communication problems. >> there are other right hands and left hands that aren't talking. >> and a $190 million budget short fall. >> metro is starving for dollars. >> and so lawmakers and the metro's interim gm is scrambling to find solutions. >> it starts with me, it starts with them to work together as a team. >> they are going to have to operate as one organization in an integrated manner. >> i'm scott broome at the university of maryland. tonight, we get our first look at a surveillance video in a police beating case. a video that at first police said was missing. it wasn't found until reporters started asking questions. >> this is the fuzzy video in question. they got everything but the 90 minute video of the actual scene. >> the video does not show the incident. >> today, university officials released the video, explaning the original had been erased, but when questions arose yesterday, they found that one investigator still had a copy. >> the 90 minute gap was, we

believe technicians -- >> it was the one camera. the most important camera that was omitted. they say it's a mistake, but it's a coincidence which raises enough questions that one would hope it is thoroughly investigated. >> i'm alex in prince georges county where a family says their mentally handicapped child was beaten by a teacher's aid. >> this attack happened to a 14-year-old child. o 14-year-old child that has mental handicap and who has the mental capacity of a six-year- old child. >> natalie williams is serving as a spokesperson for the victim and family of the alleged attack. >> the assaulting teacher was out of control at this fu time. >> he then picked the child up, threw him into the bleachers, as the child attempted to get up, the assaulting teacher grabbed him once again and threw him back into the bleachers for a second

time. >> the family wants to know why their child was not taken to the nurse's office. why security did not respond, and why the school failed to notify the parents immediately. >> that delaware pediatrician charged with sexually abusing more than 100 kids will go on trial next year. court documents show jury selection will begin in february for dr. earl bradley. bradley pled not guilty to these charges, but then just this past monday, he was charged with an additional 44 counts of sexual abuse involving two dozen more children. ben roethlisberger will miss the first six games of the 2010 season. that is the punishment the nfl handed out for the steelers quarterback today. that suspension comes after multiple women accused lott lis bergerned roethlisberger of

assault. is that fair? roethlisberger was accused, but never even charged with the crime. and now he is suffering some serious consequences at his job. they may even trade him. what do you think about that? suppose we were all held to this higher standard. share your thoughts with mcginty's mailbag. the search is on for 11 people missing after an oil rig explosion off the coast of louisiana. the rig deep water horizon was still burning late today. hours after being rocked by the blast late last night. most of the workers either escaped or were rescued by the coast guard. three were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. no word yet on what caused the explosion. >> and we have two commuter alerts for you tonight to get you ready for the rest of our week. the folks working on the dulles metro rail project tell us today's rain will not stop tonight's work along the toll road. starting tonight around 11:00, crews will start setting up barriers across all four lanes just east of the interchange at hunter mill road. then, the traffic will be

stopped in both directions for 15 minutes at a time between midnight and 2:00 a.m. crews will be relocating power lines to build that new rail line. >> on friday, get ready for closures ahead of this weekend's world bank ims meetings. about 7:30, the roads you see here highlighted for you will all close and they will stay that way until sunday around 5:00 p.m. you won't be able to park on those same streets after 3:00 p.m. on friday and the parking restrictions will go on to pennsylvania avenue between 18th and 20th street, parking restrictions will stay in place until 6:00 a.m. monday morning. let's check the evening rush hour going on right now. patranya in the 9news now traffic center. >> lots of things to watch out for on the roadways. but first, we have to get through tonight and the west side of the capital beltway here. a tough spot to navigate throughout the evening due to a couple major accidents. we just got a new one reported

on the inner loop. watch out for that. otherwise a slow ride all the way up to the spur. as we head out to 66. as you can see, lots of traffic here. starting to ease maybe just a little bit past the end of metro, but still a little bit of congestion towards 123. but no major accidents or incidents to get in your way. gloomy skies, but not so gloomy on the roadways. no crash activities to report. derek, back to you. and topper is here with our 9forecast first. i tried to sneak out early for a bike ride i did not make it. >> the good news is, i do have a light jacket. here's requester forecast first. showers ending this everyoning. most of which are east and north of us. partial clearing, cool, patchy fog. low temperatures 45 to 50. winds become northwest at 5 to 10. let me show you live doppler 9,000. most of the activity is north and east of us, almost across the bay and southeast of

baltimore. a couple showers down to the south, but they will leave us alone. we'll come back and talk about finishing the week strong and look ahead to the weekend. derek. >> a northern virginia swim coach has been suspended from his job after being accused of sexually abusing one of his female swimmers. those accusations come from a missouri woman claiming her former coach sexually abused her when she was a teenage swimmer and now peggy fox reports that she game to manassas, even though the family prevented him from coaching again. >> i did not pay him to sexually molest my daughter. >> that's the voice of a kansas city mother whose now 21- year-old daughter filed a civil lawsuit against her former switch coach. 43-year-old robert. he is now employeed as a coach with the swimmers in manassas. >> he started sexually grooming her, befriending her, creating an atmosphere of, you

