two atm robberies and the suspects are still out there. and prosecutors say a local police officer got caught in a lie but the truth is right here. good evening. i'm lesli foster. we will get to that but first the weather we had wild storms sweep through the area. these are pictures shot in northeast dc tonight. rain pounded the area for a little more than an hour. this is video shot from our assignment editor's cell phone but you can clearly see the high water on river road. we take you under the capital crescent trail in bethesda. a lot of water there. topper is here now with the

forecast first. top, has the storms passed us by. >> good news and bad news. we are not under a watch anymore but ironically there e.e warnings t erth vehse decounty in virginia. warning f al sotyor fclork arand frederic county, iniavik th. iney are at the bottom of the screen. we will zoom in to is th iths storm. this is the ed e waprpt ed the warning. this is a heavy storm now. -- everything is inar mo-- everything is t.he t noheasrt orv hethnom ishest this storm is abt isto 0. 34an tth ov thisthrt part of the stwiorllm to to next xt 1515minutes. the storm.e ul pfoins ceviine l the storm. llwi ssmiwill miss d an d y ha vera inu bu mayohave rain but the fr of the storm will more anth u. nly mi i will zohe we m veha entcbe orstwa hi havewebeen watching t the south, just d crossethe rive ichs inarles and southern pg county and thisd is ininga y.nsnity. ors is either heavy rain likely some hae . case'd weth

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whether or not we will dry out for the redskins game and more . rricane bill. lessly back ytoou. ocean city toisepprarinprf whatever becomes ofg bi ll. this is a live shot of route 5 -- 50 near ean city. there is a steady stream t ao area. totoand is wkend and d you wan stay of bill's track, of bill's to wusa9.com and , if there is any other action on the beaches you'll find that on the website, too. police in the district and prince georges county have teamed up to catch two thieves who pulled off brazen atm robberies and 9 news now has learned of a possible connection with a local fire department. here's audrey barnes. >> reporter: an employee of the chevron station used his cell phone to tape an atm robbery taking place on the other side of the bulletproof glass. >> with the precision of master thieves, the two men rammed the

machine, pry it open and make off with the cash within seconds, speeding away in a blue truck. >> i'm blown away. really. i mean in broad daylight. >> reporter: a few minutes later they strike again as frank's liquor store around the corner. >> it is ashame it happens in broad daylight and nothing can be done about it. >> reporter: since one robbery was in dc and the other in prince georges county both departments are investigating. clues are starting to surface from camera and store surveillance video. >> after looking at the tape, sources tell 9 news now it appears the atm bandits were equiped with firefighting gear, mainly a crowbar, a hydro ram and appeared to be wearing know max hood like firefighters use under their gear. prince georges county tells similar gear was reported missing from an fire engine that went to the shop for repairs in april. that information has been turned over to police

investigators. >> you have to be careful and keep eyes open audrey barnes, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> audrey tells us it was business as usual at both of those businesses today but neither have replaced the busted atms. an update on a scare at kent island high school. the team is back on its feel feet today after 17 players and coaches were rushed to the hospital on thursday. queens anne emergency management say heat illness likely cause but administrators say the case is not closed. ey wl ilask health officials to check water and food used by the teams. >> we had all of our teams out here practicing yesterday. no other teams had a problem. and that team really had only practiced 45 minutes when all of this occurred. so that's why we are looking at other sources. >> reporter: all the player and the coaches are okay now. the team plans to scrimmage tomorrow. the first day of school for dc public schools is less than

72 hours away, but parents at john boroughs listen elementary school are outraged because they say their school will not be ready by monday. the project was supposed to start as soon as school got out in june but parents say they didn't see work until three weeks ago. >> there were no ceiling tiles anywhere in the ceilings when you enter the building. you had electrical wires, hanging. no lights in place. it basically looked like a brand new renovation project had just started yesterday when i went in there. >> reporter: the school system issued a statement that reads in part. our construction crews are putting the finishing touch on several projects and in most cases are doing deep cleaning of the facilities. nowhere in that statement did it say that school would not start on time. a quick side note. students from prince georges county, frederick and spotsylvania counties also return to class on monday.

