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9news now in hd is brought to you by verizon fios. this is 9news now. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >> this is america and this is 2009. and we are here to let everybody know that discrimination at this time is not going to be tolerated. fed up. these members of the local gay and lesbian community say they will not take discrimination any more. i'm derek mcginty. anita brikman is off tonight. good evening. new tonight a lesbian couple says a silver spring business discriminated against them and tonight they are fighting back. silver springs diner is the type of business where everyone is always welcome. but these protestors insist that was not the case last week. two lesbian woman claim they were kicked out. >> ironically we were standing

next to a hetrosexual couple. their public affection was a little more extreme. >> the message is it stops now. >> tonight they came back with friends and supporters who crowded into the diner to place their orders and mount what they call a kiss in. >> peaceful protest solely to show everybody deserves the same respect, the same treatment regardless of sex, color and especially sexual orientation. >> i'm shocked. i can't believe it. >> but the owner said there was no discrimination. they are not telling the whole story she claims. >> they were embracing a lot and it was a little more x- rated than i think that these young ladies are leading everyone to believe. >> she said the manager first asked the ladies to tone it down and when they refused he

said take it outside. >> the owner said she has the whole incident on security video so perhaps one day we will know for sure exactly how it all went down. that kiss in we should let you know was organized on facebook. we all know there is no parking in dc at all and for some restaurant patrons out there valet service is a big relief. well, now the city is slapping another big fee on businesses that run valet parking. britney moorehouse is out getting reaction. i can't imagine businesses are happy. >> reporter: no, they are not. more fees going to the city. restaurant owners say that's a recipe for frustration. >> i think our valet guys are great. >> reporter: parking attend ants in chinatown are much appreciated inside the restaurant but the service is not cheap. >> reporter: now it is about to

get more expensive. the city is charging $50 to apply and $50 to renew and there is a rental fee. those signs that designate spaces, those will cost $400. >> we are trying to cut back as much to make sure that all our staff is taken care of as well as the guests without losing more money and it seems that dc is going to charge us more to actually run the business. >> reporter: the added costs not to mention the hassle doesn't surprise anyone who is familiar with making money here. >> dc does not seem like it is business friendly. they try to make things very difficult for you to actually get your job done. >> reporter: long time business owners offer this tip to city officials. turn back the clock. >> we remember when there was a down time when there were no restaurants and nobody out here. now all of a sudden we have people out here. why do we want to do anything to hurt their business? >> reporter: officials will start enforcing the permit rules this fall. some restaurant owners we spoke

with on the phone are offering discounts at garages instead. derek? >> thank you for that. the u.s. transportation secretary has a message for car dealers and for drivers. he says you will get your money. today reporters were asking him about the cash for clunkers program and why some dealerships still haven't gotten paid. he says the checks are in the mail. >> we are working with the car dealers. i have taken calls from car dealers in my hometown and other places. they are going to get their money. >> several car dealers have actually pulled out of the program because they are still waiting to get paid. and a side effect of cash for clunkers the price for used it more than it used to be. at the beginning of the summer used cars were cheaper than they are now. the increase is a direct result of cash for clunkers. andrew stack spent this evening figuring out how this is possible when prices are going down all of a sudden. >> well, it is possible because

of supply and demand. at a base level cash for clunkers disposes of used cars and because there are fewer available for resale dealers are telling us demand for them is on the rise. >> reporter: don and sharon planned on their new car being a used car. but -- >> for a few bucks more i ended up with a brand-new car with a $100,000 guarantee on it. >> reporter: the reason they opted for a new car may have something to do with the cash for clunkers deal being offered. they are buying a new toyota corolla but because their clunker is heading to the scrap yard it will be one less used car on the market. >> did it go as a cash for clunker? >> it did. supply and demand thing now. people are trading in cars, bringing them in for the clunker program and now all of a sudden these cars are not available in the marketplace. >> supply and demand is right.

