haven't been more aggressive with the insurance groups that have been out there using tactics and the big-lie campaigns like the big buy about the so-called panels that have no basis and facts. >> even children would be involved. >> i'm an 11-year-old from hagerstown, maryland. i have five grandparents, so this issue applies a lot to me. say my dad and grandfather came down with cancer. would my dad get priority care because he is younger and can contribute longer to society? [ applause ] >> good question.

in today's system, there are different degraciouses of care as a result as to what healthcare care you can be in. there are different coverage levels. there will be and not be any dediscrimination as to access to care. >> while those 400 plus were shouting inside, 500 more were outside the college theater. no violence, just loud talking. >> i think everybody should have healthcare. however we pay for it, i don't think we should ever have a situation where somebody says, i'm sick, i need care and i don't have the money. i think that is absolutely immoral. >> my father and mother raised me that you better get a job, you better get an education. it's a tough world. nobody is going to pay your rent. no one is going to buy you a car. you better be buying it yourself. >> senator cardin calls the level of interest in this healthcare debate remarkable. >> the debate over healthcare found its way inside mcginty's

mail bag. patricia urges us all to remember the old add damage about that free lunch. don't tell me those folks sheiking for healthcare realize it has a cost for all of us? some of those protesters want to continue their lives without a price tag attached. this isn't some kind of freebie handout to have health insurance. i agree on many aspects of reform. it may mean a lesser quantity of liquor, lottery, and cigarettes. we'll have more later on in the broadcast. now to our other top stories tonight. hell on the highway. a woman set on fire behind the wheel with her young daughter in the backseat. plus, a local judge blows off some steam by letting the air out. and supply and demand. a new list of places needing special attention because there's not enough water. >> i'm dave, at 39th and t northwest. a location that is on a list that was obtained by 9news now where the fire department are

paying special attention to water issues. >> taylor street northeast are two more of the locations the dc fire and dms department identified for special attention. the fire at the home of former school board president. but dc fire spokesman says the amount of water isn't the only reason a neighborhood or building is on the list. >> it could be a hydrant location. gallons per minute flow. flow issues. access. geography. >>de fe mepartirnt says it put plans in place to address the problems at each of the locations. >> you want to insure everyone that areas are safe and we have plans in place to address any kind of concerns that they might have. >> i'm lindsey in charles county. it's not something you would expect, but a judge is accused of letting the air out of someone's tire after they parked in his space. >> i was really upset. i was almost in tears. >> jean washington says

because of construction, she has been parking along this street for a few weeks. but when she parked there monday -- >> one of the security guards said to me, he said jean, someone from holding called over and said judge nellie flattened your tire. >> she thought the restricted parking signs were meant for visitors. he has not apologized and he wouldn't go on camera. he said he left notes when cars parked in his spot, but decided against it this this time. he said quote, notes are not terribly effective. letting air out of tires is. the police chief says he is still investigating the incident and does not know whether there will be any charges. in culpeper, virginia, where authorities say a domestic dispute escalated when a man they say filled a squeeze bottle with flammable liquid, sprayed it on the woman and set her on fire. investigators say 45-year-old james anderson was in the passenger seat with a woman

driving and her 12-year-old daughter in the backseat. they say anderson set her ablaze near atlantis road and route 29 near culpeper, virginia. authorities say the 37-year-old woman suffered burns on her neck, head, and hand. the 12-year-old girl is okay. >> i can't answer for the suspect as far as what mental process he was going through or why he chose gasoline. but i certainly think that, you know, the possibility you mentioned as far as disfigurement would be one, possibly making this woman unattractive to others. >> pau.s. marshals captured anderson last night in southeast washington. an update on the pit bull story. first the case out of leesburg. those two pit bulls that mauled their owner to death have been put down. family members of 20-year-old carter met with the loudoun county animal control officials and they agreed to euthanize those animals. and the reward in the capture

of whoever is responsible for the torture and near killing of a pit bull puppy in dc has more than doubled. the humane society of the united states is offering $2500, now that's in addition to the $1500 put up by the dc humane society. that brings the total reward to $4,000. the pit bull puppy now called trooper was thrown in a dumpster and left to die after apparently losing a fight. the humane society says she is in another long fight just to stay alive. more than 204 students are hoping to use vouchers to attend private schools this fall. but they are dismantelling the voucher program. the story now from bruce johnson. >> reporter: four-year-old nia thomas had been told that come september, she would be enrolling in the same private school that her brother now attends. >> do you have any idea what you want to be when you grow up? >> yes. >> what?

