the metro area until 10:00. more numerous watches are up to the north. now the storm we talked about that we tracked through loudoun county and into montgomery county has died out now over the district. this is the hail it produced. this is pretty good sized hail and this is sent to us from chris stern from leesberg, virginia. and we need a pair of eyes so log on to our website, wusa9.com and send us a storm report if you would. so for tonight, severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. some severe storms and some heavy. partly cloudy and mild, and temperatures 64-72 and we'll put the watches up at the bottom of the screen shortly. >> thank you, topper. now to a tragic scene in lorton, virginia as a fire takes the life of a mother and two of her children. peggy fox joins us to explain how the woman's three other children made it out alive. >> reporter: well neighbors say this mother did everything she could to save her children.

with flames all around her, she got her two oldest children out of a two story window and dropped her baby into the arms of a friend but that fire moved too fast to save her two other children or herself. >> it was just black smoke and you couldn't see anything in the house. >> reporter: huge flames and thick smoke poured from their neighbor's home, a home with five small children, including a 2-month-old baby. mother sacrificed herself by saving three of her children, dropping her infant out a two story window into waiting arms and telling her 6 and 8-year- old to jump. >> the mother threw her out the second story window to the uncle and that's how she got out. >> and the other two kids that got out jumped out of the window and she turned back to get other kids but it was too late. >> reporter: the baby raced to the burn center. before firefighters arrived, neighbors tried to help get the

others out. they say the uncle was trying to get the mother to drop the other kids out of the window. >> when i came out, manny was running back and forthwith the baby because manny was trying to go back in, so i grabbed the baby. he looked like he had blood on him but manny tried to go back in but when we heard her and him screaming back and forth we heard a boom. >> reporter: another the mother or her 3 or 5-year-old were seen again. >> i think it was another five to ten minutes before the fire trucks got here. it was horrible and devastating. >> reporter: and the neighbors trying to help felt helpless. >> and i knew the kids were still in there. >> she said they are still in the house. and we couldn't do anything. [ crying ] >> reporter: the three children and family friend who survived are all going to be okay. now sometime this afternoon the children's father showed up, visibly distraught. we understand from neighbors

that the couple had separated several months ago and that's about also the same time neighbors tell us the mother couldn't pay the electric bill and her electricity was cut off. we have no idea if that had anything to do with the fire. the fire it under investigation. peggy fox, in lorton, 9 news now. >> peggy, this story is so heart breaking to hear and see. how long did it take the fire department to get there? >> reporter: lesli, the fire department said the call came in at 8:32 and they were here within 3 minutes. so they got here quickly. i think nobody noticed the fire until it was so far along. >> peggy fox reporting. peggy, thank you. we now know the identity of a mother murdered outside of her prince george's county apartment. police say 49-year-old jacqueline bass was shot. neighbors say she was moving out of her old apartment on greenbelt road into a home she just purchased. police believe she was killed when she returned to the apartment to move out more things. her killer is still out there.

howard county police are on a hunt for a man they are calling the preppy burglar. surveillance shows the suspect dressed in a tie and white shirt in the front home of a home in highland. howard county police are offering a $500 reward to help find this preppy burglar. lawmakers are hearing from people who got sick during the salmonella outbreak from this summer and from the company owners at the center of the investigation. joel brown joins us live from capitol hill where food safety took center stage today. joel? >> reporter: lesli, this list of victims started to multiply over the summer and some of the people are still feeling the effects. today we heard their stories and we got an apology from the owner of the egg farms responsible for the outbreak. this 77-year-old colorado grandmother went into septic shock and nearly died after

eating a salmonella tainted appetizer in july. >> it was a fever, vomiting, diarrhea. >> reporter: carol is one of the other 1600 victims of the nation's largest salmonella outbreak. it caused a recall of thousands of eggs. >> americas should be able to have their eggs over easy without having to worry that the eggs will make them queasy. >> reporter: the owner of one of the egg farms at the center of the outbreak has a history of safety violations in three states that goes back 20 years. when fda inspectors visited hillendale farms, they found live rodents and mice at both farms. at wright county egg, they found maneur piled so deep it was leaking through a building foundation and at both locations they found maggots and flies near the egg belts. the owner of wright county eggs offered an apog to those -- an

