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. this is 9news now. >> tonight the aftermath of an t nightt001: 1.fo eo ur p1:ple lostrteop hnur.icel irte70 crash on i70. they wereasll involved in a charity to benefit struggling en anantonight the founder of that charity who also was the owner of the helicopter business that lost three employees spoke exclusively with digital correspondent scott broom. >> we are going to do something to honor these people's lives. >> neil laning stunned by the loss. neil booth, pilot jeff nordaas, flying instructor niall booth and kim felix. they hit a power line and went

down on i70 in washington county. the advanced helicoptergh youth foundation. booth was the foundation's director. in the midst of attracting attention and raise money to cover the mental health needs of troubled teens. kim felix was a community leader in lake leonore. her friends are badly shaken. >> she led the girl scout group and she was pta president last year. >> tonight laning says tragedy will not mark the end of the youth foundation. his three employees and their guests were trying to make fly. >> i'm not sure how this tragic event of yesterday will affect our foundation, but i think it would be in total disrespect to neil and to the rest of the people who put their heart and soul into this to not go through with it at some level. >> reporter: laning and all of the other involved with the

helicopter company say they are mist fide by what happened and they're interested to know what they find out. scott broom 9news now and wusa9.com. >> neil booth left behind a family, including two teenage sons. the national transportation safety board is examining the helicopter. eventually it will be taken to the agency's facility in delaware so investigators can take a closer look. right now they're focusing on three possible factors, bad weather, power lines and the pilot's history. >> the wires that were struck were about 70 feet off the ground. so that gives you a sense of at a what height the helicopter was flying. we also know one of the witnesses reported that weather was clear low to theryve foggy u

got. >> jeff nordaas de delayed the take why you have for two hours because of the weather. just click on our stories right on the head plienz. new tonight, police are investigating how a car ended up in the front of a store in arlington. it happened on columbia pike. police were called to the scene just after 9:30 this evening. it looked like two cars were in an accident and one ended up in the front of a framing store. one person was hurt. well, now for a story 9news now broke for you first at 6:00 p.m. sourtions tell us a plan -- sources tell us a plan is awaiting a final for two fire stations. brittany morehouse has been working on this story all night long and, brittany, what have you found out. >> reporter: derek, first the only official confirmation we have from prince george's fire is that the plan has been submitted for final approval. we know from sources, however, that plan would eliminate stations. thatignhtthtg meaon mer county he will have

o pick up the slack and for commu mberst i means fear for their safety. from all sides station 844 seems inactive. but people who live and work here no better. >> it's a very busy station and there is a lot of accidents. >> reporter: a lot of accidents at the intersections where this man owns a pizza shop. so when he hears that this firehouse may be closing in the name of budget problems, his alarm bells go off. he says there is another firehouse further down but -- >> i don't think that if this firehouse closes the one firehouse will be able to cover the whole area. >> reporter: sources tell 9news now the plan proposed would shut down the station and firehouse 841 in calverton. that station is on powde mill road just steps away from interstate 95. jones wants to completely close both by august 1st. >> it will be better that people know because all of a sudden

there will see, okay, there is no more service. >> reporter: neighbors had no idea and for this woman it's now a health concern. >> i am sick. >> and then i have this senior citizen home right over here just up the road from there. they're not going to feel secure about it. >> reporter: but others like this man don't feel like it threatens their safety. he says he expects to call 911 and get someone right away. in that plan, two other stations will lose career firefighters on a permanent basis. chief jones has said in the past the reason they're doing the reduction is because of bujted cuts and he believes -- budget cuts and he believes they have too many stations too close together. it was the first station to respond. no one was hurt when flames broke out in an apartment at 951 east-west highway. investigators are not sure what sparked that fire. >> all right. brittany, thank you so much. clearly much concern. our area will be one of seven parts of the nation taking

part in a terror prevention drill. it happened on monday. the department of homeland security is coordinating the five-day drill. the drill shouldn't have any impact on the general public. your tax dollars could soon be buying flesh needles for drug addicts. the capitol hill ex chajdz funds for -- exchanged funds for needle exchange programs. and what is a sure bet at most vegas casinos, cigarette smoke. now a person is suing sees arz palace. it -- cesar palace. she had to quit her job because it was wrecking her health. they hope to make this a class action suit. also out of las vegas tonight, doctors are trying to

save a 2-year-old girl shot by her brother. he is only four. the father was at the house in the time. police are trying to sort out how it happened. now to south carolina where the story is of the same, this time it's a 4-year-old boy shot by his three-year-old brother. the boys and their dad were staying overnight at a friend's house. this morning the 3-year-old apparently found a gun stashed under a bed. he pulled the trigger and shot his little brother in the stomach. that boy is expected to survive. a follow-up now for you on a story we first brought you last night at 11:00. teachers, parents, students now is your chance to grab a slice of a $4 billion pie. we'll let president obama explain. >> we set aside over $4 billion in the recovery act to promote improvements in schools. this is one of the largest investments in education reform in american history. and rather than divvying it up and handing it out, we are letting states and school

