i'm bruce johnson, thank you for joining us. 17 local men have been caught this the sting operation, they allegedly cruiseed the internet looking for sex with minors. local firefighter is among those facing charges after montgomery county police officer pretented to be a 16- year-old prostitute. >> reporter: police say the under cover officer posed as a 16-year-old prostitute on craigslist and referred suspects to the social te my s 17 defendants caught the bait including a montgomery county firefighter. he along with the rest of the defendants who range in age of 20 to 56 years old face felony charges of soliciting sex from a minor. >> it's happening right now,

it's more common than what people believe. >> reporter: one of the defendants agreed to talk with us as long as we didn't show his face. he explains why he turned to the internet for sex. >> i wasn't getting what i needed out of my relationship. rather than leaving e person i went out to seek validation and attraction from other people. >> have you done this before with a 15-year-old? >> never. >> reporter: he says he is a sex addict and didn't realize the consequences. >> i didn't think i was doing anything worse than what anybody else that does. i department think i was committing a felony, i have a job and a house. >> it seems like an excuse because you got caught. what would you like to tell people? >> that i needed help before i got caught. i needed to get caught to get the help that i needed.

>> these are adults preying on minors for a business practice if you will. for sexual abuse. >> reporter: soliciting sex for a minor could carry a 10 year jail sentence and put on a sex offender register. 9 people are dead following a midair collision over the hudson river. a plane crashed in to a tourist helicopter sending them in to the water. three bodies have been recovered. authorities believe there are no survivors. rick johnson has more on the story from new york. >> reporter: paramedics rushed to the hudson river saturday afternoon, but there was no one to treat. >> there was a puff of smoke and a boom. >> reporter: it was the sound of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter colliding and plunging in to the river. this photo shows the collision

that severed a wing. rescuers realized there was no hope for all nine people on board. >> this has changed from a rescue to recovery mission. >> reporter: five italians were touring manhattan. this woman saw relatives where the chopper took off. >> they said to me, there are some relatives inside the helicopter. >> reporter: the small plane left teterboro with three people on board including a child. a pilot on the ground saw the plane moving towards the chopper, he tried to radio both pilots to warn them but it wasn't enough to prevent the accident. the collision sent debris ranking in to the river and onto the streets of hoboken new jersey. teams located the wreckage of the helicopter and recovered three bodies but the murky

water and fast current made for difficult searching. it was a different scene compared to january when a plane landed safely in the river. it was dubbed the miracle on the hudson, there would be no miracle on this summer afternoon. >> closer to our area two people are dead after their small airplane crashed in carroll county. authorities say the plane came down in a corn field just minutes after taking off from the key mar air park this morning. small aircraft is a two seat we are engine and propeller on the back of the plane. . >> we were able to see that it was so much -- to find out they didn't make it, it's devastating because they are people that you know. >> the victims have been identified tonight. faa is investigating the cause of the crash. delays for metro ride is resulting from the deadly crash

in june, an hour ago crews started replacing tracks in the area. lindsey mastisi is there now. >> reporter: they did begin replacing the track circuits at 10:00 here at tacoma station. trains here are sharing a single track. that is the way it will remain for the rest of the month, the work will begin at 10:00 every night starting next weekend and the weekend after that t fort to the totten station will close. workers will have to use a free shuttle bus, all the inconvenience doesn't seem to be making many riders upset. >> i think after the upset, everybody that has to deal with subways has patience. probably 51-49. i think they are going to be

way more patient. >> they are repairing the lines it's going to make it safer and better for all of us. >> reporter: replacing the circuits and the cables and a host of other parts. the green line will not be affected at fort totten, rider on the red line should expect the same type of delays they experienced since that accident. lindsey mastisi, 9 news now and wusa 9.com. sonia sotomayor was sworn in today as the first hispanic justice of the supreme court. >> i sonia sotomayor, do solemnly swear. >> justice sonia sotomayor took the oath twice t first time in a private ceremony at the high court the second time it was the first televised swearing in ceremony. she is the first hispanic the third woman and the third minority on the high court. >> i'm filled with pride in this achievement.

