everybody's mind, will he keep michelle rhee. mayor fenty's hard charging reformer. >> have you talken to michelle rhee and if you haven't, you can talk about how that will go. >> i did call her. i'm sure she's busy and she's running the schools obviously but we will talk. >> will you ask her to stay? >> we're not going to make any personal decisions at all until after the general election. >> reporter: many believe she will be gone and she said she doesn't think she could work with gray. she had no comment today. and what about cathy lanier. she'll stay on predicted sources. she gets along with vincent gray and she has an approval -- a good approval rate. the fire chief will need an impressive interview to keep his post and the first firing is probably going to be attorney general peter nichols, pap the most powerful figure in

the fenty administration after the mayor himself. >> i think the attorney general took the position he represents the mayor and that's a different view than i have. >> reporter: a lot of people asking the question, why wait around until the general election. he's running unopposed and the democrat ends up being elected. the betting is that the city administrator and there will probably make a change there we're told. >> and this clearly highlighted the racial divide in the city. any word on how gray plans to mend fences. >> reporter: it's one of the first things he talked about today and we'll get into that at 6:00 and hear from people in his campaign who are reaching out to people who did not vote

for vincent gray. >> thanks, bruce -- bruce johnson. and that may have cost mayor fenty the election. fenty promised to work with gray on the general election and the transition. he declined to engage in much analysis about his own fall from sweeping every ward four years ago to losing this election by more than 7 points. >> you leave everything on the court. you don't go around saying, you know, i'm going to have this long so i can kind of space my tough decision-making and my engagement out during a period of time. i ran every day as if it was my last. i worked as hard as i could every day. >> so what went wrong and where does adrian fenty go from here? wool look at both of those -- we'll look at both of those  questions tonight. kwame brown won 55% of the

vote. and this is another race where the primary served as the general election. and phil mendelson is the winner for the d.c. at-large city council seat. he easily beat michael brown. in maryland a different landscape and in prince george's county today with new faces winning primaries for every major office. the marquis race has been claimed by baker and he is promising to appoint a inspector general to clean things up. >> reporter: it promises to be a dramatically changed prince george's county government. there will be new faces and five of the eight council seats will have new people too. >> i don't plan to wait until december. i plan to meet with the budget folks immediately. >> reporter: for baker, the third time running for county executive was the charm. he defeated county sheriff

michael jackson and four challenges despite the endorsement of jackson by the current county executive jack johnson. baker took no direct shots at jackson or johnson but said he wants to create an inspector general office to clean up county government. >> i think if we're going to have the confidence in the public, whether perceived or reality, that prince george's county is a place you can't do business or contracts are being handed out, we need an inspector general who is independent from the council and county executive to come in and make the hard decision. >> reporter: baker will join angela alsobrooks for state attorney and melvin hine leading a tight race for sheriff, to provide a new top three. and also brooks declared victory today as well. >> it is something of honor that the people have their trust and confidence in me and to feel i can keep their family safe is wonderful. >> reporter: among baker's

first actions, a meeting today with school superintendent william hite and suitland high school. baker said his first priority is education. with a high foreclosure rate and low-performing schools and crime. baker said his slogan for governing will be to make a good county great. in upper marlboro, scott broom, 9 news now. >> the primary winners face to opposition and are virtually ensured of winning the november election. robberrer lick defeated his g.o.p. opponent brian murphy. murphy said he supports roberter litsch. >> it does send a message that the people of maryland are ready for change in the other

direction. alley in the november 2nd general election. meanwhile in delaware, the tea party is celebrating a big upset in that state's u.s. senate race where tv commentator o'donnell upset mike castle in the republican primary. we we are going to take a closer look at the tea party elections tonight at 5:30. now to breaking news out of prince george's county. right now we are keeping an eye on a police investigation in largo. we're told a 19-year-old man was shot in the 10,000 block of benington drive. investigators say she was shot in the chest. he was taken to the hospital and his condition is not yet known. we'll monitor the scene and bring you updates as soon as they come in. the end of a mystery for a family from ohio whose son is left at arlington cemetery. there was question about whether he was buried in the

