and there is breaking news tonight in your only local news at 7:00. something that looked like a set of pipe bombs was found in the basement of a home in district heights. brittany morehouse is live at the scene with the latest. before the annie -- brittany, do we know what they are were? >> reporter: just a few minutes ago action spokesperson for prince george's county fire said it looked like all of the makings of a pipe bomb. we're talking about down here in a two-story house in district heights on kentucky avenue near silva hill road. earlier the bomb squad was working just an hour ago.

they had separate mini explosions here. people heard the sounds and the camera shook at one point so they definitely had something. they said they use a portable disrupter, not a robot that we caught video of working outside because this item that was found was in the basement. now we talked to the gentleman who found it. he's a real estate investor, looking at the property here. he said he was outside and he was -- he -- there was air- conditioning problems so he went inside to look in the basement and looked in the boiler room and noticed that the ducts weren't in place. >> as i started to look around at the vents, that the ducts weren't attached to, there was a bag hanging and out of curiosity i pulled on the bag and in my hands were two pipe bombs in the bag. so i didn't realize the gravity or the magnitude until i see all of this equipment here, so i just thank god that we're safe. >> reporter: and his wife is out here earlier today and

she's so grateful that he is alive, especially after seeing all of this police activity out here. still here, a live scene. have you firetrucks and some police. we do know more about the person that lived there before this gentleman came to look at the house. they were evicted from the home. and right now police are trying to track them down. we'll bring you the latest at 11:00. derek. >> thank you for that. and also tonight in your only local news at 7:00, fortress or funeral. police turn out in force to prevent a repeat of the violence that took a young man's life. the crime wave, the burglar thought to be behind 100 burglaries in fairfax county may be working in haymarket as well. and a mother murdered. police want to know if a woman was targeted outside of her maryland home. >> reporter: i'm lindsey mastis in hyattsville. a woman is gunned down in the marking lot -- in the parking lot in front of her home. >> she was a nice lady.

>> reporter: it's hard to miss the spot where a woman lost her life. >> i came home and i seen a woman's body laying in front of a car. >> reporter: jonathan martin recognized the woman. it was his neighborhood. >> she lived right next door. >> reporter: he said she's a mother and lived in marcum view condominiums with her child. >> just one little girl. >> we would see each other. >> just walking her dog, we would say hi. >> when we arrived on scene, officers found an adult female suffering from gunshot wounds and pronounced deceased a short time later. >> reporter: evan baxter said a shooting here is unusual. >> that's not a problem neighborhood for us. it's a relatively quiet community, usually. i'm surae chinn in haymarket, virginia in, prince william's county wheres there been 14 attempted or actual break-ins and police are trying to find out if it's related to 90 or so incidents. but this burglar has a pen

chant for big homes and cash from designer purses. >> reporter: chris is airing out her purse when a crook got the purse out of her car and stole cash. >> it's disturbing that they came to my garage. >> reporter: jennifer is one of the luckier victims when the thieves bypassed her house after trying to get in cutting her screen door to find the door locked. >> my heart raced and i felt ill. >> reporter: in most of the cases, the crook is getting in through unlocked doors to homes and cars. >> he's not going to take time to smash and crash to get caught, he just wants easy victims. this is bruce johnson in the district. d.c. police and community activist thes -- activists -- activists surround a funeral in adams morgan. cameras were not allowed inside the church but the minister said we're getting tired of this madness. i don't want to receive another

phone call from a grieving mother. >> i don't understand it. i live in the midst of it and i don't understand it. >> reporter: police had surrounded the church because coates was killed after leaving a funeral for a female who had been murdered. >> coat he is was a web of the 1-7 crew who were at odds with another gang. >> this has gone too far now. >> stafford county police say they are done with phase one of a long-term gang suppression initiative. this past summer six adults and 13 teenagers were arrested from assault by mob to robbery and gang participation. that was used to deal with an increase in gang activity over the past year. prosecutors in prince george's county may have to cut criminals loose in the wake of

a suspected cheating scandal at the prince george's county cheating scandal. s -- records of 146 police officers are being questioned and that might question the integrity of the department. >> any case the officers were involved in, we'll get the audit from the police department later today so we'll have to determine how many officers are potentially involved. >> top brass at the police department is looking at the possibility of suspending as many as 30 officers. well topper is here with your 9 forecast first. kind of a nice day. it got cloudy later, top. >> getting cloudy again. here is your forecast first for tonight. partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. mid-40s to low 50s and winds west southwest at 14. let me show you live doppler. you can access this online at

