23-year-old 9 news now staff member we interviewed buyers with a hidden microphone. did you buy one without or with one? >> i'm just looking for a place to buy. >> you can come here. we've been coming here for years of. reporter: most told us they were 16 years old. some were even buying for their younger friends. >> i'm just wondering how you're 16 years old and you're buying for two minors. do you use your fake id? >> no. reporter: how did you buy, then? >> i just purchased it there. reporter: i'm a reporter and i just watched you buy. >> yeah. reporter: and you're not 21. >> sorry. reporter: they don't id here? >> they didn't id us. reporter: he didn't id you tonight? >> no. he just didn't, no. reporter: many said they've been coming here to buy booze illegally for two to three years from across montgomery county, d.c. and northern virginia. >> we keep a pretty safe -- it pretty safe usually like where we drink we sleep. we don't drive or do any of that stuff. reporter: after alerting

police to what appears to be a booming underage business here we went inside to talk to the store owner. sir, we are with channel 9news. we've been watching your store for weeks and weeks and you've been selling to underage children. it is illegal to sell under 21. >> no id, no say. reporter: the confrontation became heated. 16-year-olds, 14-year-olds buying natural ice coming out of here with cases of beer. >> miss, i check everybody. why you complain? why you complain? reporter: because i've seen children buying here. >> no! everybody come here, this here, i check id first. reporter: the store owner steadfastly denied selling to minors. you want to us come back, bring you video of all the children you've sold to? >> no. no, sir. no children, no sale. get out here. get somebody's store. reporter: again we alerted metropolitan police to this store two months ago. that department contacted

d.c.'s alcohol control board, yet the only citation ever issued to this business was one back in 2010 which resulted in a $500 fine. not for selling to minors, but for selling four backs of beer when the store has an agreement to sell only six-packs or larger quantities. we are going to stay on top of this story and today we asked both the alcohol board and d.c. comment police to comment. abra said she could not. police chief lanier said she does want to talk with us, just not today and we will keep demanding answers on what these organizations are doing with this particular business and any others caught selling to children. if you have a tip to share with us to help put a stop to underage drinking go to our website www.wusa9.com and click onwood, young and using. >> i can -- click on wasted, young and using. >> i can only imagine this got a lot of different reaction from a lot of different people. >> we have indeed been overwhelmed by the response including a lot of tips about

other area liquor store dollars selling to minors. i have also been getting a lot of pro -- stores that are selling to minors. i have also been getting a lot of profanity e-mail saying i've ruined their weekends and i've been called the most hated woman in the d.c. area. that is a label i'm willing to accept if it keeps one child from drinking, getting behind the wheel and becoming wrapped around a tree. >> i'm sure there are a lot of parents that don't hate you at all. >> i should say we have gotten an overwhelmly positive response from a lot of people to the community as well and tonight at 11:00 only on 9 news now we'll show you what can happen when kids get alcohol, drugs and access to a home that is not supervised by parents. >> hey, everybody chill out and everybody shut up. if i have to call your mom or dad, you're going to call your mom and dad. reporter: this is what an underage party looks like. it happened in bethesda. >> back inside. let's. go. reporter: and involved

students from walt whitman high school, but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unsuspecting parent is out of town or simply leaves an empty house and an unsupervised teenager. >> you know how many other crimes are occurring right now in the county in this area that we could be dealing with and yet we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles? >> derek, i have to tell you the only thing more shocking than the number of kids and the amount of alcohol we saw was the reaction from parents who came to get their kids. again that is coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i can only imagine. thank you, great work. looking forward to the rest of the series. we also have breaking news from rockville where a teacher has been arrested accused of having sex with a 16-year-old. 47-year-old scott duane spear is a teacher at julius west middle school and a coach at richard montgomery high school. bruce leshan joins us live with the details. reporter: these incidents apparently date pack to the

middle of last year -- back to the middle of last year, but it took a while to run through the rumor mill here at rich around montgomery high school and then eventually the story -- richard montgomery high school and then eventually the story made its way to police. as police put, it spear and one of his track students allegedly engaged in this intense phone relationship over a period of time. police say then in april or may of 2011 he called her. he took her to his home here in rockville twice and twice engaged in sexual intercourse with this 16-year-old one night after the other. police arrested spear today without incident, charged him with two fourth degree sex offenses. >> fourth degree sex offense because the student was 16 years old. the coach was over 21 years of age and he was in a position of authority. reporter: if she had been younger it might be a more significant charge. >> yes.

