tonight, alexandria's police chief stepped down after a drunk driving arrest. i'm leslie foster. he says he's leaving the department because it's best for the city. david baker is chargeed in a drunk driving crash involving a city-owned vehicle. let's get to peggy fox with the latest. >> reporter: well, lesli, the official announcement came here at city hall about an hour ago and a long-time distinguishing police career has come to a crashing halt because of bad judgment and a big mistake. police chief david baker decided on his own, they say, to design. >> today, alexandria chief of police david baker has submitted his resignation and informed me he will retire as chief. >> reporter: baker was charged with dui after causing an with

injuries on an i-66 ramp in arlington. police say his blood alcohol content was .19, more than twice the legal limit and he failed a field sobriety test. if convicted, he faces five years behind bars. the city manager reflected on baker's exemplary career which now appears over. >> we're very disappointed on what happened and the decisions made by chief baker the other night. but we also can't lose sight of the stellar career as well. that's what we're trying to balance against the mistake made. >> reporter: the city says the internal investigation never got started and is now over. >> before we could sit down and talk with the chief, he came to the conclusion he would resign. >> reporter: the deputy police chief will continue as acting chief for the time being and david baker's trial is set for

next month. i'm peggy fox, reporting live. back to you. >> thank you, peggy. sonia sotomayor is inching closer to the supreme court. today, the senate judiciary committee cleared the way for a confirmation next week. some republicans are concerned about her move to the nation's highest court. >> i can't vote for her, not because she's a latina woman. and i can't vote not her because she's said all of those things. i can't vote for her because she can't defend those things and say i really believe this and i can still be a judge anyway. >> some moderates plan to back her when the full senate votes next week. the senate is busy working on health care reform. democrats and republicans are trying to hammer out a compromise bill. tonight there's word under a senate bill that a non-profit co-op would sell insurance to compete with private insurance. senate leaders say there's

still a lot of work to do on the bill. >> we need to take our time and get it right. i don't think we're there yet. >> meanwhile, president obama led a town hall meeting here in d.c. retired people had a chance to sound off on this. 9news has confirmed a local connection it the terrorist plot uncovered in north carolina. daniel boyd went to school in alexandria and his mother lives here. audrey barnes has the details. >> reporter: daniel boyd is charged with military-style training and plotting terrorism overseas. it may have started soon after he left alexandria when his high school sweetheart who told him hours before the wedding she was converting to islam. alexandria public school

officials have confirmed that daniel boyd attended the high school here from 1984 to june of 19 85. his wife sabrina was also a student there. the couple was living in this quiet north carolina committee when federal officials swooped in, arresting him and charging him and others for training for terrorist attacks. >> everybody is shocked. >> reporter: sources say he played on the state football team had they won the championship. an and sabrina married and inant ghtaanafn isst and afghanistan from 1989 tost 1992 in 1991 he and his older brother were arrested for robbing a bank in pakistan. we went to the condo complex in silver spring where boyd's mother still lives. a man answered the phone when we called but refused to comment. neighbors in north carolina are talking, though, about the religious meetings at the home. hearing islamic music and about

the raid. authorities seized numerous high-powered military weapons. >> scary as hell, man. it's scary. you just don't know. this day and age, you just don't know who your neighbors are. >> and daniel patrick boyd is facing charges of conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. in a statement released by his wife, sabrina, from the muslim society in raw law, she wrote "here an ordinary family, decent family who care about beua man bes" -- about human bes." their sons are also being charged. the mayor's summer job program ended after six weeks. the d.c. council has yet to act

on mayor fenty's request. bruce johnson has more. >> the program gives the mayor's program high marks. this would help spruce up playgrounds. >> mayor fenty is asking the d.c. council for more $24 million to complete the nine- week, three-day summer jobs program for the nearly 19,000 young people. the director of the summer jobs says there's been no repeat of the debachable last year. >> we built a new things. >> the d.c. council has get to formally agree to give the mayor the $24 million to finish the. rah. legislators have been meeting in closed door sessions all

week long trying to figure out how to close the $660 million shortfall. they say legislators will ask the chief financial officer to verify the $24 million needed to complete the program. that amount will likely be approved, say sources, who add that next year's summer jobs program will be reduced to six weeks because of the budget constraints. >> any time you cut back on the budget you are cutting back the number of -- the number of youth that can participate. >> they've hired 100 young -- 1100 people now compared to 300 last year. >> if the d.c. council approves the funds, the summer jobs program would run through august 21st. it's a tough job, somebody has to do it. they conducted safety devices on big rigs.

