fault of their own are going to find that they no longer have jobs. >> today, a downcast governor martin o'malley. >> we are projecting -- >> and the budget director layed out more cuts. look for state workers and unemployment lines with layoffs of at least 205. furloughs for all the rest, up to ten days for higher wage employees. another $211 million slashed. the ripple effect and cuts to local police will depend on how local governments cope. all of this due to imploding tax revenue as the economy continues to stumble. foster put this perspective on the latest cuts, totaling $454 million. >> for the first time in at least 30 years, state spending is going to be less than what it was three years ago. >> these are difficult times and we have to make the decisions necessary in order to protect our priorities and to continue to move forward to the other side of this recession. >> in the past, governor

martin o'malley called him a tax and spend liberal. this economy has imposed a very different reality. the o'malley administration has now slashed more than $4 billion from the state budget and reduced the size of state government by 3200 jobs since the recession started. in annapolis, scott broome, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> in the meantime, maryland is forgiving penalties and interests on past due taxes in the next couple of months in hopes that citizens will pay up years of back taxes. computer problems continue to complicate the start of the school year in prince georges county. hundreds of students still don't have schedules and school officials say it could be days before they get them. audrey barnes now joins us live from the high school with the story and i guess audrey, this is getting tiresome at this point. >> it certainly is, lesli. there are 24 high schools in prince georges county and nearly all of them have

scheduling. the problem is with a new computerized scheduling system. according to the company's website, it works great in lincoln county, georgia, which has 432 high school students. so far, it has been a disaster in prince georges county, which has more than 40,000. more than 200 students at bowie high school were sidelined by a computer glitch. isolated in three separate areas while school officials scrambled to print schedules for them. >> why some of them have schedules, they don't know. >> the tso president says it's the worst school opening in the county in 16 years. >> these schedules need to be mailed out during the summertimes. that way if there's a conflict with their schedule, they can move forward and get that change before the first day of school. >> the communications director says the problem is with the new school max computerized scheduling system that was phased in last year. >> our goal is to have the

problem totally resolved by the end of the week. >> not soon enough who says the school system is putting them behind the eight ball. >> what do you think about the whole situation? >> it's crazy. >> and it continued for a second day today, but school officials tell me they hope to have a schedule in everyone's hands by the end of the week. lesli, back to you. >> all right audrey, thanks for that. police have arrested four high school students and charged them with vandalism for defacing an elementary school parking lot. a swastika and the phrases, kkk and white power were arranged on the ground. given the graphic nature of the graffiti express the surprise that these suspects are black. >> it is taken very seriously in the school division and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. but i would like to reassure

the community of sinclair elementary school that the school is a safe and welcoming place. >> in addition to the criminal charges, the four students face potential disciplinary action within the school and that can include suspension or expulsion. there is good education news still coming out of virginia. a new report shows that virginia's graduating high school seniors scored above the national average on the reading and writing section of the sat college entrance exam. but they tested slightly lower when it comes to math. >> right now, police are trying to figure out why someone would stab a woman and a child in bailey's virginia. police found the victims in an apartment in the 3400 block of glenn karlyn drive. they have taken a man into custody, but at this point there is no word on the conditions of the victims. sky 9 in the air and on the story. capturing this scene at the montgomery county air park in gaithersburg. that's where a small plane was forced to land after it flew into washington's restricted

air space. military aircraft escorted the plane to that air park. the secret service says the pilot entered restricted air space by mistake. and here is what is left of a crash involving a u.s. park police officer along the bw parkway. the roads are now reopened, but around 8:00 this morning, the southbound lanes of the parkway were closed near route 197. a driver struck the officer who was conducting a traffic stop on the side of the road. that officer is expected to survive. today it was northern virginia's turn to hear about the president's healthcare reform plan from two congressman. democrat jerry connolly hosted this one at the green spring retirement community in springfield. and he outlined how the president's plan could impact seniors. if you missed today's town hall meeting. the congressman will lead another meeting tonight. that one begins at 7:00 at south lake high in resten. the president took time from his vacation to reappoint

federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke. as word spread, stocks climbed. investors praised bernanke for unlocking credit and stabilizing the financial market. some of bernanke's critics say he may have saved wall street, but not the millions who lost their homes to foreclosure. the second term could be just as rocky as the first. >> mr. bernanke moves to withdraw the liquidity and the support from financial markets, we are going to see mortgage rates rise. this will not sit well with the public or the white house. >> bernanke is expected to face a grueling hearing before the senate likely signs off on another four years. alexandria named earl cook as his new police chief. he became acting chief last month when the former chief was charged with drunken driving. baker later resigned. cooke is the first african american to hold the top police job in alexandria's history.

