day. this is a very chaotic scene that involved multiple officers being injured. the officers, had they not done what they did, we would have nobody in custody. right now, we would have nobody. they did what every police officer is expected to do. put their life on the line, try to bring people responsible to justice. >> authorities identified the 13-year-old, malik carter, in order to make it clear that he had nothing to do with the crime and was not a witness. >> i apologize. in a perfect world that we would never have mistakes. the circumstances leading to the probable cause hearing to such that we and the court believe that there was probably cause at that time to hold mr. carter. >> he feels that the fear rather that carter would be targeted for retribution that went public in a very nice way to let the city know that there is no reason for them to shoot

him. derek? >> all right, police headquarters, we appreciate that. and now also tonight in your only local news at 7:00, stalking a killer. police released new details in their investigation as the principal is laid to rest. protecting our pockets. president obama calls for strict new guidelines as he pushes the financial reform. but first, out late, out of luck. metro weighs cutting back services while still raising those fares. >> i'm scott broom in that section of arlington, where the proposals to the metro service cuts for the late-night service are not going well. >> the metro routes over the weekend. >> he rolls on their first budget. featuring fare hikes in a proposal to stop running late- night trains past 2 a.m. on friday and saturday nights. >> it's a bad decision. >> reporter: the opposition is overwhelming. >> it is very popular at night time. a lot of people using this. >> this place is called mr.

days. but it does a booming late- night business in an area of bars and restaurants, when night life is anchored by the metro stop. >> i think that they are doing a lot more drunk drivers on the road. >> trying to work late nights on a lot of times, i rely on metro to get home on it. >> reporter: metro says that the proposed cuts would affect about 2400 riders and save about $2.5 million. to make certain that they are never again on the hook because the firm is deemed too big to pay. >> reporter: the president is proposing stronger consumer protections. and the risk that they could take. and more transparencies in complex financial markets. the president asked wall street to join him, not fight him. >> unless your business model depends on milking people, then there is little to fear from these new rules. >> reporter: some republicans that rallied against the reform

bill, they now appear to be compromised. others say that the democrat and the legislation gives them too much control. that gives them the ability to take over any company in america. and that they see fit. this is not what the american people want. >> i'm audrey barnes in silver spring. montgomery county police are looking for a car last seen leaving that alley. right beside the murder principal. and his house, early last thursday morning. it was spotted driving away about 45 minutes after he was last heard from. police are now scouring cell phone records and computer hard drives. tracking down friends and asking questions about the wait of the 42-year-old where they live. >> we realized that he was gay. that's just one of many aspects with this case that we're looking at. >> the lifestyle could be a factor. >> yes. >> businesses in the strip mall behind that house, they are hoping that his killer is caught soon. and they have had their share of the crimes too.

>> but you say it is a concern for them? >> yes, it is. >> it is very scary. >> and late today, police released information that they believe they are looking for more than one suspect in his murder. while they search for those killers, today, friends and family set a final farewell to their beloved principal. it was a pretty emotional good- bye for the more than 200 people who attended that private area. that included the dc school chance for michelle reed. mourners honored the man who touched their lives, monitor them. >> and they believed that they could change the lives of students. and i have always remembered that. he was the great person. and you know, always going to be missed. >> he was dynamic, hi was energetic -- he was energetic, he was fun, you would laugh with him, you would cry with him. there just wasn't anything that you could do with brian. they were just amazing. >> the dc public schools will hold a public memorial service to honor that saturday, may 1, at

the hall in north bethesda. now, an update on the gun law. state lawmakers have passed a measure that would require them to create a new gun safety area. specifically, material involving that gun safety mas the cot, calls eddie eagle. it will still be up to the local school boards however. and whether or not to offer that safety programs for the first time. time out for the check of the evening. a bad accident, huh? >> well actually, good news. take a look at this. this is declared 14th and constitution. and this accident has been there for quite some time. but it looks like they just cleared that. throughout the district elsewhere, it looks like we're moving incident free. that's the good thus. taking you live outside to show you how things are looking. right now, it looks like delays are easing quite a bit. but still, many thoughts especially between 395 and the toll road looking at a 20- minute drive right now. but otherwise, elsewhere, no

accidents reported. our last stop of the night, let's go out to i-66, heading westbound, approaching 123. and so the significant volumes out here. no crash reported as well. and easing up after centerville. back to you. >> and topper is here with our 9news forecast. when you think late april, this is what we're talking about. >> that is exactly right. 74 and the average high about 70. we'll take it. here is your forecast first. for tonight, a couple of showers. otherwise, partly cloudy and cool in the suburbs. low 50s downtown. we don't see any problems with the patchy fog. nothing widespread. satellite picture, radar combined. a weak cold front that is pushing through. producing a couple of showers. primarily north and best. keel come back and look at some of those showers. look ahead to the weekend and pinpoint which days might be drier than the others, derek? >> still to come, a bumpy ride for some cyclists. find out why they might be getting hit in the wallet to help metro's bottom line, brett? >> we're live at redskins park.