>> a doctor. >> a doctor? wow, why is that? >> because i want to help people. >> reporter: niko's private education is made possible by a $7500 voucher provided by the congress. that same money had been promised to his little sister until the obama administration and the fenty administration decided to end the program that allows a few students from places like barry farms to attend private and parochial schools. >> now this experiment is showing that low income ch en ildrra can excel. >> she says her daughter was given a voucher only to have it revoked. thw saying for ilmo saying for ulwoinntco, uevoucrs would continue, but only for students already enrolled in private schools. >> i had a letter of authorization stating that she would get a scholarship. >> president who i support said no kid should be in a failing school. for these 216 kids will end up going to failing dc public schools when they were told they could go to a private school. >> reporter: this is not about

not having the money. the congress appropriated funds to keep the 216 voucher positions going this year and senators lieberman and feinstein introduced a bill that would keep the program going for another five years. the voucher program benefited more than 300 students. niko will keep his voucher through high school. bruce johnson, 9news now and wusa9.com. the obama administration has been opposed to using federal dollars to pay private and parochial school tuition. the opportunity scholarship program costs $14 million every year. the dc mayoral race is right around the corner, but is mayor fenty a shoe in? we'll talk about that after the break. stay with us. 3f?f?f?f

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the incumbent, mayor adrian fenty. that according to some analysis of a new poll that is rattling around out there. washington examiner reporter, one of those who took a look at this poll. we have to note, this poll looked at three wards. a little weird. looking at the numbers, the new approval rating for 63%. he doesn't look vulnerable with that. >> no, one of the things that people are seeing is that 46% of the voters said they would gladly consider another option other than fenty. as you know, fenty operates on the assumption that he likes to be adored. so to have that big of decent, people saying we are keeping our options open, that's a big deal. >> i don't know, how flawed is it the fact that there are eight wards in town. what does this mean? > across the board. polls are not necessarily scientific. i don't think they are ironclad, but in as much as

they are effective. fenty takes it seriously. in as much as they are effective. the fact is, wards one, three, and six are the bread basket of fenty's support. when he is pitching his reforms, he is talking to people in those wards. if they aren't with them, he is in deep trouble. >> the second most popular politician is someone who isn't a politician at all. she gets high marks as well, even though some critics for her. >> in one way, it is expected that she is popular, especially again in those wards where they are december pratt to hear a reform message. on the other hand, it seems if you read these findings, it shows there is a great deal of skepticism and maybe people are beginning to peel off their support. >> we should know, this is so early, there hasn't been any talk of the election yet. there are other politicians who would love to be mayor. in this poll, they are not popular at all. >> no, michael brown especially. but i'll throw a name out there

that nobody has heard about. here is a 9now exclusive. he is from ward 4, which is fenty's backyard. he is arguing he is going to be reaching out across 7 and 8. in other words, he is going to be building on that black support that is steadily eroding under adrian fenty and we might have a polarized election. >> the bottom line here though, fenty is hard to beat if election was held today? >> he has 2 1/2 million in the bank. that makes anybody formidable. it gives encouragement to those on the council who were afraid of going near this man's breath. now they can take him on a little more. >> let's see if that pans out. thank you so much, billmeyer. good conversation. we appreciate it. and stay with us, topper will be back with your full forecast. fafa

in living well tonight, shining the light on cancer. anita brikman joins me now to explain. >> this is an easy and painless test recommended for people considered at high risk for oral cancer. it is on the rise in younger patients. if your dentist picks it up early, it's 90% curable. tonight, blue light technology that uncovers what the naked eye may miss. >> i did smoke for 30 years.

i'm concerned about what it has done to my mouth, my tongue. >> local dentist says the face of oral cancer is changing. he is seeing more patients like kathleen sample. >> it used to be that the typical cancer patient was a male over the age of 40. heavy smoker, heavy drinker, who is trying to see a new population. >> in recent years, more women have been diagnosed and a strong link has been established between oral cancer and not just smoking and drinking, but hpv. >> what makes cancer is difficult is that these legions are hard to discover. >> to make sure he doesn't miss any suspicious spots. >> use a glow stick, which gives us a blue, white light to shine on these oral tissues. >> i turn it up over.

