then? end? [applause] craig: you know, here's some things we know. we know that even though the little kitty has the hiccups it won't complain because it's a lady kitty. so it won't whine or be upset and i'm sorry if i've been whining tonight. i can't help myself. i have a penis. [applause] geoff: in your pants. craig: in my pants. so, anyway, i'm sorry if i was a little sick tonight but -- you know, what can i tell you? it's either that or we get a guest host, eh -- that's enough. everybody was look, ooh, my favre -- no. no, you're stuck with me. you made a commitment to not get

cable and i made a commitment to be here. [applause] craig: i'll see you tomorrow, everybody. good n

it's a neighborhood already known for crime and violence, but now a new report labels southeast dc one of america's most dangerous places. plus topper is tracking more umbrella weather in your forecast. also cashing in on college. find out which degrees land the highest paying jobs. this is 9news now. well, dc is on a top ten list that is not worth bragging about tonight. >> part of l street has been named one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the nation and folks who live there say it's not true. brittany morehouse went to see for herself, and is live in southwest right now. >> reporter: not true because this is the area we're talking about. right by the national stadium if you've ever gone to the five

guys here, the subway or the starbucks near the national's ballpark, then you know what we're talking about. and if it doesn't make sense to you, then you're not alone. >> this is one of the safest areas in dc. >> reporter: quiet, well lit with neighborhood watches and friendly people passing by. l street southeast sure does feel safe. take it from a child. >> i've never felt like i was in danger. >> reporter: so surprising it seems to everyone around here that from south capitol to 11th street southeast, the l street block is named the most dangerous neighborhood in dc. >> i don't buy it. this is one of the safiest areas you can be. >> i think it's surprising. >> they have new homes going on here. this is the marine barracks. so it's going to be safe. you're right around the corner from national street so you have to ask yourself what is the source. >> reporter: it's based on data from neighborhood groups.com and they say you have a one in nine chance of being a victim of crime. >> i won't be surprised if the

highest statistical number would be car break-ins. >> reporter: michael is a former dc police officer. the numbers make sense if you're talking about crimes of opportunity. >> there has been such a major transition here on the hill. and it's a bit not surprising that there's crime on the fridges because of the wealth of the community. >> reporter: one thing is clear, we're not talking about homicides. >> that said, it doesn't mitigate street crime that would occur here. >> reporter: as clear as it may be according to crime statistics. >> have a good night. >> reporter: it sure doesn't feel here if you ask everyone around. >> yes, i work right on barracks and i walk this street every night and i actually feel safer here than i did in my own neighborhood. >> reporter: and his old neighborhood was up near u street. now, there were a number of crimes that were unarmed robberies and those car break-ins as you heard the former dc police officer mentioned. so perhaps that is where they are getting most of their

statistics. reporting live, brittany morehouse 9news now. an army ranger was killed during a fire fight in afghanistan friday. sergeant lance vogeler left a wife and two children. >> he also left his parents, a brother and friends where lance vogeler grew up and was well known. >> reporter: that is lance vogeler with his kids, his parents and his brother in a 2005 christmas card sent to his next door neighbor. >> i considered him my grandson. >> reporter: sergeant vogeler's parents coull her outright what had happened. >> this is the note they brought me saturday morning because they're deaf. >> reporter: he worked at a school for the deaf. was hit hard by 9/11. >> he just felt that he needed to do something for us. he just was a sweetheart. just a sweet, sweet kid. he was 29 years old. >> reporter: he got married last year . was on his 12th combat

deployment, four in iraq, eight in afghanistan. >> he was shot a few years ago in his legs. and they brought him home. they rehabilitated him and all he talked about i want to go back with my troops. >> reporter: why did he feel that way? >> because he loved america. because he loved his country. he is a true american. >> reporter: his commander called him the quintessential ranger. he is a hero to our nation, the army and his family. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> well, what should have been a somber memorial service today drowned out by shouting and the revving of engines. three protestors were demonstrating. however, about a dozen members of a motorcycle club showed up