right spot. we were with the family as their son's casket was exhumed today. eric joins us with the story. >> reporter: scott and melicca warner returned to a familiar site. the final resting place of their son. keith warner was killed in iraq in 2006. since the beginning of the summer, the government tells them they can't confirm he was buried in the right spot or even the right casket, leaving the family a painful kiss to exhume his -- cowboy to -- choice to exhume his body. >> if it is him, i'd like to set it on him again. >> reporter: if a lapse in government paperwork couldn't tell if he was same casket buried in arlington days later. they would check the outside of

the casket against the one on the inside. with a close marine friend by their side, scott and melissa warner came out with good news. confirmation that his body was in the right spot. >> i can breathe. i feel like a ton of bricks have been let off my chest. such good news. >> reporter: but because the casket had broken open, scott took matters into his own hands for confirmation, to see his son's body up close. >> his right arm, and then verified it to the photos that we have of his right arm and then i knew for sure that it was heath. >> reporter: the tattoos also verified by fellow marine brend on wheelan who served with him in combat. >> tell me why it was important for to you be here for heath.

no words could endure. >> it was to confirm that it was him. >> reporter: such an emotional day for the family. and heath warner's remains are now in the right spot in a new casket rein toured today. but now they know where their son it. >> eric, we know you were involved in this family and you are an iraq veteran so this is close to your heart. is this the end of the saga for this family that you followed for so long. >> probably not because they'll hear from other veterans and as a veteran it's upsetting to see any family go through this. but for now they said they would take him back to ohio. they're going to sit on that

and help other military families who, like they are, in limbo about their own relatives buried here at arlington. we'll follow that up. >> thank you. a man is charged with sexually assaulting a woman he met on an online dating service. the woman was held against her will and sexually assaulted. they met through the e harmony website in june. there is concern that there are other victims who have yet to come forward. one minute a metro bus is on the route, and the next slammed by a fire truck and dozen of dazed people are taken to the hospital. that's what happened this morning at the intersection of madison and 14th in northwest washington. lindsey mastis takes us to the scene. >> reporter: the metro bus was headed south on 14 and the fire truck east on madison. the metro bus would have had the rights of way but pete beringer said the fire truck had the lights and sirens on, responding to a call of a woman

hit by a car. >> it was so fast, we didn't see the fire department was coming. >> reporter: the fire truck hit the side of the bus, pushing it sideways. >> i was on the floor, so the next thing i opened my eyes and the guys were saying to get up. >> reporter: 2 people were transported to the hospital, including all four firefighters on board. >> none of the injuries were serious. again, they were all precautionary. >> reporter: this man lives nearby and said the sirens came on too late. >> it was not a way off, it was very sudden. you heard woo -- and then it was like within a 15-second span. >> we heard the siren too late. >> it was a boom. >> reporter: the fire department, metro and police are investigating. but they haven't determined whether anyone is at fault. in northwest washington, i'm lindsey mastis. 9 news now. >> d.c. fire and ems said everybody is expected to be treated and released from the hospital today. there is minor damage to the

bus and the fire truck. a trash fire is plamed -- blamed for disruption on the red line this morning. the china town and metro center station were closed for half an hour. bus service ferried the passengers around the problem. trains are running and the stations are back open again tonight. coming up new at 5:30, denzel washington comes to washington with an important message for high school students. don't be a drop-out. and i'm topper shutt. a cold front is on the way. we'll fell you what that means for your -- we'll tell you what that means for your morning and evening commute. we'll talk about igor and look ahead to the weekend. and a diet drug that may be too dangerous to keep on the market. up next, the blockbuster pill under government scrutiny. we'll be right back.

