for rory doyle. a disabled young man who functions at the level of a five to seven-year-old. >> i became concerned he was being abducted or kiddalled. >> rory attends programs for disabled adults and uses metro access to get there and back. on this day, metro access called a regency cab to cover the route. >> how far of out of the way did rory go? >> 30 miles. >> mysteriously, rory's tracking software showed a trip that went from gaithersburg all the way to andrew's air force base. only four hours later did the driver take rory home. >> i also considered dialing 911 and having police arrest the cab driver. >> for much of the trip, he was on the phone with metro access dispatchers and supervisors, begging for

answers and getting nowhere. >> i had to take him upstairs to the bathroom and make sure nothing criminal had happened. >> we launched an investigation. >> tonight, metro is looking into it and promising a thorough investigation. >> we are looking at phone records. we want to talk to the driver involved to get an understanding of exactly what was going on and how this happened. >> in the end, rory doyle's father does not believe his son was injured in any way. he wants to know why the four hour ride to nowhere happened. in downtown washington, scott broom, 9news now. and our other top stories, prosecutors say it might be the largest government bribery kick back case in american history and it is unfolding right in our backyard. plus, the search for an attacker who tried to rape a woman in her own kitchen in silver spring.

also, why a sixth grader has been banned from wearing her necklace to school. first, here is topper with a look at the ever improving forecast. >> after our weekend streak finally ended. let's talk about temperatures. we are looking at temperatures on the cool side, but a vast improvement. already down to 59 in gaithersburg and 61 in leesburg. 64 in fredericksburg. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy. it will be chilly. lows 46 to 54 downtown and winds northwest at about 10 to 15. we will come back. we will talk about how long we can keep this streak going and look ahead to the weekend forecast as well. >> thank you topper. tonight, police are looking for a would be rapist who attacked a woman in her silver spring home. this is a computer generated picture of the suspect. he is described as a latino man. about 185-pounds. the attempted rape happened on the 9400 block of shay brook avenue at around 6:30 sunday evening. >> she heard her side door opening. she was approached from behind who pushed her down on the kitchen floor and attempted to remove her clothing. >> it's still a safe neighborhood. you have to keep your doors locked and just be vigilant. >> the lady was able to fight

that suspect off. police say he only got in because they left a door unlocked. so, residents are being urged, please keep your doors locked at all times. now an update on the carmella de la rosa murder trial. today, psychologist michael hendricks testified that de la rosa suffers from a major depressive order. she is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. closing arguments in the case begin tomorrow. a federal magistrate in d.c. ordered four men held without bond in what prosecutors say is one of the biggest prescribely schemes ever. may have scammed the army corps of engineers out of $20 million and had their eyes on another contract totaling nearly a billion dollars. bruce leshan reports, an army corps manager may have pocketed most of the cash.

>> care carey was picked up at his mansion. authorities say he pocketed $18 million himself. as a manager with the army corps of engineers who was able to both let contracts and certify the contract the work was completed. the indictment alleges the four men scammed a $45 million contract to supply information technology and security to the corps. more than doubling the real cost and siphoning off the surplus into shell corporations. >> one of the most brazen federal procurement fraud scandals in our nation's history. >> prosecutors allege the men used the money to buy expensive real estate, bmw's, rolex, high end liquor, luxury hotel rooms, and flat screen tv's. prosecutors say the spir tores were plotting a bigger payday.

all of this apparently made possible by the special rules congress. the contracts were steered through one based in dulles called iactec. >> special rules for alaska native corporations 40 years ago to help settle claims. no bid contracts up to $1.3 billion. and as this case suggests, when you are talking that kind of money, the possibilities of corruption are enormous. at u.s. district court, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> lawyers for those men say they had too little information to talk to reporters about the charges. amanda knox is expected to touch down in seattle. the cameras captured knox this morning. this morning knox released a letter to the world saying, those who wrote those who defended me, those who were

close, those who prayed for me, i love you, signed amanda. knox spent four years jail to the murder of her roommate, meredith kercher yesterday, a jury acquitted knox. >> a sixth grade student has been told her rosary necklace is a violation of the school dress code. 12-year-old elizabeth carey hopes her wardrobe makes a statement. a cross necklace, a cross t- shirt, even a cross bracelet. the administration at the fremont middle school says school is no place to make that statement. >> the principal said i can wear my necklace at all because gangsters were wearing it. >> also had information stated that the rosary was being used as a symbol of gang affiliation. >> i'm deciding to stand up for jesus and do whatever i can to stop us. >> now fact is, rosaries are a

growing trend all over the country, but this little girl is hardly in a gang. the school district isn't cringing upon her freedom, should she have to follow the dress code? we'll need your thoughts at mailbag@wusa9.com. we want to hear what you think, send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back.