neighbors have been complaining about big trucks in their community. out of the 23 trucks stopped. 22 were ordered out of service because of safety violations. investigators are still on the scene of a morning fire at the knights of columbus. no one was hurt in the overnight blaze. damage is estimated at half a million dollars. at this point theirs no word on what touched off the flames. there's been a sudden reprieve for one community l heduled to lose their firersfite ye. local firefighters. yesterday, the fire chief announced the calverton would stop operating on emergency services. now they were told they can provide enough volunteers to keep the calverton station. beltsville station will be volunteer only except on mondays through fridays during the day. eugene jones has commended those volunteers for helping out during these tight budget times. still to come -- a new study confirms that texting is

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a new study suggests that texting while driving is even more dangerous than we previously thought.

researchers at the virginia tech transportation bureau found texting drivers were 25 times more likely to get into an accident. right before crash, drivers took their eyes off the road and at 55 miles an hour that's more than the length of a football field. >> people are doing this and not paying attention to the highway and you can get hit or i can get hit. >> researchers say the fining should be applied to all drivers. the district bans texting while driving. a child with allergies is so rare, there's no name for it and no cure. the 5-year-old has a feeding tube because he has an allergic reaction to everything he eats. one food he can eat is

lemonade. he knows what he would eat first if he could. >> salami, chicken. >> right now his parents are raising money for a bikeride through australia. they are hoping to fund a cure. in tonight's living smart focus, industry leaders, lawmakers and white house representatives gather at the rayburn office to celebrate last's month historic switch. the program that also introduced the next frontier in dtv. pretty soon you will be able to watch wusa on your cell phone, . ndreer po reminder. th isfray, july 31st, will dlaaryoaye u able y applfo apply e ththe coupons. you can request two coupons at

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federal agents raided the las vegas home of the doctor who was what michael jackson when he died. this is the latest development in the manslaughter investigation of dr. conrad murray. a source close to the investigation says the probe centers around a powerful an nas theyic known as diprivan. >> we'll look for the items in the search warrant. if those items meet the

standard of what's in the search warrant, they will be seized as evidence. >> we should point out, though, that the doctor has not been charged. apparently jailed life is not sitting well for allen stanford. his attorneys want him transferred to a facility with air conditioning. they believe his current jail cell is too hot and crowded. he has as many as ten cellmates. he faces criminal charges for his role in a $7 billion ponzi scheme. after roaming for nearly a year, daisy is finally home. she went missing after hurricane ike struck last year and for ten months the family looked and looked. they never gave up hope and then last week the call they were waiting for. >> in the middle of the street, 1:45 at night crying and thanking the lord. it was a wul, wonderful rue union. >> lacy is a blue breed, part

coyote. >> i love stories like that. >> there is a lot of stories come rog out of that -- culling out of that area -- coming out of that area and they are not so happy. weatherwise, hot, sticky conditions. you know, just typical d.c. july weather. >> just uncomfortable? >> yes, after a great start to the month of july, we're gonna wind it up with a touch of summer. let's start with the though-day trend -- three-day trend. wednesday, i believe the chance goes up to 50% or 60%. it will be uncomfortable, muggy. low temperatures around 70. sunset coming up at 8:23. during the day tomorrow, mixture of sunshine and clouds. scattered showers and thunderstorms. some of them could produce

heavy amounts of rain. the high temperature's between 84, 89. south wind at 10. yesterday, when we were with you we were talking about the front that was gonna come across the region and die out. it did just that. but the ghost of the front, the essence is park right on top of us. that's producing enough convergence what we call in the atmosphere to produce a couple of thunderstorms. there is a good one off to the north and east. this one went right across the airport in anne arundel county producing small hail and heavy rain and cloud-to-ground lightning. the esanpl were ciarlian ng ndod there waiting to land. a couple returns in the mountains. most of you are enjoying a dry evening. enjoy something a relative term. i know it's a little uncomfortable out there. let's switch it over, take a look at the temperatures. hanging around 90 degrees.

