apartment building in morgan, had the fire department and pointing fingers at each other about water problems. they said they both made mistakes. they have been working to the and clearly are no longer pointing fingers. >> we do not see that out there. >> i'm not in any way pointing to the fire department or anything else. >> reporter: they are running tests in the area today to see why the fire department and neighbors complained of the low water pressure. but today, they are not agreeing as to how much water was available or needed. >> we believe that the thousand gallons per minute was available in the area. >> what we have to have in a home this size is 3,500 gallons of water flow a minute and it wasn't there. and they say that they only provided 1,000. we would say that it is less last night. >> reporter: as much progress, fixing hydrants, the fire chief admits there's a lot more work to do. >> it's a shame to make a mistake, a glorious home, a

shame that it is lost. but it won't be the end. >> reporter: on the surface, there's a lot of cooperation. underneath the sources there, are two mayor issues. the fire department doesn't know when the problems occurred, where to go to get help. what hydrants are connected to what grid. they don't have that available to them. they are also concerned about how quickly they got a crew out here last night. saying that they basically said too little too late to be of much help. back to you. >> two hours, thank you for that. pell dwi cooper is known very well in our community. digital correspondent, they have more about the woman and her home. re: eresrtthe e re: era caught by o magazine of what her ma the looked like before fire. >> it was like an art museum. >> reporter: it's called power to the people in honor of the civil room, a . nidi llroom, a hanging made ro re . ps her house reflected e ar. of here, she

is standing entry entry way. said, itor of o ma ganeziga "peggy didn't just collect those pieces, she loved every one of them." >> she's a wonderful activist, starting the school for the arts, and so ironic and horrible that something like this would happen to such a wonderful woman. >> reporter: the love of the arts dominates her resume. the dc arts commission, the kennedy center, board of trustees, local television, and then in 2002, she was elected as chair of the d.c. school board. >> it is just kind of sad to see something like this haen idto such a wonderful woman. >> in northwest washington, nine news now and wusa.com. >> as they just mentioned, she worked in local television as well. one of her jobs was a producer back in the 170 -- 1970s. they are looking for a cause of a large fire in roanoke, west virginia, housing medical sweeps last night. that fire quickly grew to four alarms before it was brought

under control. the heavy smoke and humid conditions made it difficult for the firefighters. get ready for any traffic su tt ierpaf nsyotr u ouelt. ed there two t.aye tutwo left turn s nelaomfrrn route 1 soouh t there cle ared thl ey wil stay that way unl w mo mt pu upw n neput up new signs as part of the construction proje . traffic will edurto toon huedurnt onto huntington road to get to ford hunt road. you can always stay a step ahead of any delays across our region on wusa9.com. right now, the traffics are all gone after out there this morning. and you can see just how bad the backups were when five vehicles collided. around 8:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes. drivers, they were stuck up to two hours waiting for the crash to be careered. as you can see, some of them got out on the side of the road. >> i'm going to call my husband and get them out there and put them on that area. >> we just started breaking them sitting in the same spot, put

on park for the same. putting the windows down and just relaxing. >> again, five cars involved. one of them caught fire in the crash. but fortunately, no one was injured. lots of traffic out there at the county today. because the red skins, they are back at work today in trading camp. they spent the day in the sun with the team. and he is join us live. >> hi there guys. it is a day that this team, they have been waiting for since last winter when they fished that with a two in six and they missed the playoffs. today, the request for redeposition -- redemption began for stardom or unemployment. >> reporter: when he stepped on the field this morning, ready to put all of that in the quarterback talks in the past, until. >> the first thing you see out there for them on the big signs. >> and i started laughing to myself about it. >> that is true.

