. hello. i'm bruce johnson. thank you for joining us. a mid-air disaster over the hudson river in new york city today. a small plane and tour helicopter crashed, sending both aircraft in the helicopter. authorities believe nine people are dead. that accident was seen by hundreds, perhaps thousands of people owl out enjoy -- all out enjoying the crystal clear day. whit johnson is live with more. >> reporter: dozens watched as these two aircraft collided. crews are still on the water searching for debris. they say there's no way anyone who could survived and are strictly calling this a recovery effort. emergency officials rushed to the hudson river saturday afternoon but there was little they could do.

>> a helicopter, the blades, there's like a big puff of smoke and then a boom a couple seconds afterward. initially it went straight down in the water. >> reporter: city officials say there was no hope for any of the nine people on board as both planes came down. >> this was virtually not survivable. >> reporter: the mayor says the two passengers, including a child and a pilot were on the board the small plane that took off from teterboro airport in new jersey. this corridor above the hudson is busy. air traffic control does not communicate from here. >> it just took a nose-dive.

you couldn't see it. all you saw was little pieces of debris. >> reporter: divers located the wreckage of what's believed to be the helicopter and also recoverl1 rd two bodies from the -- recovered two bodies from the river. the last time the plane crashed in the hudson, the outcome was happier. in january, geese flew into the engines and that accident was called "the miracle on the hudson." there was no mira call -- no miracle today. only tragedy back to you. >> thank you. >> lindsey mastis is live with more on this story. >> moments after the plane and

helicopter collided. witnesses grabbed their cell phones and began to grab twitter to explain what they saw. and some loaded pictures. this is one of the first posts. it reads "just watched a helicopter blow and plummet into the hudson river. emergency vehicles on site. the witnesses uploaded his pictures." another person "driving near hudson, heard loud back fire and tire fell in front of my car while driving. huge splash." this is the picture of that tire. he then talked with cnn over the phone. >> i heard -- i actually thought i hit something on my car and then my girlfriend and i saw a whole bunch of debris falling out of the sky, and i would say probably 20 feet in front of me, maybe closer, maybe farther. the tile fell on the road -- the tire fell on the roadway. >> reporter: and when the 1529

flight landed in the hudson, it took two days before that video appeared on the youtube. over the next two days we can expect to see more pictures of this. 17 men have been call in a montgomery county sting operation, cruising the internet looking for sex. sex. >> well female undercover posed as underage. police say the undercover officer posed as a 16-year-old prostitute on craigslist. then referred potential suspects to the social networking site, myspace. 17 defendants caught the bait, including lieutenant wayne mothershead, a montgomery

county firefighter. he along with the rest of the defendants who range in age from 20 to 50 face felony charges for soliciting sex from a minor. [ inaudible ] >> one of those defendants agreed to talk with us as long as we didn't show his face. he explained why he turned to the net. >> i wasn't getting what i needed from my relationship and i -- [ inaudible ] >> have you done this before with a 16-year-old? >> never. >> he said he's a sex addict and didn't realize the consequences. >> i didn't think i was doing anything worse than what -- than what everybody else dash. [ inaudible due to voice changed ] >> that seems like an excuse

that you got caught. what would you like to tell people? >> i think i needed to get caught to get the help that i needed. >> these are adults preying on minors for sexual abuse. >> soliciting sex from a minor is a felony and could carry a 10-year-old jail sentence and you could be put on the sex offender registry. bruce? >> thank you. there's one day left to take advantage of the back-to- school holiday in virginia. taxpayers are exempt from taxes. this applies to clothing and shoes priced up to $100. virginia sales tax holiday ends tomorrow. maryland and the district cancelled their back-to-school holidays this year because of budget restraints. today, thousands of red skins fan showed up for fan

appreciation day out. dave's out there. how did it go? >> reporter: last year the red skins led the league by a wide margin in attendance. even on a regular training day, fans are out here by the thousands. it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the park was packed. red nations clearly took ahold. >> chris cooley! >> reporter: fans made it clear who they came to see. >> portis and orakpo. >> go, redskins! >> reporter: we found a if you not afraid to support -- a few not afraid to support their members. this is where people are

typically during training camp, a few rows back. they are not just here. they are all the way down here and they wrap all the way around the field. >> we woke up at 5:00 a.m. to get here. >> reporter: and they certainly saw a show. the bands, the coach, and the ballers. >> honestly, it's about enjoying the team we all love. just living it up. getting ready for the season. >> reporter: not even 90-degree temperatures could dampen love and predictions. >> to the bowl, baby! to the bowl! >> reporter: those fans are saying they are going to the super bowl in miami. 28,000 last year. 29,000 here today. that's a record. much more on this in sports. back to you. >> thank you, dave. coming up -- history is made. the newest member of the

sucoeme urt supreme court is sworn in. we'll have details next. 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, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut.

