>> reporter: there's talk in the neighborhood that a ban of car thieves who also burglarized homes in southeast are involved. techs are going over every inch of the suv at a montgomery facility. >> there may be some information in there that will get investigators closer to learning who is responsible for his murder. >> reporter: back at shaw, the mourning continues. this second year english teacher, who betts hired, is like so many here, determined not to let brian betts to have died in vain. >> i can't imagine the school without him. but being around the kids makes it easier and i know he would want us to be with them and we're going to make it. we'll be okay. we're just really going to miss him. >> reporter: as large as the memorials are to principal brian betts at shaw middle school there's a big one growing at his house ang the

curb. his family members have rallied. they're planning his funeral. >> it does look like police are look forsberg a series of clues in the vehicle and from possible thefts. >> reporter: that vehicle has been taken to a secure montgomery county forensic lab. they go in with special coats and gloves. they're combing literally over every inch of the vehicle, searching for anything that will help them find the person who killed brian betts. >> audrey barnes, thank you for that report. grief counselors were in hand today. student and teachers are mourning the deaths of twom popular kids. 16-year-old devon carroll and 17-year-old travis stewart were killed when their van crashed into a tree saturday night. stewart was a captain on the high school football team. carroll played drums in the band. a former student who decapitated a classmate was

sentenced to life in sentence. he said he killed the fellow student because she rejected his romantic advances. he expressed his deepest remorse. the pediatrician at the center of a child abuse scandal faces even more charges. a sussex county grand jury indicted earl bradley with 55 more counts of the sexual abuse of two dozenen additional children. bradley pleaded not guilty to a 471 count indictment involving more than 100-2044 patients. he's being held on $4.7 million. a good bit of news for overseas' travelers. flights in several european countries that have been canceled for days because of a volcanic ash cloud finally get off of the ground. parts of the sky are safe to fly and thousands will take off soon. rita nissan has latest. >> reporter: days of silence on

runways throughout europe could soon be replaced by the roar of jet engines. european officials say voluntarily cannish ashes has dissipated enough that several continents are safe to fly over. >> thousands of flights have resumed in southern europe. germany is allowing planes to land and by tuesday parts of britain and france are expected to be back in business. it's welcome news for travelers who have been stranded at airports but with the backlog of flights it could take a while to get home. >> i'm still here. they haven't told me anything definite. >> reporter: some are still trying to find alternative transportation but tickets for boat and trains are hard to come by. so many british travelers cannot get home that the navy has sent warships to europe to pick up the strands. here at heathrow airport, the planes have been sitting on the runway for days and it has hurt the airlines. it's estimated the industry has lost $1 billion and the lack of air shipping is causing a

ripple event through the global economy. flower growers in kenya are taking big losses. and the european importers who turn around and sell the flowers are losing money as well. >> today we have 15% less flowers. >> reporter: but things could soon return to normal. the volcano in iceland that caused all of these problems is weakening. meteorologists say the ash is no longer rising high enough to endanger aircrafts. rita nissan for cbs news, london. but the situation could change, experts say, for now at least in the u.k. planes are scheduled to begin flying tomorrow morning with scotland and possibly the rest of the u.k. later on in the day. leslie, back to you. >> it's a start, thank you for that. so where is the ash cloud now. meteorologist

topper shutt has more on that. >> it will still circle the globe several times. we'll start with a picture and again the greatest concentration is still over the u.k. but a couple of pictures and i want to show you the jet stream too. we talked about this last week. look at the picture. that's in nasa. you can clearly see the plume here. it's a big volcanic eruption. these plumes of smoke get up to 18,000 to 20,000 feet and get into the jet stream and they start moving. so the jet stream just doesn't end here. we kind of care that it does but you know what it does. it goes all the way across the globe. what happens is you get this

little earthquake or volcano rather in iceland and the plume spreads out with the jet stream and it is now essentially over the u.k. it is dispersing and it will continue to disperse over across all of europe circle the globe again and disperse more. the good news is they're about to let planes fly again. the bad news is they're not done with the volcanic ash. >> we'll have more coming up on 9news at 6:00. we're going back to our top story. investigators describing a love triangle that let led to a late night confrontation and shooting at frostburg university. one is behind bars and one is recovering and a third student is being mourned. all taking place on the frostburg campus located in western maryland and scott broom has more tonight.