future. the weight loss drug meridia became popular in 1997, but concerns that it can increase the risk of heart problems in certain people has an fda advisory panel deciding if the drug should stay on the market. >> if though don't remove the drug entirely, they will probably put significant limitations or warnings on the drug. >> reporter: a study this year found in over weight people with diabetes or heart disease, meridia raised the risk of heart attack or stroke 16%. it is already banned in europe and earlier this year the drug's maker advised doctors not to prescribe the pills to

patients with cardiovascular disease. this doctor has advised the manufacturer. >> this is for those that have a significant amount of weight to lose. >> reporter: many believe it comes with too much risk. this month the new england journal of medicine wrote, it is difficult to discern a credible rational for keeping this on the market. >> most physicians would agree a 5-8-pound weight loss isn't worth any risk, much less significant risk of cardiovascular disease. >> reporter: the advisory committee could recommend it be pulled off the market or leave it and have stronger warnings added to the label. the fda will take the panel's recommendation into consideration when it makes a final decision in the coming weeks. cant is gibson, cbs news, los angeles. >> so within the last hour, half of the fda advise ors said it -- advisors said it should go off the market and the other half said it could stay with warnings. fda volumes the advice of an advisory panel but not always but in this case it is split.

a new book says michaele salahi has multiple sclerosis. it is said this is the reason she is so slim. and it is said this is the reason they left a party they weren't invited to any way. a first full day of freedom for sara shord, after being captive for 13 months. the iran president said she was freed because of her health issues. she was reunited with her mother yesterday and now the mothers of the two remaining hikers, should's fiance and friend -- fiance and friend, hope for their release as well. >> it's time for josh to be with me and shane to be with cindy. so we are hopeful. >> i want to hear as much about

shane as possible. they have a wedding to plan. so we need josh out so we can move forward with life. >> but that might not happen soon. iranian prosecutors are planning to put the two men on trial for spying. they were traveling with shord in 2009 when the three were arrested for allegedly crossing the border into iran. middle east peace talks move to jerusalem today. hillary clinton is trying to help end the impasse over jewish settlements in the west bank. the palestinians oppose the settlement because it eats up the lands they want for their future state. benjamin netanyahu set a moratorium on buildings will expire at the end of the month. rescue workers in chile are on track to reach the miners before the home holidays -- holidays. and this is video of a man's new baby daughter that has been

lowered into the ground. the men have been trapped into sweltering conditions for more than 40 days. >> hard to imagine. turning to the disaster in the gulf and the clean-up that followed. the well that led to the largest oil spill in history, is expected to be permanently sealed and declared dead by sunday. that is the word from thad allen. the explosion killed 11 workers and led to 206 million gallons of oil spilling into the gulf of mexico. >> that's part of the chapter of that saga is over but we know the long-term implications will be around. >> you have some video of a hurricane with a monster name. it is a monster name. igor. this is a satellite picture from nasa. we like these pictures. this is a different view. the pictures we show you, our satellite is 22,000 miles in space and this is 400 miles in space and you can see the curvature of the earth and this

is a cool pic. let's talk about igor. this is a category four and so is julia. that hasn't happened often. winds are 135 and gusts to 160. it will encounter colder water as it begins to pull northwest ward and over bermuda into the weekend. i would say they should start preparing now. it looks like a high end category one or a low end category two on sunday and winds could be 95 to 115 miles per hour. now facts about hurricanes. average life span is ten days. the average diameter of the eye is 14 miles. and you have to think about sustaining winds of 160 miles per hour and condensing and evaporating all of this moisture constantly. energy is worth about 400 atomic bombs and the busiest month is september. and so we are in the busiest

month. and forecast, 85 tomorrow, clouds come in late. a chance of a shower tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, early tomorrow night. i wouldn't change your plans or even bother with an umbrella. 81 on friday, very nice and then back up to 83 on saturday. also very nice. temperatures a little bit above average, even as we go into the weekend. we'll break down tomorrow for you. 69 to start, mild. 79 by noon. it will be breezy by noon and then down right windy by the evening and i think the evening commute will be dry tomorrow. 85 right now. 82 in gaithersburg. 88 in leesberg. that temperature does run high though. for tonight, partly cloudy and comfortable, lows 55 and 65. not as cool as last night but nice. 56 in gaithersburg, 65 downtown, and 57 toward sterling. now tomorrow morning, looking at breezy conditions, cool to start. but it warms up quickly.

