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. there were locations kind of running back frantically not knowing what to do. and a couple minutes later they were getting on stretchers. >> this is 9news now. thanks for joining us. i'm derek mcginty. anita is off tonight. well, you just heard an eyewitness account of what went down at kent island high school earlier today. we have plenty of new information tonight on this developing story. offialusscit joldci u 5 rte0:0 after 5:00 p.m., some football players developed cramps and nausea at that high school. the players had only been practicing for about 35 minutes before they stoth got sick. 12 -- they got sick. 12 of them had to go to the hospital to be treated. the other members of the team that were not transported did not leave the school until 9:00 tonight. this video was shot earlier today from sky nine with players being carried out on stretchers. there was a little bit of inconsistency what b what caused

them to get sick. some say it was the heat, others speculate it was some sort of chemical con sam nation. we have live -- contamination. we have live coverage with brittany morehouse who is just outside of kent island. >> reporter: that's right. i'm on kent island right now. but earlier this evening i was at the medical center where nine people were taken to that hospital. seven players and two assistant coaches. the hospital spokeswoman told me it's unclear what happened. they're still checking those patients including an additional four medical personnel who said they felt sick after treating the high school players. i can tell you firsthand all of the uncertainty, all of the drama made for quite an exciting night for family members. >> i got out of my car and ran to the field. he wasn't very coherent at the time when i was trying to speak to him. >> reporter: larry describes how he found his two younger brothers, both twins, after they fell sick during football practice. he waits for one of them who was

taken to the medical center. >> the nurse ruled out it was heat related. he said there is no way 15 people would react to the heat at the same time. so she says they're giving them an ekg exam. it checks your heart. and they're going to take them back and spray them and quarantine them. >> reporter: and at the sound of that word, chemicals, family members pick up their phone and starts dialing. then they can't get back into the er. that part of the hospital is quarantined after four nurses felt ill. >> no one is allowed in the emergency room at all. they're not letting anybody snoos including a father of one of the --. >> reporter: including a father of one of the football players. >> the cop won't let me back in. he says it's just orders he has. he doesn't know why. >> reporter: one hour later and good news for loved ones who gather inside the medical records. the er is back open and it appears to be heat exhaustion. >> they took a water break and everybody got sick and kind of started falling down or throwing up.

feeling nauseous and passing out. lightheaded. things like that. >> reporter: bottom line out here in kent island, it may or may not be heat exhaustion. you heard from that father right there. he says if it is, he doesn't blame the coaches. they keep the players well hydrated an he's confident about that. but as you'll hear from my colleague, not everyone agrees. >> the coach said i wasn't allowed to, but i would. >> reporter: and that seemed to be the norm at kent island high school today after 12 football players and one coach were transported to hospitals suffering from symptoms related to heat exhaustion. >> they said it was an emergency so we had to leave. >> reporter: john taylor was running track on the field. >> the football coaches were running back frantically not knowing what to do. and a couple minutes later, they were getting on stretchers and getting lifted out and taken out in ambulances. >> reporter: players that weren't transported remained under observation inside the school. ma'am, can you talk to us? channel 9. parents chose not to speak with

us. some even hid. but one mother tells a harrowing tail. >> last year my son did have to go to the hospital for heat exhaustion. >> reporter: from a practice like this? >> yes. from football practice. >> reporter: and was he the only one that had to go last year? >> as a matter of fact, there were maybe three other kids. >> reporter: and she had advice for the coaching staff. >> when it's very hot, the coaches need to take into consideration there's a lot of kids and they need to make sure that they have water and they can take their breaks as they need so they can have a -- to be okay. >> reporter: on kent island maryland, this is jimmy for 9news now and wusa9.com. >> all right. thanks jimmy and britney for their reports and all of that hard work. now, we received several comments on wusa9.com about this. kid dad rote this is not the -- wrote this is not the coach's fault. the kids are showing signs of chemical exposures. two coaches were also transported to the hospital. but they blame the coaches

