this is 9 news now. national mall repairs. a grp dided cateto helping america's veterans vows to improve the condition of the national mall. more budget cuts. one local community could soon suffer more financial losses good morning. thanks for joining us. it is thursday, september 10th. angie goff is here. she has the traffic for us. it was a rocky rough morning. >> yeah, we still have some things to tell you about. >> exactly.

>> kim is here with the forecast. you will need the umbrella later on today. >> especially this afternoon on the drive home. i'm sorry to say it will probably be really wet. but so far so good. we cahad spotty showers. straight up 9:01. let's get moving. look at the ran as itis backing in coas across pennsylvania and a few edotty showers at r oumohero ss fricerbu iccomes m check it out on doppler 9000. come with me live as we look. it is few and far between but this is where you will get wet this morning. this afternoon a larger round of rain will be backing in from the ocean bringing us a soggy drive home. asker the number in the midding 60s. gaithersburg is 63. we share the 60s with martinsburg and winchester, cumberland, too. along the bay annapolis is coming in with 66. 63 andrews air force base and 64 to quantico. here's what you can expect in to the afternoon. if it is not rainy it will be

cloudy for you. approaching 70 by noon and that's pretty much the high temperature today. by 5:00 we will be eyeing a soaking rain beginning to move toward us. at least an inch in the forecast as we head through the day later this afternoon and tomorrow morning. so get ready for some wet roads. good morning. >> good morning, kim. happy thursday, everybody. as andrea mentioned we have been watching tieups all morning. a new one on the outer loop at clara barton parkway. that's where we have crash activity. this is actually before that. those drivers are going below speed here. this is new hampshire avenue. and brakes again approaching the river road area to barton. we are heavy from 109 to the split. this road really never recovered all morning. it has been congested with just volume. from 50 to 123, on 270 a good amount of congestion. plus 15 minutes for this commute.

on the beltway in virginia below speed a lot from 95 to 66. no incidents or accidents there and finally wrap it up with 395 northbound. we are delayed from the capital beltway to the 14th street bridge and i'm estimating this drive time, andrea, at 20 to 30 minutes. so a lot of slow goes across the region. now, over to you. the vietnam veterans memorial fund says grass on the national mall will soon be a lot greener. the foundation which built the vietnam veterans memorial is taking over lawn care for 13- acres around the mall on the monument. armando trull is live there with more. armando. >> the national mall is known as america a's front yard but lately uncle sal has been neglecting it. the land in and around the wall as well as the monuments themselves are in dire need of tlc and today volunteers from the vietnam memorial fund as well as other organizations are here to do some landscaping and cleanup and with us is the founder of a company known as

dooty calls. >> it is doody. >> is there poop that sneads -- is there some poop that needs is to be scooped. we wanted to do our part and make it cleaner and safer for everyone. why are you doing it? why shouldn't the federal government do it? >> we wanted to give back and raise awareness to personal responsibility that people should pick up after their pets because truly it is a health hazard if it runs in to the watershed. we are happy to do what we can to make it a cleaner, nicer place. >> thank you very much. in fact things have gotten so bad here on the mall that around the jefferson memorial there is a huge problem, the retaining wall is sinking in to the reflecting pool. and they are going to need

millions of dollars to fix it up. congress had basically rejected putting money in to that but after being shamed it decided to approve money and do repairs on the jefferson memorial and lincoln memorial which is over in that direction and it certainly much-needed work on some of the most beautiful monuments here in the nation's capital. that's what is happening right here on the mall. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. tomorrow marks the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. our neighbors in virginia will remember the day by participating in service projects. yesterday governor kaine proclaimed september 11th as a day of service and remembrance. the governor urged citizens to honor the victims that day by performing volunteer work in their communities. we're following a developing story out of charles county, maryland. fire investigators are searching for the cause of a fatal house fire in which a 62- year-old man was killed. it happened ju stafter 10:00 last t ghniin the 2100 block g

