lawyers today. all this blamed on a technician's error. >> 90 minute gap was, we believe the tech missions are failed to copy that when they complied with the subpoena. >> fact that a university police supervisor, the night of the accident. joann happens to be married to a mounted national parks and planning police officer who was at the scene of the beating. a coincidence university officials say. >> she is a very trusted employee. her motives or her presence there from my point of view unquestioned. >> we'll have to take it at face value. >> jack mckenna says they are looking forward to the outcome of a maryland police investigation. >> the 50 or so cameras we received, it was the one camera, the most important camera that was omitted. again, they say it's a mistake, but it's a coincidence which

raises enough questions that one would hope that it is thoroughly investigated. >> by the way, the university video does not capture the actual beating. instead, that's on youtube, video shot by a student from his dorm window. >> now the university police officer who has been called in to question recuesed herself from anything to do with this video once the subpoena became clear, according to university officials this afternoon. the lawyers in this case are suing on behalf of two students who were beaten by police that night after the big basketball win over duke and they are scouring this new video and 60 hours of the other video they got, looking for more potential victims. reporting live, scott broome, 9news n now. >> only video is the video we've shown and we've seen on youtube, is that what you are say snag. >> so far x that's the only clear shot of what occurred to

jack mckenna, according to the attorneys. they are scouring all the videos they can find, including others that turned up on youtube in case there is something else. >> scott broome reporting, thank you. old town bowie was the scene of a tense day long police barricade situation. it started as authorities attempted to close in on a suspect on chestnut after avenue. the suspect refused to come out. police found the man hiding in the basement. there were no serious injuries. new developments in the case of murdered dc principal, brian bet. clues found on his facebook page are helping detectives develop a more detailed time line of his final hours. audrey barnes has been following this case since the very beginning. she joins us live outside the manassas funeral home.

audrey. >> reporter: brian bets parents, his sister jennifer, family and friends are gathering here for a wake which begins in about an hour. they are also expecting at least seven charter buses filled with students and staff at the schools that bet worked with over the years. meanwhile, montgomery county police detectives are hard at work trying to solve this case and all eyes are on facebook. >> this is the last known posting by brian bets on facebook. wow, what great weather he writes, grilling out having a cocktail and the post stopped. his body was found 24 hours later inside his silver spring home with a fatal gun shot wound. >> my parents and i just want the person caught. and we know that they are doing everything that they can. >> montgomery county police today said despite previous reports, they do not believe bets had a huge cookout that night with a lot of people at his home. they believe the gathering was

much smaller. the list of people who saw him alive last, much shorter. >> have you had a chance to think about what you think might have happened that night? >> yeah, you know, i have no clue. i have no clue. i could not imagine anybody wanting to hurt him. >> investigators say someone talked to bets on the phone at 11:30 that night, but they aren't revealing that person's identity. and one week later, police have a recovered, stolen suv, and not much else to go on. next thursday would have been brian bet's 43rd birthday. his wake begins at 6:00 tonight. it will run until 9:00 and it is open to the public. back to you. >> audrey, are there any other services planned for the principal? >> there's a lot of things planned. beginning tomorrow, a group called city is hosting a day of service and middle school students that brian bets loved so much are participating in that to honor him and also

there's a huge service planned for may 1. that will be the last chance for shaw middle school students and other kids and friends who knew him and loved him to say good-bye. back to you. >> audrey, thank you for that. we have an update on the out of control party that happened at james madison university. officers used pepper spray to break up a crowd of 8,000 people. 30 ended up arrested. now a task force is looking at video footage to identify suspects. a team of law enforcement agencies is vowing to find out who is responsible who broke out at the annual spring fest. >> a rocky romance led up to the shooting of brandon carol. the accused gunman and another man who was wounded, alice heartridge were linked to the same woman. sought a protective woman three days before the off campus shooting. hall claims to have shot carol

