close proximity to people's homes. >> at that time, they could have gone unnoticed and maybe traveled to some occupied homes where people were sleeping, and potentially could have been trial judge ebb -- tragic. mailboxes and hay were destroyed. a crime spree that has people living around here on edge. >> it is maybe one thing. if it is a continuing thing, then it could be much worse. you know, you're crust looking at someone who -- you're just looking at someone who has issues. >> you'll be sleeping with one eye tonight? >> yes, definitely. >> i'm scott broom. in maryland's gamble state park, where a natural resource and police are trying to put an end to men, cruising for sex. hello, natural resources, they believe that. >> it is more common. what they would do, they would leave the park. while we don't consider that a problem, well, whether it is same sex or opposite sex, but that is one this year, we found out they were coming to the park meeting and stay in the park, and they were going to locations like the restrooms or the

retails or the shelters. and performing sex acts. >> reporter: as a result, they went from patrolling to going undercover recently, charging eight men in a single weekend operation. >> it does surprise me. the numbers are out there. >> i hope that they stop it. >> most of the activity occurs monday through friday at lunchtime. >> in the bedroom of her and southeast washington, where last night, she was playing video games, four bullets came through the wall. >> reporter: one is up in here. >> showing you where the bullets came through toaround midnight. the 14-year-old girl was playing video games before bedtime. >> my daughter's glass in her room broke and she came running in telling me her back was burning. >> reporter: she had the bullets removed from her back and home recovering tonight. >> if you went outside around midday, you already know that it was brutal out there, a heated alert. things cooling off by now, huh?

>> yes, cooling off thanks to showers. if you're out and about, i mite recommend taking an umbrella. here is your forecast first. for tonight, we'll keep showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for a while. partly cloudy to muggy. everyone is holding in the 70s tonight. so now, even in the suburbs, we're talking about thy ggmu night with the lows in ggth 70 s. 70s. er at frederick. t fr90erick. still 90 out edre hed ansthel i in fredeck sbg.ur . t g. smew you doppler 9000 s doppler 9000. it s a wn oli a little bit, outhhaal tght said, we do avheory stt m e heorsthero hiw,s chw,ha chs haoscrsed one acrosscrthe river, headed boo the evtu alenadlyedhe enou t here to st. ryma's'sounty. some heavy rain with y.it. 'sitt re'svese at this time. we will come back, we'll talk about hurricane bill. and it could become a category four by thursday. with an update on the track of bill over the weekend. we'll also look at our weekend forecast coming up.

still 90. that is saying something. thank you, topper. late this afternoon, a federal judge ruled that prince george's county to furlough their unionized public safety employees last fall, they were unconstitutional. and the judge said that the police officers and firefighters had to be paid their back wages, but the county, they made that furlough decision because they were simply running out of dough. we got this response from the county a little bit ago." to comply with the court's opinion, we will have massive layoffs. "in order to protect their lives and this family, we'll be following an appeal to remedy this irresponsible decision. this story still very much developing. " we'll have much more coming up tonight at 11. the white house is saying that the president intends to stand their ground on the healthcare reform idea. and it said that his goal is to foster the choices and the competition in the private health insurance markets by having a public government run auction. the secretary of health and human services, caused a bit of a stir over the weekend, after she said that the government's

role in running coverage system was not the "essential elements of the overhaul." well today, the white house is trying to set the record straight. >> we have a goal of fostering choices out there and the competition. in a private health insurance market. and the president, they prefer the public auction as a way of doing that. if others have ideas, we're open to those ideas and willing to listen to those details. that's what the president has said for months. >> republicans are almost uniformly opposed to that public option. >> the president is pleased with some progress, getting the israelis and palestinians back to the negotiating table. the president met with the egyptian president at the white house today. and now he says he is hoping that the meeting will foster better relations between these two countries. the u.s. ties to egypt have become strained over to their human right's record. and political columnists, a central figure in the leak

scandal, they dieded today. he was diagnosed with the brain tumor last summer after striking a pedestrian downtown d.c. with their corvette and drove away. he passed away at his home here in d.c. with the wife of 47 years by their side. and he is a noted columnist and journalist for many years, 78 years old. a shopkeeper had a startling beginning to his day, finding a body in the pizza joint. the body was found inside this pizza mark on the 2300 lock of forth street in northeast. right now, police, they would only tell us that the body is that of the adult male i should say. they were working to identify and determine how the man died. a local nonprofit was damaged over the week. vandals, they broke into the life pieces to masters pieces northeast. helping them get their life skills together. because of this program that is based around art, the vandals were able to use paints, drums, other items to do about $10,000