50s and 60s. and then by afternoon, mostly cloudy, windy, warm, a slight chance of a shower. high temperatures around 85. winds increasing southwest, 10- 20 and gusty. everybody either side of rockville. 85 downtown and maybe 86 toward andrews. nice on friday and saturday. we have tweaked sunday a bit. clouds come in in the afternoon. there is a slight change of a sprinkle -- chance of sprinkle or shower. temperatures falling into the 70s during the game and you can watch it here on channel 9 at 4:15. and then back into the low 80s on tuesday and warming up next week. >> you've done your part to deliver a win. now they need to make it happen. >> let's hope so. we'll see. >> let's hope. up next, what state is home to the best bathroom in the nation? the winner of this year's contest and why. ♪

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sky 9 was over a bulldozer that caught fire in anne arundel county this morning. the video shows firefighters pouring water on the flames.

the heavy equipment operator appeared to be clearing on the wildfire preserve. it's unclear what sparked the fire. investigators are searching for the cause of this giant apartment fire in houston. the flames broke out early this morning in a complex in southwest houston. several units were destroyed, forcing the families to find somewhere else to live. look at that from the sky. and again, unclear the cause of this one. new york city officials want to take their smoking ban outdoors. city council will consider a bill introduced today outlawing smoking in parks, marinas, boardwalks and even ped tran plazas, including times square. violators could be issued tickets by the parks department. a st. louis bathroom has been dubbed the best in the country. it has vintage features, hand painted murals and designer moorers. all of the things we look for.

>> yes we do. >> the bathroom is located at the fountain on -- fountain on locust restaurant. >> love that art-deco. coming up at 5:30, the boys and girls club launching a campaign to keep kids in school and they have some famous alumni helping them out. details coming up. and candidates score more major victories and i'm joel brown on capitol hill. details coming up.

right now, new at 5:30, the tee party on a roll. but some republicans are concerned last night's win in delaware could cost them a chance to control the u.s. senate. don't be a drop-out. that's what denzel washington came to washington to tell an important group of high school students. and a care giver facing charges after incidents of elderly abuse are caught on tape. it was a big victory for the tea party in the little state of delaware. christine o'donnell won

yesterday's republican senate primary against a moderate candidate supported by republican leaders. and as joel brown reports, both parties are saying her victory could be the key to who controls the senate in november. >> reporter: she's the tea party nominee who beat the odds to win the republican primary, but the question now is can she win in november? >> if those same people who fought against me worked just as hard for me, we will win. >> reporter: christine o'donnell beat out nine-term g.o.p. veteran castle in the delaware primary and did it despite republicans who mobilized against her. in the primary campaign top republicans called her unelectable. and now they have plenty of ammunition against her in november. >> and the residents of delaware nominated somebody who

couldn't be elected dog catcher. >> reporter: she's the latest in a string of candidates to win a republican senate primary. but the tea party are hoping there will be more moderate voters in november. republicans were putting differences aside. in a washington rally, the key word was "unit." >> we cannot waste the opportunity of tearing each other done. >> reporter: robert pala dino won in new york but in new hampshire the tea party candidate narrowly lost. the next big test is the general election in six weeks. at stake is nothing less tan control of congress. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> christine o'donnell is running for the seat formerly held by now vice president joe biden. frightening moments and chaos last night at the fenty campaign headquarters. it turns out a campaign

volunteer fell through a plate glass window. you can see the young man amid the shattered glass. he was bleeding pretty badly but got into an ambulance under his own power. the loudoun county sheriff's office has released surveillance pictures of a armed robbery at a hair cutery. he walked in and asked the clerk for change and then he pulls out the knife and grabbed the money and ran. it is believed they also hit a restaurant earlier in the week. we'll have more at 6:00. a marker will be in place at the charlottesville bridge where harrington was last seen alive. she disappeared while attending a metalica concert in charlottesville. her remains were found three months later on a farm. no arrests have been made. award winning actor denzel

