>> no weapons at point. no one is injured. >> reporter: so it is a mystery. >> at this point, yes. we are still trying to sort it out. >> i'm audrey barnes am dc superior court where two suspects are arraigned in the city's worst mass shooting in 15 years. in the arraignment today of 21- year-old robert -- and another man brings to four the number of people charged in a shooting. both charged with first degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of three people. march 30th they were standing outside of an apartment building on south capitol street and were gunned down. lamar williams has been charged with three counts of first- degree murder in the shooting death of rochelle jones, nelson and devoir. he is also charged with the shooting death of how well that police think sparked the violence a week later on south

capitol street. how well was shot and killed on march 22nd after someone mistakingly said he stole a bracelet. >> i'm scott broom in northwest washington where today there was a memorial for the mother of four who was killed by a driver with no license alleged to to be on pcp. it was a private service for mary wimbush. >> mary was a sister to me. >> my mother adopt her in too our household. >> she was a terrific mother. >> reporter: this is a picture of her holder her youngest daughter who was critically injured along with four brothers and sisters in a head on collision that killed their mom. >> she did what was best for her children. not for her but her children. >> reporter: ajene jones is facing murder when he crossed the yellow line and hit her toyota with her and her kids on alabama avenue in southeast on monday. >> all i can think is he

doesn't have a heart or character. >> we are talking about a baby that's not quite 2 that will never know her mother except through pictures. breaking news right now out of massachusetts. you are looking live as a naval team works to detonate some live grenades. a group of clamors found the grenade in the ocean while they were working off the coast of new bedford. nobody hurt. we will keep you updated on how it works out. investigators in northern virginia and montgomery county want to warn you about a thief who's breaking in to gym lockers. there have been a rash of such cases lately and as surae chinn tells us police want to catch this guy before his crimes escalate to something worse. >> he works out. >> reporter: detectives say he may look like he belongs at the gym but falls church investigators say behind bars would be a better fit. investigator says this man pictured here has hit a half dozen gym lockers at exercise facilities recently in alexandria, arlington, falls church, leesburg and montgomery county. >> he's working the entire

area, northern virginia area. >> reporter: at one gym police say the thief took keys from behind the front desk. stole a vehicle and then used stolen credit cards at a macy's in ballston. he talk on his cell phone as he pulls out a stolen credit card and racks up $2,400 in gift cards and a watch. he then takes the shopping bag of stolen goods and leaves the store. >> it seems like it is escalating. it seems so bold he can just walk in. >> it is bold and he is breaking in to gym lockers now, locked and unlocked he is taking people's keys and stealing vehicles. >> they say the crook fits in and he says he forget his keys with his gym pass and the clerk lets him in. >> he doesn't discriminate between men and women's locker rooms. >> he will take whatever locker he can get. >> detectives say he has been working it the last three years. >> see if you recognize him.

surae chinn, 9 news now. >> police have advice for you don't bring valuables to the gym unless you have to. and if you do chemothem with you you at all times or leave in your car out of sight and locked up. and mayor fenty wants to raise parking fees in the city but he may want to think of paying his tickets first. according to an awe auditors report there are $770 in unpaid fines another school assigned to michelle rhee racked up $345 in fines. in all that auditor's office found 685 unpaid fines worth $71,690 since 2002. protesters are sending a theatrical messager the imf world bank meeting. activists claim the international organization favor banks and corporations and drive struggling economies in to debt and poverty. these protesters performed a

tug of war demonstration over a half penny between what they call the bankers and everybody else. they are urging finance ministers to tax the banks to create jobs, climate change and global help. >> we want a solution that raises serious money while also reducing the speculation that we know has hurt our economy so badly. >> reporter: finance ministers from the g-20 will hold discussions about global economic recovery, generating funds for the poorest nations in the world and improving child nutrition. the weekend meetings don't just come with protests. they come with street closings. in 25 minutes the treat streets here will close down and be that way until sunday at 5:00. there are also parking restrictions in affect along those same routes as well as on pennsylvania avenue between 18th and 20th streets. those will be in affect until monday morning at 6:00 a.m. metro is warning riders expect an hour's worth of days if you try to ride the rails this weekend.

starting in an hour, trains will be sharing a single track on the red line between medical center and friendship heights. at 10:00 they will move to single tracking between new york avenue an rhode island avenue. that is the same time work will begin between the foggy bottom and arlington cemetery stations on the blue line. trains will be single tracking on the orange line between foggy bottom and courthouse. all the work is expected to continue until the system closes sound at midnight. on sunday night get ready for long-term work near the lincoln memorial. crews will be reconstructing ohio drive over the next several weeks. most of the work will happen at night between independence avenue, 23rd street southwest and the southern end of rock creek parkway. keep an eye out for posted detours and lane shifts. the traffic right now is what we are worried about at this moment. >> it is after 7:00 and things are looking much better, especially on the capital beltway. as you can see here drivers are up to speed past 270 spur.

