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this is 9news now. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >> kill the bill. >> yes we can. >> more jeers and cheers as the battle lines are drawn once again in the fight over what to do about your health care. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm anita brikman. tonight nearly 3000 people packed inside a high school. >> attending a public formum on health care reform. britney moorehouse with a breakdown of all the action. i hear there was plenty of it. >> reporter: you're not kidding. i'm not going to lie. i didn't even make it inside this building in the early hour because there was so much going out on here. hundreds of people were unable to get inside this building.

all of them standing out chanting armed with stories and opinions. >> kill the bill. >> reporter: kill the bill. health care now. >> health care now. >> reporter: two opposing chants outside south lake high school where maximum capacity is keeping hundreds from attending a town hall meeting. >> i would love to know how many people in there are true constituents of the eighth congressional district. >> reporter: charges fly that democrats organized reform supporters. >> it is interesting that some leaders allege that supporters of free market solutions are astro turf when they have got prefab signs provided for them. >> reporter: provided for them, yes, but those that are holding those signs say they came on their own even if they did get an e-mail from the committee. >> go ahead on health care and don't listen to people that are against this health care plan. >> reporter: theodore schneider says he doesn't even have health insurance. >> walk this my shoes and walk in the shoes that people have to pay thousands of dollars.

>> reporter: he is not the only one with personal stories to tell. >> a daughter. my father just got out from icu after a second heart attack. >> for us as future providers it is about access and affordability. >> i have been to europe and seen their health care live. >> there is nothing in there about health savings accounts. >> reporter: there is a kickback getting kept out of this building it is the ability to share in the debate. >> this is grassroots at its finest. >> kill the bill. >> reporter: now, it may have seemed like it was very loud and unruly out here. there was a loud debate going on. i know, anita, you no more about what went on inside the meeting. >> britney, thank you so much. well, inside the school there were heated exchanges, protests and applause.

but at the center of it all representative jim moran tried to keep order and shed light on what he calls the facts and fiction. >> a provision is the so-called public option. [ cheering ] >> the democratic congressman from the eighth district drew the biggest applause when he talked about the public option health care reform would give to people who now have no insurance at all. but those who fear more government control of medicine in america were skeptical and vocal to the end. >> but no one would be required to join the public option. people -- everyone is still free to purchase private insurance. >> reporter: moran then moved on to what he calls mix and scare tactics saying there is no provision for so-called death penalty doling out end of life care and no required

health coverage for illegal immigrants. >> i'm sorry, but i can't even hear the governor and i'm sitting next to him. >> but the debate over whether abortion would be federally funded brought the meeting to a standstill when antiabortion activist had to be escorted out by police. >> once order was restored people shared worries whether lawmakers deciding these bills would be subject to the same changes as the rest of us. >> if it is so good for all of us can't you be on it with us. please. >> i am. i amp. >> representative moran said health care reform would cost roughly $100 million over ten years. paying for it he says it would be done with surcharges on the wealthiest americans and by eliminating waste and errors in the way we do things now. representative donna edwards held a town hall meeting in germantown.

people are just as passionate about the issues. people are expressing a lot of the passion online. go to wusa9.com to read some reactions to the health care debate now and let us know your thoughts as well. let's check on our weather forecast. topper is here with the 9 forecast now. >> very nice evening. comfortable today. temperatures falling off very nicely for late august. overnight will stay clear to partly cloudy. low temperatures. low 70s downtown but mid to upper 60s in light winds. lis.te t winds. temps alt lyre lyalnice. but 7 frederick. 68 already in manassas. we will come back and talk about a tropical system that may or may not being tropical and tell you what that means to our weekend and redskins game coming up. >> thank you, topper. new video from baghdad just in. look closely especially at the

truck with the red tarp. inside is a suicide bomber. the explosion happens just as the bomber passes the camera. now this attack happened five days ago. we have not yet received the tally of the number of civilians killed in that attack but as of today at least 4,335 members of the u.s. military have died in the iraq war since it began in 2003. they say if you have got it flaunt it and one dc woman took this to extremes using her proportions to conceal 2.5 pounds of cocaine inside her bra. customs agents found the cargo regardless during a pat down search after the woman came back from jamaica. andrew stack has the details. >> reporter: on the surface -- >> this was the result of officer intuition. >> reporter: custom agents may not notice a thing. that is, until female agents turned this bra inside out. >> something more to this than met the eye.

