a safety alert. the test for it doesn't work and pregnant women should be extra careful. plus, before you finalize those holiday plans, we're tracking your weekend forecast. and it's a local program designed to help kids land summer jobs, but tonight it's defending sex abuse

allegations. this is 9news now. >> a multimillion dollar jobs program designed to help dc kids safe over the summer is re- examining just how they do that tonight. >> two teenagers claimed to have been sexually assaulted within the last three days. both took place at program job sites and an employee of that department that runs the summer youth job program is under arrest. gary has more on the police investigation underway. >> reporter: as you know, the summer jobs program has been a staple of dc government for decades. a chance for kids to get off the streets. since wednesday, two teenagers are saying they were sexually assaulted. minnesota avenue northeast, a 16-year-old summer jobs worker says she was touched inappropriately by a department of employment services file clerk. >> we were able to identify the suspect and make an arrest.

>> but dc taxpayers are still paying the man. >> the person has been placed on administrative leave. >> anacostia high school, a 19- year-old summer jobs worker arrives for job early. >> it seems one of the contractors that was there assaulted her. >> e with have a suspect that we feel comfortable who was involved in this, so we'll be catching up with that person relatively soon. >> we're going to launch the most successful summer we have ever had. >> gray administration has been criticized, but ended up propuating more than $15 million for the program that pays kids $7.25 an hour. >> the youth start getting jobs now, we're better prepared when we go into the business world. >> if i can have a summer job, i can have more responsibilities. >> sexual assault was not part of the plan. >> e with are taking every measure we can to ensure the safety of the participants.

>> 14,000 kids in that program now they already had safety training, but will now get more as will their supervisors. derek and anita. thank you gary. new at 11:00, another reminder for cars and cyclists, watch out for each other. a car hit a woman on a bike near 35th place in northwest around 7:00. she was taken to the hospital with pretty serious injuries. now that driver did stay on the scene. no word yet if he'll be charged. just as we are all gearing up for a weekend of picnics and barbecues, some alarming new statistics out about lime disease in virginia. in this brand-new report, one of the most shocking assertions is that pregnant women may be able to transmit the disease to their unborn children. >> you heard right, michael has ten kids and seven of them have lime disease. he believes it's because his wife has the disease who transmitted it while pregnant. >> it's our best evidence that

they got it in utero. >> that's in part of a research and michael is the chairman. >> this is really changing the playing field. this is probably the most cutting edge report done in the country on lime disease. >> another alarming finding is that there's no test or blood test that can rule out lime disease. >> there are probably more than 1,000 clearly in northern virginia who have been told by doctors, we can rule out lime disease because of a particular test. they need to go back to the doctor. >> it took going back to a doctor for carmen to get the correct diagnosis that she has been waiting 15 years for. >> i have nerve pain. i have muscle pain. i have joint pain. i have my cognitive function has diminished considerably. >> car men now have chronic lyme disease. there's no known cure, but if she had gone to the doctor and taken antibiotics as soon as

she developed the rash, she would be fine. for that reason, both carmen and michael agree the key to beating lyme disease is public awareness and prevention. >> i remember being a kid in the 1950s where there was a big public concern about polio and everybody was paying attention to it. well we have to have that same kind of attention about lyme disease. >> this is troubling if you live in loudoun county. get this, the county is home to just 4% of virginia's population and yet it has nearly 20% of the state's cases of lyme disease. so if you're outside this weekend be sure to wear bug spray and don't just check yourself for ticks, but be sure to check your kids as well. anita, derek. thank you much. domonique has a $4 million mansion down in georgetown and tonight he is finally free to sleep in it again. today a judge in new york released him from house arrest all amid signs that the rape case the prosecutors have been building against him could soon