and they are about 20 minutes away. we know what they should do, but will they do it? they have the fourth overall pick tonight. will they be taking the offensive lineman? will they go there? 9news sports when we continue right after this.

this year's nail biter and starting next year, is the ncaa. announcing that expansion today. and they will also be seeing every single game of the tournament live since they will be shown here on the area. and we are all wondering what the heck is going to happen? >> yeah, everybody was here. some young man will walk back there and look at the number one for it in the first round and cash the check for tens of millions of dollars. as of this moment, we still don't know who that young man is going to be.

both departed last year, he needs some first class protection. and there are two good ones available. they owe that to him out of oklahoma state. this guy, trent williams who might be better than oklahoma. and some believe the redskins will stay pursue a quarterback in either notre dame or orchestrated trade with the rams for a wood-be number one pick sam bradford who had a private workout with just two teams. the red skins, being one of them. and gm, bruce allen, is playing his cards close. if we can do a great job and find a player who falls to the fourth or the fifth round, who could help the redskins, you know, we'll consider a great draft. meanwhile, there are trade rumors swirling around here. most of them surrounding the disgruntle attack. and the team insists that they are not looking to deal him.

otherwise a report in the tennessee newspaper today, they would say that they could try to make a move for albert, before they pick 16th tonight and also the lions are said to be offering that first-round pick for them and others on the trading block as well. we'll be here throughout the evening and the first-round pick when he is announced. until then, we're live, i'm brett haber, back to you. >> thank you, brett. coming up, the sunshine on efforts to show off solar power on earth day. and topper is back with a look at the weekend aheads where there won't be so much solar power. three minutes away. stay with us. [ bottle one ] oh, great. mr. clean magic eraser extra power.

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today marked the 40th anniversary of earth day. taking us to the national mall with more on that. >> the mission on earth day, saving air. >> saving electricity. >> the hot and the energy areas. the at&t solar power charging

station. >> basically everything that you see happening from the charging of the cell phones. it is all being powered solely. no external units are added. >> reporter: but some observers are not buying into the technology so fast. >> the only problem that i see is that it is really, really expensive. and that it is really hard to put on your roof. it's kind of impractical. >> solar panels used on the larger scale. >> this is used for a lot of power remotely. we work with the u.s. military. we work with the aid and the relief agency after the earthquake for haiti and the security after katrina or the u.s. military in afghanistan or iraq. >> many are here to learn about the lifestyle. >> and remember, this is the rally for the units. many of the environmentalists are speaking over the weekend. but for this year on the mall,

i'm alex trevino, 9news now. >> for the third year in a row, they are proud to be the sponsor of the earth day festival. meet alex and howard in our booth between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. they will also have lots of live performances by john legend, sting, and jimmy cliff. you can get more information. just click on living green. a new proposal to cut carbon in montgomery county effectively takes aim at just one company. today, the county council member has proposed a $5 tax on every kind of carbon dioxide released by polluters. the only company that sets that for the major polluter, is there. the power company, generating more than carbon dioxide per year at their plant. with the increasing focus on the conservation and the earth-friendly practices, metro's board of directors might be about to take a big step backwards. ironically, one of the discussions on earth day, is whether to increase fees for

cycling. here is peggy fox. >> that could cost a pretty penny. but feeling the wind on your face does not cost a dime. cycling is a cost efficient and healthy and environmental friendly way to get to work. governments have been encouraging us to get on our bikes by building new bike lanes, installing special newwracks and lockers. nearly 1300 lockers spread out in 51 different stations. but because of the nearly $200 million shortfall, the metro board is looking to raise the fares and the fees, including the bike locker fee that would jump from only $70 a year to $200 a year. you think they would try to increase them in many other ways. >> reporter: a jump that high would discourage biking to work. on the other hand, nearly