as well to drown them out. >> we have protesting here. they don't belong here. this is a place for the family to mourn the loss of their son. >> if a widow came to you and said please don't do this. >> we would say -- >> what would you say. >> we would say please obey god before it's too late. the soldiers are dying for your sins. >> the father of a maryland soldier killed in the line of duty is suing west burrow baptist. the supreme court is expected to hear arguments yesterday about whether the first amendment right to free speech trumps freedom and religion and peaceful assembly. maryland has a new way to help veterans find job. the warrior to worker exhibition is going to expand employment opportunities for vets within state government. it also aims for employment, education and training opportunities state-wide. the governor of virginia cannot pop the cork just yet, but a government commission has been looking into bob mcdonald as plan to sell off state liquor

stores, and today it gave the plan a hearty we'll drink to that. now he has to get the state lawmakers to support the idea. they contend the liquor store selloff would raise a half billion dollars. a bill before the dc city council tomorrow is stirring up controversy tonight. >> it's called the wildlife protection act and it's aimed that ensuring wildlife trappers folsom basic humane guidelines. and as andrea mccarren reports, one clause in particular is getting the bulk of the attention. >> reporter: if the wildlife protection act becomes law, a wildlife removal business in dc would have to make every effort to keep an invading family of raccoons like this one together. >> for a long time dc has been unregulated. and this is sort of the wild west when it comes to dealing with nuisance wildlife. >> reporter: wildlife like squirrels, raccoons and opossums that like to nest in local homes. >> you have to use humane methods. and it might even be that animals have to be killed, but even in those cases, you have to

kill them humanely. >> reporter: dc council woman mary chase sponsored the bill to protect the public from ones she calls inhumane. >> they use traps that effectively torture animals. non-targeted animals like pets sometimes get captured in them. when they do kill animals, they use horrific methods like beating them to death or drowning them. >> reporter: one small section of the bill is getting the most attention. it states that a wildlife control operator shall make every reasonable effort to preserve family units and not knowingly abandon dependent young in a structure. >> keeping a family unit together is a very important part of solving a problem. if a mother raccoon or mother skunk or mother groundhog thinks an animal is still inside, they'll keep on trying to get inside no matter what. >> reporter: 30 states across the country already have similar wildlife regulations in place, including maryland and virginia. andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> now, we need to keep in mind

that rats and mice not covered under the proposed legislation nor are deer. the dc council will vote on the first meeting tomorrow and it is expected to pass. last week's rain didn't leave the nation soaked, it sent 200,000 gallons of sewage into a creek. the washington suburban sanitary system says it spilled into broad creek for about an hour and a half friday morning. they said all the rain caused an overflow at a pumping station along livingston road. only on 9 tonight, homeowners literally living on the edge. we first showed you this video saturday of a land slide right outside a house along calvert cliff. that leaves about six feet of unstable back yard between the home and 150-foot drop into the chesapeake pay. now the state is looking at -- bay. now the state is looking at buying up the property's highest risk. >> and then offer to the

homeowners to purchase their property or buy easements on their property and either relocate the home to a different lot that isn't right on the cliffs or perhaps move further back. >> about 90 homes are on the bluff overlooking the bay. maryland secretary of national resources hopes to tap into state and federal emergency money to buy the homeowners out. a commuter alert tonight along the beltway in alexandria. all lanes northbound just closed at the top of the hour. work is being done on a bridge between the eisenhower avenue ramp and a bridge. that work should be done by 5:00 a.m. look out for major work on the metrorail. starting 10:00 the stations will close down. that is so metro can do some track work along the blue and orange line. so there will not be any blue or orange line service at metro service either. those tracks are expected to be back open by tuesday morning.

i'm meteorologist topper shutt. after a march -like day, we'll take you out with your wakeup weather. a little cold and chilly to start. partly sunny sky. temperatures low 40s to mid 50s downtown. we'll come back and see if any showers are on the way for the evening commute looking ahead to the rest of the week. still ahead tonight, hawaii five-0 a smash hit again. meet one of the original actors. he gives you a look at the show past and present. also you want to make the big bucks, we'll show you which college degree score the wúçúwú

caught on tape tonight, disturbing video of a woman being hit by a car in brazil. she was walking down the street when it happened and was thrown about 65 feet. but somehow survived with just minor injuries. now, the driver did stop after that accident. new at 11:00, police have