crumble. prosecutors admit they question the credibility of that hotel maid that said he forced himself on her. the charges still stand. >> our officer's commitment is to the truth and the facts and that will govern how we proceed. >> the rape charges forced him to resign as head of the international monetary fund and derailed plans for running for the presidency of france. he is convinced the prosecutors will soon drop those charges. the attorney for the hotel maid accuses prosecutors of abandoning the woman. how is this for a summer block buster? terminator 6 irreconcilable differences. yup, maria shriver filed for divorce from arnold schwarzenegger. i guess you could think that was only a matter of time. arnold fessed up to having a baby. they were married for 25 years. turning now to the casey

anthony murder trial in florida. despite the holiday weekend, closing arguments are set for sunday in orlando. both sides will have saturday off to prepare and to settle on final instructions for the jury. anthony is charged with murdering her two-year-old daughter, caylee, in 2008 to use duct tape to suffocate the child. the defense argues the child drowned and the death was covered up. a murder mystery in macon, georgia, has ties to our area. she has been missing since saturday. the 27-year-old lived in macon and there since graduating from law school. yesterday police found a dismembered body outside of giddings apartment complex. they will not say if it is in fact her. steven mcdaniel is behind bars after telling reporters he was inside her apartment shortly after giddings disappeared. >> she thought someone tried to break in on thursday night

and she was afraid to stay in there. >> mcdonnell is charged with burglary while authorities work to identify the body that has been found, standout student athlete at fulton high school. she was just home two weeks ago as maid of honor in her sister's wedding. police are looking for the suspects wanted in a deadly stabbing in hyattsville. it went down at a movie theater last night. police say a fight broke out between two groups of young people and somebody pulled out a knife and stabbed leanard smith matthews. eyewitnesses say there was blood everywhere and that 21- year-old young man died at the hospital. neighbors blame the crime on a combination of the bad economy and young people with not much better to do. >> the dry cleaner has their windows smashed. i had my car windows crashed. i had my laptop stolen. >> at one time they had

security people working around here, you know, move the people on. i don't know what happened. >> four other people were also hurt in that fight. police have not released any information about the suspects. >> tonight the heat was a huge drawback for firefighters right here in dc. two of them had to be treated for heat emotion after putting out the flames in northwest. that fire started around 5:00 in the 900 block of delaware decatur street. thankfully nobody hurt. it's fourth of july weekend, if you plan on heading down to the national mall to watch the big fireworks show, here's a few things you should know. if you can avoid driving into the district and take public transportation instead. to get a good seat, you are going to want to come early and keep in mind you're going to have to go through a security check point. now to a list of what you can and cannot bring. bring the bottled water, the food, the blankets, the sunscreen. all of that. things to leave at home, the

grill, any glass bottles, alcohol, and no fireworks of your own. if you want to skip the mall, log on to wusa9.com to see where you can find the fireworks in your own neighborhood. annie. >> we are seeing a nice night. humidity is low. that's going to start to change tomorrow. here's your wakeup weather for your saturday. a cool start, 50s and 60s at 6:00 in the morning. by 10:00, we're mild in the 70s to low 80s. we're heating up and the humidity on the rise. i have your full holiday forecast coming up. >> look at all this. you don't do that. that's cheating, man. >> the battle of the burgers gets a little heated when contestants start biting on each other. but first, talk about a double take. a family who had their van stolen twice got some good news. stay with us on 9news now.

back and forth, back and forth. that's the game the cops had to play with crooks and a stolen van. >> tonight though it seems the criminal cha cha is over for now. our james hash explains. >> lord gave and the lord took

away. he gave back, too. >> and pastor dave o'connel's minivan is a testament to that. this honda odyssey has been on an odyssey of its own. the second time only 45 minutes after it was found and returned. >> i think it's been on an adventure. >> that adventure ended last night when dc police spotted the van with three men inside it. >> it was a best case scenario. the police on the scene said there didn't appear to be damage. and that three men were in custody. >> aside from some fingerprint dust, the van isn't any worse for wear and montgomery county police may be looking into whether the three men arrested have any connection to other thefts in the bethesda neighborhood. >> i asked him if one of them fit the description we had seen and that some other people had seen and they were very surprised that we knew a description of one of the guys. >> and the mystery of how the van could be stolen so quickly