washington was in town today, not to promote a new movie, but a new program aimed at keeping kids in school. our delia gonsalves tells us how the boys and girl's club plan to reverse the high school drop-out rate. >> reporter: there is a buzz at this boys and girls club in southeast. >> i think it was pretty inspirational. >> reporter: they saw denzel washington at the national press club adding his star power to the new campaign, attacking the high school drop- out rate. only 69% of american teen-agers finish high school compared to the clubs 90% graduation rate. >> we need more programs like the boys and girls clubs during the hours when our children are out of school. we need for every american to do his or her part. >> reporter: washington said the club shaped him as a young man. >> he said young man, with the smarts you have, you can do anything you want to do. and it was a -- maybe a small thing to say, but i never forgot it. i'm 55 years old and i never

forgot it. >> reporter: another famous alum through her support behind the cause. >> that encouragement saying you don't have to do this. you're not stuck here. you don't have limits or boundaries. >> 6th graders that get in trouble and failing math and english with high poverty only have a one in four chance of graduating. >> reporter: the goal is to get everyone to graduation day. >> it has helped me to become a better person. >> my goals are to try to get a scholarship, try to get out of high school and go to college. >> reporter: and they will. thanks to some help from their role models. in hollywood and here at home. in southeast, delia gonsalves, 9 news now. >> club members are calling on transforming 200 high schools and have a over concentration of the neediest kids. denzel washington brought that message to the white house. it was another spectacular

day in our area. topper shutt is out on the terrace with your out and and about forecast. >> it's comfortably warm. here is your out and about. if you're headed out by 6:00, it will still be warm. mid to low 80s. 83. and then by 8:00 down into the mid-70s. and by 10:00 back in the low 70s. won't fall quite as quickly as yesterday and won't fall quite as low as it did last night. county close-up time. starting out to the west in loudoun county. just a slight chance of a sprinkle but just a few clouds coming in late. hillsboro 84, leesberg 84. parish should be 84 and middleberg should be 84. downtown partly cloudy. temperatures are probably going to make it to 86 in georgetown and also capitol hill. up to the north, up into frederick county. 84 for a band. a chance of a sprinkle here.

i would not bother to take an umbrella to work. 84 in myersville and in frederick. and the next few days, doesn't cool off. 85 tomorrow, shower possible late. low 80s on friday. another fantastic finish to the week and saturday 83 with partly cloudy skies. we'll come back and talk about the forecast for sunday and we're still tweaking it around the redskin time. coming up next, a suspicious daughter captures her mother being abused on tape by a care giver the family once trusted. and coming up new at 6:00 ... >> you don't have to go far from adrian fenty's campaign headquarters to find people who felt left out of his administration. why he lost and what he does next. i'm bruce leshan coming up next. and we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

caught on tape, disturbing video of a trusted care giver abusing an elderly patient. these images may be hard to see. this is a 91-year-old who was violently shoved on a bed and smacked several times before a feeding tube was shoved into her mouth. the woman's daughter set up a hidden camera after noticing unexplained bruises on her mother. >> i was furious. i do not know what -- heartbreaking it is to see your own mother abused. >> police say they have over a month of the elderly woman's abuse on tape. the care-giver who was out on

bail in jersey city, new jersey, could face additional charges. some intense moments for a medical chopper struck by a large bird. it was a plaque vulture that crashed into the windshield in arizona. it landed in the lap of the pilot. he still managed to safely land the helicopter. no one was hurt but the bird was killed. rescuer received an odd call in oregon. a camel stuck in a sinkhole. firefighters had to shovel out mud to free it. the owners who have several camels and run a children's ministry had tried to get the animal out themselves and failed. not happy about this rescue effort but it appears the 1500- pound camel was unhurt after he got out of the sinkhole. we also have an update on a escaped spider monkey in texas known as wc fields. he was captured today near the prime air preserve where he made his break near san antonio. the remnants of tropical storm

hermine ripped open wc fields' enclosure a week ago and he got out. no animals on the roads here but we still have trouble spots out there. >> we start off with traffic problems here on 495 north and you see all of this traffic leading up to the greenbelt metro station and a vehicle fire shut down lanes on the outer loop. right now the lanes have opened and the vehicles are moving but it's slow from annapolis to greenbelt metro station, right now about 30 minutes. in alexandria dealing with power outage right now. some of the intersections are dark like duke and quaker lane. also route 1 and gw parkway, so as usual treat them as four-way stops. back to you. coming up, the first or the best area companies for working mothers. and the redskins may have an inside edge against the texans this sunday at fedex field. we'll explain coming up. topper. a great day and a little bit of a break on our pollen count. we'll take you out with the pollen count. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com.