no big problems out of springfield, as well. let's switch over to i-270. most of the day it has been good. you are looking at minor delays between 121 and clarksburg but otherwise looking good on 270 an wrap it up in downtown dc near the verizon center. the game underway. a lot more traffic down here. a lot of people are rockin' the red so watch out for pedestrians and metro will be busy. back to you. now topper, 9 forecast first. what a great way to end the week. >> yeah. let's keep repeating that to ourselves because we have changes on the way, derek. the forecast first for tonight, if you are heading out it will be great. dry, a few clouds. cool mid-40s in the suburbs and mid-50s downtown. winds easterly at five to ten. satellite picture radar combined a lot of showers stretching back this to west virginia and the south and west. that stays south of us for now. we will come back and talk about the weekend. it is not going to rain

continuously all weekend. we will have some breaks. we will tell you when they will appear. still to come, a bike ride can be great on a day like today but find out what you may want to avoid before you roll out. first ready and waiting. the latest on the possibility that we've got a bun in the oven at the national zoo. stay with us.

back now with a look at mei xiang chilling at the national zoo today. officials have her on 24 hour surveillance trying to see if perhaps she might be about to give birth. 40 volunteers are rotating shifts to keep an eye out for the possible of a cub. she was artificially inseminated in january and her hormone levels are showing she could be pregnant. more than a dozen senior officials at the securities and exchange commission are accused of down loading pornography on their office computers. the sec workers are senior staffers and they make as much as $220,000 a year. they were being paid to police the financial markets, instead they allegedly spent hours surfing for hard-core porn on their government computers. here's a sample of the public outrage. >> they are paid to do a job for the people, and when you lose sight of that they have to be dealt with appropriately. >> our country is in shambles and they are doing their own

thing. >> reporter: an sec official points out it is just 31 out of 4,000 staffers implicated and that's less than 1%. witness for the prosecution, sarah palin. the former vice presidential candidate testified in a knoxville, tennessee courtroom against the young man charged with hacking in to her e-mail account. that was back in 2008 during the mccain/palin run for the white house. palin says it rerouted friends and family e-mails, photos and phone number on the internet for public consumption. the defendant 22-year-old david -- the son of a state lawmaker. the president and first lady on vacation for the weekend. first stop the smoke house in asheville. the president waited in line like everyone else and waited on his order just like everybody else. the obama's sampleled half of the menu, ribs, corn bread, corn pudding and sweet tea. a lot of folks like to

drink and we don't mean sweet tea when they are on vacation but getting behind the wheel after a few is never a good idea. now the dc court of appeals says the same logic applies to two wheels as well as four. the city's ban of driving under the influence extends to riding bikes. the law discusses operating a vehicle meaning bicycles, too. too. still ahead, he has proven himself a hero one time over and now the soldier is ready to go back overseas to serve his country again. top is back with the weekend forecast. stay with us. ♪

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breaking news right now from the entertain world where we are hearing that rocker and rerailty show star bret michaels is in critical condition after a brain hemorrhage. the 47-year-old's publicist says he was rush inside to intensive care last night after complaining of a severe headache. doctors say he is bleeding near his brain stem. michaels had an emergency appendectomy last week. the front man of poison is say peering on celebrity -- celebrity apprentice. ford is recalling 33,000

vehicles in the country. there is a problem that could force the head restraint to move back ward in a crash and increase your risk of an injury. it applies to the fusion, explorer, explorer sport trac and the mountaineers and milans. dealers will replace the parts free of charge. new home sales in march made the biggest monthly jump in 47 years. the numbers surged 27% last month after hitting record lows in february. analysts say the government's first i time home buyer credit fueled the sales. home buyers have to close by next week to cash in on the $8,000 incentive. coming home are two words treasured by anyone serving overseas and once they are here you would think they would want to stay for a while. 60 men and women went to captiol hill to volunteer to reenlist the army reserves. one of those heros is from manassas. >> we are proud to be here

representing my state and my home. i hope more people can get the military and get that sense of pride that you get from this job. >> reporter: army sergeant claiborne survived an ied attack in his first deployment overseas. >> i like being part of the army. it gives me the pride and feel respected by a lot of other people. and, you know, i do it for my family as well because they support me. and i have a lot of friendships i have bill up over the years. >> reporter: claiborne along with 59 others gave their salutes inside of the russell senate office building in a special reenlistment ceremony. >> what makes the reserves such a treasury is when we have a combination of civilian skills and military skills that people pull together on the battlefield or back in their community. >> reporter: claiborne builds elevator and works as a bridge engineer in ft. belvoir. the army helps him to pay for trade school, get a job and support his growing family.

