talk only to our bruce johnson. >> reporter: one is a hall of fame err, the other an all-pro defensive end. since retiring from pro football the two have built solid representizations, founders of a nonprofit that works with at risk young people in the area. >> we could easily have gone back home and made a difference in those communities but this is our community. >> reporter: former redskins players now feel their reputations have been smeared by a series of critical articles in the washington city paper. >> the message that is being presented to the public is that we are up to something. and that we are doing something underhanded and that is absoluteliry not the case. >> reporter: the controversy centers on this building which is located in the 2400 block of martin luther king avenue. dc public charter school. one time it was home to the good samaritan foundation. a private nonprofit that was founded by the two former redskins players. city paper headlines say art mauck and mann never delivered

the program promised to the community and they sold the building for nearly $3 million after buying it from the dc government for just over $250,000. >> we had to take out all the debris -- it just took $25,000 just to gutted the building. >> reporter: another 1.5 million in borrowed money for renovations. and still not enough. they say a bad economy and construction delays left the nonprofit in the red. >> the proceeds from the sale of the building went to paying off all our debt. most of our debt. we are still in debt. >> reporter: despite the newspaper claims they say the youth of the area were never without the good samaritan programs. after school tutoring, computer training and life skills training. >> we had almost 200 kids this past summer in our program. we currently have 70. >> reporter: they say the city paper articles have cost their

program a $450,000 earmark from congress. >> we feel it is a strike on our character. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> art mauck and mann have now change the name of their nonprofit from the good samaritan foundation to the youth power center. a virginia father and daughter are charged with recruiting gang members. fairfax city police say they targeted students at fairfax high. 43-year-old theodore olds directed one part of the bloods and used his daughter to recruit students from his school. an informant and two fairfax high school students said olds carried a handgun and would threaten to harm them if they did not pay their $80 monthly dues. olds also ordered gang members to rob. >> i had no idea. people get their stuff stolen

all the time. not to go out and do gang stuff. >> i don't believe it. i believe the recruitment could be happening but i don't believe that the kids are falling for it. these are smart kids. they are great kids. >> reporter: theodore olds, his wife and daughter lived in a fairfax city apartment until they recently moved to prince william county. that's where they were arrested on friday. first bankruptcy and now this. philadelphia eagles quarterback michael vick has agreed to repay more than $400,000 he is accused of taking illegally from a pension fund. vick is said to have taken the money to pay for penalties that stem from his dogfighting conviction. he spoke to children yesterday in dc about animal cruelty. a university of maryland medical school researcher is dead. she apparently overdosed on heroin or a heroin substitute. 29-year-old kerry john died sunday after injecting herself with a drug substitute used to treat recovering heroin

addicts. police say her boyfriend, 33- year-old clinton mccrackin, also bought the drugs online from suppliers overseas. if you have a lead foot when you drive through maryland consider this a warning. more speed cameras are going up around the state and those cameras will be trained on high construction zones. our scott broom is joining us live tonight in laurel. >> reporter: the focus of all of this is on worker safety. all of those workers you see as you move through these construction zones. today the widow of one maryland highway worker was among those on hand to roll out the camera systems. big signs will warn motorists that speed cameras are in use as they enter a work zone. there will even be electronic speed displays before the motorist gets to the camera in the speed trap. only then will the camera snap a shot. and then if you are 12 miles per hour over you'll get a notice in the mail with a $40

fine. >> every day we have workers who come to their office. this is their office. you can see how close it is to speeding vehicles, to dangerous situations. >> reporter: now, all of this rolls out tomorrow in mailer at three locations. these are the biggest construction zones in the state. i-95 north to prince george's county at the icc interchange it is under construction. then up around baltimore. i-95 just past baltimore then a work zone on the baltimore beltway 695. this is not just about workers' safety it is also about motorist safety. about a dozen motorists per year in maryland die in accidents that happen in these work zones. the work zones have a much higher accident rate than just about any other type or stretch of highway in the state. reporting live via skyp i'm scott broom, 9news now and webb welcome back. >> scott, got to take it easy out there. time is running out for

first time voters in virginia. the deadline to register or to updata voter registration is october 5th. tonight a search rescue and relief effort shifts into high gear all directed at saving lives on the somoa islands. towering waves crashed ashore in the pacific ocean. many people were literally swept out to sea. one woman could only watch as a young woman tried to save her young children. >> the wave came. she lost her kids. and she only managed to grab onto a tree branch. >> fema, federal emergency management association is working closely with emergency responders on the ground and coastguard is helping to provide immediate help to those in need. >> but the death toll is well

past 100 and it could climb higher and many people are missing. still to come when 9news now returns. write being checks at the grocery store could soon be going the way of green stamps. find out why your next trip to the grocery store could be simply cash or credit. texting and driving are dangerous. you'll see how this little device here can help you. and topper? >> i have a coat on. it is going to be rather chilly tonight. a pretty nice day despite the clouds and sprinkles. managed to make it to 70. low was 56. average of 74 and 56. record high. still can get pretty hot. 91 the record low. 38. we will come back and talk about what happens to the weekend. stay tuned. 9news now is sponsored in part by car max. the way car buying should be.