is solved too. answer, a hidden and forgotten about valet key. >> yeah, well apparently you shouldn't leave them in your car. >> how to make a happy ending even happier. >> got the car back today on our anniversary. that is a happy ending. okay now to a beef over burgers. two men almost come to blows. z burger in northwest dc. it is the annual burger eating competition and dale boone, mouth of the south and defending champ, the two go at it and when time is up, it looks like our winner is mr. mouth. wait a minute, finds something missing mr. mouth water cuffs and furious pete is well, you know furious. >> look at all that. look at all that. >> yeah. >> is that a winner? >> sore loser. >> minnesota is a sore loser. >> a lot of meat in those

cups. the judge's ruling left too much uneaten burger in his cup and the remedy was a two-man faceoff. the winner of that furious pete who ate 17 burgers in ten minutes. so this was supposed to be the summer of the super hero movie black buster. while there were plenty of super hero movies, blockbuster have been in short supply. are we sick of the guys in tights? >> not exactly, anita. while i've been lining up to see green lantern and the rest of them, the thrill is just not what it used to be. i thought i was getting old, but i'm not alone. check out these numbers. grone an learn opened to just over $55 million. thor made $55 million. compare that do the dark knight. back in '08, it made $158 million in one weekend. you say that is a much better movie. what about spider man 3, which

was pretty sorry. it opened in may of '07 earning $151 million its first three days. what the heck happened? i think it's just the characters. batman, spiderman, even the x men are icons. they have great back stories, everyone knows about them. if you didn't grow up reading comics, have you heard of these guys? all the cool monsters in the world may not make you care what happens to them. now i am still holding out some hope for captain america which is coming our way later this summer, but frankly it's hard to get worked up. maybe i am getting old. anita. >> no. not even close. a group of swimmers got a rare treat off the coast of south florida while they were in the water, a whale shark came up to the group close enough for the swimmers to pet this giant fish. it's a kind of experience any diver or ocean enthusist would put on their bucket list. it's the largest fish in the

ocean and perhaps one of the rarest. >> it was calm and slowed down a lot when she was trying to swim away, we all got up and started touching it and it slowed down. >> that is pretty neat. the encounter lasted a half an hour before the whale shark decided to get going. everyone who shared in this experience say the memory will last a lifetime. >> only eat plants. >> thankfully. a couple actually on display in a couple aquariums in japan i found out. >> very pretty. great beach weather. ready to go. looks like tomorrow looks good. sunday maybe see some popup thunderstorms. but first right now, it is mild outside and boy it feels nice. right now in downtown 79 degrees. manassas cooler at 66. martins burg 67 degrees. it feels nice because those dew points are down in the 40s and 50s. if high pressure in place which

is why we are dry. a whole lot going on in our area and that will continue through saturday and for most of sunday it looks like. all right, so sticky on saturday. the humidity does go up a little bit, but not too bad. it will be hotter and muggier on sunday in some locations along with some isolated afternoon and early evening thunderstorms and it stays hot for the fourth of july. but not as muggy on monday. that's the good news there for all those folks who are going to be out. overnight clear and cool. open the windows, give the ac a break. lows will be 58 to 68 degrees and winds will be light. now tomorrow morning as you're waking up, your errands, it's going to be nice. mostly sunny and pleasant. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. light winds in the afternoon and it looks nice. partly cloudy to mostly sunny conditions. it will be slightly sticky and the air quality is code orange. unhealthy for sensitive groups and highs around 90 degrees.

southwest winds. so around downtown, low 90s. annapolis 87 degrees. culpeper 92. it will be a few degrees above the average high. here's your beach and boating forecast tomorrow. we start out toward the bay. mostly sunny. waves 1 to 2 feet. choppy at times, but not too bad. southwest winds 10 to 15. sunday, increasing clouds for the afternoon. a chance for isolated storms and showers. a little warmer, 89 to 94 degrees. waves 1 to 2 feet and south winds at 10 to 15. let's head on over to the east for the ocean. for saturday, south winds at 10 to 15. temperatures 82 to 86 degrees. lots of sunshine. sunday even hotter. 85 to 90. again increasing clouds in the afternoon. we have a chance for isolated storms. water temperatures chilly. 65 degrees and winds will be out of the southwest at 10 to 15-miles per hour. definitely want your sunscreen. all right autism speaks 5k does kick off july 4. check in is at