apology to those sickened by the eggs. >> i have prayed several times every day for improved health. >> reporter: but carol wants more than apologies. >> clean up his act. clean up his chicken farm. he knows better than that. >> reporter: she and other victims urge congress to push through tougher regulations for food safety. no deaths have been linked to the outbreak but the fda still hasn't put it's finger on what caused it. >> joel, in the words of carol la bodo, is the egg farm cleaning up its act? have they made any changed? >> reporter: both owners testified they made significant safety changes since the recall. wright county eggs said it boosted security and safety standards after the recall, even going ahead to say it will remove all of its chickens that haven't been vaccined against

salmonella and that goes above current federal guidelines. >> joel brown reporting. thank you. a high level sit down between the new mayor vincent gray and michelle rhee is set to take place tomorrow. as we first reported yesterday, the two officials will meet friday at noon at gray's office at the wilson building. michelle rhee has made it clear she doesn't think she would work in a gray administration. she backed mayor fenty in last week's primary. tomorrow theresa lewis will be the first one in years put to death in the commonwealth. she provided sex in exchange for the murders of her husband and stepson. her final meal request includes two breasts of fried chicken, sweetpeas with butter, a dr pepper and german cake or apple

pie for dessert. scott broom reports that prosecutors have dna linking weapons that killed trooper wesley brown. >> reporter: dna is now part of this cop killer case and opens the door to the possibility that the accused trigger man may face the death penalty. 27-year-old cyril cornelius williams is the man investigators believe killed wesley brown june 11th outside of an appleby's restaurant in suitland where brown was working security. today prosecutors revealed they have dna evidence recovered from the handgun they believe was used to gun down the trooper. >> dna was recovered. we haven't publicly released the results of that. >> reporter: dna is important because it's among the short list of requirements to bring a death penalty case in maryland. glenn ivey said the death penalty has not been ruled out in the trooper brown murder. >> that will help to determine what we can do on that front here. >> reporter: the suspect, cyril

williams, was seen in security video being ejected by brown at the restaurant. and he returned with an acquaintance with a pistol and gun downed the moonlighting trooper outside. anthony milton is charged as an accomplice in the case. the gun was found at his house and he's the only witness who identified williams as the gunman. his defense lawyer seized on those facts suggesting that milton might be lying to protect himself. but with dna in the mix, the judge ruled there is probable cause to take this case to trial. scott broom, 9 news now. >> both williams and milton are being held without bond. sky 9 was over beltsville today where police believe the street race was the cause of a serious accident. two teenage boys suffered injuried in the 3100 block of powder mill road. they are students at northwestern high. firefighters had to cut the teen out of the car and the

other teen was ejected. but the teen's injuries are not life-threatening. and a rocker trailer -- a tractor trailer accident near woodbine in howard county. the crash closed two westbound lanes of 70 for an extended period of time. they are investigating the cause. and if you take i-270 you want to listen to this story. overnight tonight the southbound lanes after exit 10, that's route 117, will be completely shut down for two 15- minute intervals. that mean it will be closed between midnight and 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and that will allow crews to put up a sign for the intercounty connector. drivers can use route 355 as an alternative. let's get a check on our traffic with patranya. >> the showers and thunderstorms putting a wrinkle on the evening commute, adding to the delays on the american

legion bridge. you can see the wet roads in place. slow 30 minutes from the toll road to the 270 spur. now switching to our next camera, approaching university, some sunshine breaking through here but still a crawl here from new hampshire over to the 270 spur as well. about a 15 minute delay in that direction. and finally in d.c. we do have an accident to tell you about. rock creek parkway out bound near the kennedy center, some lane closures to watch out there. so agood spot to avoid for the time being. over to you. >> thank you. well she was evicted and her belongings were left all over the street. a street that stretched four blocks long. still ahead, the company that has come to her rescue. and we'll let you know if the weather is getting better or decreasing. out to titan. if you hear thunder get indoors. and decent among the president's national security

team. a new book claims not everybody is convinced his war strategy in afghanistan will work. we'll be right back.