>> reporter: frostburg state, a school of about 5,000 students known for environmental studies and with a reputation for hard partying. >> complete shock. >> reporter: but no one was ready for what happened in front of this modest student duplex saturday. >> i heard the gunshots. i went back to sleep because i thought that couldn't have been a gunshot. >> reporter: complete shock described the death of basketball player brandon carroll and the wounding of his teammate ellis hartridge. investigators say they were shot by fellow tyrone hall of glen burnie who's claiming self defense after a confrontation over a girl. >> said somebody was shot and killed right there. it look us just as long to grasp that tyrone is the one that did it. that's shocking. that's not him at all. >> reporter: the shooting happened when the basketball players came here hours after an apparently ugly

confrontation at a party about blocks away between the suspect and his ex girlfriend who was also dating one of the players. >> we're thread believe that she had or was having a relationship with both ellis hartridge and tyrone hall. >> reporter: investigators say hall is claiming self defense shooting only after the players lungedded at him. >> these are both two very good kids. >> reporter: the basketball coach, webb hatch, is stunned. >> we've never had any issues with them in the time they've been in our program. >> reporter: and so is frostburg's president. this was an isolated incident. i also want to assure you that we will not be defined by this incident but rather see it as a chance to draw upon our unique strengths. >> reporter: students and staff at the university are reacting by planning a memorial and

vigil for tomorrow night. meanwhile, tyrone hall remains in jail. he's being held without bail. in frostburg, scott broom, 9news. >> we talked to some people today who knew carroll in southern maryland. he was a student athelete in waldorf. his high school coach remembered his star pupil. >> he was a great kid. we've been talking about how unique he was in terms of his character and good work ethic. >> he worked hard in the classroom and was a very good student. sky 9 was investigator scene of a natural gas leak at a montgomery county school. studentses were ordered out of the building. all after school activities

have been canceled. grid lock on i-66 will be the focus of a town hall meeting in fairfax county tonight. the public is invited to discuss coupon sense solutions at the fairfax county government center. that meetting begins athletic 7:00. a bus transit system increasing the use of shoulder lanes and lifting hov requirements route 66 are all options being considered. mcdonald wants to review how the money is being spent. the audits will look at planning, maintenance research and public proficient partnerships. we know it's jammed on i- 66. what about the other roadways. patranya. >> traffic slowly moving by here but just a few minutes ago we had an accident blocking two left lanes past the university. that's been cleared but a lot of delays the capital beltway. onto the real time map we have an accident southbound 95 athletic route 32 delays approaching as it's blocking two left lanes. we're going to wrap it up on

66. no accidents or incidents to report to the beltway. lots of traffic and also remember i'm tracking all of your traffic tieups wusa9.com. guys, back to you. we now know who will be the starting goalie for the capitals in game three tonight in montreal. our own brett haber is here. >> it's a pretty easy decision. he pretty much sealed his own faith. that's why gaby will go with simple varlamov. >> quite frankly after trailing 4-1 in saturday's game two, the caps are fortunate to not be in an even deeper hole as one reporter suggestperhaps they have awoken the sleeping bear that is the capitals. >> i don't know if they

awakened the big bear. if i'm montreal i'm angry because we should have won two games because they're thinking the they're the better team. >> much more coming up at 6:00. plus why in property israel hockey isn't a sport, it's a religion. that's coming up next hour. for now, send it back to you. coming up, armed with loaded weapons, guns rights supporters are rallying next door to reagan international. the winds will die down tonight. we'll take about that and milder air tomorrow and we'll talk about when you're going to need your umbrella next. toyota agrees to pay a multi-million fine but is not accepting responsibility fo of vehicles. we'll be back. [ sneezes ]

