the pediatrician they once trusted. >> now i wouldn't have known this man if i saw him on the street. he is just totally different person. >> dr. earl bradley is charged with sexually abusing 103 of his child patients in his pediatrician's offices. some victims were infants and toddlers. he pled not guilty to a 471 count indictment that drew 40 onlookers in court, at least one said she was the mother of a victim. the state's attorney general, beau biden was there to back up his prosecution team. >> another step in the process of bringing earl bradley to justice. the process will continue. >> we thought he was pen -- we never dreamed he would do something like that. >> he should be castrated. >> reporter: that was patricia rue. she was another observer in court today. nobody in her family was a

victim. she was just interested like a lot of people here. bradley has a public defender who said he does not expect the state to offer any kind of plea bargain deal. bradley wants a trial by jury. he expects that to happen. live via skype. >> was there anything that came out in court that gave any insight into what bradley's defense could be in this case? >> bradley remained absolutely silent. this is a short procedural hearing, only two minutes. if you listen to the folks that were talking about him, he was deshelfed and scruffy and allot out of it. >> scott, thank you for that update. fairfax county police are looking for the person who shot and killed a woman in alexandria. it happened this morning in the 8400 block. the woman was found slumped over in a car. this is the second deadly shooting in the mt. vernon area since last friday. we'll have more coming up at

6:00. right now, we want to update you on that shooting along i- 95. it happened after an altercation between the driver of a jaguar and the driver of a dump truck. peggy fox is live with the latest. >> we know this driving continued for a mile on i-95 south. at wasn't point, the road rage escalated until one of the drivers stopped his vehicle, got out, and started shooting. >> you don't do that with your kids in the car. >> what police say, 25-year- old gabriel did was pull a loaded semi-automatic handgun out and start firing on i-95 south in woodbridge, just after 4:00 p.m. his two-year-old daughter watched it all from the car. >> it really shows you when you are angry, how you can lose control of your emotions and you can just forget your surroundings, i think for a minute. >> police say he was firing at this dump truck driven by 44-

year-old james bring m, also of woodbridge. police say he was coming from route 123, merging into heavy traffic when he encountered the jaguar. the two began engaging in road rage. the dump truck hitting the jag two times. >> crashes happen all the time. it wasn't intentional, was it intentional? that can certainly mean that there's other implications for the dump truck driver if there's an intentional act of striking. >> james' wife says her husband owns a construction company and that the dump truck is his. she says he never would have started the incident. >> police say the two vehicles wound up pinned against the wall and that's when he got out of his jaguar and fired 13 rounds. which took off in the shoulder, he then followed. >> to have someone shoot 13 rounds in traffic at a moving vehicle, the fact that nobody was struck, no houses, no

vehicles, is somewhat amazing. >> including attempted murder, attempted homicide. use of a fire arm and commission of a felony and child endangerment. his toddler was in the car with him. the dump truck driver has been charged with reckless driving. he may face more charges. live in woodbridge, peggy fox, 9news now. >> what about the fact that this guy had a loaded gun in his car? >> reporter: that is legal in virginia. if he had concealed the weapon, that would be illegal unless he had a concealed weapons permit. >> peggy fox, thanks for that. sky 9 was over the scene of a bank robbery. two suspects held up the bank of america. that's in lexington park. one of the men had a gun. luckily, nobody was hurt. police in masas hope surveillance pictures lead them to a bank robber. this is the picture of the man.

police say he grabbed cash from a counter as a customer was trying to make a deposit. this is the second robbery since november. the maryland senate has given preliminary approval to the state's $13 billion budget. lawmakers trimmed about $120 million from the spending plan. funds to clean up the chesapeake bay took huge hits. the budget goes to the house next for consideration. and the maryland senate has agreed to let voters decide whether to bring card games to prince georges county. lawmakers approved a -- permitting card games at the financially troubled rosecroft raceway. that heads to the maryland house of delegates. it looks like there's new life for the horse racing industry. they were pulled off the auction block today. the bankrupt company agreed to sell them to its more successful parent company. a new report out tonight that former maryland governor has decided to make another run