new revelations about the war in afghanistan. a new book about president obama portrays a national secure the team deeply divided over the u.s. war strategy. manuel gullegos reports on bob woodward's look inside the white house. >> reporter: president obama keeps pushing for a way out of afghanistan in the pages of a new book. it chronicles the behind the scenes battle between the administration and the military leaders over the war. watergate journalist bob woodward has had access to presidents for decades an interviewed president obama for obama's wars. the president tells his

secretaries of state and defense, i'm not doing ten years, i'm not doing long-term nation building. i am not spending a trillion dollars. when president obama finally agrees to add 30,000 troops in a short-term escalation, the pentagon asked for another 4500. that prompts the president to erupt, i'm done doing this. historians see president obama falling into the same struggle as his predecessors during vietnam. >> lyndon johnson recognized the quantitiry he was in. richard nixon recognized the quantitiry they were -- quandary they were in, but they all tried to muddle through rather than taking the historically correct decision of getting out. >> the united states of america does not quit once it starts on something. >> reporter: according to woodward, president obama knows what happened in the past, but doesn't see a clear path out of afghanistan. >> he can't seem to find an answer here and he knows that it's undermining everything

that he wants to do at home. >> reporter: president obama did tell woodward he doesn't think about the war in terms of winning or losing, he's focused on a strategy that would leave afghanistan stronger when the troops do come home. manuel gullegos, cbs news. >> a senior administration official said the debates in this book are well-known and in sifts the president comes off as a commander in chief who is analytical, strategic and decisive. the book hits store shelves next week. we learned a navy sailer is among the nine u.s. military personnel killed in this week's helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. brandon loony lived in silver spring, graduated from damascus high school in 1999. we have reaction from the people who knew him, armondo. >> reporter: in his high school graduation book he wrote you should never beg for what you can earn. and he earned the right to be called an office and a gentleman and some say that

spirit was fostered here on the playing field of the high school. >> our school motto is gentlemen and scholars and he lived up to that. >> reporter: 11 years ago this is where you would have found brendan loony. >> he would be the leader of the team. >> reporter: he was a star athlete on the football and baseball teams. even then his former coach said brendan had the right stuff. >> leadership is something very hard to develop, especially among your peers, especially at that age and he was a great, great leader. >> reporter: after graduating from the naval academy in 2004, he became a navy seal. he die add long with eight others after his blackhawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan on tuesday. >> reporter: and brend ons family are devastating. they are on the way to dover delaware air base where they are expecting his remains. armando trull, 9 news now.

six months after became law president obama is reintroducing his signature health care reform bill on people who benefited. in falls church the president talked to people who have had changes in her life from the program, including a hemophilly acwho can no longer be limb named -- be eliminated under the new law and a teacher who's school did not offer health care. >> when we heard it was effective in july first we got right onto it. we called people and got all of the criteria in order so that we were actually insured on july 1st. >> a new a.p. poll shows just 30% of americans say they are in favor of the government program that extends health coverage to 32 million uninsured americans. the pride is growing at the national zoo. three new lyon cubs were born this morning. a total of 7 new cubs have arrived over the past three weeks. they were fathered by luke, a 4-

year-old male, and luke is said to be the most genetically valuable lyon in the program to maintain the species nationwide. now that seems like a lot of pressure on a 4-year-old. >> well in lyon years. maybe he's 30. but still it's pressure. >> it is pressure. >> can't wait to see the cubs when they are ready to be debuted to the public. we showed you a picture of hail at the top of the show. if you go to wusa9.com and the forecast page, i put a link to a viewer that sent us video of the hail. >> and when was this? >> about 3:30, between 3:30 and 4:00 this afternoon. i think the threat is diminishing but the watch continues across the metro area until 10:00. let's start with doppler and again, we had the one storm that is just fizzling out completely downtown. so around the beltway it's pretty quiet. patranya showed you some pictures and cameras a little while ago and the sun has come back out over the american

