i say that is the ultimate working woman. i supported her. > moderator asked if deeds thought some of the recent criticism against president obama is racist. >> there's a hint of racism in some of the opposition of president obama that is chris call clear. >> mcdonald disagreed. >> was that racist? >> no, but it was not proper at all. >> reporter: both candidates said they would be the job's governor. criticized on the cap and trade bill. >> you need to stand up against congress if they are wrong, that's why i oppose cap and  trade. >> i have said multiple times, i don't support the bill, but he is telling lots of people, lying to people. >> reporter: transportation was another point of contention. >> 47 days to go, my opponent walks in here and has no transportation plan. i will not rob peter to take paul. ly not take money out of other responsibilities of government. i will not take money out of

education. >> he says his transportation plan will be bipartisan and generate new revenue, not carving money out of the general fund. back to you. >> all right peggy, thank you for that. it is make or break time for president obama's healthcare overhaul and the president returned to his base. the young people who helped him get elected. bruce leshan is back from the university of maryland where the president was once again out saying we are fired up and ready to go, very loudly. >> yeah, and repeatedly and telling that story in great depth. lots of young people considered themselves invincible, but at college park, the president pointed to one young woman's story as a lesson into why they have to get mobilized on health reform. >> i was positive against the fact that they didn't have it. >> rachel, 20 years old, and diagnosed this year with thyroid cancer that had spread to her neck and spine. >> am i going to put my family into debt? am i going to ruin everything my parents have worked for?

>> the president of the united states. >> the president says stories like rachel's are all too common. health insurance is mandatory for students at college park and her treatment was covered under her parents plan. >> but whether she goes in the work force and their insurance company starts asking, well have you been sick before? right now she would have trouble getting insurance under the bill that we signed. she will still be able to get coverage. >> a lone antiabortion protester briefly distracted the president and was hauled off by police. >> we will not pay for murder. >> outside, a few dozen other demonstrators expressed similar sentiments. >> they will pay for this if they encourage the elderly to die. >> the college park travels to the west of the president and more committed to a government run plan. >> a republican insurance option. let me be clear, it would only be an option. no one would be forced to

choose it. >> whichs that to leave the president wondering how he will get something done for rachel and millions of other americans like her. >> what health insurance company is going to want to take on someone who could potentially cost them hundreds and thousands of dollars. >> the president also announced $25 million in demonstration grants today for malpractice lawsuit reform. an issue that is of particular concern to republicans in congress. but at this point, health reform is moving ahead in the senate without a single republican signed on. and it is not clear how it is going to get done without one more vote. lesli. that's why you said it's down to the wire, bruce. >> you got it. >> thank you for that. president obama is pulling the plug on a bush era missile defense plan and launching his own. the president scrapped the idea in poland. it is an idea russia never supported. the president wants to

concentrate on threats from iran. >> we have now the opportunity to deploy new sensors in northern and southern europe that near term can provide missile defense coverage against more immediate threats from iran or others. >> president obama came to the white house with intent on repairing relations with russia. some say it will put had moscow and washington back on track. a man is charged with killing yale medical student, annie le. raymond clark stared at the floor in silence. he was arrested this morning. clark and le both worked at the lab at yale. police interviewed have painted clark as a quote, control freak who viewed the laboratory as his territory. investigators say they are having a tough time trying to figure out a motive. clark may have had to kill le because he won't talk. we do not routinely report stories about suicides or

suicide attempts, but we thought it was important to share this story with you. today, a 13-year-old child tried to kill herself at school. dc fire and ems tell us they were called to adams elementary school in northwest after a staff member found a girl that hung herself. now, the american foundation for suicide prevention wants you to know these things. these are tips. take any threat seriously. be willing to listen and seek professional help for a person in crisis immediately. and here's a phone number for you to call if you or someone you know need help. it is called the national suicide prevention lifeline and the number is 1-800-273-8255. a suspect accused of attacking an 84-year-old man is in custody tonight. 30-year-old isaac ray surrendered last night.

police say gary robbed and beat the elderly victim in the parking lot of the shopper's food warehouse. the victim managed to escape without serious injury. well a local man nearly loses his home to a fire, but did a county policy slow their response? we'll take a look. and next, a look at maryland's push to bring new high-tech jobs to the state. plus topper. >> we went over to the web center tonight. i want to talk about the new product. go to our website. it's our interactive radar. you can track it to our neighborhood. you can also go national view, a local view, or a spotlight storm and you can also sign up for approaching storms. so check that out. be back with a full forecast after this.

i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad. the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards.

