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more. >> reporter: prosecutors michelle jackson and deborah sein sa idthey're pleased the judge found her guilty of felony murder in the death of her four daughter. >> what happened to those children is torture and maltreatment. they were atrocities inflicted upon four small children, her own children. >> reporter: wise berg said jacks denied the girls food, clothing and basic comforts like a bed to sleep on. a case of cruelty and abuse that has clearly taken its toll on many. >> this is very sad. nobody comes out of this courthouse happy. you can't bring these kids back and you can't undo what the last moments -- the last months of their lives were like. >> reporter: u.s. marshals found the decomposing bodies of the four girls when they came to evict jacks from the house the family rented on 6th street. the judge said the evidence proved the three youngest were strangled with a ligature and britney was stabbed. because he could not say the stab wounds weren't self-

inflicted, he found jacks not guilty of premeditated murder in britney's death. >> he found her guilty of felony murder, which is first degree murder. >> reporter: as forensic techs wheeled away the grisly photos of the children, the three youngest lined up in chronological order against the wall, the defense order reaked to the verdict. >> i feel bad for miss jacks. >> reporter: and he said he will appeal the verdict. >> will you try to get less than life for her? >> i'll try to get as little time as possible. >> reporter: judge wise berg says the most difficult question to answer as he pored overall the evidence is why she killed her daughters. he said circumstantial evidence offers one theory, that when her boyfriend died of cancer she lost her remaining means of emotional and financial support. however, the girls' two grandmothers, a school counselor and hordes of others testified that they would have

helped. bonita jacks never asked. she'll be sentenced october 16th. >> such a tough case. >> it was a tough case. you know, i think the sights and the sounds and even the smells are something that those of us who sat in that courtroom will never forget. in fact the judge after he read his 90-minute verdict, he sat there quietly with his head in his hands. he had no reaction. he just could not move. i think the only one in the courtroom who did react was bonita jacks. >> audrey, thank you for that. a federal grand jury indicted the white supremacist accused in the deadly shooting at the holocaust museum here in d.c. the seven-count indictment charges james von brunn in first degree murder in the death of stephen johns. hate crimes charges have now been added to the case. he remains in the hospital. a court hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. we have posted the entire indictment on our website, wusa9.com. a messy morning rush hour on the beltway in northern

virginia caused big delays today. but it was a much differen y ieearlr when eaa fiy er r- rndostreet and eiseowetween trn nnh ue blocked traffic for much of the morning. >> reporter: the cement carrier overturned just before 7 a.m. the immediate problem was the fires as the truck's cab burst into flames. the truck blocked most of the inner loop lanes west of eisenhower. the responding fire and rescue equipment blocked the rest of the beltway. >> it could be worse. i hope everyone is okay. >> reporter: despite the looks of the scene the only injury was a slight one to the driver of the overturned truck. the impact on the morning rush hour was great, jamming the beltway between springfield and the woodrow wilson bridge. >> we're supposed to work all day and we can't do anything like this, you know. >> reporter: before overturning the cement truck slammed into a tow truck and another tractor- trailer that was broken down on the side of the interstate. that truck was hauling fruit. no one was hurt, including that

driver's two dogs, who travel with the trucker on the road. slowly crews opened lanes. >> it's terrible. i had to shut my car off because i'm so low on gas i don't want to run out completely and i had my infant. >> reporter: first on the outer loop, then the inner loop, but the damage was done. >> i would have liked to have been at work for an hour already, but that's the way it goes. >> reporter: in an effort to get all lanes open and traffic completely moving around the noon hour, virginia state police and road crews moved the one tractor-trailer off of the interstate. here they're offloading its cargo of naval oranges heading from vineland, new jersey, to south carolina. from the beltway in virginia, dave statter, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> virginia state police charged the driver of the overturned truck with reckless driving. a lot of enquestions rema on inotfolvvoho sg inin in gomo mey countyndmalary. an officer shot a lakilled a 39- year-old around 3:00 a.m.