if she had been 14 to 15 years of age, it would have been bumped up to a third degree sex offense. >> i am actually shocked. he was my teacher in 8th great. he was a cool dude. i didn't expect this to. what. reporter: police say that spear was not -- to happen. reporter: police say that spear was not just the girl's track coach at montgomery. he was a teacher at julius west middle school a short distance away from here and he was apparently this girl's 8th grade teacher. now the schools say he has been suspended, placed on leave with pay and police at this point do not believe that there are any other victims. anita? >> okay. bruce leshan, thank you. heavy security surrounded a southeast d.c. school this afternoon as more details came to light about the sexual assault of a girl inside the ketcham elementary school yesterday. scott broom is outside that school with new information about what happened. scott? reporter: the new information comes from police chief cathy lanier who said today that this

happened while an adult man was being escorted through the school by a child. chief cathy lanier briefed the public in a radio appearance today. >> there was a adult male who entered the school i believe asked to speak to someone in the school and was given an escort and during the course of that escort inappropriately touched a female student. reporter: beyond that police and school officials are saying nothing. parents complain there's not even pen a note home -- been a note home explaining the situation. meanwhile police and security officers kept watch at ketcham today. >> they were continuing to do interviews this morning. reporter: lanier said additional witness interviews and investigations are not complete. parents and neighbors said they are shocked. >> i feel like when you have an institution where you don't have someone standing at the door waiting to escort a person back, a child is very vulnerable. >> and have someone else come down and escort the children up, they may be able to be a little better. reporter: from the outside

security at ketcham appears tight. visitors must be buzzed in and the door is covered by a video camera. >> they usually check your id and they, you know, direct you to the office. so that's been my experience. reporter: you feel like your grandkids are safe here? >> i do. i mean you can't prevent everything. you do the best you can. reporter: late this afternoon a police spokesman told me there has been no arrests and there is no suspect that they know of. surprising today, the absolute silence from d.c. school officials. i've asked them questions like well, there's a camera in front of the school, do you have a picture of the suspect? what about letting children escort adults through the property and so far school officials have made no comment and issued no statement to parents, no note home. reporting live at southeast washington scott broom, 9 news now. >> they'll have to talk sooner or later. thanks, scott. more breaking news now out of prince george's county where police arrested a second person

in the murder of a popular community activist from alexandria. matt jablow joins us live from police headquarters. reporter: other than giving out the second suspect's name police are not talking much about the case, but the grieving widow. is we caught up with her earlier today. >> it's like surreal. reporter: four months after she last saw her husband of 19 years. >> i said i love you, have a good day. he said you, too and i kissed him. that was it. reporter: and seven days after his body was discovered at the bottom of a well in prince george's county. >> i can't really describe that kind of pain. reporter: debra harris says she still can't believe that her beloved lenny is gone. >> it was like a piece of your heart was torn. reporter: 53-year-old lenny harris, a popular community activist and small business owner from alexandria, was found shot to death in ft. washington exactly one week ago. >> we are actively working on

multiple leads of. reporter: this afternoon prince george's county police announced the arrest of the second suspect in the case, 20- year-old ivan newman of charles county who is now charged with first degree murder and kidnapping. police continue to say that robbery was the motive for the  murder, though they won't give out any details. >> not prepared to get into that yet. reporter: citing the ongoing investigation. >> they wanted something, he would have gave what he had. so it was like why did you have to kill him? reporter: choking back tears several times while talking about the case. debra harris says her pain has been somewhat lessened by finally knowing what happened to lenny. >> i think the not knowing is worse of. reporter: and also by knowing that her deeply religious husband is right now in a much better place where someday she expects to see his smiling face again. >> i got to tell him why didn't you call and tell me where you were going and to hug him and kiss him and yeah, i believe that i will definitely see him again. reporter: police say they