legion bridge. we have the heaviest weather to the north of us, up into pennsylvania. i don't think that will get into maryland. and heaviest down to the south and west of us, through orange county, madison county, west of fredericksberg. this is between ruckersville and orange. now this is hail to the south of ruckersville. the system is drifting off to the south and east so it will eventually cross over 522 in the next 40 minutes or so. they are moving slowly so you have gusty winds, some hail and also some good rain. let's go to the computer. temperature wise it still feels like summer, doesn't it? 94 downtown. 91 in college park. 89 in beltsville. 86 in rockville and cooler out to the west, 76 in reston. because we had a shower. but back up to 90 in sterling. so for tonight, severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. early storm, some could be heavy. partly cloudy and mild.

64 to about 72. winds become northwesterly at will 10. and by 11:00 tonight, it's all gone. in fact i think it will be gone by about 7:30. a few clouds but your morning commute would be dry and i think the evening commute is drying up as we go through the next couple of hours. as we get into tomorrow afternoon, a couple of showers pop up, but not the activity. there is no real trigger mechanism tomorrow as there was today. a little muggy downtown. low 70s, 72 downtown and 67 in rockville. 66 out in bowie. and out to the west, 66 in reston, 65 in leesberg. probably leave the a.c. off. tomorrow morning partly cloudy and warm, 60s and 70s. tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy and hot. high temperatures around 90, winds out of the south at about 10. we'll disect tomorrow for you. 72 tomorrow, mild to start and 80 by lunchtime and 90 by evening. a slight chance of a shower or

storm. 90 tomorrow. 92 on friday. and then cooler over the weekend. we had dropped there on saturday and sunday. would not change your plans. i don't think the drops will affect high school football on friday night but a couple of showers. more clouds on sunday than on saturday. and we go back into the low to mid-80s tuesday and wednesday with a chance of more thunderstorms. coming up in a little bit, we'll talk about the equinox, what it means. >> 90 and 92 in the fall? up next after kevin costner testifies on capitol hill about his involvement in cleaning up the bp oil disaster. students loans are meant to ensure your financial future but there is a hidden governa -- gotcha that is hidden.

four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

kevin costner returned to washington today to talk about this summer's disaster in the gulf of mexico. the actor testified before congressional investigators examining the response to the deepwater herrize -- horizon oil spill. >> the opportunity for us today is to move forward. we have a choice in all things but what we cannot accept is the return to status quo. deserves a -- america deserves a no nonsense approach to the

spills now and in the future. >> bp bought 32 machines capable of separating crude from oil, water mixtures from costner. paris hilton was denied entry into japan and it comes two days after she pled guilty to cocaine possession charges in las vegas. japan has victim grace laws that bar people convicted of drug offenses. she canceled appearances in malaysia and indonesia. speculation of charges in the mel gibson case may be coming. tmz reports e-mails are from one of gibson and profanity laced fights. gibson writes, i'm losing my grip. i'm stuck. i tried to be okay, but it overpowers me and i'm something i don't want to be. she replies, please don't

torture yourself like that. please, you didn't do anything to be so hard on yourself, unquote. >> i think somehow or another the prosecution will have to try to reconcile whether or not this e-mail fits within this whole equation as to whether or not charges ought to be filed against mel gibson. >> but his girlfriend appears to be gearing up for a long battle in court. she's hired a high power p.r. group and a team of attorneys in her case. a horder is reseeked -- is evicted from her home and her stuff spans blocks. there is a silver lining to this sad story.

