and going to cross 66 and go to the west of upperville and middleburg. light rain out there an the heaviest rain is to the west for the time being. we think there will be a second bull's eye that will set up east of town. you see rain toward leonardtown. this will work up annapolis from to the bay and delmarva. we maybe okay in the immediate metro area but friends to the west and east could have problems later today and tonight. and speaking of the bay, stay off the warnings. gale warnings, coastal flood advisories, all kindses of things. the watch covers the metro area until 8:00 tomorrow morning. there are no warnings right now. there were warnings out earlier in howard and montgomery county. for tonight, flash flood watch. rain and thunderstorms. some heavy and severe. lows 85 to 70 and winds increasing south southeast at 10 to 20 and gusty.

satellite picture, radar combined. look at the plumes of moisture. we will talk about where it will go overnight and look ahead what could be a nor'easter later in the week. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news to talk about happening out of baltimore right now. dozens of firefighters are on the scene of a row house collapse. you can see it from the sky. it happened just before 3:00 p.m. in west baltimore and there were a report of a woman seen walking on the sidewalk at the time of the row house collapse. so firefighters are removing the rubble by hand trying to find out if she or anyone else is inside. you can see what is left of the row house at this point. so far, they have not found anyone. this is from baltimore, maryland breaking news at this hour. the hundred is on for a hit and run driver in silver spring. a 24-year-old woman was hit by a car while walking near an elementary cool. it happened at 8:00 saturday night on carroll avenue near the intersection of piney

branch road. lindsey mastis joining us live. what do we know about how the is doing on the. >> police say the woman is at the washington hospital trauma center with life-threatening injuries. it has been two day and she's still fighting for her life. where she was hit is just down the street by the tree. police say she was walking along the road. they are not sure whether she was crossing it when a vehicle came bay and she ended up near the backside of this pickup truck. that is 20 feet away. witnesses say she flew through the air. >> we were coming in to the yard and we heard a big boom. >> it didn't take neighbors long to find the 24-year-old woman allock side the road. >> her leg is on the axle and she is laying face down. her flip flops in he middle of the road and her phone broke. >> reporter: police don't know

if she was trying to cross the street or walk alongside it. all they know is the car that hit her never stopped. >> the driver should know they hit something. >> reporter: the corporal with montgomery county police say they have a description of the car. >> small, dark sedan, possibly a honda. and it did leave its mirror, its right exterior mirror at the scene. >> reporter: police also say the vehicle may have damage to the passenger side head lights, hood or windshield. neighbors say traffic moves fast along this street and they are upset. >> i didn't sleep. thinking about it. very hard to see somebody dying like that. >> reporter: a corporal says the driver could be facing several charges inlewding leaving the scene of an accident but says there is time for the driver to come forward and that would be taken in to account but the charges, there could be additional ones because no one knows whether

the victim will survive. live in silver spring, 9 news now. today a jury convicted a drunk driver of second-degree murder in the death of l.a. angels pitcher rick adenart and two others. he died after a collision with andrew gallo in fullerton, california. the april 2009 crash killed two of adenhart's friends. this hours after the 22-year- old rookie pitched six scoreless innings in his debut. they shared tears and hugs following the verdict. >> courtney liked to see justice be served, and so i know she's watching over us. >> reporter: gallo was charged with murder because he has a previous dui conviction. prosecutors say the 23-year- old's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit at the time of that deadly crash. he faces 50 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on

december 10th. two teenagers are under arrest after a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the chest. it happened this morning at an apartment on little elliott drive in hagerstown. police say the boy found a loaded handgun under a bed and accidentally shot himself. he is in critical condition. police say the 18-year-old boy stole the gun and a 17-year-old girl tried to hide it at a nearby playground. they are both charged as adults in the case. a sec teenager is in custody accused of stabbing and robbing a man at a manassas shopping center. the 14-year-old was arrested at his home on thursday. police say he and a 15-year-old accomplice attacked a 59-year- old property inspector last tuesday after that man refuse to hand over his wallet. the victim was treated for three stab wounds. montgomery county police are looking for a man who raped a woman yesterday in germantown. it happened in the middle of the night in the woods near 355

and highpoint drive. investigators say a 21-year-old silver spring woman was walking toward a 7-eleven when she was grabbed from behind and forced in the wooded area. police are offering a reward up to $1,000 for helping to find the attacker. a dc tourist accused in the death of his dog pleaded guilty to charges of animal cruelty today. kenneth reese was sentenced to a year of probation and 40 hours of community service. authorities say he left the dog with another dog in a hot car for hours while he visited the holocaust museum last month. the 8-year-old chihuahua died. two people are dead and two others in the hospital after a crash this afternoon on route 50 just before the bay bridge. the crash happened around 1:00 near bay dale drive. investigators say two box trucks were involved and one flipped over. the crash shut down two westbound lanes of route 50 for hours. and there's no word on whether the rain was a factor.

