earlier this week and miles away police believe the same crook hit eight homes in oakton. jan is one of those victims. she's gone to great lengths to secure her home. a metal gate, surveillance cameras, indoor monitoring, even a doberman guard dog trained in germany and three carriers. >> i'm upstairs in my bedroom with my dogs and they came right in my house. >> not only was she asleep she didn't know she had been broken in to until police arrive glad they saw my purse and started to go through. my wallet is gone. >> reporter: you can see the trail where investigators dusted for prints. while the victims say their homes were secure, the majority of the cases, investigators say the cars were left open, giving them access to the garage opener or they say he's getting in to the home through an unlocked door or window. >> reporter: in all cases residents have been home asleep. >> what if i walk downstairs and heard a noise and walk in

my kitchen and there's a guy in my kitchen? i'm almost happy i didn't hear anything. >> reporter: homeowners are taking matters in to their own hands. don has hired armed guards in case inextraordinariers decide to strike again. >> may keep the gun closer to me at night already police won't comment if they have any surveillance video or if they have it and now good it might be. they condition comment if they think it is more than one person. >> what do the thieves go after? it is always the same thing every time? >> yeah. that's the mo and that's how they know it is linked to this serial burglar. they say he comes in and takes the purse usually and takes the cash and then he dumps the purse somewhere out in the lawn, but in these three cases today he has kept the purses. also recently this burglar took two handguns out of a car. so something to keep out for and police are very concerned about the latest development.

surae chinn, 9 news now. now now let's update you on an armed robbery at a subway in ashburn last month. police charged mohammad akbar with robbery, use of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a viced felon. police say he entered the subway in a plaza with a gun and took the money from the store. akbar was also charged in august with a robbery in sterling. he is being held without bond. in dc, police now have a suspect in custody for the death of jamal bell. if charged, 17-year-old sims with one count of first-degree murder. you will recall late on june 18th, bell and two women were shot on georgia avenue in northwest. all were taken to the hospital but bell died from his injuries. he was talking -- he was walking home from a graduation party when he was shot. that party had been hosted by a police officer for her daughter. jamal bell was just 16 years old. people throughout southern maryland are drying out after being in the rain bull's eye

for the past two days. parts of saint mary's county got more than 13 inches of rain. this was the scene in great mills this morning. streets and businesses completely covered in water. meanwhile, residents of a flooded out trailer park elsewhere in the county complain they should have been warned to get out last night after returning home from an earlier evacuation. scott broom is live at the langley trailer park in lexington park with what is going on. scott? >> we are really talking noah's ark stuff last night. 13 inches of rain fell in that big storm. there was an early evacuation but folks were allowed back in. then it started to rain again last night and the trailer park got flooded in a big way. they were caught by surprise in the dead of night by a flood that tore decks from homes, trashed cars, ruined houses and contaminated the area with spilled fuel oil. >> i didn't think thing like that was going to happen. >> they act like it was our fall we come back to our own

home. >> reporter: the complaint is the road to the trailer park had been reopened late thursday after an evacuation earlier in the day, allowing residents to come back in. only to be flooded out by the saint mary's river when the rain picked up with a vengeance overnight. >> they opened the roadways back up. once it was evacuated once, everybody decided to come home. fire department went back at 3:30 in the afternoon yesterday. >> reporter: the county's emergency manager said county officials hacked responsibly. there were two door to door sweeps by firefighters during the day on thursday to warn people an the opening of a shelter that no one used. officials say the road to the trailer park was reopened, but that did not mean the voluntary recommendation to evacuate had been suspended. >> it is a cue they can get back across that roadway. it's not a guarantee that those waters won exceed the banks of that river later in the day. the situation warrants. if we get more rain, like

predicted, it wasn't going to happen again. >> reporter: what happened here an object lesson in why they call it a flash flood. and in fact flash flood warnings were up from the national weather service last night here at the langery trailer park. live in saint mary's county, scott broom, 9 news now. >> there seems to be a lot of activity near you. what's happening in the background? >> huge amount of activity right now. these are hazardous materials guys that are from the maryland department of the viral and the local fire departments. they are cleaning up spilled fuel oil that came from a lot of the oil tanks that that were attached to these trailers. it's a real mess and they will be working on it all night. >> thank you for that. we within the only ones hit with the heavy rains and flooding. from the remnants of tropical storm nicole. the rush hour was slowed to a crawl. sheets of rain made it hard to see and pass certain roads. weather conditions are getting better as the bands of rain are moving off shore.