right now new at 5:30, the community comes to the rescue of an evicted horder whose massive amount of stuff was thrown out all over the street. it may be the start of fall but it's not too early to start thinking holidays, especially if you're thinking about flying. and a break through in the treatment for m.s. the fda has approved a pill for

those with multiple sclerosis. movers came to help a woman at 11th street and otis place in columbia heights. her belongings stretched four blocks along the sidewalk. new at 5:30, kristin fisher takes a closer look at how it all got there. >> it is not fair. it's not human. it's cold hearted. >> reporter: at 5:00 a.m., louisa diaz was beyond devastated. she had just been evicted from her home and her stuff was hours away from being shipped off to the city dump. to give you an idea of how much stuff we are talking about, it is stacked up on the sidewalk, in some places six feet high and it's like this all the way down this block of 11th street and if you walk with me, you can see across the street it's the exact same thing, piles and piles of stuff all belonging to the same person. >> she's obviously sick. i mean, hoarding is a disease,

right? and this is definitely signs of hoarding. >> reporter: elloicea said she's no horder. she said she was collecting it to send back to poor people in latin america. but some of her neighbors don't buy it. >> do you feel bad for her? >> no, i don't. people would say she was sending this stuff back to her country and stuff like, this i don't know how true that is. but the fact of the matter is it don't make no sense for somebody to hoarde like this. it clogs up the whole neighborhood. i think it's ridiculous. >> reporter: others are more sympathetic. >> i think it's a tragedy how much the system is not working for people. she's been living next door to us for the last six or seven years and she's always working so for it to come to this, it's a tragedy. >> reporter: a tragic tale of eviction or that of a chronic harder. either way her white knight arrived in the form of a free moving truck from jk moving and storage. >> do you think all of her stuff will fit? >> not in this truck. we have backup on the way.

>> i'm feeling blessed. i'm blessed, thank you lord. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> it did take three moving vans. she doesn't have a permanent place to stay as of yet but a man who saw this story did offer her a job taking care of his grandmother. caldwell banker released the annual list of most expensive and least expensive housing markets in the united states. >> let's break it down. the most costly place to buy a house is new board beach, california, where the average four bedroom two bath cost $1.8 million. the least expensive city is detroit where the same home costs $68,000. in our area the most conveniencive city in virginia is alexandria where the average is $703,500. the least expensive is lynchberg at $165,000. in maryland, the most expensive city is bethesda where the average home costs $807,000.

the least expensive is hagerstown at $256,000. and the average home in the district costs $539,000. plans to build a bus transit center in langley park got a boost in the form of $818,000 federal grant. it would serve bus riders in montgomery and prince george's counties. it's expected to be built at the intersection of university boulevard and new hampshire avenue. maryland is looking for a developer to make the area around the new carrollton metro a liveable community. alley wants to turn the 39 acres into a planned community featuring homes, shops and businesses. a decision on a developer is expected by the end of the year. fall starts later tonight. officially it feels like summer out there. topper shutt with our out-and- about forecast. >> temperatures still in the low 90s. and i stepped into the web center because we launched a where-you-live website and this is how it is supposed to work.

if you go to our website, wusa9.com, and then just scroll down to where you live and i'm going to scroll down to leesberg and this is what we are talking about. lead mcdonnell did everything right, she had pictures of hail and put it on the site. good job, lee. now to the computer. i think we're in good shape now. looking at just a slight chance of a thunderstorm south of town. so i took it out for your out- and-about forecast. 84 by evening and 78 by tonight. so not as cool as it has been, even though fall is arriving at 11:09. next three days, hot tomorrow, 90. slight chance of a storm. 92 on friday. maybe a shower. should not effect the high school football though. and cooler on saturday, maybe a shower. i have to keep some showers in, but temperatures go back into the low 80s. we'll come back and talk about the severe thunderstorm watch. they may be trimming it off to the west and we'll talk about tropical storm lisa and what she could do to parts of the