>> i saw him grinding up to their favorites. he turned out to be family. he didn't even know that he had that. >> the first day that i met those people. and they have the same name. they were all showing me their license and stuff like that. then my grandma, she told me that a long time ago, you know, we had family that was up here and stuff like that. so you know, i believe him. >> obviously training camp is in the infancy. in year two of that system, this team, as they should, they already feel mild ahead of where the burgundy anded gold were just a year ago. >> i never said the word pick up the temple once. and last year, i mite have said it 15 or 20 times. >> of course as you go to the gallery, the outlook is good. >> how far are they going to go? >> going all the way. >> i think i hear that every year. >> yes, always, always. we're two great fans here. we need to represent. >> thank you. >> from redskins fans, you wouldn't expect any other

answer. nine news now and wusa9.com. >> sarah, thank you. you'll want to join us again later this hour as running back clinton por teus speaks out -- portis speaks out with the relationship with the head coach to say that it has been rocky at times. as usual, he does not pull any punches. showing you exactly what he said and the former redskins, they will join us for some analogies that are coming up. we're live at redskins training camp. just one minor injuries, cramps, but you expect that in this kind of heat. otherwise, everyone is healthy. >> trying to stay cool, thank you so much, brett, we'll see you later. boy, this is not the kind of day and heat and humidity that you'll want to actually spend outside exercising if you had a choice. meet controlled substance, cody is out on -- meteorologist, cody is out there. >> they would do better if they had training camp in october, the beginning of the season. that doesn't work, does it? it feels a little better out

here tonight than last night. the humidity is going down a little bit. not tracking severe weather like yesterday. a couple of showers. take aloatok th is and wen ca see some rain showers out in n the moin trngtracking boac at thinllwill go yo telatonit. teu still want to put 30 chanbion. ally, no big deal. a quiet night. switch you back over to the weather computer. taking a look at what you can expect into the weekend. it should be quiet tonight. just a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, but put that mark up to 50 or 60% on friday. some of those storms, they could be strong again, just like yesterday. so we'll talk more about that and check your seven-day forecast when i come back in a few minutes. for now, we're back inside. >> thank you, tony. deliberations, they are underway, and the bribery trial of the former louisiana congressman, william jefferson, accused of receiving more than $400,000. and seeking millions more in exchange for his influence. the broker business deals were in africa. and $90,000 were found in the freezer of the democrat's home.

prosecutors, they say that the money was the most recent bribe at jefferson that they took. the arraignment for white supremist is set for september 2. the 89-year-old is accused of killing steven johns last night. he was indicted on seven charges yesterday including first- degree murder. four of those charges making him eligible for the death penalty. sentencing handed down today for a virginia man behind a deadly accident. 32-year-old, michael eaton received a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of the accident. eaton was behind the wheel of a range rover in rockville last august. the 10-year-old jasmine was killed in that crash. a metro bus driver is charged with kidnapping tonight. they say that the charges were leveled against the 41-year- old, michael robinson, after refusing to allow a passenger off his bus. now, this reportedly

happened over the weekend on the d-14 line to southern avenue in prince george's county. he is now on administrative leave. a woman accused of cutting a fetus from a mother's womb was arraigned today. the 35-year-old was arrested aftethe r iendfrs gr suspicious of her claim that she had just given birth to a baby girl. that little girl survived. the body of the mother was found ina a ssachusetts apartment building where she also used to live. ready to land? coming up, a look at this space shuttle, wrapping up their mission. president obama, they are trying to extinguish a racial controversy with the cold beer and conversation. i'm joel brown at the white house, it's coming up. fab@fa

more green on wall street today. they closed up 83 and three quarters point. the nasdaq is up 16.5. and s&p 500 finishing up about 11.3 points. a new pole found most americans do the not think that barack obama responded well to the arrest of the arrest of henry lewis gates jr. 41% of the people did not approve of the president's handling his response to the controversy. only 29% say that they did approve. he first said that police acted stupidly when arresting gates when asked about the matter. trying to force his way back into his own cambridge whole home. that is bringing officer crowley and professor gates into the white house in less than an hour. joel brown has more from the white house. >> reporter: the professor in