still expect several more people to be arrested in connection with lenny harris' murder. lesli. >> bad ending to that story for sure. caught on tape a man police say is linked to armed robberies in germantown, both taking place at wisteria drive subway, one the night of january 11th and the other last tuesday night. this is surveillance video from the second robbery in. both cases a man in his 20s wore a black ski mask, black gloves, black jacket, black pants and was armed with a handgun. also caught on tape dramatic dashcam video from that deadly metrobus crash in december of last year on rockville pike at alta vista road. five vehicles were involved. the video shows a pickup truck crossing the median and slamming head on into the bus. the pickup truck driver was killed. at least 10 people on board the bus were hurt including the driver. metro has praised that but

driver's quick reaction in steering the bus off the side of the roadway. that helped avoid more injuries metro says. the nevada presidential contest now just two days away and today the republican frontrunner picked up a big endorsement. a while ago donald trump threw his support behind mitt romney. that announcement comes after romney's gop rival told his close advisors that he expected to get the trump support. >> mitt is tough. he's smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country that we all love. so governor romney, go out and get them. you can do it. >> thank you. >> the thing is a recent new poll shows trump's endorsement could actually hurt mon that it helps. still roll -- more than it helps. still romney is leading newt gingrich by more than 20 points heading into saturday's caucus. still ahead the same man that donated millions of dollars to repair the washington monument and save

the national zoo pandas helps give an original kip of the magna carta new life. -- original copy of the magna carta new life. retribution for the deadly riots that broke out inside a soccer stadium in cairo. 9 news now will be right back.

new information tonight on the deadly riots at a soccer stadium in egypt. three days of mourning are now underway for the dozens of people killed. it's hard to imagine. >> tina cross has more as well, country's professional soccer league is now in jeopardy. aarp-y egyptians marched through the streets -- angry egyptians marched through the

streets to bury the dead after a soccer massacre. at least 74 people died wednesday night when home team fans burst onto the field at a stadium in port syed. many rival fans were suffocated or crushed to death trying to escape from a narrow exit. some were thrown from the tops of the bleachers, others attacked with knives and clubs. protests are now underway across the country. many egyptians blame riot police for standing by and doing nothing about the violence and the stampede that followed. some politicians believe the security lapse was intentional to fuel chaos in the country after last february's fall of president hosni mubarak. these aren't hooligans or sports fanatics, this lawmaker says. we've witnessed an organized scene of chaos. egypt's prime minister called an emergency session of parliament and accused security forces of hesitating to act and putting the revolution in danger. he said he fired every member

of the soccer federation and put them under investigation. the police chief and governor of port syed have resigned over the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years. tina krause, cbs news. >> that riot came on the one year anniversary of one of the most violent days in the uprising against mubarak when loyalists rode camels through tahrir square attack the protesters. the occupy d.c. protesters at mcpherson square say sleeping is a right and they continue to defy the park police ban on camping overnight in the park, but officers have yet to arrest anyone. meanwhile some conservatives say they will soon take back another occupy site, freedom plaza. the conservatives are part of the national center for public poach research. they say they have a -- policy research. they say they have a permit to reclaim half of freedom plaza. the think tank plans to rally at freedom plaza february their tonight.

a 750 year copy of the magna carta has received a facelift. today the national archives unveiled the newly refurbished version today. philanthropist david ruben symptom stein funded the conservation -- ruben stein funded the conservation efforts with a gift. he's the same man who donated money to repair the washington monument and to save the national zoo's pandas. as i look at the crowd on gobbler's knob, many shadows do i see. six more weeks of winter it must be. >> i don't want to stand on anything called gob her's knob. >> i know. >> -- gobbler's knob. >> i know. >> six more weeks of this, we can do. >> we can handle that. here's the deal. he rarely doesn't see his shadow which means he rarely declares an early spring. >> has he ever? >> yeah. it's the 126th year of