and great confidence that judge sonia sotomayor will make an outstanding supreme court justice. >> president obama will host a reception for the newest member of the supreme court at the white house on wednesday and the supreme court will hold a formal ceremony sometime next month. justice sonia sotomayor's first case should come in early september. hundreds turn out for the funerals of two victims of the gunman's rampage at a pennsylvania health club. a classmate of one of the victims says the 49-year-old was a beautiful warm ray of sunshine to everyone she ever met. >> her smile was contagious. she loved life. everybody loved her. she was just awesome. you couldn't ask for a better friend. >> george se donny opened fire on thela fitness center tuesday killing three women before

committing suicide. michael vick visited a sururban community center. only a knew s wa thwas emreagt enagreement between his handlers and humane society -- the windows were covered and police forced media to stand on the sidewalk. tomorrow's last day to take advantage of virginia's back to school holiday tax. exemptions are exempt from the 5% tax on school supplies, priced up to $20 per item and applies to clothing and shoes priced up to $100. maryland and the district canceled the back to school tax holidays this year. first preseason game a week away but red skins fans gotten some idea of what the team looks like on the field. turned out the fan appreciation today at red skins park, dave owens was in the crowd. >> reporter: hours before the gates opened red skins mania

clearly taken hold. >> chris coolly. >> reporter: impromptu nump nuptials aside. fans made it clear who they came to see. while the jury might be out on the skins trigger man, we found a few not afraid to support 17. >> who is your favorite player? [cheering] >> reporter: this is how many people are here today. this where people are typically during training camp. couple of rows back. this is fan appreciation day today, 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. >> they certainly saw a show. the band, the coach, and the ballers.

>> it's all about honestly just enjoying the team we all love and just living it up. getting ready for the season. >> reporter: not even 90-degree temperatures could dampen red skin love or 2009 predictions. do the bowl baby, do the bowl. >> last year 28,000 turned out. dave says he personally counted 29,000 coming through the gates today. sara walsh has more later in this news cast. no peanuts or cracker jacks at the game. hosting peanut freebase ball for all fans are allergies. fans with the suite tickets for the game against the brewers, they will be allowed to bring in food that suits dietary needs. only food and drinks in each suite will be that which the guest carrys in and each suite will be cleaned beforehand. fans can purchase party free

ticket force $30. coming up later tonight on 9 news now -- high stepping at the marriott wardman park hotel. we will take you there. and just ahead, update on the condition of eunice shriver , baa in ntmemo . back in a moment. stay with us. ówlaóo

eunice kennedy shriver remains in a hospital on cape cod massachusetts. her family remains at her side. she is in critical condition. her son was seen entering the hospital. daughter maria and arnold schwarzenegger were also at the hospital today. the they have not disclosed why she was admitted but suffered a number of strokes.

she is the sister of ted kenny. she is perhaps best known for her work to establish the special olympics. new york times will be missing a clip by stein. he was a pitchman for a credit monitoring company. the spokesperson says the newspaper decided it would not be appropriate for him to pitch while writing his colum for the times. a driver finds a toddler crawling in the middle of a busy intersection. it happened in ohio. rachel downy spotted the boy as she headed for work. hit her brakes jumped out and grabbed the child who was smack in the middle of the street. police found the mother at a nearby house. the baby wondered outside while a construction worker left the door open. hot and humid today but going to be more sticky

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one of the oldest african american agreeing letter original sayings is in town. last year they were in st. louis. that's the kind of work that goes on behind the scenes. campus step show that most people talk about.

there was high stepping at the marriott wardman park hotel tonight a few thousand member of the fraternity were wrapping up the gathering here in washington. >> this has been a great time. we enjoyed ourselves. organization was founded back in 1911. couple of the founders attended howard university at one point. the campus, familys and greeks crowded the ballroom for the always popular step show contest. the mayor hosted a reception at the start of the con clade. provided to 37,000-dollar grant for the event. the attorney general determined it wasn't proper. overall they helped pour a few million dollars in to dc's economy.

>> you stepped down from the step part, right? 20, 30, 40s years ago i could step like that. >> i can't speak for derek mcginty. >> haven't you seen him walking in to the studio? good organization, be proud to be a part of it. they do a lot of great things. weathererwise, we are going to ton up the heat. arriving tomorrow in to monday. it's not going to stick around long but the hottest heat wave of the temperatures, temperatures in to the 90s sunday and monday. heat indexes around 100 degrees, that's what it's going to feel like as we head in to the beginning of the workweek,

keep that in mind. it's been since last up summer since we talked about heat indexes around 100. drink lots of fluids, remember your hot weather safety rules. partly cloudy for tonight. slight chance for a shower. low temperature in the 70s. if you've been outside over the last minute or two it's high. mostly sunny in the afternoon tomorrow. hot, the high temperatures ranging between 92 and 97. heat index around 100, dew points in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. here is the weather set up now, high pressure sliding off the coast. warm front approaching from the south. rain showers developed out ahead of the front. most activity has been up in pennsylvania. cluster of showers and thunderstorms diving down out of the great lakes, basically falling apart. starting to pick up showers ahead of the boundary here. overnight tonight, there is a possibility you could see a little bit of shower activity.