for the state house in annapolis. the republican lost his reelection bid in 2006 to current governor, martin o'malley. he is expected to make a formal announcement about his candidacy in rockville next month. >> dc lawmakers are considering a proposal to allow users of medical marijuana to grow their own. city workers approved the law in 1998, but congress blocked it until recently. 13 of the 14 states that permit pot use also allow so-called, home cultivation. a local dairy processer is changing the way it labels milk after two students at a middle school got sick. the students at west frederick middle school, two of them, say they felt squeezy after drinking some of dairy made dairy's chocolate milk. the milk was accidentally sent to the school after it was tainted with a chemical solution and a warning sign was lost. firefighters from across

our region showed off a radio powered rail car today. bruce leshan reports, the car was invented after the terrorist attacks on the tokyo subway. >> we need help now. >> i know, we do have help coming. >> i know. >> we can't breathe, a desperate passenger pleaded stuck ten years ago in a stopped train in a smoky metro tunnel. >> it took an hour for firemen to get there. >> firefighters say 26 mobile emergency response vehicles like this one will help them speed into crises far faster. >> the other day, they put it together, had it going down the tracks. >> firefighters do have cards now, but they have to physically push them. it can take them as long as an hour to get to a scene. with this, they can go 12 miles an hour and get to a scene in minutes. >> bringing them back out and get them to the hospital. >> after the attacks 15 years

ago in the tokyo subway, british security officials asked rescue workers to invent a vehicle to get passengers out from deep under london in the tube. the carts were used extensively after the terrorist attacks on the london subway in 2005. arlington fire officials say they sure could have used one in a drill that had a train stuck under the potomac. >> that one took 45 minutes to an hour. >> to get to -- >> until we got there with a cart like this, we'll be there in 5 to 10 minutes at the most. >> the carts will be stored in metro tunnels and for passengers in trouble, they could make a huge difference. in alexandria, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> firefighters are actually drilled on driving the subway train, so if an operator is incapacitated, the rescuers can pull up in these carts and drive the train and its

passengers to safety. the carts cost $20,000 a piece, paid for by a grant by the department of homeland security. an update on a story we first told you about. listed most of its speed restrictions on the red line. a 15-mile per hour limit was put in place last week for work between the friendship heights and bethesda stations. tonight, all inbound trains are back oning at normal speed. outbound trains should be back at full speed by next week. the second in a series of six public hearings on public metro fare hikes is set to begin in an hour and a half. an open house at st. francis church in southeast washington. then the hearing starts at 7:00. you can see the whole thing, the entire hearing at wusa9.com. just click on 9news extra. virginia railway express is holding a hearing tonight. this one to talk about adding four trains to the schedule. that meeting starts at 7:00 at

the prtc facility along potomac mills road in woodbridge. the senate narrowly approved a bill that will ban drivers from using hand held cell phones. now drivers will only be permitted to use hands-free devices under this legislation. violators would be fined $40 each if they are stopped, the bill goes to the house of delegates next. how is the drive out there right now? patranya has a look. >> things are looking up as we speak. on i-66, an accident on the side of the road. we see one car here has moved off to the side of the shoulder. all lanes getting by going westbound, but lots of delays. let's take our real time map and show you where delays backed up to 495. 45 minutes to get to 123. we are picking up another accident causing problems in fairfax county. roads shut down all lanes because of a dump truck on its side. avoid that area if you can.

and switching over for folks in reston, shutting down lanes at sunset hills and reston parkway. right now, crews are trying to clear that up. they don't expect that to happen until after 6:00 tonight. if you are going to be going through that area, please follow police directions. that's the latest from traffic, back to you. thanks, patranya. do you think the healthcare debate is over? far from it. some members of congress are asking for security help after threats and acts of vandalism. topper. >> a beautiful afternoon, still rather windy. we'll come back and talk about when the winds die down. we'll take you out with temperatures, 67 downtown. we'll come back and talk about clouds on the increase and when our next chance of rain will be. and at 5:30, making dreams come true. a local university gives some local high schoolers the chance of a lifetime. we take you out with a live picture from sky 9 of the skyline. ready for the latest breaking news, 9news now continues right after the break.

