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9news now inhd is brought to you by verizon fios. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." this is 9news now. a 19-year career ends with the alexandria police chief's resignation. >> the 58-year-old chief was arrested in arlington county friday night. he was charged with driving drunk. he has been the police chief for three years. the city manager says he thinks baker is making the appropriate call to step down. >> we are all very disappointed in what happened and the decisions made by chief baker the other night. but we also can't lose sight of a stellar career as well and that is what we are trying to balance against the mistake made. >> baker failed a field sobriety test. his blood alcohol tested at .19 saturday night, twice the legal limit. he was supposed to be in court

tomorrow but that hearing has been pushed back to august 14th. the seemingly voluntary resignation of a disgraced public official has become increasingly rare these days. there is a long list of those who have been caught violating the public trust but who still fight to stay in office. we asked our own gary neurenberg to explore this question then. when should you stay and when should you go? >> it is hard to get a long list of those ashamed enough to be kit. governor spitzer after being caught with a call girl. most fight to hold on to their powerful jobs. >> reporter: mister chief baker's resignation probably stops any further investigation of his private behavior. >> i think it is very, very noble decision that he made because given his particular role in society he came to the conclusion that he can no longer fulfill that public contract so he decided to leave public office. >> reporter: sarah palin

quitting her governorship early. congressman william jefferson running for re-election after being indicted for corruption charges. when should you stay and when should you go we asked. >> the public interest versus the private interest should be the standard for all public officials. >> reporter: he cites rules that went into effect on january 1st, 2008. >> resigning on december 31, 2007, and immediately set up a lobby shop. >> but clearly did play by the rules. >> played by the rules but this is where his private self- interest really was the deciding factor. he betrayed his constituents. >> reporter: and former congressman jefferson running after indictment. >> we don't see much shame in many these types of officials. >> reporter: the lesson from chief baker's resignation? >> the lesson is that some public officials do have a

sense of ethics and a sense of guilt and shame when they violate that public interest to understand that isn't going to help the office any longer for them to stay. >> reporter: but clearly many public officials just can't give up the power and prestige and fight to hang on despite the public interest. shame is a word we don't hear very much. it makes chief baker's resignation a relatively unusual start. >> you could make the argument in jefferson's case, for example, he hadn't been convicted of anything when he ran for re-election. >> there was an indictment and thereof that $90,000 found in his freezer but you're right no conviction at that point. >> thank you, gary. appreciate that. meantime the man accused of killing dr. george tiller told a judge he is not guilty. he faces life in prison if convicted. today witnesses testify they saw him put a gun to the

abortion provider's head inside a kansas church last month. they described seeing him pull the trigger and speed away from the chunk. dr. tiller was one of the few doctors in the nation to offer late-term abortions. plaxico burress is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow testifying before a grand jury about what happened the night he shot himself in the leg at a new york nightclub last year. he faces up to 3.5 years in prison on weapons charges. he has pled not guilty in the case. a judge could rule as early as tomorrow in the case of banita jacks. she is the dc woman accused of killing her four daughters. attorneys made their closing arguments in the bench trial yesterday. tonight police are hoping you can help bring a missing 13- year-old girl home. take a moment to look at this picture of nancy. she was last seen last tuesday at her house in indian head maryland. her family says she has been known to hang out in parts of

dc specifically along long fellow and kennedy streets in north west. and now again we are hoping to have that picture. doesn't look like we have it right now but police are looking for this missing teen. judge sonia sotomayer has just one more hurdle to clear. today the senate judiciary committee voted 13-6 in her favor. a 16-word post on twitter is now the source of a $50,000 lawsuit launched against a former tenant who tweeted about moldy apartments. can you really be sued for what you put on a social networking site? britney moorehouse is in the webster with the answer to that question. britney. >> reporter: anita, in short, yes you can. it may feel like it shouldn't but the laws of the real world apply to the internet so you better think before you tweet. >> that's interesting because it is a lot of unchartered territory.

>> reporter: a tweeter for six months raymond bradley observes more than he posts. >> if there is a privacy issue, that everything from moment to moment doesn't need to be broadcasted and once it is out there it is out there for good. >> reporter: it is that permanency that one chicago tweeter may soon regret after being sued for $50,000. he posted this. who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? horizon real estate thinks it is okay. >> a lot of people don't fully understand that the laws and social norms that apply to them in real life also apply to cyberspace. >> reporter: in this case we are inlkbetalig ltalking libel the company claims thla no mold waevfound in und foin her art tn and we otect our reputation st prjuotect our reputation just as we would for any other related comment made in a public forum.

it is that public part that most people tergt says an internet law expert. >> in a social networking site like twitter people put themselves at ease or they forget they are speaking to a larger community. >> it breaks down to whether you are posting an opinion or a statement of fact. in the webster, britney moorehouse, 9news now and wusa9.com. a follow-up on a story we first brought you last spring, c tr tok fire truck to a to wn in the dominican republic. no thr e yomaof that town is yo speaking with the washington examiner about what happened. he says the town's leaders paid a friend mayor fenty cash to ship a fire truck and ambulance to the town. but since the shipment was turned around the town hasn't

heard about the deal or its money. you can learn more about the story in tomorrow's "examiner." soon dozens of of montgomery vehicles will have cams. they will be installed starting in september. the police department is seeking even more grant money and hopes to have cameras in all 800 of its patrol cars within the next three years. the feds are fumbling more than a billion dollars in stimulus money to police departments all over the country but some of the biggest cities including new york aren't getting any of it. the billion dollars program is aimed at helping police departments avoid layoffs and hire more officers but it is also focused on cities with big budget problems and soring crime rates to go along so new york's mayor tries to put the federal face on the freeze out. >> it is a compliment we got left out. it is not a compliment that i like the results of but i do like the recognition that we are doing well.

