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. right now, a suspect is still on the loose after a pair of violent local home invasions. plus, some heavy rain today. and topper is tracking big changes about to arrive. but first tonight, the disturbing video causing outrage

worldwide. american marines appearing to urinate on dead taliban fighters. this is 9news now. >> the marine corps has begun to investigate a video that appears to show marines urinating on dead taliban fighters. >> it may damage peace negotiations and put u.s. military men and women at risk of retaliation. gary nurenberg has the video and the story. >> reporter: let's show it to you first keeping it in mind we had to clean it up for broadcast. the video appears to show a sniper team from third battalion second marines based in north carolina urinating in afghanistan on dead bodies described of those as taliban fighters. the men joke throughout the 39 second posting. >> how do you like the shower. >> reporter: the marine corps times reports the military is trying to identify the apparent

marines and will investigate. the council on islamic relations condemn what it calls the desecration of the dead. the marine corps told the associated press the actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values. a navy spokesman called it egregious behavior. but the writer is also hearing another reply. >> one sentiment that we've heard in several remarks is things get pretty tense there. they're under a lot of strain and sort of seem to say you have to show some level of sympathy. you don't maybe -- maybe you don't know exactly what they're going through. >> reporter: they confirmed one of the unique things is issued to military snipers indicating authenticity. if the tape is real -- >> it could be detrimental to the war effort. if it's about winning hearts and minds, it's potential this becomes a very potent recruiting tool for the enemy. >> reporter: the military is

trying to determine the authenticity of the video and if it can identify the marines will likely take some actions against them. times and expectations change. the treatment of enemy dead has not always been stellar in the history of war. i recall one world war ii vet telling me his unit used nazi corpses for target practice. but that was nearly 70 years ago. and as we said, times and expectations change. >> yes, they do. gary nurenberg, we thank you. now, we move on to two frightening home invasions. one possible suspect armed and still out there. >> tonight montgomery county police are looking for a guy they say perpetrated a terrible crime at a home in wheaton and one day later did even worse in bethesda. ken molestina is live where it all happened. ken. >> reporter: yes, you know, what has so many people shocked out here is just how bold the crimes are, and now a strong word of caution is going out to the neighbors. >> so it's the first time i've seen this happening in the neighborhood. >> reporter: this woman was leaving for work when police

began showing up on the block. he returned to hear the details. >> i don't understand why in this house and just today. so hopefully just one shot and not something that is likely to happen once again. >> reporter: this became the scene of a brazen home invasion and robbery. an armed man showed up at the doorstep of this house and forced his way in. the man tied up a house keeper along with another woman and a teenage boy who lived there. just before leaving the place, the housekeeper was sexually assaulted. >> according to police, when the two suspects were done inside, they came out here to the driveway. they took the keys to the housekeeper's suv. they got inside it and took off down the street. >> it's more serious and we have not had a home invasion robbery in bethesda in i can't even remember when the last one was. >> reporter: here is a picture of the suspect taken at a cvs pharmacy in the district. he used a credit card from the victim here. neighbors were left horrified by the crime. >> i don't know if someone can

recover their trust after something like this. it's very scary for all of us to know we're not safe. >> reporter: police are linking this home invasion to a similar incident in wheaton on tuesday. a woman on the 2900-block of mcman road was robbed when a man walked into the garage and took her cash and atm card. the suv he stole from the housekeeper was a gray ford expedition. it had maryland tags on it 4 ae 7450. the suv has a mick daniels sticker -- mcdaniels college sticker in the window. if you see this suv, call the police immediately. do not approach the suspect. they believe he is armed and dangerous. the housekeeper that was sexually assaulted, no one has been hurt in the crimes. ken molestina, 9news now. >> thank you. the center for disease control is warning about everyone of a new strain of swine flu.

the biggest worries this year's vaccinations don't fight it. the cdc says most of the people had direct contact with farm animals. what is not known is how easily this strain can spread person to person. they're still investigating that. of course, back between 2009 and 2010, more than 17,000 people died from the highly contagious h1n1 swine flu strain. well, the heavy rains caused headaches for anybody who had to be out there tonight driving or otherwise. and right now it is still coming down. >> it sure is. topper shutt joins us outside on the weather terrace. hopefully this is over by the time folks head out tomorrow morning. >> i think it will be. the heaviest rain is occurring right now. let me show you live doppler 9000. this is pretty heavy activity through now what is up a little bit now from prince william county but mainly fairfax county and loudoun county up into frederick county and into the panhandle of west virginia. that is rainfall rates almost an inch an hour and it's going to