eastern seaboard in the next 10- 14 days. back to you. >> thanks, top. the cbs evening news is less than an hour away and katie couric joins us with a live preview. >> 90 and 92? >> i was going to say, we're confused. topper said it will be fall but it feels like summer. you remember washington, you can never predict things. >> i'm going to be there thursday night and friday so thank you for the forecast. tell topper i said thanks. >> bring your shorts and sunglasses. >> i know all of washington is talking about our top story or one of our top stories tonight. that new book by bob woodward that said of president obama's top advisors had real doubts about his strategy in afghanistan among other things. we'll have the highlights and reaction from washington. plus how safe is your food? our investigation reveals why government agencies that are supposed to be protecting you may not be doing the job. and finally a woman on a mission to slim down her entire

home town and they're getting big results in vicksberg, mississippi, you won't believe how much weight they have lost. that is right after 9 news now, back to you. >> they have spirit. thanks, katie. coming up next, police arrest four burglary suspects after a violent end to this high-speed chase. and we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪

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the end of a high-speed chase in florida captured on tape. it reached speeds up to 90 miles per hour before this crash. one of the suspects tried to make a run for it before he was tasered. three other suspects were pulled from the car by police which that car was in fact stolen. from a serious story to one

that is not so much. want to know what your dog is up to while you're at work. check his tweet. a new high-tech gadget allows owners to determine whether their pet is taking a nap, chasing it's tale. imagine you could know what they are doing right now, anita. >> wow. >> this data is sent to an antenna that evaluates what the animal is up to and sends it to a tweet page. >> i've spent many days in different homes with dogs, trying these on and putting these on collars and having them sit still and run around, we would test the very little dogs like chihuahuas up to big dogs like great danes. >> it's a dog twitter device and mattel's first product for animals and comes with a suggested retail price of $29.99. >> lesli is having a hard time keeping a straight face. from dog treats to waste. animal waste is lighting a lat

earn at a dog part in cambridge, mass. after the pet does its business, the owners are urged to use biodegradable bags and turn it into a tank which turn it's into fuel for a lamp. a similar idea was in san francisco a few years ago. you can't make this stuff up. >> metz rania, how do you -- patranya, how do you beat that? >> how about some poopy traffic. past duke to edsel, a little poopy and a little bit slow and south to 95 all lanes open down to triangle. now switch over to d.c. where it is dark. we don't see anything out there so we'll stay in 395, but in d.c. and 9th, constitution, a accident to watch out for new this hour. back to you. the d.c. area is home to a record breaking jeopardy champion. we'll hear from him coming up.

plus -- >> i'm dave owens at redskins park. after a disappointing loss, the redskins prepare for the rams. why this week's game will be different from the previous two. i'll have that story. and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. i've stepped outside. the sun is back here. but a storm watch still in effect until 10:00. we'll show you radar, still some big weather to the south of us and to the north of us. we'll let you know if we're out of the woods with a full forecast coming up. but up next, we'll have an early look at what are expected to be hot gift items this holiday season.

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why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. all right, tonight we bring you a shopper alert that we call our early holiday heads-up edition. so consider yourself warned about everything from the top toys your kids might ask for and even the trip to grandmother's house for thank. and if that includes a flight, start looking for a deal now.

experts say they will be hard to come by. travelocity says flights will be more expensive over the november holiday. about 10% more and part of that will come from the extra charges that you're going to have to pay to fly on peak travel days. so here is your best bet. leave on thanksgiving day and come back on tuesday and you'll save. so 2009 was the zhu zhu pet. this year it's the squeaky. these are pencil toppers and if you haven't heard of them, you will. it is on the toys "r" us 2010 list of hot toys and here are other ones. calico critters luxury townhouse, disney pixar toy story 3 try county land phil. singa imagineig. they are cute. pillow pets. and the nerve and strike stampede. that's just a small amount. i went and brought some of these in here to show you. >> you are putting pressure on me. we're not even at halloween.