on eagle nest court in germantown. police responded to a 911 call but the caller hung up immediately. a confrontation followed in front of a small apartment patio. >> when fire rescue arrived on the scene, officers were performing life-saving efforts. >> you could hear the hysterical female voice. i could hear the male voice get the sharpest on you can find, i'm putting on a mask or something to that effect. >> hernandez was pronounced dead on the scene. a pellet gun and knife were found next to his body. officials in montgomery county are taking a closer look at furloughs and layoffs. the county executive told the county council last night they may be necessary to help close a $370 million deficit next year. montgomery county has already adopted cost-saving measures like eliminating physicians and leaving open jobs unfilled and freezing employee cost of living adjustments. soon, dozens of montgomery county police cars will have those scarred dash cams. the county council approved or

accepted a federal grant to put those video cameras in about 100 patrol cars. they'll be out this september. the police department wants to install them in all 800 patrol cars within three years. more security cameras are coming to reagan national airport. the department of homeland security has approved a $7.7 million for the closed circuit television system. reagan national is among five airports receiving federal stimulus funds for the surveillance technology. a deal has reportedly been reached on health care reform in the house of representatives. lawmakers have until september to digest the 1,000 page bill before casting their vote yes or no. meanwhile president obama traveled to raleigh, north carolina, and bristol, virginia, today where he asserted his health plan would protect americans and limit the power of insurers. >> for the average american, you stand to gain significantly. if you don't have health insurance. if you do have health insurance, you will have more

security. and if you're a small business, you will be in a better position to provide health insurance for yourself and your employees over the long term. >> now, the white house was pushing for a vote on health care reform this week. president obama told the crowd today the deadline will be missed but that's okay as long as work on the bills doesn't stop. senate democrats launched a new campaign today to crack down on texting behind the wheel. it comes after the release of a virginia tech study finding operators of heavy trucks who text are 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. under a new proposal, states that don't outlaw texting while driving could lose up to 25% of their federal highway funds. 14 states and the district of columbia have already passed laws making texting while driving illegal. stay tuned at hd cook elementary school will have something to celebrate this year. d.c. mayor adrian fenty cut the ribbon at the newly renovated

school. it's been a long time coming. talk of a facelift started in 2001. work began in 2008 and now it's finally paying off. beaches in ocean city, maryland, are among the best in the country, that's according to a new survey by the national resources defense council. ocean city beaches got a five- star rating, the highest grade possible. this conclusion was reached with data from the environmental protection agency. researchers did find seriously polluted water at other beaches is jeopardizing the health of swimmers nationwide. last year there were more than 20,000 occasions in which oceans, bays or great lakes beaches were closed or subject to health advisories. to find out which states have the cleanest and dirtiest beaches this summer, log on to our website, wusa9.com and click on maryland news. sky 9 flew over the annual pony trip today. they made the quick trek. the horses will be auctioned

off to benefit the volunteer fire department. the pony swim is a traditional event that dates back to 1925. it was also made popular by the famed children's book. can you believe we are less than 24 hours away from the start of redskins training camp? >> doesn't seem possible, but it is true. it was reporting day for the players and our sara walsh has spent her wednesday at redskins park and joins us live from ashburn. sara. >> reporter: hi. you know the players arrived here. while they may not be out on the field they are already getting down to business. right now the entire team is inside the complex. they're going through a series of meetings and will be tied up with that throughout the evening. players had until 3:30 today to check in, some putting in last- minute workouts here. while they're getting ready for a.m. action, the final touches are being put on the field out here, ushering in a renewed sense of hope for a team that no longer has a rookie head coach. >> because i think i have a

genuine excitement about being in my second year, but i think that probably i'm a little more aware of who my players are. i'm aware that the coaches know far more than we did going into the training camp last year. >> it's kind of like everything else. you kind of learn your first year coming in and then you kind of see where you went wrong and then you advance from that point going into your second year. you hope like everything else that everybody gets better going into the following year. >> all right. so practice gets started officially tomorrow. maybe we should have sara do weather forecasts too because of what was going on behind her. lots going on tonight. coming up, microsoft and yahoo! are teaming up to take on google. find out what the deal means for you internet surfers out there. that is coming up.

there are signs the battered housing market has turned the corner but have we hit bottom? i'm alexis christoforous with that story. and i'm tony pann. the tornado warning for spotsylvania county extended to 6:00. that includes stafford county ntand cel ral king george's tyth t. hem tstatst tay. sted un tweay. stuned we'll talk a situation whenun attuwh enatwe come back.co there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls,