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keeping her eyes on the road. what's going on? >> lesli still bumper-to-bumper as you can see here. both directions still packed. outer loops delays from i-95 to 270 then once again to dulles toll road. inner loop same story. it will be slow from 123 then conneticut to the mormon temple. traffic light still causing a problem. it is still out. expect delays on canal road and nearby areas as well. finally we will wrap up on 66. heavy there. flow from the beltway past 123 westbound and eastbound rush hour commuters will be slow. will be tracking their brake lights most of the way. lesli? >> all right. check the grocery store circular but leave the check book at home. that next trip may need to be

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tonight at 11:00 p.m.ment femme like your employer doesn't appreciate you? wait until you see what some companies are doing to make their employees feel wanted. that's tonight at 11:00 p.m. nearly 6000 dead an half a million injured. carnage on our road. a national summit today kicked off and experts blamed texting and e-mail browsing all while drive. bruce leshan reports a little more technology may solve the problem caused by all the stuff on your phone. >> reporter: in britain they are so concerned they are running this gruesome ad. >> reporter: in the u.s. dash calms document how texting has

led from one crash to the other. >> just simply plug this in. >> reporter: now a company called cell control is out with a device that attaches to the on board computer in just about every car built in 1996. >> this device tells the phone you're moving. so stop working. >> reporter: download the software to your phone. >> a call is coming in on my phone right now. >> reporter: and it will let you call, text or e-mail if you're stopped. >> how is it going? >> pretty good. >> how is the temperature in the passenger seat. >> reporter: but start driving even just around the circle at the t.v. station and cell control will lock you out. >> what did it do? >> going to the cell control screen. >> so you can't make a phone call? >> correct. >> reporter: cell control is marketing the device to parents and fleet managers and just about anyone who lacks the self- control to stay off the phone while driving. >> as i play around with mine, strikes me it is addictive.

>> very much so. once you get used to that information flow you can't give it up. >> reporter: this is one device that may help you kick the habit before it kills you. washington, bruce leshan, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> cell control is just out and only available for blackberry at an initial cost of $75 then a subscription fee of $10 a month. by the end of the year the company thinks it will be ready for just about every phone out there. we have got a link to the cell control website at wusa9.com. now i get to tell you about a special luncheon today. anita brikman and i joined other local news anchors to salute accomplishments. suited for change provides job training an professional clothing for women to get back in the workforce. it was a wonderful, wonderful

afternoon. >> kudos to you. >> and to all those women who are doing great things with their life. >> tell us about the forecast. >> it is not perfect yet but i guess we are going in the right direction. probably the coldest night so far this fall. next three days spectacular tomorrow. sunshine. near 70. no wind. no sprinkles tomorrow. we are just fine now. on friday it gets warmer. couple showers possible but the bulk of the day will be okay and we will have a few more clouds on friday. saturday terps in town. we are trying to push this train this way. so right now it is on the first half of the day. rain an showers tapering off then becoming partly cloudy. silver lining. it will still be mild in the mid-70s. tonight, evening shower then clearing and almost cold. lows in the 40s. winds northwesterly at 5 to 10. sun goes down at 6:52.

live doppler. south of the beltway around clinton. south of upper marlboro. these will move to the east kind of skimming northeast as they cross 4 probably going down to waldorf. everything is light and once that gets out of here skies will begin to clear. back to the computer we go. almost everyone is in the 40s. 41 at great falls. 44 in silver spring. low 40 in bowie. 42 upper marm marlboro. temperatures are in the low 60s. 62 for annapolis. tomorrow mostly sunny. cold start yes but ending up a nice day. 40s and 50s. winds north west at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and pleasant. high temperatures near 70 and winds northwesterly. temps near 70 it is a pretty darn nice day. temps pretty close to average.