in self-defense. a manassas teenager has been charged with killing his uncle. police went to the 10,300 block just after midnight. that's where they found 39-year- old aristotle howard shot to death. his nephew was discovered a short while later. he is now charged with murdering his uncle and has a court date next month. a swim coach accused of sexually abusing a female student in kansas city has been suspended indefinitely from a similar position in manassas. he was coaching swimmers, the board president says he took the action after he was named in a civil lawsuit inmissouri. tonight, we'll hear from the mother of the teen at the center of those accusations. >> we know more about the teen who drowned in the river yesterday. anarundal county officers identified him. the 15-year-old jumped into the river and tried to swim across, but had some trouble with the

current. two people then jumped in and tried to save the boy, but they could not get to him. at least 11 people are still missing after an explosion and fire on board an oil rig just off the coast of louisiana. the coast guard managed to get most of the workers safely to land, but had to rush more than a half dozen to hospitals for treatment. terrell brown reports from new orleans. >> rescuers pulled survivors from the dark waters of the gulf of mexico. workers from the deep water horizon evacuated the oil rig after an explosion wednesday night. it triggered a giant fire that critically injured seven people. most of the 126 workers escaped safely, but hours after the blast, crews searched frantically for at least 11 missing people. the coast guard is hoping they are safe on a life raft. the rig is off the southern tip of louisiana, about 40 miles from shore. there's no word on what caused the explosion, but the platform, as long as a football field and nearly twice as wide,

is tilting about 70 degrees. it's in danger of toppling into the sea and it continues to burn. >> it will be a huge salvage project. the size of this rig is incredible. so, it's going to be a massive recovery. >> the rig shown here before the explosion is owned by houston based transocean, but it's under contract. it's called a semisubmersible, means its elevated deck is supported by pontoons. the coast guard has teams on stand by. for now, the focus is on finding the missing workers and bringing them home to their families. terrell brown, cbs news, new orleans. workers typically spend two weeks on a rig at a time followed by two weeks off. a day after a joint meeting with goff no, sir from maryland and virginia, along with dc's mayor to highlight metro's safety. a house panel conducted hearings on how to fix the

system. suray joins us with more. >> reporter: lawmakers today call metro a dysfunctional system. harsh words for the transit agency as an audit reveals 21 recommendations. it says that communication and safety are not part of the metro culture. >> it's a dysfunctional system, isn't it? >> lawmakers try to get to the bottom of problems, lack of safety, communication top the list. >> it seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. >> and the administrator agrees. >> that communication problem is not limited to the safety problem. there are other right hands and left hands. >> the administrator suggests a complete overhaul. >> people all up and down the  chain want to avoid hostility and not work as a team, maybe they should go find their new team somewhere else and bring in people prepared to work as a

team to focus on the problem. >> do you realize what a sad commentary you just made? >> i do, sir, but the audit speaks for itself. these are not -- >> it's chilling. >> since the worst accident in metro's history, claiming nine lives and injuring 80 others last june. lawmakers are pushing to restructure the tristate oversight committee to ensure safety. a committee often looked upon as a powerless group. >> a lot of the proposed changes can't be done without money as metro faces a $190 million short fall. >> we move 40% of the federal work force every day. no other transit system in america does that. >> richard says in the end, they have to change the safety culture and rebuild public trust. >> we can talk a lot. we can plan a lot, we can communicate a lot, but in the end, we have to have results. >> on top of all their problems, metro will be conducting budget talks to

close that $190 million gap. anita. >> where are they looking to make these cuts? >> they will not specify, but anything and everything is on the table, including possibly personnel and also mechanics. live here, suray chin. 9news now. a man involved in a deadly head-on collision appeared before a judge today. a car and minivan collided on alabama avenue in southeast. the driver of the car, 37-year- old mary elizabeth died. the van's driver, 34-year-old jones is charged with involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say he has a history of traffic charges in maryland. a tour bus accident shut down the inner loop of the beltway on the maryland side of american legion bridge. at least ten people ended up hurt, but none of their injuries are believed to be serious. both sides of the beltway were backed up. sections of the dulles toll