the policeman who's confrontation sparked a national debate about racial profiling, will finally meet again. to get together to talk about what's going on in this country is a positive thing. >> hosting harvard professor, henry lewis gates and james crowley for a round of drinks on the patio near the rose garden, arresting him in his home after the neighbor reported a suspected burglary. president obama is hoping to quell the controversy over some cold beer after admittedly making matters worse at the news conference. >> the cambridge police, they acted stupidly. >> reporter: he came to regret his choice of words in proposing that the beer summit has a potential lesson for the nation. so they keep using this term, teachable moments. do you expect to learn something today? >> i wish that we kind of know

the lesson. >> i believe that there can be a good learning lesson for everyone if you learn how to cooperate and people if they slow down a little bit. >> but the controversy is yet to slow down. in boston, a police officer could lose their job because they used a racial slur to refer to gates in an e-mail that they sent to the colleagues. the police department, they apologized for the e-mail. but the white house, they say that there will be no apology on the agenda tonight. just a few beers. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. we'll have more on that once it happens at six and seven. next month, president obama will award the presidential medal of freedom to 16 people . senator kennedy has been instrumental for the push of the healthcare reform. he founded the susan g. coleman. we now have been proud to be afilluated with that for the -- affiliated with that for the last five years.

they are all among the hon rows. final preps are being made for the return of the space shuttle to earth. ♪ [ music ] that's right, they woke up this morning to the sound of sunny and cher's, i got you babe. they are going to return to the kennedy space center tomorrow. touch down scheduled for 10:48 a.m. to be exact. all right, i won't sing. >> so steamy. i mean really, you feel good walking on there. >> we have been so spoiled. stkpwr yes.

but because of the temperatures in the 50s, you know, it was so nice. so now we have that area going on. we'll have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, an enhanced chance. so we'll keep an eye on that and one of the two weekend days right now, i would think that saturday as opposed to sunday. partly cloudy skies, just a slight chance for showers, and they will drop back into that area, sunset at 8:21. believe it or not, a little less humid than it was last night. the humidity is going back up. a good chance of showers and thunderstorms. high temperature in the mid-80s. sunrise tomorrow morning at 6:08. here is the weather setup right now. we have a pressure trough or a

wind shift linejuof off to e th boundary up to the northwest. believe it or not, the atmosphere is less humid than it was last night. so they should feel a touch better to you than they did yesterday. but we do see a system coming in, creating showers and thunderstorms into the mountains, back across the ohio valley and all these activities, coming up towards us. the chance of rain will go up as you go through the day. still a 30% chance. but better chance late tonight than this evening, and some of that rain could be around at least the light rain showers around for the friday morning commute. now, 86 degrees, the happy hour at the national airport with the dew point of 65. they were in the low 70s. and that is most spots for them and 85 at cwi and the same thing for the air station.

for friday, that is just a slight chance for some rain on saturday. and saturday, they look like a pretty decent day, just warm with a high near 90. then later again, a chance of thunderstorms that go up and then on tuesday again, another piece of energy that will come by. the táfrps, they really don't change all that much, all the way through the seven-day forecast. just typical upper 80s to around the 90 degrees. but tonight, it's not that bad. >> and you get used to it and deal with it. >> there you go, a great way to put with it. >> all right, now, paying for college is not easily, especially these days. still to come, one family, they are looking for a hero to help save the day. there's something big happening at pizza hut.

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just click on living green. >> hard to believe that we're here just a few weeks from the start of the new school year. many families are fighting to try to save money to send kids to college in this economy. digital correspondents, they have the story of the fort washington family searching for a hero. >> reporter: the 18-year-old has been accepted to stevenson university in baltimore to play basketball and study law. >> i want to go out there to learn. and to play basketball at the same time. >> reporter: but school starts in just three weeks. tuition is due on thursday. >> right now, i'm $5,093 in the hole. >> she has done everything possible to secure the funds. he has worked, studied, student loans, and financial aid. >> the federal first year award, federal direct sub loan. >> reporter: but they are still short. >> right now, i'm very stressed because he's looking to me every day wondering if he's going to