groundhog day. he's only not seen his shadow 26 times. it's pretty much norm that he goes okay, six more weeks of winter and when you're in pennsylvania in the early part of february it's probably a good guess to say six more weeks of winter, such as it. is we used the wrong varmint to decide whether or not spring is around the corner. for more on that go to our website www.wusa9.com and click on my blog. all right, what a beautiful shot. look at the sun on the capitol. is that gorgeous or what? a very nice evening, although derek did call it chillish a minute ago. temperatures still 51 downtown, dew point 31, winds out of the north, northwest at 20. they'll calm down a bit and pressure on the rise at 30.13 inches of mercury. temps in the last 30 or 40 minutes fallen to the 40s in the burbs, 48 bethesda and rockville and gaithersburg, 46 also in leesburg, 52 in springfield, 51 downtown and 50 in college park. 49 up in beltsville. here's the deal.

we're looking at some cooler air but still a very nice day tomorrow. in fact, nice through friday, a little colder tonight, grab your sunglasses tomorrow, a light jacket should take care of you friday and clouds return for the weekend, storm system in the southern plains sliding eastward as we get into saturday and sunday. partly cloudy, a bit colder tonight, a one to two blanket night, lows in the 30s, yet another night with temperatures above freezing downtown. we've had that a lot this winter. by morning gorgeous, mostly sunny, chilly, need your sunglasses, 30s and 40s, winds northwest at 10 and the good news about the afternoon besides the fact it will be mostly sunny and pleasant and in the low 50s, light winds. sometimes you get the winds and low 50s can feel a little bit cool, not the case tomorrow. we'll break it down for you. in the morning we'll say chilly, 30s and by noon 47 to 51, pretty nice and then 49 to 54 about sunshine, another nice day. now the next three -- with sunshine, another nice day. now the next three days, clouds

come in saturday, light rain possible saturday night, could bleed into sunday. the system is trying to go more to the south of us, only 49 on sunday. in the mountains we could see some snow. next seven days looks like this. back up to 55 on monday, a gorgeous day and a little bit cooler next week but nothing arctic. we slide back to the 40s on tuesday and wednesday. then we slide back up to around 50 the next thursday, pretty quiet week. look at this. this is what we call a concrete crocus. this is from libby in chevy chase northwest and yeah, that's incredible a, that it's growing in the concrete, b, that it's strong enough to actually come out in early february. you want to send us a picture? go to our website www.wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and please include your name, location and description. i saw another good best shot, but i could not use it because it had no name. back to you guys. >> concrete crocus, that's hard to say. still ahead should investors buy or shy away from

facebook when it starts selling shares? we'll have some expert advice. but up next a new study yields clues to the cause and deadly progress of alzheimer's disease.

in tonight's health alert promising news for alzheimer's patients and all the people who care about them. a new study shows. disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell. researchers found that cow protein which is the marker for the fibrous tangles found in the brains of people with alzheimer's traveled along the neurons going from one region to the other. that's why they get severe dementia. these new findings could help develop new treatments to fight or slow down the disease and they also suspect other degenerative brain diseases like parkinson's may spread in a similar way. the tributes continue to pour in for don cornelius, the soul train hoist and creator shot and killed himself yesterday -- host and creator shot and killed himself yesterday morning in los angeles. tony cornelius talked about his dad's life and legacy on cbs this morning. >> what comes to my mind is

just a guy who really, really worked hard at being a professional, you know. he taught me everything i know when tv, tv production and he just really wanted to serve. he wanted to make a statement and i think he really worked extremely hard to make sure that he presented a project that people could really enjoy. >> tony cornelius says his father had been very unhappy about how things had gone on in his life for several years and that his health was failing. more sad news today, legendary trainer angelo dundee is being remembered tonight for his contribution to the world of boxing. dundee died yesterday. he was 90 years old. can you believe it? he was muhammad ali's trainer for the fight of the century, the rumple in the jungle and thriller and n manila and was