>> well you need to get it together. because this was the last jiggy on the shelf. leapster made the link. ker plunge and this lego game. these are cute and they go in this little house. >> and speaking of toy stores, toys "r" us bought fao swartz and don't be surprised if you see one popping up at tysons galleria. they bought the toy store and are opening up pop-up stores just in time for the holiday season. and just in case you were keeping track, black friday is just over ten fridays away. i know, get it together. deal news.com has some predictions for the things to bring people out in droves at 0-

dark 30. laptops and blu-ray placers. and the site said don't expect deals on i pads or iphones but keep an eye out to see if the apple stores will offer you free shipping on any item regardless of price. also for the gamers in your life, wiis may cost 50% less than last year. and like last year, we may see black friday deals before the big day, so go to your favorite stores, sign up for alerts so you're in the know. and if you missed any of this, you can find this segment on our website, wusa9.com. just click on living smart. well if you live in the annandale high school community, one of your grads is now a record-breaking jeopardy champ. roger craig set a new one-day record on jeopardy last week winning $77,000. he went into the finals with $47,000 and wageered $30,000. he breaks the record of $75,000 in one day set by ken jennings. now he talked about the fete on

this morning's cbs early show. >> it felt incredible. at the time i really didn't understand the magnitude of it. but it was just amazing to break a record that ken jennings had set so many years ago. >> now what are you going to do with all of this money? >> i'm going to pay off some debts. maybe buy a new car. >> what are you going to get? >> i haven't decided. but i won't get a ferrari. >> maybe not. he correctly named the bridge of the river queue as the title of the film based on a similarly titled novel. his six-day total added up to $630,000. he's going for a doctorate at the university of delaware. for more stories on where you live go to web welcome back and find our community in our "where you live" section. if you have a story or news tip, we want to hear it. contact us and be part of our team at wusa9.com. >> that was pretty cool, that

the woman went to leesberg and posted the hail. >> that's what we love. >> and somebody else sent me a link via the storm reports which we love and i put that on our web page and our forecast path. just goes where it says hail video and you'll see the actual video of the hail. and let's start with the forecast. the next three days, temperatures in the 90s again tomorrow and friday. thunderstorm possible tomorrow, just a little -- not quite the chance tomorrow that we had today. and then 92 on friday, maybe a shower. should not impact the high school football. and then 82 on saturday. cooler, but just because we have a drop would not change your plans. not much moisture on saturday. we'll break down tomorrow. 72 to start. mild and muggy. 80 by lunchtime. and 90 by evening with just a slight chance of a thunderstorm. temperatures 94 right now at national. the high was 95. the high at dulles was 94 which tied the record high from back in 1980. tonight a thunderstorm stach until 10:00.

early storms and some heavy, partly cloudy and mild. lows 64-72. let me show you live doppler 9000. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. what a great time to have the weather app on your iphone. everything is quiet but we do have one storm that has popped up in montgomery county. it's running down 270 toward the spur. where will it go in the next hour? it will work it's way across 95 to east-west highway in silver spring and that will produce heavy rain. and let's go back to the computer and we'll talk about our 9 future cast. once we get through the last batch of showers, your morning commute will be dry and maybe a shower tomorrow but few and far between. partly cloudy and warm to start. 60s and 70s. and then by afternoon partly cloudy and hot, our first full day of fall will feel like summer. highs around 90. next seven days, 90 tomorrow, 92 on friday. cooler over the weekend. 82 on saturday and only 76 on

sunday. added more clouds on sunday. warming back up. tuesday and wednesday back into the 80s and a chance of shower and maybe even the rumble of thunder again. >> thanks, top. skins looking to rebuild. >> and rebound from a loss over the weekend. and against a team that by all measures stinks, which makes them dangerous and ripe for all of those things. you've heard the cliches like this. when the redskins plays one of the worst teams like the rams. it's a game they'll look past to get to the eagles. and after last week the redskins would be well advised not to look past anyone. >> reporter: the redskins acknowledge that the sunday road trip will measure how mentally tough they are. >> you'll find yourself in tough situations, some third and longs. playing in st. louis it is loud. they turn the speakers on and have the music playing while you are in the huddle. >> there will be times when in offense you won't hear what i'm saying to the tackles so