be with us another couple of hours. temperatures have actually gone up. it's 47 right now at national. we talked about this. temps will go up and remain steady overnight. 46 in manassas. 50 in leesburg and 51 in hagerstown. your wakeup weather looks like this. maybe an early shower at 5:00 in the 40s and maybe an early shower in the 40s. but by 9:00, quite nice. partly sunny. 46-54. we'll come back and let you know what happens for the evening commute. we have more changes and we'll let you know when the arctic air rolls in. >> thank you, topper. near misses on metro buses and close calls. this bus driver is about to slam into a car that has been stopped at a crosswalk for a woman with a baby in a stroller. there it is. and then take a look at this driver. he slams into an suv stopped in a school zone. and take a look at this one. a metro bus driver actually

drives into another metro bus. >> this is ridiculous. he didn't even try to slow down. >> he's not paying attention. >> i want the reasons why they're actually hitting these people. are they overworked or is there something else going on. >> well, the pictures are disturbing but we should tell you a lot of these videos show collisions or near collisions are not the bus drivers fault. here we see a woman who runs out in front of a metro bus and barely dojz disaster. and -- dodges disaster. and then we see the bus turning in front of a bus. then the driver slams on the brakes just in time. the wtop radio originally obtained these dash camera videos. police are looking for the men who slain a teenager. he was shot and killed by assailants who then took his expensive sneakers. robinson had been shot before. this is video of robinson from

july of 2010 displaying the staples right there on his torso, a reminder that doctors had safed his life. the video was recorded by a community activist and counselor who says he saw robinson just hours before the young man was killed. >> it is crazy because i just saw him. he came over and shot basketball. he shook my hand. >> now, we are told that robinson had had some trouble in the past but was trying to turn his life around. he had a full-time job and was going to school at night. police are offering a reward of 25,000 bucks for any information in robinson's murder. cold, alone and crying. that is how u.s. park police found a toddler at the occupy dc protest campsite today. officers found the 13-month-old little girl inside a tent around 10:00 this morning. police think she was left alone for at least 30 minutes. a man claiming to be her father approached police who then arrested and charged him with attempted second degree cruelty

to children. emergency crews checked out the little girl and say she is in good condition. an update tonight on plans for a new development in prince william county. we told you last night about the oak street project in aquaqan. the county is giving the county the development to go ahead even though opponents say it will lead to more flooding. a political activist planned to take down dc mayor vincent gray and kwame brown is starting to get serious. they both have betrayed the public trust. now, both men are under federal investigations for their 2010 campaign. they say they have done nothing wrong and they have 10 days now to submit a formal response to the recall effort. after that, butler will have 180 days to get all of the signatures he needs. that is signatures from 10% of the registered voters in dc. well, former prince george's

county prosecutor glenn ivey will not be running for congress. he announced today he's dropping out of the race because he was having trouble raising enough money. he was trying to take on donna edwards for the democratic nomination. edwards still faces two other democrats in the primary, but neither are as well known as ivey. tonight bob mcdonald delivered the state of the commonwealth address. mcdonald asked the general assembly to join him in joining a more efficient and effective state government. he also asked them to tackle some key issues. >> now, listen, i can't ask you to fix every problem in the short time that we have together this session, but i can ask you to fix some big ones. we must do more to spur private sector job creation. we must reform our pension system now so that it will be there for the hundreds of thousands of virginians depending on it. >> mcdonald also asked lawmakers

to help make schools more accountable. to support more students to go on and to improve virginia's transportation system. maryland's general assembly is also set to take up some hotly debated issues in the new session. they include legalizing same sex marriage and gambling. he surprised observers by increasing sales tax saying it will help the budget shortfall. but mcdonald has called that idea a non-starter. how would you like to wake up in the morning and smell your neighbor's chicken coup. and

twinkies. sadly it may be coming soon. we'll explain. the back yard chicken battle has come to arlington county where some residents are crying foul over what they

described as excessively strict laws governing chicken farming. >> this is becoming more popular and tonight a debate at a university. matt jablow has details. >> you start with a good egg and you can't go wrong. >> reporter: tom carter loves eating eggs. all kinds. >> i've recently learned how to cook with them. >> reporter: he is now hoping to raise chickens in his back yard so fresh eggs will always be available to him and his family. >> if you feed them properly, the eggs will be much healthier than what you get at the grocery store. >> reporter: he is one of the leaders of the arlington egg projects, a group of residents now hatching a plan to make it easier for people to raise their own chicken in arlington. tonight carter was making his case for back yard chickens during the monthly meeting of the arlington committee of 100. an influential community organization. >> it's a combination of health concerns, nutrition concerns, environmental concerns. >> reporter: the way the law is written now in arlington county, a person needs about a half an acre of a back yard in order to raise their own

