good evening on the in the only local news at 7:00, drying out. after more than 13 inches of rain, one maryland community is questioning whether they were allowed to return home too soon. trapped, investigators say they think a deadly fire in a dc apartment building was set intentionally and residents were then blocked from getting out. but first brazen burglary. even that nasty weather couldn't keep some bold bandit from breaking in to four virginia houses overnight. i'm surae chinn in fairfax county, where a serial burglar has struck again. this time preying on people in

annandale. >> i freaked out. >> reporter: the thief was long gone whennierry discovered her home broken in to. she's among two other neighbors who had the same thing happen overnight. earlier this week, jan became one of eight victims in oakton. >> oh my god, somebody's been in my house. somebody has walked around my house an looked around my house and gotten in to my property. >> reporter: she has gone to great lengths to secure her home. >> yet they walk in my house. i'm upstairs in my bedroom with my dogs and they walk right in my house. >> reporter: investigators say the majority of the cases, the thief got in through an unlocked door or window and in all residents residents have been home and sleeping. >> must be still think not to wake anyone. >> reporter: fire investigators say a possible dispute between neighbors may have sparked the blaze early wednesday morning. >> we have what we would call suspects or people of interest. >> reporter: fire chief dennis rubin says it looks like the

arsonist tried to block people from escaping the flames. >> there was a mattress that we found in the hallway that was pretty well burned out and we think that may have played in to this scenario. two days after the fire repair crews are here at the building, trying to make this building whole again. they are heading up to the fifth floor, repairing the doors and trying to clean out that floor. that's where the fire started. all of this in hopes that the families can return home. >> as soon as we walked in and i saw bloody footprints across the lobby area, i knew something upstairs was pretty bad. i'm scott broom in saint mary's county and this is the lange rilier trailer park. one of the many places recovering caused by 13 inches of rain but at this trailer park some people complain they were caught by surprise. >> they act like it was our fault that we come back to our own home. >> reporter: the complaint is the road to the trailer 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 again with a vengeance overnight. >> fire department went back at 3:00, 3:30 in the afternoon yesterday. there were two door to door weeps by local firefighters during the day on thursday to warn people. 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 not a guarantee that those waters won't exceed the banks of that river later on in the day. the situation warrants. if we get more rain, like was predicted, it wasn't going to happen again. >> reporter: the water is getting higher on the potomac, as well. high enough the maryland natural resources police are urging folks not do what you see those folks doing not without a professional guide. the potomac is slated to crest at five feet. that is below flood stage but high enough to knock loose logs

and other debris. a lot of thrill seekers hope it will go even higher. >> you are looking for more energy and volume. >> oh, heck ya. >> reporter: you wanted it to be bigger. >> we did. >> reporter: well, the natural reourselves police say they are not closing the river. they are just urging you to use a pro until the water level comes down. that will happen october 4th. you think all of the rain over the last few days would make a difference in our dry conditions, apparently not, not enough to keep the u.s. department of agriculture from declaring a drought disaster in loudoun county. it is one covered by the drought declaration and means farmers and ranchers can apply for low interest merge loan emergency loans to cover their losses. nice and breezy out there. felt like fall, topper. >> it is great. the drought emergency thing is because the damage is done to those folks. we are out of the drought but they will collect money from the drought a couple of months ago which is a great thing.

great night for football. breezy tonight and much cooler. mid 40sin the suburbs. mid-50s downtown and winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. temperatures during the high school game in the 60s. down to 6 t at national. 66 in frederick and 68 in fredericksburg. we will come back and talk about the week. not all good and not all bad. >> thank you, topper. hundreds of groups are expected to rally on the mall tomorrow advocating for jobs, quality education and justice. the one nation working together rally is scheduled for tomorrow at the lincoln memorial. more than 400 organizations including labor unions, faith and environmental and gay rights groups are expected to be there. metro is opening an hour early to accommodate the crowds and you want to be careful. a lot of road closings in the area around the mall. speaking of roads, let's check the evening rush. patranya bhoolsuwan is in the traffic center. >> before we get to tomorrow, a lot of things are happening this weekend. we have to get home tonight and still seeing a lot of traffic

out there on 495 north of town, especially on the inner loop from silver spring in to college park. tracking a lot of brake lights. no accidents but a lot of volume. be aware of that if you are heading out anytime soon. switch over the maps here. an accident to tell you about. this is 95 southbound in maryland. off ramp on to 175 an overturned tractor-trailer there. you want to take 32 to get around this. if you are heading northbound 95 at bw parkway to baltimore right now all lanes are open. and finally we will head out to 66 where we are seeing a little bit of traffic out here between 495 and 123. and roadwork was scheduled for earlier, 66 westbound and the dulles connector road is supposed to shut down tonight. it is now not happening tonight. it will be happening on saturday and monday instead. keep that in mind and watch out for detour and you should be okay. back to you. this week's rain caused a chewer alert. check this out. it is a sinkhole and it's right

on gambles road and sleepy hollow road. the department of public works says a culvert that goes under the road simply failed. emergency repairs are scheduled to get going soon. it may take a few weeks before everything is back to normal. still ahead, relocating, why a pennsylvania family would exhume the body of a marine killed in iraq and the name of his best friend. first up, a change at the top. and a look at who will be the next white house chief of staff.