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pay 9 fine without the guilt. that's essentially the deal that toyota and the government made. the automaker will pay a record $16 million related to the sticky pedal problems but some say that will do little to repair the image of a now troubled brand or to restore any good will among consumers. the government says toyota knew about sticky gas problems and that violates a law which requires an automaker to aalert nitza of a safety defect within five days. transportation secretary ray la hood said that put consumers at risk. the penalty is the most the government could seek but doesn't address a wigger issue that's caused several fatal accidents and led to the recall

of $5.4 million. the jamming floor mats. the once dominant automaker faces an indentity crisis. even sales have soared. some consumers and insurance companies like state farm gear up for a legal fight anyway, the car company may end up paying more than just the equivalent of $2 for every vehicle it sold world last year. >> even though they're not saying they did anything wrong, paying $16.4 million. the largest fine assessed by the department of transportation, that speaks loud and clear. >> plaintiff's attorney says although the car company had agreed to pennsylvania penalty, they still face major glitches down the road. >> they have to deal with the issues of what did they know? when did they know it? what did they withhold? >> reporter: the agreement still leaves the door open for the government to assess other criminal penalties and fines and toyota's troubles don't end here. they announced a recall of the 2010 lexus to deal with possible rollover issues. nitza officials say the fine is

significant and not just symbolic. the largest fine in recent years was $1 million. toyota gets 30 days toes to pay the fine and all of the money goes to the general fund at the treasury. five major airlines vowed they will not be charging you for your carry-on bag. united, jet blue, delta and american pledged not to tack on another fee. spirit airlines recently announced it will charge up to $45 for each bag that has to go in an overhead bin. that prompted action by lawmakers and the senate charles schumer is praising the pledge by the other airliners. >> i think we have turned the time in our fight to prevent airlines from charging for carry-on bags. >> for its part, spirit says it's not going to change its

plan. the airline says it has reduced fares so each with the carry-on fee some passengers will actually pay less. a salute today to american heros who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. 97 soldiers who died in the vietnam war were honored at the vietnam veterans memorial. nearly 700 family members and friends were on hand for the ceremony and helped read off of the names of the fallen service members. maryland lawmakers unveiled a plan to resore the ann costa river. restoration of the blighted waterway that runs through some of washington's most distressed neighborhoods will provide economic, social and environmental benefits. the army corp of engineers and local officials have been working on a plan to very store it for two years. virginia marked the start of the week with a number of events across the state. governor bob mcdonald said he is moving forward with efforts to conserve 400,000 of open space helping to protect the chesapeake pay and stake virginia as a green job zone. the republican leader is urging state residents to join him in conserving. >> what a change this past weekend. we were freezing at a baseball

game yesterday the wind doesn't help. that's what made it uncomfortable. in the sun out of the wind would have been okay. milder tomorrow. you're going to like that. >> we're looking at a midweek storm system. we'll talk more about that. we're in pretty good shape tonight and tomorrow. here's your forecast first. the next three days sunshine tomorrow. maybe not as crystal clear as today. and rain and showers develop on wednesday. low 60s and back to sunshine on thursday with temperatures in the mid-60s. tonight look for clear skies and chilly. low temperatures 39 to 49. winds out of the north at about 10:00 and so the winds aren't going to become much a factor after the sun goes down. we're looking at temperatures. 69 in laurel. temperatures nice. 64 at andrews. generally mid-60s. 66 in great falls and 66 out in leesburg. tomorrow's highs -- tonight's lows are going to be chilly but not as cold as they were this morning. we will have some upper 30s and

generally in the 50s downtown. maybe 48 in arlington. 48 in springfield and 30s in respect pin and fairfax and sterling and leesburg but this time not in the low 30s or mid- 30s. sunny was a chilly start. 40s and 50s. by afternoon going to be mostly sunny. again a few clouds come in late. a bit milder. high temperatures 5555 to 70 and the winds will be light finely. satellite picture radar combined. pretty big storm out in the west and we'll worry about that later in the week. that could be our weekend storm. weak system down in parts of the southeast and could throw clouds our way and will give us a chance for light rain and showers on wednesday. not a huge storm but enough that it's going to -- a good idea to take your umbrella with you on wednesday with showers and may be just some light rain. not a huge system. we are clear tonight and we are in great shape. the next seven days, 68 tomorrow. mostly sunny and then 62 on wednesday. a little cooler because of the clouds and the rain and the showers. we go right back into the 50s