welcome back. you are looking at a live picture from the white house this evening. healthcare reform, the big topic all across dc. police are investigating a severed gas line, leading to the house of a virginia congressman's brother. tom's brother's house was targeted after tea party activists posed his address online. that website encouraged readers to drop by the house and quote, express their thanks for the congressman's yes vote on healthcare reform sunday. >> other members of congress have also reported threats in the wake of this week's vote. >> but today, those lawmakers were focused on tweaking the bill the president signed yesterday. joe brown is live with the latest. >> lesli and anita, after all

the hoopla yesterday after the bill signing ceremony, a few -- president obama is in today, congress needs some time. >> republicans flooded the senate floor with proposals to change healthcare reform. >> president, i rise in support of the amendment i'm filing today. >> it's a last ditch effort to fight the new law. >> this is undoubtly the greatest assault on liberty, this country has ever had. >> the battle over healthcare centers on the fix it bill. democrats want to pass that bill as is, but republicans are fighting to delay or change it by offering a full slate of amendments. gop senators propose reversing some of the cuts to medicare, another amendment -- democrats vow to strike down each amendment one by one. >> how serious could they be? offering amendment with viagra

for rapists? >> while senate democrats were working to get the fix it bill passed by the end of the week, president obama was busy making good on the last minute deal he made to get healthcare reform through congress. he signed an executive order reaffirming restrictions on federal funds for abortion. apt abortion rights switched his vote from no to yes on the pledge the president would sign the order. since then, his office has been flooded with abusive e-mails and death threats from abortion right opponents. it's one more sign that even though healthcare reform has been signed into law, the debate is far from over. >> so the white house says once people know what is inside this healthcare reform law, the more they are going to like it. the president is going to test that theory out tomorrow when he heads for a campaign of sorts in iowa city, iowa. back to you. >> we are hearing that some members of congress are asking for security after threats and acts of vandalism.

one that we detailed just before coming into your piece. >> yeah, you know, capital police is in charge of the security for the members of congress and they say they are taking the threats seriously. they held security briefings for each of the members today, if they ask for one, if they had been threatened. we were told that the fbi is going to be taking a lead role in the investigation. >> all right, more to come. thanks for that, joel. a slew of amendments to the healthcare bill are being considered tonight and one of them deals with same sex marriages in the district. utah republican senator wants dc residents to be able to vote on the measure in november. same sex marriages began two weeks ago in the district. >> virginia governor, bob mcdonald found legislation challenging the healthcare reform law. the move comes a day after the attorney general file as lawsuit, seeking to declare this bill unconstitutional. the freedom acts rejected federal requirements to require

people to purchase healthcare insurance or face penalties if they do not. a father in tennessee -- school officials in columbia said the parts amounted to gang symbols. they were told they couldn't come back until they changed the part. >> hair must be cut so the line does not show. they need to be shaved before we allow them back in school or stay in suspension until their hair grows out. the boy's father produced his father showing their sons have had the same hair style since they were toddlers. the school board relented and allowed the twins to rejoin their classmates. another banner day here in the metro. >> can i degress. >> did you have parts in your hair? >> i had long hair. and the teachers pulled your hair. at least my hair they did. >> you can sympathize.

>> yeah, we had winds today, but it was nice. we had some 60s. we have clouds on the way and that means some rain. let me take you to denver. our rain is their snow. yup, still snowing in the mile high city. this is early this morning. it accumulated. anywhere from 3 to 5 inches around denver and up to 6 to 10 inches in the higher elevations in the mountains. so, that's good news, because they did not have much snow. in fact, here's a trivia for you. vail, no, aspen and deep creek lake in garrett county had twice the snow aspen had this year. that's crazy. our next three days look like this. clouds come in tomorrow, we stay dry during the day. rain and showers at night and rain and showers at least through friday morning and cooler. mid 50s on friday. sunshine on saturday, highs only in the upper 50s, which is a shade below average. tonight, partly cloudy.

winds will diminish eventually. sunsets at 7:24. the days continue to get longer. temperatures, 67 at national. 56 in bethesda. everyone is in the mid to upper 60s. 68 as you head up 66. 68 in sterling. and even 68 in leesburg. now let's talk about lows tonight. some areas will flirt with the 30s. primarily 40s. 40 in gaithersburg. mid 40s downtown. 41 in bowie. low 40s in fairfax, reston, sterling. leesburg, you might make it into the upper 30s tonight. tomorrow morning, clouds on the increase, winds turn out of the south at 10 to 15. it's a milder wind. so by afternoon, even though clouds will be in place, it's going to be breezy and mild. high temperatures, 65 to 70 and winds southwesterly at 10 to 20. again, a milder direction in terms of wind. satellite picture, radar combined, this is the storm that came out of the foothills of the rockies and produced the snow in denver. it's now moving eastward. big thunderstorms just south of

