fence. his opportunity to reinvigorate his base. senior aids admit that's going to take quite a sales pitch. the president traveled around the country from one town hall meeting to another trying to convince the american people that doing nothing about healthcare is not an option. in his prime time address tonight, it's the public option in his bill that supporters and opponents want to hear him address. >> we think that a public option would lead to a washington takeover of healthcare. >> phil of american for prosperity, a patients rights group say they gathered thousands of signatures, requiring everyone to carry health insurance through an employer or public program by 2013 is a deal breaker. >> if he took that off the table tonight, would that change your view of the bill? >> it would change our view, but only to a limited extent. >> an american university professor says the president's ability to win over the nay

sayers and reinvigorate his base may come down to two words, security and stability. >> he has to reassure people that if they have healthcare now, it's going to remain, it's not going to get worse, and that they are going to be able to extend healthcare without costing a lot of additional money to individuals. i think that's what people are worried about. >> so can the president change minds with one speech? >> it may be difficult to change minds, but i think what the white house believes is they had a lot of supporters in the spring. so what they need to do is bring them back. >> and senior aids say the president will do that by stressing what's at stake. healthcare costs are rising three times faster than wages and millions of americans are being denied coverage because they get sick. lesli. >> thank you for that. the president's proposal has been met with a great deal of criticism. some republicans and democrats say the plan is just too big and too costly. >> one thing i hope we don't

hear tonight is that we need to do a massive comprehensive bill or nothing. that strikes us as not the way to go forward. >> i hope he has been listening to the american people, because i think over the course of august, they have raised their voices loud and clear that they don't want the massive government takeover of our healthcare system. >> democrats met today and they say after a month of town hall meetings, what they are hearing is reform now. >> any status quo and just say no group is not intimidating this caucus. the defenders of the status quo, those who say do nothing, that do nothing crowd is bankrupting this country. >> and representative says if you want to bring down costs, and if you want reform, people

have to have a choice. obama healthcare bill includes the slaughtering of innocent children. don't be fooled. >> antiabortion rights activists made sure their voices were heard it on capitol hill today. they preached their message at every entrance. they believe the president's plan will have taxpayers footing the bill for abortion. some say that is nonsense. a new associated press poll is out on the president's handling of healthcare. 52% of people polled on not happy with how he handled the debate. you'll get to hear more from it from the president tonight at 8:00. he will address a joint session of congress on healthcare reform. you can watch it here live on wusa9 and we will stream it live online at wusa9.com. friday september 11, 2009 marks the eighth anniversary of terrorist attacks by al-qaeda.

today, congressional leaders attended a service honoring men and women aboard united flight 93. a bronze plaque was unvailed at the capitol. on september 11, 2001, four commercial air jets were hijacked. they destroyed the world's trade center in new york, damaged the pentagon in arlington. 3,000 people, including the hijackers died. passengers and crew have been freed from a hijacked airline in mexico city. the plane came down in cancun. american, french, and mexican citizens were among the plane. mexican news media reported the hijackers were citizens demanding to speak with the mexican president. we'll keep you updated on any other developments. the woman who was murdered as she walked to the front door of her apartment building has

been identified by police. scott. >> the victim is 37-year-old samone white. she lived alone in this apartment building. she was killed last night when she walked from this parking lot to her apartment building right there at about 12:30. just after midnight. white was killed on the pedestrian bridge that spans a gap from a parking lot here to her building. she was shot twice in the upper body and she was still holding her car keys and still had her belongings with her, which included a laptop computer. all of that untouched. a neighbor told me she heard two shots seconds after walking in her own front door, but saw nothing. >> i didn't see anything unusual. i usually come home around that time. so to think that somebody was probably just hiding in the bushes or in the parking lot waiting is very scary. >> police have not identified any suspects, they are asking for witnesses to come forward.

white lived alone here and was often visited by friends or family with children according to neighbors. now some residents complained of poor nighttime light conditions. there were no security cameras, so detectives say they are just getting started with this case and they'll have to do a lot the old fashioned way, starting with interviews with people who knew white. reporting live in silver spring, 9news now and wusa9.com. we are going to go to a traffic situation also in silver spring. this is a multicar accident at georgia avenue in the beltway. it appears the collision occurred on georgia avenue just inside the beltway. that's in the montgomery area. traffic is a mess, not moving at all. additional ambulance units are being requested to the scene, but what we can tell you is there was an accident there, a pretty significant one and it

is tieing up traffic. we'll keep you updated as we get more information. to stafford county now where a youth minister has been indicted with misconduct. the methodist church placed jecherifnn brennan on unpaid administrative leave. she is accused of ifhaving sexu contact with a 15-year-old boy between february and march of this year. brennan was counseling him and his girlfriend against premarital sex. >> we reported immediately to the sheriff's department and to the child protective services and our youth director was placed on administrative leave. >> brennan had been a youth minister for a year and a half at the church. coming up ahead, how budget cuts in virginia could impact your safety. plus caught on tape, a burglar at work at a local school. you may have information to

help catch this man. and top. >> right now, showers are off to the west. we'll take you out with the almanac. sun popped out and warmed temperatures up a little bit. got up to 79 today. 67 for the low. average is 81 and 64. pretty close. record 98 and 48. heavy rain and high winds are rolling in. we'll tell you when in just a minute.

