evening thunderstorms, some could be heavy. 15 to 25 and gusty. we'll come back and talk about how windy it's going to be tomorrow and what that means for the end of the week and the weekend. a man paid to marry a woman to help her stay in the country fights to get out of the marriage and ends up killing his wife's daughter. >> that is how police describe the horrifying circumstances that led to the death of 12- year-old jessica nguyen. and this is a man investigators stabbed the little girl inside her own basement back in may. >> delia is live outside police headquarters in rockville. she has the other evidence that investigators say they have. delia. >> reporter: listen to this, david hang ran an immigration scam, marrying women across the country simply because of their immigration status. in fact, we can tell you he is married right now to a woman who lives in colorado, even though he is still undergoing divorce proceedings with the

victim's mother. and his behavior in court today was surprising to say the least. >> they left the courthouse silently, but the faces of jessica nguyen's family members expressed their grief. prosecutors say the 12-year-old girl was stabbed more than 40 times by her own stepfather, david hang. >> this was a brutal killing. >> state's attorney says the suspect was angry with the family. he married the victim's mother to clear up her immigration issues, but the two were going through an ugly divorce. >> i believe he thought he could get out of it and he wanted out in order to go on with his life with his new wife. >> investigators say there was no forced entry into the home. hang lived with the family for a year, but moved out in 2006. surprisingly, it was not the victim's family, but the suspect himself who was emotional in court today, openly sobbing, interrupting the prosecutor to deny his involvement, eventually saying, quote, i am good to the community. i work hard, i didn't do it.

but police say the evidence proves he did. the suspect had a swollen hand following the may murder. his cell phone placed him in the area and footprints and a sheathe were found at the crime scene. >> we were able to get dna off the sheathe. we were able to make an impression of the boot print. >> while investigators say hang was angry with the family, they still don't know why little jessica had to pay with her life. >> what troubles me is you have somebody as cold and heartless that can kill an innocent child. >> we can tell you tonight the suspect was a nonet gomly county bus driver. for the past five years, police say he called out sick the afternoon of the murder. tonight, hang is behind bars held without bond. i can also say that the state's attorney tells us it was an overwelming couple of days for police in montgomery county. not only did they solve this murder of 12-year-old jessica, but also found the body of 11-

year-old william mcquain. that happened on this very same day. >> two very similar stories. tonight, police have new evidence in that william mcquain case. it's a chilling new video tape that puts curtis lopez and the 11-year-old boy together just a few feet from where police found the boy's body. bruce leshan has the new details. >> reporter: police back on clarksburg road, looking for the precise spot where his stepfather allegedly murdered 11-year-old william mcquain. they found william's body off a dirt lane, next to a farm field. >> may have occurred right there at that scene. >> police found william's body just maybe 50 feet or so back in the woods right here. this surveillance tape shows him and his father here at the gas pump. william gets out of the car, rides around on his little

wheelie shoes. his dad goes inside, pays $20 for the gas, gets back in the car. drives off. the question, whether little william was killed just a few pete from here. >> really sad. it hits home. not a good thing. >> the gas station manager thought william's picture looked familiar. not from the growing memorial outside. >> it works on your mind. >> but because he had been to the station miles from his home before. not with his step dad, but going fishing with his big brother mentor. >> he got a cute look and he looked and he was walking around the floor and i said to him, what are you looking for? some kind of candy. >> the manager taunted by the lost dreams of william mcquain. bruce leshan, 9news now. now the police have yet to bring back lopez from north

carolina. the police chief is worried about keeping his officers safe. worried because of the magnitude of these crimes and because lopez has done time for stabbing a man and leaving him to die on the side of a pennsylvania interstate. anita. >> take rain, emergency roadwork, and interstate 95 and put them all together. what do you get? a commute, as you can imagine, from you know where. that's what happened this morning. overnight, crews shut down all but the left lane between the dale city and route 123 exits. that closure was scheduled for repaving. when they reopened that left lane at 4:30 a.m., the repaved portion desent grated, leaving a 25 by 25-foot hole. crews closed, leaving drivers stuck in hours of grid loke. >> tell me what it was like this morning. >> terrible. i was mad, but it is what it is. i'm glad they are fixing it, but i would rather they didn't have to fix it.