>> houston, seattle and pittsburgh were also on the list of cities that got no federal cash. national airport is about to get another security upgrade thanks to the federal stimulus package. national will receive more than 7.5 million and that money will pay for some new closedded circuit t.v. cameras. now to an explosive beach tyzard in n occiea . a pipe bomb. someone put the device in e th street. a passerby spotted it this afternoon. investigators are working to track down the person who left it there. a memorial will be held next week for the four people killed in a helicopter crash near hagerstown. the four people died when a chopper crashed into interstate 70 last thursday night. national transportation safety board hope they have a preliminary report on the crash by the ends of this week. memorial service next wednesday

6:00 p.m. at the frederick municipal airport. the u.s. postal service has just been red flagged as an agency in trouble. the government accountability office has added the postal service to its list of high risk federal agencies in need of change. the postal service is facing a potential loss this year of nearly $7 billion. you can blame some of it on the steady drop of the amount of mail being sent as more people use e-mail to keep in touch. schools and high voltage power lines always a controversial combination. latest case in point ffn erjeso county west elementary school sh along the path t of e th proposed high voltline. they wa ntli ne. they want to run e thline from charleston, west inviiargar ea ss innorthern virginia into tests g to see how the power line might affect the environment around the school. so do you think so-called

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welcome back. good evening, everyone, i'm tony pann. thunderstorms into the forecast heading towards tomorrow morning. possibility that you could wake up to a couple of storms but i think most of the activity is going to take place in the afternoon on wednesday and then just a slight chance on thursday and friday. overnight tonight specifically we will put a 20 or 30% chance for a shower, thunderstorm in the forecast. it is going to be muggy. unlike the beginning of the month when we could go through the night opening the windows that's not the case tonight. probably not for the next couple of days either. temperatures only make it down to 73 or 74 in the city. during the day tomorrow mixture of sunshine and clouds. 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms. so that chance for rain higher than it was today. the high temperatures a range between 84 and 89. sunrise tomorrow morning coming up at 6:07. here is the weather picture. last night we were talking about afront that was approaching from the west and how it was going to stall right in our neighborhood then dissipate. well it did that but the remnants of that front or ghost of that cold front are still in

the vicinity. so that will act as the focal point or trigger economic anytime for thunderstorms maybe later on tonight. you can already see a hint of that happening down here south. slight chance you could wake up to a little bit of rain in a few places but the best chance for rain tomorrow will likely be in the afternoon. >> 80 degrees still at the top of the hour. national airport with a dew point of 72. pretty thick. relative humidity of 74%. 73 in winchester. here is the weather set up as we head through the next couple of days. we have the jet stream in the same spot dipping off it our west keeping the cooler temperatures up in the great lakes. there will be a little piece of energy in this jet stream zipping by us during the daytime tomorrow. that's why we put that enhanced chance for a shower or thunderstorm in the picture for wednesday. but as we head into the weekend the same story we were talking about last night was just a slight chance for a shower or

thunderstorm each day and the temperatures will stay about the same. upper 80s to around 90 degrees until perhaps the middle of next week. i think a stronger front is going to come through late monday or tuesday and that will drop the temperatures back into the mid-80s. in the short term more of the same and i think the best chance for rain this week is tomorrow. that's probably the best chance for rain. >> all right. tony pann, thank you. >> okay. tonight in living well. sounding the alarm about tanning beds and their direct link to skin cancer. for years scientists have described tanning beds and uv radiation as probably cancer causing much tonight a panel of cancer experts upgrades the warning to deficit putting tanning beds in the same risk category as tobacco and arsenic. >> there have been a number of studies showing an increased risk in melanoma and it is particularly in people who start using tanning beds before the age of 35. >> in these young people doctors say the melanoma risk

jumps 75%. the american cancer society suggests using bronzing creams or self-tanners instead. tomorrow we will find president obama in virginia at a kroger supermarket. he is selling health care reform. it will be a town hall style meeting just like the one he had today here in dc with the aarp. >> as costs balloon so does medicare's budget and unless we act within a decade, within a decade the medicare trust fund will be in the red. >> on capitol hill both the house an senate are still trying to hammer out that health care legislation. there is word under one senate proposal that a nonprofit co-op would sell health insurance to compete with private industry. that rather than give the federal government a central role in the marketplace. meantime president obama's cabinet members will spend part of their weekend working. there are 22 officials with cabinet rank and they all plan to meet with white house senior staffers at blair house this

