hello, i'm jc hayward. president barack obama arrived in new york just moments ago in order to pay tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. meanwhile pakistan's army admits to shortcomings in its efforts to locate osama bin laden. u.s. navy seals raided bin

laden's compound on sunday in pakistan and killed the terrorist. pakistan says it is now reviewing its relationship with the united states as a result of the raid. let's go to drew levinson in new york where the president will meet with families today. >> reporter: president obama arrived here in new york this morning. the first place he wept, a fire station hard hit on 9/11. he's expected here at ground zero in about an hour and a half, and it will mark a significant point in history as the president meets with the families of those who died on 9/11. engine 54 in midtown manhattan was president obama's first stop on his visit to new york. the firehouse lost 15 men on 9/11. firefighter christopher santora was with engine 54 for only two months when he was killed on 9/11. his parents and other relatives are meeting privately today with the president at ground zero. >> it's a very somber place to be, and i see this as a cemetery, and this was where my son died. so for me this will always be a

cemetery. >> reporter: the president will place a wreath at the memorial site where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. it will be a moment to reflect on the heroism of the victims. and to mark the death of osama bin laden, the mastermind of 9/11. the president says he's down here at ground zero because he wants to share the victory of finally getting bin lad nguyen some of the people hardest hit. michael burke lost his brother billy, a fair fighter killed trying to rescue office workers. nearly 10 years later the pain is still fresh but there's also relief. >> i know nothing is going to bring billy back, but it's still -- it's a great feeling veal lags actually -- a great feeling of elation, a feeling that order has been restored to the world. >> reporter: the white house says the president is determined to keep politics out of today's event to make this a

time for healing. some people may call this closure, but there are many families who say they will never have closure but it certainly ends a very ugly chapter of their lives. live at ground zero in new york, i'm drew levinson, now back to you. >> thank you, drew. a few senators are talking about to decision not to release a photograph of bin laden's body. republican senator john mccain and kay bailey hutchison, however, are siding with the president. >> that's a judgment ha-ha to be made by at the present time and taking all things into consideration. my initial opinion is that it's not necessary to do so. >> i think that a doubt ser going to doubt a picture as much as they doubt dna evidence and every other verification that we have given. >> they spoke after a closed door meeting yesterday with cia

director leon panetta. on sunday at -- on "60 minutes" president obama will explain the decision to go after osama bin laden, and one question steve croft asked was, why was the terrorist leader buried at sea. >> it was a joint decision. we thought it was important to think through ahead of time how we would dispose of the body if he were killed in the compound, and i think that what we tried to do was consulting with experts in islamic law and ritual to find something that was appropriate. >> you can watch the entire interview with the president sunday on "60 minutes" beginning at 7:00 p.m. the navy seals who killed bin laden are reportedly back in the united states. abc news reports that they arrived yesterday at andrews air force base. we do not know the names of the seals involved in that raid but

we do know that they are based near virginia beach. for more information on developments in the story, please go to our website, wusa9.com. we have a special section at the top of our home page. protesters arrested with d.c. mayor vincent gray are in court today outraged about the federal budget deal. most of the protesters, including the mayor, paid a $50 fine to get out of jail and have the charges against them dropped. they're heading to court today because they opted for a hearing. we're joined by delia gone goncalves now. >> reporter: the 17 people who appeared in court all pled not

guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and a new charge of failure to obey. before court this morning they staged a rally proclaiming that their fight and the protests are not over. nine of the protesters today chose to pay $100 in a post and forfeiture fine which is not an admission of guilt but does it close the because on their court appearances. however, eight people, including michael brown, say they're seeing this through. >> who wouldn't pay $100 to avoid having to come back to court again but we need to make a statement that the district of columbia pays the highest federal taxes in the country. we're the home of 39 congressional medal of honor winners and we're tried of being treated like second-class citizens. >> reporter: the eight people have until a hearing june 28th to decide if they're going to pay that $100 fine and move forward or continue this fight

in court. michael brown tells me everything is on the table. jc, back to you. >> thank you very much. d.c. council woman mary shea and seven other women were led away in handcuffs after a protest on capitol hill. house republicans passed the bill yesterday that would ban the use of federal funds for abortions for low-income women. advocates for d.c. voting rights say that such decisions should be made at that time local level. president obama and senate democrats oppose this bill. a sandwich shop worker got a huge surprise when she went to work this morning. someone who broke into the store became stuck in the ductwork. it happened at jerry's subs and pete zane the 9700 block of fort meade road in laurel, maryland. scott broom has more on the rescue and reaction from the woman who found the suspect. >> reporter: this would-be burglar was discovered this

morning at this jerry's subs and pizza in laurel when a worker opened up the store and was surprised to find two feet dangling from underneath a ventilation hood over one of the restaurant's grills. >> i was hearing someone shouting, jerry, jerry. >> he was stuck in there and had been stuck up to eight hours. they had to part away part of the ventilation. from what it appears, he entered through a roof hatch. this is a one-story commercial establishment. he was able to gain access to the roof, opened a hatch to the ventilation system, was able to slide his body down a very small opening, and again, this is a ventilation system for the cooking system, so it's quite greasy. >> reporter: workers said they recognized the man as a homeless person they've seen in and out of the store many times. he's been taken to a hospital and after that he's expected to be charged by laurel police.