89 at national airport with a dew point of 67. you remember a couple of weeks ago, the dew points were running in the low 50s. now upper 60 to around 70. barometric pressure following. the relative humidity at 54. some numbers, cooler near the water. 77 degrees at bwi after the thun rsrmtormwent thre ghnaval it's 91 in fredricksburg and 89 at the top of the hour in hagerstown. the jet stream will be displaced to the west, the cooler temperatures in the upper great lakes. and pieces of energy will be riding through and one of them will come through tomorrow. after that, we'll just see the scattered hit and miss stuff again on thursday and friday. wednesday, probably the west chance for rain.

temperatures won't change much at the beginning of the weekend. upper 80s to around 90. i think a stronger front will go through on friday. that will knock the high temperatures back into the mid- 80s by the middle of next week. pretty good chance for rain, i think on wednesday. tonight if you are gonna be out and about, probably not. most of you will see dry weather. amazing how the weather pattern changes, just in time for redskins twaining camp -- redskins training camp. >> if michael vick would have showed up, it would have been a nine-string circus. what the redskins said about the possibility of signing michael vick. and a strange day for chael michael phelps. g spts ephxplainy xp c

well, the minute michael vick got released from prison, people assumed the redskins would make a play to sign him if for no reason the redskins make a play to sign everybody. but apparently in this place they are resisting the urge. vinny was asked if the team would make a play for vick and une quickically he said no. "the washington post" said vick told him his most likely destinations are the redskins

or the 9ers. one guy rooting for vick is his former coach at virginia tech, frank beamer. >> i'm excited for him. i talked to him a couple weeks ago. he's trying to do the right thing, trying to hang with the right people. michael vick is a good person. he made poor choices but for him to get back on his feet, i'm pulling for him all the way. >> with or without him, there will be training coverage tomorrow. we'll have futured stories and more on our website. late news within the last hour that brett favre is staying -- retired, remember -- i can speak about it. a final decision has been made. brett favre says he's not up for the daily drawing in the nfl, he could change his mind.

when the nats scored 3 runs against the padres, no one deem dreamed that would be the -- no one dreamed that would be the second highest scoring game. willingham accounted for 8 of those by hitting a grand slam in the 5th inning and then coming up again with the bases loaded in the next inning and hitting another one. just the 13th player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a game. sometimes you are just in the zone. >> that's a special night. one i will never forget. you don't get the opportunity to do that, much less come through in both situations. so it was -- it was something i will never forget. nats and brewers tonight. carlos villa michael phelps did something that he has not done in four years. he lost at the world

championships in rome. he came in second in the 200- meter freestyle to germany. germany's contender wore one of those laserred suits that will be outlawed but. phelps did not. he did not congratulate the winner and he did not pose for a medal and pulled the silver medal off his neck before he left the podium. we didn't know there was this much tension at the tour defrance. the contender said "my relationship with lance is zero. he's a great rider. on a personal never i have never admired him and never will." tiger woods, still the best golfer in the world, but phil mickelson probably the most reloved -- beloved.

he will return to akron on thursday. he took a few months off. finally tonight, as bizarre a play as you will ever see in baseball, barry bonds got to see it in person, randy winn with the fly ball to left -- to right. watch how closely this ball goes. off the foot of delta jones. watch it again. it goes off his foot. he kicks it to young. the problem is the umpires got it wrong. they thought the ball hit the grass, which is an energiment beyond home runs why not use replay to check a play like that and get it right? >> is it a money thing? >> it's a tying thing. >> i think it's a purist thing.

>> i would rather take an exthat two minutes and get it right. scattered showers and thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. i would put a 50% park on it for wednesday. the rest of the week, 20, 30%. over the weekend, hit and miss. don't cancel plans because you see the lightning bolts rumbling around. >> because of the atmosphere and how soupy it is -- >> yeah. when you have this kind of an atmosphere you have to put a chance in every day. that's the way it is. >> all right. thank you. that's it. the cbs evening news is next. we'll see you back here at 7:00. wusa9.com is always on. have a great night.