wusa9.com and if you have an iphone you've down loaded our weather app. into west virginia and virginia, around winchester and toward leesberg, we'll tell you how long those showers will last and what that means for the end of the week and the weekend. well still ahead, a family just has to watch as their home burns to the ground. despite several calls to 911. we'll tell you why the fire department would not help them out. but first protestors take their message inside and outside of the halls of the supreme court. the argument is about the controversial church from westboro. that's up next.

protestors from the westboro baptist church gathering outside of the supreme court this morning as the justices inside heard

arguments about their rights. the father of a maryland marine is suing the group for emotional distress, citing the first right of freedom of religion against freedom of speech. >> harming a private citizen at a private funeral is not the constitutional right. >> note to all. when you have a private funeral, we will not be there. when you have a public funeral and you broadcast to the nation that that dead soldier is a hero and that god is blessing america, we will be there and tell you, god is cursing america. >> the supreme court is not expected to issue a ruling until the middle of next year. freedom of speech is one of the most highly protected rights but in this case it's two being pitted against each other. we respect your rights to share

your thoughts with mail bag at wusa9.com. goodbye wheelchair, hello segway. that's what dozens of wounded warriors are able to say after receiving the devises through a nonprofit organization. peggy fox takes us to the iwo jima memorial where servicemen received the gift of mobility. >> while i was in afghanistan i was on a patrol with my guys and stepped on a land mine and it took both of my legs off. >> reporter: the corporal has had a hard time keeping up with his 2-year-old son. the organization is fixing that problem with a gift of a $5,000 segway. >> i'm very excited. it will make life easier. can i go more places with my wife anson. >> reporter: corporal is one of 51 wounded marines and soldiers receiving segways at this ceremony. >> corporal christopher bowers. >> reporter: for the most part the injured servicemen have learned to walk again but

walking with a prosthetic has limited mobility. the segway gives them the get up and go they missed. >> it wears your body down so being able to tool that takes the stress off of you which allows to you go other places and it's nice. >> reporter: though the federal government does not recognize the segway as a medical device the founder of segs for vets who is a quadriplegic and used one himself, he said there is nothing like standing tall and looking people in the eye. >> it's fundamentally made me an independent person, allowed me to live a high quality life and i wouldn't have been able to do it without it. >> reporter: other wounded vets who have already used to use them will train the new recipients. >> it allows me to get places without limping and being slow. and i can make my wife tired instead of me being tired all of the time. >> reporter: coast guardsman dave reilly lost all of his limbs from a bacterial infection. >> it is changing lives. they are. >> reporter: in arlington,

peggy fox, 9 news now. >> and the wounded warriors get a transportation device called a seg vader that attaches to the back of a car. and we're inching closer to the gorgeous weekend they promised us. topper is here with your full forecast. but a toxic mess is threatening half a dozen nations tonight. how it all went down, up next.

the hungarran government is opening a criminal probe into the toxic sludge that flooded a

town 100 miles southwest of budapest. hundreds of people had to be evacuated with a sludge at a metedals plant burst on monday. four people died, three others are still missing and tonight crews are scrambling to stop the flood from reaching the dandy river and if that happens it could get to half a dozen other european nations. and a huge mess at a laundromat all caught on tape. this car comes smashing through the front window last night. witnesses say the diver just rolled right up over a curb and through the window. police say she had been drinking. and sky 9 up and over a ruptured gas main that caught fire. these are scary when we think about what happened in california. this one in columbia, maryland, near the apple ford on stanford boulevard. fire is out now but bge crews had to dig for hours to get to

the gas leak. and for several businesses no gas service and it could take hours to get back online. in tennessee, a $75 fee could have been the difference between a home saved and a pile of rubble. homeowners called 911 several times but the fire department refused to come because they haven't paid a 75 dollars fire protection fee. >> my grandson had called and when i got here he thought maybe i could get something done. and i couldn't. >> and anybody not inside the city limits, it's a service that we offer. either they accept it or they don't. >> the family said it took the fire department two hours -- or it took the fire two hours to spread from where it started to the house. they offered to pay they needed to come out but were still told no. it was only after a neighbor who paid the $75 called to report the fire, that the fire department showed up. now they said they paid in the past but hadn't gotten around