average high now is about 74. satellite picture, radar combined. little bit of snow in the rockies in utah today. we will focus in on the east. this big storm is finally pulling away from us. that last little piece of energy combined with daytime heating. couple of showers and sprinkles just about to the south of us now and once they keep moving south we will see clearing skies then it will start to get pretty chilly. >> all right. let's talk about the zone forecast. all six zones still on our website. wusa9.com. as is doppler. as is interactive radar. 67 tomorrow in charlestown. 68 in chantilly. 69 in springfield and 69 in stafford. 69 in laurel. upper 60s for annapolis and north beach but no winds and no advisories. next seven days. 69 tomorrow. mostly sunny. maybe a shower on friday. few more clouds but warmer. mid-70s. mid-70s on saturday. we will try to get the rain out of here during the afternoon

hours. nice on sunday, though, with redskins. looking at temperatures mid- 70s. partly cloudy. partly cloudy on monday. we are back to 70. more showers and rain possible tuesday late and tuesday night and maybe leftover shower next wednesday but then temperatures rebound back in the upper 70s. >> it is good that the game is going to be here. >> right. >> it is good that it is going to be dry but now we need the skins to run. >> that's redskins football, right? a cloud of dust. we are not doing that enough. last year clinton portis was overused. now it is the opposite problem. why the redskins have gotten away from running the ball. jim zorn planned to fix that this week. plus the glut of guards at wizards camp. dave owens down in richmond today. his report is coming up in sports.

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it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> here is a question that has redskins fans scratching their heads. if you have a running back who rushed for 1500 yards last year why is he getting the ball just 15 times per game? and the answer is we have no idea. the question speaks to the fundamental identity crisis that exists with the redskins offense namely that jim zorn is using a west coast scheme in a run first division. portis carried the ball just 12 times this past sunday but as the team returned to practice today zorn admitted that number has got to rise. >> we are not going to become groundchuck or ground gym but

we are going to run the ball. >> it is only a matter of time before i have to run. you know what i mean? it is only a matter of time before i get two or three touchdowns. it is the fact is i know it is coming but when. >> all the hammering over the dismal start they are 1-2 and if they beat the bucks at home on sunday they will be 2 and 2 and that is hardly tragic at all. and that's the point redskins players are trying to remind themselves of this week. despite the storm of criticism developed by fans and media guys like us it is only week 4 and that is way too early to panic. >> i feel like us in this locker room are not sitting here letting this team fall apart. we are not sitting here panicking about losing two games. you go through those situations in this league. you have to lose. you have to win. it is one or the other. >> he always makes sense. i like him. >> clinton portis missed practice today with ongoing soreness in his ankles.

other players sat out but all expected to play sunday. day 2 for wizards camp. with nine guards on the roster flip saunders says he will treat it like a reality show and have fans vote the players off the island. it won't be that easy though. >> reporter: off-season additions make the two guard position crowdedded. but the head coach has a plan to flush it all out. >> let them all compete. as i told my guys i play eight or nine guys. >> i can only compare it to when i was in college there were a lot of guards and we all went out and competed. >> reporter: they bring credentials to the mix. while he is ready to fill any role asked of him miller thinks this pure stroke will help get him on the floor. >> you've got to think about doubling those guys. i can be effective on the court

without shooting a ball. >> reporter: the additions are sure to make practices competitive at that two spot and there are only so many minutes out there. one commented may the best man win. >> dave, thank you. caps said good-bye to chris bourque today, the son of raymond bourque claimed off waivers by the penguins. don't think of it as the home finale for the nationals, think of it as the final game of the presteven strausburg era. home schedule coming to a close today. john lannan getting the shot tonight in the last home game of the year. put two men in scoring position in the 2nd. he made him pay. jeff francoeur. 2-0 mets leave. carlos beltran pretty good with two men on. last one just beyond the reach.

then realizes there are two out and no reason to stop running. nats trail 3-1. they are in the 7th. if you ever wondered what a football pancake tackle is, well, this would be the textbook definition of that term. crushing the bills. mid-air. planting him on his back. watch this again. that's just a dream tackle for a defender. and nightmare for the guy who has the ball. so we thought we would show it to you. did you see how excited he was? did you see me pancake that guy? >> you were eating peanuts in the middle of the show. i shouldn't mention food. i'm sorry, that's my bad. >> we will get you something. >> seven-day forecast. >> here we go. after a very, very cold start tomorrow will be a highs day. high temperatures 70. lots of sunshine. shower possible friday but in the mid-70s. showers ending on saturday. we will try to clean it up the last half of the day. mid-70s in fairfax. it will be nice for the skins game at least weather wise. >> you didn't hear my stomach growl again. >> i liked your side right

there. it will be nice for the skins at least weather wise. >> that's it for us on 9news now at 6:00 p.m. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next. derek will see you at 7:00 p.m. don't forget wusa9.com is always on. have a great night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com