7:30 in the morning in maryland. intersection of river and falls roads. it's benefiting autism speaks and topper will be out there monday morning to help kick things off. all right, here's how your saturday day planner shapes up. in the morning it will be a cool start. by 5:00, hot once again. a little hotter probably tomorrow compared to today. and here's your seven-day outlook. all right the heat is on on sunday near mid 90s. for the fourth low 90s and a better chance for showers and thunderstorms and tuesday, wednesday, scattered showers and storms are possible. regarding sunday's chance for storms, we have narrowed it down to the i-66 corridor. popup isolated, not everyone had see them. so you'll feel the humidity tomorrow. be prepared for that. >> a lot of folks think when you get older your sporting career is over. not tonight. and it's not often that i get to talk about a sports hero who is older than me, which is why i was doubly excited about

this. a lot of fuss about davey johnson. you'll see what he did. plus free agency begins and the caps go on a whopper of a shopping spree. who is coming? who is going? coming up. [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee.

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it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. if your 40 something baseball fan, you have to like matt stairs because he is one of us. 43 years old in his 20th major league season. nats hasn't called his season much this year baa they called it tonight. hosting the pirates first home game as manager for davey johnson. could be playing better. that's better. solo shot in the 6th ties the game at one. stayed that way until the bottom of the 9th. two men on for stairs. i got your midlife crisis right here. >> there it goes. heading for the wall. nationals win. >> the 43-year-old with the walkoff win. they call him slick and he certainly was tonight. nats take it 2-1. if someone could just get him some gum.

>> got a pitch to hit and it was a nice hit. >> apparently they were out of gatorade. nats now 41-41. i never seen the gum before. o's and braves scoreless in the 6th until jason hayward sends that to center field. his 8th. all right remember back on may 4 when the caps got swept out of the playoffs by the lightning? those were dark days for cap fans. as we stood in tampa after that game, we made a little prediction. >> i hope you got a good look at the capitals team that was on the ice tonight. the next time you see it it's going to look very, very different. >> we weren't whistling dixie that night. after waiting two months to begin his surgery on the roster, today was the day nhl free agency opened at noon. center boyd gordon gone.

he moves to phoenix. additions, three-time all star roman comes over from montreal. joe ward joins the caps from the national predators and jeff halpurn rejoins the team where he was the captain six years ago. busy day, george? >> i feel like our team is complete. we can piddle around, but if we do nothing going into september, we're in good shape. >> the hills are filled, but it's moving forward. it's looking forward to camp now. >> and george and gabby weren't finished. sending off to the avs. that's a fleecing of colorado considering barrly says he's going to play in russia next year. >> rafael nadal won four out of the last five and if he wins wimbledon, it will be five out of the last six. regardless come monday, he will not be the number one player in the world.

this man be will. novak in the womenable don. sanga could not double it up. wins it 6-3 in the fourth today. a ridiculous 47-1 this year. he will meet rafael in the final. if this isn't a sign that michael vick brought his life full circle, i don't know what is. vick resigned an endorsement deal with nike today. four years after nike dropped vick amid all the dog fighting issues. they don't condone his actions, but support the changes that vick made in his life. so far, michael vick's second act has been a good one. >> he is getting some redemption. he's doing a good job. >> we'll be right back.

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here's one more look at your seven-day forecast. hot under partly cloudy conditions and humidity going up a little bit. slightly sticky we're calling it on saturday. then on sunday, we start out sunny, but warming up in the mid 90s and chance for isolated storms generally i-66 and south of the area for the afternoon. >> good for people to know. thanks a lot, annie. >> enjoy the holiday weekend. we'll see you. >> happy fourth. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste?

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