marshall hall ro adin brians road, maryland. investigators believe the fire began in the living room before spreading to the rest of the home. cutting another 100 to $200 million from the budget could soon be a reality. maryland governor martin o'malley says it wouldn't surprise him if he state would need to make additional cuts just in order to break even. the additional cuts could come next week when revenue estimates are revised by the state board of revenue. tax liens on 5,000 dc properties were headed to the auction block. but that process has been halted for now. one of the potential bidders complained in court the stied city did not include all properties that owed back taxes. the city listed only those properties with more than $1,200 in overdue taxes. city officials will review the judge's order and reschedule the auction for october. enrollment is up in dc public schools. the system's 127 schools

currently have 44,397 students enrolled. the number is a significant increase from the 37,000 students enrolled at the start of the school year. the number is seen as good news for a system which has dealt with a steady decrease in the overall student oplation. the fight for a major overhaul of our health care system continues on several fronts today. members of the senate finance committee returned to the negotiating table while president obama meets with his cabinet and that's not the only event on the president's plate today. we have the latest now from washington. >> reporter: president obama is trying to keep up momentum in his fight for health care reform. >> i'm not the first president to take up this cause, but i'm determined to be the last [ applause ] >> reporter: fresh off of his biggest public push yet he sells his plan from the white house this morning. he says overhauling the health care system will cost $900 billion over ten years but wouldn't add to the deficit.

>> most of these costs will be paid for with money already being spent, but spent badly. >> reporter: republicans aren't buying it. >> none of those things are true. the president's plan is a government takeover. >> reporter: members of the senate finance committee will meet in a last-ditch effort to form a bipartisan agreement. lawmakers are at odds over the health insurance option. president obama reit rated his support for the public option but said he is open to other ideas and the tried to clear what he called bogus claims. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegal. >> you lie. >> this it was enough to make joe wilson shout out "you lie. " he later apologized in a statement saying he let his emotions get the best of him. >> the time for games has passed. now is the season for action.

>> 50 million americans are currently without health insurance. the census bureau will release the new estimate this morning. any increase in the number could give lawmakers and the president even more ammunition to demand a sweeping health care overhaul. cbs news, washington. >> some orlocal lawmakers had strong reaction to the president's speech. we talked to a couple of democrats from virginia and maryland. >> i think he reminded america as to why they elected him president. and i think he reminded them of the fact he is for helping the america people. >> he touched all the right bases and provide the right reassurances. he challenged congress and spoke to senior citizens. >> you can read the entire remarks at wusa9.com. that is where we have the text of the letter senator ted kennedy wrote to president obama before he died. also a web poll on whether you

think any kind of health care reform will be passed this year. president obama a as we said addressed a joint session of congress. was it a turning point in the debate or did a heckler steal his time? here to talk about this is erin billings. basically i have used musical terms here. come together and then get ' er done. >> you are doing the spectrum there. >> right. >> was it a game changer, no. but did he do a few things successfully, yes. he rallied the democratic base and the democratic party. i they is critical and few concessions to republicans tort reform medical malpractice and he set the tone saying there is urgency here and he tried to inspire not necessarily the partisans but those independents and seniors out

there trying to dispel the myths. some of what he said were mistruths about the debate. so i think he did that successfully. you mentioned before we went on the air about the poll that said two-thirds of americans viewed it favorably. that is something he will try to seize on but he doesn't have a lot of time. unless he is able to exam capitalize on that in the near term things will fall back to where they have been and as you know, andrea, this has not been one big cuddle fest on captiol hill. >> i heard one person talk about it last night how they felt the speech was a good speech had only the president done this three months ago. will the administration pay the price because they didn't take charge of this debate? they let others define what this health care reform was all about? >> the president came in to this with a difficult charge. not only is this a monumental task on the policy level but you have to deal delicately with congress.