know, all powerful, you need me. >> the suit also names u.s.a. swimming, swim clubs in missouri, and aaron dean, who is now the swimmers general manager. and was her supervisor in missouri. >> the mother of the plaintiff sent me this letter that her husband wrote two years ago. in it, he details the alleged misconduct of rob and says that he should be permanently barred from any coaching activity. when they learned that he was coaching here in virginia, they were shocked. >> we are supposed to be protecting these kids, and when that is not happening, it really makes you feel sick. >> the lawsuit and others have sent shock waves through the swimming community. greg york, the general chair, the governing body over swimmers, says they are coming up with new guidelines to protect swimmers and coaches. >> these allegations were several months ago and that coach has been here for six months and we didn't have any awareness of that.

>> york says they are coming up with guidelines for hiring coaches. in arlington, peggy fox, 9news now. >> and u.s.a. swimming is taking steps to protect his 300,000 members in a 7 point action plan and you can learn more about that plan at wusa9.com. just click on 9 news extras. still to come, remembering a friend. we'll take you live to a memorial for a murdered local principal. but first, this building may not look like much, but just wait until you hear what it may become for local families willing to put in some elbow grease. [ crowd cheering ]

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back on 9news now with a look at the future for 12 arlington families. they'll be working with habitat for humanity to convert this building into condos. they need to invest between 300 and 500 hours of sweat equity in order to own the homes they build. >> and maryland is getting a $20 million grant from the u.s. department of energy. the energy efficiency grant will go tolt state's department of housing and community development. it is one of 25 such grants, which vice president joe biden announced today for communities, governments, and nonprofit groups. the world already is transforming as the secretary said to a new energy economy. and the question is, are we going to lead it or are we going to continue to try to catch up? are we going to be left behind?

we need to catch up. >> and you can learn more about today's grants at wusa9.com. just click on living green and while you're at it, check out all the local events we have listed for earth day. maryland's public works voted to hold the line on state property taxes. property owners will still pay 11.2 cents per $100 of assessed value. the board only voted to raise the state rate once over the last 30 years. that was in 2003. individual counties set their own separate property tax rates. and virginia's general assembly reconvened today to review 122 amendments the governor made to bills passed this year. the governor's proposed cuts to healthcare and social programs are the most contention items on the agenda. scientists aren't sure why we are seeing an uptick in natural disasters, but find out why one man thinks they are happening. plus topper is back with your full forecast and we are back

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and we are back on 9news now with a reminder. we know you are getting up earlier and earlier for you these days. join andrea and howard every morning starting at 4:25. now we want to take a moment to share some news important to us here at channel 9. today we were honored to have the university of maryland name one of the rooms in its new journalism school for our own chris houston. chris played many roles while he was here at wusa9. this video, him helping lead the newsroom as we cover the terror attacks on september 11. chris was taken from us far too young. succumbing to pancreatic cancer four years ago. he was only 42 years old. he was a leader for us here at wusa and we are proud chris' legacy lives on at his alma mater. right now, friends and family

and current and former students are paying their respects to another local leader. brian bet ts was the principal at shaw middle school. she is live tonight from tonight's viewing going on in manassas. audrey. >> reporter: derek, the crowd for brian betts viewing tonight will certainly top a thousand. take a look at the people who are still waiting to get in. and this started about 6:00 tonight. eight bus loads of students from shaw middle school and montgomery county are among them. they all have one thing in common. the principal who meant so much to them is gone. they honor brian betts with their t-shirts tonight. they had posters covered with special messages and tributes to him. there is no doubt the lives of these students will never be the same. more than a few told us, he was like a father to them. that is former classmates from stone well jackson middle school say they always knew he

would have this kind of impact. >> shock is an understatement. brian was just one of the most loving, understanding, caring, energetic people we've ever known. >> absolutely. >> even back in high school, he was special? >> back in high school, i went to elementary school with him, middle school, high school, he had the personality that stood out. >> break your heart? >> oh, yeah. absolutely breaks my heart. he's just a very special person. a very special person. >> so, the viewing for brian betts will continue until 9:00 tonight. his funeral is happening here tomorrow morning at 10:00. but it is private. there is another public memorial set for may 1. it's on a saturday being held at cardoza high school who would like to say their good-byes who was a rising star among school officials in dc. back to you, derek. >> audrey barnes, thank you.