identified the virginia state trooper injured in a car accident that is along i95 today. trooper ed brown was hit by his own patrol car after a tractor-trailer hit a dodge neon. it pinned two passengers between a patrol car and a guardrail. all four people had been standing on the side of a road after a minor accident. two other people in the neon were hurt but all of this non-lif threatening. the driver of the tractor-trailer is charged with inadequate brakes and reckless driver. a driver of a charter bus suffered a deadly heart attack behind the wheel, and that led to last wednesday's crash along a ramp along i270 in bethesda. the driver was the only one that died, but several passengers got hurt. the bus was taking kids and adult back to pennsylvania after a day of sightseeing in dc. now to metro and the mystery of the missing 1 million

passengers. this past july metro trains and buses carried about 32 million people, but that is down more than a million riders from july of last year. so where did they all go? well, metro blames the drop on more people being out of work but they point out the big jump in fare prices might have had something to do with it as well. and you want to talk about a drop in passengers, check out the scene in london. folks who run the underground staged a 24-hour walkout of proposed job cuts. some trains were running and a lot of them were going nowhere and that left a lot of people in a long line. a lot of londoners out in the cold. if americans need more people to do x, y and z, then train more people to do x, y and z. president obama says the plan aims to create strong partnership between businesses and community college with the end result it connects students

looking for jobs with companies wanting to hire them after school. if you're going back to school, what is the best field to pursue. which degree offers more bang for the buck and topping the list just about anything that ends with the word engineering from petroleum to aerospace to nuclear engineers. that is where the top money is. but education experts have this warning. don't choose a career solely based on projected income. >> one of the biggest mistakes students can make and certainly do make is electing a field that will pay them a lot of money and six months later they're absolutely miserable. >> now, it's interesting this study shows women don't seem to make that mistake as often as men. they tend to follow their hearts. according to the survey, most female students pursue professions that don't even make the top 25 when it comes to income. from where you live tonight, cow kirby of laurel, maryland e-mailed up after watching the

premiere episode of hawaii five-0 right here on channel nine. he actually acted in the original show back in the early 70s. so we sent our own andrea roane out for a trip down memory lane. >> this is my scene where i'm in the taxi cab getting out. ♪ music playing >> reporter: cal kirby appeared as an extra on the original show 17 times. >> 40 pounds lighter. >> reporter: in this scene he is one of steve's bad guys. trying to prove how easy it would be to plant a bomb in a courtroom. >> there were three scenes and every scene was in one take. >> reporter: what kind of a man was jack lord? >> he was just very quiet but very professional on the set. >> reporter: jack lord who played the original steve mcgarrett autographed this picture. >> he said where are you going

to, i'm moving back to maryland. he said, oh, maryland, i love maryland. i used to sail a lot on the chesapeake. >> reporter: his acting began after the department of defense sent him to hawaii on a job assignment. >> what was your assignment? >> i would have to -- i can't tell you. >> oh, my goodness. one of those i can't tell you or i have to kill you first kind of thing? >> yes. >> and that is martin sheen. ♪ music playing >> reporter: in a shopping mall, cal saw an ad for the show and picked up the phone. the next thing he knew he had a side gig to his day job. >> was the pay good being an extra on hawaii five-0. >> no. it was about $35 a day at the time. that's great. >> reporter: would he do it again for the new hawaii five-0 if a casting director called? >> if they paid my way over there, you're darn right. >> reporter: andrea roane, 9news now. but did he ever meet the guy

who played wolf back, that's what we want to know? . [ laughing ] >>. >> tomorrow morning they talk about today's hawaii five-0. he gives us his thoughts on the new steve mcgarrett and company. and if you have a story or news tip from your community, go to our where you live section. let us know about it. all you have to do is log on wusa9.com. and coming up after we're done, an all new late show with david letterman. tonight the top ten is about rick sanchez, the news reporter that was fired among comedy central's. >> top 10's excuses it's the damn bed bugs. number nine, i didn't think it was possible to get fired from a network no one watches. [ laughing ] >> number eight just trying to get some publicity for my twitter. [ laughing ] >> we have to see the rest of those. tonight's guest actor bruce willis and will i am of the black-eyed pees. all right, top, do i need to

continue to get my scarf and sweater. >> keep it handy. >> let's not get extreme. >> for your weather geeks, 52 was the record low high. >> record low high. >> think about it. >> all right. >> 57 was the high at national. we missed it by one degree. here is your forecast first. we're going in the right direction. tomorrow temperatures go into the light 60s. a slight chance of a shower. low 60s on wednesday. nothing heavy and nothing widespread. by thursday we're in great shape. sunshine. temperatures go back into the upper 60s to near 70. so we're going to finish the week strong. tomorrow morning you'll probably need your shades. i don't think umbrella. the two most important thing sunglasses and a coat. 49 to start and that's a downtown temp. so low 40s in the burbs. mid 50s by lunch. still partly sunny. partly sunny, a few clouds come in from the west. showers primarily tomorrow. it will be hagerstown westward it looks like.