road and the access road will be temporarily closed early tomorrow. weather permitting, areas east of hunter mill road exchange will be closed in 15 minute periods between midnight and 2:45 a.m. those closings will allow dominion, virginia, to relocate power lines for the metro project. patranya, what's going on? >> many drivers are dealing with slick conditions as they head home tonight. this is true for 395 and 95 past the mixing bowl. all travel lanes are open, but it is extra slow between springfield. watch out for an accident on the outer loop here. this accident at route 50, slow to the scene and on inner loop, extra stroll is a crawl from here all the way to the bw parkway, rather 75 minute drive at this hour. to prove that point, let's go live to that shot north of town, it is a crawl in both directions. guys, back to you. >> all right. fit for a steelers quarterback,

ben roethlisberger learns his punishment for violating the personal conduct pollty. brett haber will tell us more coming up. >> and we still have rain in northwest. we'll take you out with live doppler. most of it is 995 east, up toward howard county and also toward baltimore. we'll come back and talk about a strong finish to the week. even though british airports are now open, there's still a major backlog of flights. i'm rita nissan, that story coming up. every dollar raised gets closer to the cure. register today and make a

donation at donationforthecure.com. xçxç/p/pg0gpgpq=kwkw the air travel nightmare in europe is getting better. more than 20,000 flights have been given the all clear for takeoff today, but it will take several days to get weary passengers to their final destinations and years for the airline industry to recover.

rita nissan recovers from london. >> planes back in the skies over europe are finally giving stranded passengers a shot at getting home. >> we got up this morning and they told us our flights were canceled and they hustled us and said there might be another flight. >> the volcanic ash that kept planes parked cleared just in time for dana's trip to cleveland. >> i wish i wasn't the first day out. but it will be all right. >> there the lucky ones, the ash cloud triggered more than 100,000 flight cancellations around the globe and moving the massive backlog of passengers will take several days. >> this is horrible. british airways won't help me. i have been here five times. five times. >> if the skies stay clear getting stranded customers on planes will be a short-term problem for the airlines. but recovering at least $1.7 billion, that could take up to

three years. >> some airlines and even passengers are questioning whether european governments kept the air space closed longer than necessary. >> i think when the investigations are over, we realize we could have flown. >> scientists analyzing air samples say governments did make the right safety calls. this mom didn't want to risk it. >> i'm glad they erred on the side of caution. >> that caution means some air space restrictions are still in place, but for the first time in nearly six days, most of europe's air traffic is moving again. rita nissan for cbs news, london. students stranded in dc will have to wait a little longer. 20 of them from northeast england are preparing for exams at martin luther king, jr., library. they hope to have them for one more day. a couple stranded because of the volcano used their down time to get married. they said their i do's inside a

chapel at taiwan's hotel. that was a far cry from the wedding they have been planning. relatives could watch the ceremony live. the pittsburgh steelers will be without quarterback, ben roethlisberger for the first part of the season. >> brett haber joins with us today's suspension. >> saying they didn't have enough evidence to convict the steelers quarterback of sexual assault charges and perhaps at that moment, roethlisberger thought he was getting off scott free, but the nfl had other ideas. the commissioner suspending roethlisberger for the first six games. a sentence that could be reduced to four games if the qb undergoes treatment. roethlisberger stands to lose nearly $3 million while he is out and word tonight is that the steelers are looking to trade him for a top ten pick in tomorrow's nfl draft. the commissioner wrote a letter