friday and saturday. six months into the obama administration the purpose of this working weekend is to review the president's agenda and look forward. today a handful of cabinet members were up to their eyeballs in canned tuna and jars of apple sauce coming to the capital area food bank to make a delivery dropping off items collected by federal employees. it is an ongoing effort among government workers to donate 1 million pounds of food to those in need. 13 dc schools are getting ready to undergo a transformation. they will become what they call team based catalyst schools. >> one of the things we have to do is not just create a better school system but create a better system of excellent schools. >> we want to offer the kinds of programs and initiatives in our dc schools that first and foremost engage our students in learning but, second, that

really excite and inspire and compel our families and our parents to want to send their children to our schools. >> here is how it works. the schools will fall into one of three categories. science technology, engineering and math. arts integration or world cultures. the idea is to focus in one of these areas to get students motivated and aspired through active learning. you can see the entire list of schools at wusa9.com. just click on district news. and turner elementary in southeast is not on the list to become one of those fancy catalyst schools but the students do have something else to cheer about tonight. a brand-new baseball diamond. mayor fenty helped cut the ribbon earlier with several students. i have talking about the nats and poking fun at them but they are making me eat my words. >> if they had done a month ago manny acta would still be the manager. unfortunately he does not. >> nothing funny about a four-

game win streak. the nats offense goes off again including a history-making shot from adam dunn. plus, the latest installment of the good, bad and ugly is on the way. 9 sports coming up. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings.

if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less.

it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. chances are a month ago you had never heard of naiger morgan. he has hit 400, steal 11 bases and play lights out center field which means dukes, i hope you like syracuse. helps if you lead off like that. second pitch of the ballgame. gone. 1-0 nats lead. then in the 4th adam dunn becomes the first man ever to hit a ball out of miller park. clears the truck. 450 feet. 2-1 nats. six batters later more from morgan. base knock to right.

scores a pair. nats win their fourth straight. that's not a misprint. 8-3. don't ask. camden yards. os. royals. john buck. nick markakis trying to nail the throw. not good. birds fall 4-3 in the 11th. there is a reason fans have gone crazy speculating whether the redskins would go after michael vick because the redskins go after everybody but for once they have held their water. redskins personnel boss vinny cerrato was asked today if the team would make the play for vic and he answered with one word. no. vinny cerrato has a long relationship with michael vick's agent. still no interest today. meanwhile after months of waffling brett favre is staying retire. at least that is what he said today. he informed the vikings at age 39 he is not up for the grinds for the nfl any more. he could change his minds tomorrow and this wouldn't mean

anything. rfk dc united. doing this a couple times in his life. all-time leading scorer nailing it. 1-1 draw. on the wood tonight. mystics at indiana. all five stick starters scored in double figures but they had no answer for this woman, katy douglas. career high 34 in just 36 minutes. mystics fall by four. with that it is time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. my drummers please. best soccer goal in japan. executing the rarely scene but often talked about bicycle kick. watch. off his own chest. to himself. the back flip. and he puts it in the top corner and i listened to the play by play of this telecast. apparently the japanese term for bicycle kick is bicycle kick. best teammate love. nelson cruz, josh hamiltonton of the rangers. fly ball. cruise makes the catch and then

they hug. it is okay for two fellows to hug. >> let me go. let me go. >> worst job protecting your meal ticket. fielding a comebacker with his bare hands. that's the hand that he pitches with. someone should point out he has got a leather glove on the other hand he can use. totally legal. >> that was a reflex. >> bad. creepiest fly ball. wrigley field. can't get to it. but watch. one ball goes into the ivy and two balls come out of the ivy. >> magic. >> is that a rule? >> you could play which ever one you want as long as you don't find haffa in there. >> getting a grand slam. bingo the bee. celebrates by jumping over the wall but he takes it right in the stinger. in the old stinger. he won't be pollinating for a while. let's go to the ugly.

worst nonchallant. routine popup. doesn't cost you any extra to use your head but casey doesn't, goes one hand. wouldn't have been tragic except on the very next pitch, one going to the wall and scores two runs. inning would have been over if he caught that ball. >> did they lose? >> they did. rugby game in australia. the players were fine. first guy knocks him over but it is the second guy that gets him in the knee right in the melon. >> you know what the problem is? he is wearing lime green shoes. >> what about the pink shirt. >> you've got a problem with the lime green shoes? i think the pink shirt. if that knee hadn't knocked him out someone would have knocked him out for the shirt. >> think you were lucky to have a t.v. in your room as a kid? l tiseyowhat atwh mom did for her son that is getting her considered for an awar. fa

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own videos so she wanted to give him a creative outlet. a 98-inch t.v. mounted in the ceiling above his bed. the company that put it there had to use mirrors and a projector just to get it looking right. the whole thing weighs 300 pounds. they had to reinforce the ceiling to hold it because if it fell down he would be a flat son. om has been nominated for award by the electronic houses of the year. >> he will use that for something completely different when he turns 17, 18. >> whoa. >> good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com so when you said you bring fiber optic

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