overnight partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. lows in the 40s. winds northwesterly at 10-15. now, with lows in the 40s, you might want to turn your heat on. so it's getting chilly. it's time to start thinking about getting the furnace checked, get the humidifier checked and cover the ac unit because i think we're pretty much done with ac now. tomorrow morning partly sunny, breezy and chilly. i'll keep the chance of a shower but in the a huge chance. 40s and 50s. winds northwest 10-15. variable cloudies in. breezy and cool. shower possible. 60-65. highs then 63 in rockville. 62 downtown. 62 in bowie. warmer than today, but still ten degrees below average. 63 out towards reston. 61 in leesburg. satellite picture radar combined, you see the big swirl here, it's a big area of pressure. it's not going to get away from us really until wednesday afternoon or evening. in the meantime, the heaviest activity is to the north of us

which is good. but eventually some of these showers will pinwheel all of the way around and roll through here tomorrow afternoon. next seven days, low 60s tomorrow. low 60s wednesday. beautiful on thursday. mid 70s on friday. 70s on saturday and sunday. low 70s next week with some sunshine. >> do you see what you made me do? [ laughing ] >> did you see what he made me do? it got so cold i had to break the hat back out. in october. i never thought it would get out before january. >> take that shot again. do you know what a lot of people don't realized, before derek went bald, that's what he looked like. [ laughing ] >> that was his hair. we segue to albert. he's been a hard guy to cheer for. but for once he may deserve some cheers. why mr. haynesworth got rare praise from his head coach today. plus it looks like the redskins

knocked michael vick out for more than just yesterday. the dead animal excuse me. what time are you guys leaving? we're going to rob your house tonight. don't come closer. i have rabies. vo: don't you wish there were warnings to protect you from life's risks? with diabetes, there is one. it's called a1c, a simple blood test that helps measure your risk of serious complications.

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it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> you know, albert haynesworth has done such a masterful job acting like a greedy unlikable boob that we forget often times when he feels like it he's a great football player. yesterday was one of those good games. haynesworth had four tackles and induced two key holding calls against the eagles offense and had his most disruptive game of the year. when we pointed that out to albert last night, he couldn't resist taking a subtle little jab at the redskins coaching staff. >> the more i play, the better i get. if you leave me out on the field a little longer, then i can do better. >> the more he plays like that, the more he'll play. that was by far albert's best game since i've been here. just had a lot of effort.

i was pleased with his performance. >> shanahan had a little reply to albert, didn't he? as for clinton portis, he left the game in the second half with a groin strain yesterday. the team still awaiting mri results but they don't think it's a big deal. meanwhile espn reporting that eagles quarterback michael vick will not play next week against the 49ers. he suffered a rib cartilage injury last night against the redskins which one expert says is even more painful than having broken ricks. now, before albert haines worth contract was the biggest waste of money, gilbert arenas held that honor. he signed that six-year, $100 million. and between the gun charge and his knee issues, he's missed 79% of the games since then which is why people are nervous why he missed the last two days of practice with a sprained ankle. but there he is back today participating fully in drills. he'll be ready for tomorrow's preseason opener. just don't judge the preseason

by what the scoreboard says. >> we need to establish our ability to compete. if we do that, we're going to be in games and have a chance to win. but we have to try to facilitate the development of our younger players. >> down a level, the preseason top 50 list was announced to the award given to the best basketball player in the national. austin free man and door dan williams both on the -- jordan williams both on the list. huntermay may -- hunter may han wanted them to finish. may han for the yanks taking on mcdowell. 15 footer on 16. if he hit this it's over and they essentially win it. the rider cup to europe.

their win for the last 13th. finally tonight the giants had ten sacs against the bears, so by the end of this they were running out of post sac celebration. this was my favorite. they get jay cutler and watch this. he shocks his own body with a tazer [ laughing ] and sends 60,000 volts of electricity coursing through his body which forces all of us to say don't taz me, bro. >> that was great. [ laughing ] >> that was on the level with the guys -- >> i think you have been watching the flopping