attend stevenn. heartbroken. >> we went to the experts at the school counseling group in washington. it turns out in this economy, it's a problem counselors are all too familiar with. >> we're seeing people are hurting. >> reporter: the counselor says this close to the deadline, there is little that the family can do. but there's a chance. >> i would really encourage this family to contact the financial aid offices again if they have not already done so, just making a phone call and saying my kid really wants to go to this school, it's really important, we appreciate the aid that you have given us, but it's just not enough, is there anything else you could do? >> so bad news, it is likely too late unless the financial aid office at stevenson university is willing to ebs tend their deadline -- extend their deadline. but the good news is that once you are accepted to a school, you can always defer your enrollment a semester or two until you find enough funds. more tips from the school

counseling tips. christen fishers. >> let's hope that a hero steps in and lets christian know so help him get off to school. >> very good. trucks usually come and get other drivers out of trouble. >> just wait until you hear what they did in some hot water of his own. >> washington, d.c., theyed could soon have one of the highest cigarette taxes in the country, and some worry that it could fire up the black market. i'm peggy fox, we'll have the story coming up. ówlaóo

here are some of the top stories in the news now. tests are being conducted to determine why firefighters had such low water pressure last night as they try to put out the flames on the mansion of that area. her extensive priceless art collection was destroyed along with the house. >> the must anticipated meeting

between president obama and the harvard professor, henry lewis gates and all of them who arrested her is about half an hour away. they will have a beer in the white house rose garden and they will try to diffuse the attention. they kicked off their training camp today. thousands of fans, they were on hand to watch the first practice. the first round draft pick, that was a no show. just about everything could soon be expensive in d.c. as we first reported on bruce johnson's blog on wusa9.com. giving the approvement to raise the sales tax. and that is the cigarette tax. >> plus, the correspondent, they are reporting schools, they won't be getting all of the funding from this budget that they thought they would. it was a big day for the d.c. schools. that is the school without the walls. but the budget

concerns, they are all front and center as the city council, they are looking to freeze their spending and to cut back summer school. >> realizing that they will be performing better. any school that would be a blow. and the school that you have seen in the district, they are out there and you don't want to lose any of the momentum, backwards, all of the elected mt d y are committed to making sure that it does not happen. >> the council, they want to raise the cigarette tax to $2.50 a tax. and the highest in the region. maryland, they are $2 and virginia is only $1. >> it won't generate the money that they expect to generate. i think that people, they will go across the river. and now buy their cigarettes that way. i honestly think that they won't become an issue. >> the same thing could happen with them and raising the gasoline tax, especially for the service stations near virginia. across the river, the gas tax, they would be three cents cheaper. >> and of course, that is true. >> they are also looking to boost the sales tax to 6% which

would be the highest for them. >> i wouldn't propose that tax increases and how i would like to draft the budget. certainly that is the prerogative if that is how they want to do it. and the structure of the budge. >> had are you going to improve those? >> well, if they come over the budget, yes. >> the mayor, they would not like to comment on the plan to free the funding for schools or the cut to summer schools. he said heed would take a look at it after the council officially approves the budget which is expected to do tomorrow. >> back to you. >> some tough choices to make, thank you. well, they might be missing the friday deadline. but the lawmakers, they are pushing ahead with the healthcare. the legislation, they are advancing slowly in the last house committee to reform that. and the bill is designed to reach president obama's goal of spreading that to the uninsured while trying to shout growth in medical cost. >> the insurance companies, they are out there in full force, carpet bombing, shock and all. and against the public

option. >> this is the same government run planned for them to go out there and what they have approached all year. >> several polls, they are showing the president's support of the healthcare that is slipping, but most americans, they are agreeing that they must be reformed. >> a tax on unhealthy foods, they could help fund healthcare reforms, the nonpartisan urban institute, they are pushing a sinful tax. that is the e aticprof the quarter pounder for them and they would increase ic$5.34 $5.34 and $6.8 the cost of the snicker's bar would jump from cents to to says itsays atth thateythey loe cothaiw-inpeme the low-income people who cannot afford the higher price that is healthier meals. >> an update for you on a story we first brought to you at 11. the house of representatives are boating right now on a food