to roethlisberger today, outlining his decision. you will hear portions of that letter coming up at 6:00. anita. thank you. pope benedict xvi promised to deal with the widening scandal over sexual abuse by catholic priests. he made the comment in st. peters square. he met with abused victims during a recent trip to multa and assured them he would take action. this is the first public comment on the scandal. it was a national day of mourning in china for more than 2,000 people killed in last week's earthquake. flags flew at half staff in beijing and silent tributes across the country. the quake struck the tibetan area a week ago. 175 people are still missing in the rubble. it's been a rainy day today, but you are talking about a tornado? >> the same system that will come in here over the weekend, produced this tornado. this is out in texas and this is in the panhandle just west of amarillo. no one was hurt, no damage, but

you can clearly see the funnel cloud down to the ground. okay, there you go. right there. this is north of i-40 and 15 miles west of amarillo. let's go to the graphics, because we talked about this last week. we average a thousand tornadoes a year. no state is immuned and most tornadoes occur in the month of may. 18% of all tornadoes occur in may. tornado seasons, well january through march is down to the south along the gulf coast. then it moves northward as we get into april, may, and june, and this is tornado ally and that tornado is right there. so that was right in the wheel house of the season. then it moves further north to get into late summer months, toward the great lakes, upper ohio valley, midwest, and into the mid atlantic and the northeast. so, hasn't been a whole bunch of tornadoes this year, but this is getting to be the season. all right, the next three days, here we go. we are going to finish the week strong. 70 tomorrow. 70 on friday. there is a chance for showers tomorrow afternoon, but the bulk of the day will be fine and 68 on saturday with more

rain and showers. that hasn't changed. tonight, showers ending early, partial clearing, cool. winds northwesterly at 10. let me show you live doppler. most of the activity is east of town. so it's a little bit of activity up 270 and southeastern sections of montgomery county. by and large, most of the activity, i-95 and it is pushing away from us. showers will end during the evening, still going to be a wet commute. back to the computer we go. we'll talk about temperatures tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s, but mostly sunny skies. the winds light and by afternoon, we are looking at a very nice day, partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. a couple showers are possible, but it can be a pleasant day. highs around 70. winds will increase a little bit northwesterly at 10 to 15. our 9 future cast shows most showers across the baby 11:45. we'll get the clearing after midnight. then we have a nice morning.

dry commute with sunshine, beginning in the afternoon, though, we are going to see clouds return from the west. very weak cold front goes through here. a much better chance of showers, frederick, martinsburg, and in the mountains. a couple showers could move through. that's going to be few and far between. still going to be a nice day tomorrow. there goes our little system. about half an inch to 3/4 of an inch fell across most of the metro area. notice back to the west, we are clear, so we are in good shape after the showers kind of dissolve after the evening hours progress. all right, next seven days, 70 tomorrow. there's your shower. 70 on friday. rain and showers on saturday. upper 60s. showers and thunderstorms at the festival. i think we'll be in the upper 70s. it's going to be close. could be a case where fredericks is 68. doesn't change the precipitation forecast, and showers on monday and tuesday. cooler, and clearing out wednesday with highs in the low

60s. >> it might be a day for rain boots on the mall. >> yes, and a pancho that isn't too hot, but keeps the rain off. >> sounds like a plan. we know you are getting up earlier and so are we. tune into 9news now tomorrow morning at 4:25 a.m. >> coming up next, remembering the man who helped shape the olympic games for decades. first, caught on tape. two military choppers collide in south america. [ male announcer ] this year, get the most out of your lawn

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caught on tape, six people are dead and another five are hurt after a collision of military helicopters in columbia. it happened as those choppers were attempting to take off from a military base. it was part of an offensive against a rebel group in the area. a general and five soldiers are among the dead. a hand glider got a little more than he bargained for in southern california. his flier got stuck in a tree in san diego. that glider was knocked off course by a gust of wind and ended up in a tree near the first hole of the golf course. rescue crews used a ladder to get the man down. he was not hurt. the former president of the