also sugar ray leonard's corner man. in all dundee trained 15 world champs, amazing. got ill shortly after visiting ali in kentucky for that boxer's 70 yet birthday just last month. if you have trouble -- 70th birthday just last month. if you have trouble keeping your pet cat indoors we may have the thing just for you, the newly designed interactive ipad cat app. reporter: this compost bin is just one part of a waste reduction program at one elementary school that these kids think other schools should follow. coming up i'll show you how easy if is and how every kid takes -- it is and how every kid takes part. nearly two dozen poodle mix dogs and puppies have been rescued. soon they'll be up for adoption, but one is clinging to life. i'll have that story coming up. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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an update on a story about nearly two dozen dogs abandoned in cumberland, maryland. that's 22maltepoos dropped on the doorstep of the allegheny shelter with a note saying the owner has dementia and can no longer care for them. >> as surae chinn reports, volunteers are nursing them back to health and hoping to find them some good homes. reporter: 20 of the 22 dogs and puppies are in foster homes in chantilly and fairfax.

a lot of them were in bad shape, but hours later they're looking pretty good, but some of them have a long road to recovery and some may not even make it. >> he was laying on his side barely breathing. reporter: stuck with an iv. >> his kidneys were not working properly. reporter: this 3-year-old maltese poodle pas the deadly parvovirus. >> he was in very grave dying this morning. reporter: with the help of volunteers from a forever home and the vets at chantilly animal hospital he's still alive. he's one of nearly two dozen dogs dumped at a maryland animal shelter with a note saying the owner could no longer take care of the animals. >> you just can't believe this happened. i mean, you know, it's horrendous. reporter: this one skin and bones herself is nursing three of her pups. >> so matted you can't even pull it away. it's right on her knee bone. so that's stuck to the skin. reporter: she's covered in filth like many in their own

feces and vomit. >> these are classic symptoms of a backyard breeder. so they're left outside. they are not vaccinated. reporter: meaning the mightily contagious parvovirus may have spread to all the others. >> you look so nice. you look so brave. reporter: but it will be one dog at a time. >> he can still die tonight or tomorrow. we just have to take it almost hour by hour. >> assuming she doesn't get sick, these are the lucky ones. reporter: the dogs were starving, matted and as you can see, some very, very sick, but in a couple weeks many of them will be up for adoption and you can start filling up the application today. i'm surae chinn in fairfax for 9 news now. >> the shelter is trying to identify who brought in the dogs and if the letter was legitimate. they want to talk to that person to find out the background of the animals. a plan to develop industrial scale wind energy projects off the coast of delaware, new jersey and maryland got a bit of a boost

today. interior secretary ken salazar spoke about the project during a visit to baltimore and said an environmental impact assessment found no major problems with issuing wind power leases in areas off the mid-atlantic coast. it's a first for the ft. lincoln neighborhood in northeast d.c., a groundbreaking ceremony for a major new retail development called dakota crossing. that location is a 44-acre site at ft. lincoln drive and 33rd place. mayor vincent gray and other d.c. leaders were there for the groundbreaking. the stores will include costco and shoppers food warehouse. it's expected to create 1,200 new jobs, generate $634 million in tax revenue over the next third years. if you had to cut down ottawa. trash your company produces -- on the amount of trash your company approach do uses, could you do it? as peggy fox reports churchill road elementary in mcclain has cut the amount of trash it generates every day from 300

pounds to just 30. reporter: trash has a new meaning at this mcclain elementary school. >> every day we produce an average amount of 300 pounds of trash. reporter: but here most of that trash does not go in the garbage. >> not just like throwing it all out. >> this is our compost station. reporter: after they're done eating lunch they separate everything. >> we have kindergartners come through this line and know what recycling and composting and up cycling. is. reporter: leftover food or peelings get taken out several times a day to the compost bin. >> we compost 80 pounds and recycle 70 pounds of. reporter: foil, chip and drink bags are upcycled meaning they're reused as. is the school sends them to a company which sends the school two cents for every bag, money the school used to buy another compost tumbler. >> we up cycle 40 pounds and send 80 pounds of unopened food to the local food bank. reporter: the food bank gets those unopened milks and yogurts. >> that leaves only 30 pounds