>> on this day, he does find a small glowing legion. to be on the safe side, she will have a biopsy and consultation with an oral surgeon. >> i really didn't expect the doctor to find anything. i thought i would be fine. so yes, i am a little surprised. hopefully it's nothing. but i'm so glad that it was found. >> in cases like kathleen's, those biopsy results take about six weeks to come back. the doctor says most insurance companies will pick up the cost. what is key to remember here is that unlike other annual exams, you the patient have to request an oral cancer screening. to see more information about it, go to our website at wusa9.com and click on living well. derrick. >> thanks anita. check the caller id closely, a fake debt collector could be on the line. in tonight's living smart focus, the better business bureau says phoney callers are making the rounds claiming you

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>> 97 on monday. 93 yesterday. we were 87 today. going in the right direction. >> not ridiculously hot, just humid. >> the humidity is the key. we will have to put up with that for a while. temperature wise, a good stretch of weather. here's your forecast first. the next three days, right out of the gate. well, 84 tomorrow. a good chance of showers and storms at any time tomorrow and mainly confined to the afternoon and evening on friday and saturday. mid 80s on friday. upper 80s on saturday and most of those will be few and far between. not quite as muggy. low temperatures in the mid 60s. and winds turn northeasterly at 5 to 10. satellite picture, radar combined, we'll zoom in. we'll find most of the activity kind of hugging the coast. and the reason being, that's where the frontal system is. the front limped through here today unnoticed. its remaining stationary down to our south. this is where all the heavy activity s. the beaches are

getting hammered. for that, we'll go to live doppler 9,000. this is the activity we are concerned about. around town, pretty quiet. you know, a couple showers out to the west. by and large, heaviest activity along the delmarva and beaches. we'll zoom into a couple of storms. movement is to the east. this arrow indicates the movement. and those storms up toward aldi, which has been working its way down 50 headed eventually toward middleburg. we'll put these into motion. what happens is this one dies out. this one around warrenton slips eastward as it moves off to the south and east. we will keep showers and storms in the forecast all tonight and all tomorrow. all right, back to the computer we go. temperatures, not bad. 70s now. 78 in gaithersburg, upper 70s for wood bridge and fredericksburg. tomorrow, partly sunny and warm. showers and storms are possible. 60s and 70s. by afternoon, partly sunny and warm. showers and storms possible.

highs near 85. and winds northeasterly at 10. showers could occur at any time. these are not confined to the afternoon. zone forecast, all six zones are on our website at wusa9.com. low 80s for martinsburg. mid 80s for oakton and 87 as you head down 95 towards dumphry's. maybe 85 in college park. low 80s by the bay and a good chance of showers and thunderstorms there and again, primarily any time, not just in the afternoon, not just in the morning, pretty much across the board tomorrow. all right. the next seven days. 84 tomorrow. showers and storms. 86 as we get into friday. now we do have storms on friday, saturday, sunday, and monday, but they will be isolated. temperatures start creeping up a little bit. near 90 on sunday, then around 90 monday, tuesday, and wednesday. that's not crazy hot, and look, they left tuesday, wednesday dry. >> there you go. >> thank you top. let's get to our weird news file.

we all know there are guys out there that like to dress up in lady's underwear and we say to each his own. it ought to anbe his own underwear. investigators found several garbage bags full of women's under garments. apparently all of it was stolen. this guy looks like an outstanding citizen caught red handed, actually wearing drawers that belong to a female neighbor. he was busted in his neighbor's garage trying to grab some more. the boyfriend wrestled him to the ground. she began to notice several of her under garments missing. he has no previous criminal history, but judging from the amount of underwear, there were a lot ofother victims, not surprisingly, neighbors said hey, he's a nice guy. i never expected. we want to hear what you think, send your e-mails to

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