tripling that may not put a damper on cycling. some of them tell us that they have a hard time getting one of these. >> i was on a list waiting for that for six months. >> reporter: lance anderson says that the $200 annual fee is reasonable and may open up some locker to people that may not have been able to get them. >> it didn't seem like a big deal. remember how much you paid to ride metro. so you're paying like a quarter of the cost to rent a locker. i don't think that it is that bad. >> reporter: in washington, peggy fox, 9news now. >> the metro board does plan to take several weeks before voting on the proposals. this won't be the best cycling that we have seen. >> no, it's not. we're looking at a beautiful day tomorrow. we're going to finish strong. >> that's friday. >> that's friday. >> what about saturday and sunday? >> oh, you want to talk about that too? >> yeah. >> still unsettled. we'll detail that in just a

minute. the next three days, right around 70 where they should be at this time of the year. i think that it will be dry for the first half of the day. maybe dry the first three quarters. a little light rain or showers possible late saturday. the two days on sunday. morning showers on sunday. we should pop in the warm sector. the afternoon thunderstorms in the warmer we get, the more sun that we see on sunday. and the better chance that we have of the big thunderstorms. and we'll keep you posted. tonight, early showers then partly cloudy and cool. 46 to 52. winds are light. let me show you live doppler. just a little couple of small showers on here. not much. we see a shower just up 270, we'll zoom in on that and showers for baltimore for the most part, pretty much down for the showers. right now through gaithersburg, right around the highway. it'll move towards rockville. but it is just a sprinkle and that is about it. remember, you can always access that on our website on wusa9.com. all right, back to the computer

we go. we'll talk about temperatures. well, 70 still at nationals. 64 frederick. 64 out in cumberland. a little cooler in the mountains. 54 in oakland. 73 down i-75 towards fredericksburg. lows tonight, not too bad. mid-40s in the suburbs. low 50s downtown. 51 arlington. 47 college park. 46 in bowie. lots of mid-40s for reston and sterling and also leesburg. tomorrow morning, great to partly cloudy and cool. 40s and 50s. by the afternoon, a nice strong finish, partly cloudy and pleasant. highs around 70. winds are light, only out of the north at about 10 miles an hour. satellite picture radar combined. big thunderstorms now, throughout much of kansas and into missouri. and this is the same system that we'll get in here over the weekend and again, if we pop in that warm sector of the air, then we're going to see some big thunderstorms on sunday afternoon. in the meantime, most of our evening showers, they are kind of fizzled out or gone to the south and the east. next seven days?

71 tomorrow. mid-50s on saturday. back in the upper 70s or sunday. we've got the earth day festival for the march for the babies. registration at 8:00 on the washington monument ground. the race is at nine. and then they will go point-to- point all day. back to the 70s on sunday. looking at showers on monday and tuesday. and wednesday as well. we're in the 60s. >> thank you, top. well from our weird news file, do you remember that iranian cleric that said all the recent air troubles could be blamed on too many women wearing skimpy sexy outfits isn't the group attempting to call the bluff on that one is called boob quake. i kid you not. a facebook group started by a woman who wants to test that theory scientifically. pledges to wear something showing a lot of cleavage on monday and the idea is catching on. 30,000 women have signed up. jennifer says, "the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. if not, i'm sure they could come up with an explanation as

to why the ground did not rumble. we'll keep you abreast with any further developments." we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back.

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tonight, mixed feelings over ben roethlisberger. he will be suspended for six games over accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman. a very famous golfer with two beautiful women allowed to play

for them. i'll put it this way, adultery, very bad, but not a crime. tiger, very bad husband, but not a potential menace to society. still, lori is on your side. if he had been charged, i could understand. as a steeler's fan, even a shorter suspension or two games to knock some sense into him. there are a lot of other players that have been and will be accused of crime that will ultimately be cleared. i expect those players to be punished just as harshly as ben. but timothy writes us, we really don't know enough to say for sure. at this point, we do not know if they had any supporting evidence or if roethlisberger has admitted to anything. we also do not know for sure if this is just a punishment for the offense or a response to some issues involving the investigation. on the other hand, the sports figures hold a position in society which includes matters

of character and their influence on the youth and therefore, they should expect to be penalized for conduct that sheds a bad light on the sports or the participants. for all, we expect for you to keep sending your thoughts to mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be right back here tonight with anita brikman at 11. you can log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you in a bit. bye. úóg8@e

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