scott adson says every won of the vehicles here that has writing on the windshield will be taken out of circulation and recycled for the cash for clunkers program. to put that in perspective he said two weeks ago there were only 200 cars on this lot. since then they have gotten another 500. they will all be taken out of circulation. >> it has taken me awhile to absorb it because i didn't think i would be coming home with a new car. >> reporter: we do 100 deals in a day normally. half those customers have a trade in. now it is about 20% of these customers have trade ins. >> reporter: dealers don't have exact numbers on how much more used cars cost than they did a few weeks ago. perhaps only a few hundred dollars each but they say because of the amount of business they have been seeing through cash for clunkers they expect to see those numbers continue to climb. >> thank you, andrew. appreciate it. tonight time for tonight's forecast first. we have storms out there. but all clear now, right? >> everything is calm now. we had a whale of a storm in

st. mary's county. everything is quiet now. here is your forecast first. we actually removed the storms out of the forecast. patchy fog for areas around route 5 and 301 into southern maryland you've got fog es in t. i70s. even burbs burbs lktaing ta70s. 77 downtown. muggy. k. in fred r uppe 70s for quantico. look at hurricane bill. category 4. winds 135 mis lepeu hour. we will come back and talk about where bill is going. he is going a little further west. we will tell you what that means to us. update on our weekend forecast as well, derek. >> thank you. for you nor a follow-up. police made an arrest in an apple shooting store. it took place in arlington apple store. the shooter rang the bell at the back door and shot an

employee when she opened it. byron dean is under arrest. a physician's assistant is charged with sexually assaulting two patients. he is 49-year-old sanchez of hagerstown. chantilly specialist office in virginia where sanchez worked is where it occurred. now to baltimore where a self-proclaimed white man is boasting to police about beating a 76-year-old black man nearly to death. baltimore police say that beating happened yesterday while a man was fishing with his wife at a baltimore city park. three suspects including 28- year-old calvin lockner beat hiinthwi of th of his hi. li feck arm and actually s hiarm and a goes by the name hitler. a park security guard called police right after the assault. >> he said the boys came from behind and had a bat and was banging them, knocked them on

the ground. kicked them. took his keys and sped off with his truck. his left eye was shut and it was like a golf ball. >> reporter: the victim suffered serious head trauma and may lose his eye socket. chances are you don't wear a badge but you can help some people who do. take a good look at your t.v. screen. investigators are asking for the public's help in finding four haggerstown men. bottle bombs were thrown at a home. wanted 27-year-old jeremy wayne peel. 25-year-old samuel adam meyerly. pass along any information you have to the maryland state police. montgomery county now offering a $1000 reward for information about this week's arson in germantown.

investigators believe the same person set fire to mailboxes and bales of hay. if you've got any information to pass along, again, contact the montgomery county police. now to an update on the story we first told you about on 9news now last night. prince george's county employees could be getting a big refund check from the county. a federal judge says the 10-day furloughs that they had to take were unconstitutional and ordered the county to give back the $17 million they saved through the forced days off without pay. it is a victory for the unions but now they may be headed back to the courtroom. a second round of 10-day furloughs is already underway. >> we are expected to be in contract negotiations and we hope that we can come to some final resolution in this with last year's and this year's potential furloughs. >> county officials say they will appeal the ruling because if it stands they are threatening massive layoffs. staffing levels are at an all-

time low. a warning now for drivers. this video was shot earlier today from sky 9. tomorrow morning ought to expect delays on 95 between baltimore and washington because of that work that you see going on right there. there will be some lane closures along the stretch between route 98 and laurel and route 212 and beltsville. but the crews say all the lanes should be open by 7:30 or 8. folks in virginia prepare for some hard core budget cuts. today governor tim kaine told state lawmakers the state is facing a shortfall of $1.5 billion. so he is considering cuts to core services including education, health care, even public safety. >> which department are they going to hit? >> everything is being analyzed so in terms of biggest, it is hard to say. >> governor tim kaine is asking every state agency to look for ways to tim as much as 15% from the budget. he plans to review their

recommendations and then announce specific cuts early next month and we will keep you posted. speaking of cutbacks the redskins are cutting back on those tailgating parties. not cutting them out but definitely cutting them back. later in sports. is there a shakeup in the nats us for that. you're watching 9news now