>> maryland's first slots parlor since being approved four years ago is now open for business. the perryville hollywood casino is just off of 95, about 60 miles north of the beltway. scott broom reports, even though the opening was three days early an announced 12 hours ahead of time a big crowd was there. >> reporter: what's remarkable about this is how quickly it happened and how many showed up on short notice when the doors here in per i haveville opened at 8:00 this morning. >> i hope you are ready to have a bunch of fun. >> reporter: the $97 million casino in perryville. >> my husband got me 0 out of bed and said let's take a ride. >> reporter: an unexpected opening announced on the late evening news turned out thousands a few hours lair. among them 92-year-old thelma adams who wore what she called her magic hat for good luck. >> i put an abracadabra on the place. i'm going to win.

win big! >> general manager is in charge of a 34,000 square foot gaming floor and 1500 video gambling machines owned by the state of maryland but operated by penn national gaming for a 33% cut of the take. >> minute we opened the doors at 8:00, customers started to file in and steady build all day. it tells you people have been waiting for a casino in maryland for a long time. 40% of the business is from maryland residents so i think they are anxious to spend money in their own state. >> there are 300 new jobs and the promise of education, and horsing and entertainment. there were winners and losers. >> i lost $16. >> and the lady with the magic hat ended up down $60 despite an abracadabra. an official grand opening is scheduled for thursday. between now and then according

to state revenue estimates the casino may have collected the first $900,000 in perryville, scott broom, 9 news now. >> wow. anne arundel county voters will decide whether or not to avow a similar casino will be built at the anne arundel mills mall when they go to the polls in november. the secret service says some major new security upgrades at the vice president's home in northwest aren't just routine. the washington examiner reports they include a ten foot high security fence and more security check points an the home at the naval observatory. it is expected to cost $1.7 million and the secret service says they are not in response to any explicit threats. union station tops the list of 25 busiest metro stations, averaging 32,745 riders during the last week of may -- i should say during the last week of may, oh, yeah. that's what i said. metro center was in second.

the least busiest station for the second year in a row, friendship heights average gilbert arenas is speaking for the first time since his arrest on gun charges. >> brett haber is just back from wizards camp and is joining us on what the controversial wizards star had to say. >> when ted leonsis took over the wizards he said one of his jobs would be to reintroduce the fan base to arenas. we assume that would mean he would show contrition for past deeds and gratitude for getting a second chance. apparently not. a rather surlily and seemingly disinterested arenas showed up at media day today. his first public appearance since released from the halfway house in may. arenas sporting a scruffy beard and number nine on his uniform was required to answer questions from reporters, but did so without a smile and only briefly, in a manner that suggested he was not happy to

be there. >> only place i'm going to smile is on the court. that's where my job is. that's where my love is. that's the only time i need to smile now. you are getting older and you automatically grow. just another year. >> i think he is taking the right approach, a very serious approach. that's what we have to do as a team. >> reporter: arenas was asked how he felt about having his banner tore down from the facade of the verizon center last year. he said that didn't bother him. it was the wizards trying to save their company. we will have more from agent nine at 6:00. >> a changed agent nine. bret, thank you. staying ahead, saying dc schools are struggling, president obama said his daughters couldn't get the same

education they get at their private school in public schools. show you live doppler. heaviest activity is martinsburg and hagerstown and charlestown. we will talk about the real threat of flooding overnight. president obama signs a new jobs bill in to law, but will it be enough to help the president's party in the mid- term election. i'm joel brown on captiol hill. that story is coming up.