the apartment fire on 16th street that claimed a man's life could have been far worse. today we learned that one of his neighbors may have set the fire and tried to keep people from evidence stay scaping the flames. they found accelerants inside of the towers in columbia heights and they are interviewing several persons of interest. it started on the fifth floor where furniture blocked an exit. >> there was a mattress that we found in the hallway that was pretty well burned out and we are wondering whether that was the source of ignition. >> two of the firefighters who helped to get people out of there described the scene as just pure panic as residents were trying to get through the windows and get away. one man did jump from the fifth floor window an later died. ten people including one 2-year- old are still in the hospital. still to come, it was the end of the road for some nasa workers today. why they are now out of a job,

despite a billion dollar bug. but first, a new way to save on your prescription drugs. we'll tell you where and how to get the discounts coming up next. what a strong recovery after our record rainfall. we will take you out with the almanac. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and follow the drop down menu to weather data. average is 74 and 56. come back and we will talk about the weekend and the weather for high school football tonight. stay tuned.

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carrier today and that airline will be called united. passengers will still see the continental colors an the logo on the tails of the plane. although he deal is complete they will run two separate airline operations for at least a year. hundreds of nasa workers reported to cape canaveral for the last time. the space agency is laying off 1200 workers they are because of the cancellation of the space shuttle program and several of the contract workers had been working on that program since the ' 80s. the layoffs come despite congressional approval of a $19 billion budget for the agency. the funding will only extend the life of the space shuttle program until next june. president obama is now looking for a new right hand man. today, rahm emanual resigned as chief of staff. the official declaration was made this morning at the white house. email manuel is stepping down so he can run for mayor in his hometown of chicago. the move is one month before

the midterm elections. >> i'm energized by the prospect of new challenges and eager to see what i can do to make our hometown greater. >> the president named an interim chief of staff, pete rouse. he was the chief of staff for president obama when he was then a senator. the united states supreme court has agreed to look at whether or not people have the right to protest at military funerals an the case bringing this issue before the court involves a marine. lance corporal matthew snider from westminster, maryland. west burrow baptist church, an antigay church picketed his funeral. his father sued but an appeals court denied the family and ordered them to pay the church's court costs. the supreme court will hear

arguments starting next wednesday. if you are looking for something to do on your friday night the kennedy center is prepresenting a free play tonight. it is called the marionette affect and it was written by a 17-year-old high school student. it is part of the my right discovery program. you can go to the website for reservation and for more stories where you live go to wusa9.com and find your commute in the where you live section and keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. if you have a story or news tip we want to hear from you. contact us and become part of the wusa9.com team. >> weather service just gave us a call. a tornado warning that went out on thursday morning was a tornado north of pasadena and north of gibson island, small one, 80-mile an hour winds but it was confirmed an we were on the air telling you it was a tornado. >> it wasn't just tornadoes

causing a mess around here. >> the scope of the rain, flooding from north carolina to new york state and massachusetts gives you an idea of how large of an area this covered. for us we are off the tropical conveyer belt. next three days, great tomorrow. no doubt about that. 70 sunshine. see you for fall for fairfax at noon. the terps kick off at 6:00 p.m. a beautiful night for football. if you go to the game we chilly on saturday night. i'd grab a sweater. cool on sunday. clouds come in. the bulk of the day is dry. light rain or drizzle late in the day only 64 and more light rain or drizzle on monday and we are keeping it in the 50s. 59 for a high on monday. break down on saturday and bring your sun glasses if you go the little league game because you will need them. 64 by noon with sunshine. beautiful by evening. wow! sunshine and nice. temperatures around 70. and light winds tomorrow afternoon. it will be breezy through

tomorrow morning. right now 71 downtown. 66 gaithersburg. upper 60s to around 70. 68 manassas. 70 leesburg and 67 out to winchester. for tonight, clear skies. it remains breezy tonight. much cooler. low temperatures 44 to 54. a great night for high school football and we have a lot of coverage for you. go to dc high school sports.net and we will have operation football tonight on 9 news now at 11:00. 44 to 54. winds continue northwesterly at 10 to 15. lows tonight, even inside the beltway we are talking low to mid-50s. pretty cool. 54 downtown. maybe 52 in springfield. 488 college park. 48 bowie. 48 rockville and 45 up in gaithers bug. and in virginia plenty of mid- 40s. we are talking 86 sterling. and 45 in manassas. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, cool, breezy early. 40s and 50s. winds north northwest at 10 to 15. and then by afternoon, mostly sunny and cool.

