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reform debate front and center. just today, after a nationally- televised address to congress, the president spoke at the white house. even though he reached out to republicans in his speech, gop leaders are still kept call of the president's plan. joel brown has more. >> the president of the united states [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama is trying to grab the reins of the health care debate insisting reform happen on his watch. >> the time for bickering is over [ applause ] >> the time for games has passed. >> reporter: he laid out a sweeping overhaul that would provide security for americans who already have insurance, coverage for those who don't, and slow skyrocketing costs. >> that's why under my plan individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance just as most states require you to carry auto insurance. >> reporter: the president stood squarely behind the public insurance option but left the door open to compromise. >> i will not back down on the

basic principal that if americans can't find affordable coverage we will provide you with a choice. >> reporter: president obama had a tight rope to walk, working to hold on to the support of liberal lawmakers, while trying to win the support of conservative democrats and a few republicans. still, as the president addressed claims about reform that boiled over in raw cuss town hall meetings south carolina republican congressman joe wilson shouted out, you lie! wilson later apologized. republicans say they want the focus to be on cost-lowering repairs to the system. >> replacing your family's current health care with government-run health care is not the answer. >> reporter: president obama said he would welcome ideas to improve the plan but not calculated politics to kill it. >> if you misrepresent what is in this plan, we will call you out. >> reporter: president obama will work to keep the momentum in his corner, talking able reform again on thursday.

joel brown, cbs news, washington. some of our local lawmakers have strong reactions to the president's speech last night. we were able to talk to a couple of democrats from virginia and maryland. >> i think he reminded america as to why they elected him president. i think he reminded them of the fact that he is passionately for helping the american people. >> i thought he hit it out of the park. he touched all of the right bases and provided the right reassurances. he challenged congress. he reassured the american people, spoke directly to our senior citizens. >> reporter: you can read the president's entire remarks by going to our website at wusa9.com. we also have the text of a letter that senator ted kennedy wrote to president obama before he died. we also have a web poll on whether you think any kind of health care reform will be passed this year. right now police in montgomery county are stepping up security patrols at metro

and marc stations. uniform officers are keeping an eye on things and police want us to stress that this is not the result of a threat. it is part of a terrorism training exercise. you will notice extra officers today and tomorrow. well, this follows the beefed up security yesterday on amtrak. the tsa, local police and amtrak police were out at 150 stations between here and new anglen officers conducted random bag inspections and it is part of an expansion of counterterrorism efforts and was not the result of any kind of threat. fire investigators are searching for the cause of a fatal housfire icllwhki edkill ea-y62ol d -yn.ma 0 n. happened just after 10 st night in the 00 hars ha inin briian

road, maryland. investigators believe the fire began in the ngvili room and then it spread to the rest of the house. sky nine was over the scene of a deadly crash in leesburg, this morning. this happened just before 2:00. on route 7 near river creek parkway. police say the driver ran in to the back of a dump truck, got out of the car and then fled leaving his passenger to die. medics rushed the unidentified passenger to a nearby hospital but that passenger died. police arrested the driver a short time later. tax liens on 5,000 dc properties were headed to the auction block, but that process has now been halted. one of the potential bidders complained in court that the 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. cutting another 100 to $200 million from the budget could soon be a reality. maryland governor o'malley says it would not surprise him if he state would need to trim an additional 100 to $200 million from its budget in order to break even. the additional cuts could come next week when revenue estimates are revised by the state board of revenue. enrollment is up in dc public schools. the system's 127 schools currently have 44,397 students enrolled. the "washington post" says, that number number is a significant increase from the 37,000 students which were enrolled in the system at the start of the school year. the number is seen as good news for the public school system which has dealt with a steady decrease in the overall student population. still to come when 9 news