districts compete for it. that's how we can get excellence and spur reform and launch a race to the top in america's public schools. >> the federal stimulus money will go to states and school district that adopt strong academic standards and those that employ high quality teachers and allow for expansion of charter schools. i bet there are a lot of you out there who come to believe you can't live without your twitter or your facebook. but guess what, if you worked in the obama white house, you might have to figure out how to. digital correspondent lindsey mastis explains. >> reporter: president obama is considered to be pretty high tech. after all, it is social networking that helped him get elected. but some white house staffers aren't allowed on twitter. the video is on youtube. >> twitter is blocked on white house computers. >> reporter: this is pretty surprising. especially because the white house has its own twitter account. so who is hekiow tng updates?

i called t the white house to fd out. they say some staffers have been granted access to twitter, including the office's new media team which is in charge of the twitter account. the reason it's blocked for everyone else? it has to do with the presidential records act. every tweet has to be archived. it's not easy to do. so only certain people get access. but what about president obama? i'm told he is allowed to use twitter if he goes through the new media team. in the web center, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> he has to go through the new media team. by the way, there are more than 700,000 people following the white house on twitter. best buy is buying in northern virginia. today the electronic chain signed a lease for a building along highland vista drive in ash burn. best buy says it plans to use that space for administrative offices. the company has about 20 stores all around the region.

the federal minimum wage went up today. but those who live off tips are still only paid $2.13 an hour before as a base wage. and as digital correspondent jimmy tells us, there's a move to bring that wage up as well. >> i rely on my tips. on day when it's not very busy, we go home with very little money. >> reporter: the federal minimum wage is increased but federal tipped employees haven't seen much change. >> we make a living off our tips because most of our wages go to taxes on the our paychecks are usually he zero dollars. >> reporter: the wage for tipped employees have been frozen at $2.13 an hour since 1991. >> our customers don't know i don't think how much we get paid. and i think that maybe sometimes why we get such small tips. >> reporter: health insurance is a major concern for tipped employees. >> the insurance that's offered here is about $200 a month, which we have to pay to our

boss. >> reporter: the national employment law project is working with congress to change the polite of tipped employees. >> we do this for a living. a lot of us this is how we survive. and it's not just a part-time gig. we work really hard for the little bit of money we get. >> reporter: in springerville maryland, this is jimmy for 9news now and wusa9.com. >> representative donna edwards of maryland has introduced a bill in the house that would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.75 nationwide. combining dance moves and aerobics may be tough enough but how aboutoi dng iter undng wate. and will the weather be a washout tomorrow. we'll be back in two minutes.

welcome back. good evening, everybody. i'm tony pann. it looks like for the most part the start of the weekend is going to be fine. let's start out with the three-day trend. it is going to get warmer and more humid on saturday. nothing unusual for this time of the year. we'll make it up to 91. but i think if i was going to pick one of the two weekend days, i would pick saturday instead of sunday. partly cloudy skies for the rest of the night. when you wake up tomorrow, temperatures will generally be in the 60s.

there's still a 20 or 30% chance for a thunderstorm overnight. but for the most part, dry conditions. partly to mostly sunny skies tomorrow. the humidity will go up. the high temperatures will range between 88 and 93. sunrise tomorrow morning at 6:03. let's look at doppler 9000 and we'r pstlilicking upl few sher ts udanhunderstormsutd there. this was a lot moree aivct when we were with you earlier this evening. but still a few light showers and sprinkles showing up. these should be dissipating over the next couple of hours. so if you're watching and have you a little rain, it shouldn't last that long. nothing around the city and the northern suburbs are quiet ativ the present time. let's look at the current temperatures, right now we're in the upper 70s and low 80s. the dew points are running in the mid 60s. so the dew points have come up a little bit from earlier this evening. 70 in winchester at the top of the hour. 78 downtown. under partly cloudy skies for most of you. and, again, we'll cruise back

into the 60s probably bottominga out at 62, 63. we'll see some temperatures. temperatures made it up to around 95, 96 again in dal list. it's still 88 -- dallas. it's still 88 there. a chunk of the heat will make it over here. that's why we bumped the temperatures into the low 90s on saturday. but the whole pattern is about to shift a little bit. by the time we get to the middle of next week, the dip in the jet stream is going to push back to the west. that means the core of the cool air will be up in the great lakes instead of near here. so the temperatures will be a little closer to average, i think, for most of next week. nothing unusual. you wouldn't call it hot for the end of july. upper 80s to around 90 degrees. and unfortunately i think the best rain for rain in our seven-day forecast will be on sunday. about a 30% chance for a thunderstorm each day next week. but those would just be hit and miss type storms. and, again, the temperatures about where they should be at the end of july. upper 80s to around 90. >> thank you, tony.