in the mail bag tonight, massive reaction on our wusa9 facebook page. the hank williams statements regarding president obama and his golf game with the house speaker. linda says espn was right to pull his song from last night's monday night ball game. people turned on the dixi chicks when all she said she was ashamed that president bush was from texas. she and her family received death threats, radio stations refused to play their songs. comparing our president to hitler was so much worse. but payne says the politics is what infected everything.

what about freedom of speech? no matter what he thinks he has the right to express it. but dan lowe is not buying that argument. for all of you screaming, freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech. except you choose not to. hank made a stupid choice. we'll have more in a few minutes as we talked with political focus about the issues. meantime, remember, you can always join the conversation by dropping me a line. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. head on over to the facebook page where the comments are piling up. çñ

you mean when john boehner played golf with president obama? >> oh yeah. yeah. and biden and kay sick. yeah. >> what did you not like about it? >> come on, that would be like hitler playing golf with netanyahu. the shape this country is in, no. >> i don't understand the analogy. >> well, i'm glad you don't, brother, because a lot of people do. they are the enemy. >> who is the enemy? >> obama and biden.

are you kidding? the three stooges. >> wow. hank williams says despite those comments, he has the respect for the office of the presidency. he released a statement on his website and it's a video of a song recorded called, if the south would have won. local leaders are speaking out about williams comments today. montgomery county executive says williams comments are but the latest in a pattern ever since barack obama was elected president. >> there's a photo on the website that has him in a chimpanzee suit. it's over the line. we have seen too much of that, to look at this as an isolated incident. this is something that has been a part of our fabric. >> and we have two local political leaders to talk about this tonight. democratic activist, cheryl kagen, and the current minority leader of the maryland house delegate, tony o'donnell. you heard the argument. you heard the comments. say what you think. >> look. every time a celebrity in this country says something stupid,

i don't feel abliged to defend them. from what i read today, he apologized. he said something stupid, that's his acknowledgment. it was stupid on his part. >> right on top where you were listening to it, this is outrageous. listen to this facebook post that says this is a lot to do about nothing. and it is irresponsible for wusa9's anchors to say that. what he said, obama and boehner playing golf together was like hitler and netanyahu playing together. he did not directly compare either of them. >> come on. bottom line is, like my friends and former colleague said this is an outrageous comment. this is inappropriate. he has the mouthpiece. he has the visibility to speak his mind. but doing it in conjunction with football and the visibility he has through music is irresponsible. >> let me say this, cheryl. a couple days ago, roseanne was quoted as saying we should

behead wall street bankers. that was a stupid, ridiculous, violent thing to say. >> it wasn't personal. >> right. but you don't hear me saying this is a a partisan kind of thing. maybe if we wanted to punish these two celebrities, we would make them spend 24 hours together. >> i think the important thing is they were talking about the four leaders played golf together and he was offended by that. the reason they were doing that was to build bridges and increase their relationship and to try and have a good dialogue facing our country. >> wait a second. who cares what hank williams thinks. that's the other side. all i want to hear from hank williams is whether or not he wants to play football. >> who cares what rosanne bar thinks. i really don't care. we have a lot of important problems in this country. >> a lot of people do care. >> i understand. we have a will the of people out of work. let's stop these diversions and talk about real things from

real people and not celebrities from hollywood or nashville. >> i agree with that and we are polarized and statements make us more polarized. we have to be able to find common ground to solve things like jobs and the economy and healthcare. >> the more we talk about it, the more we give lift to that. g we're going to get to that. >> there's a will the of conversations to be had there, but the reality is, a lot of people may feel like hank williams feels. the other side is the enemy. and they are the three stooges. that's not the kind of ground work that you can lay to build a foundation of trust. >> i'm not defending them. >> and he's talking about running on the republican ticket for u.s. senate in tennessee. >> republican leader in maryland here. don't try to turn this into me defending it. that's not fair. >> okay, fair enough. let's go back a decade. we have found an ad online for moveon.org. check out what they say about former president george w.