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the s&p 500 lost 4 points. we could be seeing the start of a turn-around in the housing market. home sales are picking up and so are prices. but as alexis christoforous reports, we are still a long way from a full recovery. >> reporter: john has been trying to sell his new york apartment for nearly a year. >> we just had had an open house last sunday and i think one person came. >> reporter: he bought it for about $600,000 and is willing to sell it at a loss. so far not a single offer. but local real estate brokers say the market is turning around. >> without question we're in a market that is much stronger than it was even three months ago. >> reporter: brokers like deanna quarry say business is booming and neat ju s was e th best month since early last year. in fact across the country the number of homes sold has increased for three months in a row. and that in turn is helping sellers get more money. a closely watched index found

that home prices turned higher in may in 13 out of 20 cities. here in new york, prices are still down sharply from their highs by as much as 40% in some cases, but at least for now, they have stabilized. agents say the recovery is partly due to lower mortgage rates and the $8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers. and while it might be too soon to predict a full-blown recovery, wall street likes what it seize. >> we're looking for the housing market's recovery to give us the confidence to reinvest so the market can continue to climb. >> reporter: it will be a long road back for cities where homes are now worth half their past value and a costly one for sellers like john, who for now have no way out. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. on monday the government said new home sales increased last month at the fastest pace in more than eight years. after years of talks, internet giant microsoft and yahoo! are joining forces.

the 10-year deal gives microsoft access to yahoo!'s search engine audience, the second largest on the internet. now both companies hope the eventual partnership with it make a dent in google's online dominance. the deal still has to be approved by antitrust regulators. the shuttle endeavour is getting a very thorough examination. astronauts are expecting the orbiter to make sure it's safe for friday's mission back to earth. nasa wants to make sure the shuttle's heat shield was not pierced during its two weeks in orbit. endeavour and its crew of seven left the international space station yesterday. when thunder roars, go indoors. that's the slogan behind a new weather safety campaign in howard county. experts were on hand today to warn that when there is thunder, lightning follows. >> when it comes to thunder, it used to be a judgment call. it used to be somebody's mom or dad calling them in. what we want to say is when you hear thunder, there's no judgment call, go inside. >> lightning kills an average of 62 americans every year and

it severely injures hundreds more. something tony and topper and the whole gang talk about quite a bit this time of year. >> we've got some severe weather to talk about throughout the evening tonight. >> okay, guys. got an update for you. the tornado warning that we discussed at the top of the show has been extended until 6:00 this evening. it does include the city of fredericksburg, the west central part of king george county and spotsylvania county of course. we were already discussing that. now the southern part of safford county. all of that until 6:00 this evening. about 10 minutes ago there was a really strong indication on the radar that there was a tornado about 9 or 10 miles of ssstmee icap onst of messaponic. let's take a look at it l one iv doppler 00e 90. it90t rnbuo l ilstisadifouo burn still if you're watching down o ou this hiarea, you ldoush be he intog tosent me diimbamentaty. me immediately. it's going through the spotsylvania area right now. svehan eeela nnudfulo c have seen a funnel cloud near th e court house in spotsylvania. but this is i-95 right here just so you can get your

bearings. this is s highway 613, edbufraticks rg the top of your . sc reene directn emof movthent is to the northeast. if you're watching around the i- 95 marea here, route 3, route up top of your tsc, reen reheyw sh this area, you ing to the basement. if you don't o t goane go to an interior room away o wi s.e owwi atth thatmost important e thin in a lot of people think you should run around opening ur windows. don't do that. tojusthaove y a llwaor baroy om awafrom the windows. the storm is moving to the asno a irthet t wisoll be close to the stafford area within the next lfha an hour. an m ho . i'm going to change the view just inlittle further to the noh. ai n, the agstorm is moving in noe thrtheast direction so it wi e be going like this towards stafford. this is stafforright here and one. svi e.entually it will cross the r rivein risouth central maryland. if it holds its rotation, there's a possibility that we could be talking about tornadic activity crossing the river