safety bill. they require more government inspections in oversight in the wake of this past year's big salmonella outbreak in peanuts and peanut butter. they say that the bill could have threatened the farm operations with the too much government innovation. but they do expect the legislation that they will pass. who would have thought that in a couple of area school systems, in d.c., they served up breakfast for their parents and members of the opl baa ma -- obama administration. they served up lessons they have learned about healthy eating. the key academy is locate on the road in southeast, d.c. and prince george's county, they are sponsoring the u.s. department of agriculture for the youth summer program. they received a free breakfast and lunch at nine schools throughout the county. children at thomas stone elementary and out there, they are among those taking part in the program. and students who attend the summer classes, they are also receiving additional lessons to strengthen their math and reading skills. great idea. a 7-year-old who just

didn't want to go to kháupbl on sunday took off -- church on sunday took off in the camera car. they captured the joyride. this is in plain city utah, following him for ten blocks before the boy went back home. now, the 7-year-old, he said it was just too hot to go to church. his parents were unaware of his joyride. police say that the boy will not be charged with the crime because he is simply too young. not one, but two cell phones are blamed for this accident if many update new york. a tow truck driver was talking on one phone and texting on another when he slammed into a car that was ahead of him. the truck ended up in a backyard pool. there were three minor injuries. the tow truck driver is charged with wreckless driving acing among other things. two thumbs. >> is anything really that important though? >> it really isn't. >> welcoming up in living smart, something important to talk about. five things you need to know when you have unemployment benefits that are about to end. >> day one of redskins training

camp. they will be with me for the duration. we had some verbal firefighters on day. >> well, that is a situation that we're going to see out there with this situation to have that in house. everyone knows that. >> talking about the relationship with the head coach. we'll show you what he said coming up in about 12 minutes. hey brett, weather is pretty quiet tonight. that'll change tomorrow. more thunderstorms in the forecast. we'll talk about that. and check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. but first, taking you to the break with a lo ok cu torrent togrt ees degrees down. 85 at cwi. stay tuned, weather coming up in just a huh minutes -- a few minutes. wn

they are here with the five things that you need to know as your unemployment benefits come to an end. thank you for coming in today. >> thank you for having me. >> some perspectives here. talking more about $17,000 that will run out of their checks and benefits by the end of september. 5.5 million people by the end of the year. states with the highest rates of unemployment are the ones that are going to suffer the most. d.c., they are lumped in there? >> yes. so the states that had the high unemployment rates right where the recession began, you know, the government, they instituted these federally funded unemployment benefits, extensive -- extensions,

triggered by the higher unemployment rate. so now if they had the higher unemployment rates earlier, they began to get these benefits extensions earlier. now they are exhausting them earlier. you'll see about 1,000 people in d.c. that will benefit that by december. maybe about 4,000 or 5,000 by the end of the year. or a state like virginia, where they tax those extensions later, you won't see any extent or any exhaustion for them by the end of september. >> whenever they run out, that will be tough for folks? because they are taking a long time for them to find work. >> this is one of the ugly characterizations of the recession, the fact that we have 4.4 million out of work for 26 weeks or more. that is just in june alone. these people, well, we have $14 million americans out of work in the month of may and $2.5 million jobs openings. that is $14 million. >> congress is talking about extending the benefits again.

this is what they do. i don't know if you will see it out there. at least when they have said that it is what needs to happen and that is what we will do. >> last tax for you and the last question, that is the benefits, they need to change their strategies, aren't they? >> yes, this is important to change your strategies before your benefits run out. at the end of july. if they are running out in september or at the end of the year, clearly you have been searching for a long time and your strategy is not working. you begin to lose your optimism and you have to get that back. no employer wants to hire someone that seems kind of, well, desperate, or pez mystic about any future. >> you need to find other options to piece it to the. good information. we'll have more for you if you have questions along with tips for filing unemployment on our website. wusa9.com. just click on living smart.