they don't like to be directed to do anything. they like to have the authority and, you know, the equal balance of power here to legislate and so he was trying to walk that line. he didn't want to be bill clinton. he didn't want to come up with a bill behind closed doors and expect congress to act. he wanted to give them general policy prescriptive and have them come up with something. but if you don't give enough direction your own party and others will say where is the president, why isn't he involved? why hasn't he given us more of a path to get this done. so, yes, i think one could argue we should have done this earlier. at the same time, had he done it earlier he would have been criticized for being too heavy handed. >> reporter: with the polls saying the public approves of this, we have negotiators that will get back to work saying the problems are insurmountable and don't seem willing to

compromise on either side. we saw the progressives not happy with the language about tort reform. maybe not we don't have to have the public option and there was nothing he said that the republicans stood up for and applauded. >> except the tort reform. >> like i said earlier. i don't think it was necessarily a game changer but i think most democrats will come on board with something because they. >> even the blue dogs. >> at the end of the day i'm not sure the public option will survive in its raw form. they are talking about a middle ground whether it is a trigger where a public option would kick in if private insurers didn't compete or a health care cooperative. and i think ultimately democrats may decide that don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good as they say. you know, republicans, i'm not sure if they were going to be on board with anything. the best bet is try to bring

some moderates along, perhaps olympia snow from maine and perhaps ascoma others she may be the on one. but look, there's a lot of tough work ahead. as he said yesterday or last night there's a lot of specifics to be worked out. >> reporter: the republican response was delivered by congressman from louisiana who is also a cardiologist and a lot of people may say it is from joe wilson when he called the president basically a liar saying illegal immigrants would not be taken care of under health care reform. what is reaction from that to the republican party. will they do anything to remand him? >> that was not his finest moment. he offered a mea culpa almost immediately. he reached out to the white house and the president to apologize for that and republicans as well as democrats criticized him for doing that and for, you know, being disrespectful during the

speech. will they do anything to formally center him, i doubt it. i think he has suffered and his constituents will probably let him hear about it. i'm not sure if that will be necessary. but we probably haven't heard the last of people talking about how that was not the best move. >> reporter: he is probably glad saturday night live son the air live these days. >> and probably glad that congress is about to wrap up business this week and maybe something else we will see in the headlines. international cartel says it has no plans to change production output. is your job prepared for an outbreak of the swine flu? a surprising answer to that whe g

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their workers were out two weeks. they are advising companies to train workers to do the jobs of absent colleague and let employees work from home if they don't come down -- if they come down with h1n1 flu. apple's ceo steve jobs made the first public appearance since receiving a liver transplant this spring. he received a standing ovation when he took the stage. he urged everyone to become organ donors and then unveiled a lineup of ipod media players including the ipod nano with a built in video camera. bad weather is delaying the efforts of firefighters. crews want to set backfires to help control the spread of the fire. the wildfire is about 62% contained. they need rain. we're getting rain. here's kim with an update. >> we are forecasted to get

between an inch, maybe an inch and a half between today and tomorrow. the rain will be saved for later this afternoon. great to see you. the temperatures won't go much warmer than 70. i'll tell you that with the northeast winds between ten and 20 miles an hour. it will feel like a raw afternoon in the fall. rainy weather continues tonight. it will be windy. north winds blowing 10 to 20 and temperatures dip in the middle 50s our western suburbs out to warrenton, winchester, frederick and hagerstown to 61 inside the beltway. here is how it spins on the satellite and radar loop. the moderate rain across central new jersey and trenton. around here it is spotty showers at best. we are tracking them on live doppler 9000. we will take you to lexington park, maryland and saint mary's county. we will skirt across the chesapeake and over to deale la nd. g.rn's where the isows are erino

64 edk.erfr eduraitog.sb 60tos s night to trend for manassas and quantico and to the north and west cumberland is coming in with 64. the way i see it today, spotty showers through the lunch hour. limited sunshine. pretty much a cloudy day. for the afternoon, around the drive home we will start to see that steadier rain back in. and it is going to be backing in. here's the reason why. low pressure is sitting off the coast. this high pressure cell is heavy. it is dense. doesn't want to move anywhere. in fact it will influence our weather by pushing this low a little farther to the west. so that tonight and t tomorrow that is when the steadier rain comes our way from it. check out the computer model and you can see over time we will be watching the steadier rain off shore back in. you can follow the time line up here. tonight and during the overnight hours look be having the steadiest rain. then for your saturday we will have some showers leftover as we kick off the weekend.