some help for job seekers in tonight's living smart focus. if you are out of a job, zip's dry cleaners the wants to make sure you look good. the low cost chain says people who are job less can get up to three garments a week dry cleaned for free. we'll tell you how on wusa9.com. just click on living smart. maryland is going all out to attract high-tech business to the state. state and biotech industry leaders cut the ribbon this week for the center in rockville. that center will assist biotech startups with business plans, training, and helping those companies take advantage of programs offered by the state and federal government. >> it was difficult for many of our entrepreneurs to access those. there was confusion about forms and how you do this and how you

do this. the concept of a portal or a one stop shop that would bring together a lot of what already exists and expand on that became very important. >> chairman tom watkins says the center will develop into a hub. >> coming up at 11:00, fighting gravity to fight the damage caused by strokes. in a special report, we take you to a local rehab center, getting people back on their feet. plus a stroke warning sign that this man completely missed. the story is coming up tonight at 11:00. just weeks into a new school year, hundreds of dc teachers may lose their jobs. we'll tell you more about that. plus -- >> i'm dave in bowie, maryland. we'll explain how a pilot program meant to improve safety and staffing cutbacks impacted the fire department's response to this burning home on sunday. that story coming up.

dc has a new farmer's market today thanks to first lady, michelle obama. alex is live in northwest dc with more. alex, i guess besides a few minor traffic issues, how was opening day? >> it is going well. more curiosity. we are only blocks away from the white house and i'm standing in the middle of a farmer's market. first lady, michelle obama actually did some shopping for fresh fruit and vegetables during her visit just a couple hours ago. the nonprofit group, fresh farm market is running the event. the idea is to give dc residents more access to buying good fruits and vegetables. locally raised meats, cheeses, and baked goods are also on display. vendors have a little bit of everything. michelle obama says the farmer's market teaches youth good, essential eating habits. >> what i put, the food i put

on my table truly effects the health of my children and some fundamental ways that affects not only what they eat, but their habits, how they think about food. >> the first lady says the farmer's market will promote future farming, helping farmers be viable. people are now just noticing the farmer's market. this part of vermont will be shut off. so you can come out here and every thursday through october, the market tonight is open until 7:00 p.m. come on out. there is still fresh fruit to grab. reporting live, i'm alex at wusa9.com. >> alex, you look like you are holding a bag. what's in your bag? >> i'm working hard. what do you want? any requests? >> peaches, tomatoes, what do you want? cucumbers and green beans. we will get you a list before

you come back. >> i'll get my photographers to help me. >> all right, we'll see you back here later. all right, some pink slips are going to be going out to hundreds of dc teachers next month. the mayor and school chancellor say they have to make major cuts to cover an unexpected $40 million budget short fall. the head of the washington teacher's union says they feel blind sided by the move. especially since the district just hired 900 new teachers this summer. >> the circumstances surrounding this risk has made our teachers wonder whether or not this is really about a short fall of funds or if this is a back door way of getting rid of veteran teachers. >> it is at the doorstep of the council, because it's not our action. > dc councilman, chairman i should says he is surprised by the layoffs, since the mayor just signed the budget in

august. she will release details later this month. it was sort of some times today where you needed to have a little more than just your jacket. >> it was a little dreary, but i think everyone is going to be happy with the outcome this weekend. >> okay. >> so we get through tonight and half of tomorrow we'll be in good shape. here's your forecast first. the next three days look like this. some clouds to start. we should finish strong. high temperatures in the upper 70s. sunny, upper 70s. there will be a cold front moving through on saturday. but the day will be spectacular. sunday will be okay, showers will hold off until monday morning, maybe some clouds in the afternoon. really we are in good shape late friday, saturday, and sunday. all right, for tonight, drizzle ends. mostly cloudy, some fog is possible late after midnight. low temperatures 58 to 66 and winds are light. not much on doppler. you can check it out on our

website. just a couple sprinkles here and there and lows tonight, despite the sprinkles, 59, 62 in bethesda. low 60s in silver spring and bowie and maybe andrews can sneak into the 50s and right around 60 in upper marlboro. temperatures haven't done much today. high held in the 60s today. brookeville, 66. 66 in bell haven and 67 also in dumfries. now tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. should be dry. clouds will be on the way out. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. winds turn southwesterly at 10. by afternoon, partly cloudy and pleasant. highs in the upper 70s and winds northwesterly at 10. that is a good direction for the wind, a dry wind and in this case, a pleasantly warm wind. all right, satellite picture, radar combined, we are going to zoom in to all the showers and thunderstorms in the south. they have been into texas and arkansas and western sections of the mississippi for quite some time. this is going to stay to the south of us through the

weekend. that's all i'm going to say. next week may be a different story. in the meantime, a lot of low clouds across the metro area, not much in terms of precipitation. all the precipitation is well south of us. we are in good shape. it may take a while to get these clouds out of here. until the winds switch and become southwesterly, they will hang tough. all right, we'll do some zone forecast. all six zones are on our website. 67 in charles town and looking at 77 in chantilly. again, clouds to start. 79 in springfield. stafford, you might get 80 tomorrow. other side of the river, 79 downtown. and again, clouds here to start. they'll be persistent longer out toward annapolis. 76, 77 in north beach and 79 in hughsville. everybody will see a sunset tomorrow. the further west you are, further east you are, the late or the sun comes in.