>> a bad concrete mix caused the road repairs to wash away. crews placed a temporary patch over the hole, but they weren't able to reopen the lanes until after 8:00. some drivers were stuck in gridlock almost 40 miles of traffic. a wild situation in ohio today where police have been tracking down dozens of dangerous animals that were set free from a preserve. danielle nottingham is there where officers are warning people to stay inside. >> tractors are removing some of the dead animals at the preserve in ohio. dozens of dangerous animals escaped yesterday. a couple are still on the loose. >> that leaves us with what we believe is only two animals that are missing from this farm. one would be the monkey and one would be a wolf. >> the owner of the preserve freed almost 50 animals yesterday, including tigers, bears, and lions before he killed himself. officers moved in and gunned down at least 30 animals.

>> we could not have animals running loose in this county. we were not going to have that. >> some animal rights groups are criticizing the sheriff for not using tranquilizers. >> you can't do that with tigers and lions and leopards. he had to do what he had to do. >> the animals did not attack anyone, but they put everyone in this small town on edge. >> we want to take care of the cattle. a couple guys working with me took the gun with them. they know something is in the barn. >> ken drove 50 miles from columbus, hoping to see an exotic animal. >> i am sitting home watching tv. i'm retired, and i thought i would come down. >> police received numerous complaints about animals on the preserve. authorities were reportedly in the process of trying to close it down. danielle nottingham, cbs news, ohio. >> and ohio has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and some of the

highest number of injuries and deaths from them. okay, so around here, redskins fans knew it was a matter of time and that time came today. >> indeed. john beck now the starting quarterback for the washington redskins, kristen burset has more on coach shanahan's decision. >> it seems like the obvious choice, but then again it is the redskins, so you never really know which direction they are going to go. mike shanahan made it official, they are benching rex grossman and giving beck a shot to leave this team. at the beginning of this season, he had been a fan of beck's since he came out of byu. he traded for him last season from the ravens. now we'll see if shanahan knows something we don't when beck starts against carolina. here's what the guys had to say about practice about the switch. >> have to go with your gut, like i said, we have two guys we can win with, but we're going to give john an opportunity. >> i'm definitely excited. there has been a lot of hard

work that has gone into this. you have to stay ready and i have tried to do that, you know, and just want to go out there and perform my best. >> i am frustrated. not completely surprised, but disappointed that i wasn't able to come back off that game. >> and coming up a little later in sports, find out which redskins star has changed his tune on who he thought should be the starter. for now, i'm kristen, back to you guys. >> kristen, thanks. an area food pantry was forced to temporarily shut its doors yesterday after they ran out of supplies for needy families. organizers at the action and community through service food pantry in dumfries say they have seen nearly a 50% increase in demand. it came pretty much overnight and they simply cannot keep pace. peggy fox joins us now live with more on the efforts to help people who are hungry out there, peg. >> well, look at all this

food. all of this has come in in the last 24 hours in response to the news that the food pantry was closing. this is what the shelves did look like and what many of them still do look like and this is why the food pantry decided to close until november 1. >> the shelves were full. >> the ax food pantry serves 4,000 needy people every month. a 40% spike in demand emptied their shelves and forced the pantry to close temporarily. >> this is the worse i have ever seen. we couldn't put together a basic bag. >> hungry people looking for a bag of food were turned away. >> it was heartbreaking. it was a very difficult decision to make. having families come up to the door. seeing individuals leave in tears because we don't have groceries to give them. it's very hard. >> part of the increase came from the 400 displaced people from the holly acres village mobile home parks, which were