>> even as i leave the white house i will never leave the service bemind. >> a soft spot from email manual today. he maid his departure official. after speculation and talk he president confirmed rahm emmanuel is stepping down to make a bid to be chicago's next

mayor. the man who, was chief of staff for president obama's senate office, pete rouse will be the next white house chief of staff. an unusual funeral at arlington national cemetery today. first lieutenant travis manning was laid to rest again. that's after being exhumed from his grave in pennsylvania. you see he was killed in iraq in 2007 but last week his best friend, lieutenant brandon looney was killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. and the families wanted the troops to be buried side by side. >> we were talking about where brandon was going to be laid to rest, and amy was like, in arlington with travis and i said but travis is in doylestown, not arlington. >> he wanted to be with his brothers and now he's with his, one of his closest brothers in brandon, together, side by side. >> they had such a strong friendship and such a bond to each other that it just -- you

don't see that often. >> reporter: manning was initially laid to rest in a family plot in pennsylvania. it was only later his family learned he really wanted to be buried at arlington. manning and looney were roommates at the u.s. naval academy. a protest outside of the looney funeral on monday. those are the folks from kansas who have made a habit of protesting against gays outside of million funerals. well, today the u.s. supreme court announced it will hear arguments about one of those protests in the new term. the father of a maryland marine matthew snyder is suing the church over what he calls the exploitation of his son's funeral. turning to campaign 2010 in maryland. the candidates for governor say they will meet for a debate in two weeks. governor o'malley and his predecessor and challenger robert ehrlich will be at our sister station in baltimore on october 81th. then next thursday, governor o'malley gets high-powered help

on the campaign trail. president obama is expected to rally with the incumbent at bowie state university. well, still to come, after a wonderful friday, a lot of sunshine and no rain, topper has a word on what the weekend will bring us. up first, this is not a clothesline. why those bras were strung up overnight. stay with us.

back with an unusual sight near seattle today.

hundreds of bras stone across lake washington. it is an annual event actually and it's designed to draw attention to the fight against breast cancer. october, after all, is national breast cancer awareness month and you can learn more about that at wusa9.com. just click on buddy check 9. startling news from the government about a program that intentionally infected hundreds of people with two sexually transmitted diseases. officials say prisoners and patients in a guatemalan hospital were given syphilis and gonorrhea without their knowledge or consent. it appears to have been funded by the national institutes of health. >> this case of unethical human subjects research represents an appalling example from a dark chapter in the history of medicine. >> secretary of state hillary clinton called guatemala's president last night personally to apologize for the testing. it appears the intention was to see how the newly discovered

drug back then, penicillin, was working. starting next fuse you will get more than a driver's license or registration at the dc department of motor vehicles. they are partnering with a nonprofit group to hiv tests for 15 bucks a the penn branch dmv in southeast. the family and medical counseling service is expecting 15% of customers to take advantage of the program and that would add up to 3,000 people. arlington county wants to opt out of a new system that will allow police around the country to check on people's immigration status. but as lindsey mastis learned it may not be so simple. >> reporter: it's called secure communities and links law enforcement databases with that of the fbi and the department of homeland security. it will allow immigration and customs enforcement to search fingerprints and identify people that are in the country illegally. >> this has been imposed. >> reporter: arlington county council member says it is something many people in

arlington are against. >> one of the most important things a stake here is the trust between our community, especially immigrant community and the police officers, law enforcement. >> reporter: the board passed a resolution asking to withdrawal from the program. he cites aer will written by department of homeland security director january janet napolitano. >> we have evidence there is an option to opt out. >> reporter: according to a source in the federal government, we learned local jurisdictions may only be able to opt out of a portion of the program. he says arlington doesn't want that. >> is there a process to opt out, yes or no. >> reporter: the definitive answer is hard to find. according to ice, fingerprints of people arrested would be searched but not that of victims calling in crimes. the entire country is scheduled to be linked in to the program

by 2013. in arlington, lindsey mastis, 9 news 9 news now. >> ice just released a statement about the secure communities program. and it reads in part -- ice singhs to work with local law enforcement agencies to address any concerns and determine next appropriate step. ice also outlines what states need too do to opt out but does not clarify if they are opting out of the whole program or a portion of it. arlington county has a new manager on the. michael brown abruptly resigned to take care of his ailing wife. barbara doll lynn was named his replacement. it is the kind of story you can find in the news where you live section at wusa9.com. if you have a story or news tip we want to hear from you. contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. >> a new plan announced today