saying one, two, maybe even three kids but 12 students. all of the coaches fault. keep your comments coming. and if you have any pictures, send them to us. our website address wusa9.com. well, let's get to topper about this. now, top, the sun went down hours ago but did the temperatures go down as well? >> just barely. and what kind of irks me is the coaches want to do the practice in the afternoon. the peak time of the heat is 5:00 p.m. here are some tips for you. you've heard them all before. it was 94 today. so when it's hot, eat light meals. wear light colored clothing. exercise in the morning. holding practice waiting until the eveng isot e n going to do you any good i'.arind lnkots andat w i'll explaines still 85 light s. ll's 11:00 and it'esilowre85eg y index. a i.ex hea lee likeik 9nt dowow n.ll aso dowown. so all full practithcel adats

hll ta cfuctonce should be in the morning. they should lift weights or watch films inhe t afternoon. now, overnight partly cloudy. muggy. eome patchy fog enwe'vnd takhu terstorms out tonight. low temps in the 70s. bill category 3. we'll talk about a severe thunderstorm watch and where that is posted coming up. >> thank you so much, top. to the families of the victims of pan am flight 103 bombing, he's a con vingted terrorist -- convicted terrorist who served only eight years. but in libya, he received a hero's welcome today where he is considered innocent of the crime. they released him because he's dying from cancer. >> he didn't show compassion to the american victims. that does not mean we should abandon our values. he was justly convicted but we are allowing him to return home to die. >> 270 people were killed in the bombing. 198 of them or should i say 189 of them were americans and 35 of

those americans were students from a university study abroad program. we met with the mother of one of those students earlier. >> reporter: well, derek, i can tell you one thing, it was not good news for rosemary mile, mother of them victim a 20-year-old. she had only one word to say to describe her feelings. helplessness. >> we didn't see it, but at the united states asked libya not to celebrate. of course libya is going to celebrate. >> reporter: asked or not, rosemary says word of the celebrations add insult to her injury. >> the mass murderer was allowed to go free back to the comfort of his home in a private jet. i can't understand the scottish government. >> reporter: coming to terms with her grief over 20 years led rosemary to write a book abouthu

it. now with the release of him, rosemary is despondent. >> mare marian was my only child. >> reporter: she was returning home from christmas from study abroad. >> on the cusp of her life, she was an actress, a singer, a dancer, a teacher, a writer, a director. rr:osemary says thist ageyssays set back will take a very long time for her to accept. he was released because he's fighting prostate cancer. she says her daughter is dead and no one is speaking for her. >> it doesn't matter how ill he is. you don't let a mass murderer go free. >> reporter: and rosemary says while today's news is upsetting for her, the past 20 years have been a roller coaster rides of

up and down. he wasn't even indicted until three years after the bombing. in the information center, andrew stack, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you, andrew. well, take a good look at your television screen. this 13-year-old girl is missing and her family is getting desperate. her name is andreven bryan. she was last seen sunday. if you've seen this young lady, please call the police. and a new update tonight on the beating of that 76-year-old black man in baltimore. police have now arrested two more people. they're both teenagers. a 16-year-old and 17-year-old both now charged as adults in what police are calling a hate crime. already in custody, 28-year-old self described white is he prem supr

supremacist. and another attack. a robber ran up behind, choked him tslammed his head into the -- choked him, slammed his head into the ground. ran off with the cash. the victim suffered bleeding to the brain but doctors are optimistic that he will recover. well, now to the poster that's created controversy all across the country. here it is. it portrayed president obama as the joker from that dark knight movie with the word socialism underneath. the artist who created the picture is a 20-year-old senior history major at the university of illinois in chicago. he says he had no idea his work was being used to make a political statement. >> i would like president obama to know that i didn't intend for any of this to happen. of course we're all americans and we're all rooting for him and we all hope he does a great job. >> he says he has taken a lot of people creating that image. the worst of it has come from his mom. well, the cash for clunkers program is about to be cashed