main toryland over that team frame as well. suffice it to say if you're in the fredericksburg area right now, storm looks like the rst of it is heading right ury area around fredericksburg. head to the baseme to ado warning in effect until or6:00 fthis whole area. so let me expand the view and see what's going on because i n owlot of you are watching upthorand gothing is there anything near me. no. gsings are quiet around the city. north of town, the northern suburbs, there's nothing happening. s er wae a severe thunderstorm that may have drped waa tornado up in allegheny-washington county border in northeast maryland and these are the storms here that prompted all of the warnings earlier this afternoon but these are mongvi away over towards the ngacbehes around the city there's benothi going agth g is is the storm min thtort noe heast, so if you' no ndmalang in central rych, county, maybe enev evpr temis nuce's coun tes nuor an howeure , tot go keep an eye on this epst see if it holds

toth er overthat h.re iits ert ch ov oh.tc let's switch it over to the i'vegi you a better 'sat on g in tt atwhat's going on gs arate w inoesfechefn ctth rngs . there are no watches in effe at juho tst semeti juho tre three tornadtho ad warnings for central george tyun, ge gecounty, splvot ansyiaco tyotanand 6:00 this d evunl g.e. vea e'reseun inde thtounrs rmrm watch the n sterthe eae r fomesome re enchose s enos not r fofor r area. so i really don't de rsnd ta that but there it is. we have rotating thunderstorms and we'll keep an eye on it. as we head through the evening, we'll break in with updates as needed. for the next three days, this is what you can expect, temperatures upper 80s to around 90 degrees. a slight chance for a thunderstorm on thursday. the best chance for rain will be on friday. specifically tonight, mostly ers and kies, sh thunderstorms. some of those could be severe. it's going to be muggy with a low near 70. partly sunny skies tomorrow. only a 20 or 30% chance of a thunderstorm with high temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s.

here's the weather setup. we've got a disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere traveling by to our west. a weak surface reflection there. but it's enough when you have a southeast wind to cause that rotation in the atmosphere and then you get the storms rotating, especially the ones off on their own like this one near fredericksburg right now. when they get into a cluster like what's happening over on the eastern shore, it's less likely that you're going to see the rotation so keep that in mind. 85 degrees at the top of the hour. dew point 68 so it's muggy. other temperatures generally in the 80s. 75 in culpepper where they had some rain but 84 at the top of the hour at bwi. slight chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow. best chance for rain the rest of the week will come in on friday. and then again late in the day on sunday. temperatures will stay about the same, upper 80s to around 90 before it cools off a little bit during the beginning of next week. we'll keep an eye on that storm around the fredericksburg area.

spotsylvania county, stafford and king george county until 6:00. coming up, a summer art project goes green. >> local high school students use hundreds of plastic bags to y nd i'm pe, gge. i'm fopeggy fox. i'll have the story coming up.

some local high school students have created a 100- foot public art project at robinson high school. >> digital correspondent peggy fox reports that this thing didn't cost a dime and is made from a common throwaway that threatens our environment. >> it's bright and bold. >> when i heard that we were doing a public weaving i got real excited because i love big art and love being loud and showing people that we do exist, we are here. >> there's orange for the sun, beige and green for the earth and blue for the sky. from a distance you might not realize it's made of plastic bags. >> i think of all these bags and this is maybe only a couple weeks worth for maybe two or three families. if they were all dumped in a river, how huge it would be. >> artwork is not always traditional formats.

it can be many different things. almost any material is up for grabs. >> reporter: they asked for donations and received more than enough. >> cans in there too, huh? for effect or for design? >> we couldn't figure out how to use them at first because we couldn't weave them. >> reporter: it began as an art course, and the kids made things like this using chicken wire. then the teacher realized she had a large loom right behind the class. the students came up with the idea in hopes of sending a message. >> i want to show people how much waste we really produce. some people brought in like huge bagfuls, like trash bagfuls of bags and i just think that's terrible, you know, because we use so much. >> reporter: they want to remind people to recycle or, better yet, to use canvas bags. peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> so what happens next? well, tomorrow the kids take down all those bags, cans and bottles to recycle them.