worth of damage. they went into the refrigerator, taking that out there. just throwing it out there. we had the turkey lunch meat, thrown all about. and that is like it was stepped onto see the footprints or whatnot. more than 50 students were kept away from the summer program at light pieces because of that vandalism. virginia, they are delaying plans to expand the hot lanes proskwrebt along inter-- projects along interstate 5. they are worried that there won't be enough money. they are free to car pools and buses, but the solo drivers have to pay a toll. the virginia transportation secretary is not saying when it might be revised. in the meantime, the decision, it is not delaying the hot link construction on the virginia side of the beltway. and yesterday, weed told you about that exit -- yesterday, we told you about that exit out there being closed. and it is still, they caught

thousands of drivers offguard. well, a lot of commuters complained about the lack of signs that would have alerted them to the detour and they art problem. ere well to maryndwh w e thstate highway administration plans to close some lanes on i-95. that move isa partof pathe inrcprouy ntec es osury in both the north and os southbound lanes n beeetw 33ryland 8 d anmaryland 2.21 ex and 29. the work will run through next saturday, august 29. well still to come before you, conflicting your way into big troubles. trying to save money on school supplies. you'll want to check out some nice living smart photos. in orange county virginia, where the sheriff office is investigating one of the worst cases of the apause that they have itevevever seen. the sty erstraight aad. gó

former house majority leader, tom delay is known for many things. knowing how to cut a rug is not one of them, but apparently that is all about to change. just forming one of them for the aye's and nay's column. and dancing on the stars, really? he'll be in this with all of them, a lot of other stars. if you think that tom wouldn't do very well in the situation like that, then you don't know him very well. i was talking to some folks yesterday in their inner circle. present and past. they said not only have they been working out with a trainer to prep for this, but they are actually a pretty good dancer with the texas' two steps to the disco, knowing how to do them all. get this, his consultants, they are whipping the votes. and they are analyzing it like, well, it's going to segment the vote. and that is this way. they out to be good through -- ought to be good through the first four rounds. and they will chain their strategies, bringing some of

the lessons out there on dancing with with the stars. and that is just amazing. >> i hear he has lost 12 pounds. there that's right. >> in working out too hard. >> he is taking it very seriously. that's a tough show. speaking of serious, the depth of the conservative areas, they have been out there. , what effect do you think that they will have? >> if you are talking about that, let's say, the washington establishment, if you will, he was in the top 10. especially given how prolific he was, they used to work for him. at one point in the late 70s, they were talking about that, producing three indicated columns per week am the political report column every two weeks, appearing on the hardball, about three times a week. and that is a lot of reporting and opinions out there to fill,

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or -- inches or many of the manure where it was standing inside that travel trailer. they also found the bodies of 20ed dead horses at back of the property. >> they were at various stages of decay, various stages of some of them that had been reduced to the bone. this used to be a rescue facility for the polo horses. we tried to contact the owner to get her side of the story, but never returned any of our phone calls. you can't get to the front door because there's a big gate, but she's set to be in court this friday. the 55-year-old,hew 'seino facing 30 nomisdemeanor charges 10 counts of animal cruelty and 20 counts of failure to bury the dead animals. as for horses, six have been adopted and the rest are in foster homes. in orange county, kristin fischer, nine news now. if convict, she faces a

$2500 fine and 12 months in jail on each of those charges. stkpwh-frpblgts an iowa woman will have one heck of a story to tell her grandkids. the 63-year-old vanished for more than five days, out fishing on a raft. she was sunbned and dehydrated. otherwise okay. the river current tookneer a mile off course and then got heavy brush. now resting at a cedar rapids hospital. if the heat in iowa was anything like it was today, you can understand how that poor woman got sunburned. >> some people went on the bike ride this afternoon. good idea. 98 at dallas. >> blistering. we're going to talk about bill in a minute. first thing first though, we'll talk about our forecast first. the chances of thunderstorms increased tomorrow. and then on thursday, even friday, a pretty decent chance of storms. high temperatures around 90 which is actually not a bad thing because a lot of our lawns have gone brown, it is august

here in d.c. for tonight, partly cloudy and muggy. some thunderstorms, at least until about the midnight hour. some temperatures in the low 70s. and sunsets now before 8:00. live doppler 9,000. no warnings out there in the immediate metro area. but one batch of thunderstorms have rolled through, across the bay into that area, a second batch that has developed, crust behind. we'll kind of zoom in. nothing severe. but this is pretty heavy rainfall just east of town as you're headed out here and 214. out towards out here and eventually 21 here -- 214 here. heavy rains, then another storm, just south of it from around forest field to andrews, over towards clinton. this is moving generally east. these lines, indicating movement. they will cross over five and produce heavy rain there and eventually head up there. if you are out there in the northern counties, these storms will be the picture for the next hour or two.