of trash, a 90% reduction of. reporter: it doesn't stop there. they're growing worms to help turn those fruits and veggies into compost. compost is used out here at their edible gardens where they plant lettuce, tomatoes, squash, you name it and that nutrient rich soil they created helps it all grow and water from their rain barrel waters the plants they've already started seeding in their greenhouse. >> there's a circle. everything we're producing we're trying to contain and establish. reporter: debra mays, the mom who started the program, hopes other schools see how easy it is and starts their own. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> the program has turned churchill road into a pilot school in environmental studies for fairfax county public schools. mean times students at james polk elementary in alexandria made the grade at least when it comes to fitness. today the marine corps marathon presented them with the healthy school award. during the assembly marines from quantico along with miles

the bulldog their mascot joined the students in exercising and the school was presented with a $1,000 check for their accomplishment. we are learning more about facebook than ever, but now that the popular social website has gone public. at first glance the figures look promising. the company has seen its annual revenue soar from $777 million in 2009 to 3.7 billion last year. facebook's earnings have grown at a similar rate ballooning from $122 million in 2009 to 668 million last year. even so skeptics say facebook stock is just not worth the risk. >> there's going to be a lot of advertisers that are already there and more advertisers that are going to come, but the question is, of course, whether that can grow sufficiently in order to justify paying 50 times next year's earnings. >> for many people on facebook privacy remains a huge concern. they fear what the company might do to please investors and boost profits despite the

company's insistence that users have control over how their information is shared. well, still ahead in tonight's cool schools moving objects with the power of your mind. yes, it sounds crazy, but mike hydek shows us some science fact you'll have to see to believe. up next a police officer helping to save a man from his burning car. it's all caught on tape. see how i made that turn there. don't forget, we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be back.

caught on tape a new jersey police officer helping save a man from a burning car. dashboard camera video shows barnegat township officer lauren kline running to that

car. when she opened the passenger door, she couldn't see anyone through the thick smoke. the officer describes what happened next. >> the interior light came on and there was someone sitting in the driver's seat. he seemed incoherent. he didn't seem to be aware the car was on time. just must have been a second where the flames kind of parted. we were able to stand him up and get him out without anyone getting burned. >> the man in the car was treated and released from the hospital. what caused the fire is being investigated. neighbors say they heard the 57- year-old listening to music in the car earlier in the night. they wonder if he just fell asleep there. well, if you have trouble keeping your pet cat indoors, apparently there's an app for that. come on. >> yeah. the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in australia designed an interactive ipad cat app and it's kind of a playmate for lonely cats. it's got mice running around and i guess it gets them worked up. in fact, it's got three games designed to stimulate and entertain cats and unlike any

other cat app it has an automatic boredom shuffling system. >> this is game you can put down and it will repeatedly shuffle the games so the cat will remain interested. >> form us it's all about keeping indoor cats stimulated and excited because they haven't got that natural environment to go hunting. >> because cats need stimulation and excitement, yes. >> necessity do. what are you talking about? -- they do. what are you talking about? this app is part of a university charity project and it's all for free, so you can get some. >> okay. still ahead tonight what's the difference in these signs? we'll explain why some things are changing in d.c. and up next getting to the bottom of appliance fires, what consumer reports learned in a recent study is something you should know up next.

in tonight's consumer alert household appliances cause an estimated 150,000 fires. 150 deaths and more than a million dollars in property damage each year. a recent review of 69,000 house fires blamed on appliances in the last six years by consumer reports found a significant

number were not caused by human error. >> we found at least 23% of clearly attributable to problems with the appliances, mechanical, electrical or design flaws. in some instances the appliances turned on by themselves. >> faulty appliances that caused the most fires were ranges followed by driers and air conditioners, refrigerators and dishwashers. consumer reports says appliance design has become more complex and many of the recalled products are manufactured in china. so until the quality is improved people are left to wonder if the appliances in their homes are safe. it is a david versus goliath story in. this case david is a california woman named heather peters and goliath is honda. peters sued the giant automaker in small claims court charging she was misled about the fuel economy of her hybrid car. she won. a superior court commissioner awarded her nearly $10,000. >> it starts with this one $10,000 judgment, but when