just five weeks until voters head to the polls and with control of congress at stake it looks like democrats will have to fight hard to keep their majority. joel brown is on captiol hill as president obama tries to win over americans skeptical over how he has handled the economy. >> with the election season in high gear and the economy the

number one issue, president obama got a chance today to put his signature on one last piece of stimulus legislation before voters go to the polls in a few weeks. president obama is trying to convince americans he's doing all he can to turn the economy around. at the white house, he signed a new jobs bill that brought cheers from these small business owners. >> it was critical we cut tax and make more loans available to small entrepreneurs. small business create me most jobs in the country. >> reporter: it may not help the president's party it a poll shows more americans trust the republicans to fix unemployment. the propose at of the president and those on the other side of the aisle to raise taxes on small businessmen and women and threaten job creation is the wrong medicine. >> reporter: with the election five weeks away and control of

congress at stake, voters want to know who they can trust to revive the economy and they aren't particularly happy with either party. >> the democratic party is unpopular. this is all about whipping up the base in to a frenzy. >> reporter: to do that, both sides are trotting out their biggest stars. sarah palin and mitt romney are crisscrossing the country campaigning for gop candidates. president obama has been working hard for the democrats but now they are enlisting michelle obama and former president clinton who both have higher approval ratings than the president. but it may not be enough to convince voters to give democrats another chance in november. the small business bill barely made it to the president's desk. two republicans crossed party lines to push through it. >> how many jobs are they talking about? >> let me tell you what it

does. it creates a small business lending fund. that is expected to translate in to $3 billion in small business loans. the idea is if you can get new businesses with credit and money they will hire again. that is estimated to add up to 500,000 new jobs. of course with a 9.6 unemployment rate, 500,000 through jobs is a small dent. >> you said that right. thank you for that. a review of how the obama administration reacted to the disaster in the gulf is already underway. the national commission on the bp deep water horizon oil spill and off shore drilling began the two-day meeting in dc. the panel is looking at who is in charge with making critical decisions after 200 million- gallons of evidence crude oil began to spill in the gulf of mexico. nearly 100 protesters demanding an end to a form of surface mining were arrested today in washington. they were taken away after refusing orders from park police to leave the sidewalk outside of the white house.

they were demanding an end to mountain top removal coal mining saying the process pollutes water and destroys mountains. coal companies say it is a cheap reliable way to extract coal and create jobs. >> talking about a lot of rain the next few hours. quite a downpour today. >> the biggest threat is west of town and east of 81. i think everybody should be aware that everyone is under a flood watch until 8:00. start with a big picture of radar. this is titan and you see the moisture to the south. haven't seen this in a while where we get the tropical air masses and almost like a conveyer belt. this activity is moving almost due north. you see the activity to the east of raleigh. it will move up 95. that's why we think the biggest threat will be east of 985 and -- 95 and 81. we will have rain in the immediate area but the biggest threat is west and east of us. get tighter and go to live doppler 9000 hd. you can access this on our

website at wusa9.com. and with our weather app it is a great way to track the activity. around the beltway it is quiet. we are getting lucky. some of you will get home without rain showers but to the west a different story. pretty heavy rain showers and few embedded thunderstorms in between hume and up to hagerstown over to cumberland. this is heavy rain. nothing severe right now. although there is potential that some of these could produce a little rotation. we had a tornado warning earlier that howard covered earlier in howard county. we will watch these overnight. there is some conditions that could be conducive to some of these turning in to damaging winds. the next hour, this moves dew north. clips middleburg with heavy rain as it pushes to the north and crosses 66. go to the computer. for tonight, here's the deal. flash flood watch, rain and thunderstorms. some heavy. some severe. temperatures 65 to 70 and wins south southeast at 10 to 20 and

gusting. remember, never cross a flooded street by car or foot. check your sump pump. sometimes they are unplugged and your basement floods and check the basement or attic before the rain is heavier. here's a look at the nine future cast. by tonight we will see the heaviest activity west of town. frederick, leesburg, manassas. there's some activity around the beltway in montgomery county and fairfax county but doesn't appear the heaviest access to rain will set up to the west of the immediate metro area. through the night it is cloudy with showers. heavy activity goes in the mountains. some of us will have a wet commute tomorrow. i'd plan on a wet commute and extra time too. through the day the showers give way to sunshine as we get in to the afternoon hours. and pretty warm day tomorrow. lows tonight, sticky really. 70 downtown. 66 in rockville, 65 gaithersburg. and some 60s to the west. 66 fairfax and reston but everybody is pretty much

between 65 and 70. level playing field. tomorrow morning, showers ending. breezy and mild. 55 to 75. and by afternoon, decreasing clouds. some sun. highs around 80 and winds southwesterly at 10 to 15. so let's talk about breaking down tomorrow now. rain and showers in the morning, 72. nice by lunchtime. clouds on the way out and warm, 80 by everyone evening. a strong finish to the day it looks like. the next three days we are looking at rain showers in the morning on tuesday, and then afternoon clouds on wednesday. and then perhaps a nor'easter on thursday. we haven't had a nor'easter yet. we'll keep you posted on that. 85 on wednesday. 76 thursday. and then in the wake of the storm, probably the coolest air so far a mix of sun and clouds on friday, saturday and sunday. and kind of chilly in the 60s, only 62 for a high on sunday. back up to 70 next monday. >> feeling like fall. >> yeah.