>> all right. >> we appreciate that. astronauts from the space shut eevondeaur spent their day installing fresh batteries. but these are not your average every day energize er bunny type bad bath reez. first of all, they are -- batteries. first of all, they are three feet long. they also cost three and a half million bucks apiece. and did i mention the fact that to plug them in, you have to bewaring a space suit? okay. >> i wouldn't want to drop one of those. no. when you hear water aerobics, a lot of people think, you know, a low impact workout for older folks. but tonight an aquatic workout that definitely takes things up a notch in living well. >> advanced aerobics phenomena with the zip ee name of zumba has gained popularity all over the world. now the next challenge. >> i think it's a little harder in the water. >> i step out of the pool feeling a lot more winded. >> these workouts combine the

same cardio workout as traditional zumba with the natural resistance of the water. >> all right. it's resistant to every movement that you do. so basically it's kind of like you have dumbbells. >> pool workouts are great for rehab. they take pressure and pounding off the joints. >> i just had my knee and my hip replaced. and it seemed like it was pretty good therapy. stress is minimal in the pool. >> balance is the key here or you may just float out of rhythm. >> when you're keeping your body tight, you're burning more calories and toning up more. you're tired and burning more calories. >> of course when the instructor is in town, it's infectious. plus it helps you push yourself to burn more calories. >> her energy is just unmatched. >> it's invigorating. >> you have to scream when i

scream. when you're screaming, you're breathing. >> okay. if you follow jenny's advice, she tells us you can burn between 701,000 calories an hour. to see how that compares to other forms of exercise, go to our web page at wusa9.com. sometimes there tr games where you don't want either teams to lose and then there are some games where you wonder if either team could possibly win. >> this had the potential to be as ugly as a baseball team and a baseball game could be. it is baseball but only in the loose est sense of the world. the two worst teams squaring off at nats park. we'll tell you who won the wooden spoon trophy, if you will. plus guess who is going to the world team tennis championship. a big game tonight. we'll tell you right after this. fa úul úa @

it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> if you are a father like me trying to get your young son hooked on baseball, it may be wise to keep your child away from nationals park this weekend. because impressionable young minds should probably not be exposed to three games of the nats versus the padres. the worst team in baseball hosting the second worst team in baseball. 6th inning, bases loaded. ropes one in the gap in right center. two runs score. makes it 5-1. nats inch closer in the bottom half. ryan zimmerman puts a coat on that hanger. solo so the. 16th of the year for zim. makes it 5-2. they had a chance to make it a

ball game in the 7th. bayses loaded. but -- bases loaded. but he gets sent to his room as the nats fall. they're now 2-7. meanwhile the washington post is reported that the negotiation could be hitting a snag because the young pitcher has concerns about the team's leadership. the camp believes the nationals are a rut erless franchise and this they have expressed those concerns to team owner. in particular, the nat's lack of a permanent gm has considered him to concern the nats an unknown. up at fenway tonight, the o's weekend opening against the red sox. the birds down. but they had the bases loaded with one out. golden opportunity he to at least force extra ings. but jonathan whipped scott and then the o's lose like that 3-1. all right. here is something you don't usually say about a tennis match. i wonder if the two guys are going to fight each other

tonight. well, that was a fair question this evening. the last time the castles and the new york sports time got together, john mcenroe came across the net and they rumbled. tonight the rematch. and in the playoffs, no less. eastern conference finals, this time no mcenroe. and no drama. pays for washington just named the mvp this afternoon backed it up with wins tonight in men's doubles as the castles knock off the win in overtime. they will play in the team tennis championship in sfreng field right here in dc -- springfield right here in dc. golf today funk started a lead. that lead was down to one today until fred got to 18. this is his second shot. an eight iron from 168. no need for a putter. this is an eagle. the pride of tacoma mark. he leads by three. with manny acta and eddie jordan

both fired in the last year, jim zorn actually has the second longest tenure among coaches/managers of the four major sports team in dc. it's the fact that this whole head coaching thing is kind of new. with training camp set for next thursday, zorn is in. i discussed how much comfort level and since of belonging has increased this year. >> i felt like i belonged last year but my comfort level has changed from the standpoint of our coaches, players knowing much more of our terminology. actually the scheme, how we do things. >> our training camp coverage starts next wednesday. basketball now with the tom thomas and sen gol la all

traded. ever since he got his man. alberto the six foot big man out of argentina signed a deal today. he spent the last three seasons with the spurs winning a championship there. and in chicago tonight, we may have finally figured out where jimmy hafa has buried. has anyone checked the ivy on the walls at wrigley field. this is soriano going back. one ball goes in, two balls come out. >> that would be something you don't see every day. >> no. jeraldoshould do a special. >> that's what i thought. >> a bride and groom take the plunk literally. we'll explain coming up.

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