with sunshine on thursday. friday we're okay. upper 60s and next system comes in and we have rain and showers possible on saturday. earth day festival on sunday. may have rain. may have showers. got some thunderstorms. at least we're warm. 70 and may be a leftover shower. temperatures are going to be in the mid-70s. so a terrific tuesday but get ready for some showers. >> dicey. >> all righty. >> we know a lot of you are getting up extra early. so are we. tune into 9news now tomorrow morning. 4:25:00a.m. coming up next new legal maneuvers in the amanda knox case. why she may be spending more time behind bars than originally thought. ów

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was found in the rubble of a home. the shuttle discovery remains in orbit tonight. mission controls scrapped both landings in florida because of cloudy weather. discovery and its seven astronauts are wrapping up a two week mission to the international space station. in italy the battle over the murder conviction of amanda knox is jumping into high gear tonight. she is the american college student found guilty of killing her roommate. now prosecutors are pushing to have knox's jail sentence extended while her family is fighting to set her free. betty nguyen has the latest. >> reporter: the prosecute filed a notice late last week asking to extend her sentence from 25 years in prison to life. in their formal aappeal prosecutors cited her "lack of remorse." >> that's ridiculous. first of all amanda showed a lot of devastation over the loss of her friend, but you don't apologize for something you didn't do.

>> reporter: now knox's attorneys are firing back, filing their appeal. a 201 page document that attacks her conviction on three key points. her long initial interrogation by police when knox says she was forced to confess. what they call the prosecutor's contradictory evidence. her family says knox is trying to stay positive. >> she's hanging in there. it's always better for her when things are moving. it feels like the process is going forward so she'll get out. >> reporter: last month judges and jurors outlined their reasons for the 1rerd. they said knox did not plan the murder of her british roommate but took part in the killing and the coverup. an appeal could re-open the entire case. >> we're looking forward to having that opportunity to take place over there so that she can really be tried and the evidence really looked at and i

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welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories in the news now. a frostburg state university student claims he shot and killed a classmate and wounded another in self defense. 21-year-old tyrone mall is being held for the murder of 20- year-old brandon carroll of waldorf, maryland. students return to the high school of their beloved

principal, brian betts. police continue to investigate but so far they've made no arrests. european firms say more planes will be in the air tomorrow. flights have been grounded for five days because of the huge eruption of a volcano in iceland. two gun rallies took place in support of the second amendment to the constitution, the right to bear arms. one was the second amendment march at the washington monument. a few hundred people were there but no guns were allowed. there was also a gun rights rally at a national park in virginia. congress recently passed a bill making it legal to carry guns property in virginia. our peggy fox reports. >> i'm sure a lot of our words today will be twisted and planted. >> reporter: right at start, a speaker barbed the media even though there were more media than gun rights advocates who were becoming first demonstrators to carry guns in a national park. >> people exercising the second amendment right because if we don't, it will be taken away

eventually. >> they rallied at graphic ry point next to national airport and across from the nation's capital where gun laws are far more strict than in virginia. even though it's legal to carry a fully-loaded weapon out here, the organizers agreed to have their people strap their rifles to their back, unloaded. >> reporter: but their handguns were loaded. it's a sight that angered them. >> to do this on the 15th anniversary oklahoma city bombings is disgraceful. >> the idea they want to intimidate us. >> reporter: she's referring to mike vanderbow who advocated throwing bricks through the windows of democrats who voted for the health care bill. >> i've been denied by rachel madow and the president. >> he spanished with paul, the president of the brady campaign

to prevent gun violence. he said the ralph was evidence of weaker gun law ground zero i've known a lot of people who are law-abesiding citizens sometimes make mistakes. that's when ones are bad. in arlington, peggy fox, 9news. >> today's date was chosen because it was the anniversary of a battle at lexington and concord that began the revolutionary war. some families members of students killed in the virginia tech bombing is pushing for legislation to close the so- called gun loophole asking u.s. senators to support a bill that would require pornography sellers to run background checks. gun rights advocates oppose the measure. today marks the 15th year anniversary of the most dead ek terrorist attack in history inch people gathered to remember the victims of the