i tell you what, you don't want to be in this area right now. georgia avenue at the beltway in silver spring, maryland, because if you are, if you know someone that is, they are probably stuck because of this multicar accident. it happened along avenue jt deususinsisi avenue just inside the beltway. this is in the montgomery hill area and as you can imagine, traffic is a mess over there. so if you can avoid that area, it is probably a good idea to do that. you are looking at a traffic

camera right now and on the right side of your screen, nothing is really moving. so if you can avoid that area or if you know somebody who is in that area, they are probably going to be a little late. now today we have something new for iphone and ipod touch owners. we are releasing iphone 1. it has a bunch of nice features in it and bug fixes as well. >> model holds more music, costs less, and jobs says the new ipod nano comes in 8 and 16 gig models. also i tunes has a new feature called itunes lp. you can get the song lyrics and photo albums along with your album purchases. steve jobs was the highlight of the event and he talked about

his liver transplant he had five months ago and thanked all his supporters. free car buying forum. that's the focus in tonight's living smart. if you weren't able to cash in on the government's cash for clunkers program, but you still need to buy a new car, before you do, you might want to check out montgomery pu icbl fo publ ngharc . r bl it'spurchasing. owmo a tae plkerrtoac takes e actatomorrow. they will talk about everything from how to lka buy a car to financing options to living protections. it's what you need to know before you go buy. we have more information on our website, wusa9.com. just click on living smart. up next, a man vandalizes and steals from a local school. it's caught on tape. we'll show you more when we come back. first, here's a preview of the cbs evening news. a new energy source coming soon to a car near you. why demand for lithium is about to shift into high gear. we'll have and moremore

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take a good look at this video. well, not this video of the senator. this video right here. we just got it a few minutes ago. the man you see is wanted in connection with at least 11 school break ins. once inside the school, the man breaks into vending machines and steals the money. this not so friendly video is from friendly high school, if you think you know the suspect, police want to hear from you. and montgomery county police need your help to identify someone who has been robbing banks. photos of the man over the summer went to several branches and cashed some phoney checks that claim to be from the hyatt corporation. investigators say he stole about $9,000. if you know him, contact montgomery county police. now to another request for help. this one is from the loudoun

county sheriff's office. 14-year-old irlinda martinez. investigators hope you can help them find her. she left her house on monday and she hasn't been seen since. if you know anything, please call the loudoun county sheriff's office. virginia state's budget cuts have one local sheriff very concerned. the head of the fairfax county jail says the closing of two state prisons means the population of local jails will balloon. our dave stadard has the story. >> there are 1300 prisonnenners. each day, 40 to 60 of them are people who should be in state prisons. that is normal. with two state prisons closing, local sheriffs have been warned they will have to handle more state prisoners. >> the reimbursable is minimal. we get $10 to $12 a day when our cost is around $135 a day. >> it will have other costs. >> any additional prisoners would force us to look at

opening at another section of the jail, which will be costly. >> on top of that, the amount of money the state passes on to local jurisdictions is being cut at a time the sheriff says they are operating at bare bones. > it's a double whammy, we will get 5 to 7 percent direct cuts and the backlog of prisoners, which will raise our cost. >> if the population shifts to too many state prisoners, that can present other problems. >> when they are pretrial, they are on their best behavior. once they are sentenced, they want to get down to the state prison and start serving their time. they start acting up and become management problems. >> the big unknown is not if it's going to happen, but just how many more bets they will need to provide. dave stadard, 9news now. >> sheriff barry says he would have preferred to see the state -- >> hobble space telescope is

back in action and better than ever. that's what nasa is saying as the agency releases the first images since the upgrade last spring. maryland senator was a big nasa supporter and she was there for today's unveiling. >> it's not about budgets or memos, it's about science. it's about technology, it's about discovery. it's about our american character and the about the future of our children. >> scientists say they are in awe of the clarity and detail of the new images, which show formations trillions of miles distant. >> wow. >> clear pictures. >> can you see -- what could you see that far away? >> no. we are trying to see the next three days, quite frankly. it looks like the heavy rain is delayed, it will come in tomorrow night. we are talking about an inch to two inches and some wind with

that. here's your forecast first. the next three days, showers tomorrow and that gives way to a steadier rain tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. some of that could be on the hefty side. it will go into friday and taper off. low 70s on thursday. only around 70 on friday. and left over shower possible on saturday, but warmer highs back up to near 80. for tonight, mostly cloudy, breezy, cool, a few showers. 60 to 65. winds northeasterly. let me show you doppler 9,000. a couple showers off to the west. the nats game will be dry tonight. around town is quiet. up to the north and west, a couple showers and even thunderstorm to the south of hancock. south of 70. in terms of where they are moving, they will push off to the southwest. some heavy rain will be in hancock and roll right across 60 and probably up toward cumberland. we'll keep you posted. nothing severe.