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blocks away. the cars and a boat down by the mayor's place belong to mclauren. they're here, he says, because he can't park them up by his house anymore. not since a forest of signs reappeared this spring in a long-running battle over the number of cars surrounding mclauren's house. >> la can be no parking. >> we didn't have a code enforcement officer for about six years. >> reporter: fellow councilmember jacqueline goodall says the town is tightening up after years of lax enforcement. >> we've had approximately seven mayors in the last 10 years. >> no one here is above the law. >> more than 10. >> reporter: but mclauren says he's being singled out. >> they changed the rules to suit themselves. >> reporter: the parking rules on his alley were changed with no formal vote with violation of the public meetings act. caught in the middle of the local volunteer fire captain who suggested no parking on the alley so fire trucks can get

through. >> after 60 some years of this neighborhood being around, now all of a sudden the fire department can't come down the alley? >> reporter: the mayor said she got the consent of four of the six councilmembers before changing the parking rules, no meeting required. meanwhile mclauren moves his fleet every couple of days to comply with another ordinance he doesn't like, prohibiting parking in one place more than 72 hours. to prove this isn't just about a parking dispute with one councilmember, the volunteer fire department is being invited back, this time to survey the entire town and make recommendations about parking and one-way streets. in forest heights, scott broom, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> and guess what, everybody is up for reelection next march. the woman who called police to the home of a black harvard scholar says she now feels vindicated. as drew levinson reports, the 911 call backed up her story that she did not bring up the

issue of race. >> reporter: lucille whalen is relieved 911 tapes prove these not a racist. >> what has made me feel better is that the truth is out, and that i feel good about. >> reporter: whalen called 911 to report what she thought was a possible break-in at the home of harvard scholar henry louis gates, jr. she came under fire after initial police reports quoted her as describing the suspect as black, but the 911 call shows she never mentioned race until prompted. >> were they white, black or hispanic? >> they were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic but i'll not really sure. >> gates was arrested after arguing with a white police officer, sergeant james crowley. charges were dropped, but the confrontation set off a national debate about racial profiling. president obama, who also stepped in the fray, is now hoping all three can put the whole thing behind them after a beer thursday at the white house. >> the president is happy to host this. the president us happy to make

this -- believes this can be a moment, a teachable moment. >> reporter: whalen agrees that lessons can be learned. >> i've always been taught to be kind to people and not to judge people, so i would hope that others would do the same. i think it's a basic core value to have. >> reporter: whalen also said if she had to do it over, she'd still make that 911 call. drew levinson, cbs news. >> police near boston are also investigating a grisly murder and possible kidnapping. they are looking for someone who cut a fetus from a mother's womb and then stuffed the woman's body in a closet. a neighbor called police after smelling a strong odor coming from darlene haines' apartment. >> according to the medical personnel, given the late stage of pregnancy that this infant was viable and it could perhaps survive and may be alive as we speak now, but the baby would be in dire need of medical attention. >> right now police are looking for the father of haines' 1-

year-old daughter. she filed a restraining order against him after he allegedly assaulted her. that daughter is safe with relatives. an update on a d.c. girl quarantined in china for nine days with the h1n1 flu. 16-year-old girl is finally out of the hospital. her mother called us last night to give us the good news. he was one of nine students in her tour group diagnosed with the virus, but leana was the last one to be released from the hospital. she's now rejoined the group at a beijing hotel. president obama says all u.s. combat troops now serving in iraq will be home by the fall of 2010, but some soldiers may leave iraq sooner than expected. before leaving iraq, secretary of defense robert gates predicted a combat brigade of about 5,000 troops could come out ahead of schedule. gates called the pullout of u.s. forces from major iraqi cities last month a success and could lead to a modest acceleration in the plan to bring troops home. turning to new york city now, where a subway operator

and a conductor are suspended for allegedly ahowing an 8 -- allowing an 8-year-old to operate a train. a rider spotted the youngster behind the controls on sunday. sources say the child was the operator's son, but it was not bring your child to work day. >> she's the one that gets paid to operate the train, not the little kid. she can show him what she's doing but to let him actually operate the train, i think that's pretty scary. >> the train operator and conductor are out of service right now without pay pending the outcome of an investigation. well, she visited our area a few weeks ago. now a reality tv star may be making rockville her part-time home. but first, why you shouldn't let your children get on a bike without this. and an update for you. all of the tornado warnings have been canceled as of a few moments ago. they are canceled for fredericksburg, spotsylvania, king george and stafford . we'll take a ictfe r 'll take a do in a st 0 and mihe dofew