now continues, first dc officials went after single beer sales. coming up, find out why they are now going after cheap cigars. but first new details are surfacing about what happened during the 18 years jaycee lee dugard was held captive. senator ted kennedy's brother in law reflects on the love story between his sister and the lion of the senate. he also shares some special keepsakes like this painting done by the senator for his wife. that's tonight coming up on 9 w

today we are learning more on what happened to jaycee lee dugard during her kidnapping nearly 20 years ago. we have the latest information from los angeles. >> reporter: the last time she was seen was 1991. 11-year-old jaycee lee dugard was at the bus stop near her house in south lake tahoe when she was dragged in to a car, allegedly by phillip and nancy. >> i pushed her down on the floorboards, threatened her and took her straight away to antioch, california. >> reporter: former san francisco prosecutor michael car doze is a says police sources tell him it was years before jaycee lee dugard was allowed in public. >> they put her in the backyard in a tent or one of the

outbuildings back there. they left her in that backyard for 3 1/2 years before they let her get out in to public. >> reporter: but in 1993, two years in to the ordeal, phillip garrido spent one month in jail on a parole vacation. during that time it is believed that his wife was in charge of jaycee lee dugard and when phillip garrido got out of jail it is believed that's when he feared the first of the two daughters. >> when this case proceeds to trial, nancy will be just as culpable as phillip garrido. >> phillip garrido and his wife have pled not guilty to the charges. coming up next, we will have kim and her forecast. i'm running outside because i got a little critter with me. coming up, we have the weather for you and i have this adorable little dog up for adoption. yes, that's you. come here. the u tcforecawa e nghi and you artcwahing 9 news

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look to buy just one because there's soon to be a law in the district banning the sale of single cigars in some places. bruce johnson explains. >> single cigar. >> reporter: you might not think of a gas station as the first place to get a good cigar. >> people buy these to smoke cigars or as blunt. >> i don't know. >> people in the know say most of the single cigars sold in the city at gas stations and convenient stores are bought by people who want to do this. seen in this youtube video they have the inside tobacco, keep the outside tobacco wrapper and insert marijuana to produce a slow burning, longer lasting blunt. >> they sell these in the stores different flavors, cognac, cherry flavor. >> reporter: this council woman is pushing a ban that will ban single cigar sales in the capital. >> they are used for drug use. >> reporter: some sellers of tobacco products say it is not

fair. they up the cigarette tax by 25% from $2 to 28.50. he stops by his favorite cigar store in downtown washington today and says he often buys his stogeys one at a time. >> people sit down and relax. >> at this store in northwest they say sales of premium cigars represent most of their business. >> the way the legislation is written it could it matily close my store. >> reporter: he says most tobacco stores would be exempt from the bill. >> there is an exemption for the cigar bars or tobacco shops. >> reporter: places like this, that she wants to put out of the cigar selling business. >> reporter: do you sell a lot of these? >> no. >> it is unclear if they will fight any kind of ban. >> are there enough votes on the dc city council to ban single cigar sales? council member ya vet alexander says she is counting on her

colleagues because they already voted to ban single beer sales. >> i remember that. >> so. what do you think of the name fred? >> i like fred. it is simple and plain. fred. >> straight to the point. fred is our latest hurricane in the atlantic ocean. this just in. let me show you the latest information we have on fred. it's pretty far away, though. tio thave plenty of me talk about fred but it has mi0-o and it is winds 740 miess wwet of wt thcape verde islands. you can see it on the right right side of the screen. it is moving northwesterly at 17 miles an hour. we will watch fred and keep you updated. in the meantime, our straight to the point forecast focuses on this evening and tonight. because that is when a soaking rain is going to be affecting us, everybody. i'm talking maybe one inch to one and a half inches by me time owtotorrmo. so, there we go.