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solemnly swear -- >> she took the oath twice -- the first time in a private ceremony at the high court. the second time was the very first televised swearing in. she's the first hispanic woman to serve on the court. >> i'm filled with pride on this achievement and great confidence that judge sotomayor will make an outstanding supreme court justice. president obama will host a reception for justice sotomayor at the white house on wednesday and the supreme court will hold a formal ceremony next month. the first case could come in early september. two people are dead after their small plane crashed in carroll county. maryland police say the two- seater plane crashed near a corn field near taneytown after taking off this morning. the plane went down about a quarter mile from the keymar airpark.

the victims are 61-year-old robert of davidson ville and 66- year-old lettie ll iawims of edgewater, maryland. investigators are still trying to determine the exact cause of the crash. hot and humid today. but is it gonna be warmer tomorrow. tony. today wasn't terrible. but tomorrow you will notice a difference and check the forecast when we come back. stay with us. wib@fafa

a little muggy. >> yeah, muggy. we're gonna turn up the heat tomorrow. today we stayed in the 80s. it was uncomfortable because of the humidity. tomorrow we're gonna make it to 9557 keep the -- 95 and turn up the humidity. the record high tomorrow is 102. i don't think we'll break records. the actual temperature will

make it up to 95 to close the weekend. we'll get rid of the clouds that we have tonight, at least. it should be dry until maybe monday night and tuesday. this little heatwave is not gonna last that long. that's been the case for most of the summer. the shots of heat stick around and then they are gone. partly cloudy skies tonight. a slight chance for a shower or a thunderstorm as the warm air comes in. the low temperature, hanging around 70. sunset, 8:11. during the day tomorrow, mostly sunny. it will be hot and humid. the heat index will be up around 100. the actual temperatures will range between 92 and 97. the winds will swing around to the west-southwest at 10. sunrise at 6:17. we have high pressure off the east coast and this area represents the dividing line between the mild air we're in and the hot stuff in the plains

states. we're seeing a big cluster of thunderstorms coming in from the plains states. that one is dying out. but the disturbance that triggered it will zip out here tonight. we could see some scattered showers and thunderstorms develop. we can see that developing in the western suburbs. this is the leading edge in the upper levels of the atmosphere of the heat. the surface heat will get in the day tomorrow. right now, 83 at national airport with an east wind. the winds will shift tonight. the dew point, prabobe lyprobab tomorrow. elsewhere temperatures low 80s. 85 in fredericksburg. it's 96 in kansas city, same thing in dallas. it's this heat that will visit us sunday and monday. the dividing air will move north and the thunderstorms should stay in new york and

back in new england and we'll end up with dry weather. seven-day forecast looks like this -- we'll be in the mid-90s on monday with a heat index near a hundred. a cold front comes through monday night and tuesday. that should get rid of the heat. scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. but the high temperatures will foul back in the mid-80s by thursday and friday. just a few appearance by -- i'm not even going to call it a heatwave. two days that doesn't count. >> we saw the clouds out there -- the crowds out there. >> yeah, 29,000. if you are standing in it with pads on -- >> yeah, you can call it what you want. >> skins' fans, they don't care. ahead in sports, fan b

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we're discussing the redskins off camera, on camera. >> it's getting heated. is it asking too much to see your offense go down and -- >> yeah. >> you want them to look sharp. that's all. that's all we're asking for. at redskins nation, fan appreciation day. what the redskins faithful would be grateful for is another super bowl. before anyone gets ahead of themselves, which tends to happen around here, will the team be ready for the regular season in five weeks. dave owens joins us live from the park where the team held their first scrimmage today. how did they look? >> reporter: a lot of players were excited to finally lock up against some of their

teammates, overall, not a lot of big hits or big plays. the first team offense hit the field today for the first time against the second team defense. it was mostly short passing. jason campbell checking it back to the backs and tight ends. the fans kind of disappointed that campbell never took a shot downfield. he did get picked by justin tryon. settled for a field goal. >> moved the ball down the field. should have converted to a touchdown. there's things we can do to correct that. for the most part we moved the ball. >> we're in the zone, block, throw, catch and run the ball. we're gonna continue to work hard and focus. >> reporter: yeah, certainly gotta get better. it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the offense struggled in certain areas. the offense, the line has been

banged up. stephon heyer is injured, other injuries. jeremy bridges getting in some work this afternoon. evening scott burley got a chance -- even scott burely got a chance to work. >> right now, you have to be smart. you have to keep them healthy. the coach is doing a great job working out the practice. guys need to get healthy. >> reporter: a couple of quick injury notes. scott burley is okay. jeremy bridges, ankle sprain. he's okay. besides that, everyone got through it okay. >> okay. more from you at 11:00. the redskins are just getting started, the tennis

classic is just getting good. today semifinals set up the the park. rod dick will be there. gonzalez and the defending champ juan martin fought off for the tie-break. he will make a return trip to the finals. we'll find out his opponent tonight. forget this. nat, seventh win in a low. on the mound, 0-4 record, .675 e.r.a. the first pitch is at 7:05. early baseball this afternoon. orioles, and the blue jays. 10th inning tied at 2. adam puts an end to it.

the one comes home. game over. what does it look like tonight? >> tonight is gonna be all right. maybe a thunderstorm and tomorrow we turn up the heat. 95 tomorrow and on monday. with the heat index near 100. >> thank you for joining us. cbs evening news is next. see you back here at 11:00. 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, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut.

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