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welcome back. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. next three days right out of the gate. showers and storms tomorrow and also friday. we kind of do it all over again. some of the storms that develop could be hefty. 91 thursday. 92 friday. not quite as hot on friday. temps back in the 80s but

thunderstorms could linger into the morning as the front slowly gets through the eastern seaboard. weekend either side of me forecast in detail. overnight partly cloudy. muggy. shower pretty much gone now. patchy fog. will be muggy. low temperatures in the 70s and winds southwesterly at about 5 to 10. temperatures right now. muggy. 70. 76 brookville. warmer over to the east. 77 in chesapeake. you got hammered by a thunderstorm earlier this evening. 70s and 80s tomorrow. by afternoon partly sunny hot. more showers and storms. some could be heavy. high temperatures again around 90. >> here is the latest on bill. category 4. 135-mile-per-hour winds. wind gusts to 161. they say it will remain a category 4 through friday evening. track hasn't changed much. curving up to the north from

bermuda. parts of new england and canada, nova scotia could be still in its track. again, here is the spaghetti plot. the lines are close together. all of the models are in agreement. the lines aren't going away interest each other. the models are diverging a little bit. everything is pretty much in agreement here. we do have an outlier here that takes it to the west. if that were the ca noto s much is going to change our forecast but it would change parts of new england forecast and certainly some of eastern canada's forecast as we get into saturday night and sunday morning. so again, look for rip currents and perhaps some big seas as we get into friday and saturday and even into early sunday. good for surfing not too good for swimming. it is dangerous. satellite picture radar combined. lots of thunderstorms across the deep south. lots of thunderstorms in the midwest. it will take a couple days to

get this front through here and when it does it will cool us off and keep bill out to sea. all right. next seven days. >> 91 tomorrow. 91 on friday. scattered showers and storms. they may linger into saturday morning. 88 on saturday. nice for the preseason game at least weather wise. can't speak to the outcome though. 70s that night. 80s in the highs, derek, on sunday, monday, tuesday with lows in the 60s. creeping back up to 90 on wednesday but all in all a nice little break. >> i like nice. >> thank you, topper. >> arlington county fair opened earlier tonight and it is not necessarily the biggest one around. but it has got a lot of heart and one of the few county fairs my friends that is free. rides on the midway. live entertainment. you can get on the pony. interactive aquarium. a lot of food and more. the fair goes through sunday. down sizing not just for corporate america any more. the redskins are limiting the

space available for tailgating. with it reduced to just the area behind your vehicle, we sent digital correspondent james hash out will to find the way to make the most of it. >> reporter: the days of parking lot kitchens big enough to seat an army and tents big enough for cirque du soleil may be over. we sought out x rtr experts for some help downsizing the pregame party. our first stop georgetown to see a man who knows a thing or two about grilling. executive chef richard brook. he says the key to saving space starts at home. >> organization. that's the key. coming from home you might want to have all your items already cooked and all you have to do is heat them up on the grill. >> reporter: or you could ditch the cooking altogether and get take-out. but for those that want to grill your own you'll have to think smaller too. no, smaller. smaller than that. smaller. yes. >> you're looking at the q100.

small and portable. one-ton propane tanks. great size for tailgating. >> reporter: also dump the charcoal and go with gas. >> you can put propane in your car, go to the game you don't have to deal with charcoals. >> reporter: thinking small in alexandria, james hash, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> and as if that new tailgating rule wasn't bad enough the team also said drivers will no longer be able to choose their own spaces in the lots. you will be directed on where you need to park from now on. so there. >> okay. >> right to me. i'm excited about that game. >> redskins, steelers. >> i can't tailgate. you've got to go and just enjoy the game. the game itself. ahead in sports. mike rizzo is still the nationals acting gm but it appears not for much longer. why that is great news for him now. plus the nats try and even things up with the rockies.