flooded out in tropical storm lee. >> normally we are feeding around 1,000 families a month. now we have the tropical storm lee families coming in on top of that number. >> the news of the temporary shutdown brought in new donations. >> this morning i ran up to whegman's, and i tried to pick as much as i could. >> everything on the shelves now has come in in the last 24 hours. >> it's very, very sad. especially with the economy. that's why we are here. >> these are some of the most requested items. macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, peanut butter and jelly. we have a list that has more things that people need. they also need money. it's easy to donate. go to our website. wusa9.com and we have a thraing will hook you up with donations. just so you know, they are hopeful they might be able to open earlier than november 1,

but they would need a ton of donations to come in because they don't just need to fill these shelves. they need to fill up here. you see, this is the backup supply and they need to have two layers of boxes up here so when they deplete these resources, which only takes three days, they have a backup so they can continue serving families who so desperately need this food. i'm peggy fox, lesli, back to you. >> it's a tough thing, peg, when you think your neighbors don't have enough to eat. let's hope this story will help people do what they can to fill those shelves. derek. >> still ahead, wrong place, very wrong time. a man is dead after high winds blew down a tree branch that hit him in the head. we are still looking at the possibility of severe weather south and west of town. we'll show you live doppler 9,000. a pretty big storm headed toward warrenton and parts of leesburg and loudoun county. we'll come back and track them

live for you. the former teacher accused of choking her first graders takes the stand in her own defense. i'm andrea mccarren. the story live from rockville coming up next.

we have a commuter alert about the new intercounty connector in maryland. state inspectors found small hairline cracks in three bridges which go over the toll

road on georgia avenue, emery lane, in montgomery county and the spokesman says there is no safety risk, but more long-term durability of the bridges. drivers should expect lane closures over the next few weeks while workers put in temporary reenforcements. this afternoon the former montgomery county elementary schoolteacher accused of choking and scratching several of her students, she took the stand in her own defense. >> this is day three of susan's trial. she was a first grade teacher in silver spring until her arrest in january. andrea mccarren has been in the courtroom from the beginning and joins us live from rockville. >> reporter: anita and lesli, susan burke testified very briefly today about school policies and disciplinary action before court was adjourned for the day. it was a dramatic afternoon as the mother of an alleged six- year-old victim broke down in tears on the stand when the defense asked her why she didn't report the scratch on

her daughter's arm to police or the school right away. also today, another child, a little boy, took the stand. as the trial of accused teacher, susan burke, entered its third day. a seven-year-old former student of hers sat in the witness box. the prosecutor asked, was there ever anything that happened in miss burke's class you didn't like? the boy replied, she would scratch me and later the prosecutor asked, anything else you didn't like in miss burke's class? the boy, the choking. prosecutor, what do you mean? the boy, she would go like this. the little boy clutched his throat with both hands and asked, how did it feel? the boy responded, it hurted, it feeled like she had her nails in it. the boy's mother testified, too. she said after her son's first week at green castle elementary, his demeanor changed when she brought him to school in the morning. mother, he would just throw a fit. he didn't want to go inside the

school. he had no problems the prior year. he loved going to school. >> the defense also called two educators to the stand who testified they never saw burke inappropriately touch a child or yell at her class. the jury is expected to begin deliberations as early as tomorrow afternoon. we are live in rockville, andrea mccarren, 9news now. thanks for the update. >> a fourth person under arrest in connection with the human bondage case. police arrested the daughter of the alleged ring leader who is suspected of imprisoning four mentally ill people in a basement and doing it so she could cash their social security checks. evidence suggests there are more victims out there. in another development, ten young people were taken into protective custody. one of them, the 19-year-old niece of linda westen, the reported leader of the group. the teenager showed signs of physical abuse. >> a number of juveniles