>> definitely. up next, that pregnancy problem. how to get more for your maternity money without breaking the bank. on the's oh my baby report is next.

right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better.

going through pregnancy means months and months of changes. >> so true. and as the baby grows, so do you, sometimes out of the maternity clothes you brought that you expected would last nine months. some real life solutions in on the's version of oh my baby. >> when you are pregnant how can you buy stylish clothes throughout your pregnancy without breaking your budget? angie goff is now seven months pregnant and has advice for other pregnant women. >> don't buy the cool skinny jeans if you are prone to swelling. >> angie and two of her pregnant friends are learning what wardrobe items they need to last until the baby comes and beyond. this stylist, who's also pregnant, says before you buy anything look in your closet. >> for example this is not maternity and i'm in my third

trimester. >> invest in a stylish top you can dress up or down. >> i love this top. the color is amazing. it's very in. i love that it hugs her here and it covers everything we don't want to show. >> find a stretchy dress that has room to expand. this one has a tie in the back. >> a lot of fabric here. imagine her being more pregnant. >> reporter: another solution, a tunic and long cardigan. invest in a pair of maternity leggings, yoga pants and jeans. they will be your staples and remember, even if you have been through this before it is easy to buy the wrong thing and spend too much. >> it is funny, having done it twice before i look at the clothes and think how am going to be that big but it happens. you want to be prepared for it. you can find these suggestions and more on momslikeme.com.

new at 5:30, president obama says dc schools are struggling but he acknowledges there maybe some important steps toward reform. we will have çñ

president obama makes some candid comments about dc schools, saying his daughters couldn't get the same education in public school they are getting if private classrooms. caught on tape, sparks fly when a delta airlines flight make an emergency landing after experiencing landing gear problems. and the southwest airlines proposed merger with airtran could clear the way for low- cost carrier to offer flights at reagan national airport. the top story at 5:30, president obama started the school week off today with a call for a longer school year. he also said the worst performing schoolteachers have got to go. if they don't improve quickly. in response to a question, the president explained his daughters who attend sidwell friends could get the same education at a dc public school. >> think dc public school systems are struggling. they have made important strides over the last several years to move in the direction

of reform. there are some terrific individual schools in the dc system. and that's true, by the way, in every city across the country. >> reporter: the president's remarks come as dc's school chancellor michelle rhee weighs whether to stay or leave. if she goes, vincent gray says education reform continues to be a top priority. new at 5:30, our bruce johnson got inside of the a school in southwest today where rhee's performance was being reported. >> it is fair to say that most of the students at this elementary school in southwest dc don't have the same educational opportunities as the president's two daughters. >> if you had a chance to talk to the president, what would you tell him? you are wrong for saying that. >> this school is wonderful. >> reporter: the president's job to get this school to the.where students are reading

and doing math at the national averages. last year, scores up significantly but this year, math scores up by only one point. >> one of the biggest problems we have is engaging parents more in the process. >> reporter: reading scores are down by 7 points. that's the way it goes in a public school where students are arriving and leaving every year, moving from neighborhood to neighborhood. and in some cases, house to house. >> we have students coming from various areas of the city, with a lot of different needs, not just academic but social and emotional needs, as well. so in this reform process we can't go at it alone. we can't be the schools and teachers going at it alone. >> reporter: the principal has been there for two years and they have 350 students this year, 20 more than last year. not a big increase but the principal says it is a start. the school hasn't fallen in to the category of no school improvement status but other schools are. then the federal no child left

behind act requires michelle rhee to take drastic steps like replacing the principal and teachers and allowing parents to transfer students to other public schools. >> would you be in favor of a longer school day. >> definitely. the more time the better. we don't have enough time in the day to get everything we need to get done. as you can imagine competition to get in to schools is fierce. >> only so much spots available. >> even the staunchest reformers admit that. long way to go. if you live in alexandria you may have had trouble getting in touch with government offices today. there was a problem with the