he has been a member of the city's police department for the past 30 years. work could begin by next month on a wal-mart supercenter near an historic civil war battlefield. the orange county virginia board of supervisors agreed rly this morning. the vote was 4-1. the wal-mart will go up near the wilderneba bafittelfitt d. bert s where grant anrod e. lee fomer t the first time in battle. opponents llca cathe area hallo ground. the already has two stri s and a fast food restaurant and they say it will bring a lot of jobs to the area. still to come on 9news now, deadly combination. the medical community reacts to the drug found in michael jackson's body when he died. and what do you do when someone actually puts money in your pocket? find out why and where it is going on and topper. >> temperatures stay below 90. you can access this via the web. 86 and 68 goes in the books.

average is 85 and 67. they are on their way. record high, 97. record low is 54. we'll come back and talk about rest of the week and the possible track of a tropical system thmiinghfluence influenc redskin game. stay tuned. come on in.

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based out of the fbi. the move comes as the cia faces more questions over interrogation techniques detailed in a report made public yesterday. here is samantha hayes. >> president barack obama in a departure from the bush years is calling for a new interrogation group to be based out of the fbi. >> all the intelligence community to get the best intelligence possible, based on scientifically proven methods and consistent with the army field manual. >> the new arrangement brings to an end the cia's once key role in interrogating high level detainees. the change is receiving harsh criticism, a top lawmaker on the senate intelligence committee who calls the move a bizarre move of no confidence in the director of the cia. the white house defended the president's decision. >> the cia is obviously has a very important role to play as it relates to interrogations. >> the president's decision

came on monday amid release of a 2004 report from the cia inspector general, detailing questionable cia interrogation techniques. according to the report, interrogators scared detainees with a gun and electric drill and threatened to kill their family members. francis was a former homeland security advisor to president george w. bush. >> i don't think there's anybody that would defend interrogators who went beyond what was legally authorized. >> attorney general, eric holder has called for an investigation to determine whether those cia tactics were illegal, but stopped short of saying that any prosecution would be likely. in washington, i'm samantha hayes. a pilot will have quite a story to share at the dinner table tonight. he was forced to make an emergency landing in the parking lot of a mall in northern new jersey. medics treated the pilot for minor injuries. his plane should be okay once he washes off the foam. today's incident marks the

third emergency landing in new jersey just this month. all right, pickpocketing is one of the oldest crimes in the book. now in europe, something called put pocketing is catching on. former criminals and magicians are walking around putting money in people's pockets. sometimes they leave as much as $20 in their victim's pocket. the stunt is part of a marketing company. while some think it's great, others are just a bit weary. >> i would like to know why the company is doing that. >> yes. >> possibly be a bit suspicious. > the company has handed out more than $150,000 so far. nasa was supposed to launch the space shuttle discovery tonight, but that is not going to happen. we have just learned that a bad fuel valve scrubbed tomorrow's blastoff. this morning's launch was canceled because of lightning striking. springfield, virginia native will just have to wait. he is part of that crew.

a lot of excitement leading up to that. >> maybe, lightning delayed it once and maybe they found the valve. who knows. >> we hit 86 today. spectacular, about average for this time of year. we are going to get warmer tomorrow. we'll call it hot and more humid. i think you are going to like the next seven days. here's your forecast first. the next three days, 91 tomorrow. for the redskin game, we have showers and thunderstorms and it depends on where this system goes. it is now just northeast of san juan. we'll talk about that in greater detail in a minute. in the meantime, there will be showers and storms on friday, will it continue through the game? tonight, clear to partly cloudy. not quite as cool. low temperatures 66 to 72 with light winds. that's almost comfortable. temperatures right now are certainly comfortable. 83 in alany. 83 st. michaels and generally

low to mid 80s as you go back to the planes. kaiser, if you are watching hd is 82. now tomorrow morning, mostly sunny and warm. 70s and 80s. winds southwest at 10. so a nice start. by afternoon, mostly sunny and hot. not that humid though. high temperatures around 90 and winds again west, southwesterly at 10. satellite picture, radar combined. there's a front in the great lakes that we'll watch for friday and saturday. we showed you this yesterday. it's not tropical right now and it may never become tropical. it doesn't mean it's not going to impact our weather. it could become tropical storm danny. trying to figure out where the center is and there's a couple spots that could be the center. we'll let you know what happens. in the meantime, it is pushing to the west, northwest towards the coast. we'll zoom up to our area. all the showers and thunderstorms well out to sea. we have clear to partly cloudy skies and a nice night ahead. all right, let's talk about the

