good. ing. a harsh reminder tonight of how much drinking and driving can cost you. sand's police chief has already lost his job and now he will be serving five days in jail. the judge gave him a few hours to get his things in order after pleading guilty this morning. >> who would have thought at his swearing in three years ago it would come to this. in a soft voice he told the judge he was guiltying enough to blow .19. nearly 2 1/2 times the legal limit. and then getting behind the wheel of an unmarked city car. he slammed in to another driver at i-66 and north fairfax drive

last month. the judge sentenced him to five days in jail, fined him $300 and suspended his driving privileges. >> the way dave sees this is that he is supposed to be a role model. supposed to be an example. he made a mistake and he should pay the appropriate price for it. >> reporter: former chief baker ducked the tv cameras here at the arlington courthouse but put out a written statement in which he said he will be forever haunted by personal embarrassment and humiliation. the repeated his apology to the woman he hit who suffered whiplash and had to be rushed to the hospital. >> up until three weeks ago, he was the public face of law enforcement and he would rather not be the public face of somebody who has gotten a dwi and is going to jail. >> reporter: the judge warned the former chief if he gets in anymore trouble in the next year, she can send him back to jail for another six months. in arlington, bruce leshan, 9 news now and wusa9.com.

>> the lawyer for the former chief sighs he will do his five days separated from other prisoners for his own protection. president obama took his health care reform message to big sky country. addressing a group that was mostly behind his reforms, president obama denounced the media for focusing on angry protesters at town hall meetings. there was no sign of protesters inside the event. however, outside, hundreds demonstrated. >> the whole conversation has evolved in to a bitter argument and i think we need to step back and say we are sure about what we disagree on. what do we agree on? >> no one knows what is in the bill, opposed or against it, no >>e even knows what is on it w rothe president makes a similar pitch to an audience in colorado. public interest in the health care debate is flooding the e-mail system in the helicopter which some getting

error messages when we try to get through. we didn't think it was an error to send gary none bug on the story. constituents aren't limiting themselveses to angry exchanges at the health care forums. >> senator cardins office. can you hold. >> we have gotten 13,000 letters and e-mails from people about health care. phones have been lighting up for weeks. we have three week that work the phones all the time. >> a lot of american citizens are trying to reach their member of congress. >> so many it is slowing one of the e-mail systems on the house side of the hill. a slow down is sort of the tickettal version of a busy signal. some of those people are getting an error message when they try to submit their e- mail. >> reporter: not all e-mails. the problem is with e-mail forums on the house.gov site and some individual member sites. direct e-mails have a better chance of getting through. >> we are in the process right now, as we speak, of upgrading

those systems. >> the upgrade was scheduled for august when e-mail traffic was w expected to be down. oops. 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> some improvements have already been made. that happened after sites on the hill went down earlier this year when an even smaller number of e-mailers was writing about economic stimulus. metro fired two bus drivers today. one driver was let go after he was charged with kidnapping. he reportedly refused to let a passenger off of his bus after they got in to an argument. a second driver was fired after she was arrested for driving with a suspended license. a third driver, who was suspended while driving while talk hog a cell phone is back on the job. she used the phone to report a mechanical problem. have you seen this man? his name is deafen champagne and he escaped from custody last night. sky nine over jessup maryland as authorities looked for him. the sheriffs office says a deputy was taking the 20-year-

old to the detention center when he used his handcuffs to attract the deputy champagne climbed out a window and ran away. he had been convicted of felony theft and he faces additional charges including attempted murder. we still don't know the i.d. of the person killed by a hit and run driver. the man was struck this morning near the intersection of stanton road and suitland parkway in southeast washington. police are looking for a small dark-colored car with a damaged windshield. the vehicle is also missing the passenger side mirror. check out this accident in colombia, maryland today. five cars were involved in a crash on route 32 near broken land parkway. one vehicle ended up on top of the other. the good news is the people involved reported minor injury the road was closed but traffic is flowing again tonight. fairfax county is postponing this weekend's pet adoption event after a canine flu outbreak. the fairfax county animal shelter says it can confirm two