dallas. as far as we are concerned, high clouds that are pushing in now. the clouds will be with us tonight. we are going stay dry through the daytime hours on thursday. zone forecast, 60s in winchester. martinsburg and haggerstown. 68 in manassas. clouds on the increase. if you are west of haggerstown, you could see some rain or showers before sunset. the rest of us will not. 68 in gaithersburg, 66 in annapolis. small craft advisory expires tonight and goes back into effect noon tomorrow. essentially, be careful if you are on the water. all right, let's talk about the next seven days. 68 tomorrow. clouds come in. rain and showers at night and early on friday. we are back in the 50s, but sunshine returns on saturday. then another system comes in on sunday. now we'll get in here in the second part of the day on sunday with rain and showers. lingering showers on monday. we are back in the 50s for a while and we spring back to 65.

>> look at that. >> sweet. >> fast forward to wednesday. >> sounds good. we have breaking news coming into the information center after some bad weather. president obama has declared a major disaster existed in the district. and has ordered federal aid to supplement dc's recovery efforts from last month's severe snowstorms. federal funding is available to certain nonprofits on a cost sharing basis, for emergency work on facilities that were damaged by the severe winter storms we all weathered this year. >> yes, we did. still to come, a warning turns into a recall for a popular baby sling. this important consumer alert is next. "

tonight, we have a consumer alert follow up from morning to recall. the government recalled more than a million baby slings today. parents are urged to stop using the infantino sling rider carriers after three children died in them from suffocation. and this action is fueling more speculation about the safety of all baby slings. >> this sling here is called a my time. >> roberta loves to wear her

three month old jacob. there is one sling in her home that she will not use. this infanttino sling rider. >> because of the safety factor, we never would have used it. >> this new mom read potential problems and tried to return it. the consumer product safety commission issued a major recall for that sling and this windy baby sling. >> a child under 4 months of age is so tiny that they get inveal oped in this sling, you can't see the infant in this. >> parents are urged to stop using these slings immediately. 14 children have died in a range of different slings, consumer reports brought their concerns about the sling rider to the government back in november of 2009. but the cpsc says they have to make a legal case for ordering a recall. >> we have been investigating those deaths, most recent one, did not take place until last month. >> roberta thinks slings have gotten a bad wrap with all the

speculation about safety. she believes the bonding tool could be a benefit to mom and baby when used with common sense. >> the sling isn't an excuse. >> if you have one of these recalled individuals, you should cut out this portion and send it back to infanttino. they will send you one of these replacement products for free. >> you should throw away the sling. very important. the cpsc says parents with other slings should continue to use caution and monitor your baby at all times. consumer reports is going a step further. it thinks parents should not use them at all until there are federal safety standards. for more on baby slings and how to use them safely, go to our website, wusa9.com and click on living smart. >> i see so many moms with them. >> they can be safe if they

are used properly. if it's the recalled one, you want to stop using it now. save yourself. shut themselves down this afternoon. plus, her e-mail account was broken into and her college courses were canceled. tonight, an area woman struggles to get her life back after someone attacks her facebook account. free rides, the news for almost a dozen local students. how about that? coming up on 9news now.

welcome back. let's reset some of the stories in the news now. the pediatrician accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 children entered a not guilty plea today. the judge ordered 56-year-old dr. earlly bradley held on $57 million bond. the drivers of two vehicles involved in a road rage incident in woodbridge, virginia, face criminal charges tonight. police say the operator of a jaguar opened fire on a dump truck on i-95. there were no injuries. and capital police delivered security briefings to members of congress today in the wake of threats from opponents of

healthcare reform. house majority leader says house democrats reported incidents already. a local woman is trying to get her life back after a hacker targeted her facebook account. according to court records, this hacker broke into her e- mail account and canceled her college courses at northern virginia community college. lindsey joins us live in the web center with more. somebody was upset. >> absolutely. the police believe that the hacker is someone who has a personal vendetta against the victim. we are not revealing any names. in this case, it demonstrates how vulnerable our information is online. >> passports can unlock sensitive and personal information. >> as much as we do on the internet between buying, selling, managing bank accounts, applying for mortgages or loans, those passes are important. >> technology analysts say anyone can try to guess your password and the hints are