international olympic committee, juan has died. the 89-year-old passed away overnight of heart and lung failure in barcelona. he headed the ioc from 1980 to 2001. he was considered a great innovator and among the most powerful figures in sports. the late benjamin hooks is being remembered as a civil rights activist and peacemaker. hook's funeral was held today in his hometown of memphis, tennessee. he died last week at the age of 85. the former lawyer and judge led the naacp for 15 years and by the time he left that post, its membership had grown by several hundred thousand. to learn more about benjamin hooks and other civil rights leaders, go to wusa9.com. a new era in journalism was launched today. the university of maryland dedicated the journalism building. it is over 53,000 square feet with lots of open space. symbolizing the transparency of good journalism. in addition to high-tech classrooms and labs, the school

also honors one of channel 9's very own, the late chris houston. there is a room in the new building named in his honor. a graduate of the university of maryland, chris died of pancreatic cancer back in january of 2006. he was just 42 and we still miss him. >> coming up, a new york hospital celebrates more than 3,000 gifts of life. also ahead, president obama holds a high level meeting as he decides to nominate, or decides who to nominate as the next justice to the u.s. supreme court. a debate over vaccinating schoolgirls against hpv. one mother testifies about what happened to her daughter. wññññ

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welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories. the university of maryland released missing video from the notorious disturbance. the tapes just turned up because of a technician's error. friends, colleagues, and students are arriving at a funeral home at this hour to honor slain principal, brian bets. montgomery county police are pouring over his facebook page in hopes of finding his killer. and a frantic search is underway in the gulf of mexico for 11 missing oil workers. a company official says there were no signs of problems before yesterday's big explosion on a drilling platform off louisiana. currently among the list of required vaccinations in the district of columbia for all girls is a vaccine called gardasil. it protects young women from hpv, that can cause cervical

cancer. in tonight's health alert, a hearing today before the dc city council about whether it should be required. >> the number of adverse events is under reported. >> 18 days after her third injection of gardasil, my daughter died. >> she lost her daughter in june of 2008, to what she believes was adverse reactions to the hpv vaccine. >> she was having fatigue. she was having a cough that wouldn't get better. she had a rash that developed. after her third shot, she also was complaining of feeling dizzy. >> the fda approved gardasil. its recommended young girls get vaccinated before they become sexually active. currently, sixth grade girls in the district of columbia are required to have the vaccine in order to meet mandatory

requirements and attend school. parents can opt their daughters out. >> we have to educate not only the regular citizens, but also the health professionals, too. >> the doctor says mandating gardasil isn't a must, but greater sexual education should be. >> pap smears are the thing that have redeuced the incidents of cervical cancer by 80% over the last 50 years. >> however, dr. jack lynch, chair of the dc chancer consortium says it is necessary due to the high rate of cancer in the dc, metro area. >> dc has one of the highest cancer mortality rates. >> maker of gardasil says its vaccine is safe. they investigated several cases of add version reactions, including deaths, but did not find an association with the vaccine. a recent study in the journal of american medical association found the benefits outweigh any adverse risks. a reunion for people who have given or gotten the gift

of life. new york's presbyterian hospital, columbia, hosted this gathering to celebrate more than 3,000 kidney transplants since the first one there in 1969. some of them were the result of what's called kidney swapping, when a donor is a match for another. >> we increase the number of live donors by about a third, which is huge. >> back in december, surgeons here in washington performed a 26 kidney swap operation, saving 13 lives. there are more than 80,000 americans waiting for a kidney right now, but each year, there are only about 17,000 transplants done and doctors hope this kidney swapping can make more organs available and save more lives. president obama promised today the next supreme court nominee will not have to pass a test on abortion. at the same time, the president made it clear the nominee must respect personal privacy and women's rights. mr. obama invites vice