chickens. and needless to say, most people in arlington county do not have half an acre back yards. space requirements aren't the only issue. some people are not convinced that arlington residents should be allowed to raise chickens no matter how big their back yards. >> my concerns are rodent infestations essentially. >> reporter: daryle hobs says one of his neighbors had an illegal chicken coup. >> we had rodents, chickens make noise and there is a smell. >> reporter: tom carter says if everything goes as planned, it will be another year before he's making his favorite egg dishes. >> i like scrambled. >> reporter: with his very own eggs. >> the leaders of the arlington egg project say they have more than a thousand members. the arlington county board has not yet taken a position on changing the requirements for back yard chicken farming. some have claimed these

pastries could survive a nuclear holocaust, but even hostess twinkies may not be able to outlast $800 million in debt. the folks that brought you twinkies, wonder bread and countless other delicacies is about to claim bankruptcy. derek says ain't that a kick in the head? >> it is. no hostess. instead they had mrs. freshlies. really? yes, really. these things may have been at one time the only game in town back when hostess invented them back in 1919 and the twin key came 11 years later. but these days you have everything to rot out your sweet tooth. it's in part the competition that ate our twinkies. and by the way, i'm a firm believer there are the two people in the world. there are the gorgeous and intelligent people who prefer

the chocolatey cream filled ones who enjoy a delight in every bite and then the people that eat twinkies. and i don't judge. besides my all time hostess favorite remains honey bun. now, that is 440 calories worth of gut expanding grand yosity that cannot be replaced, but it looks like i may have to try. and so while our friendly corner store was fresh out of hostess, they did have these de electricitibles. really good -- de lengthibles. really good -- delectables. >> we still have twinkies and cupcakes up here. if you look at the ingredient risk, the cellulose, the bleach. no. >> but they're so good. >> we're going to have to let go. >> i remember them. >> not good for you. not. sorry. >> you're right. these are 360 calories. >> i know. >> okay. all right. we have some heavy rain rolling

through the metro area. we are looking at good news for the thursday morning commute. it should be drive. let's look live outside to our weather cam. there is the capitol. and it's raining pretty hard across most of the metro area. temperature wise, it's 47. in fact, that is the high for the day. dew point 45. we talked about temps going up overnight and they will. in fact, as winds turn from the east. right now winds are easterly. they will become southwesterly. and that will drive in some warmer air. pretty heavy rains now. up 270. and out in the panhandle of west virginia. still some moderate rain between dc and fredericksburg. we'll zoom in. right around fairfax county just north of 66 and also up 270, you see the yellows there, that is pretty heavy rain for this time of year. and we're looking here comes the

arctic air. snow showers possible overnight thursday into friday morning. temps holding steady on friday. low 30s on saturday and sunday. maybe some more snow showers on sunday and then the next rain will be tuesday, possibly ending snow but looking primarily like rain. >> a little bit of a temperature roller coaster you're taking us on. >> it continues. >> hang on. speaking of roller coasters, redskins. >> oh, yes. the coaching carousel has begun. there may not be a change at the helm, but the redskins are bringing in fresh blood. plus could the

. now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> the coaching carousel has started at redskins park. we told you are earlier the former buccaneers head coach visited the park this week. now it appears he'll be staying permanently. 9 sports insider david elfin reporting that morris has agreed to join the redskins as the defensive back coach saying i just gave them the yes. the redskins parting ways with assistant steve jackson who has been with the team since '04. our insider also reporting the redskins have parted ways with wide receivers coach keegan mccardel after two years. and david elfin also trying to confirm kicker graham ganol has two broken bones in his back. it is believe he was injured in the tackle. despite the fact that sidney

crosby didn't play tonight, the caps-penguins game had the same intensity. the first period the caps strike first. it makes it 1-0. caps look at that. nice. right in the corner. and then kuhn great night for the net minder. it was the second shutout of the season. caps win 1-0. >> you have chances. but they have a good goalie in the other end too. both goalies it was one of those battles and thomas came up big. >> all right. wizards visiting chicago. blatche out for tonight. john wall with the dunk. puts the wizards up 2. and then walls to the rookie kris singleton for the jumper. they tie it at 51 but the bulls just too much more the wizards down the stretch. only 3 of 17 in the fourth quarter. wizards only score 64 points, a franchise all time low.

maryland hosting lake forest. terps blew an 18 point lead tonight. but down the stretch the jumper, terps back up 7 at this point and then watch this great offensive play. rebound. can't get it the first time. stays with it. finally gets the two points. it was a tense night, but maryland holds off to get their first acc win. george washington hosting rhode island tonight. but the lite o'the nite came from pellen. gets the steal. watch this. he had 17 points, 11 boards. gw wins. improves to 6-10. so besides the wizards, a good night. >> and that is a rare thing we