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this wee on b@k an like top round london broil just $1.99 a pound. and welcome back. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. here is your forecast first.

the next three days right out of the gate. showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. probably the last hot day for a while. it may take until late saturday to get all of the storms out of here. 85. it should be dry in time of the game. then 85 on sunday. partly cloudy skies. the weekend flanking me. we'll start with the forecast in detail. overnight partly cloudy. patchy. there is a thunderstorm watch out for garrett county until about 5:00 a.m. most of the thunderstorms are north of them up in pennsylvania in the metro area will be quiet to fight. lows in the 70s. temperatures are still in the 80s. low 80s in chantilly and dumfries. now, tomorrow morning partly cloudy, very warm. 70s and 80s. and then by afternoon, here comes the cold front. we're been talking about this front all week. partly sunny, shot, showers and thunderstorms -- hot, showers and thunderstorms, a slight

chance storms could be severe. winds increase at about 10-15. here is the latest track for bill. right now winds are 125 miles per hour. it's a high end category 3. we're going to pass west of bermuda and then begin to recurve back to the north and northeast. again, i think the biggest threat for us will be rip currents. it could brush maybe the cape and maybe down east main if it doesn't turn northeast fast enough. and, again, here is a look at the wind field. the orange is 40-mile an hour winds, the red 60-mile an hour winds. and this is 8:00 p.m. saturday. so it's off shore but it will create rip currents. then it begins to pull away and it's just going to kind of skim down east maine and maybe the cape at 40-50-mile an hour winds. that changes a limb bit. that will be a did i -- little bit. that will be a different story for the cape. either way, it's going to provide us with rip currents and dangerous waves. please be advised. please be careful. and if you're going to catch waves, you surfers, need to be

advised. and i did a blog a couple of days ago about how to get out of a rip current. go to wusa9.com if you get in one. satellite picture radar combined, this system is going to pull up a lot from the gulf of mexico. a lot of us are going to get a lot of rain for our lawns. you can clearly see the eye now. that is bill. a massive hurricane. look at size of the eye. again, massive category 3 right now. as far as we're concerned, the frontal system itself is back on the other side of the mountains. it will take until probably saturday afternoon to get through here but it will give us the best chance for showers and thunderstorms. next seven days, 91 tomorrow. showers and storms. some could be heavy. some severe. thunderstorms into saturday afternoon. 85. then we get a break. temps in the mid 80s sunday, monday and tuesday we go back into the upper 80s. not quite 90 on wednesday and thursday and perhaps some showers on thursday. so i'll try to do a blog tonight.

derek and i were talking about how bill is in a very similar position to the 1930 chesapeake bay hurricane. a different weather pattern but the same condition. >> so it did come on shore? >> yes, it did. >> we don't want that to happen again. >> no. >> no. >> okay. we move on because if you want cash for your clunkers, you better move fast. the federal government is pulling the plug next monday night. it's been popular. but what did local dealerships think about the program? digital correspondent james hash has their perspective as it all comes winding down. >> reporter: with cash for clunkers ending monday, area dealers say it's been a mixed bag so far. the upside, more people in show rooms buying cars. >> it's generating a lot of sales. >> from that point it was a very positive reaction that we had to the program. >> reporter: the downside? continuing delays in processing those rebates. >> it was taking hours just to transmit one. >> just struggling getting some kind of recognition is this deal

approved, rejected. >> reporter: and those delays mean dealers are left holding the bag until the government can catch up. >> i've done almost 1300 and i've been paid on five total. >> reporter: five cars? >> five cars total. >> reporter: bankers are calling them saying, you know, how is everything going. you're getting paid on these things. >> so these dealers are getting nervous for a good reason. >> reporter: with no firm date insight, many dealers are viewing the end of the program with relief. >> the million dollar question or in our case the $5 million question is when and how long will we have to wait to have these million of dollars in our case tied up. >> reporter: but for now, the waiting continues. in gaithersburg, james hash, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> the congress had high hopes that cash for clunkers would boost the automobile production sloe down. they were not so -- slow down. they were not so quick to replace lots. well, you wouldn't want to