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whole foods because they have been breaking every attempt to create a union that the employees have tried to form. >> reporter: our ceo made a comment about health care and there's a lot of points of view out there. we respect those points of view but whole foods has a track record of doing what we do, selling great food, helping the community, supporting the planet. >> reporter: whole foods says it has a solid track record when it comes to employee health care. detox centers aren't just for alcoholics and drug addicts anymore. now they are opening the doors to internet junction i cans like ben alexander of cia iowa. he is a talented musician but gave up his music and had to drop out of college and it is because he became addicted to on-line video games like world of war craft. >> at the most it got up to 16 or 17 hours a day. >> reporter: for the last month, alexander has been part of an on-line detox program in washington state, the first of

its kind. the 45-day program focuses on infocuses on helping internet and video game addicts overcome their dependence by helping them to get excited about things they used to be passionate about. in tonight's living smart focus, all of this week we have been giving you back to school money saving tips on pens, pencils, paper and more but for families that struggle to buy enpplies because they have be orts help is s gh el hp is on way. west field wheatisalway. west field wheaton mal l isvi ngha a l scol supplies y,l sisdaatur this saturday, august 22nd fromh noon to 4:00. for more information, go to our website at wusa9.com and click on living smart. next, a montgomery county police officer is indicted on perjury charges and it's all over what's going on in this videotape. but first here's a preview of the cbs evening news. coming up, many seniors

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a montgomery county police officer has been indict on charges that he lied in court. the perjury case against officer deena hoffman rests largely on a videotape that conflicts with her sworn testimony. >> passersby were worried when they saw george sleeping in the back of this car in may of last year and called police to check on him. after the officer arrived the videotape shows her approaching from the rear passenger side. but under oath at trial, officer hoffman tells a different story that she was behind the wheel. that is her attorney. >> she testified the defendant was sitting in the driver's side of the vehicle. >> reporter: that gives her a

chance to change her testimony. >> and i asked her, okay, now isn't it true when you first arrived there that she was in the backseat on the passenger's side. her answer, no. >> reporter: and a moment later. >> are you absolutely sure. >> answer yes. >> she was arrested and charged with drunk driving. when the judge saw the video you have just seen he dropped the charges. >> should not have been arrested or have had to hire me. he should not have had to go through this. >> reporter: police investigated officer hoffman leading to the perjury indictment against her union issued a statement saying he is innocent until proven guilty. >> this is a rare exception, not the rule in montgomery county. i think the department is filled with officers who do a great job and are trustworthy. >> reporter: officer hoffman is on leave pending her own trial where witnesses against her will raise their hands and

swear to tell the truth. 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> mac, the lawyer we just saw, says the incident proves the need for video in all police cars so that all police encounters can be documented. there are 74 more days on the campaign trail for the governor's office in virginia. and polls show democratic candidate creigh deeds has as much as 20 percentage points behind bob mcdonnell. he spoke to a group of supporters at george mason university today. the senator from bath county outlined differences between the candidates, including southern issues, job creation and education. former republican delegate, jim diller came out and endorsed the democratic candidate for governor. >> i have known him forever and i have nover bob mcdonnell forever and i know their philosophies and my philosophy is to move virginia ahead and that's the philosophy of creigh deeds. he is supportive of education, just as i have been.

he is supportive of the environment, just as i have been. >> reporter: a quick correction there. we should have said he has 12 points behind his republican opponent bob mcdonnell and mcdonnell spent his day in southern virginia. he went to events in lynchburg and harrisonburg. it is part of an rv tour he is taking calling for new jobs and opportunities across virginia. maryland delegate jon cardin is broadening his apology for his marriage proposal stunt. perhaps you have heard of it. he used baltimore resources including a helicopter to stage a fake raid at the inner hour bar. it was part of his proposal to his girlfriend. now he is apologizing. he says in retrospect my plan, as romantic as it was for my fiance was ill conceived no matter how brief the event city resources should not have been involved. the head of more's public defender office is out of a

job. in a statement she said the board of trustees fired her for failing to terminate a well- respected african-american public defender for no reason. she said she had been asked to perform other unlawful acts she refused to do. topper is here to talk about the forecast. one moment it is sunny outside and then it looks ominous it. >> did. it was dark and just -- >> unbelievable. despite the clouds still hit 94 which tied the record high. we are looking at some severe weather to the west. we are not under a watch but plenty of warnings out there. jefferson county in west virginia, clark county and louding county until 6:30. forecast first. the next three days, showers are going to linger tomorrow. if not most of the day, all day. 85 degrees for a high. it should be dry in time for the redskins game. nice on sunday. maybe a shower. but a nice day 85. 84 on monday. and also a nice day.