don't expect severe weather or thunderstorms. this front will go through by 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. wind south, humidity is going up. the warm air is starting to move in. temperatures in the 70s. falling back a degree or two, that's it. 72 winchester, 77 hagerstown. in the mid-90s by tomorrow afternoon. all this heat in the plain states is moving eastbound, 88 degrees in dallas at this late hour. 85 in kansas city. going to stick around for a couple of days and gone by the middle of the week. jet stream in to canada so that line of thunderstorms that you saw moving from the northwest to the southeast will stay knot of us tomorrow because the boundary will be up in new york state in new england. we should stay dry to close the weekend. monday as the next month approach there is is a possibility we could see a thunderstorm late if the day. best chance tuesday as the cold front goes by it will bring us showers and storms but get rid

of the heat. temperatures in to the 80s by thursday. that's in the trend. the whole summer, if we get hot it sticks around a day or two, this heat wave will be no different. . here is the deal you won't find on price line a four star resort in southern california is offering guests the chance to stay for tresession busting price of $19 a gh . rancho bernardo. restaurant and golf resort, sttake advantage o thol-d19lar a night survive package, guests at the san diego resort will have to sleep in a tent. you have to bring your own sheets and towels, toiletries. in the room, there is no lights or electricity, we shut off the air-conditioning and take the fuse out.

>> regular room tboas for $219 a night. -d guests can use the money they save for the golf course. for i can't go do that. >> can't you catch outside the fence and then hop the fence. >> as soon as you said no air- conditioning, i'm out. bet you wish you had air- conditioning at red skins catch. tomorrow only worse. they had them packed in there today. when you pack that many people in. the red skins get closer to real action but was there scrimmage out there, a step forward or bring issues to the surface. you are looking at the best team in baseball. you heard that right and the finals are set in the leg mason classic. no new winners will be crowned

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now 9 sports with sara walsh, the best sports in town. record crowd of 29,000 showed up to redskins park to get a glimpse of the 09edition of the team which looks like the 08edition, great news for the defense, not quite as stellar for the offense on jason campbells first drivive the scrimmage, marched his unit down field short passes taking them to the two yard line. they were unable to convert. instead settling for a field goal. considering this team struggled to score touchdowns late if the year, improvements are still in order. >> we should have scored easily. should have been a easy touchdown. we need to get back in the field and move down the field. >> made us feel good to get a

good line drive. >> we are going to keep taking steps forward. >> if you were one of those frutting about the help of the 0 line. bridges has a sprained ankle. thomas is out with the knee on the positive, however, higher says he going to return to practice tomorrow. in canton this evening former red skin bruce smith inducted in to the hall of fame he goes in as a buffalo bill. 200 sacks, 11 pro bowl appearances and spent his last four seasons in washington. the nationals unfortunately become accustomed to sit taught bottom of the standings, washington gets often usual view from the top. major league baseball only one team is on a 7- game win streak plongs to the guys that call national park home.

the nationals were down by 1 until willingham hits the 18th home run of the year, two run shot. taking a 3-2 lead, they would not look back. josh bar wants in on the souvenir giving. 5- 2, that is your final. mock gets his first win as a starter. a season high 7 in a row. early baseball this afternoon orioles at blue jays this one would go longer. 10th inning tied at two all. lin, doubling to lift. the blue jays take this one 3- 2. tennis and andy roddic born in nebraska. had to feel home at here in dc r. had the rock creek crowd on his side with him on the verge of spending another sunday in

the tournament finals. semi finals, taking on roddic. surprising first set in rock creek. set point in a tie break. getting the drop there. a-rod rolled on in the second set. triple match point up 6-5. he would finish him off with a back hand. his opponent was determined earlier this afternoon -- gonzalez and del potro, a tight first set between the two. 7- 6. he would cruise this the second. 6-3 making a return trip to finals. del potro and roddic face off at 3:00 tomorrow. tomorrow at fed ex field, they are going to host the first football game of the season. not going to be played with the pig skin instead dc united

hosts one of the most -- soccer times in the world. madrid. 65,000 expected to pack the stadium tomorrow. united has held their own against them before. two met in 2006 and played to a one all tie. no matter the outcome united already a winner thanks to the exposure. it's a great chance for dc united to show our brand, to show your game too. a lot of people that are going to come see madrid. they are going to be exposed to us as well. rocking at fed ex. thank you for joining us, have a good night everybody. see you here tomorrow. karl, don't you have friends coming over?

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