posted on facebook. >> siblings, maybe their mother's maiden names. >> another common mistake is using the same password for every online account. once jeopardized, they can get access to bank accounts, stock portfolios, and insurance information. every account needs its own complex password. >> letters, numbers, and symbols. capital letters in addition to numbers and symbols. >> that can be hard to remember. >> one thing is, pen and paper. you have certain passwords, keep that with you. i wouldn't say in your wallet, but maybe at your desk at home. >> passwords should be changed every three months. >> every time there's a new season, change it. >> it seems like a lot of hassle, but it's easier than having your accounts altered. in this latest case, the suspect allegedly sent nasty e- mails to the victim's friends

and even changed her facebook status. >> lindsey, thank you for that. and online meltdown may have kept you from finding information on the web today. shut themselves down to avoid being damaged. the online encyclopedia is back up and running now. >> some of the best and brightest students learned today their hard work paid off. nine students from eight different schools got full four- year scholarships to george washington university. audrey barnes has more. >> it had the feel of a blue high school pep rally, but what this crowd was celebrating was dreams come true. >> hailing from my alma mater, mr. nicholas kelly. >> nine scholarships worth $200,000 were doled out to some

of the district's top students to attend george washington. >> i was born at dw, please give it up for isea west of the new blue high school. >> the crowd at blue went crazy when one of their own got a full ride to gw. he would like to be a surgeon some day. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and make sure that you believe in yourself and surround yourself with people who believe in you. >> he earned it. he really deserves every second of it. >> she is the second to receive the scholarship to gw. >> money isn't going to be an issue. i don't have to have that in the back of my mind. >> her mom and dad made raising gifted talented kids an art form. >> what's the secret? >> be close to your children. hard work. >> these scholarships are a huge financial commitment for george washington university. $16million to 125 kids in the

last 21 years. and now the latest group of recipients is on their way. audrey barnes, 9news now. >> plenty of reason to celebrate. past recipients are working in every field imaginable, including medicine, law, engineering, and the performing arts. our topper shutt is out on the terrace enjoying the beautiful weather. he has your out and about forecast. hey top. >> a nice night to be out and about, thanks, lesli. it's going to stay nice. temperatures mid 50s to mid 60s if you are headed out. and the winds are going to die down slowly. between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., it will be breezy. northwesterly at 10 to 15. all in all, pretty nice. ready for close up. we'll start out to the west and clouds will be on the increase, but i think most of us are going to stay dry through the daytime hours tomorrow. that includes fairfax, lorton. downtown, i think we will make

70 at capitol hill. dry, and we'll go across now to prince georges county and almost 70 in upper marlboro. 68 in bowie and 68 also in clinton. clouds come in, but it stays on the dry side. now, the next three days look like this. clouds come in tomorrow, but we are dry, 68. most of the rain is now thursday night and friday morning. much cooler on friday. we are back in the mid 50s. sunshine on saturday. highs only in the upper 50s. we'll come back and i got -- it's not best shot day, but i have a picture for you on this date back in 1990. you'll be surprised. back to you guys. >> if it doesn't have snow, we will be happy. >> yes, we will. coming up, the mystery monkey that avoided capture in florida for nearly a year. and why this woman cannot seem to stop laughing. we'll tell you about it in two minutes.

florida's mystery monkey has made another appearance. he avoided capture for nearly a year and a woman spotted the minnesota key on her porch yesterday. >> the monkey tore off around my pool and i immediately slammed the sliding door and went tearing around the house trying to find a camera, trying to find my laptop to look up the animal services number, and so it was a bit of a melee. the monkey achieved celebrity status after word of its latest escape became public. it had two pages of fans on facebook this morning. >> sitting in this chair may look easy, but it isn't always. the anchor for a news station in finland was reporting on a

journalism ceremony when she fell out of her chair. it happened off camera, but you can hear the fall and the studio crew quickly came back to her on camera. oh how nice of them. she told viewers she was fine, but she was pretty embarrassed and couldn't stop laughing. nice studio crew. >> how did she fall out of the chair? was she inching over to the side? i am trying to imagine falling out of this chair. >> don't do it. >> if i fall, you can laugh, because i'm going to laugh, too. how did that happen? anyway, we'll figure that out later. time to get a check on the evening rush, patranya, don't fall. >> thank goodness i'm standing up. let's zoom in on the capital beltway and see how things are looking. delays on the inner loop due in part of an accident. now off to the left shoulder. we are seeing delays to the toll road at this hour. on the other side of 495, another crash has the off ramp

to route 450 shut down on the outer loop. watch out for that if you are going on 495. guys, back to you. >> thanks patranya. >> we have spring break and prom around the corner. more young people are going to tanning salons for an instant glow. the food and drug administration considers tougher regulations on those tanning beds. brett. >> i'm sorry anita and lesli, i fell out of my chair. i was trying to get ready for the caps game and ovechkin against crosby for the first time since the olympics. you wouldn't believe what happened. i was sitting in my chair and i fell. you would think that could never happen to a tv anchor. i'll try to get it together and be back. topper. >> pull it together, brett. we are looking at a nice evening. we'll take you out with the almanac. you can access this on our website, wusa9.com. 66 and 48 goes in the books. average is 59 and 40. record high, 85. and the record low, 17. we'll come back with a full forecast and a look ahead to the weekend after this.