involved in this. traveled with them from pennsylvania to texas, virginia, and florida. >> now more tests are needed to figure out the identities of the parents of the juveniles in custody. police say two of them may belong to one of the alleged victims. investigators with the national weather service are surveying the damage from an intense storm down in south florida. look at it. it is pretty bad. trees knocked down. cars tossed in the air and nearly two dozen homes damaged in the towns of plantation and sunrise. despite all the chaos, somehow, nobody hurt. classes were also canceled in the florida keys today because of all the flooding. >> we could get some wild stuff tonight. >> we could. i'm not super concerned, twee are going to keep the severe weather alert day going. the flooding is part of the moisture coming up the atlantic sea board. we talked about this yesterday. one is going to hug the eastern

sea board. one is going to spin out in the ohio valley. let's start with live doppler 9,000. you can access this on our website. nothing terribly heavy in the immediate metro area, enough to wet some roads. but we are going to zoom in down 95 to the south and out to the south and west and this is where the heaviest activity can be found, between stafford and fredericksburg and points to the north. and individual storms are actually moving as fast as 54 miles per hour. that in and of itself creates some big winds. so this is by far the heaviest activity. from culpeper up to warrenton, it's all racing up to the north and east. it's going to cross 66 in a matter of minutes. in fact, we'll put this into motion over the next hour. we are looking at the storms racing through warrenton and increasing into intensity. notice the red there. that means rain fall rates 1 1/2 inches per hour. so we're going to watch this storm as it moves across fauquier county and back into portions of western loudoun

county. temperatures, well one ingredient for severe weather is warm tropical air. it's pretty warm outside. 66 downtown. 64 in manassas. 66 in fredericksburg. even out to the west, it's 60s in hagerstown. even 61 all the way to cumberland. so here's the deal. threat ends tonight. storms are possible early. damaging wind is the main threat t. will be windy thursday. and it will be turning cooler. not so much crazy cool tomorrow, cooler on friday. all right, late tonight, 10:00, we see showers, but nothing heavy. no yellows and no oranges. that's good. after 7:00, 8:00, we'll be in good shape. by tomorrow morning, the last showers moving through frederick, grab your sunglasses. showers will linger all day out in the mountains, west of the divide and some may have some wet snow flakes. by evening, this time tomorrow evening, some clouds return and maybe a sprinkle. we'll keep the chance of a sprinkle in. the showers linger all day

thursday and thursday night. for tonight, mostly cloudy. evening thunderstorms. some could be heavy. low temperatures in the 50s. the next seven days, very nice on friday. cooler. 60. 60 on saturday. beautiful day really in the morning anyway for the walk now for autism speaks. 9th and madison. get there at 9:00, 9:15. beautiful for howard university homecoming. and then low 60s. that makes three nice weekends in a row and warmer as we get into tuesday and wednesday of next week. so a couple more hours. we'll let you nee when it's all clear. >> good when you aren't too concerned. >> all right. actress lindsay lohan was taken into police custody after a judge revoked her probation. >> but up next, violence breaks out between police and protesters.

massive riots today in greece. tens and thousands of people in athens protested the government's plan for more budget cuts and tax increases.

demonstrators threw gas bombs and stones, riot police responded by firing tear gas. greece is required to pass a plan in order to keep receiving money from an international bailout. >> actress, lindsay lohan found herself in a familiar place, an l.a. courtroom. she was led away in handcuffs after a judge revoked her probation because she failed to complete community service at a women's center. lohan could be sentenced to a year and a half behind bars during a hearing next month, but new california laws on prison over crowding make it unlikely she'll serve jail time. more expert testimony today at the trial of michael jackson's former doctor. a lead researcher on the drug blamed for the death of the singer said propofol is safe if it is used to sedate patients before surgery. but not as a sleep agent. >> every day i'm in the operating room. i tell patients what i'm going to do and ask the question, are you going to give me the drug

that killed michael jackson? >> after three weeks of testimony, prosecutors are expected to rest their case. tonight the involuntary manslaughter case could go to the jury as early as next week. another farewell for steve jobs. apple held a private memorial service for its employees today at the company headquarters in california. apple actually closed down its retail stores nationwide, including the one in bethesda for several hours. watch some service online. jobs died october 5 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 66. coming up, new cervical cancer screening guidelines. why having a pap smear done every year may be doing more harm than good. also ahead, some grocery store shoppers get treated to alaska's version of a bare market.

