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"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." this is 9news now. a rescue on old rag mountain. nearly 3300 feet above sea level. one of the toughest hiking terrains out there. i'm anita brikman. good evening. >> i'm derek mcginty. that helicopter rescue saved rangers from an all-day hike that would have to save a man with a sprained ankles. >> britney moorehouse with more. >> reporter: one medic had to jump from the helicopter onto a boulder, the other had to hoist the injured man into the chopper. they were ready for that challenge. >> spend a lot of hours to do these missions. they are few and far between. >> reporter: it is the kind of call that gets their heart's racing. two paramedics sharing how they wound up racing by air within hours of clocking in. >> usually there is a hoist attached. >> we are able to fly and find

him immediately. >> we tried to find a way to safely put him on the ground. >> pilot just hovers it above the area then i basically jumped off a few feet. >> reporter: and with just a few feet to maneuver or else he would fall off a cliff, all this with equipment on his back and trek ahead to reach their victim. >> i was just trying to find him because that is a rugged area with lots of large rocks. >> reporter: that's when they turned on the camera catching the moment he reached the hiker. >> there was a small clearing. >> reporter: just enough of a clearing to hoist a man out with help from another hiker. >> ankle fracture from a fall as well as lacerations on his hands. >> reporter: a rescue that depends on mother nature. >> the pilot will be checking the weather report from down here and if it is a low ceiling of clouds we probably wouldn't have deployed. >> reporter: leaving park rangers to face danger on foot. >> it is a good example here, the risk to rescuers, feels good to help not only a citizen but the other search and rescue personnel on the ground.

>> reporter: officers say those hikers did everything right. they carried extra water, had all the right equipment and used their self-phones to call 911. after the injury they both hiked to a clearing spot. >> dramatic pictures. thank you. right now president obama's signature domestic issue is health care reform. he is struggling to be heard over voices of opposition. >> now the president decided it is time to fight fire with fire at a town hall meeting of his own today in new hampshire. >> for all the chatter and yelling and noise, what you need to know is this. if you don't have health insurance, you will finally have quality affordable options once we pass reform. i don't think government bureaucrats should be meddling. that's the health care system i believe in. >> angry critics stealing much

of the national spotlight as they confronted other members of congress at other town hall meetings. check out what happened in missouri. >> hey, hey, hey. hey. okay. ma'am. okay. everybody sit down. >> not only did the debate get physical in missouri, look what happened at senator arlen specter's town hall meeting in lebanon, pennsylvania. >> you want to be led out of here. you're welcome to go. now wait a minute. >> only person -- >> back to the president. he has two more health care town hall meetings of his own this week in colorado and montana. the tickets will be available to the general public. so the president may see some angry outbursts in the crowd himself. if you want to sound off about the health care reform plans being debated right now go to

wusa9.com and tell us what you think. have you heard about the 8- year-old miami girl who got the white house ticked off? she is on a poster that appears at metro station and on that poster jasmine says president obama's daughters get healthy school lunches, why don't i? now, these posters are the work of a nonprofit p groucalled committee for responsible med. the white house wants the posters taken down. they say they do not want the president's daughters used that way. the group says for now the posters will stay. the american dream turned into a nightmare for dozens of illegal immigrants, some of them as young as 17. authorities say they were forced to work as prostitutes at three long island bars and some were actually sex slaves. most of the women came from central america lured to new york. one customer said he was alarmed at how silent the young girls were. he said they never talked. >> we know they are very, very

pretty. they are quiet. they keep their mouths shut a lot. >> three people who managed the bars in question are charged with sex trafficking and forced labor. they are being held without bond and facing life in prison. tonight all nine victims now accounted for. we are talking about saturday's mid-air collision between a small plane and a chopper. both aircraft fell into the hudson river right off manhattan and late today teams recovered the final two bodies and salvaged the first large piece of the damaged planes. investigators will now closely examine the wreckage and want to review the use of airspace before the crash. >> they will look at procedures, management of this space, the communications that go on in this space because we are here and don't want to see an accident like this happen again. >> saturday's crash killed all three pennsylvania residents on the plane and all five italian tourists and pilot on board that site seeing helicopter. general motors shining the

spotlight on its first electric car. the volt might get a whopping 230 miles per gallon. that is more than four times than the toyota prius. it will take you 40 miles on a single battery charge and more than 300 miles using the hybrid electric engine. >> slated to hit floors in limited production, only 60,000 units, won't be cheap at $40,000. but it will bring a $7500 tax credit and for some that have been waiting a long time to own one. andrew stack has more. >> reporter: every evening for 27 years david goldstein has pulled an electric cable across his front yard. >> it is just like plugging in your cell phone at night you plug in your car and when you come out in the morning it is fully charged. >> goldstein has been waiting for the chevv volt. >> after his ford escort became a part of the energy department

