thanks for joining us, i'm j.c. hayward. jurors have been sworn in and opening statements are under way in the murder case against brittany norwood. norwood has been charged with killing a coworker inside the lulu lemon athletic store in

march. jim shalick is a former prosecutor. he's been following this story from the beginning. he joins us now live from rockville with some insight. what can you tell us about the jury pool, what is the makeup? reporter: j.c., the jury has been selected, six men, six women, one african-american man, one african-american woman and one asian woman. the jury is seated. as we talk, the government is making their opening statement. andrea mcí carren is in the courtroom and i'm here reporting for you. >> there was some question as to whether the defense would make an opening statement. what do you think? reporter: we don't know. under the law they do not have to make an opening statement, but everybody is on the edge of their seat because we have no idea what the defense is. they will go after the state's attorney. we'll know soon. >> the pictures of jane and mary, the filiberti, they are pictures of her after she was killed, i understand the

prosecution wants to enter these pictures. will they be entered into the trial and shown? reporter: the judge is letting four pictures being introduced in the opening statement, one of her alive, two of her at the scene deceased and one autopsy picture that was somewhat cropped in view of the prejudicial nature of it. the judge is allowing them in the opening statement. now, at trial they'll be reintroduced and, again, a judge will make a decision the second time. >> jim, let's go back to the jury being selected. does this -- did this move quickly to you? most people have heard about this case. was this a quick selection of a jury? reporter: even though it was two days, it was pretty quick because it was 150 jurors and most of them had heard about the case. but apparently judge greenburg, in my view, department excuse people that had reasons that -- didn't excuse people that had reasons that maybe other people would have. i think he was pretty rigid without excusing people that didn't have a reason for

sitting. >> jim, thanks for joining us. of course you'll continue to watch the trial and our andrea mcí carren has been following this trial. she's inside right now and she will be providing some live updates through twitter. you can follow her at andrea mcí carren or through wusa9 and, of course, we'll have the latest information on the front page of our website, wusa9.com. lawyers for a chefy chase man accused of killing his former girlfriend are in court today. george hugly's attorneys would like to take a look at yeardley love's medical records. authorities continue that the baltimore county woman died of head trauma, however, the defense believes she died from an irregular heartbeat caused by medication. love was found dead inside her charlottesville, virginia apartment in may of 2010. they were both students at the

university of virginia. d.c. police say two people wanted for the murder of a 22- year-old man are behind bars. video of the suspects helped police. 22-year-old dellron atchison and 21-year-old vincent gray were arrested yesterday near orlando, florida. both men, however, are from the district of colombia. they were spotted on a metro bus surveillance camera minutes before the murder. 22-year-old demetrius thompson was gunned down last thursday. he was the father of two, he was searching for a job to provide for his family. d.c. police are now trying to figure out what the motive was. >> it looked like it stemmed from some type of argument. but, again, the investigation is still in the early stages. we've got the arrest warrant, but we still have a lot of work to do to continue on and clear up a lot of what happened here. >> the two suspects are still in florida. they're being held on fugitive

from justice charges, but they will eventually be extradited back to washington. d.c. police are dealing with the latest in a string of armed robberies. the latest one happened this morning on florida avenue in northwest washington. no one was injured. police are not sure if the crimes are connected. the d.c. city council is trying to clean the way it does business. members will hold hearings later this morning -- or this afternoon in order to discuss nine ethic bills. among the bills being considered, measures to tighten campaign finance reporting and term limits for councilmembers. moonlighting and discounted legal representation would also be banned. president obama's latest proposal to grow the economy is aimed at helping americans manage their student loan payments. it is another plan that the white house can put into action

without approval from congress. danielle nottingham reports now from the white house. >> hello, colorado. reporter: president obama is delivering another plan aimed at boosting the economy as he wraps up a three-day swing through the western states. it's a proposal to help more than 6 million americans handle their student loan debt. the plan would allow more than a million people to limit their loan payments to 10% of their income after monthly bills, and after 20 years, loan companies would forgive the remaining debt. the second part of the proposal will help 5 million more americans combine multiple student loans into one payment and lower their interest rate. with costs at four-year public universities up more than 8% from just a year ago, graduate student jason diaz says he'll take the help but wonders if it will mean higher taxes. >> it's great for me, but at the same time it could hurt me because, like, where are they

getting that money from? reporter: the student loan plan is one of several new white house proposals that won't won't require approval from congress. the president argues the nation and the economy can't wait for lawmakers to act. >> over the last month i've been hammering at congress to see if they can actually do something for folks who are hurting out here. >> yeah, we did hear the president that he could not wait. this country cannot wait for him to get off the campaign trail. reporter: republican leaders argue they've got more than a dozen economic proposals ready to go, but senate democrats are the ones holding up the process. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> the president returns to washington d.c. tonight after a three-day swing through states that will be key to his reelection. while on the road, the president rolled out two economic proposals, and he headlined the a half dozen fundraisers. a house committee says that thousands of banned items have made it through tsa screeners