1995 bombing at the building. that blast killed 188 people and wounded more than 600. >> i'm humbled to be here today to mark this solemn anniversary and to honor the 168 lives taken from us now 15 years ago in an unspeakable act of terrorism. >> oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh was executed in 2001. his army friend, terry nichols is serving multiple sentences in prison. four federal agents were killed during that raid in 1993. 76 members of the group, including leader david caresch died in a consequent fire. both blamed each other for firing the first shot. the largest powerball

jackpot is up this week. possibly is now played in d.c., maryland, virginia and 40 other states. it's going to be another cool april evening across our region. meteorologist topper shutt on the terrace with your out and about forecast. >> if we could shake these winds it would be nicer but still can't complain. temperatures in the 60s. between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. we're looking at temperatures facial mild. may be a shade below average but lots of sunshine or clear skies and temperatures anywhere from the upper 50s to upper 60s. winds are brisk northwesterly at 10 to 15 but again they will subside after midnight. >> ready for the old county closeup. we will start out west. sunshine tomorrow, a few clouds come in late. 59 for fairfax. 70 in vienna. 70 in burke. 70s for loreton. capital hill with sunshine and to the north a little to the

north, montgomery county, but 70 for albany. wheaton 70 and bethesda 70. a few more clouds but with less wind it's going to feel milder. next three days look like this. tomorrow in good shape, 68. rain and showers, not a lot. weak system coming in here on wednesday. low 60s. we'll snap back into the sunshine and mid to upper 60s on thursday. we'll come back and talk about a stronger system out in the west and what that mean for our weekend. >> thank you, we have breaking news to talk about. from tennessee where at least three people were shot at a hospital. police and ambulance crews are on the scene at fort sanders' park west hospital in west knoxville. it's unclear how serious the injuries are. the gunman is still on the lsu. we'll bring you more information when we have it? all right, still ahead a

new study weighs the effectiveness and safety two breast cancer drugs. a car crashes into a horse drawn carriage next to philadelphia's hall. we'll be right back. xçxç/p/pg0gpgpq=kwkw

the cbs evening news is less than an hour away and anchor katie couric joins us live from new york. we're going to wait on that -- okay. >> i'm here. we had some ifb problems. i'm here. >> it's leslie. how are you. why don't we do it together at the same time -- there you go. hi, katie. >> nice to see you, leslie. coming up tonight. when you make a photo copy the image is only on the paper, right? well maybe not. a special cbs news

investigation tonight reveals how your personal information could easily fall into the hands of indentity thieves. plus his boss said he could be the second rain man. a very special employee at a brooklyn hardware store. he's memorized all of the serial numbers for every piece of hardware in the store. we'll have more on that coming up on the cbs evening news. leslie back to you and sorry for the technical difficulties. >> we'll just start the thing next time is this thing working ? >> can you hear me now? >> okay. see you later. three people were injured in a chain reaction crash involving two horse-drawn carriage in philadelphia's historic district. police say a car pushed one onto the curb and a second overturned near independence hall.

no horses were injured. the cause of that crash is under investigation. check out this fire in hopedale, massachusetts. the flames broke out at a clubhouse at a semi private nine hole golf course. the fire was contained to the clubhouse. it's now under investigation. >> firefighters responded to reports of a geyser this morning in the a carson, california neighborhood. when they got there they found this fire hydrant shooting water several stories high into the air. no injuries or damage is reported. time to get a check on the evening rush this monday evening. hey, patranya. >> anita, we have several problems to tell you about in maryland where the first one is 954 heading southbound. that's where where a crash has three right lanes blocked. police are investigating on scene. avoid that 295 if you can. dfw parkway dealing with a problem heading northbound. traffic stretching down to 495. this accident at 197 taking