>> reporter: michael jackson's three children will be raised by the same woman who raised him in the same home where he grew up. an agreement has within leech -- has been reached making michael jackson's mother the guardian. >> there is no situation better for them to be raised under the living care of katherine jackson. >> reporter: the deal is between the jackson family and the wife of three years and mother to prince michael and paris michael, the two oldest children. row gets visitation, but nothing else. >> this is not a money deal, this is not about money. >> reporter: michael jackson's father, joe, won't be in the picture, since he no longer lives in the home with his es stranged wife. the custody agreement will be formalized in court on monday, but there are still many unresolved issues surrounding jackson. mainly how his estate will be managed and what killed him.

they want to make sure that it is handled with care if the assets and legacy are managed effectively. >> you're talking about, well, the most rich spwe lek yule -- in-- intellectual agreements for them. >> they are going to release information next week when they determine if they have enough evidence to charge their personal doctors with the manslaughter. that is cbs news, los angeles. the attorney says that the agreement is a dignified outcome that does the best for the children. nine news now at six, that is about 16 minutes away. a look at what they have for you tonight. the mayor of capitol heights is sounding the alarm, calling them to step in for the fire department and when they are pulling out. just because your son or daughter is going back to school, doesn't mean that you need to go broke. up later, tips on saving money.

>> see hout redskins training camp is helping all of them during some tough economic times. and that's all tonight at 6:00. lots of air conditioners, they are working overtime these days. >> they got back to normal the last coup ofl days and yesterday, we had to fire up the big thunderstorms. you could do that tomorrow and tonight is pretty quiet in comparison just to a couple of showers. and tomorrow, that is getting active again. let's start with the three-day trend as you always do. again, we'll increase that chance for rain on friday at 60 or 50%. the temperatures won't change all that much going into the weekend. right now, it looks like saturday, that will be the best for them. and tonight though, partly cloudy skies, just a slight chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm. most of you, you will be dry. and the chance for rain that will go up after midnight low temperatures. during the day tomorrow, mixture of sun and clouds and a chance for showers and thunderstorms, they could be kind of strong, keeping an eye on that. high temperatures, that is in the mid-80s. we have the pressure trough or

the wind shift line, we call it just off to our east. and west of that, less humid air mass. a little less humid and still kind of muggy, but better than yesterday. and the installed front off to our northwest and a little weather disturbance that is coming in tonight across the mountains. you can see the showers and thunderstorms activities, increasing in west virginia and back into ohio and kentucky and this is all headed in our direction. so now that is why i said that the chance for rain won't be duoup into the night tonight. but still, nothing more than a 30% chance as we head through the nighttime hour. a chance that some of that could be around for the friday morning commute as well. 86 for the high temperatures. the top of the hour, the national airport. the dew point is 65. and still kind of muggy for them and better th yesterday. and running in the low 70s. the low temperatures out there, and 85. that is at the section of the air-condition here for them. we still have a dip in the jet stream off to the west.

in that time and during the day tomorrow. that is the trigger mechanism for them and the workweek. and according to your weekend, i think the chance of rain goes down on saturday and the 20 or 30% chance and then again, that is coming up for them at 65. to me right now, that's saturday being the best. and another chance of rain on tuesday and that is going into next week. that is relating to 90. no big heat waves or anything like that. and that is the chance for thunderstorms, another active weather day. >> tomorrow evening, indeed. >> that is very good. >> thank you so much. well, more names are starting to leak off the list of more than 100 baseball players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. and tonight, the new york times, they are reporting that david ortiz and manny ramirez's name are both on that list. they both played for the boston red sox that year. they have now played through

the donors, just wrapping up a 50-game suspension for violating major league baseball's glove policies, ortiz, he has not been linked to any positive drug test before. a fun of summer is over for the redskins players as the training camp and the practices, they are getting going. two a day. >> right. >> with heat like this. that is not the biggest story out there. brett now live with more on that. >> hey brett. >> hi there guys. >> coaching your strategies on the other half of the communications, in terms of that, no one disputes that on the strategy side, the offensive master mind. when they come to that, at least with the star runningback, that is a time that they seem like they are speaking two different languages. no speakers here. and they had a bit of a rocky relationship last year. they spoke out about it earlier this week. chalking it up to the normal growing pains between a new coach and the star player, but some believe that the risk between all of them is running deeper than that. and they spoke about their relationship with their head coach about the first time