dayses of the flu at west ox road. 29 other animals may have been exposed. the shelter's director says it is contacting people that recently adopted pets from the facility. >> anyone who was here recently and brought the animal home they should observe a pet. if they exhibit symptoms of sneezing and coughing, i would recommend they contact the veterinarian and let them know about the possible exposure and ask to be seen. >> reporter: so far one report of an adopted dog developing symptoms. they expect to be urn quarantine for two weeks to be safe. the h1n1 flu virus is expected to start to spread again this fall. maryland is formulating a plan to immunize millions of people for free or for a small fee. pregnant women, health care workers, young children and people under 65 with chronic health problems would be immunized first. a state spokesman says no one will be denied a shot because they are unable to pay.

one-time army reservist who was at the center of the abu ghraib scandal will not deliver a lecture in dc tonight. lynndie england was supposed to discuss her biography at the library of congress but it was cancelled due to staff safety concerns. an employee group at the library said it received numerous protest letters. two air traffic controllers are suspended tonight following last weekend's midair crash over new york's hudson river. the faa says one of the controllers was on the phone with his girlfriend when the small plane crashed in to a tourist helicopter. his supervisor is also in trouble because he was out of the building, which against the rules. both controllers will be paid during the investigation. montgomery county is hoping you can help to find a man investigators believe is behind two bank robberies. this is a picture of the suspect during a robbery yesterday in glenmont. police say the man walked in to a chevy chase branch on randolph road, implied he had a gun and demanded cash. that man was supposedly working

with this man who waited outside of the bank. celilipobe eve the first suspect robbedvya evna nafedera yeanch on middletown road y. if you have any information on these robberies, please call montgomery county police. still ahead, michael vick is no longer a man without a team. hear from vick as he prepares to join the philadelphia eagles. and plus, what police say caused last night's accident that involves michael phelps. topper? >> very nice out here. upper 80s. we will take you out with the almanac. you can access this via the web. high temperature 87. low 72. average is 87 and 69. record high 100. record low 55. little behind in the rainfall this month. we will talk about the weekend and a little touch of hotter weatheon on the way.

the district says wish list let its corporate registration lapse. the tennis and learning center is considered one of the premier recreation facilities. it opened in 2001. they have 30 days to leave the property. the ocean city fire marshal says random inspections of hotels had nothing to do with a carbon monoxide leak earlier this week. three people were treated after falling ill at the americana hotel. they are closed while they look for the cause of the leak. the americana had no carbon monoxides detectors even though they are required in all city motel and hotels. today marked the first time our region saw concrete results of the president's plan to stimulate the economy through green jobs. this is the first graduating class for the green job corps. the program teaches students to winterize homes, businesses and

federal buildings, install solar panels and perform energy audits. those skills could potentially save millions of dollars in energy costs for our region. you can find the best green jobs at wusa9.com. click on living green. hundreds paid their final respects to eunice kennedy shriver. find out who wasn't able to attend. and there are new details from olympic swimmer michael phelps ' car accident in baltimore last night. now here's katie couric with a preview of the cbs evening news. hi there, peggy. coming up the rocking fight over woodstock 40 years later. where did it really happen? that story in assignment america and much more tonight only in the cbs evnews right after 9 news now. every day about 30 women in the u.s. learn

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church to say good-bye to eunice kennedy shriver she passed away on tuesday. hour daughter maria told the crowd her mother would have wanted them to celebrate her life with service. >> she would ask each and every one of you to join her in making this world a more tolerant, just and compassione.e acpl >> reporter: eunice kenne shacriver founded the special olympics. her life's work was symbolized by an olympic torch lighting ri thfoe way r war hecasket. her brother ted, r who is battling brain cancer was too sick to attend. eunice kennedy shriver was 88. thousand of mourners lined the streets of jacksonville to pay their respects to the first person to die in the gulf war. scott speicher was shot down in iraq in ' 91 but his remains weren't discovered until earlier this month. virginia gubernatorial candidate nominee that is bob mcdonnell is in our area tonight. at the bottom of the hour he will address the republican

