this package may not represent. >> reporter: here are some of the specifics. under this legislation every american would have to buy health insurance. there would be sliding subsidies to help people who can't afford it pay for the cost, and insurance could not deny coverage based on a preexisting medical condition. of the five measures, this is the one that does not include the public option. instead it includes cooperatives. the white house says it is a step in the right direction. >> i do think that the introduction of the legislation is an important building block and gets us closer to comprehensive health care reform. >> the senator says his plan will cost about $856 billion over a decade. the congressional budget office estimates the price tag at over $774 billion.

. but experts say, in the next 10 years, the plan would reduce the number of americans who don't have health insurance by 29 million people and trim the federal deficit by $29 million. you can read more on wusa9.com. the president takes his campaign to the university of maryland tomorrow morning. gary nuremberg says this is a school plan that forces people to be covered whether they want to or not. >> the president is preparing for his health care speech. >> one of the most important things on the president's agenda. i want to do anything i can to support it. >> reporter: a concern spanning generations. >> you're a kid. you're going to end up paying for. >> it yeah. >> that's okay with you? >> reporter: the school is an interesting location for a health care address. this semester it is requiring all new students to be covered by health insurance.

if not they're forced into a university plan at a cost of $953 each semester. >> they're already charging so much for tuition to come here. to add another fee that's not right to force people to do that. but it seems like something that makes more sense than other random fees they stick students with. >> reporter: one worries about forcing scholarship and low- income students to pay. >> like saying, "oh, we're going to bring you here though you can't -- you don't have the money to come, but you're going to need health care which you can't afford to come here." it's not fair to those people who can't. >> you're walking around with a notebook that says "health care insurance reform now." >> yeah, i think we should reform the system, but not make it mandatory. >> gary nuremberg, 9 news now. >> we'll have highlights from the speech on 9 nuts now at

noon. expect more medical breakthroughs to happen here in washington, d.c. that is the promise from the doctors at the children's medical center, which just got one of the largest donations ever to a pediatric hospital. the gift? 150 million bucks. the giver? the governor of the united arab emirates. good news if you're planning to buy your first home. the white house is considering extending the $8,000 tax credit for first time buyers. home builders and real-estate agents say it is helping to generate home sales. tomorrow virginia's candidate for governor will meet in fairfax county. they will face off starting at 10:30 a.m. this is the 20th year the fairfax chamber of commerce has sponsored a gubernatorial debate. two men know just how many tomorrows they'll have. the court has set their dates of execution. first up, larry bill elliot, convicted of killing a north

virginiaen couple back in 2001. a judge has set his date of execution for october the 5th and for john alan muhammad, execution date is november 10th. he was convicted of masterminding sniper attacks back in 2002. 10 people were murdered. his attorney says his client will appeal to the u.s. supreme court and will ask the governor for clemency. amtrak could lose $1.6 billion in subsidies if it doesn't change its current policy. the senate voted today to who would money unless it lets passengers to transport hand guns in their checked baggage. but a house version does not have that kind of provision. the bills must be reconciled before amtrak would have to make changes. the hits keep coming for acorn. ever since employees of the advocacy group were caught in a scathing video scene advising a couple posing as a prostitute and a pimp. and as britney morehouse tells us tonight, it may cost the

group all of its public funding. >> first the census group serve d ties with the group. next the senate blocked grants to acorn. now some congressmen are calling for fema to recall a grant awarded earlier this month. >> we would use the profits. >> reporter: a clip keeps coming back to haunt the group called acorn. some say it should be the final straw. >> the taxpayers deserve to know what's going on with this organization. they are under investigation in 15 states for voter fraud. >> reporter: he says this film proves acorn doesn't deserve federal funding. he says the senate's 83-87 vote of pulling funds from the group is not enough. >> this should be the beginning of deleting all federal funding for acorn. >> reporter: but congressman jim moran disagreets. >> i would provide oversight.