the threat of severe weather looming across our area this evening. topper shutt in the weather center with how looming it is. top. >> we can't give the all clear just yet. let me show you live dopper 9,000. one heavy activity off the carolina coast, pushing off the delmarva and big rain in the ohio valley. we are caught inbetween. here's the deal. some thunderstorms now beginning to develop. just in the last hour, hour and

half. these are hefty. out south and west of town in fauquier county and headed due north at a good clip. pretty good rains going on around 29. and also between culpeper and just crossing 29. all this is racing up to the north and to the east anywhere from 45 to 54 miles per hour. and temperatures are mild. one other ingredient we need for severe weather. 56 downtown. 54 in gaithersburg and 64 in manassas. we are going to keep the severe weather alert day. mostly cloudy, windy, and mild. some could be heavy. low temperatures in the 50s. we'll come back and let you know what this means for our week and our weekend. >> some high winds may be responsible for the death of a 35-year-old man this morning. >> detectives say benjamin mufti died when a tree hit him. lindsey mastis has the story. >> such a sweet guy. >> ben mufti was always

active. >> he was such an athlete. he was unbelievable. >> neighbors woke up extra early and was walking to work when the long tree limb snapped off and hit him in his head. shortly after he was struck by a branch from this tree, his landlord found him laying on the sidewalk and tried his best to revive him. >> mark meadows says he was his personal trainer. >> his father just died and they can't imagine what his mother is going through. he's an only child. i can't continue with this. >> mufti's friends at sport and health decline to talk about him on camera because they are so upset. but they want everyone to know that he was an amazing individual with a lot to give. >> he was kind. he was nice. peaceful person. >> he was an iron man. he first named an iron man

triathlon this summer. >> my heart goes out to their family. it's a really sad and fortunate event. >> in northwest washington, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> shortly after mufti died, the department of public works did inspection on that tree. police found it to be safe and the sidewalk was open back up. >> in tonight's health alert, more government advice impacting millions of women out there. these guidelines today, about cervical cancer screening for women may change the thinking behind getting the test each and every year. >> women get pap tests for cervical cancer when they see their gynecologist. >> my thinking is to be tested every year because it is more secure. >> but now, leading experts from the american cancer society and the u.s. preventive services task force say for most women, an annual pap smear isn't needed. they can be done every three years without worry. >> the more often you do a

test, there's a higher chance you will come with a false positive. and false positive tests can be harmful because they may lead a woman down a path way for further diagnostic procedures. >> over treatment is a big concern in women, especially those who plan to have children, because parts of the cervix can be removed. but the pap test does save lives. it led to a significant drop of cervical cancer over the last 30 years. >> we know 50% of women who have cervical cancer diagnosed have had not adequate screening in the years prior to that diagnosis. >> testing for the pap low ma vie us ruse has become more common. the virus causes cervical conditionser and many doctors are most concerned about an abnormal pap if a woman has hpv. >> women should still start getting cervical cancer screening at age 21. after that, don't necessarily need it every year. however, knowing your hpv status, that is critical in assessing your cancer risk.

investigators are pointing out dirty equipment as the proximate cause of a deadly listeria outbreak. this killed 25 people across the nation. the food and drug administration found positive listeria samples at the colorado packing facility where the cantaloupe came from. the cdc says listeria sickened another 123 people before the outbreak was over. >> social security recipients can look forward to bigger checks. the government announced there will be a 3.6% cost of living increase next year. it is the first adjustment in two years. there were no increases in 2010 or 2011 because inflation was too low. nearly 1 in 5 americans received money from social security. a new program is being launched in loudoun county, virginia, to help protect children from online predators. it's called computer cop. it is software that allows parents to permanently delete images that have been down loaded on their home commuters.