program. >> so we can test them and build the next generation of cars of what we are seeing today. >> there still a some amount of fossil fuels being used either way. >> reporter: the existing power grid can handle charging large number of electric vehicles on one condition. >> if people recharge their vehicles at night we have lots of excess capacity. if they choose to do it during the day it would be a problem. >> reporter: for this the volt promises 230 miles per gallon with the assistance of a gas engine. otherwise, it operates as an electric car with a 40-mile range. next june san francisco and washington will be the first two cities to receive volts from the assembly line. >> absolutely. this is great. we never thought washington would be on the forefront. of course we are the nation's capital. >> some are touting the fact that cars like the volt could offer the u.s. a way out of foreign oil dependence and

improve national security at the same time by denying oil revenue to nations that would use our dollars against us. for more information go to energy .maryland .gov. >> little better this evening as compared to this time on monday as well. let's talk about your forecast first. overnight we will keep showers in the forecast. partly cloudy. muggy. few storms still possible. 68 to 76 for lows. weare mid-70s 70mid-s mi atwn wnmpdo ghs tenoatt e arstill a lilee ththe warm side. k.erced l stilfrederick. still er 81in leesburg. 77 in manassas. we will talk about if the 90s are gone for any length of time. >> thank you, looking forward to it. a rugby player taken down

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i'm meteorologist topper shutt. next three days. 86 on wednesday. 85 on thursday. 87 on friday. temperature on friday may be a little bit warm but you get the idea. we will leave the 90s behind. we will have the chance for showers and thunderstorms though pretty much each day. front going south of us dropping us into the 80s but close enough to us to provide showers and storms. weekend flanking me. forecast in detail overnight. partly cloudy and muggy. few thunderstorms possible. a low temperature 68 to 76. winds out of the north at about 5 to 10. live doppler 9000. had showers off to the west. for the most part -- part cumberland. more in the morning. back to the computer we go. talk about temps. better than last night. 70s. 77 in brookville.

bell haven 78. chesapeake beach 78. 75 out in charles town. a little more comfortable. tomorrow morning we added the chance of a shower or thunderstorm. 70s and 80s. wouldn't be surprised if you have some showers and storms before lunchtime. by afternoon we will keep showers and storms in. partly cloudy and warm. but not hot. high temperatures 85. light winds at least tomorrow. probably into thursday. look at the satellite picture radar combined we will zoom in and see some showers and thunderstorms south of us and north of us. very weak frontal boundaries trying getting south of us tomorrow and i think it will run a chance for showers and storms both in the morning and afternoon on wednesday. even as it gets south of us on thursday we still run the chance of some showers and storms. heaviest activity again across the mountains headed toward cumberland. next seven days. here we go.

88. better than last night. 86 tomorrow. 85 on thursday. 80s right on through saturday. with showers and thunderstorms across the board. sunday, monday and tuesday we go up to around 90. thunderstorms a little bit less numerous. we will say maybe isolated sunday, monday, tuesday. we had three days in the 90s and we can handle that. back in the 80s tomorrow. >> okay. we will handle it. thank you. >> all right. >> folks, pit bulls are back in the news. first, a pit bull pup perform left to die after losing a dog fight. another pair mauled their owner to death. is there a problem with the breed or perhaps their owners. we decided to visit a breeder to see if the bad reputation is nurtured. >> reporter: three month old pups. pit bull pups a breed with the reputation for being vicious. a reputation that their owners

say is simply undeserved. >> they are very fun, very loving, very eager to please you. >> if they are raised correctly they turn out to be loving, protective and goofy. >> reporter: these two should know. the couple owns and breeds pit bulls and say the dog's loyalty to people is sometimes abused. >> they are very eager to please so when you ask them to do something they are going to want to do it for you. if you ask them to fight they will want to do it for you. >> reporter: there in lies the problem. not a dog problem but a dog owner problem. >> it is totally a people problem. >> reporter: so owners like chris locker and the spragues try to reach out when ever they can as ambassadors for their pets. >> you never see the therapy dogs that are pit bulls. you never see our dogs, the good people that want to give good pit bulls the good wrap for what they are. you have to spread the word

they are not bad dogs, just a bad wrap. >> that was james hash reporting. pit bulls and rottweilers are responsible for the most attacks against people according to a report. in living well tonight. an aspirin a day to keep colon cancer at bay. that is the message from research out today in the journal of the american medical association. the study looked at people diagnosed with various stages of colon cancer and found aspirin therapy lowered their risk of dying during an average of 11 years after therapy diagnosed. scientists say aspirin suppresses an enzyme and that many colon tumors put that enzyme out. >> flip-flops. everyone love san francisco them. they can be exposing you to some nasty, even dangerous germs. micro biologists found a layer

of bacteria including staph. staph can cause a blood infection if it gets into a cut in your foot. makes you want to put on a pair of real shoes, doesn't it. >> >> i don't like flip-flops. i'm lesli foster with your money saving tip of the day. if your big bad grill isn't so e.ne yourself a w the bymaas much as esic byas m eihon thvey.ntin saenevve ntorin to save evener core er, ntidmons buying locally ther th shopping online. a trip to a local 5 $2orsa ou 5l topa y yot n'nessarily have to pay to ascesemble that grill. many stores will do it for free. for more money saving tips go to wusa9.com. click on living smart. it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> i think it is time to say jim riggleman, yay.