>> he says yes the workers were wrong, indefensive, but this is a bad apple story. >> you're going to find a bad ap until every organization, even some up on capitol hill. >> reporter: speaking at an event for a different group that promotes affordable housing, he as acorn's efforts to help the powerless should not be forgoten. >> we need agencies that are willing to be aggressive and find shelter, even if it is homeless shelters out on the street. >> one of a few politicians defending acorn. still others point to the path like the 2004 elections acorn was slammed for falsely registering voters, like mickey mouse. appears those headlines are making headlines once again. thank you for that. rain keeps threatening. since it's not going to rain much, the sun can come back. >> we'll try to work that out.

here's your forecast first. for tonight mostly cloudy. not too many showers out there. there are a few mostly cloudy and cool. a shower or sprinkle possible. temps are cool, 68 downtown, 64 in frederick and 68 in manassas and 69 in continueco. we'll come back and show you live doppler 9000 and show you when the sun return coming up. we can hope for that. we are seeing the weather start to change. after all, summer is almost done. but the cooler temperatures bringing unwanted visitors. they're looking for a place to stay warm. jimmy areasman explains. >> they give off a gross scent that makes you want to run away in fear. >> reporter: they're talking about the stink bug. >> i want to smash them.

>> they stink if you cash them. >> reporter: the bugs can be a nuisance in your home this fall as they're seeking shelter for the winter. >> i carry around a newspaper to hit them with. i think my kids overreact. they're harmless. they don't bite. >> bug experts say that good screams and a bomb is your best protection. >> these things really stink. 9 news now and wusa9.com. your best bet to protect your house, as we just heard, weather stripping around doors and ceiling, all possible entry points for the bug. right now no chemicals to use inside your house. stink bugs may be fascinating to kids. tonight we are fondly remembering another childhood favorite here at 9 news now. >> puff the magic dragon lived by the sea. >> this is where the audience

since with us. >> marry travrs of peter paul and marry lost her battle with leukemia tonight. this video is from august of 2004. travrs and the group rose to fame in the '60s with songs like "puff the magic dragon" and "leaving on a jet plane." mary travrs was 72.

some showers tomorrow, but not a lot of activity. you can pretty much do what you want tomorrow. partly cloudy tomorrow, warmer 78 and nice for the terps. sunshine on saturday. temperatures by then in the upper 70s. really nice. weekend flanking me on either side. shaping up okay. mostly cloudy and cool, a shower or sprinkle possible, lows between 60 and 65, winds increasing northeast earl at 10 to 15. let me show you live doppler

9000. you can access this via the web. also check out our interact radar. a couple of showers off to north of frederick and showers to the west as well. occasionally moderate, but for the most part light showers off to the south and northeast. zooming in. a little shower activity to the west of chantilly and south of 50th. this is going to move across 66th in the next hour. light activity. across dulles. shifting off to the south and west, moves toward hay market and over toward 56 and the plains in about an hour. back to the computer. temperaturewise, very nice, 66 in albany, 56 in vienna, upper sixties in the old town. lows tonight, low to mid 60s across the board. 65 at bethesda, if 3 downtown, 67 in old town. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. a few showers possible. not a washout, 60s to around 70. by afternoon, mostly cloudy and cool. again a few showers possible.

a little bit cooler than today. we managed to make 77 despite the cloud cover. highs tomorrow low to mid 70s, and winds at 10. the next 7 days look like this. 74 tomorrow, a couple of showers, returning partly cloudy on friday, and 78. very nice on saturday for the turps. the upper 70s for sunshine. also the children's festival on saturday and sunday. that will be nice. if clouds coming in on sunday it will be dry for the red skin game. if showers were to move in it would be saturday night. back into the upper 70s, and warmer next week. we're not done with summer just yet. low 80s on tuesday with thunderstorms, and low 80s on wednesday with partly cloudy skies. >> but we will probably not see 90 again this year, will we? >> never say never. but probably not. but never say never. thank you, tom. investigators believe they know who started one of those california wildfires, a 13-year- old boy. it's a fire that has charred 2,100 acres in the san gabriel mountains north of l.a.

this did not reach any homes. prosecutors say they will probably file charges of arson against the teenager tomorrow. it is what it is. how many times have you heard that phrase lately? how about game changer or circle back. . all those make the list of the annoying buzz words and phrases turning up at the workplace. a couple more gems: viral and disconnect. you can see the entire list on the web site, wusa9.com. synergy, that's another one. >> and thinking out of the box. getting a new computer and fixing your credit score could sound like a great deal, but coming up, find out why this deal may be too good to be true. ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ>ñ?