the software is free. the sheriff's office is offering this to residents on internet safety. >> and about 140 maryland state troopers took the plunge today. they took a dip in the chesapeake bay for the 16th annual maryland state police polar bear plunge. all things considered, this is fairly warm. sometimes it is really cold. they were photographed for a poster and that poster will be used as a recruitment tool for next january 16, special fundraiser for special olympic. >> wow. they didn't look that enthusiastic, did they? >> a nice photo op. all right, only a month now before thanksgiving and a local food bank has been forced to shut down. they don't have enough food to give out. >> so tonight, we here at 9news are helping them open those doors. we are live from the dumfries food pantry on how you can

contribute. especially what they need. peg. >> reporter: look at these shelves. this is what all the shelves look like on monday. that's why the food pantry decided to close monday at noon. this is francis harris, the executive director here. now you're getting new supplies in. i see lots of cereals and other things coming in. why can't you open? >> we want to make sure we have a stock of supplies so we don't open a day, close a day, because this food looks like a lot, but in one day that will be gone. we feed 60 to 80 families a day and it takes a lot more and you don't want people to not be able to help them and come down the next day. it's not right and they spend money on gas and the bus. it's hard. we just want to make it consistent. >> you need a massive donation coming in with lots of food. they need protein. they need can supplies. macaroni and cheese, things like that. if they get enough to come in, then they will open before november 1. right now, their plan is to reopen november 1. here's how you can help.

go to our website, wusa9.com. we have a banner at the top and you can go to that and we have a link where you can make donations. they need food and money and they need it fast. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate that. a lot of folks who will want to step up. still ahead on 9news now, buying groceries from home. sure, it sounds convenient, but do you get what you pay for? we'll take you online supermarket shopping. >> shoppers get more than they bargained for when a bear strolls into an alaska supermarket. we'll take a look at this video of that little cub who is strolling through the produce. >> he's cute. we are always on at wusa9.com. we'll be right back.

don't see this every day and it's caught on tape in alaska. a little brown bear taking a walk through the produce section of the grocery store. a store employee got his cell phone, shot the video. a customer reached up, picked up the cub, i guess it wasn't so big. took it outside. the store owner says after all that, she had to throw away thousands of dollars worth of fruits and vegetables.

>> another unusual animal encounter a. cow in the middle of the street. the trailer broke down. that vehicle on the way to the slaughter house. they had to stop the traffic to get the cow back inside. how is that cow doing now? he was delicious. >> oh derek. australia, a woman had bumps and bruises after a violent encounter with a kangaroo. the animal pounced on her. >> it sort of hopped right to me and started scratching with its claws. i thought i was finished. i thought i was going to die. >> her eye is all swollen. she needed more than 20 stitches to her ears from the kangaroo attack. who knew, we worry about bears. >> not all that cute like you think they might be. >> we have showers developing.

some will bring heavy rains. between leesburg and warrenton, watch out, we'll track them for you live coming up. next, online grocery shopping. hassle-free, or just a hassle? we'll try it out.

just about all of us make a trip to the grocery store each week, but what if you could do that shopping from the comfort of home and save yourself time and hassle? we wanted to know if you get what you pay for. we secured the help from one local mom to get you some answers. >> kimberly's two boys are home from school and hungry. >> i may hit three different stores in a day to get what everybody in my family wants. >> kimberly is excited to take some of the load off her weekly grocery shopping trips. she agreed to try two different online grocery services. safeway and giants peapod. >> i ordered lettuce. >> meat, flowers, and other