at our nation's airports. in addition to the 25,000 banned objects that passed through security checkpoints, committee investigators also found at least 17 known terrorists have gotten past tsa screeners. former prince georges county prosecutor gren ivy could soon be running for congress. his spokesperson says that he is considering running for the seat that is currently held by representative donna edwards. ivy is now running a private law practice after being elected to two terms as state's attorney in prince georges county. this flash mob cleaned out a convenience store in germantown and this is one of the reasons why montgomery county executive ike legett has proposed tougher curfew laws for minors. the county councilmember phil

andrews is proposing anti- loitering ordinance as an alternative. >> and it shouldn't be based primarily on age, it should be based on behavior, and that's what the executive says he's trying to get at. this is a much better way to get at it. >> a a spokesperson for legett believes that an anti-loitering ordinance could lead to more racial profiling because officers could stop whoever they want at any time. a similar loitering law was taken off montgomery county books back in 2006. right now the biggest problem that is facing humphreys food pantry is where to put all the food. that's thanks to your generosity. the acts food pantry is bursting at the seams with food donations. it was forced to close last week because the cub cupboards were bear. yesterday it reopened with tons of food to help feed hundreds of families who are strapped

for cash. still to come when 9 news now continues, see what we uncovered when we hooked up commuters to a blood pressure monitor after they climbed broken escalators at metro bethesda station. reporter: is the flu shot really keeping the flu away? the findings of a new study coming up.

. aviation investigators are headed to this plane crash near dallas, texas. medics airlifted as many as three rims to -- three victims to a nearby hospital. right now there is no word on their condition. witnesses say that the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. the driver of this car was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries after her car crashed into a mcdonald's restaurant on green belt road this morning. investigators believe that the woman put her foot on the gas pedal instead of the brake and that sent the car crashing into the building. no one inside luckily was injured. coming up next howard and the forecast. >> j.c., we had some sun earlier, but clouds are moving in. as a matter of fact, off to our north. find out doppler 8000hd picking

up some light showers in louden county and howard county. it's all moving off to the east/southeast. we'll talk about that rain and a big cooldown headed this way when 9 news now at noon returns. ñññ

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protective as you think. here's more. reporter: paul wittee is here to get the flu shot, in order to keep his nearly 2-year-old twins healthy. >> it's miserable when they're sick. you don't want to be a part of it or part of the reason that they're getting sick. reporter: about 100 million americans will get the flu shot this year, but a new study shows it may not be as effective as you think. the study in the journal of the lancet shows over the past four decades the shot only kept the flu away from healthy adults about 59% of the time. but researchers say the nasal spray vaccine for children under 7 wards off the flu 83% of the time. >> young adults and older children have the best immune response to the vaccine. and older patients have always had a weaker immune response to the vaccine. reporter: the centers for disease control recommends that everyone over six months old get vaccinated for the flu, and doctors say this study doesn't change that. >> besides washing your hands and general healthcare

measures, there's nothing that will prevent influenza short of the vaccine itself. reporter: paul says any chance to keep his kids healthy is worth it. >> those are pretty good betting odds, 59%. i'll take those odds in vegas. reporter: and the effectiveness of the vaccine is always a gamble since flu strains can change year to year. >> while the study shows the nasal spray is very effective for younger kids, the cdc does not recommend one vaccine over another. metro is trying to reassure montgomery county leaders that it is working on its escalator problems at the bethesda metro station. people who go up the two broken escalators watch jealously as riders headed into the station gladed down on the only working escalator. so we took the blood pressure of some people when they finished climbing those stairs. keep in mind that a normal blood pressure reading is about

120/80. reporter: 128/72. >> at 3:00 p.m. today? >> add 3:00 p.m. late see what you're running now. >> no [ bleep ]. quote me. >> do you know what you normally run at? >> 120/70. >> you're at 140/30. >> what's my pulse? >> 110. >> that's a lot. >> well, in case you're wondering, there are more than 200 steps on the bethesda metro escalator. >> wouldn't it make sense if that one escalator was going up and you walk down, it seems to be a lot less work walking down than up. >> well, yeah, but somehow they couldn't get it to work that way. let's get moving on weather. we got a few clouds out there, some sun south and a few showers north. that's made a big difference in temperatures across the region this noon hour. late show you the day plan -- let's show you the day planner. for the rest of the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, temperatures will try to get toward 70.