others file and hundreds of thousands of people file, it could end up in the billions of dollars. >> and that's what peters wants. she's urging 200,000 other plaintiffs to not settle under a proposed class action suit. she wants them to sue and if they follow in her footsteps, this small victory could become a big headache for honda. the japanese car company could be potentially on the hook for as much as $2 billion. honda says it will appeal the verdict. have you ever wanted to have a street sign named after you? >> you know monica who helps you navigate the roads in the mornings on 9 news now. she got her own street sign monica's way and today she goes the extra mile to show us some changes you may have already noticed on signs near you. reporter: which street signs can you read better from here or from here? what about from here? which one do you like better? can you tell the old from the new? which one is old? which one is new? >> i prefer that one.

reporter: good, the new one. that's good news because new federal standards mean that in the next six years almost 32,000 d.c. street signs are changing. >> they believe that upper case and lower case lettering is easier to see, especially at a distance than all caps which is what we currently have in the district of. reporter: as they age sign requests come into d.c.'s own shop where supervisor valerie wiggins now creates the new mixed case templates. her team then carefully crafts and cuts using the more reflective vinyl material and attaching it onto an aluminum plate meant to last about 10 years. the process, 45 minutes per sign. at $65 a sign, the price tag will be over $2 million. >> this is what's in place on most of the streets countedly in the district, which is what we're changing out. that's what the new sign looks like. highway font is what our folks just call, it but the lettering

is also more reflective. it can be distinguished or seen at a distance, especially at night. reporter: the feds mandated that this massive overhaul of be done by 2018. it will be done on a normal sign replacement schedule. >> so you guys all like the upper/lower case? >> oh, yeah. >> look at this shot? this is kind of interesting. >> in fact, that's why on our weather maps we've never done all caps because it's easier to read caps and lower case. easy to read numbers today. you know what? we lost 14 degrees since yesterday, but it's okay. >> it is, still nice. >> here's live look outside with our weather camby michael and son, a gorgeous -- cam by michael and son, a gorgeous evening. temperature downtown 51, dew point 31, pressure rising. i'm a large human being again, 30.13 inches of mercury and the winds out of the north,

northwest at 20. they will calm down later on. temperatures in the 40s primarily in the burbs, 47 bethesda and rockville, great falls and reston, 51 in sterling, 50 springfield, still 53 in fort belvoir and 50 in college part and 48 in beltsville, 47 in laurel. so it's going to be nice through tomorrow, a little bit colder tonight. grab your sunglasses tomorrow. you'll need a light jacket and clouds will return for the weekend. looking at new information in the weather office, the storm may pass to our south which is a good thing because it's getting colder on sunday. remember this time year we had a little flake mixed in with the rain sunday. tonight partly cloudy, a bit colder, one to two blanket night, lows in the 30s, winds northwesterly at about 10. tomorrow morning mostly sunny and chilly. you'll need your sunglasses, 30s and 40s. we can handle that, winds northwest at 10. one of the best things about tomorrow are the light winds, mostly sunny and pleasant doesn't hurt, but high temperatures in the low 50s with light winds will feel very

nice. we'll break it down. 6 a.m. chilly, temps in the 30s. by noon sunshine, 47 to 51 and by evening 49 to 54, another nice day. now the next three days, clouds come in friday night into saturday. we may see late rain develop by evening it. may bleed over into sunday. the storm could go to our south. if it goes a little farther north, we could see some snow as we get into hagerstown, maybe even into frederick, temperatures only about 49 sunday. next seven days, monday we're back in the mid-50s with sunshine, a little bit cooler tuesday and wednesday, but notice no real arctic air. that's a little cooler, but that's about average, mid-40s and sunshine next thursday with highs around 50. so if punxsutawney says six more weeks of this, we can probably handle it. all right. as we head into round three of anchor bowl i am dominating dave owens right now up 2-0. today we hit the bowling alley.