president biden to discuss his nominee. he plans to nominate someone by the end of may at the latest. the widow of the late senator ted kennedy took part in ceremonies today to mark the first anniversary of the edward m. kennedy serve america act. that event was held in washington. after a luncheon, organizers of national service groups talked about how to increase service opportunities for all americans and keep the momentum going. >> the smithsonian's natural museum received some items from the kennedy era that have been sitting in a safe deposit box for years. one of the items is a cane used by president john f. kennedy during world war ii. retired navy captain made the donation. he and j.f.k. were boat commanders in the south pacific. we'll have more on president kennedy's world war ii story coming up at 6:00. right now, let's talk about the cool, damp weather out

there. does it continue tonight? topper shutt on the terrace with your out and about forecast. >> notice the first time out without the umbrella. showers are diminishing. here's your out and about forecast. it's going to be damp, but showers will be tapering off, kind of on the cool side. temperatures from 52 to 60. good news, winds will be light. ready for your closeup, here we go. we will start out in the west, start with fairfax county and temperatures will be very nice around 70, yes, there will be a chance of a shower late in the day, but we are in good shape with temperatures either side of 70. we'll say 71 in fairfax, maybe 72 at lorton and 71 in old town. downtown, sunshine. temperatures also low 70s in cleveland park and capitol hill. and again, we could see a shower in the afternoon. the bulk of the day will still be nice. we want to emphasize that. prince georges county, you too will be in the 70s. bowie, 70. upper marlboro, 71, and clinton, about 72 with sunshine

and also the risk of an afternoon shower. further north and west you are of town, the better chance you have of a shower coming in tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. when we come back, we will look ahead to the weekend, which still looks a little bit unsettled. anita and lesli, back to you. >> are you feeling lucky? details on tonight's power ball jackpot, plus 711, hey, it's getting its own brand of beer. up next, a surveillance camera chaptures an elderly robber blamed for a series of bank heists. we'll be back. // [ crowd cheering ]

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the cbs everyoning news is less than an hour away and anchor, katie couric joins us live from new york city with a preview. hi katie. >> hey there, lesli. coming up, a live report from

florida as search and rescue workers return from that deadly oil rig explosion. plus, there's powerful science of the worse may be over for the auto industry. and get this, how a marshmellow can predict your child's chances of success. we'll explain and have those answers tonight right after 9news now. lesli, back to you. >> can that marshmellow go between two gram crackers and chocolate in the middle? >> it's all about delayed gratification and focus and self-control and it's an interesting story. i think every parent will want to check this out. >> and learn from, apparently. katie, thank you for that. all right, caught on tape. a suspect being called the geezer bandit. an elderly, gray haired robber is believed to be responsible for eight bank holdups. he struck again yesterday in san diego. a $16,000 reward is being offered for the capture of the bandit. >> district police are searching for the armed robber who held up actor, cal pen.

his former publicist says pen was held up shortly before 2:00 p.m. in washington. the gunman reportedly forced the harold and kumar actor to the ground and ran. pen was not hurt. green day giving its regards to broadway. the successful rock act was on hand for the premier of their new ♪ musical, american idiot. american idiot is based on the album of the same name. and a quick reminder for all you early risers out there. tune into 9news now tomorrow morning beginning bright and early at 4:25 a.m. coming up, we'll show you what the new $1 00 bill is going to look like. >> and the withdrawals and deposits change lives, thanks to a different kind of currency. and the capitals are hoping

to take a commanding lead in the playoff series tonight. we'll tell you why the boys in red think they have the decided advantage. topper. >> showers are pushing out of the area now. even a peek of sun to the west. we'll take you out with the almanac, as we mentioned yesterday, the commuter, not much rain really fell. 57 and 54. a cool day, average is 68 and 48. only about .2 of an inch fell, gives us a little over an inch for the month. we'll show you live doppler, a lack ahead to the weekend. q