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$50. this test simulates what happens when your head takes a hit. and this test shows the impact of sudden force to the strap and buckle on the helmet to see whether they stretch or break. that helps determine whether the head gear would come off in an accident. but a helmet is only good if it fits correctly. this popular hannah montana denim helmet is supposed to fit children 8 and up, but tests showed it's too big for some 8- year-olds and just right for some adults. >> a good-fitting helmet should fit snugly. >> reporter: it should be level and no more than one outwore fingers width above the brow. the straps should form a v. the schwinn thrasher tested very well and it's a best buy for $20. now, you're going to need to adjust the bike helmet over time. the straps may stretch or slip as your child grows and you want to replace the helmet every five years or immediately after your child has an

accident. kate gosselin is reportedly moving to montgomery county, maryland. a source tells the "examiner" the star of the reality show "jon and kate plus 8" is buying a condo in rockville. the building happens to be a block away from her bodyguard's office. the condo will reportedly serve as a place for kate to stay ilwhher ono-be exusband jon has the children at hetheir home in pennsylvania. kate's big move is the hot t topic of our moms website, om. lime click on the siusscons tab and click on as seus enon 9new now if you want to join in. >> i wonder if she could fit them all in the condo. >> that seems like a lot of kids. here's a look at what we have new for you tonight. a police-involved shooting leaves one person dead in germantown. we're following the latest details. and last week thousands of cars were eligible for the government's cash for clunks

program. today they're not. what's going on? plus tired of that beat-up old phone? we'll tell you how to get rid of it and perform a public service too. that's all coming up tonight at 6:00. you've been busy. you doing okay? running back and forth changing forecasts. >> i'm good. thousand set in automatic mode so if a warning pops up when i'm on the air, it will light up in red. most of these storms have been producing weak tornadoes at best. that's why i'm being so light about it. it's enough to cause some damage and certainly you should have heeded the warnings and headed down to the basement but in this situation you're not going to get an ef-2 or 3 but these are enough to cause some damage, maybe rip some tiles off your house but all of the warnings have been canceled at this point. it doesn'treeamon won't be mo issued later on but all of the warnings have been canceled atat this time. le ta le, r 9000donothing going on 90 around the city.

the storm they ha is t tghw,gunos hehiy rehat's ght rino this guy here going through the stafford area. a few minutes ago the weather service put out a statement saying it lost the signature of rotation on the radar. doppler radar can look inside of a storm and see which way the air is moving and we don't see the rotation inside the storm any ghlonger but still it could produce wind gusts over 40 or 50 miles per hour around garrisonville area, heading up towards quantico and marbury. this is moving to the northeast at a pretty good clip at almost 30 miles per hour. other storms coming across the northern neck of virginia, this one getting ready to cross over the water into southern maryland has been showing signs of rotation so keep an eye on that one. some other storms that may produce some severe weather, the one just north of leonardtown, but at this time there are no warnings in effect. and basically stt lighlirain tarndou socity, nd wetyl keep an eyon th . most of you enjoying a fairly

quiet wednesday evening. let's switch it over to the weather computer and look at the three-day trend. upper 80s to around 90 all the way through the beginning of the weekend. best chance for rain is friday. a chance for a shower or thunderstorm tonight. obviously muggy. low temperatures down around 70. just a slight chance for a thunderstorm on thursday with a high near 90 degrees. here's the weather setup. got the system passing by to our west. that's the trigger mechanism for all of these thunderstorms. you can see there's plenty out there so i think the chance of rain will stay with us throughout the night but the severe weather threat will diminish the ne xtl severa vethe ho85ur t p ho of the hour national airport. most spots are in the 80s. we'll settle down into the upper 60s and low 70s by tomorrow morning. seven-day forecast looks like this. slight chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow but a fairly decent chance for storms again on friday, then again on sunday. perhaps some quiet weather to start the weekend on saturday with just a slight chance and temperatures will stay the same, upper 80s to around 90 through the weekend. at least for right now all of the warnings have been canceled. >> and saturday looking to be

the better of the days? >> if i was going to pick one of the two weekend days, i'd go for saturday. >> of course. thank you, tony. you're back. you've got a fancy shmancy new graphic behind you. >> we spent $3.49 on it. >> woo! >> for us in the sports department, summer is over. 79 players will open training camp on the redskins roster, but it's the one guy who is not on the roster who continues to generate the most curiosity. on the eve of this training camp '09 we go live to redskins park. sara walsh was there as the players checked in. sara, here we go again. >> reporter: yeah, it is time. it is back to work after months of vacation for the players, not for us. but the guys are ready to get down to business. while no one really knows what the future holds for this redskins team, jim zorn was ready to put to rest rumors regarding football's most talked-about player.