bush. >> yeah. that's not a very nice comparison either and nobody really said much about it at the time. >> i don't remember seeing that ad. >> that's an online ad. >> it was painful, but let's move on and talk about the important issues of the day. this is polarizing from both sides. nobody has clean hands. that's the kind of trash we don't need to be talking about. let's talk about jobs. >> i don't think hitler, the holocaust, or any things should be used except for talking about world war ii and that time of. >> nobody is hitler.

nobody is hitler. not george bush, not president obama. >> let's move on to new congressional districts in the state of maryland. they are making a lot of changes and a panel released its brand-new congressional map. redrawing the lines all over the state. the biggest changes in western maryland and montgomery county. the 6 and 8 districts. the six held by rosco would lose baltimore, heart forth ford. hartford. you still with me on this? van hollen would gain the eastern part of montgomery in frederick county, part of carol county. the two of you have a distinct interest in this. called this worse sort, delegate o'donnell, do you agree? >> when i looked at this map last night, it was almost a grotesque and carving out where the lines go. they go all over the state and

it was, if you listen to the reasoning behind it, they wanted to make the sixth congressional district more competitive for a state senator. unfortunately, i suspect a lot of minorities in prince georges county and other jurisdictions aren't going to be real happy about this. >> well, look. mike miller moved out of for instance georges county years ago. they moved down my way to southern maryland and there's an effort in prince georges county and in other areas of the state to try to consolidate some minority representation. i have to suspect they aren't going to be happy. >> this isn't rosco bartlett. this is a gentleman who served in congress for twenty years. it's the people. the people deserve great representation and next year they are going to vote for the person that they think will do the best job for them on jobs, education, the environment. >> let's be real. this is what happens in politics. >> this is what you do when you are in control.

the democrats control maryland. they redraw the district. let's be real. it is much more favorable, isn't it? >> it is more favorable, but then again, the eastern shore district was seen as a really heavy duty republican seat and a very talented candidate was able to win that seat on the eastern shore. frank has won that seat. the voters get to pick who will do the best job. >> look what they protected for him. they brought him from three southern maryland counties and way up around college park. they want to protect and took donna edwards and shoved her district into anne arundel county. that's unfortunate. >> i ask the same question of you. democrat control the state, they get to do what they want? >> there's a measure of reality to that, but in my opinion, i would say this. that redistricting should be about levellizing the district and what is in the best interest of the citizens. >> and if you want that, you

have to go to iowa. as long as it's political, it's going to be political. we want your thoughts on all of these topics. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. top. >> all right, temperatures are falling, but it's a nice evening. temperatures 65 downtown. already in the 50s in gaithersburg 59. leesburg 59. we have a few clouds and some clouds this morning. the storm pulling away from new england. a spectacular wednesday. so, the tables have turned. this time in our favor. tonight chilly again. best in week wednesday. you'll need your sunglasses and a little bit cooler on thursday, but nothing crazy cool. nothing like over the weekend. for tonight then, breezy and chilly. winds still northwest at 10 to 15. so if you are inside the beltway or downtown, temperatures generally in the low 50s. 53 in arlington. 52 in springfield.

48 in rockville. 48 in bowie and 48 to 47 in fairfax and reston. now tomorrow morning, mostly sunny and breezy. a chilly start. a great day. 40s and 50s. by afternoon, mostly sunny, spectacular. you'll need your sunglasses. high temperatures near 75 and winds will calm down out of the north at about 10. all right, next seven days. a little bit cooler. upper 60s on thursday. winds churn northeast. maybe we'll make 70 on friday. and looking at a spectacular weekend. temperatures go back into the mid 70s. again, which is average for this time of year. upper 70s to near 80 on sunday. redskins have a bye week to do lawn work on your yard. and 80 on monday for columbus day and nice on tuesday. >> 70s are average. >> a couple minutes. >> we'll be back in a minute.

and that is our report. et is up next. they'll have all your entertainment news and topper will be here at 11:00 alongside anita brickman. don't forget, log on any time to wusa9.com. bye bye.

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