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to its website to reserve a spot for their energy program that starts on april 28. district residents will have a little more time. dc's rebate program does not begin until late may. those allocated funds run out quickly. more people who thought they would never need a handoff, now do. the economy is indeed the great equaliser. tonight, how one local organization is tackling the challenges in our community with resources that are already here. >> starting over in the most trying circumstances is never easy. >> morgan found a helping hand at a wider circle. it's a furniture bank in silver spring. >> my children are supposed to come home and i did need a little bit of help getting, you know, the bigger things together. >> the bigger things are the basic things. beds for her children who will be reunited with her for the fir time in two years. toys to play with, a couch to retreat and table and chairs to

eat. >> we have enough stuff that everybody should have a bed. everybody should have a couch. everybody should have the food that they need to have. >> mark founded the organization eight years ago to tackle poverty with resources already available. when these items get a second life, a family gains stability and independence and a chance to view their lives without limits. >> wow. >> the donations come from people all across the area. >> it's very gratifying to know that we can be there for them. >> then, the items arrive at their headquarters, where 300 calls for service come in each day. >> make a right on seminary road. >> and the voice on the other end is changing. >> many women called us and said my husband lost his job. we donated a couch and a bed. now we need -- >> for this mom on the verge of getting her family back. >> it's a miracle for me, for my situation. >> every day items that are furnishing lives for a better

future. >> just $25 can fully outfit a home and there are 1,000 people on the waiting list. most people have to wait a month before they can get into the program, except in emergency situations where a family could be torn apart. to learn more about how you can help or how you can get help, go to our website, wusa9.com. click on living smart. >> great story, lesli. the u.s. treasury unveiled its new $100 bill today. the redesigned note uses new technology to combat counterfeiting. you can also find it already on $5, $10, and $20 bills. the largest power ball jackpot since last summer, folks, it is up for grabs tonight. this evening's drawing is worth $552 million after no one matched all winning numbers last saturday. it is played in dc maryland, virginia, and 40 other states. the nation's third largest beer retailer is now getting

its own brand of brew. it's called game day beer and it's going on sale at 711 stores later this month. the convenience store chain is billing the brand as a premium beer. it's going to sell for $7 for a 12 pack of game day beer at 711. >> very reasonable. >> yeah. >> i know about the price of beer. >> for what you know, what you've heard. >> exactly. >> i think you are pretty good on that. you are an expert, i would say. >> our april showers are in the form of rain. you are going to show us other showers. >> the same system that is coming here this weekend has brought a ton of snow to california. up to a foot fell in the highest elevations, 2 to 3 wet inches fell in the lower elevations. so yeah, that's a pretty big storm. we have been watching it since monday and it's on the way. here we go. next three days, we are looking at a strong finish to the week, really. 70 tomorrow, maybe a shower late and then 70 on friday and then we kind of go downhill.

showers and light rain. temperatures cooler into the upper 60s. for tonight, showers ending. we'll see fog late. low temperatures 45 to 50. winds northwesterly at 10. let me show you live doppler. you can access this on the web. essentially, west of 95, you're in good shape. the exception is back into montgomery county and howard county. essentially if you are west of 95, it is beginning to clear up. a little bit of shower activity in clinton. upper marlboro as you go 301, as you go out 50 toward annapolis, have some showers, nothing particularly heavy, but we don't need stuff to get heavy to mess up the rush hour and still wet toward bowie and also up toward beltsville. all right, let's go back to the computer. we'll talk about tomorrow morning. mostly sunny and cool. 40s and 50s. by afternoon, looking at partly cloudy skies, breezy and

pleasant. shower possible. yes, it's possible. most of the days will be nice. winds northwest at 10 to 15. next seven days, pair of 70s tomorrow and friday. there's your shower tomorrow afternoon. we do go downhill. light rain and showers on saturday. showers and perhaps thunderstorms on sunday. i think we are going to bust in the warm sector of air. that's some good news and showers linger monday and tuesday. we clear up again next wednesday, but we are cool with highs in the low 60s. >> caps are looking good going into game four tonight. >> i think the minute that the canadians blew that 4-1 lead that they had in game two, this thing was over. alex ovechkin smelled blood and he is eating the carcass of the canadians now. >> the caps win tonight, they lead the series three games to one. while they never admit to looking ahead, we'll do that for them. the penguins lead their series against ottawa, if the caps and penguins both advance. the two hated rivals would meet in the next round with an