to it this year. so should the fire department have made an exception or if hadn't gotten around to it just code for didn't feel like paying it this time so too bad for them. it will be too bad if we don't have your e-mail in mcginty's mail bag. and a commuter alert we cannot stress enough into the holiday weekend. track work along the blue and orange lines will close the farragut west and mcphearson square stations and no blue or orange line service at metro center. this work is scheduled to run all weekend long, friday at 10:00 p.m. until the system reopens on tuesday morning. now metro is experimenting with ways to save money by harnessing energy when train hits the brakes. the resistance creates energy, energy metro thinks it can help power other trains. the philadelphia transit agency is doing similar experiments and think they could save 10% on power costs. taking a look now at news

where you live tonight. a d.c. man is the latest guinness world record holder. his name is murat ox and he set the world record for the longest shib caw bob. and you can see it to the right of the screen. it measured in 18 feet, 7 and 5- 8th inches. for more stories, go to wusa9.com and find your community in the where you live section and keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. and if you have a story or news tip, contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. topper, you've been promising us gorgeous weather all week and tonight it's cloudy and not looking good. >> but the promise started on thursday. >> just trying to hold you to it. >> you can hold me to it. a couple of showers tonight and then we're in good shape. but don't worry, we're not overselling this. wait until you get to the weekend. here is your forecast first, the next three days. tomorrow is nice with a little

breeze. temperatures in the low 70s. and then just great on friday. 76, great for high school sports. wow, that will be perfect for football. and then on saturday, even better. 80 degrees and sunshine. i suppose if we get e-mails it's hot on saturday but that's a nice looking day. let's break down tomorrow. probably a good idea to have a light jacket in the morning. low 50s at 7:00 which means upper 40s in the burbs. and then mid-60s and breezy by lunchtime and nice and then 72 by evening. breezes will continue throughout the day. let's talk about temperatures. it feels like march, doesn't it? 59 downtown, 54 in gaithersburg. 57 in manassas and 57 in leesberg. now for tonight, partly cloudy skies, breezy and chilly. could still see an isolated shower until the midnight hour. low temperatures 45-52 and winds west southwest at 10-15. satellite picture, radar combined, still seeing the big swirl in the atmosphere. that's the same store that brought us rain on sunday. are you kidding me?

it's still here. the heaviest rain is to the north of us but this last area is a pinwheel through and when that happens tonight then we can bid adieu to the storm and have a strong finish to the week and what will be a spectacular finish to the weekend. lows tonight, 47 rockville, 45 gaithersburg, 52 in arlington, 52 downtown. and let me show you live doppler downtown quickly. showers out to the west, toward loudoun county and clarke county and front royal, going out 66 or even up to 70, might see a shower near frederick. again nothing heavy. purcellville some showers. leesberg, everything pushing down to the southeast as they head toward the airport and reston. back to the computer we go. let's talk about temperatures tomorrow morning. we're in good shape. cool start, yes. 40ing and 50s. but partly cloudy and nice. and then by afternoon we're in good shape. partly cloudy and breezy and pleasant. high temperature in the low 70s and that's spot on for average temperatures for this time of

year. next 7 days, low 70s tomorrow and mid-70s on friday. 80 on saturday. upper 70s for sunday for the redskins game. 1:00 kickoff, game time temperatures 76 with sunshine. how sweet is that. nice on monday. clouds come in monday night. showers, perhaps a thunderstorm on tuesday and maybe more showers on wednesday. >> you are the man, top. >> not overselling, am i. >> not a bit. in fact warmer on saturday than you had said early in the week. if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. this one is not for the faint of the heart or stomach. let's say it gives new moneying to the word meat ball. to evansville, indiana, where the fall festival features a traditional dish known as turkey testicles. yes you heard me right. there they are. now you may joke, but it's not funny to the turkey which keeps those vital organs under his left wing instead of the place you might suspect. who knew. and apparently these things taste good. some folks like them deep fries

with hot sauce, others like them all natural. but the weirdest thing when you think about it, is according to those who partake, they taste like chicken breasts. >> they are like midwest oysters. >> send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag at mail bag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. check the tag. made in france. wow. the price tag.

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