guidance and doesn't really matter so much, a couple of things. doesn't matter if it's tropical or not. if it takes this path, we are looking at beach erosion no matter what and we'll see some beach erosion, if it takes the further east track. we'll have a strong east, northeast with high pressure to the north. we'll watch the system. i want to emphasize, it can have a huge impact on our weather and not become tropical. keep that in mind. all right, zone forecast, all six zones on the website, wusa9.com. 88 front royal. 90 middleburg. 90 in manassas. 90 in gaithersburg, 91 downtown and 92 as you go into charles county. upper 80s along the bay. plum point, you might make 90. next seven days, 91 tomorrow. mostly sunny. a little bit hot. 88 on thursday with showers and thunderstorms possible late. bulk of the day is fine. a lot of showers and

thunderstorms friday and saturday and that's because depends on where that system goes. we may luck out. we may end up being inbetween that system and the front to the west, which could make it okay for parts of friday and saturday. temperatures go down, 84 on sunday. maybe a left over thunderstorm and 80 with sunshine on monday. upper 70s on tuesday. you have 90s to 70s on the seven-day. >> you all have children going to school on that beautiful 80- degree day. all right. before then though, we are going to get to see some things. >> it's going to rain on us. the starters are going to have to hang in there if you want to see more than a short sample, tune in this friday. they are going to play deep into the night. the boys talked about this last full dress rehearsal. plus how this furry ended a track star's see in 9sports com up.

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it's time for 9sports. the best sports in town. >> hard to read too much into what the redskins did, because by the time the second quarter rolled around, most of the starters were wearing caps. this friday is going to be different. as is customarily the case in the third preseason game. the starters will get their longest look before opening day and the redskins say their group could, could go a full three quarters. they will only get a quick

sniff as they rest up and stay healthy. this game is the one where they get the show where they're at. >> this game is a game where you honed in to your opponent. you are out of training camp now. you have to mentally prepare yourself. >> dress rehearsal before the big show and season opener. this is the last opportunity to get our corrections made from previous mistakes. >> after today's practice, the defensive line was seen running wind sprints. most thought it was a punishment, turns out it was self-inflected. albert and the rest of his buddies decided to punish themselves with the post practice sprints. perhaps having to do with the fact that the starting unit has not produced a sack in the first two preseason games. they want to make themselves better. >> whatever i have to do better, that's what i'm willing to do. like i said, those guys out

there with me, all those guys willing to get better. and accomplish some things this year, especially as a defense. any time we can get extra sprints in and extra running in, we will do it. >> i like that commitment. i like that attitude you can see if they are getting better friday right here on 9. proceeded by redskins tailgait preseason special. join sarah and me for a complete preview. tailgate 7:30. the game at 8:00 right here on 9. up the road in philly, the eagles confirm today for the first time since december 2006, michael vick will play in a football game this thursday. vick will make his preseason debut as the eagles host jaguars and according to andy reid, it's not going to be mop up duty. he plans to use vick to spell donovan mcnabb while the first team offense is in the game. although first, vick is going to have to fly back up to philly for his bankruptcy hearing thursday morning in time before the game. maryland basketball released their schedule today. a couple dates for you terp

fans to keep in mind. the acc opener, january 10 hosting florida state. the home duke game this year is the last home game of the season. march 3 and on december 1, kind of a cool one. a rematch of the 2002 national title game as the terps visit indiana. we all remember how that turned out. the nats embark on a nine-game road trip. if you can call it a homecoming. he is returning to wrigley field tonight for the first time as an opposing manager since he was the skipper of the cubs. rigs led the cubbies to the nl wild card in '98. the nationals vastly improved 18-20 since rig lman took over. that's a lot better than they were. it will be garrett on the bump for the nats tonight taking on carlos zambrano. he just off the dl, he fought

back spasms. finally tonight, mascot are all well and good. right up until the moment they injure one of the athletes. there he is, but then he decided to give jamaican sprinter a piggy back ride. when you have a big furry head, you can't see where you are going and and he slammed her into a bunch of hurdles. she had no idea, he had no idea. thank god she was okay, because he could have totally messed up her leg. i can't decide who is dumber. the mascot is dumber, but she should not be getting up on the back of the big thing. >> protect the legs. >> protect the legs. >> all right, here's the seven- day. nice to moderate. thursday, some storms. more concerned about frid