ovechkin and crosby showdown. we know there's work to be done before that happens. game four tonight in quebec and no surprise, bruce going in goal again tonight. the 21-year-old was brilliant, stopping 26 of 27 shots in game three on wednesday. after riding the pine for most of the second half of the season, but the playoffs seem to be his time of year. >> it was great for us. he loves these kinds of situations. he's a big name player for us. he did a great job. >> he's a good goalie, and he's prepared mentally. >> everybody played well. all four lines defensemen and bullpen was outstanding. >> as for the offense, the caps are 0 for 14. they tried to address that with an extra practice session in montreal, but they were invaded by a spy. and many of you have been e- mailing and it's hard to tell

if the e-mails are complaints or not. this is day nine of the playoffs, not too close. i'm not proud of it. i didn't know it would be four different colors. yes, my kids asked me to get rid of it. should i groom it under here? >> you might be able to do that. >> no shaving. send us your playoff photos at wusa9.com. we'll vote for the best one. i don't know how far i'm going to make it. >> you have to go the whole way. 9news now at 6:00 is a few minutes away and new for you tonight. allegations of abuse at school. parents say their special needs child was beaten by a staffer. plus, a mother pleads guilty to starving her baby to death. and she won't go to jail. also, the church sex scandal here at home. how it led to one former cardinal being replaced for a big ceremony. that's all new coming up tonight at 6:00. coming up, lynn never planned to be an environmental activist, but tonight the family farmer's battle against

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today, citizenship and immigration services commemorated this anniversary by swearing in 40 new u.s. citizens. it's one of many taking part across the nation. poop is a problem from the chicken houses on the eastern shore to the cattle feed lots of the midwest. oceans of manure are fouling streets and creating dead zones

offshore. >> bruce leshan has a story of a family farmer who nabbed one of the environmental prizes for trying to turn that tide. >> in the wide open spaces of michigan on the lane that bears her family name, lin henning and her husband were living the life they always dreamed. >> i love farming. farming is our way of life. >> starting in the late 1990s, henning says her way of life came under assault. within ten miles of her home, a dozen factory farms sprung up. places where tens and thousands of animals are raised hook to jowl, barely able to move. >> i like to refer them as animal factories, because the animals are nothing more than machines. they don't get to see the outdoors. >> thousands of gallons of waste is channeled into open pits, where the toxic brew of feces, urine, antibiotics, pesticides, blood, and bacteria

is left to ferment before it is sprayed out on farm fields. henning says the stench is nearly unbearable. the toxic gases like ammonia, methane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide have injured the families nearby. >> we have people get irreversible brain damage, they get memory loss. >> she logs more than 100 miles a week, measuring the runoff into area streams, pressing the state to enforce clean water laws and fighting the argument that giant feed lots are the only way america can raise inexpensive food. >> we are not looking at the environmental costs. >> not everyone is happy about her work. >> we have dead animals left on our front porch. we have skunks and raccoon left in the mailbox. >> henning has just won the $150,000 goldman environmental prize. but she says she would have kept fighting anyway. >> this is life or death

situation. we have to have clean water, clean air, and land to raise our food and supply. >> in washington, bruce leshan, 9news now. on earth day, she will be speaking at the celebration on the national mall. thanks for joining us for 9news now at 5:00. 9news now at 6:00 starts right now. >> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. a family says their mentally challenged child was beaten by a teacher's aide. prince georges county police are investigating and alex joins us now with the details. alex. >> the family spokesperson says the teenager has the mental capacity of a six-year- old. they say the attack is affecting both him and his twin brother. >> what makes this more sickening and more unexcusable is the fact that this attack happened to a 14-year-old child.