as you're about to see, this was one of our closest competitions yet. reporter: i can't help by see not only the size advantage, cristen, but the strength and the skill -- kristen, but the strength and the skill. >> great moment. she comes down the lane and that was beautiful. do you know who you're going up against? >> yeah. i'm not worried about that. >> kristen trying to pick up one of the toughest pairs in bowling. >> right down the center. >> i got a plan. >> if he pulls this off, oh, that is unbelievable. >> cheaters never prosper. >> that's a gutter ball right there. >> float like a butterfly. sting like a bee. >> i need to take team pointers from you, dave. >> this is turning into a

whitewash, 54-30, looks like a wizards halftime score. >> that's good. why don't you make fun of the local teams even more. you have more self-esteem than any rotten bowler i've ever seen. >> we're down to the 10th and final frame here. the only thing that can save kristen, probably back to back strikes. >> that was great. oh, that will do, it ladies and gentlemen. victory is mine. >> over, just one. dave finally picks up his first victory. that was a hard one to lose. that was a really hard one to lose. congratulations to dave, big thank you to mike wise, 106.7 the fan for being our special referee for the game. tonight you can see if dave can try and tie things up. >> not the bull ride. >> tonight is the bull ride. this is a lot harder than it looks. i think i'm still sore from it. dave's hands are all beat up

from the ropes. you got to have no shame to go up on those. >> wasn't there that john travolta movie from 1979? >> i like your outfit, though. >> a little cowgirl outfit. we have former redskin lavar arrington as our special ref tonight. >> dave stole my shirt to do that. >> a little big on him. >> see you tonight at 11:00. >> sounds good. thanks, guys. well, a power broker throwing his weight behind a presidential candidate. coming up a look at what donald trump's endorsement means. later metro works to deal with an increasing number of cracked rails in the transit system. up next teenagers may get told it's all in your head, but for these aspiring scientists, that could be a good thing. we'll explain what we're talking about when we visit a cool school and this is deeply cool.

time to board that big yellow bus and check out another cool school. this week we get to peer into the future just by going to alexandria. >> as mike hydek shows us, students at thomas jefferson high school are doing some pretty amazing things with neuroscience and moving things with the power of their mind. >> try to look forward. reporter: the power of positive thinking can be a moving experience.

>> i've been training for months to learn how to meditate appropriately to control the chair. reporter: after months of studying the brain and with help from research partner bena cacuks connor hamm is moving his wheelchair with his mind. >> you can see his left and right side of the brain. reporter: the red cap is picking up brain waves from the motor cortex portion of connor's brain, the part we access to move our extremities. the wires on a cap and the signals on the computer relays those commands to a motorized wheelchair. think it and the chair moves. dr. paul cameron's students at thomas jefferson high school came up with the idea in 2005. >> the name we've used it mind controlled wheel chimp. reporter: ever since it started seven years ago seniors in his neuroscience class have picked up the project trying to advance the research each year and it's taken a giant leap forward this year. it was even recognized by president obama. >> they can do much more than they think they can do. the hardest part of this is

actually concentrating. reporter: students get help from neurological experts at george washington university, cortex solutions makes the cap. national instruments provided the microprocessor which talks to the wheelchair. partnerships like these are essential according to dr. cameron and not just for financial support. >> if you have just the teacher and the students, what is doable is constrained by the knowledge and the skills of the teacher. that is the boundary. you're not going to step outside that ballpark. reporter: that's also why cameron took his students to the society of neuroscience conference in d.c. this year. >> we're able to see their implementation and real scientists from around the world actually and what they've done with eeg and other things. reporter: connor never imagined a career in neuroscience before dr. cameron's clarks but now they can't imagine doing anything else -- class, but now they

can't imagine doing anything else, but they're not done with their moving experience at thomas jefferson just yet. >> we would write a program that would essentially train the computer to learn what to look for in each person's brain. reporter: now that's cool. mike hydek, 9 news now. >> deeply cool, mike. you've got a cool school you'd like mike to come out and see, send him an e-mail at wusa9.com. this is 9 news now. it's my honor, real honor, and privilege to endorse mitt romney. >> av flirting with his own run for president -- after flirting with his own run for president, donald trump throws his support behind mitt romney. the endorsement comes two days before the nevada primary and as bigad shaban reports, the announcement is spicing things up. reporter: if celebrity tycoon donald trump could hire a new president, he'd choose mitt romney. >> mitt