network that services the city of alexandria. it disrupted its computer and telephone systems. as a result, staff couldn't answer phone calls or place phone calls or check voice mail from their desks. e-mails to and from city council was delayed and some public websites were not working properly but the glitch did not affect emergency service or alexandria city public schools. for more stories from where you live go to wusa9.com and find your community in the where you live section and keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. got a story or news tip? we want to hear from you. contact us at wusa9.com. maryland's second busiest airport is getting an air traffic control tower. the faa has given its action to the project at frederick municipal airport. the tower is something corporate pilots have been pressing for sometime now. officials say they expect 165,000 take offs and landings

by 2025 at frederick knew municipal. >> middle east peace talks between israelis and palestinians maybe at a halt. palestinians threatened to pull out of the peace talks unless israel extending the ban. on a recent trip to paris, abbas said he would not make any hastey decisions. israel says it remains committed to the peace talks. a british businessman who owns the company that makes segways has died in an accident riding one of those vehicles. police in northern england say the 62-year-old and a segway were found in the river there. they say someone reported seeing a man fall over a 30- foot drop yesterday. he bought control of the new hampshire company last december. a levee failure forced hundreds of people from their homes and those who stayed behind are now stranded.

authorities say part of the levee eroded yesterday and water began to leak out. water flooded the only road in and out of the neighborhood. >> around here the dc metro going to be a stormy evening tonight. topper is out on the terrace with the latest storm alert. >> right now in northwest it is cloudy but no showers. i would hang on to this tonight and through tomorrow morning. here's the out and about forecast. i would expect scattered showers and thunderstorms about 6:00, 74. kind of muggy, too. and then we get in to 8:00 hour. well, still looking at showers and thunderstorms. some could be heavy. some will produce heavy down experience tropical air mass. as we get in to 10:00, temperatures in the low 70s. not going to fall much with some showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. so sort of keep that in mind. show you live doppler 9000 hd and we have, it is pretty quiet for the time being around the beltway, montgomery county, the district and fairfax county. to the west big showers and thunderstorms and it's training

due north. so anything south of you will come due north and hit you. we have reports now of anywhere from up to two to four inches of rain out in to western section of loudoun county and one to two inches of rain just with this batch as i rolls up 81 toward hagerstown. again that will be the focal.i think really of the flooding. it will be west of town on the east side of i-81. sort of keep that in mind. the entire metro area is under a flash flood watch. we will go to peggy fox in bethesda where emergency responders are preparing for the possibility of flooding. >> oh, i'm sorry. we are here at the -- sorry about that. we are here at the cabin john fire and rescue station and they are preparing for potential rescues. they are keeping a close ear to

the weather forecast and we have lieutenant with us here. what kind of rescues are you anticipating that might be possible tonight? >> the most common type of rescues with heavy flooding are people trying to drive their car through flooded roadways. >> that's something we see pretty often. and we are expecting perhaps a lot of rain tonight. you have your boat here. why would you bring your boat to a rescue on a roadway? we would bring the boat because it is one of the tools that we have. we may need it. if you don't have it you regret not having i and we have other equipment that we keep and carry on it. >> a lot of equipment. might have a river rescue. unlikely the rains coming overnight. >> correct. >> now, you also want to say do not drive through flooded roadways. that's the most important thing. >> the standard rule of thumb is if someone cannot see the road do not try to drive across it if you can't see it. >> good advice. if they didn't do that they

wouldn't need you to rescue them. >> right. >> that's the latest from the rescue station. back to you, topper. >> a flash flood watch is in affect until 8:00 and tonight cross a flooded street with your car or by foot. back to you. up next, passengers videotape the wing of their plane dragging on the tarmac as i makes an emergency landing at jfk airport. and we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with

now amazing video from a delta jet that made an emergency landing in new york. >> we spoke to passengers who captured tense moments on tape. >> video from delta passenger chase bensonburg includes the