>> i totally support my husband in his reenlistment and proud of what he does and my son is proud of him as well. >> my family sacrifices a lot being in the reserves. being away from them and going through deployment. she has to do a lot of things by herself but she supports me in the army and what our nation is trying to do all over the world. i love them for that. >> reporter: sergeant claiborne will be redeploying in july. earth day's founding father will be recognized at sunday's rally on the national mall. the daughter of the late senator gaylohr nelson will introduce a video tribute to her dad. >> papa never could have anticipated the success of earth day or that 40 years later it is celebrated in 180 countries around the world. the reason it is successful because individuals have taken action. >> nelson is among the guests who will discuss the upcoming climate change bill on plat's energy week on sunday morning at 8:00 here on wusa 9.

on sunday afternoon, time some time and check out the earth day climate rally on the mall. howard bernstein and alex trevino will be there including john legend and sting. sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. this weekend could be a good chance to get out and respond to green alert. fairfax county is warning homeowners get out now to protect trees from emerald ash borers. they are invading ash trees across the area. nontoxic glue traps can catch the critters. try not to transport firewood. that helps them spread. learn more about the emerald ash borer at wusa9.com. click on living green. going to be damp at the earth day. >> it is. and a couple of things if you go to the website and look at my blog for information on earth day and you can tell a friend that lives in cleveland to get a free bus ride to come down here. there are ways to get your friends here that are not just

in the immediate area. getting a potential of thunderstorms by sunday afternoon. here's the forecast first, the next three days, tomorrow, i want to emphasize the first half of the day will be dry. showers late, not much happens during the day tomorrow. in the mid 60s and heaviest rain is saturday night in to sunday morning. perhaps a break and then big thunderstorms on sunday. if we don't make it to the 70s we are not going to have severe weather. we will have showers but not storms and monday around 70. we will break it down. unsettled weekend. first half of saturday will be dry. heaviest rain is saturday night. morning rain and showers on sunday and then afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible on sunday. here's what we are thinking now. severe weather is possible through the ohio valley and mid- atlantic to the southeast. moderate risk to our south on sunday we will keep you posted. we are always on at wusa9.com. all right some clouds and cool tonight. low temperatures 46 to 54. winds from the east at ten.

tomorrow morning, okay. increasing clouds and cool. showers are still possible south and west of town. temperatures in the 40s and 50s but i think the bulk of it will be dry through noon tomorrow. by afternoon, a few showers are possible. high temperatures between 60 and 65 and then by evening rain and showers will develop. in fact, here's our 9 future cast. put this in to motion. a little after midnight clouds. tomorrow morning early just clouds and the early soccer softball game should be okay. a couple of showers are possible primarily west of town. notice the growing area to the south and west. 7:00 on saturday night and we have a lot of showers pushing through the immediate met throw area. tomorrow may not be the prettiest day but not the wettest day. satellite picture radar combined a monster storm now in much of arkansas pushing in to missouri and eventually in to illinois and also tremendous storms in mississippi. again, same system heading our way. we will be popping the warm sector on sunday and we will be in trouble. the meantime tonight we are dry with a few clouds.

next seven days, 64 tomorrow. showers late and then showers and rain on sunday morning and then afternoon thunderstorms on sunday. back in the 70s. evening or afternoon showers on monday and tuesday. the storm won't leave us alone and then morning showers on wednesday and temperatures go back in the low 70s by next week. >> don't like the forecast so to the weird news. robots. you can never go wrong with robots. let's get to china where a farmer is already famous over there for his home brewed mechanical dudes made from scrap wire and screws. he has been building these bad boys since 1986 and invented 47 robots that can walk, maybe pour you a glass of tea and paint pictures and get in the guy had only an elementary school education. now he is working on a robot that will give massages. interesting his wife threatened to leave him spending their money for finances and now we know the origin of the soon to

be unveiled massage robots.

an update now. the navy just safely detonated grenades found by clamors off the coast of massachusetts. they found a live grenade a while ago. as you can see they blew them up. nobody hurt. in the mail bag tonight, this time for one quick e-mail on the state of pittsburgh's quarterback ben roethlisberger suspended as many as six games for his well publicized brush with the law and accusations but never formal charges that he raped a woman. wendy from spotsylvania says she feels sorry for you read what the woman said

big ben did to her because it is pretty damning and believable and i feel more seven think for roethlisberger if he denied any of the story but in his statement after the prosecutor failed to file charge he promised to do better. leaving us to believe his accuser. this is mail bag@wusa9.com. that's our report. back here tonight at 11:00 with anita. see you then. bye-bye. i'm done with all these lists.

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