by the obama administration could more than double your car's fuel efficiency to more than 60 miles a gallon over the next 15 years. consumer and auto experts discuss what the fuel efficiency decision means for motorists. >> people need to plan their household budget. gasoline is one of the biggest items in the house hold budget so people want to insulate themselveses from volatility and protect themselveses from rising prices and that's what fuel efficiency does. >> fuel efficiency on plat's energy week is this sunday morning at 8:00. top, nice day today. some ups and downs over the weekend. >> tomorrow will be great and if up to do things, do it tomorrow. sunday will not be picturesque but should be dry the the first half of the day and maybe a bike ride on sunday morning will be all right. burn some calories before the 4:00 philly game. here's the forecast fist. the next three days sunshine

tomorrow, gorgeous 70. fall for fairfax at noon. howard will be there at 9:30. i need my beauty sleep. terps kick off at 6:00. a spectacular day for everything. on sunday clouds come in. a little light rain and drizzle 64. look at monday. it looks heavier than it is. cool, cloudy, light rain and drizzle. highs in the upper 50s. we have showers or drizzle in the the forecast on sunday, monday and tuesday in to wednesday. total accumulation less than three quarters of an inch. not looking at flooding. don't freak out. we will break down tomorrow for you. upper 50s to start. 40sin the suburbs early. shades all day. 64 by lunchtime and how beautiful is that, nice, 70 at 5:00 with sunshine and the winds will diminish by noon tomorrow. tonight, though, still breezy. much cooler. check out dc high school sports.net for the latest information the high school games. and winds from the northwest at 10 to 15. not as strong as they were

today but they will be breezy overnight. check this out. rough water. this is why we don't want you on the potomac. this is the great falls side, on the maryland side rather and it's going to be rough the next three days. so if you can look at it from the shore. just don't go in it. lows tonight, 45 gaithersburg. 48 rockville. 54 downtown. plenty of 40s to the east. bowie and college park in the upper 40s as will fairfax and reston. 45 leesburg and 46 in manassas. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, breezy early. 40s and 50s. by afternoon looking at sunshine, cool beautiful day. highs around 70. winds from the northeast at ten. 82 culpeper tomorrow. 70 manassas. downtown around 70. 69 for annapolis. and small craft advisory until 10:00 a.m. next seven days, 70 tomorrow. 64 on sunday and then in the 50s, are you kidding me upper 50s on monday and tuesday, mid- 60s as we get in to wednesday

with early showers and beautiful on thursday and friday. temperatures in the low 70s on thursday and upper 70s on friday. >> nice. >> nice. >> thank you, top. the weird news file. we talked about bacon and if you are like me and topper you love the stuff and now something that may change your mind. in chinese a guy is a feature attraction in his small village and that is a pig standing on his front legs because, that's all he is working with. his name means strong willed pig. apparently he was born with just two front legs in a it will other nine. some paid put him out of his misery but the owner says no he deserves a chance and now old strong willed pig is a tourist attraction. he gets around just fine as you can see there and now the owner says everyone wants a piece of him literally and but he is not

for sale.

in the mail bag tonight, the u.s. postal service is running low on cash, needing a massive overhaul to stay in business and no argues from cecilia in mclean, virginia --

but our good friend john in lorton, virginia says -- sure is, john. the solution likely involves fewer delivery days a work force cut down to match mail volume and a pricing strategy driven by the market instead of the u.s. congress. and then this on this horrifically sad case out of rutgers university where two students taped a gay student having sex with another man and

put the video on-line and the young man killed himself. but debra invasion of privacy is exactly what those young people are charged with. no, they did not kill that poor young man but what they did is plain mean and frankly illegal. if it was up to me i'd throw the book at them. it is up to you to keep mcginty's mail bag in business. that's our report. i will be back here tonight at 11:00 with anita. tonight, high school football a full slate of games across the area. highlights tonight on toyota high school sports.net report. log on anytime to wusa9.com. we'll see you later.

bye-bye.

now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. bolton breaks his silence on bruno gate. >> it was a fantastic experience until bruno. >> exclusive. is michael ready to bury the hatchet with bruno?

>> he was mean. really mean. the dancing stars weigh in. >> he was harsh. >> he was such a great guy. >> inside the new rehearsal. >> catherine zeta jones near tears pounded by paparazzi. >> just move. enough. enough. >> trying to go home to cancer stricken michael. did they go too far? >> katherine's new york night with josh. tonight's celebrity gps where alicia showed off her baby bump. >> tiger's ex resurfaces without makeup in the "e.t." slide show and britney's mommy outing. >> the real life secretariat and the race that won the triple crown. >> secretariat on the outside takes the lead. >> the story that swept the nation, now the movie that will captivate the country. >> then, casting a baby. how raising hope's scene stealing tot won the job.