pilot's voice and three dreaded words. >> brace for impact. >> to say there will be an emergency landing was tense. it was very tense. >> flight 4951 was supposed to go atlanta to white plains but rerouted to kennedy after the pilot informed the control tower the right landing gear was not working. >> the right gear is stuck up. the other two are down. >> reporter: inside the cabin, 60 passengers, a few sobbing and many praying as a flight attendant urgently repeated the command. >> stay down. stay down. >> heads down. i'm holding the camera in my phone not trying to quality but i don't know if we are going to slam and go crazy i'm not looking up. >> his co-worker was across the aisle, closest to the wing where the trouble was. he used his camera phone. >> i couldn't keep my head down. i saw the sparks and lit up my entire face. >> reporter: the pilot balanced the jet and eased it to the

right wing and safely brought it to a top [ applause ] >> the passengers were hurried off the plane. >> nerves. >> reporter: filing past police and specially trained firefighters who are at the ready but not needed. no fire and no injuries. >> could have been bad an turned out to be a smooth landing. >> every day is a fresh start. every day is a new day. >> reporter: delta, the faa and the ntsb are now investigating what went wrong with that landing gear. another tough loss for the redskins yesterday. it has fans and players alike asking hard questions, most notably what happened to the defense? we will talk about it coming up. we are looking at a flash flood watch that covers the metro area until 8:00 tomorrow. look at all the rain showers to the south of us pushing through raleigh and up 95. we will talk about that. that's going to be dangerous for us later on tonight. we'll talk about it. up next, an airline merger

involving southwest airlines could spread its low-cost fares even further.

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quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. in tonight's consumer alert, an engagement of sorts for the two biggest low cost air carriers in the u.s. southwest said it will buy airtran for a billion dollars if the deal goes through. for flyers, who prefer booking their ticket with a discount carrier, that could mean more routes and lower fares, but it could also mean less competition. >> we have the right team. we are at the right place. we have the right resources. we have the right momentum. >> reporter: the southwest president and ceo gary kelly says the company has courted airtran for years and now two of the country's low fare carriers are ready to seal the deal in a $1.4 billion merger. >> it has potential to add more than 20% to our annual revenues or more than $2 billion a year. >> now we are joined forces with southwest airlines the

potential to spread low fares farther is even greater. >> reporter: those low fares could be a boom for flyers, too. southwest airlines, known as the king of the low cost carriers could extend its reach in to more northeast markets including reagan national airport. >> for the first time you have a strong low cost carrier flying out of national that may help reduce the rates. >> reporter: airline passengers like the thought of keeping more money in their pocket. >> i am back and forth from atlanta to here all the time. this is great for me. >> we live in memphis, tennessee and we don't have southwest right now so it will be great for us. >> reporter: southwest customers save on baggage fees but once the merger goes through, expect to pay more even with the low-cost carrier. >> i think southwest will always be the lowest player in the market or among the lower players in the mark because

that's their niche but i think out of capacity-controlled airports like national and la guardia hey may have to charge a little more. >> reporter: at reagan national there could be two discount airlines. jetblue takes off november 1st and southwest could join them in 2012. now at reagan national, southwest would take over airtran slots and offer 11 flights coming in an our of the area. this is considered a huge deal for southwest if it is approved. the airline has been trying to get in to bigger airports like ours here in washington for years. here's a deal you may find hard to pass up. buy an energy star appliance in virginia and you don't have to pay the sales tax. governor mcdonnell declared an emergency star sales tax holiday. the products must cost $2,500 or less and be bought for personal use. a belove independent captiol hill hardware store is

celebrating 90 years in business. they plan a week long festivity gala including daily raffles and give aways special bargain prizes, live -- bargain prices and free gas. it started when a cabinet maker was laid off by the navy yard and went in to business for himself. >> hardware stores to me smell so good i don't know what it is. old wood floors an stuff. >> i think that is a topper thing. >> it is lumber, new stuff. we are looking at a respite in the immediate metro area. but don't let you guard down. flood watch until 8:00 tomorrow. show you titan. you can see there is a ton of moisture to the south of us. we have rain to the west. we will look a that in academy is but this is what we are concerned about. what will happen is we will be

in the mid until the metro area. heavy back to the west, which is occurring now and heavy batch to the east lair tonight. show you live doppler and you can access this at wusa9.com. or check out our weather a for the iphone. light to moderate activity to charles county, la plata in to fredericksburg. by far and away, this is the heaviest activity. go to the northwest in to hagerstown and show you a good cell around hedgesville across 70 up to clear spring. this is going to move to the north. pretty much everything is moving due south to due north and around upperville, west of middleburg and this is move few north to hillsborough and crossing 7 in purcellville. go to the computer. for tonight, what you see is what you get essentially. flash flood watch. lows 65 to 70 and winds southeast at 10 to 20. remember, never cross a flooded street by car or by foot.