people in the samoan islands can breathe a sigh of relief. it struck 65 miles northeast of tonga, that's east of australia and new zealand. nobody was hurt and no damage. if you are wondering why we have all these earthquakes lately, we may have an answer for you. it is per miscuous women, that's what a cleric says. many women don't dress modestly and that causes men to want them, that leads to adultery and the only way to stop the tremors is to turn to religion. of course it could just be a natural thing. >> could be. could be. remember, we detect more than we ever have. they have always been out there. >> a lot of them happen in the water, like the one today. don't bother anybody. >> all right, we are looking at a strong finish to the week. strong, i want to emphasize

that. here's your forecast first. now the next three days, sunshine tomorrow, 70. a little breezy. a couple showers possible in the afternoon. the bulk of the day will be fine. beautiful on friday. mostly sunny and 70 and we step into the weekend, cool with rain and showers and temperatures go back into the 60s for highs. now tonight, a shower ending early. they are pretty much over with now. partial clearing, cool. low temperatures 45 to 50. let me show you live doppler. you can always access this on the web at wusa9.com. most of the activity north of baltimore. down toward richmond, for the most part, all the showers are out of here. i did find a couple showers in southeastern sections of maryland. down towards st. mary's county, into calvert county. this is light activity and this will run down 495. in the next 30 minutes and it's going to be about it. let's go back to the computer

and talk about temperatures. with clouds and showers, it's a great equalizer. 54 in bethesda, 55 in college park. high was 57 today at national. it's 10 degrees below average. mid to upper 50s out towards sterling and leesburg. tomorrow morning, plenty of sunshine, cool, 40s and 50s to start. and then by afternoon, again a nice day. partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. showers are possible, but the bulk of the day will be nice. high temperatures around 70. winds will increase at 10 to 15. satellite picture, radar combined, our weekend storm is in the rockies, causing some rain and snow in the rockies. thunderstorms in the plain states. this system is finally leaving us alone. with a weak system, we talked about that. only about a third to .2 of inch fell, and everything is east of us. we'll see some clearing already back into the mountains, that gets in here tonight. next seven days, 70 tomorrow. maybe a shower late.

70 on friday and the weekend, we really haven't changed it much unfortunately. i was hoping we would clean it up. rain and showers on saturday. i know we will be in the 70s. we could end up in the 70s, and cool with more showers monday and tuesday. >> what difference does it maybe if we are in the 70s if it is pouring down rain? >> okay. i'll buy that. >> we'll see. >> let's get to our weird news file. what you like on your pizza is personal. for me, the vegetarian thing is fine, as long as it comes with plenty of meat. to victoria, where a brand-new topping. locus. apparently his town has been swarmed with the insects and folks figured, why not. they are tasty, crunchy, don't believe me, hey, i know from some locus. remember, check this out.

mm. like i said, crunchy, tasty. >> no, it's not -- >> and not bad at all. okay. best news is, they are free, okay. you just go outside, scoop them up, put them in the oven, finger licking good. we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back.

in the mail bag tonight, eddie the eagle. that's the cartoon character in the video soon to apparently be part of the virginia school curriculum. yesterday, we featured the story spotlighting some outrage from supporters of gun control. well today, we have sharon from winchester, virginia, who writes, you have got to be kidding me? i had to laugh out loud when i heard it was stated in your news segment that eddie the

eagle and the nra was indoctrinating our children. my children now have this video from their elementary days. it's about gun safety. what to do if you find a gun. there are many areas where i feel our kids are indoctrinated, this is not one of them. and similar from bruce in cliften, virginia. comparing eddie eagle isn't trying to sell guns, the nra isn't trying to indoctrinate guns, just trying to teach them what to do in the presence of a gun. as a police officer and a parent, my children know, do yours? and our good friend, deb from arlington is sorry it's come to this, but she says kids need to know about guns. in a perfect world, we wouldn't have to do this. in a perfect world, kids would be allowed to stay kids and not worry about gun violence and have responsible parents. unfortunately, this isn't the case. the nra video wasn't offensive

to me at all. i say let it stand and not spend unnecessary funds if it works. i haven't seen this entire video, so it's hard to comment, but i am sort of wondering for you begun control folks out there, in any other group but the nra group created eddie the eagle, would it be a big deal? the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. that's our report. don't forget, wusa9.com is always on. we'll see you later. bye. i want one list. for one store. [ female announcer ] at safeway, you get it all. great quality and great prices. so you just need a safeway list. [ male announcer ] with thousands of everyday low prices you'll save all over the store. [ female announcer ] plus we have great club card specials like oven joy bread is just 89 cents and safeway apple juice only $1.79. [ male announcer ] quality and low prices. so there's one stop for everything. [ female announcer ] at safeway, that's our promise. that's ingredients for life.

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