>> reporter: even professionals like john peters who had a her her smuggling king a smile method of choice. >> a large object proattituding -- protruding from her chest. >> she is facing charges of importation of narcotics. federal prosecution has been accepted in this case. >> reporter: and if this case sounds unusual john says think on a regular basis. >> narcotics concealed in false bottom suitcases. carry it in shoes. >> reporter: these insoles are actually made of concentrated cocaine. >> sometimes you will get into these areas that are unusual. >> reporter: at vwi digital correspondent andrew stack, wusa 9 news and wusa9.com. >> if you are just wondering what the street value of 2.5

pounds of cocaine is. $118,000. >> we are learning more about the drugs michael jackson took in the hours just before he died and how they can interact. forensic tests show an anaesthetic and other drugs killed him. the doctor administered a mix of powerful drugs to treat the singer's insomnia. >> he knew all the drugs that michael jackson had been taking. he must have been aware of the effects. this is basically pharmacology 101. and i think he made a poor choice of drugs. >> the los angeles county coroner has ruled jackson's death a homicide. investigators are building a manslaughter case against dr.

murray. back in the headlines tonight the chris brown, rihana saga. he did accept responsibility for his crime and today a judge handed down the sentence. no jail time. the judge instead gave him five years' probation and ordered him to do six months of physical labor as community service. washing cars and grounds maintenance in his hometown of richmond, virginia. the police chief will be in charge. police in manassas charged four teenagers with vandalizing a school. they used landscaping sod to deface a school. creating the phrase white power and other words. >> people are ignorant these days. i don't know what to say about that. people have their reasons for doing things. >> i think it is very horrible and they should be held responsible for their actions

and why would you do that? >> in addition to the criminal charges the students also face disciplinary action within the school district. alexandria has a new police chief. it is 30-year veteran earl cook. cook became the acting chief last month when the former police chief was charged with drunk driving and later pled guilty and resigned. cook is the first african- american to hold the job. orange county supervisors have given wal-mart the go ahead to build a huge store near an historic civil war battle field called the wilderness. work on the project could start next month. preservation groups say they will appeal to wal-mart to put the superstore elsewhere. a wal-mart spokesman says that is not going to happen. >> if you just happen to be one of the folks who still manage to text and drive a video we are about to show you may change your mind about that. the story behind these images

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91 tomorrow. sunshine. humid. 88 on thursday. a few thunderstorms. then friday a lot of showers and storms. temperature 83. does appear it may be wet for the redskins game. will be a very close call. weekend flanking me. we will start with the forecast overnight in detail. still comfortable. low 70s downtown. mid to upper 60s in the suburbs. temps right now low 70s already in brookville. even 72 in annapolis. tomorrow morning mostly sunny and warm. 70s, 80s. winds southwesterly at about 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and hot. not that humid though. winds more west-southwesterly at about 10. satellite picture. couple things got to point out. these showers and storms in the great lakes associated with a front and that front will be a player for us friday night and also into saturday. what may be a bigger player is what we have been talking about the past couple of days. big area of cloudiness. about 350 miles north of san

juan. still waiting to see. if it were to happen it would become tropical storm danny. it does appear rather likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. we are clear right now. we are in pretty good shape. that will allow the temps to fall. air mass still fairly dry. let's talk about what could be danny or may just end up being a low pressure system. don't get too hung up on whether it is named or not. i went into detail this on my blog at wusa9.com. here are the tracks. remember we showed you bill, all the slots were close together. these lines are all tomorrow. this is the worst-case scenario. heavy rain, maybe even severe weather. friday to saturday is the time frame we are talking. this track is more likely and would still do beach erosion. would likely have an impact on our shore. farthest west track, red one, would have the most impact on the immediate metro area. don't get hung up whether or

not it is aimed or not. it could pack tropical storm- force winds and if it hugs the coast or takes its westerly track we are going to be in for some rough weather friday night and also into saturday and that impact the game friday night at fedex. zone forecast. almost 90 everywhere tomorrow. dry though. 90 in reston. 92 in dale city. 90 in beltsville. 88 in annapolis. pretty nice day to be on the water. lots of sun and no winds and no big thunderstorms. next seven days. 91 tomorrow. mostly sunny. 88 on thursday. a storm possible and then we got storms all over friday and saturday. low to mid-80s on friday and saturday. and we are looking at the potential for leftover shower or thunderstorm early on sunday. good news is we move into fall. 80 on monday and 78 on tuesday. this would be the first day of

september. >> very aprapropos. thank you. tonight's launch canceled due to a faulty valve. nasa has to fix it. they only have until august 30th to get discovery into orbit for this particular mission. a british filmmaker making a dramatic new video warning of the great dangers of texting while you drive. >> we have a warning for you the images are graphic designed to send one simple and powerful message. don't do it.