away. with good news on 395. a beautiful drive. plenty of sunshine but drivers dealing with similar delay between seminariy and duke. how area college students are trying to make gas from garbage. up next in tonight's health alert. women at higher risk for breast cancer have two good drug options to battle the anesthesia. i'm sara walsh at redskins' park where gm bruce allen had interesting things to say about taking a quarterback in this year's draft. that story ahead. nice day but windy day and dry day and means a high pollen count. this is available on our website at wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and drop the menu to allergy update. tree pollen off of the charts. everything else is low. when we come back we'll talk about when our next chance of showers will be to wash that pollen out. k

women at high risk of breast cancer have two drugs to prevent the disease. it tonight's health alert, a head to head comparison. doctors know now which one works best and which one has side effects. >> it scared us a lot. >> reporter: marilyn laz russ is talking about her sister's battle with breast cancer. >> she had a lump and she eventually had her breasts removed and she had a really bad cancer. she had stage iv. >> reporter: marilyn's only family gram and biopsy showed suspicious changes so she enrolled in stars. a study for postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer. doctors know the drug tamoxifen

works but has side effects. enter raloxifene. >> dr. claudine says the goal of star was to find the gold standard in preventing breast cancer. a powerful drug with the fewest side effects. nearly 20,000 poem took either tamoxifer or raloxifene. the raloxifene group had far fewer side effects like deep vain clots. it's considered the safer overall choice. it was very good news to see it was effective at reducing breast cancer but with a more acceptable side effect than tamoxifene. she's thrilled to remain cancer free today. >> now both of these drugs can cause hot flashes because they work on the hormone estrogen. we have a link to lots more information about the star

trial on our website, wusa9.com. it's the top story on our link well page. it was ladies' night at the academy of country music awards in lasvegas. country group lady antebellum was the big winner at last night's awards. the female group won best song for need you now. tonight's top honor went to carrie underwood. she was the first woman to win the award twice. >> my known buzzing. thank you, mike. i love you so much. mom, my sisters, my family. fans, god bless you so much! thank you country music. >> it was also a good might for west virginia's brad paisley. he won the award for best male vocalist. >> cool. >> cool is the operative word.

>> it's below the winds make it feel in the 60s. >> it still feels better today. >> looks like it's going to feel more like march. the next three days sunshine tomorrow. a few clouds coming come in late but late. rain or showers on wednesday. a little weak system approaches. low 60s and we go back to sunshine on thursday with temperatures back in the mid to maybe even upper 60s. tonight clear skies and chilly. winds will subside. out of the north at about 10. not at cold tonight 39 to 49. way in shenandoah there's frost advisories in effect. temps are in the 60s. 66 in arlington. 68234 college park. 64 up towards gaithersburg and 54 out into fairfax and towards manassas. low tonight will be chilly but not as cold as last night. 40s downtown. 42 college park. 39 in buoy.

a few 30s north and east and west of town. 39 in gaithersburg. 39 in the manassas. and 39 in fairfax. tomorrow morning not even a chilly start 40s and 50s. high temperatures 55 to about 70. zone forecast even in the 60s in the mountains. 65 in conklin. mid to upper 60s hagueers town, winchester and martins burg and downtown temperatures almost 70. 70s gaithersburg and no winds, no small craft advisories for a change. next seven days upper 60s with sunshine and rain or showers on wednesday. not a big event but grab your umbrella. low 60s. back into the mid-60s on thursday with sunshine. upper 60s on friday. a much stronger system when is now out in the west gets in here just in time for the weekend. earth day festival on sunday.