all right, back to the computer. temperaturewise, first, we'll talk about the satellite picture and the radar combined. we'll zoom in later on. and we're looking at a lot of showers and thunderstorms down to the south. this is actually sort of what's left. picking up poseture out -- moisture out there and thankfully, it is going to keep bill on out to sea as it produces showers and storms on friday and saturday. 83 out here and 85 i have yen that and 85 in woodbridge. partly cloudy very warm. slight chance of a shower in the morning, 70s and 80s. better chance out there, better temperatures on out there. a few more clouds to keep the temperatures down just a bit. check out the satellite picture of bill. some massive storms. good news, it'll miss barbados, the islands out here, san juan, puerto rico, and also the do min cans. and the bad news, it'll become a

category four. the track is still on target. for what we have seen them talking about yesterday. just west of bermuda and east of the eastern united states. that's good. winds by 2 p.m. on saturday and 115 miles per hour. so we're still going to get some rip tides and heavy currents from the storm if they take this track. but the high winds and the heavy rain bands, they will stay off course. now one thing we look at when we talk about the track of the storm, e pearlly -- especially three or four or five days out, the computer models, some differents with them. they are all doing the same thing. well, the good news is that with bill, they are doing the same thing. and remember, the closer these lines are to the, the more agreements amongst the computer models. really, it's pretty close in agreement. yes, a couple of storms to take a couple of computers to the west, but that still would miss the eastern u.s. and that is a

good thing. they are possible tomorrow. in their own forecast. 90 out there in middleburg and there, even downtown, we're talking about 90 or 88 out there. next seven days? thunderstorms, wednesday, thursday, friday, temperatures around 90 -f aofp day -- each day. but that is the front and the front, they are leaving this in the 80s. we're in good shape, behind the front, temperatures in the 80s. lows in the 60s. the front should still protect it somewhat from bill. >> now, let's say that cold front doesn't come as you expect somehow and they would slow down. >> right. >> and building just west. that would be a problem for us, major proportions. >> even if it takes the current course, if you're trying to get that last weekend of summer, there will be rip currents at shore. >> let's get to our weird news file. a bakery in detroit, passing the world record's largest cup cake, happening at the annual dream cruise. you'll need a big tpwhrasz or something to get this bad boy

down. check it out, 1200 pounds. the team of bakers started working on it weeks ago. and i guess that it will be tasty. but why would you want a cup cake that big? the money they are going to make cutting it up and selling it all goes to breast cancers. it's pink and all of that. you have the pink thing happening all over it. >> i see that. we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to our mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. nine news now will be right back. b@b@

in the mail bag tonight, that michael vick interview on 60 minutes. did they convince you that they were sorry for being a dog fiting king pen? we asked you that last night. today, out there from ash burn, offering a definite maybe. >> and michael vick seemed relentless on 60 minutes.

was he emotional remorseful? had his heart changed? that is a very good question and obviously difficult to know. let me ask you this question. suppose that he will never have the emotional reaction that most of us want him to have about his crimes. suppositively he really knows in his heart of heart society, they do not tolerate such things and he will never ever do it again. wouldn't that be enough? apparently not for them in virginia. >> and no forgiveness for what they allowed to happen to all the dogs. they were not allowed a second chance. i hope the new team fails in the new football team and all because of the mistakes. they were only giving them a pause offering for themselves. i hope that no one forgets what they allowed to happen on their property, never, ever, ever. >> okay. well, they are also remaining unconventional. all i can say is i wonder how many rehearsals they had. they would like you to believe they did not realize what a terrible thing he was into, who was he trying to kid? but lisa from maryland, like

some of us, they are hoping for a life of michael vick part two. we all agree that what he did was wrong and stupid. admitting it and paying for it, deserving another chance to move on. okay, lisa, we move on, but remember, the mail bag doesn't exist without your e-mails, so drop us a line. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. we'll be right back here at 1 1. don't forget, log onto wusa9.com. we'll see you then. bye. /p (announcer) it's time to raise the bar and replace your old mayo with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. with half the fat and calories of hellmann's real mayo,

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