this just in. robert colts, the star of eye spy has died. colt starred on the show with bill cosbey. no word on a cause of death. he was 79. millions of americans visit tanning salons. the world health organization says they are cancer causing to humans. but right now, our government classifies them as a low risk device. there's a push to change that and curtail an entry that is seeing a clamp down. >> i know how bad tanning is for you, but even though i know how bad it is, i still go. >> tiffany is one of the customers at electric suntanning salon who says she can decide for herself how much of a danger indoor tanning poses.

last year, howard county became the first in the nation to restrict teenagers under 18 from using tanning beds without a doctor's prescription. here, even a parent's okay is not enough. >> they really felt that they were losing their right to choose whether or not their child could tan in a tanning bed. >> now, the fate of the tanning salon industry nationwide may be changing. tomorrow, the food and drug administration will launch hearings to consider stricter regulations regarding their youth. > they are essentially brightly lit cancer coffins. >> but the owners of electric sun believe their customers are informed. >> there's a label on the beds. they all have to sign a waiver that explains the dangers and risks along with tanning. it does give you the recommended exposure time. week one, week two. >> for erin o'conner, miss illinois, 2009. the debate goes straight to the

devastation skin cancer can cause. >> skin cancer is a slow and painful way to die. i watched as the light and color drained from my beautiful mother. on may 23, 2007, she passed away. she was only 50 years old. >> o'conner's mother died of melanoma. it is the deadliest form. present at tomorrow's hearing shows indoor tanning raises melanoma risk. the tanning industry has been hit with a 10% tax in the healthcare reform bill passed this week. we are talking about a beautiful day today. what is coming up down the pike? >> we are going to have clouds come in tomorrow and some rain as we get into friday, but the weekend looks 50/50. i want to show you a minute what it was like on this date back in 1990. here's your forecast first. the next three days, clouds tomorrow, but it stays dry and quite mild. and then rain and showers thursday night, at least through friday morning.

breezy and chilly on friday. back in the mid 50s. sunshine on saturday. >> got e-mail this picture today, it's pretty cool. this is courtesy of laura and she was married on this date back in 1990. some snow and some cherry blossom trees in fairfax. never know what march can bring. tonight, you know it's going to bring partly cloudy skies, chilly, low temperatures in the 40s. winds will become light, may take until after midnight. temperatures right now if you are headed out, very nice. mid to upper 60s. 66 in beltsville. laurel, 67. and out to the west, fairfax, upper 60s and leesburg is 66. now tomorrow morning, clouds on the increase, breezy and cool. 40s and 50s. winds out of the south at 10 to 15 and by afternoon, mostly cloudy, but dry. breezy and mild despite the clouds. high of 65 to 70 and winds southwesterly at 10 to 20 and gusty. but that's a warm wind. here's your zone forecast, all

six zones available on our website at wusa9.com. 65 in winchester. low 60s in haggerstown. now if you are from cumberland, you'll have rain and showers shortly after the lunch hour and it happens hold in the 50s in oakland. 71 in culpeper and 68 in manassas. we'll move further east, temperatures here, upper 60s also for annapolis, baltimore, for dc, 68 in gaithersburg. winds picking up. small craft advisory in effect by afternoon for the bay and title potomac. there's your rain and showers. thursday night and friday morning and a stretch of cool weather. we are in the 50s saturday and sunday and monday. more rain and showers sunday into sunday night. lingering showers monday. we recover very nicely, though, 65 on tuesday and 70 next wednesday. >> we are feeling for you, top. when you were younger, people made fun of you because you had the longer hair style going.