the treatment of rookies is not warm and fuzzy. those stories are next.

and now, 9sports with sara walsh. the best sports in town. 24 hours ago a yahoo sports report said the nats acting gm mike rizzo was being dropped and the team is bringing in someone else but tonight multiple reports are saying that the only thing true about that report is rizzo will no longer be the acting gm, he will be the permanent one. mlb.com says the team will promote him to gm on thursday. he served in that capacity since jim bowden stepped down in march. monday rizzo played a strong role in the signing of steven strassburg. press conference scheduled for tomorrow. a rocky start for collin

balester. troy tulowitzki stroking one down the third baseline. that's a double. two runs come in to score. the nats will be working out of a hole. but last night they rallied. liner to the gap in right center. cristian guzman on first. 1-1 game. the bull pen and jose not so good. gonzalez solo bomb for insurance. in the 8th the nats would fall 5-4. on friday the team will introduce steven strassburg to the media and the public. 2:00 p.m. press conference is at the ballpark. open to anyone who has a ticket for friday's game against milwaukee. nats are selling 2000 of the tickets for $1. and mike rizzo is expected to take part in an question-and- answer session. b.j. upton extending the lead for the rays. solo home run. the os would fall 3-1.

football. nobody really expected the team's rookie to light the world on fire but redskins coaches were hoping for a better showing than what they got. zorn has said his young guys played soft. barnes has a long way to go at corner. if they have it tough getting in with the veterans for the rookies then good luck getting in with bloche. >> i don't talk to the rookies until they make the football team. consequently i don't get close to the new people until we make the final cut. when we make the final cut then i will get into knowing some of the guys. >> tough love. meanwhile preseason games can make our break a player's spot on the team and kickers certainly making things tougher to decide after game 1. that's because they never kicked. the redskins never got into field goal range so that means judgment on the incumbent and challenger has been limited to

practice where game-like pressure doesn't exist. the team hopes to see what they can really do saturday. >> i'm trying to be fair. i really am. they are both good guys. both tireless workers. i just want to win and i just want the best guy for the job. >> it's the way it works sometimes. i'm assuming i will kick this week. >> you would assume. college hoops still a ways off. honoring basketball top 50 players in georgetown. gregg monroe and two others on the list. president obama doesn't have to drive any more but he sure wanted to with the wheels parked at his place today. sprint cup champion jimmie johnson made a stop at the white house. president obama wanted to take the car for a spin but the secret service put the kibosh on that idea. >> no fun at all. >> let him go up and down

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police in wisconsin searching for a driver who got taken for a ride. you might want to call it an uplifting experience but you don't want this one. the woman's car got stuck on a drawbridge. the bridge attendant didn't see r heand up went the bridge and the car ended up in a nose dive position. >> got pretty crazy. people started yelling. >> it is crazy. that you would think it would just fall off. >> he came out of the bridge tender's house, spoke with her briefly, are you okay? yes. and she drove away. >> really? >> police are reviewing how it all happened. so far the driver apparently too embarrassed to come forward. >> i can understand that. ever want to get away? that would be a time. >> let's talk about dave. all new tonight with top 10 reasons that brett favre came out of retirement. >> no reason to stay home every

day now that guiding light has been canceled. >> i have been thinking about calling in sick because of that myself. tomorrow 9:00 a.m., a new school getting underway for thousands of kids including bullies. we will explain the long-term consequences. starting 4:55 a.m. that is 9news now tonight. don't forget we are always on wusa9.com. bye-bye. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com 3f?f?f?f computer problems? thing's busted. downloads okay but the uploads take forever. uh, actually that's not your computer. that's cable. with fios uploading is as easy as downloading. it's fast both ways. (sighing)

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