check your sump pump and base and attic. here's a look at the future cast. showers to the west of us through the night time hours and light showers as we go to the morning commute. i would allow extra time tomorrow morning. probably have wet roads. by morning showers will be ending, 65 to 70. breezy and mild. and by afternoon we are looking at decreasing clouds, breezy and mild. winds from the southwest at 10 to 15. we will break down tomorrow for you. 72 to start. and 76 by lunchtime. and we are looking at temperatures by 80 to finish the day. a strong finish to the day on tuesday. >> thanks a lot. mother nature seems to know how we feel on this monday, damp and dreary after another loss. >> i don't know what other word to use about yesterday's game than ugly. do you know the rams had won just six games in the last 50 tries before taking out the redskins yesterday, not to pile on but you have to beat teams

like that. after three games the mike shanahan redskins and.of pack aren't any better than the ed skins were. if anything the shanahan redskins are more troubling since they have allowed 30 points in back to back weeks. greg was in redskins park where the bloom is off the new regime's rose. >> reporter: make no mistake about it, the redskins are still hungover from yesterday's stunning loss to the rams. >> obviously we feel that is a team we should beat but we didn't. play played better than us. we lost. >> reporter: a loss is bad enough but many are wondering what happened to this respectable defense. a group that finished in the top ten in defense last three years is dead last in the nfl. >> to give up that many points it is pretty sad. >> reporter: some will say the redskins are adjusting to the

defense or don't have the right defense to run the three four but players aren't buying that excuse. >> we have given up our big plays and allowing them to convert on 3rddowns. that's about t about three four. >> reporter: what is it? shanahan said he is comfortable with the three four but there is one area that needs improvement above all else. >> big concern is 3rddowns. all we have to do is get people off the field and we have to get better in that area. >> reporter: yesterday the rams were of 18 on third and fourth down conversions allowing them to run 26 more playsen this the redskins with the next game against vic and eagles team. >> fierce competitor. he's a hell of a weapon out there. >> this defense needs to get back to their old form. >> we will bounce back and prepare as well as we can for this week's game and go out and battle. >> at redskins park, 9 news now. >> coming up at 6:00, why our own brian mitchell, the former

redskins all pro says mike shanahan is a liar. those are brian's words. you will hear the context for them at 6:00. don't want to miss that. >> he never minuteses words. >> i love that he speaks his mind. up next, a young mom deals with a rare and serious diagnosis. and coming up new at 6:00, today president obama called for a longer school year. find out what local school district is already ahead of the game.

stocks lost ground to start the week. imagine hearing your own bones crack and break. that's what happened to a los angeles woman with a rare bone vanishing disease. in tonight's health alert, her amazing story and the surgeon who gave her a fighting chance. >> reporter: she is painfully thin and moves with the stiffness of someone whose neck has been fused to her spine. it has. but lori is just grateful to be alive. >> there's moments that i can't imagine not having been here

for it. >> reporter: the 31-year-old mom has an incurable rare disease. >> it is known as vanishing bone disease and that is exactly what it is. my bones basically vanished in my neck and skull. >> reporter: lori's symptoms started in her teens but even on her wedding day she look healthy. after the birth of her daughter sky the bones in her neck so deterioratinged they snapped she could no longer hold her head up. >> i had a trch. i couldn't talk. >> she would have continued to go downhill if it wasn't for a surgeon that rebill her neck and spine. >> short term future cautiously optimistic. >> when she came out the first surgery they gave her two years to live and now it has beening ayears. >> obviously she's making the most of it. long term it is hard to say what's ahead for lori. sometimes this vanishing bone

disorder is localized. that it affects one area, the skull, neck, shoulder or pelvis. in some people doctors can stop the deterioration but the lost bone never comes back. thank you for joining us. 9 news now at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm lesli foster. we are on storm alert tonight. it tops the newscast. a day of much-needed rain could be followed by a night of more rain than needed. topper has more from the weather center. >> we are under a flash flood watch until 8:00 tomorrow morning. the heaviest rain is on the and 3:00 in the morning start with live doppler. you can access it on our website at wusa9.com. everything is generally light south of town. light activity in particular la plata and fredericksburg down 95 and leonardtown and southern maryland. heaviest activity is west and northwest of town. showed you at 5:00. the cell over