>> the reality of a fatal road accident is much more gruesome and violent. my position on this is the fact that if you are old enough to drive, old enough to want to drive you're old enough to be aware of the real and serious risks one places yourself in every time you get behind the wheel. >> it is graphic. if it comes to saving people's lives, if it makes people cry then it makes people cry, you know. but fingers crossed that everybody watching this is going to learn something from it. >> so what are your thoughts on this? is it perhaps too violent or is it just what the doctor ordered for this tough problem? sound off at wusa9.com in the water cooler section. >> redskins friday. worried about the thunderstorm you told me about because seems like every preseason we get lightning on us. but i think other people are more worried about keeping

their job after this friday. for some it is not about the highlights, it is about the rent payments. i know that sounds funny with athletes but cuts are coming and the guys are talking about fighting for their livelihood. and the nats with a power searching in chicago tonight. wait until you see how many home nsru ns left this yard. 9news shows you. it's good news, guys. p

stop sign time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> when you watch the redskins play the patriots on friday you will be watching the starting offense to see if they can score and you'll be watching haynesworth to see if he can put heat on tom brady. but for some this is more about employment. cuts are september 1st making that one week from today making this friday's game the last chance for the employers to show their stuff before the ax potentially falls which means it is time to step up or step out. >> i think guys realize that we have got 80 and we are cutting down to 53. i think guys realize that they are trying to give their best effort to be a pa group. il group. itill it bea special group. and you can see who states th r case to make the team friday right here on 9. past

redskins preceded by a tailgate part. right here on 9. jim riggleman said he was looking forward to going back to nats fields. he managed the cubs prosecute 1995 to 1999 and said he lots of memories albeit his last memory was getting fired. so you've got to believe he wanted to stick them at least a little bit. nats and cubs tonight. josh willingham who has the upper body of lou ferignon. first grand slam of that young man's career is well done. then in the 8th our buddy lou again. two men on. second of the game. seven home runs between these two teams tonight as the nats beat down the cubs 15-6. meanwhile the os up at the dome. this is former league mvp justin morneau and that's how he got to be the league mvp. up and over the hefty bag out

there in right his 29th. os and twins decide at 6 in the 9th. with that it is time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. it is the good, the bad and ugly for august 25. we start with the good. best excuse me r.b.i. the os melvin mora. watch where he hits this ball. off the knob on the handle end of the bat but it goes into fair territory. that's an r.b.i. that he got without ever swinging the bat. i think that's an economy of moving. best job of self-preservation. braves gonzalez. how did he catch that? even money his eyes were closed. they say baseball is a game of inches. he was an inch of getting decapitated. pee wee game there. little guy scoring a touchdown

going for the leap. he gets the assist up there over the wall. and frankly, i think if brett favre had ever gone back to the packer he would have needed an assist because he is 80 now. here is the bad. worst bat construction. whoever made this twig for seattle's mike sweeney. watch him. he hits a mammoth home run and breaks his bat over his shoulder on himself. that's more not about the bat but about mike sweeney being strong. here is the frightening thing. woman in the state fair in the animal calling competition. i don't know what she is calling but it better come quick. you win. give her the trophy. she is going to hurt somebody. she is going to eat my young. let's go to the ugly, as if that didn't qualify. >> worst double play. the mets trying to execute the olds 1-6-3 but hernandez making the throw to first base and there is no first base. the mets are cutting costs up

in new york. they are going without a first baseman. apparently that's how they do it up there. worst hospitality. shane victorino in left center making the catch and watch his head. he gets the full beer. that's the chicago way. and they remove the guy and he is at the bottom of lake michigan right now because they don't mess around in chicago. >> they knew who was in town so they returned the favor to the phillies. >> all right. we will be right back. fa

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