definitely know what you are doing out there. >> reporter: the hope is that washington's run game which currently ranks dead last in the league can get going and help quiet the st. louis crowd on sunday. but that won't be easy. trent williams is still hobbled by a knee sprain and stephon heyer took his reps at left tackle. chad shrimp son appeared and said he's running back for running back and special teams and keel and williams stepped into the spot released by larry johnson. >> any time a guy picks up a system as quickly as he has in our pass protection scheme and running the ball, you have to be pretty sharp and he's been able to do that. >> reporter: jim haslett's defense will focus on sam bradford, who he calls a rising star. >> i see a guy who plays. he has great motion, he can get the ball out of his hands, he's unbelievably accurate. >> reporter: so the plan to throw him off is simple. a lot of pressure. >> he's going to see things

he's never seen before. that's the most important thing, disguising things and moving around to confuse them a little bit. >> reporter: at redskins park, dave owens, 9 news now. we are just two days away from the latest edition of d.c. high school sportsnet game. and our campus correspondent play of the day comes from forestville. patrick to devon charles. i can't see it because it's under the words but i guarantee you it was a touchdown. it was the only score for the game for mcnamara as they fall to st. albans. high schoolers if you would like to become -- we have so many words on screen, you can't see what is going on. if you want to become a campus correspondent, you can get a free flip cam and a possible $5,000 scholarship. log on to wusa9.com and apply. the kids are doing a nice job early in the season shooting the highlights and we want more

of you to join our nonsports shooting team. >> go to all of the games. thanks. the first pill to slow down a debilitating nerve disorder effecting thousands. this got approval today and we'll talk about it. and coming up new at 6:00 -- >> from death row, theresa lewis sings for help from above. [ singing ] >> is there any way she can escape execution tomorrow night? oñoñ

i'm peggy fox with momslikeme.com where moms are completely disgusted over a cell phone video an ohio mom took of her 2-year-old daughter smoking pot. what is even worse, it looks like the child had done it before. what should the punishment be? should they take custody away from the mom or give her a second chance? check out the video and tell us your opinion on momslikeme.com. stocks lost ground on wall street today. the dow fell 21 points to close at 10,739. the nasdaq dropped 14 points and the s&p 500 fell 5 points. tonight's health alert focuses on a big advance for people with multiple sclerosis. that is about 400,000 americans. the disease caused the body's immune system to turn against

and attack the brain and spinal cord. the first oral medication to fight the nerve damage that results. >> john daggett walks with a cane. >> i now have a lot of numbness in my hands and feet, my balance is very bad. >> reporter: he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago. currently he injects himself once a week with a drug that helps delay the disorder. until now all treatment options involved shots. but just today the fda approved a new drug taken daily by mouth. it is the first ever pill to treat m.s. >> someone comes to me and says i can't stand these injections or i won't take them any longer, then they are perfectly suitable for going on to the pill. >> reporter: the side effects could include a slowed heart rate, increased blood pressure or lower resistance to infection. >> there are changes in the back of the eye, in the retina that have to be monitored and it can effect liver functions. so we have to watch for those. >> reporter: john is going to check with his doctor to see if

he could handle the possible side effects. he's certainly ready to try. >> it's just an easy way to take it in a pill form. it's much more comfortable than jabbing yourself with a needle. >> reporter: the maker is hoping to make it available soon. patients have to check to see if it will be covered by their insurance. >> and it may not be the only m.s. pill on the market long. the fda is expected to decide on another medications early as december of this year. thank you for joining us for 9 news now at 5:00. now starting 9 news now at 6:00. in the murder of trooper wesley brown, one of the two murder suspect was in court this afternoon. he is facing first-degree murder charges. another man, anthony milton ii also faces murder charges in the case. a detective testified that milton confessed,