i'm afraid the clouds will limit us here in town. south of d.c. already touching 70 in a few spots, winds out of the southwest generally 10 miles an hour, at times it'll gust to 15. this evening a spotty shower can't be ruled out. by 7:00 we're down to 64 and 9:00 p.m. 62. going into the 40s and low 50s again tonight and then cooler air coming in. late go back 12 hours, we'll show you the rain that hit pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia. that has been weakening, but still holding up enough, as we look at live doppler 9000hd, showers from baltimore, bwi, approaching straussburg. we'll zoom in and show you a little bit close here, south of washington, if this continues to hold together, you may see it in charles county by mid afternoon. but this stuff has not been moving very quickly and, again, the area has been weakening as it moves off to the south and east. see upperville over toward middleburg, a little bit heavier shower there coming up toward dulles, so if you're going down the greenway there out of ashburg, you're probably

going to run into that waterford, leesburg, some of those showers which have extended into montgomery county, not quite to bethesda, but rockville seeing a couple of sprinkles there, potomac, knocking on your doorstep and a heavier shower just north of laurel over towards jessup, all of this moving east/southeast. a couple of us are going to see some rain in spots during the next few hours. as far as the temperatures i was talking about, it's only 54 in fredrick, but it's 72 in fredricksburg, cambridge at 70. 57 leesburg with those light showers. and here in washington mostly cloudy and 62 and a south wind at 14. but we're looking at a lot of cold air out to the west and north of us. in the rockies here, notice the cold? it's snowing in denver and in the 30s, quite a snowstorm going on there. they're going to pick up one, maybe two feet in the mountains, maybe locally a foot in the denver area, but that storm is moving east. the cold is going to follow it. so while we've got some showers around here and there, on the

futurecast we're going to see more chances of showers as we go into the night and into the day on thursday. and then the colder air -- here's that rain tomorrow. the colder air is going to be following it especially as we head into tomorrow night and friday. and if a storm system comes toward us saturday and doesn't stay south and east of us, saturday is going to be a cold, wet day. today we'll make a run toward 70, a spotty shower or two. tomorrow more rain, especially in the morning. we start in the 50s, we get into the 60s in the middle of the day, but i think we're dropping back into the 50s late. friday 53. and then saturday potentially will be a cold, wet day in the mid-40s and then dry and chilly sunday, monday and tuesday. stick around, 9 news now at noon will return in just a moment.

i'd like for you to meet my friend and celebrity fitness trainer loren. he was here earlier this week and he was trying to whip me into shape. >> do a squat kick. we're going to work the quad and the glutes. you're going to go down in a squat. >> i can do that. >> as you go up you're going to kick, okay? there you go. >> i can do that. >> down again and kick. >> now make it a little sexy. when you go down shake that booty like that. there you go. when you go up, you're going to kick it. shake it down, baby. there you go. and kick it. >> why do you shake it? >> that's just for my entertainment. >> oh! >> if you'd like to see my complete workout with loren, go to my website jchayward.com. and in today's one-on hundred with j.c., i want to introduce you to another friend, if you are over 50 and

you have questions about social security or medicare, then i want you to jot down these dates, sunday, october 30th and also sunday november 6th, very important because an expo is takes place. my friend stewart rosenthal who's the publisher of the beacon newspaper is here to talk about these two expos. very important, there are going to be vendors there, you can get health checks, you can get computer classes, there are going to be prizes. >> you're absolutely right. >> but the speaker this year is very important. >> we're very excited to have as our speaker at both locations, of course, the one on the 30th is going to be in virginia at boston common well and the one on the 6th in white flynn. we'll have the same speaker and that is one of the two trustees of social security and medicare, one of the public trustees. these are the folks who are national experts on the subject. they're the ones that prepare the report for congress each year, the status of the program

and the problems facing it. they're going to talk about those problems, the proposed solutions and how they might affect older adults, and younger adults a well. >> so many people have questions and they don't know how to get answers. if they come to this expo and talk and listen to your speaker and there are all kinds of experts that are going to be there that will be able to answer their questions. >> he'll be able to answer the questions and hear the comments and suggestions. it's very important. it's not a common thing where you have the opportunity to interact with someone at that level. i really encourage people to come and enjoy the whole event. >>late give the time and the hour -- let's give the time and the hours, october 30th is boston common mall from noon to 4:00. >> right. as you pointed out, that includes the health screenings along with live entertainment and all the exhibitors and informative resource tables. our speaker is at 1:30 and we have other things going on as well. >> and then on november 6th, sunday, white flint mall, senior expo, don't forget it,

it's very important. information can be gotten, medical screenings can be done and you can get a door prize. >> lots of giveaways. >> that's right. stewart rosenthal from beacon newspaper, thanks for being here with us. >> thank you. >> come back and visit us at 5:00 and go to jchayward.com. thank you.