next seven, shows the low 70s today and tomorrow. on saturday a little more sunshine but still not rain- free. and the latter half of the weekend in to next week, that is when we finally get some sunshine back and we're back around the low 80s, which is where we should be. the trial of a former kentucky coach continues today. david stunson is accused of contributing to the death of one of his players. 15-year-old max gill pen. the teen collapsed after practice and died three days later. the trial attorney is here with us now. unfortunately every year before the start of school is football season and in practice we report the story of a young player who died in hot conditions but never have we reported about the coach being charged with the student's death. what are prosecutors saying that he did. >> this is an unusual situation with the coach being charged.

it was 94 degrees, very hot. the players had run sprints. they were vomiting, some lacked water. the coach continued to have them run different. his deficit is saying they were running at their own speed, didn't have to run quickly. there was discussion whether he was yelling at the player and a macho thing forcing them to do things and the coach is indicted for reckless endangerment. his defense fees are paid for by other coaches. other coaches around the country have chipped in to pay his fees. >> reporter: you have said that he denied them water or ran them hard or it was 94 degrees but this is kentucky. we have it in maryland, texas, everywhere they practice in these extreme conditions. there were other witnesses who say they didn't notice anything unusual about the practice the coach was holding and it is not like he was not a veteran

coach. >> that's right. they do practice in these conditions but these aren't nfl players. these are kids. this is a 15-year-old. they are not in the the same shape as nfl players who are practicing in hot conditions. so you have a situation where you have a mother who testified about her son dying three days later after practice. it is a sympathetic situation. there are arguments to be made on both sides each and coaches an the country are watching this carefully. >> you are a parent and you coached young players in football. are there guidelines for coaches that they should follow? are there things you are trained to look for in extreme conditions? >> i have actually coached basketball, not football but it is similar in terms of coaching. there are guidelines which are really common sense, as well. and each school can initiate their own guidelines as to what a coach can and cannot do. look at college basketball for

example. you have bobby knight who's very well known for being tough on players. his teams win championships in the nba but he was let go by indiana. and there are different guidelines of coaches who coach in different ways. this is a difficult situation but you have a death here and it is not a death from a kid that had an undiscovered heart condition. this is a death from being pushed in punishing heat to practice. >> the defense is looking at medication this young 15-year- old may have been taking that could have exacerbated his health in these hot conditions and in the meantime the family is initiating a civil suit against the coach and others in the school system. are they more likely to receive what they would consider justice in a civil case? >> what their best shot would be is to have him criminally convicted and then the civil suit is easy because you are following up on it and really liability has been established, as well. in a civil suit, what they will recover is money and in a

criminal suit what they would recover is justice. >> justice because they can't get their son back and i know that's what they would really like to do. >> thank you. a lawmaker introduces a bill aimed at cleaning up the bay and a new farmers mark is on the way to your odorig will let you know where when we return. fa

welcome back. a live look at the u.s. capitol dome and you can see the american flag flying in this foreground also under the american flag the black and white flag for p.o.w.-m.i.-a. a maryland senator says a nitro jen foes ferrous scheme

is what they need to restore the chesapeake bay. they have a 2020 deadline for restoration efforts. last night anc commissioners approved the district to close 800 block of vermont avenue for a farmers mark near the white house. it will operate between h and i streets every thursday between 1:00 and 8 p.m. with this hurdle out of the way the marks could open as early as next thursday. here with a traffic update is angie goff. >> we are half way through the 9:00 hour. i'm happy to say things are starting to clear out i'm talking about the accidents we were dealing with all morning. right now the accident on the outer loop at clara barton is gone. we are obviously trailing along here below speed from new hampshire to georgia. i'm estimating that at ten minutes. we will take it to 270

southbound where things are slow around the montross area. we are finding drivers doing okay approaching the split. delays on 66 eastbound. no incidents or accidents. a little stop and go from 123 to the capital beltway. in virginia take it to 395. it is heavy from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. before this around duke street we are finding the congestion breaking apart nicely. to wrap it up we are crystal clear on 95 in virginia from fredericksburg to the mixing bowl. before we go, what are you doing on the? wusawusa 9 would love for you to join us at the the fe va l. s it istfe estival. it is a atin inodusing it tetwher le tpeeth r. llit wibenefit miriam's kitchen feeding the homeless ne r oueayou ougoyou og blblog wusaclsacom k com click on my picture