a spectacular day. highs around 80. winds calm down a bit but shift to the northeast at ten and as you get that easterly component to the wind directions, we go downhill in terms of sky cover and it will happen on sunday. 70 on saturday for rockville. 69 gaithersburg. most folks make at least 70. maybe 71 arlington and springfield. 70 in bowie. to the west, probably won't make it to leesburg, 69. and 9 in sterling and manassas and reston should top out around 70. the zone forecast, sunshine from the mountains to the cost -- coast. 69 leesburg. 72 culpeper. downtown temperatures around 70 with sunshine. 69 for annapolis. small craft advisory until 10:00 a.m. next seven days, 70 tomorrow. and 64 on sunday. again, the bulk of the day is dry on sunday. it gets cloudy an only in the upper 50s on monday and tuesday. light rain or showers, and

those continue in to early wednesday. they will rebound nicely. sunshine on thursday, low 70s. that's it. sunshine on friday and spectacular, fabulous 78. >> i just want to thank you because the folks at light the night tomorrow, i will be out there with them at reston. we are happy to hear it will be cool and crisp. we can deal with it. >> it will be great. >> there's some other big game going on this weekend in some is other city getting a little of attention. >> not just any game of course. sunday featuring two quarterbacks that have taken strange roads to get where they are today. you can argue no one is playing better football than vic but what does mcnabb think of that. and speaking of him, how bad does he want the game an insider gives us a hint next. [ electronic humming ]

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quarterback playing the second best football in the league statistically, others would argue that mike vic is back to being the ultimate weapon he was considered since taking over for cobb. he has been spectacular, not just with his leg, which he has always been known for but also with pinpoint passing from the pocket. his 60% completion percentage a career best. not bad for a guy attempting to resurrect his career. >> i feel good about winning that right now. and life and football and you know, like i always say life is a work in progress and things happen in phases and stages and you have to adjust and roll with the punches. >> i'm happy he has had this opportunity and he's really flourished. and he's understanding his role and what they expect of him anthers he's doing well. >> reporter: that's michael vic right there. the big story is mcnabb's return to the city of brotherly love which styles didn't show him a lot of it.

many angles to this story so belt haber tracked down reese, former nfl play and current sports director for cbs affiliate in philadelphia. the two breakdown donovan's return from a to z. beasley, you played in the nfc east. you were there in town for all 11 years of donovan's tenure. you know philly sports than just about anyone what kind kind of reception do you expect he will get on sunday. >> i expect him to be cheered here. this is a fan base that has got a bad rap for a couple of memorable understand dens. >> wait a minute. beasley, the bad rap that your people have there, you have to admit, my friend, is well deserved. no? >> well, look, they knew it wasn't really santa claus they were throwing know balls at. they knew it was a guy from south philly. >> reporter: let's cut to the chase, did the eagles make the

right choice in getting rid of them. are they better off with vic than they would have been with donovan? >> i think you have a better donovan. the guy i see playing in your uniform seems to be more slim. he looks fit and faster. to answer your question, i think michael vick is donovan mcnabb four or five years ago. >> reporter: how badly does he want this game? >> i don't care what donovan says on television, radio, i don't care what mountain top he stands on, this will be -- if he wins this game it will be the greatest victory of his career. he will want to show the eagles were wrong for making this move. he's got a lot to prove. if he wins this game it will be like winning the super bowl. he wants this game. >> he certainly deserves that ovation you are describing. >> okay. look forward to seeing you on sunday. >> we come to week five of high school football. and the weather breaking just in time for a full slate of

games tonight. here's what is in store -- the game of the week virginia and mclean, two undefeated teams. >> if they don't win can't blame it on the weather. topper delivered on that one. >> everything dried out quickly. >> a cold night. if you are going to the game i'd grab a sweatshirt. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next. derek will see you at 67:00. have a wonderful weekend. we hope to see you back here on monday

>> couric: tonight, fast and furious. flooding from a monster rainstorm makes travel in the east difficult and dangerous. i'm katie couric. also