>> apparently, we found that shot. >> oh, that's funny. it wasn't quite that long. >> here's the thing, you didn't ware baa barets, did you? >> no. >> can you put that up? because that was a pretty picture of you, topper. i don't know. we have seen some hair days for you, but this one -- >> it's nice. >> thank you, topper. now we get to go to brett. i don't know if you saw that shot. >> i don't think that -- when he was in landon school, i bet they stuffed him in a locker. that doesn't fly in landon. anyway, we have a very interesting situation here tonight. capitals and penguins, great story. alex crosby and ovechkin against each other for the first time since the olympics. everybody wants to know how involved they are or aren't with that reston base

chiropractor who has been accused of distributing steroids to dc proathletes. the capitals players spoke out on the topic today. dave owens has the latest. >> the caps spent wednesday morning reit rating one thing. >> we have nothing to hide on this team. we have been open with it from the start. >> tuesday, federal investigators met with the team at their practice facility after arresting douglas on seven counts. the doctor lists himself as the team's chiropractor on his office door, which is located in the same building as washington's practice facility. >> i have never seen them, don't know anything about them, just found out yesterday that he works in our mall. >> some might find that hard to believe. that a doctor could work in such close proximity to the team, with the words washington capitals chiropractor on his door and the team say there's no affiliation. >> it's an eight floor mall. not a building as in, when you say the word building, people

are going to perceive, it's a building with some offices, how can you not know? >> eric fair was one of three caps reportedly treated by nagel. >> a couple guys went to see him in the past. i was one of them. i didn't see him a lot, but i have seen him and that puts me in his books. >> the caps have been fully cooperative with authorities, but not what they want to be discussing with sydnie crosby in town tonight. >> is it a distraction? >> all these questions are, yeah. nobody is talking about pittsburgh. >> dave owens, 9news now. >> all right, dave, thank you. coming up at 6:00, my conversation with head coach, bruce budrow, plus the latest on the ovechkin, crosby showdown. that's what we came here tonight to talk about. for now, we are live at the phone booth, back to you. >> thanks, brett. 9news now at 6:00 is just a few minutes away and here's a look at what we have new for you

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a slow slide today on wall street. the dow finished the day down 52 2/3 points. the nasdaq fell 16 1/2 and the s & p 500 lost 6 1/2 points. the economy may be having an impact on the latest fashion. if you walked through the mall lately, you may have noticed the skirts in the windows are short on fabric and long on confidence. jessica doyle explains. >> as the old economic theory goes, when women's hem lines go up, so will the stock market and economic activity. >> it goes up. it goes up. don't sit down. >> and boy, have those hem

lines gone up. >> that's very high thigh. very high. very high. >> personal style as tony says, the short minis all over stores are a must have for spring. >> knee length and higher, definitely short is in. >> even economists noticed a change in stores and mind sets. >> i was in kate spade yesterday and the fashions were whimsical. not the sort of thing you will wear year after year, but a lot of fun. the women that are working are optimistic. things are getting better, that's a good thing. >> the hem line was born during the roaring 20s as they took skirt length high. the subject of a recent documentary, history's hidden engine, the theory held true when skirt lengths and the stock market came crashing down during the great depression. another example, fast forward to the microminis to the 1960s. >> who can forget running

around with those miniskirts on? >> is there any real merit to the theory that hem lines go up? fortunes do too? >> difficult to determine if that is true or not, but certainly is true that women's fashions follow consumer optimism. when people are feeling good about the future, the fashions become less practical, you can't wear them year after year. a bit more whimsical, that is a good sign. >> good for business or not, line heart advises that maybe not everyone should jump on this trend. >> even if it is great for the economy, not everybody can be wearing it. they can wear something else. >> so the hem lines are preticketing good times ahead. predicting hem lines ahead. jessica doyle, 9news now. >> and speaking of fashion, you can wear it to parties or charge your cell phone with it. scientists are working on a dress that uses what's called

smart and cotton. the material is treated with nano particles that lets it conduct with electricity. our clothes will be monitor our health signs, adjust to temperature changes and connect us to the internet. thanks for joining us for 9news now at 5:00. 9news now at 6:00 starts right now. >> from the fist local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >> two murders and no arrests. tonight, police in fairfax county investigate the latest deadly crime. good evening, i'm lesli foster. a neighborhood is on edge tonight. fairfax county police are investigating their second homicide within a week. they both happened in the mount vernon area. the latest murder occurred just this morning. suray chin joins us with the details. >> detectives are searching for the women's killer. they have several eyewitnesses they are talking with, they also have a description of a car. tonight, they are trying to piece together everything here