in laurel, scott broom, 9news now. u.s. park police are working to find out what triggered a double shooting on the baltimore washington parkway this morning. two men were shot while in their car near riverdale road. one man was shot in the arm, the other man was shot in the stomach. medics rushed both victims to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. police are now looking for a suspect. the northbound lanes of the parkway have been reopened. a rockville couple is in the hospital after an explosion leveled their home. we told you about this explosion on ashley drive yesterday. the blast scattered debris all over the neighborhood and of course it woke up neighbors. fire investigators say the explosion happened shortly after the husband was working on a dryer in the home. >> one of the pipes that was being worked on did leak gas throughout the night. eventually this gas leaking

into the house eventually found an ignition source at which point the house did explode. >> neighbors say the couple moved into the home just a few days ago. police in anne arundel county would like to remind you that pepco workers do not make in an announced house calls. a glen burnie woman did not know that and fortunately she became the victim of a robbery. the woman tells police that a man came to her home tuesday morning, posing as a pepco worker, checking on a gas leak. that's when he showed her a gun and he robbed her. pepco does not serve that area, nor does it check on gas leaks. still to come on 9news now at noon, a beautiful day at the racetrack turns ugly after a horse throws its jockey and barrels through a crowd of spectators, and it was all caught on tape. and drivers, consider this

a warning. speed cameras are going up in another maryland community. we'll tell you when and where when we come back.

speed cameras are going to be in another part of the metro area. the howard county council approved the cameras this week. a maryland state law passed in 2009 allows counties to set up the cameras and in howard county police plan to operate a

maximum of eight mobile cameras in school zones. >> some very narrow parameters. monday through friday, 6:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night. the violations are a $40 citation, no points. >> drivers will have a little bit of wiggle ram because the cameras will take photos of cars going more than 12 miles over the posted school zone speed limit. howard county police hope to have the cameras rung by the start of the 2011-2012 school year in september. coming up next, howard and the forecast. jc, a very pretty noontime. we've got sunshine, comfortable temperatures, but more rain is on the way. we're talking about the upcoming mother's day weekend. we've got a look at the allergy update. tree pollen high. you can thank birch and oak for that. your forecast is next when

9news now at noon returns.

a racehorse jumps into a crowd of spectators and it was caught on tape. this happened in australia. something frightened the horse and the horse threw the jockey.

the jockey and six others were injured, including a two-year- old girl. >> screaming, people laying on the ground. it was complete chaos. >> no one was seriously injured, but race officials are investigating what happened. today is cinco de mayo. it's a mexican holiday celebrating a military victory and today a federal commission will call for a new smithsonian museum dedicated to latino american history. the associated press reports the museum's site will be on the national mall near the capital reflecting pool. no projected opening date or cost yet. a federal report will be sent to congress and the white house later today. howard's here with the beautiful weather forecast. >> for this afternoon, if you don't mind a little bit of a breeze, and then tomorrow we've got clouds and showers. and then saturday is okay. then sunday we've got some clouds and showers for mother's day so we'll have to worry

about that unfortunately. good afternoon. we'll get you going with a look at the day planner. we've got a nice, sunny day. temperatures are already running into that 60-degree range right now. we'll see them climb to the mid- 60s over the next few hours with plenty of sunshine and wind. northwest wind sustained 15, 18 miles per hour, will gust in the mid-20s, maybe near 30 at times. so a breezy afternoon. by 7:00 still mainly clear, 64 and by 9:00, still mainly clear, 58 but we'll see a few clouds start to roll in during the overnight. we'll be down in the 40s with lighter winds friday morning. satellite and radar, add few clouds. right now nothing near us. a few clouds in pennsylvania. it is going to be a gorgeous afternoon. 62 officially at reagan national. there were spots out west towards culpeper and stanton in the 30s earlier this morning. luray at 62, 63 southern

