against their lender. >> we can't refuse to give up. we have so much here. >> reporter: we were also told that many times judges are willing to accept electronic documentation of a note. if you go to our website wusa9.com and click on living smart you can read the

professor's note study. tonight a mclean neighborhood trying to get back to normal after police took over the streets after a 24- hour long stando as chsue rainn tells us, friends of the ctime s are having a tough time dealing with all that unfolded yesterday. >> reporter: the neighborhood is quiet after the deadly standoff. but broken windows and doors are a reminder of the tragedy. in a horrible twist an 8-year- old boy now faces the future with no father and a mother who is in the hospital in grave condition. it is something one of hank's closest friends is grappling with. the 8-year-old has to see his own father turn the gun on himself. >> talking about an 8-year-old child to see that. the mother in the condition she is in. to lose his father altogether. even somebody as tough as me, i have a heart. so it hurts. >> reporter: the violence began thursday night. police say a fight over hank and his ex-girlfriend's 8-year- old son spilled out into the

street on fisher off root 7. he shot the mother of the child and holed up in the house. police say one of the reasons this took so long was because innocent victims were involved especially with a child inside that home. >> wasn't just the suspect, just this man we were dealing with. we take great care to protect our victims and witnesses. >> reporter: the s.w.a.t. team stormed the house right after communication broke and vallentini shot himself. this was not a hostage situation. the woman came out in handcuffs and the boy both unharmed. >> he basically loved him a lot. and she tried to do everything she could to stop it and prevent this. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9news now and wusa9.com. police say they are going to have a meeting to find out what they learned from the standoff and what they could have done better in the event there is a next time. we have a follow-up now to a story we did a couple weeks ago with the cast of the real world when they moved into a

house newer dew dupont circle. neighbors understandably are trying to get a glimpse of all the action they got some resistance from the production crew. one mtv cameraman got in between lindsey and people she tried to interview. now that cameraman has apologized in an e-mail. he writes i would like to extend an apology for my conduct. ill advised actions on that day much the nation's capital has given a warm welcome to the real world dc. it is our desire to present this great city in th stbe be light possible. lindsey say, okay, i will accept the apology. to see the entire apology letter and her response go to our website. 78-year-old contracting meningitis and not likely to

survive. writing the best selling memoir -- best seller and in a new york city hospice. he was recently treated for melanoma. the roof of a stage being built for a madonna concert in france collapsed today killing one worker. six others were injured including two who are in very serious condition. that roof was two thirds complete when it collapsed. the cause is under investigation. the madonna concert scheduled for sunday night has been canceled. some of the top forbes list. star wars creator george lewkis making an estimated $170 million last year. steven spielberg came in second earning $150 million. csi executive producer third with $100 million in earnings. comedian jerry sienfeld and dr. phil round out the top five. harry potter proving to be

magic at the box office. second highest wednesday movie debut trailing only last month's transformers, revenge of the fallen. fourth biggest daily gross ever. coming up in 15 minutes at 6:00 p.m. an unexpected apology from a virginia newspaper. also, will dc charter school children have schools to attend in the fall. the district missed a $100 million payment. and why the once popular shoe may be headed for the bargain bin. do you have some of those? >> i don't. >> my kids spent all last summer in crocs. >> has someone decided they are not in style any more. >> you'll have to wait to find

out. >> i may stick around for the 6:00 p.m. show just for that story. maybe i will do some weather too if you let me do the segment. >> since you are here. >> let's do it right now. since you are here you don't have to wait until 6:00 p.m. three-day trend as we always do. going into the weekend i think we will get rain late friday and friday night. a lot rooting for rain. front lawns a little parched especially after a day like today when it is hot and dry. temperatures will cool off going into the weekend back into the low 80s. how about that? partly cloudy skies for the rest of tonight. a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm. 20 or 30% mark on that. temperatures falling back into the 60s. humidity dropping off this evening. earlier today it was pretty high but this evening it is not bad. still kind of warm out there but the humidities is certainly comfortable. mixture of sunshine and clouds. chance for showers and thunderstorms late in the day. 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. actually friday night will be the best clans for rain. high temperatures between 84 and 89. sunrise tomorrow morning at 5:57. >> here is the weather setup.

had a cold front go through a couple hours ago ushering dry air and producing a couple of thunderstorms here and there. most of the activity so far has been to our north up in pennsylvania and new jersey but there is one little thunderstorm we have to show you on live doppler 9000. there it is. this is the only one we can find but it is a pretty good one. moving slowly dropping heavy rain. so if you're watching us down there south of fredericksburg that will be the case probably for the next 45 minutes or so. switch it over to the weather computer. take a look at the temperatures. 94 at the top of the hour. national airport. dew point is down to 55 producing a relative humidity of only 27%. so the air is pretty dry. 93 in winchester. 90s everybody this evening. area of low pressure will develop on the front. before that happens tomorrow night that will produce showers and thunderstorms and then it will cool off as we head into saturday and sunday. right now i think most of the weekend is going to be dry.