click on the weather tab and then follow the drop-down menu. mold went down. grasses and weeds in the medium range. we'll come back and talk about the morning commute and the weekend forecast. but up next, a round-up of some recent recalls, including some toys your child may have gotten at some areas chuck e cheese restaurants. stay right there. oñoñ

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being called back. there are concerns that the children might swallow the small battery inside the toys and that did happen with one child. the cps c said the plastic can break and they can expose batteries. the batteries are the size of a small button. and while you are take ago way toys. here are other ones. 13,500 of these giant star builder and giant star building sets are being recalled. the blocks are supposed to snap together but the knobs can break off from the center and cause a child to choke. these were sold at several stores across the country. for the first time in u.s. history, 70% of mothers work out side of their homes. and according to working mother media, there are now more women in the workplace than there are men. and so it is with that back drop that working mother magazine released the annual list of 100 best companies for working mothers. and this year nine of them are

in our area. in d.c., arnold importer, covington and burling and fannie mae and fin raw get high marks. discovery communications make the list in maryland and in virginia it's freddie mac and capital one. and so will that be business, coach or saddle. just when you thought flying had cramped your style. now the ride is even tighter. book this one and you'll have just 11 inches of leg room. that is 7 inches less than you already get now. less leg room means more passengers and some carriers are eager to learn more. but anita, i don't expect you'll be booking a seat? >> no. kind of on the tall side for that. just like topper. topper and i both, very tall people. >> big problem. ladies if you live around leesberg, gather your girlfriends and head down to

dine and shop. beginning tomorrow and every third thursday there after merchants will host a girl's night out from 5:00 to 9:00. there are concerts, trunk shows, massages, free pilates and discounts on food and wine and free gifts and prize drawings. check out our feature on wusa9.com. look for the blue box in the middle of the home page and click the change button to find information in leesberg and other communities in the area. warner brothers is donating $5 million to the national museum of natural history for a new theater to present history of american film. the 46-year-old carmichael auditorium will be transformed into the warner brother's theater and be equipped with projectors to show 3-d movies and 30-millimeter films. >> but then you have to wear the glasses. >> i'm enough of a geek as it is. >> yeah. >> can i just say that i'm not

a tall guy and i'm uncomfortable on regular airline seats. hour is -- here is your forecast first right out of the gate. could see a shower later in the day, or early tomorrow night. i would not bother to take an umbrella. nice on friday, low 80s. and low 80s also on saturday. warming up just a little bit. we'll break down tomorrow. not as cool as it has been. upper 60s downtown, mild and partly cloudy. that means upper 50s to around 60 in the suburbs. so maybe some of the high schoolers may want a sweater at the bus stop. by the afternoon becoming breezy and 80 and by evening temperatures back up to 84-85. a slight chance of a shower and windy. that's the biggest -- what we'll notice most from the cold front is not showers and cold air behind it but the wind ahead of it. 82 in gaithersburg. 82 in manassas. 84 in leesberg. 85 downtown. tonight look for partly cloudy

skies. starts out clear and comfortable, 55-65. winds turn southeasterly at 10. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy and cool to start, 50s and 60s. but the southwest wind at 10-15 will warm it up quickly and by afternoon we're looking at increasing clouds, so mostly cloudy, windy and warm, a late shower possible. don't change your plans or cancel your golf games. high temperatures around 85 and winds southwest at 10-20 and gusty. high temperatures then, rockville 85. 85 downtown. 86 at andrews and even 85 toward fairfax. next seven days, 85 tomorrow and maybe a shower. nice on friday. and then warm over the weekend. 83 on saturday. we are painting just a couple of clouds sunday afternoon. could see a sprinkle. again, don't change your tailgate plans either. our coverage begins at 4:15. cool on monday behind that front. back in the upper 80s next wednesday. >> nice stretch. we have redskins and texans this weekend and we have spying going on. >> i think that's natural in the nfl. if you hired a guy that used to