maryland. easton, cambridge, you guys are sitting at 59. the winds, they're gusting to 31 in hagerstown, nearly 30 at leesburg and manassas right now so keep that in mind. if you are going to be outside it is going to be a windy afternoon in spite of the sun. those temperatures into the sick. right now we've got 62 with sunny skies. north-northwesterly winds at 1. again with gusts in the mid- 20s, and the humidity is dry. we'd have to worry about five danger. flooding is a much bigger problem in the red river valley in the dakotas. the mississippi from the minnesota border south, just about to new orleans there. the ohio river, western tennessee, parts of kentucky, historic, epic flooding going on. this is going to be a problem for the next several weeks. a lot of farmland is going to be underwater. for us we're already looking at our next rain maker. you can seat in minnesota, wisconsin, now passing kansas city, st. louis, chicago could see some showers later on. that system is moving east, and that is what is going to cloud

our skies up during the day tomorrow and bring us showers by mid to late afternoon. today we've got high pressure so it's a good day but between the high and the low in new england there's not a lot of real estate with a pretty big pressure change and that's why we've got the winds driving today out of the northwest. but as the high and low gets farther apart everynight the winds lighten up. tomorrow this trough of low pressure starts to move east. we're still okay midday. clouds will thicken. midafternoon, 3:00, shenandoah valley is by evening rush hour we'll have some showers around here. this whole area is going to scoot east of us so that by saturday morning it's gone. we're only talking about .1 or .2 of an inch of rain. 68 windy degrees today. tomorrow 68, isolated rumble of thunder. saturday, nice, 72. sunday, sorry, mom, a few showers in the forecast. we're back around that 70- degree mark. next week remains a little bit

unsettled. it is thursday at noon. it's time for petline 9. with us is robin with all-breed rescue. a gorgeous golden retriever. >> mix, yes. this is nikki. >> hi, nuke can i. >> nikki is about four years old. nikki loves kids. >> how about that. >> and treats. >> we'll see if she takes it. >> she's a little shy. >> one thing i know about retrievers, they have such a gentle did he -- such a gentle did he demeanor. >> how does a dog like this end up at all-breeds? >> this was the case of an ugly divorce that nikki had to suffer for. hopefully she will have a happy ending. >> how can people contact you? >> www.allbreed.org.

there's an application on-line. >> if you didn't get that, don't worry, just go to our website, wusa9.com, click on the petline 9 section. nikki, we're going to get awe home. when we get back we're going to tell you about pancakes in the kitchen. wo

pancakes are wonderful mother's day treats. i have chef david kramer from the new renaissance arlington capital view hotel in crystal city. we're making the perfect pancakes. i'm going to help him by doing the drying. this is all-purpose flour, i know that. this is sugar. >> yep. >> sugar, and this is baking

powder. >> yes, ma'am. >> and then we have salt. >> yep. >> then we have baking soda. >> yep. >> all right. now, if you want the ingredients on how much, go to our website, wusa9.com. i'm going to mix all this together. >> we're going do a little buttermilk, a little whole milk, one egg, and claird bitter. >> see, i would have never separated dry from wet. i would have put them all in the bowl, and he says no, you don't do that. it will come out lumpy. >> it helps get rid of the clumps for nice, smooth pancakes. >> so you do the dry in one bowl and the wet in another. >> now you're going to put yours in my bowl. >> we're going to mix them all in, make a great batter. perfect. you're a natural. >> wait until i try it at home ?roo. be wonderful. >> okay, mix it up nicely. no lumps. >> we're getting rid of our lumps as we mix. >> where is -- i always like a

little flavor in my pancakes, you know, like a little vanilla or almond. you don't put flavoring in yours? >> for the renaissance brand we do a plain pancake, then we build from there. we are going to talk about our crown orchard pancake. >> you want to come on this side? >> absolutely. >> this bat ser made so you want to put some on? >> absolutely. we're going to go with our classic pancake batter, 375, one pour so we don't get any ring. >> one pour so no ring? >> yep. one pour, so you get a nice sexy pancake. a nice, clean look. see the ones we've started earlier. when you're flipping you're going make sure you get all the way under and flip in one smooth motion. >> chef, you have to tell them when the pocket holes come up, that's when you flip it. that's the only thing i know about making good pancakes. >> when the edges are cooked and the bubble pops, that's when you flip. >> a little bit of carmelized

walnut and a little bit of sugar and butter. >> if you want to do blueberries, you'd put them as soon as you put the batter on the grill, the blueberries or bananas or apples. now that's a finished product. 15 seconds. >> real quick, we have some cinnamon, a little cream instead of butter. more candy apples and walnuts. we're going to put that on top. >> the recipe is on our web site, wusa9.com. doesn't that look delicious. >> you can't go wrong with that. gge