back to the computer. we'll talk about temperatures. low 70s, pretty nice. 71 in alany. now tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, breezy, and cool. a few showers, 60s to around 70 and by afternoon, mostly cloudy, breezy, and cool with some showers, could give way to steadier rain toward evening. high temperatures between 70 and 75 and winds northeasterly at 10 to 20 and gusty. the forecast now for the zones, all six zones are on our website. mid 70s towards martinsburg. a little warmer to the west. 74 in bluemont. low 70s in oakton and 73 in dumfries. downtown, showers, college park 73. germantown, 72. there's the small craft advisory on the bay. essentially through friday morning. because of the northeast winds, only low 70s for annapolis and prince frederick. you get far enough south and east, you may have a steadier rain. i think for the immediate metro

area, we are looking at the best chance for steadier, heavier rain as we get into tomorrow night. next seven days, showers tomorrow, giving way to rain tomorrow night, continuing into friday. 70 on friday. that's it for a high. maybe a left over shower on saturday. near 80 and quite nice. low 80s on sunday, monday, and tuesday, and maybe a shower next week. almost warm, high temperatures next wednesday in the upper 70s. >> thank you. >> okay. we know you did your best to bring your a game for that forecast. >> i tried. all right, we got some folks that are going to have to push it up. >> forget about a game. i'm happy it's a game that counts. the preseason is too long? i'm so tired of stuff that doesn't count. this counts. everything counts starting today. redskins back to practice and saw their game plan for the giants. and albert hainesworth isn't quivering. plus arnascfa comesb@fab@b@fafa

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it's time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> okay, now we do it for real. for the first time in eight months. the redskins spent today installing a game plan for another team and for all the talk about the skins upgraded defense this year, we are going to find out about it in a hurry. their opening day opponent had the number one rushing offense in all of football last year and their runningback, brandon jacobs led the whole league in yards per carry five flat. but sunday, jacobs is going to have to run through albert hainesworth and albert ain't impressed. >> it doesn't really matter. what is he? 250? you know, i weigh 250 when i was in the 10th grade. >> no matter what size you are, if you have the leverage, he can take you down. >> he was 250 in the 10th grade? i don't doubt him.

as for the skins on offense, after spending all of training camp whether it would be chase daniels, jim zorn chose none of the above. he cut daniel and put daniel on injured reserve. what happened if jason campbell and todd collins go down on sunday? well, that's what happens. wide receiver, antwon randle el will be the quarterback on sunday, which isn't a bad option. randle el was the starting quarterback at indiana and he thrown five touchdowns in the nfl, including one in the super bowl. >> i hate to say it with a smile, but i'm good. >> you no i, i don't wish anything on my boys, but if it happens, i'll be ready to go. >> i love his attitude. from a receiving standpoint, randle el will be in the slot. soccer and six games are left in the season for dc

united. the first of those tonight at home against the wizards. united needs to make a run to get into the playoffs. two of their top defenders are out with injury. mack birch is having ankle surgery. move clyde similars who is a mid fielder back to play defense. not ideal. >> i think if 11 guys go out again and do their job and put the work in, you expect three points. anything short of that is disappointing. we don't want to dwell on one player, we want to make sure we have a good overall defensive performance. >> the top double team, the american number ones bounced in the semis by washington castles star, pays and his partner, lucas, the big one is tonight as 17-year-old american sweetheart, melanie oudin seen here plays in the quarters

against caroline. every race at rir is a nail biter. this one will be especially so because it's the last race before the chase, as you know, only the top 12 drivers in the sprint cup series are available for the ten race year ending chase for the cup and that means richmond is the last chance for drivers to get in if they are out or stay in if they are in, like matt who currently sits 12th, right on the bubble. >> through certain parts of the year, we haven't capitalized on all of the races we could have. so we are in this and just have to race as hard as we can, and you know, that is good enough. >> it is so hard to hear because the cars are racing by. finally tonight, you would like to think a major league catcher could throw the ball back to the pitcher. that's the pirates, jason, airmailing it back to the mound, scored from third base. i know everybody makes mistakes, but in the majors, i would like to think you wouldn't