on the home page and you will get the details. hope to see you on the. >> that's a great event. another one to tell you about. put your race shoes on this weekend. the 5-k run is taking lice in mclean, virginia. with me is the founder 0 the super h race and joan joyce from the national rehabilitation hospital. thank you for coming in and talking about the event. >> thank you for having us. >> tell us what the event is all about. >> it is a 5-k and it is a -- those that want to come to the race that they can get points for this is it. it is also a race for every one including people with wheelchairs, people that have hand cycles, people on crutches. moms and dads that want to push the kids around in their strollers. it is a very safe race, and the

police will be there directing traffic. so anyone that wants to come can come. but, it is a race for those who want to run as quickly as they can. >> reporter: this got started because people won't know this to look at you but you are disabled. >> right. >> and you were disabled later in life and that sort of led to the founding of this race? >> yes. i was -- i was athletic and i, from an accident at work became an above he knee amputee but i never lost my love or my need to exercise and run. so my wife and people from the sporting clubs that i belong to put this 5-k together for me to essentially collect funds for me to buy different legs for different sports. >> that's fantastic.

let's talk about how this program benefits you. i think it is really a wonderful example of showing how people can overcome disabilities. maybe even the term disability doesn't work for a lot of folks. how's does this program work. >> we provide wheelchair sports. an we are able to provide our sports free. there's no charge. we have wheelchair basketball teach, sled hockey, and they have to travel to play. it is not like an able bodied person can pay $100 to buy a pair of shoes and play basketball. a young kid who wants to play who's in a chair needs a specialized chair. a $5,000 wheelchair. he has to travel to another city to play. there are not teams locally. so we cover that cost. what we do is we pay for travel and coaches. and then we also help with equipment paying for equipment. an the super h race helped us

to deal with the development, for four years. >> people are hearing an this right now and want to participate this weekend. how do they do so? >> up until thursday. until tonight they can actually go on-line to nrh rehab.org and register on-line and also can register the day of the race. you can come up. the registration starts at 7 a.m. and half of the participants register the day of. >> and you get wonderful t- shirts. >> thank you for coming in to talk about the race this weekend. good luck. i hear the weather will be fabulous. >> and we will see you there. >> eating less salt. that simple move could save the country billions of dollars. and good oral health could yoepkeu ncercaco weeewe will have that story coming up. academically gifted,

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well. let's start with you. why should women be so involved in their own personal safety? why is it so important? >> one in three women will be a victim of a violent assault in their lifetime and once in five minutes a woman is forcibly raped and yet less than 5% of rapest spend anytime in jail and beyond the physical dangers that women would have in that situation the psychological harm can actually last a lifetime and studies have shown that victims are more susceptible to chronic headaches, fatigue, drug abuse and suicide. >> those are horrible things. you are involved in the women's personal safety network. what is that? >> it is the wpsn.com and it is an on-line community for women worldwide to gain access to a lot of safety resources like articles, videos and safety alerts that give them the knowledge and skill sets needed to reduce their chances of

being a victim. >> we also have trainings we will be conducting throughout the country. we will be training instructors throughout the country and providing training. >> and we have your book, as well. you will lead demonstrations for us this morning we'd love to see them. >> start with a basic drill. even though you have a lot of random attacks you still have, the predator has a system an the first one i want to show you is what happens what they do when they do an interview. the predator will walk up, show the wrong way, head is down, feet together. invading her space. let's do it the right way. >> a common situation would be someone coming over and asking for the time which i can tell you happened to me and led to a mugging. now what should i have done. >> it is 3:00, sir. >> she put her hands up as a barrier and she stepped back

and actually had maximum eye contact the entire time. he would look and say this is not the word because she uses the word sir. so he would think police officer or maybe military and fight basically. >> what about that personal anxiety you have when you say somebody is invading my personal space, i'm uncomfortable and i want to show them i'm not there but i don't want to offend them at the same time. >> she was still smiling and cordial. she didn't seem threatening to him. she was very comfortable and that's the key. you don't want to offend the person because it maybe just what's the time. 3% of the attacks are by serial type of rapists. let's go through a couple of techniques. choke hold escape. do a mug and choke. >> that was fast. >> let's slow that down. she hit the pressure point

