police officer who calls this a clear cut criminal case of police brutality. it happened here at a party sponsored by a university of maryland fraternity at an out of the way warehouse converted into a party space hidden in a decidedly rundown industrial park in beltsville so as not to attract attention. >> bottle, glasses. >> reporter: neighboring business owners say every monday brings evidence of big parties and lots of alcohol. >> i have to spend [ indiscernible ] to clean all the mess. >> reporter: morales claims she was beaten for no reason after being pushed by a crowd into the officer who was guarding the door. he was not arrested or charged with a crime and police did not call for medical help despite his injuries. the police officer, dominique richardson along with three others who were at the scene have been suspended. moonlighting at the converted warehouse has been banned by police chief roberto hilton, but it's a moot point for now

because county officials have shut down the party space for lack of an occupancy permit. morales is recovering but his father thinks the police officer involved should face criminal assault charges. the family has hired an attorney. at prince george's county police headquarters scott broom, 9 news now. in the wake of the suspensions, prince george's county police are not offering any further comments on the matter. well, police cannot explain why two teens were shot in this area of northeast d.c. last night. investigators say they are good kids. one is recovering from serious wounds tonight. the other did not make it. bruce johnson is on this story. you say both the boys were headed to college and tonight we are going to hear from one of the brothers of one of the victims, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. but first a short time ago a gentleman who lives on that very block on hole brook street stopped me and for several minutes he bent my ear about the fact he's been trying to get d.c. police to patrol this block. he says there's an open air drug market here, he says

there's a lot of loitering, a lot of imported violence here and that may be what's behind the shooting of these two high school students last night. it happened in the very block he was talking about. they seem to be good kids walking down the street when some moron decided to start shooting, that's how a homicide detective described last night's slaying of the boy and the wounding of his friend. >> no confrontation, no words of shame. as far as i know they didn't make it home. they are are getting ready to graduate high school and everything. >> reporter: joseph's brothers and mother could find no reason for his slaying. >> but they shot his friend first and then joe was calling the police on his cell phone and i guess they shot him, they shot him four times. >> reporter: grief counselors were dispatched to spingarn senior high school in northeast. joseph was a senior there, de'onte, a junior. >> they played on the team,

they went out for every team, whatever, no matter what school it was, they tried their best to be regular kids. >> really sad about it you know. just like i was telling my student today like the reason that we are here, the reason we come here every day is to help students avoid the perils of their community. >> reporter: as you can imagine, lesli, in cases like you have a lot of conversations with homicide police, most of them off the record. i can tell you the one high ranking homicide detective that i talked to a short time ago, very, very much upset by this. he says this is a baffling ones, he knows that whenever young african males are short we immediately think they must have been involved in the activity. he says he's found no evidence that would substantiate that . >> it's incredible, bruce, that young people can't walk down the street just walk down the street and be assured they will make it down the street to where they were going. it is a sad story, bruce, thank you for that. it has been a year and

there is still no conviction in last year's deadly halloween shooting in clarksville. november 1st, 2009, someone fired into this house on manor stone lane during a halloween party. 19-year-old aaron brice of silver spring was killed and those bullets paralyzed 22-year- old ma nathaniel -- nathaniel quick from columbia. investigators questioned 136 people but have no solid leads. if you know anything, please call police. two words in court today from the man accused of plotting attacks on northern virginia metro stations. our bruce leshan is on the story and back in the newsroom. what were those two words. >> reporter: all farooque ahmed said to the judge today was yes, sir. he waived his right to a speedy trial and his lawyerentered a not -- lawyer entered a not guilty plea. his lawyer told the judge he needs more time to prepare to defend the ashburn man against

the charges prosecutors say the 34-year-old plotted with men last month that he thought were agents of al-qaeda. casing the metro system and planning multiple bombings in hopes of causing mass casualties at stations near the pentagon. turned out the men were undercover federal agents. a search warrant reveals some of the things agents say they found in his home, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a pistol, a rifle and shotgun, something agents call death preparation documents. they say they also seized a copy of a book buy anwar al walky, the form -- al awlaki, he is known to be a senior al- qaeda leader in yemen. claims responsibility for those explosives headed to the u.s. in cargo planes. al-awlaki also allegedly helped recruit the so-called underwear bomber. the president has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted

killing of al awlaki, an american citizen. farooque ahmed asked for a jury trial. at this point that trial is slated to start on april 11th, less than six months after his arrest. there is a reason they called the federal court in exsand district attorney -- alexandria the rocket docket. last weekend anwar guandique. the prosecution may call three or four more witnesses before possibly resting its case this week. that tight congressional race in the 11th district is finally over. republican keith fimian conceded defeat to jerry connolly today. the congressman was reelected by only 981 votes. he spent the weekend in the hospital after a routine test found a blood clot. he says he's fine, he'll have no problem doing his job, but

out of four competitive congressional races in virginia, only connolly won. he says he is listening to voters and may even be open to making changes in health care which he voted for. >> i'm absolutely open to perfecting, you know legislation. i will not support and i will vigorously resist any attempt to repeal it. >> keith fimian declined to answer questions on camera but said he decided not to ask for a recount because he did not think it would change the results. however, he said he would keep the option open if any problems are found by the state. ahead, vacation nightmares. stranded at sea. thousands of passengers trapped aboard a cruise ship off the coast of baja, california. we will have the latest in the rescue attempts. the winds dying down, a pretty nice evening. we will show the almanac. pretty average in terms of the days and numbers. you can find these numbers.

63 goes in the books as the high, 44 is the low. we will come back, take you through the rest of the week and weekend with the forecast. but first. 9 traffic now is brought to you by geico.

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gamers say they are not surprised that thieves would go this far. >> this is the online, playing with other people and then just how adicking it is. i mean, everyone is going to be playing this game from now for the next six months, so this is it. >> investigators say the same suspects may have held up another story in the area last month and they are reviewing surveillance tape from both crimes. decision points was also released today. it is former president george w. bush's memoir. thousands lined up in dallas before dawn to get an autographed copy and in it the former president talks about his bouts with drinking, the crucial decisions he made recording the -- regarding the 9/11 terrorists attacks, the u.s. invasion of iraq and his response to hurricane katrina and while the former president was inside a handful of protesters took to the streets outside. they shouted "arrest bush now" and they held signs condemning his decision to use waterboarding as an interrogation method and his decision to invade iraq.

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mexico. the ship's 4500 passengers and crew are coping. the u.s. navy and coast guard vessels are providing supplies and security. >> the passengers are being monitored closely, they are in good care and doing very well, considering the circumstances. >> the tugboats will tow the ship to ensenada to let the passengers off the boats. the passengers will then take buses back to california. it was a homecoming for president obama. he arrived this morning in indonesia where he spent four years of his childhood. at a state dinner in his honor, the president told indonesian leaders he wants to expand trade with their country. that after complaints that other countries are doing more to expand business with the world's largest muslim country. >> you mentioned we are number 3 right now in terms of trade volume and investment and i informed him we don't like being number 3, we want to be number 1. >> outside the dinner anti-u.s. demonstrators gathered, the

groups were protesting america's wars in iraq and afghanistan. the president says he hopes to build better relations with the muslim world. people living in states where it is legal to use medicinal marijuana is still penalized by the government but the drug is still illegal under federal law. some people have been denied unemployment benefits for failing drug tests. others have been arrested at airport security check points. to read more about this, just log onto -- or actually usatoday.com. we have got that sister- brother-family relationship that always does that wusa thing. it is time to check on the roads and richard andre is here with your time saver traffic. >> montgomerying county both loops of the beltway between new hampshire avenue and 355, an accident off to the shoulder. toward virginia still the slow

spots stop and go southbound 395 from around king street to duke street, still wrapping up the crash on the other side of 395 from northbound 395 to access eastbound nutsle road. lesli. how would you like to earn some cash for fighting traffic on your commute to work? well, that is what commuter connections is offering d.c. drivers through its pool rewards program. you have to carpool to and from work each day. to sign up, go to commuter connections.org, drivers who qualify can earn up to $130 over a 90 day period. >> not bad. >> especially if you want to fight traffic. a nice day. 63 is really about add good as we are going to be in terms of november. we have pretty nice weather ahead as well. the winds have died down and we are looking at actually a pretty nice day tomorrow and some milder air by the week's end. here's your forecast first now. the next three days, sunshine tomorrow, maybe just a few more