next seven days, 79 on friday. becoming partly cloudy. beautiful on saturday. upper 70s. look at saturday night, 58 saturday night. that's a downtown temperature. we are looking low 70s in the bushes and sunday for the redskin game, upper 70s. weather will cooperate. showers and maybe a thunderstorm on monday. still pretty warm. upper 70s and thunderstorms hang around, but so does the warmth. 80 on tuesday. 83 on wednesday and in the mid 80s on thursday. >> all right topper, thank you for that. well a man is livid over a late response by firefighters after his house caught fire. depending on who you talk to, the delay was caused by staffing issues or a policy meant to increase firefighter safety. here is dave with the story. >> i wish i could thank the fire department, but i can thank my neighbors for controlling the fire. if it wasn't for them, my whole house would have been gone. >> reporter: it took more than 11 minutes for firefighters to show up when his home caught

fire sunday evening. when the first fire truck arrived, there weren't enough firefighters to effectively fight the fire. >> the first people that got here arrived with two people. >> took the fire department to get here, it seemed like for ever. >> his girlfriend didn't want to be seen on camera. she first called 911. >> my two neighbors came with fire extinguishers and hoses. >> taking 3 minutes to dispatch the call. he says a recent policy to reduce the number of fire trucks responding on the roads and in turn, increasing firefighter safety was causing too much delay at the dispatch center. >> that's not acceptable and i'm looking to what happened. >> will the pilot program was in place or whether it wasn't, the fact is, the first engine company still would have failed to respond. >> the firefighters union believes the real problem is that recent staffing cuts didn't leave enough firefighters to respond on the call at the same time the next closest station was also under staffed. the people who live here are wondering what this 11 minute response time could have meant

in the middle of the night with their four month old son sleeping in this house. >> i'm not going to speculate on what ifs. there was no one stuck in the house. >> every second counts. if it's going to take that long, it makes me lose a lot of confidence, you know, in our public safety. >> dave, wusa9.com. public safety director has now suspended the policy of reducing the number of fire trucks dispatched to a report of a fire. we are going to shift gears now and talk a little bit about sports and somebody who is not doing a lot of talking these days. >> we thought for 100 million, we would get a guy who spoke to the media. >> we need a song. >> write a song. >> anything. any kind of comment from the big fella right now. he is getting his first taste from the media. albert haines worth gives dc the silent treatment. plus, gilbert arenas takes a swipe at the wizards.

hear his comments and apparently his new job as a parachutist coming up in sports.

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it's time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> after seven years in gnashville, the first thing he learned was this ain't nashville, the family scrutiny are greater than what he is used to and so far, he is not digging it, it seems. hainesworth is slated for a media session. he refused to speak with reporters, and when approached today, he said he is no longer talking to the media. hainesworth may be upset because he spent much of the game sidelined and not playing. his coaches are defending him. > albert is a good player. he did his job and that's what we want him to do. like i say, let's, you know,

good player, very, very good player, but not super man. >> take the pressure off the fella, he is saying. as for injuries, chris samuels sat down today. it was just precautionary to rest his knee and that he will be full go for sunday's game. all right, the wizards open training camp. they will do so with a completely healthy gilbert arenas. that's good. one thing that has not changed is his candor. he played in 15 games due to a recurring knee injury. and gil takes a major swipe at team management for allowing him to come back too soon. if you have a kid that loves basketball, you need to hold him back from himself. if i'm saying i feel good and you know it's supposed to take six months, instead of letting me out out four months, they should have held me back, rather than saying, let this guy do what he wants and use him to sell tickets, end quote. the team had no response to

gil's comments. the mystics opened their playoff run tonight against the indiana fever and they will do it at comcast center in college park because verison center is booked. former terps should feel right at home in their old gym. langhorn named as the wnba's most improved player. middle tennessee state university, it's been almost a year since the little known school handed the loss. saturday, he and the terps will get a shot at payback. and unlike last year, this time the showdown is in college park. while no terps are specifically using the word revenge this week, you know that's what they are all thinking. >> no question, everybody out there who felt they should have done more could have done more. now is going to get a second crack at it. there's no question it's an

important game. >> come on the field and hit them. >> nats tonight wrapping up their three game set in philly. they tour just one run and it may not get better tonight. he is allowed five runs in his last four starts. the caps open their season in the same way jim zorn kept portis and hainesworth. bruce taking the same precaution. green, clark, theodore, will all sit out. nick and mike and those guys who are playing decided to take the bubble wrap off. >> playing against your teammates, you might let up here and there, but against another nhl team, we are excited to get the real stuff happening in a couple weeks. >> finally, a shoutout to 9 sports photographer who may have made the catch of the week at sunday's redskins game. this is second quarter, jason campbell throws to the sideline. lo