today. as usual, he did not hold back. >> i think that we could have avoided a lot of the immediate attention, but some of the things that i have said, i don't regret that. and that is what i felt was true for them. and more on that. now, i think that they are just easier going into the offense for them and man-to-man. what happened last year is over and done with. and this year, i'm sure that it is not something that we agree on. and that does not mean that they are doing that and they don't want them around and he doesn't want me around. and i think that you are doing that sometimes. >> all right. so there is a soft explanation from clinton portis, the area. now, b, you tell me. you know that they are the relationship between all of them. is it hurting the team? >> it could hurt them depending if he has the authority to be the head coach. they say that they do not like that. but whatever that is, they are going out there. what they could have managed for that.

and drastic problems on the scene. >> a lot of people wonder if he has the authority to make those kind of shapes for them. and that he does. he was not speaking specifically about clinton, but if you read between the lines, maybe they were referring to that check. >> we were not going to go anywhere. >> it is the fact that he likes to do his own thing and he has a bit of an ego problem for this team. >> it could be. you know, what one player thinks he's having that problem, that's what he thinks. and they are coming out saying the same old thing. it's a great thing for all of them and the leadership, giving them leadership in that sense. >> meanwhile, in terms of their performance, it tailed off a bit at the end of last year. this is their 8th season in the nfl, getting into the 30s. this is about the time with the runningbacks where we worry about the durabilities, and you'll work out there in terms on how they carry the ball. should you get worried about

them braking down physically? >> you do worry a bit about that and the work that they put out there in the offseason and doing the things that you're suppose to do. and is that what they want to do? this is the way that the coach and the players, the situation comes up. they are telling you about the work that you need to be there. because you start to see that and for the end. we know that he did not do anything in the season. >> they are famous for hating trading camp and hating the preseason. hopefully they dot work this year is to keep their body on shape. more coming up at 6:00 including reactions from him. about being demoted out of the startinglineup. we hope you'll join us for that. coming up next, lime green ribbon to bring awareness to a growing health threat especially this time of the year. there's something big happening at pizza hut.

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that is the director when the swine flu first emerged last spring, predicting the soring numbers of cases in the fall. and they are urging the public health officials to begin planning now. for the miss vaccination campaigns as well as crowded hospitals and emergency rooms. and also tonight, the lime green ribbon in d.c. did you see any of them? to spotlight what some call it a hidden epidemic. they started hearings underway tonight where some current guidelines on diagnosissing and treating lime fall way short. to share their stories and

living with lime. >> i started having vaccines in my late 20. started having knee pain in 2003/2004. then 2005 started having neurological pain. >> he is one of them. a schoolteacher after years of suffering and after several misdiagnosises, he was finally diagnosed with the lime disease just like that last year. >> this is a pick line. >> ed to, they are continuing the rounds of the antibiotics and their medicines that they are paying for on their own. because the current guidelines, they don't call for the long-term treatment and most insurance plans, they don't cover them. >> your dreams of being a good dad and well, being a good husband kind of go downhill when you are constantly in pain, changing your mood. the availability of what you can and cannot do. that is established by the disease of america and hearing from doctors on the front lines in treating this often mysterious ailment. >> with the treatment, we have

about a 70% response rate. if that has been treated, then that person can develop that headache, all of that. >> they say that as a physician and a patient herself, she wants to reach people sooner and insure that they will get the treatment that they need. >> actually, i have the rash. and i was, well, i have meningitis from the lime disease. actually hospitalized for it and treated aggressively early on. and that is the data that we know. they can be denied care. >> i never want anyone to go through what we have gone through. >> now, that does not always cause that tale tell rash. if you or a family member are bitten by that, put it in a bag and put it on the freezer. identifying the lime organism if they show up later on. to see a list, go to our website on wusa9.com and click on living well. great information. coming up next at six,

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