right below the lip and pressure kick right before and she is gone. >> next is a choke hold escape. he comes up heel, down, she drops and he's out hoff there. >> let's slow it down because that is too fast. right here she holds her breath. she pulls down and delivers a heel kick that he never sees coming and he drops to make sure he doesn't get out. >> sometimes the attacker has a weapon. >> 82% of women that actually fight back actually avoid the attack. come up quick. with a weapon, comes up with a knife, goes to attacker. put her hands up and down. >> good. all right. he comes up and place the

weapon on the neck very close, mugging style. she locks the wrist, takes the blade and she's out of there and he's done. >> drops the blade. >> he comes up now she uses the defender. we launched this a couple of years ago. comes up with the same attack closer, takes the weapon and she is out of there. slow that down. two taught you guys. you are too fast. >> all right. >> this is unfortunately the last thing we can do. >> right here. just down and out. >> great job. we have your website on our website and for more information, check it out at wusa9.com and we have so much left on the show. keep it here. you like your health coverage, but worry what happens...

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family farmed. everything that the hogs eat is raised by the farmers naturally. >> okay. >> so it is really good. we use the best spices. in fact, we grind our own spices. we don't buy anything preground because the new answers of spices are lost in the process. >> tell me about the four kinds. what are the two we are cooking. >> today we have cooking a german farmers sausage, a traditional recipe, and here is the raw one. i'm not going to touch it with the tongs and it is seasoned with march ram, white pepper and mace which is like nutmeg and the other is a german-style sausage. i call it a dc bratwurst. >> what makes it dc. >> because we make it here and i'm proud of the city. >> what would be the difference in taste between the two. >> reporter: it is seasoned

with lemon zest and white pepper. different flavors and you can taste one. >> is one spicy hot. >> no. >> okay. >> and now n the german tradition, a bratwurst is any sausage made from raw meat and that is not cooked or smoked in its production process. that means a lot of so-called fresh sausages are bratwurst. >> but longer to cook for us when we get it. >> but it doesn't take that long. >> no. >> and the best way to cook a bratwurst is grilling, buying them. you can broil or bake them and with most of them you can also stick them in a pot with sauerkraut. >> can we show everybody what you are making in there. >> what's in there. >> the camera overhead will get it. >> today we will have this with red cabbage that i have braised with pork red wine and apples. >> that sounds good.

apples, you have them here on the table. go perfectly with sausage. the ortwo that you didn't bring with you, what are they? >> one has garlic in it and a little care rowway and the other is all beef bratwurst. there are a number of people that don't like to eat pork and we have an all-beef bratwurst and it is seasoned with paprika, black pepper, a lot of garlic, dried mustard. >> stanley, honestly now, you are going to get honest with us on television, how many do you eat a week? >> you mean a day? >> okay. we'll take day. >> how many. >> i don't know. i had two for breakfast and we a eat these now. we taste everything we make. >> we will give people a chance to taste what they make, too. we will have a link on our website at wusa9.com on how you can get in touch with simply sausage. and we will give it a taste test next. you are watching 9 news now.

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all right. here we go. time to check the numbers on wall and here we go. it is a mixed bag. the dow off ten. the nasdaq up two. s&p down almost a point and a half. and here's what you can expect tomorrow on 9 news now at 9:00 a.m. we have a preview of the new exhibit at the corcoran gallery of art. wait until you see the maritime painting. and we will be in the kitchen preparing tasty holiday treats just in time for very hanna. tune in tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. we will tell you about the seven day. we will have more of the same weather. a northeast wind that is rather stiff, 20 miles an hour. cloudy and cool with showers and probably going to have rain

likely. a steady rain this afternoon. so we measured the temperature of the brats. they are 150 degrees. >> 155. >> so we are safe to cut them up and sample them, ladies. >> thank you. >> they look really good. >> you are on the bratwurst diet. >> i'm an original cabbage patch kid. >> get yourself a plate. >> i'm fine. >> we will see you again tomorrow. we'll be right back at 4:55 a.m. tomorrow.