as they were putting the finishing touches around the outside of redskins park, inside players began gathering at the complex. officially making a disappointing end to last season, a thing of the past. >> i'm pretty sure that i think we went 2-6 in that second half. i definitely think a lot of guys will be looking to see where did we go wrong at. >> obviously the last year was something to build on. this year for me personally has got to be an even better year. >> reporter: despite the rumors, it seems michael vick is not part of the redskins' plan. at the press conference today it was the first topic he tackled. >> michael is on his journey. i think that he -- i want to wish the best for him. i think there's a way that he and roger goodell have created to find his way back into the league. i would just say it won't be

with us. at least at this juncture it won't be with us. >> reporter: one player zorn does want to see immediately, first round draft pick brian who at this moment remains unsigned. right now zorn says he's not worried but given the fact when you're a rookie every practice is crucial, he says at some point it will be a concern. >> oh, it's a personal issue or whatever. i know when i came in, you know, that side of the business, it wasn't done so it wasn't done. just try to get back here as soon as possible. >> reporter: jim zorn says he understands a lot of this is out of the out of his control and in the hands of the agents. right now the rains have just started coming down. you can see the tarps on the field as they're trying to preserve those for practice number 1 tomorrow. we are live at here in ashburn, back to you in the studio. >> aphanite very interesting the way that jim zorn addressed

the michael vick question. he said he's not going to be part of us at this juncture. which to me means he reserves the right at another juncture to bring him in. it was not the unequivocal no that i was looking for. up next, who gets first dibs on swine flu vaccine when h1n1 comes back this fall. the latest heomc t cd from the our living well report. there's something big happening at pizza hut.

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through it. avoid plastic bottles that could have unhealthful chemicals. instead choose stainless steel or aluminum versions like this. drink up. those silver dental fillings that contain mercury are safe. so says the food and drug administration after an agency review of some 200 studies. consumer watchdog groups have sued the fda to force mercury fillings off the market saying they can make people sick, but the government says it found no evidence of such a link and that people don't need to get the fillings removed. most pregnant women are jittery about taking any kind of medication, fearing it could harm their unborn child. now the centers for disease control is putting pregnant women at the top of the list for the new h1n1 vaccine.

the medical community says the effect of h1n1, also known as swine flu, are far more dangerous to both mom and baby than the vaccine could be. >> katie was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her second child when she was hit with severe flu-like symptoms. >> running 100 plus temperature. >> reporter: 31 days ago katie developed pneumonia and suffered respiratory arrest. doctors put her into a drug- induced coma and delivered the baby prematurely. >> i go and hold my daughter and litik'se a e breath of fre a . a ntr mo >> reporter: abby was rn weighing less than 3 pounds. doctors are encouraged by her progress. >> abby has behaved exactly like a 27-week preemie. the same conditions. no evidence of having any kind of an infection. >> reporter: her mother, however, isn't doing as well. katie's lungs, heart and kidneys are failing. what started it was an infection with h1n1. >> she's got a long way to go. like i said, it's been a month

and some people don't recover from ards, which is what she has, acute respiratory distress syndrome for six months. and this is just the beginning. >> reporter: kenny has quit his job. he spends his days taking care of the couple's young son and shuttling between two hospitals to visit his wife and daughter. >> bye-bye. can you wave by by? >> it takes three-quarters of the day to travel between those two hospitals and have what i would call equivalent time with both. i like to sit down with my daughter in a rocking chair for a couple hours. >> wow, what a story. the cdc says more than 300 people have died from h1n1 since it appeared in april. now at least 15 of them in this country are pregnant women. that is six times the death rate of the general population. clearly at higher risk. so in addition to pregnant women, the cdc also recommends health care workers and kids be at the top of the list to get

the vaccine this fall. officials are hoping we're going to have it by october. now, we had a web discussion taking place right now about the h1n1 vaccine and pregnant gomen. todc momslikeme.com. we would love to hear your thoughts on this very important issue. >> thank you for that. coming up next at 6:00, severe wet weather threatening the region. tony is tracking the storms. he'll have an update. 9.m. n't forget we're always ona stay with us, 9news now continues.