work for the team that you're going to play this wick, wouldn't you pick his brain and figure out what he knows that you could use. i think so. i think that's fair. when the redskins play the eagles in a couple of weeks, you can bet shanahan will be picking mcnabb's head about the andy reid offense. but mcnabb is not the only double agent they have on the payroll. dave owens found a couple of ex- texans doing the espionage this week. >> reporter: shanahan coordinated in 2008 and 2009. rex grossman backed up schaub last year and both are in d.c. now. call it intelligence on one of the football's most prolific offenses and upcoming defenses. >> we have a inside knowledge of their scheme and their personnel so obviously it's definitely going to ask some questions. >> they've been hitting me up. >> reporter: when asked about his former team, mcnabb

jokingly responded -- >> well we're not using any of that. that's not how you play the game. you play the game and just watch the film and just prepare. >> reporter: mcnabb may be playing coy but he'll take any advice on how to attack the houston defense, a unit his backup grossman knows well and said if asked, he will share. >> if he has any questions, i'll be talking to him all week, he's going to have a lot of advice and heads up on some certain techniques. >> reporter: coach shanahan is quick to point out that the benefit of his son's experience in houston might be minimized. after all, the texans know kyle too. >> any time that you go against somebody that you really know well, i'm not sure either team has an advantage. you have to get a game plan that you believe gives you the best chance to win and i think sometimes you do overthink it. >> reporter: at redskins park, dave owens, 9 news now. >> dave, thank you. coming up at 6:00, after the whole clints on portis

brouhaha yesterday about women in the locker room, people were asking us, what is the policy about male reporters being allowed in female locker rooms around sports. we will have the answer to that question coming up at 6:20. up next, why some doctors are testing psycho dellic mushrooms as a way to help patients heel. and the man walking into this hair cutery acted like he will buy this hair gel but took out a knife and robbed the place. police say he hit two more businesses. i'm surae chinn and the crime was all caught on tape. i'm peggy fox with momslikeme.com where our mom to be angie goff gets the scoop on the top ten baby registry items. you can watch it now and find out the latest and greatest gadgets that every mom-to-be needs. if you are having a second or third baby, you might find

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stocks gain ground today on wall street. the dow finished up 46 points to close at 10,572. the nasdaq climbs 11 points and the s&p 500 rose 4 points. a health alert about an intriguing area of research

using hallucinogenic mushrooms. as the medical marijuana debate continues in the district and other parts of the country, little is known about this substance used to get high that is being tested for a medical use. >> i guess in college we all knew people who did lots of things. and it was never something that appealed to me. why would i do it at 56. >> reporter: but judith did experience two hallucinogenic and life-changing trips with psychedelic mushrooms. at age 56, and not at a club or concert, but if a hospital. >> a lot of blue color. i saw all of us as an expression of the devine. it was visually very beautiful. it was golden and glittering and we were all there. she is taking part in a federal funded study at johns hopkins in baltimore using a compound from the mushrooms that exploded in popularity in the

60s and is still abused by some to get high. but judith is here because she had kidney cancer and the surgery to take out the advanced tumor left her physically debilitated and depressed. >> we have a study in which we're enrolling cancer patients who have anxiety or depression secondary to their cancer diagnosis. we're investigating whether the drug can occasion experiences that have therapeutical effects. >> reporter: volunteers who have tried it report drastic changes to mood and well being that last for well over a year after they took the drug. and they rank it as one of the most meaningful things that happened in their life. >> enormously good, i'm happy to say. >> still enrolling patients at johns hopkins and you can find information at wusa9.com on the living well. and thank you for joining

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