that's tonight. showers and thunderstorms, some heavy, muggy. low temperature 68 to 74. winds southwesterly at ten. we will go to live doppler 9000. we have had reports of some trees snapped off around berryville. this is a second line of showers and thunderstorms that is developing. we will watch this storm which is moving out of charles county in to prince georges county. we will focus on these storms. this has prompted the severe thunderstorm warnings. we have also reports of penny- sized hail and winds over 60 miles an hour this area. this is bluepoint month. this is route 7. it is headed to round hill and purceville. rainfall rates up to three inches an hour and penny size hail and damage or reported in berryville. it is clearing berryville right now but good rain. we will pan up to the panhandle of west virginia around jefferson county. you are under a severe thunderstorm warning and the storm is heading your way harpers ferry, probably some hail there. perhaps penny-size hail and

gusty winds. as it moves northeast ward, everything is moving northeast ward tonight at 20 s lemian hour. back to the computer we go. we will talk about the big picture. satellite picture, radar combined. kind of cool when you see a hurricane off shore and frontal system approaching the eastern seaboard, triggering showers and thunderstorms. we are looking at category two. it is not as strong as it was. already producing some showers and clouds across bermuda and they will close the airport tonight at 8:30. they plan to reopen it at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. the second line of showers and thunderstorms rolling through. we talked about this earlier even though we are not under a watch we are not out of the woods and the second line is proof in the pudding. 83 woodbridge. 84 in fredericksburg. but again 94 today lefor a high 28 olney, 82 laurel. we cooled off a little bit. mostly cloudy. shower or thunderstorm is possible in the morning.

in fact early morning some could be hefty. 60s and 70s. winds northwesterly at ten. by afternoon, pacific mcnot as hot. here's your silver lining but a shower or thunderstorm is possible. highs near 85 and the winds northwesterly at ten. here's bill. winds 105 miles an hour. the gusts to 127. it still could increase to a category three as we get in to tomorrow early and late tonight. probably a category two occurring to the northeast as a category one we talked about rip currents over and over again and that will be a danger for our shore east new england could get hit with tropical storm force winds but as far as we are concerned rip currents are the big problem this weekend. next seven days, 85 tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms. we will be dry for the redskins game. should be dry for tailgating. close call with that. nice on sunday and monday. yes, we have a drop but mid-80s with a sprinkle not bad for august. mid-80s on tuesday. upper 80s on wednesday.

the next front comes through on season thursday. shower and thunderstorms and that will lower temperatures in the low 80s by the end of next week. and all the warnings at the bottom of the screen and more on wusa9.com. >> all right. rain could not put a damper on what was going on at gnashes park today. dave is there with more on the nats new star. hey? >> you know, there's a lot of hype going on out here tonight. the games are going to start in an hour. but the hype is really about a guy who's not even going to play tonight. stephen strasburg and his big arm is in the house. we will talk to him next in sports. fafab@b@fab@ g

welcome back. been a good second half for the nats. made good trades like morgan. today they introduced us to their big guns, stephen strasburg and what a sight it was out here at nats park. he made his balance and what a

way to be broken in. ryan zimmerman, the face of the franchise himself was on hand to put the jersey on the young man. he told him to relax and have fun. strasburg was trying to take it all in. >> this is a tremendous feeling, you know, i'm hoping to come in here and just do my job and help the team win ball games. i was very fortunate to be given up a opportunity to come here and play. >> we don't expect stephen to be the savior of the franchise but another one of our bright, shining new young stars that will play for us here in washington for a long time. >> talk about fan buzz. the team sold 6,000 $1 tickets for the press conference and the game. fans were here in good numbers many with cameras in hand to capture the moment. the first game didn't go well for the redskins. they lost to the ravens. they will get another chance tomorrow night against the super bowl champion steelers when they come to town.

ben rootless birther injured his ankle yesterday. he traveled with the team but we are not sure if he will play. how about the skins. bets has always played the backup roll to portis but looks like his duties are about to expand. he will be the primary 3rddown back this year, a role in the past that was a territory of clinton portis. >> ladell is a capable running back. could start in situations an this league. and we look forward to having him pick up, not so much where clinton left off but to accent >> reporter: full coverage of saturday night here on wusa 9 fieat deh ll be at fede d d elanovprg inid field and providing preand post game coverage and we will have content on sawu wusa9.com. wall-to-wall redskins right here on wusa wusa9.com. well, first it was madrid and that brought in 70,000 fans. not sure how much fans will be

here this weekend when the galaxy comes to town but i will tell you there will be some star power david beckham is in town and he is one of the most famous players in the world. he has bounced between milan and the galaxy. last night they spoiled his visit but he knows this go around will be just as big. >> i have memories of playing in dc. obviously it is my mls xavier. a great atmosphere and fan base. looking forward to that one. it is a big game for us. >> reporter: exciting day here at nats park. stephen strasburg introduced to the fans and the media. they are awfully excited. we will have full coverage at 11:00, as well. guys, back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. i think we have time for a quick forecast. >> there are some warnings out there. loudoun county, and showers and thunderstorms through tomorrow. keep that in mind. >> that's it for