favorite flowers made her list. on peapod. >> i ordered similar things. i ordered some fresh produce again. >> minimums for both services are different. kim spent $53 at safeway and $72 at giant and she is a brand loyal shopper. >> that is what my family is used to and if i showed up with something else, they would not be happy. >> giant showed up first. the driver arrived about an hour and 15 minutes into the two hour delivery window. then, we unpacked the goods. they got most of the items right, but not all of them. >> the top, look as though they have gone bad. >> would you seat that? >> eat that? >> no, i wouldn't. >> it is melty. >> safeway showed up 5 minutes before the end of their two hour delivery time. >> it looks pretty good. i think this one is pretty soft. >> i believe that i ordered strawberries from them as well. >> so you're missing

something? >> actually, the strawberries were out of stock, but safeway did not follow up with kim to tell her ahead of time. still, she says both services have their merits. >> i say safeway would get an a minus because the ice cream. giant would be more of a b minus. >> because? >> because of the produce. >> but she is happy about these flowers from safeway. >> they are lovely. >> an item giant does not deliver. she is willing to try both services again. her pantry and fridge are full. plus, she added a decorative touch all without leaving home. >> now giant did take off the charges for the strawberries and lettuce and she didn't have to go back to the store. here are other services you might want to know about that deliver. harris teeter offers express lane shopping. you place your online order, you pick up time, and a store associate shops for you and brings groceries to your car.

$16.95 a month. netgrocer.com. they shut fresh and packaged goods. then we go up to amazon.com, which sells items in bulk. they can be pricey, but if you sign up for regular deliveries, the prices go down and the shipping is always free. >> when you have so much to shop for, the basics, the staples. >> i can name some guys that deliver. pizza hut, and dominoes. >> different thing. >> they all deliver. >> not always a bad thing. >> there you go. >> all right, we are still looking at the potential for severe weather. not as worried as we were yesterday or even earlier today. still potential is there. we'll zoom into the storms. we have been watching these for the past hour and a half. they are hauling up to the north and east over 50 miles per hour. right now, we're seeing moderate to occasionally heavy rain. crossing 66 through the plains. good rain going into the

plains. we'll back the radar out a little bit and put this into motion, where it's going to go in the next hour or so. these storms are racing off to the north and east at about 50 miles per hour. these storms eventually are going to race through loudoun county and eventually up into frederick county and also into the panhandle of west virginia. so we'll put this into motion. this is just in one hour's time. look how far the storms go. west of frederick, already through leesburg. so, here's the deal. we are looking at the threat will end tonight, probably the next few hours. storms are possible early. damaging wind is the main threat. windy tomorrow behind the front and turning a little bit cooler tomorrow. especially so on friday. mostly cloudy, windy and mild tonight. evening thunderstorms, some could be heavy. low temperatures in the 50s and winds southwest at 15 to 25 and gusty. all right, next seven days, good shape tomorrow. just a little bit windy. have to keep the chance of a shower. 62. 60 on friday. partly cloudy skies.

very nice. bright but brisk over the weekend. we have the walk for autism speaks. howard's homecoming saturday looks fantastic. 62 on sunday and shower monday and a better chance next wednesday. that would be three in a row. >> bright but brisk. >> three and going for four. >> no rain on the weekend. thank you very much. >> still to come on 9news now. >> i'm scott broom at suburban hospital in bethesda. coming up, a big disaster drill reveals some interesting new technology. when i come back, i'll explain what the ups man and first responders will soon have in common. a theater and music group from cuba brings down the house one day after these children were called a threat to national security. i'm brittany morehouse and i'll explain on 9news now at 6:00. up next, despite what you may see on wall street, we're in the money and we'll explain why. 9news now continues after the

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hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying?