the rain is still in the atlantic ocean. and it is going to be backing in and we have the afternoon to prepare for it. in between, we have had some spotty showers. i did catch a glimpse of sunshine on the weather terrace, but that's the exemption. certainly not the rule. we're at 70 degrees. we will be leveling off around this number today with the clouds and spotty showers around. if you have errands to run, no soaking rain during the middle of the day. later this evening, tonight and tomorrow morning that we will be dealing with that. 68 is your number right now. martinsburg 72 to the south in fredericksburg. planning ahead the next couple. you will notice a breeze outside. northeast winds sometimes up to 20 miles an hour. we will keep it rainy again tomorrow, even saturday we are including a couple of showers still leftover from that coastal system which was last week tropical storm erika. now it is sitting and spinning, not a tropical system but still the dynamics that cause it have

shifted north and now it is in a subtropical extra tropical low. here's the east to northeast winds at 17 miles an hour. focus on the forecast. our region shows the low off the coast. but got an interesting thing in the atmosphere. high pressure up across new england is actually going to be backing this storm in to the coast. that's where we will have the heavier rain. cloudy skies and rain across southern maryland and there's the heavier rain coming in by 10:00 tonight. all across northern maryland, eastern panhandle of west virginia. by tomorrow morning. and then throughout the day on friday some leftover showers around with our cloudy skies and once again another cool weather forecast. you want to see the next seven? i have it for the next seven. come saturday, things will be brightening up around here. we're not completely rain-free. we are still going to have some showers around. and then sunday certainly the

better day this weekend. and by then we will be looking at temperatures to get up to around 80 degrees. we have the cutest little dog. first of all, welcome. this is our foster mom for the dog and she doesn't want to leave so we begged her to come on the set with us. this is eve, she is 4 to 5 years old. she is very sweet. >> a beagle size bod but a cocker spaniel kind of face. >> cocker, some suggested pointer, others thought chihuahua but she is a sweet heart. >> she is. >> she takes a little while to warm up to people. if you have food she warms up a little more. >> she hopped right up in to your lap, doesn't she? >> it doesn't take long for her to bond with someone. >> look at her polka dots. some freckles over her. >> that's why we think there is

a spaniel. >> she was walking around pg county and taken to the shelter and she was there for six weeks which is a long time for a dog to be there and it tells you that everybody there liked her and really wanted her to find a home. >> she has a nice disposition, only thing i heard from her is a little whining a few seconds ago and you could barely hear it. >> we will have information if you want to adopt this adorable dog at our website at wusa9.com. let your fingers do the walking. open your hearts and your home. this dog is a real keeper. we will be back with more 9 news now. it is 12:22. stay with us. rr

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i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. new unisom sleep melts. tomorrow marks the 8th anniversary of the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon and of course millions will mark the day by participating in a national day of service and remembrance. i like that. doing something that will be more positive. and jim is editor of aarp bulletin. and he's going to tell us what the different activities will be. this was the worst day in american history but we can turn it in to something more positive. >> j.c., how are you first of all? >> i'm good. >> it started last year during the campaign when the candidates said let's do something different. so they turned it in to day of service and remembrance and the idea is simple, do a good deed. do a good deed for someone who

needs help or commit time and efforts to a cause you believe in. there are all sorts of things you can do. your imagination is your only restriction. if you can imagine it, you can do it. there are plenty of places locally that you can contribute some time, donate time tomorrow. at aarp we are closing down essentially. all of our -- historically the organization has devoted a day of service to projects all over the city and all over the country. they encourage all of their employees across the country to do a day of service to their community. so there are a couple of things you can do. first we are creating a website later today called create the good.org. >> create the good.org and that will help you locate a project in your neighborhood and volunteer for it. now, we have a couple of short cuts for you. >> there will be people that call me and say we only have 30

seconds. what can they do. >> food for others. make sandwiches for other. crossway communities that is a neighborhood learning center. you can help to spruce this place up. it is at crossway- community.org. the dc firefighters burn foundation is asking for people to come in and help create scar prevention kits and marvin gaye park is a great place to work. i worked there the last two years. details on bulletin.oorp.org. we will have a full report. >> okay. thank you. this is more than my easy button.

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