only put a 20 or 30% chance for the thunderstorm in the forecast both on saturday and on sunday. major story is the change in the temperatures. today mid-90s. over the weekend about 83 both days. >> just a brief shot of the heat today then that's it. >> okay. >> tony pena, thank you. >> all right. >> dave owens is here. you've got a story about an athlete who used an obstacle as an opportunity? >> he came all the way back. really a great story. bryce bevel is a local teacher, coach who wants to help all kids and of course you can say that about a lot of coaches but bevel's journey is pretty amazing considering where he came from and obstacles he had to overcome. experienced a lot of athletic success. syracuse. even in canada. but these days bryce bevill is back in maryland. >> always, always have to come with the a-game. >> teaching. >> want to be that person that

bridges the gap between athletics and academics. >>re: errtwhich h eris pretty amazing when you consider where he has been. at 11 he lost his younger brother in a car accident. later that year his father died of a stroke. >> i h learned very rleafeliy i sht. >>reporter: thenlife thw re hi m another obstacle as his mother wreled with a drug addiction. >> drug man moved into my house and started selling from my house. i was that kid that was going to be dead, in jail or just in and out of prison. >> reporter: so 13 bevill mo ved in with his older brother. it was there he began to excel in sports after meeting coach tony watkins. >> they saved my life. >> reporter: bevill is now repaying the favor. he and another co-founded total focus aimed at increasing the emphasis that athletes place on academics. >> we show we are the strongest and best in the classroom we

shrink away from challenges and opportunities. >> reporter: one of the techniques the two use in the classroom is called "animated learning" where they use the excitement that these student athletes might have for his or her sport. >> raise your hand as high a you can. >> you're a student athlete and they emphasize the student part because you are a student before you are an athlete. >> the thing that he gets from it is when they come back to say i learned something for you four or five years ago and that is ringing true and i really appreciate that. >> great story. his mother we talked about in that story overcame her addictions and she actually helped name the foundation. so just a great story all around. total focus. >> he made a decision. >> he sure did. >> to change his life. >> thank you for that. just ahead. a painful side effect of summer. why some people get more headaches this time of year and what you can do to nip them in the d. isl ext.

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report. two dc area hospitals are ranked amongst the best in america by u.s. news and world report. washington hospital center and national rehabilitation hospital are both on the list for 2009. the hospital center has been singled out for its cardiac services especially heart surgery and nrh ranks 12th in the nation for rehab and tops in the dc area. every summer people who typically aren't prone to chronic headaches say they need help. it seems the heat and humidity of the season can worsen migraine pain. how and where a headache begins get worse in the summer. >> basically the migraine wouldn't go away. they have given me demerol for the pain. >> reporter: the summer migraines hit most often when this woman is in direct sunlight. humidity and heat and pollen

are other triggers. a pharmacist has a few tips to help prevent headache pain from escalating escalating. the sooner you understand the triggers the better. >> smoke from a grill. >> noise can be a trigger. perfume. as well as other noises. thunderstorms. >> reporter: here at the shopper's food warehouse pharmacy pharmacists have come up with a way for customers to keep track of their headache patterns an causes. >> the patient will receive a diary with all of the information that is gathered and there will be a second session that the pharmacist will come back and give some ideas as to how to prevent them, how to treat them. >> reporter: bradley says once you know your triggers and feel the first signs of a headache coming on take media action. >> take some of the pain medication from over the counter. >> make sure you eat breakfast every morning. make sure you eat a full course meal. if you're going outside

especially allergy sufferers wear sunglasses. >> reporter: others we talked to shared their own pain busting remedies. >> you squeeze right here between your thumb and your forefinger and as long as you're squeezing the headache will go away. >> i will probably try advil first, drinking water, going outside. maybe exercise. >> then there is always wine. >> reporter: not that i recommend that. >> all right. if none of that works the pharmacist suggests you spend as little time as possible out in the sun. as hard as that may be. if your headaches become severe consult your physician, of course. check out the leading summertime headache triggers an prevention measures go to wusa9.com and click on living well. coming up next at 6:00 p.m. crocs may be soon going on clearance. we will tell you why the once popular shoes are now striking out with shoppers. >> we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. 9news now continues. abrasive on dentures? look, scratches collect and grow cause bad breath instead clean without scratching causing bacteria every day

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