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street, that's where the money is. the wealthiest folks in the nation. >> according to the latest census figures, that would be far from the case. >> in fact, our area is now number one in the country when it comes to average household income. that would be a total of $84,523 a year measured in the year 2010. and that's about $35,000 more than the national average. and if you're a federal worker, the average take home is $126,369. >> for all the money that this area has, there's a lot of our neighbors that can't put food on the table. and so 9news now is doing what we can to try to help some of those struggling every day and every night. peggy fox is live in dumfries with a look at how you can help. peg. >> reporter: i'm here inside the ax food pantry where on monday, they had to make the difficult decision to close temporarily because all of their shelves look like this. they were completely bare and they could not serve the

families. the 1,000 families who come in every month. the demand has increased by about 50% because of the economy and also the two mobile home parks nearby that were flooded out and people had great need. after hearing about this closure, people started bringing in donations. take a look at this. all day today, people were going out, spending their own money at the grocery store and bringing in bags of groceries to replenish these shelves. now you can help as well. they need food and they need money. money is the easiest thing and the best thing to donate. go to our website. wusa9.com. there's a banner at the top of the page and you can find out how to donate and we'll tell you later how much they raised today. back to you. >> we have a great community of givers here. >> a lot of folks ready to step up. so the quarterback con controversy is over in ashburn. >> mike shanahan announcing today john beck will be the starter this coming saturday.

>> more on this decision. a lot of fans were expecting this one, kristen. >> they were, but you never know what's going to happen. most people were expecting them to make a change. john beck has been saying for some time now, all he wants is a chance to prove himself as a proquarterback. well, now he's got it. >> the verdict is in. >> give john a chance to see what he can do. >> john beck replaces rex grossman at quarterback and will start against the panthers. it will be beck's first regular season start since his rookie start in 2007 with the dolphins. >> i was hoping the day would come, but i never knew. now it's on my shoulders to take care of the football and put our team in the best position to win. >> much to do with his returning the ball over. 11 turnovers in five games. >> whatever you want to say about turnovers, there's always a reason, but ultimately i'm responsible for the ball. >> despite mike shanahan's

continued public support of rex, he admitted today, turnovers weren't the only reason he made the switch. beck brings more mobility and a stronger arm. our redskins insider says there is at least one other factor that played into the decision. >> we could have seen this coming when the redskins gave john beck a three-year contract after acquiring him from baltimore. but rex grossman, two one-year contracts, which shows you the relative worth. >> earlier this week, santana moss said he wanted rex to remain the starter. today he changed his tune. >> monday, the way i sound to you, i felt that i didn't think rex, he didn't deserve to get one more shot. >> we feel that we have a good team with both of these guys. for now, it's john's shot and we're going to go for it. >> so redskins fans get the qb they have been clambering for.

beck gets the shot he has been waiting for. what he does with it, we'll have to wait and see. >> how about this? john beck becomes the redskin's 26th quarterback in 26 years. ever since joe broke his leg. more on this situation coming up a little bit later. back to you guys. >> the last number is scary. >> okay, if you saw more ambulances than helicopters, the reason, a big disaster drill designed to put our medical system to the test. >> and this of course took place in d.c. and prince georges, montgomery, calvert, st. mary's, and charles county. >> a technology surprise that was ruled out at the same time. >> suburban hospital here in bethesda was one of 13 hospitals all around d.c. and maryland that got flooded with mock patients today to simulate the aftermath of a terrorist attack. by now, americans are used to hearing about drills like this one, but here's what's new. it's a smart phone looking

device that is about to hit the streets for real. a tracking device designed to make sure injured people get speedy treatment and don't get lost, misdirected, or forgotten on a gerny somewhere. >> these hand held units will be placed on every transport, every ambulance in the region. >> the june 2009 metro train disaster proved just how badly first responders at hospitals need systems like this. nearly 80 people were injured and in a few cases, hospitals were getting incoming patients with little or no warning. >> hopefully this will organize the chaos. >> in today's test, patients were tagged with bar codes just like a ups package so they could be tracked with hand held devices from the disaster scene, routed to the right hospitals where doctors and nurses already knew what was coming. >> we need to know what is coming, where to distribute the patients and save lives. >> the new smart devices will