clouds than we had today but 60, okay, not bad, a little bit breezy, northeast wind may make it feel cooler than 60 but can we complain about 60 in november? >> not me. >> 60 on thursday, veterans day, very nice and then warmer, maryland on -- milder on friday, temperatures in the mid- 60s. wednesday's day planner, 44 to start, maybe a few upper 30s in the burbs, 57 by lunchtime and 59 by evening and again we will call it partly to mostly mostly sunny. 58 at national, 52 in gaithersburg, 57 in leesburg so temperatures are really still pretty warm for this time of night. 54 up in hagerstown, you have to jump the divide to get into the 40s. now let's talk about tonight. we will say skies become partly cloudy, starts out clear, cold, mid-30s to mid-40s, we are above freezing, though and winds out of the northwest at 10. lows tonight inside the beltway about where we were last night, low to mid-40s, lots of 30s in

all the burbs though, 38 in rockville, 38 in college park, 37 in buoy, off to the west upper 30s in reston. 36 or 37 in manassas. morning, partly cloudy, cold start, grab your shades and a coat. 30s and 40s. winds not much of a factor in the morning. northwest at 10. winds will pick up in the afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy, just a little bit cool, just a wee skosh, high temperatures around 60 and winds northeasterly at about 10 to 15. zone forecast, all six zones available on our website, wusa9.com. 50 in oakland, 58 in cumberland, breezy, 64 in culpepper and 60 in leesburg. downtown i think we are going to make 60 degrees, 61 or so as you head down into charles county and 64 in appear laos appear -- appolis.

upper 60s on saturday and sunday. cooler on monday. we are still dry and we do have a cold raining in on tuesday with highs in the low 50s. >> good looking forecast, my friend. >> not bad. things warming up in terms of the temperature, these relationships warming up at redskins park at all? >> not really. if donovan can't understand the play book, coach shanahan has to write a better play book. i get it, they won't be vacationing together but shanahan and mcnabb better find a way to work together. the quarterback and his teammates speak out today. plus the 95-yard touchdown that never was. the darn shame coming up in sports. [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home

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brett haber, the best sports in town. >> is mike shanahan completely comfortable with donovan mcnabb? does he trust him with the offense like he did with john elway? probably not. shanahan needs to find a way to make make him look good. this week could be a bit of a turning point for the redskins. the players all seem to be standing squarely behind mcnabb in this thing and unless shanahan can see clear to do the same thing, you could be looking at a fractured locker room and that's not good. >> when you step on the field monday night, donovan will be leading us out of the tunnel and that's who we got to go out and rally around. we know donovan is the leader of this team and he got to carry us. >> i've been through a situation like this anyway, i'm going to treat it like i did then, just focus in on what i need to do in order for this team to be successful. >> you heard from clinton portis there, speaking today at claremont immersion school in arlington. that's where the redskins

donated $10,000. portis say he is hopeful to play on monday night. he's missed the last four games with that groin injury. the caps hit the big apple tonight tied with the best record in. seven of the 14 games they have played this year have been decided by just one goal which if your glass is half empty means the caps are failing to put teams away, but if if your glass is half full it means the caps are finding ways to win the close games. coach, your thoughts. >> believe me, as coaches, you'd like to have a 4-0 win every now and again but when you're playing in these one goal games and you're having success that means players are buying into what you have to do all the time. >> as for the goalie situation tonight, michael noivert will start again. time for you to pick our

d.c..high school.sports net. here are your options: >> cast your vote at dc.highschoolsports.net. so if celtics coach doc rivers called shaquille o'neal and others back into the gym for a second practice, probably wouldn't go over that well. but they ain't exactly shaq, pierce and kg. when the wizards loafed around during yesterday's practice the coach called them back in. a move that today got surprisingly good reviews. >> overall better concentration, more concentrated effort, both mentally and physically. >> in the grand scheme of things we needed a comeback,

yeah. >> hopefully message delivered, message received. >> indeed. finally tonight it was a dream scenario for edison high school safety brandon hang. he comes up with the fumble recovery here and off he goes in route to a 95-yard touchdown return. he's got a convoy of blockers including derek randall who knocks him down. >> oh, month. >> that's his team may. i'm just saying. >> are you kidding me? >> he would have had the touchdown. if he's got friends like that, who needs enemies. >> how he tripped. >> he tripped his own. >> his own boy. >> if he would have left him alone he would have been in the house. he was trying to help his teammate. he just stuck it big size 14s out there and tripped up his man. >> he was moving pretty fast for a big guy. sunshine tomorrow, temperatures around 60. 60 again on veterans day, very nice and then warmer, look at that friday, saturday and sunday we are well into the 60s. >> that is a stretch, my friend. and that is it for us on 9 news now at 6:00. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next.

derek will see you at 7:00. wake up early morning with the team at 4:00 and 5:00 they will get you started. have a great time.