showers, may be a thunderstorm 70. leftover shower on monday in the mid-70s. >> might be a good day to bring boots out to the mall. >> maybe. >> rain boots. yeah, there you go. >> all righty, thanks. well the draft is -- look

i'm just so taken. >> you want to the truck. >> it's shocking. >> i can't just look at it. it's coming in nicely. >> and the gray is really limited to this area down here i think. >> that's blonde. if i go like this i feel very wise and savy. let's talk about the draft. if you're a redskins' fan into the draft don't miss the fourth pick. it's the only one the redskins have in the first 100 selections. what are they going to do with it. sara walsh tries to find the truth in a week when very little truth is told. >> reporter: the redskins can't just give away their draft day plans and if you can't be honest at least bruce allen can be candid. >> i'm going to attempt not to lie to you all. >> reporter: allen wouldn't talk specific players of interest for washington, though many have tagged lineman russell o'come from oklahoma state as an choice for the skins' first round selection but offensive coordinator kyle shanahan is not getting his hopes up. >> depending on getting player in the draft you're going to be disappointed. >> reporter: it's no secret the redskins need a defensive lineman but they will take whoever they deem most valuable at number four overall. >> can we rule out his team selecting quarterback in the draft? >> no. you really couldn't. >> reporter: with just four total selections in a draft that's three days away, acquiring more pick is a welcome possibility. >> we have a listed phone number in case someone wants to make a trade. it's hard to project what's going to happen. >> reporter: a jason campbell trade could go down but the redskins continue to deny

multiple reports they want albert haynesworth gone. >> there's not been one mention about trading haynesworth or any other player on the football team. the only person i've allowed to talk to other teams is jason campbell. >> we're looking forward to albert coming in and helping us win. >> reporter: with the redskins, sara walsh, 9 sports now. >> brous allen says they're not trading albert haynesworth. but we have news contradicting that. and i know you both agree. i know he wouldn't rule out taking a quarterback, can we please not take -- because we just got donovan mcnabb. can we get a lineman to protect our aging quarterback. i think that's what most people want. >> just in case they're listening. >> they never listen to us. >> just in case. >> 9news at 6:00 just a few al- awlaki. and here's a look at what is

new. the verdict is in. the jury is back after deliberating the fate of a former maryland trooper accused of sexual misconduct. we'll tell you more at 6:00. earlier we told you about how that volcanic ash cloud is impacting air travel in europe at 6:00. how it's causing problem for area servicemen. a tug of war between a diver and octopus. we'll show you who won coming up tonight at 6:00. >> i'm hoping the diver is but coming up next a local school so the cutting edge of creating biofuels that could eventually replace gas. and don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, 9news now is just six minutes away.

on wall street. the stocks started out the week hitting higher. dow ended up 30 points to close

at 11092. the nasdaq lost a point and the s&p 500 lost five points. if someone could figure out how to grow gas on trees. the stock market could really take off. >> we asked our bruce leshan to take a look. >> reporter: who would have thought a tiny bug in a swamp might help solve two of earth day's most ve x in a lab at the university of maryland scientist from a spinoff company are trying to figure out if the bacterium can help reduce the waste going into rand fills and cut our dependence on petroleum. >> plants have evolved over millions of years to not be eaten. if animals have fight or flight they can run away or fight back. a tree or piece of grass has to take it. >> reporter: what is remarkable about the bug growing in fermenters is its ability to

digest just about anything from corn stalkses to saw dust and toothpaste. it leaves behind sugars that can be ferments into alcohols and many other fuels. >> grass woods, hardwoods. things like allergy or crab shells. >> reporter: or poplar trees. they are growing hundreds of poplar trees. if you can figure out how to break trees down into sugars, they might provide a much better fuel source than corn or sugar cane-based ethanol. it is manipulating the poplar's dna in hopes of making them grow faster. >> it's going to give the bacteria an extremely good source. >> promising science but researchers are still trying to figure out how to make it commercially viable. in college park, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> the ceo says give him a couple more years and is

confident the technology will come together. we hope he's right. thanks for joining us for 9news now at 5:00. 9news at 6:00 starts right now. >> reporter: the volcanic ash cloud over europe is moving west across the atlantic and now the fear is that it could reach the coast of eastern canada. that ash is causing the worst flight disruption since september 11th and is costing the airline industry $200 million a day. the skies are clearing enough for some air traffic to slowly resume. france announced european countries can gradually resume flying in dedicated cautious zones but as as chicago's o'hare airport, the international terminal is silent. airport officials say passengers have no hope of getting out until late tonight. at ma'am international at least 12 flights were canceled. stranded tourists are struggling to find a way home. most have been told they cannot