national hispanic council in tysons corner. it will be an important factor in the november election. deeds campaigning in new port news. lynette "squeaky" fromme is out of jail tonight after convicted in ' 75 of trying to kill president ford. the president was not injured. lynette "squeaky" fromme escaped from a women's prison in ' 87 but recaptured two days lair. she will remain on parole supervision. investigators say olympic swimmer michael phelps was not at fall in a minor car accident in baltimore last night. we have just learned in the last ten minutes the swimmer will be cited for driving without a license and failing to establish residencecy in the state of maryland. police say all phelps had was an expired license from michigan. we have more on the crash and the aftermath. >> reporter: only w jay-z cameras captured miphelps

after a serious wreck in mount vernon last night. it happened here at calvert and middle. you can see a smashed cadillac escalade. the air bags went off. police say the driver of this honda sped through a red light causing the crash [ sirens ] she was taken to the hospital forker minor injuries. phelps was fine as were two passengers in his ride. back at the scene today his fans loved that news. >> that's the main thing. he's all right. that is a real tragedy. >> it is anything that would happen to anyone. natural car accident. >> reporter: police said they were investigating whether alcohol was involved and later said it was not but admit they did not give him a breathalyzer test. >> it is standard when you get in to a car accident. like if i got in an accident on the way home and make sure i wasn't drinking and alcohol is not a significant factor it would have been evident. >> reporter: once -- was the accident handled differently because phelps was involved. >> we knew it was michael phelps and we knew it was going

to get media scrutiny and we had our best people on it. >> reporter: phelps certainly got a lot of attention, especially after winning a record 14 olympic gold medals but he has had his share of unwanted press outside of the pool. in 2004 he got a dui after a trooper pulled him over on the eastern shore. and this year a photo of phelps smoking marijuana led usa swimming to suspend him for three months. >> this about celebrity, not about treating everyone the same. >> reporter: the attention for a car crash was not routine, not with michael phelps behind the wheel. >> that was mike hill again reporting. phelps is scheduled to be back at practice this week. he earned five golds and a silver over eight days earlier this month. we have had nice weather out there, topper. things going to continue? it will get a little hot over the weekend but it is august. we can handle that. and a a nice week to be in the

mountains or the beach. the same forecast across the board. the forecast for the next three days out of the gate 89 tomorrow. we will keep an isolated thunderstorm in there. 90 on sunday. an isolated storm in there. and that means 95% of you won't see anything and 91 on monday. temperatures go up a little bit but nothing like our crazy 97 earlier this the week. tonight, partly cloudy and mild. low temperatures 64 to 72 downtown. and things will be light. talk about the tropics for a minute. we have not had a named storm yet, which is not that unusual. we start to heat up in terms of percentages in september and october are the big months for hurricanes. go to our website at wusa9.com and check out my blog and it talks more about that. if were to see a tropical storm, more than likely this system here. it is well out in the atlantic. and could be a tropical storm over the weekend. it would be ana and we will keep you posted. temperature-wise, nice.

82 olney. 82 vienna, strand and 82 dumfries. 81 by the bay. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and pleasant, 60s and 70s with light winds. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warm. maybe isolated thunderstorm because nice day. highs in the upper 80s and wins east southeasterly at ten. that east southeasterly wind will probably keep us from hitting the 90-degree mark. all right. zone forecast for you. remember all six zones are on the website at wusa9.com. isolated storm is possible even back out to winchester, 87. 88 leesburg. upper 80s for fairfax, manassas and woodbridge you may actually touch 90 on saturday. if you don't you will on sunday. across the river, 9 downtown. 9 rockville. the fair up in gaithersburg, 89, as well. nice weekend, too. 89 bowie. by the water, not as warm. but a nice weekend. no small craft advisory. boater should be advised the potential for an isolate thunderstorm but other than