call a 2008 lamborghini a chunker. the price tag nearly a quarter million bucks. but the brakes skweekd. he took it back to -- squeaked. he took it back to the dealer to get it fixed. no luck. he went back again, still no luck. >> it still screeched and squealed. whatever. that was my third time. >> after more back and forth, the dealership finally gave up and said they're not going to work on it anymore. no more repairs. so he went to court and the judge agreed and the car was labeled a lemon and they have to give him a full refund on that 250 grand. what happens in vegas stays in vegas, but what happens on the way to vegas, that makes tonight's 11:00 news. today a man flying apparently decided to start the party a bit early. police say he exposed himself to a woman sitting next to him and

when she screamed he punched her. then he began to strip naked as the flight attendants and other passengers attacked him. the flight had to go back to oakland and tonight the party animal is partying in prison. [ laughter ] >> wow. they do their little spiel. >> wow. >> keep your clothes on. >> ya. >> maybe they have you had have. [ laughter ] nats. got a new top man. >> yes. you know, for a team that's 35 games under 500, the team is certainly making a lot of noise. and this time in the front office, who is going to be making those moves at the top from this point on? we're going to tell you. and now that tour days are in the book, redskins look forward to the steel city coming up on spofrments b@

and now 9 sports, the best sports in town. >> mike rizzo took the long road where he was today. he spent six in the diamondbacks organization as a scouting director. came to dc in the middle of the '06 season and stepped in as acting gm after jim bowed en left. for the -- bowden left. for the past five and a half months the team made him the full fledge gm today. rizzo made moves to improve the bullpen and was part of the steven strasburg signing. the team is one game over 500 since. >> we know that we have a lot of work to do. but we've got a good core of

young players and we are, i think, really on the threshold of putting things in the right order and being able to become a competetive ball club in the very, very near future. >> on the diamond nats rockies 4th inning, big opportunity for the nats. ian stewart spinning, winning. 5-3 fielder's choice. 5th inning 1-0 rocks. garrett living the wild, wildlife. score 2-0 colorado. bottom of 6th one bright spot for the nats. adam dunn double to right. but the nats fall 4-1. junior circuits orioles taking on the rays. written roberts in the upper room. -- bryan roberts in the upper room. orioles win it 8-7. football now. camp can't go away, come again another day. or another year. it may not have been singing

that. but that's what the red kinz players were thinking today -- redskins players were thinking today. afternoon practice a hot one as the team got in their last semi padded practice before pre-season game number two against the steelers saturday night. fans will get their first look at albert hainesworth. the players hope they give the home folks a sharper effort this time around. >> we know we have a huge challenge ahead of us and a lot of guys think it's a practice we want to go out and do our best and do a good thing. >> the important thing as far as the assignment each player has, the best of our ability. if we do that, that's fine. >> nfl pre-season eagles taking on the colts first quarter. that's patent manning. simply the -- peyton manning. simply the best. dixie chicking it. wide open spaces. 76 yards. weaves, bobs, take it to the house. they win final score 23-15. now, there is sad news tonight

involving the washington capitals. the team has confirmed goalie two-month-old son has passed away. the boy had been diagnosed with respiratory complications since birth and passed away last week. caps gm released a statement saying "we are aware of the heart-breaking news. at this time we ask that everyone respects the privacy of jose and his family. ". finally tonight caster semenya won the medal today but they are requesting she take a jender verification test because of her -- gender verification test because of her deep voice and her body. >> everybody is talking about that one. if you see the pictures, it raises questions. it raises questions. >> interesting. >> i want to know. >> everybody wants to know. >> yep. coming up tonight right

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