right on his computer. >> technology that janet wilbur and her son need to get through school. >> i would have to make five consecutive payments for the computer. >> the payments to cec solutions were supposed to give janet what she wanted and clean up her credit. she signed up for the company's financing. nine months later she's out $2,000, no computer, and her credit is still the same no word for them. i went online to find the company. i can't find them online. >> what you will find are complaint, lots of them across the country. >> cdc solutions continued to take my money. >> beware of cdc. >> they have an f, and it's for a good reason. >> ed johnson says cdc solutions fails to resolve or answer many of the complaint

from customers. >> they can't get a refund. the only thing they get is a runaround. >> appears we did, too. when we supposed up to their office. >> there's no one here actually from cbc. >> they may not have been in the office, but staffers here knew how to reach them. a spokesperson was supposed to call us back. we're still waiting. >> janet, like hundreds across the country, is still waiting, too. >> bad business. it's not good to take people's money. >> reporter: she worries she'll never get the computer or her money back. lesley foster for 9 nuts now and wusa9.com. >> she has good reason to worry. the better business bureau says none of the customers, including janet will likely never see their money again. to better protect yourself, make sure you understand any contracts you sign. check out the company before you give your money away. as you saw, you can google them

and see all the complaints about them. and keep your documents in case something goes wrong. for more tips check out the tips on our web site, wusa9.com. tomorrow night at 11 on 9news.com, fighting gravity to fight the damage caused by stroke. a local rehab center getting people back on their feet. plus a stroke warning sign this man completely missed tomorrow night at 11. after the loss saturday night a lot of people nervous. >> i was trying to tell them not to be nervous. then i thought about what might happen again. >> losing one, no reason to get worry, losing two a big reason to get worried. the skins trying to avoid a chaos that would come with the rams. plus walk-off drama at camden yards tonight. coming up.

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emphasizing that last week's game was only one game and plenty of time to right the ship. then i thought about what would happen if they lose again this week. the redskins return to practice today to get ready for the rams who finish 2 of 14 last year and got shot out last saturday 28-0. lose to them and red skin nation will go berserk, and the players know it. >> not like we're losing and, oh, well. it hurts everybody. it hurts our fans and hurts us. you want to see us dominate. you get tired of hearing about it and not being on that type of level on the playing field. >> the captain of the ship wanted to illustrate he is far from panic mode. so the coach did something at practice that was revolutionary for this franchise. he busted out the tunes.

he used a speaker system that's normally employed to simulate crowd music for players to practice by. jay-z and metal a among the menu. the coach wanted to keep the atmosphere loose, and it worked. >> i just thought it would loosen everybody up 0 and it did. i thought our guys would enjoy it. >> that's when you can tell the lead involved. it just boosted everybody around. it just kind of lifts you up. >> and he looks like an old- time kind of beatnik saxophone. >> he has his new contracts, will be with the skins until 2014. the gnats score a run against the phillies tonight. that was the good news. the bad news, in the previous 17 and 2/thirds innings, they didn't score any. they shut out 5 last night.

the phillies worked the old double steal. ryan howard safe at second. here comes chase utley. they forgot about him at home. lee bow kept it close for the gnats. they kept it down, 2-0 in the 2nd. then lines it out to first, the rally over. then it would be game over about 10 minutes later. jason worth. >> at camden yards, os and rays, birds had 2 in the 9th. look at this, in the bottom of the 9th, matt weeder with a man on. walkoff with the catcher as the o's blow a lead. they win 4-2. jorge posada and toronto star jesse carlson suspended today. some believe he should have gotten more.

finally. jokevich on yellow on the bottom of your screen, staying alive with nifty volleying at the net. he knows he's dead. watch him turn around, and just give the old target to his buddy there. jokevich is as funny as he is good. >> there's a reason they call him joke kovich. >> here's the 7-day. showers tomorrow, not a lot of rain. some showers, yes, but not a washout. 74. nice on friday. returning partly cloudy, 78. the weekend looks okay. saturday the better of the two days, but dry for both of the football games. >> thank you. >> that is 9 news now for tonight. thanks for staying up with us. tomorrow morning on 9 news now, princess costumes all the rage. not just for halloween. a new fad to bring fairy tales to life year round. that plus weather and traffic to get you on your way start at 4:55 tomorrow morning. >> we are always on on our web

site. >> tonight we leave you more from peter paul and marry as we learn about the life of marry travrs.

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