that a nice weekend there. as you head down toward waldorf and charles county, temperatures will probably touch 90 on saturday and touch 90 again looks like on sunday. next seven days, 89 tomorrow. isolated storm. remember our average high is 89. not a huge warmup. 90 on sunday. isolated thunderstorm. and then we will probably end up in the low 90s monday monday, tuesday and probably through next week. a couple of thunderstorms are possible as we go through tuesday and wednesday. a little better chance of thunderstorms on thursday and friday. and coming up at 7:00 we will talk about the temperatures this week. they have gone down nicely. we started out at 97 on monday and 87 today. so we lost ten degrees and we will talk more about that and talk about the tropics. >> we are talking 80s in august. very interesting. >> all right. well, interesting things going on in sports. michael vick has a job. >> he's an eagle signing was the easy part and now the has to deal with the hatred and silly fans who as we know never

have an opinion on anything, right. he has a second chance and now what does he do it with? his comment as he joins the eagles you be the judge if he was sincere or not and sovereign's take on baltimore's blowout. whom hear the coach is blaming. ninee sports is coming up. ab at your chevy dealchs eree

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michael vick sounded remorseful and contrite and ready to turn his life around. the question is were the sentiments genuine or were they stock answers from a guy who knew what he had to say to red recollect his career. only vick knows the answer to that. either way there he was introduced by the eagles flanked on one side by andy ried and the other side his mentor tony dungy dungy. sounding humble but eager to well bark on a second chance. >> to this day i can't understand why i was involved in such a pointless activity. and risk so much depending on my career and i figure if i can help more animals than i hurt i'm contributing an doing my part. >> reporter: october 18th is the first day he would be eligible to play. but the following week the circus comes to dc. eagles at fedex on monday night nationally televised game get ready for and week 13 they travel to atlanta. vick went out of his way to

thank mcnabb who he says was instrumental in convincing the eagles to give him a second chance. the two quarterbacks have been friends since high school. you can hear more from vick on sunday as james brown interviews him on 60 minutes. this afternoon jb gave me a presue of some of the things he revealed. >> what did he say life was like him in prison. how was he treated by other inmates. >> he did not engage in a lot of mingling with the general population. it was a time of introspection and he clearly had a lot of time to do that. he said he spent a number of nights as you may have already heard crying. >> reporter: you can see the full vick interview including reaction from animal rights organizations on 60 minutes sunday night at 7 p.m. after the final round of the pga. the news of vick's signing broke in the middle of the season opener between the redskins and ravens and the kins can only hope it distracted attention from the giant egg they were laying on the field last night. a 23-0 skunking at the hands of

the ravens. the redskins starting offense never got across mid field. the starting defense played two series. one six minute drive and one seven minute drive. both resulting in ravens scores. jim zorn took stock today and tried to stay medium. >> he's not scoring points and sustaining drives. it is irritating and it is, i have to call a better game. and i have to put our guys in a position to score. that's number one from my standpoint. >> blaming himself. you have to respect that. you can hear zorn's full unedited press conference including his thought on comp bell's performance last night and which quarterback is leading that competition. log on to our website wusa9.com. tiger had a one stroke lead after the first round of the pga championship and the party line from hazelton was everything is over. mail the check and we will take care of it later. tiger trying to make it a

reality. he rebounded with 15-footer on six for bird and another on seven to get six under. that is jim furyk out of spinach on the 12th. good for a birdie the hard way. tiger is tied for the lead with ross fisher. they are on the back nine. the nats the bloom is off the rose from that eight game win streak. they have lost three straight including the two hit shut down at the hands of the reds. gomes three home runs in the game for cincinnati. same two teams tonight. meanwhile, just 72 hours left now before the deadline to sign straussburg. we learn today that the gm flew to california to meet with him personally last week and his agent was not present at that time. another mission in to enemy territory for that man, lebron james the reigning mvp and

wizards archenemy was in northwest dc for he late latest stop on his nike tour designed to empower urban youth to change their lives and tonight lebron at gallery place for the screening of his movie. and he will stop in and put a beat down on the wizards because that's what he customarily does. >> by himself. >> michael didn't have any notes. surely he ran by what he was going to say. >> i thought he was well prepared and hit the right notes in the press conference. but talking is one thing and hacking is another. >> we'll see. seven day? >> nice weekend, summer like but do what whatever you want, play golf p 989 tomorrow and then in a holding patten of low 90ed next week. >> that's all for 9 news now at 6:00. the evening news with o couric is next. a young interviewer who