>> sometimes you just need a different voice. that's not a shot on manny acta. he was a good voice for three years but then they needed a change of pace. eight-game win streak their longest in four years. extending it tonight because the as john lannan on the mount. good for a quality start every time he tows the rubber. except tonight. first inning. there he is. sos. you blew it. i can't believe that you -- >> that's ryan zimmerman driving in rogier morgan. shortest outing for lannan. tom hanson, seven innings, one run, struck out nine. how hard is it? nats lose 8-1 the win streak over. camden yards. second inning. melvin mora trying to check his swing but hits the ball off the

knob of his bat. fair ball. nobody realizes. easiest r.b.i. ever. difference because the os win 3- 2. football now. jim zorn may be a risk taker but not until the season begins which is why between clinton portis, santana moss, the redskins will have the highest paid collection of clipboard holders in the history of football this thursday night. zorn announcing today three players along with randy thomas and jeremy bridges will be scratches for the preseason opener in baltimore. some of the guys nagging injuries but for others like portis, he just hates the preseason and zorn is obliging. >> the thing about him, he will be ready to go. if i put him in he will go. and he will give you his best effort. i'm not concerned about how much he plays or how much he doesn't play but just like last year i didn't play him in the first game. i probably will do the same. >> as far albert haynesworth.

he came with lots of baggage. he has been dead set on repairing his image somewhat and did that today inviting several dozen at risk children to watch today's workouts at redskins park then having a private chat session with albert and coach zorn. after it was over albert conveying a heart felt message to the kids from his own personal life. that being if you fall down, get back up. >> especially after my suspension, just showed that even though we are supposed to be athletes and superstars we are still human beings and we have bounce back. you are judged on how you bounce back. >> well said. a surprise visitor at camp, the agent of michael vick. don't freak out. seagull also the agent for other players and he was just visiting those guys. we did ask if there is any chance that michael vick could land with the skins and he

replied none at all. phone booth tonight. mystics with the back end at the home and home in detroit. playing 18 minutes off the bench but using them widely for the shock. mystics falling to detroit by four. now 11-11. we are going to take a quick break here. when we come back you know what that music means. latest installment of the good, bad and ugly. how the phillies fanatics got a little cheeky with the female member of the crowd. s u up unt yousee wh thiatse xt it uil you see what this is. r42rpp

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australian rugby league. eagle subduing a man until security could arrive. best part is after the game in full costume the eagle gives an interview. >> flapped my wings. >> don't you love how he didn't take his head off for the interview. >> gave himself what for. >> that's his real head. >> it is. that's why he didn't take it off. simon says on the dugout with a lovely lady from the crowd. look at that. simon says do that. and she goes, no, i'm a little too smart for that. but he tried. so e for effort there if you know what i'm saying. >> best luck in history. this texas state trooper helping the motorist change a tire on a bridge. watch along the guardrail there as another tire whiz whizzed by. grazed his gun but didn't hit him. that is lucky for the trooper.

go to the bad. worst haircut. those given to the cowboys veteran by the rookies. or rather the rookies by the veterans. that's uncle fester there. that guy is my accountant. they call this one the shark fin because of that thing out in the front. you could get one of those and glue it on. >> landing on each other. i'm not hip on that. are you supposed to do that? >> even in x games that's too extreme. >> i was checking the rules but couldn't find it. >> let's go to the ugly. most unfortunate foul ball attempt. watch the guy in the right field seats in pittsburgh who reaches over the railing and lands right on his head and take a look at how bad a face plant it was. he has got the bloody tooth. look. there is albert who is worried about him taking care of him. they carted him off. finally worst new sport.

through the car then galloping over the roof and keeps going. now imagine -- my thing is, imagine you're the guy driving the car and you're coming down the road and you see two hooves from a horse come through you. >> okay. >> that's a heart attack. >> wait, what is the explanation for those horses? >> it was on a highway in israel. there are wild horses that roam the plains there apparently and got loose on the road. thought it was the first race of the belmont. >> i think there was a line of three horses. first two horses saw the car but the third horse was obstructed his view by the first two horses and ran right through it. that's my theory on the horse car thing. >> we will be right back. >> wow.

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