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 out, 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 direct you to the office. so that's been my experience of. reporter: do you feel your grand kids are safe here? i do. i mean you can't prevent everything. you do the best you can. reporter: police say so far there has not been an arrest and there is no suspect they're aware of. southeast washington scott broom, 9 news now. >> there are sex charges tonight against a montgomery county teacher and coach. police say scott duane spear

twice had sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl, a girl he had both taught and coached. he's a teacher at julius west middle school and a track and basketball coach at richard montgomery high. that girl apparently told somebody about the incidents. they told the cops and then the police arrested spear today at his home in rockville. now an update on our breaking news from 6 p.m., a police chase that began in maryland has ended with a crash in washington d.c. you're looking live at that crash scene. it's at new york avenue near florida avenue in northeast. we understand the officers were chasing a suspected drunken driver in a pickup truck. as many as three vehicles were damaged when it all came to an end in the crash. we're told the cops have taken the driver of the pickup into custody. now traffic is closed on inbound new york avenue. we'll bring you further updates on this developing story as we get them. tonight police have a second person under arrest in the murder of an alexandria activist.

20-year-old ivan newman of waldorf is the latest to be charged with killing lenny harris. matt jablow spoke with harris' wife this afternoon and he has the latest on the investigation into her husband's murder. >> 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: 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. reporter: this afternoon pong 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 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: lenny harris' funeral will be held monday in northeast washington. police say they still expect several more people to be arrested in connection with the

case. matt jablow, 9 news now. in just two days the voters in nevada will caucus and make their pick for the republican presidential nomination and today frontrunner mitt romney picked up a big endorsement. it's donald trump. romney stood side by side with the business and real estate mogul for the big announcement at a hotel that, of course, is bearing donald's name. the donald said the former massachusetts governor is the best choice to run the country. >> mitt is tough. he's smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen. >> there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. >> newt gingrich's campaign had expected trump to endorse the former house speaker instead of romney. gingrich's reaction today, "i like hiring people," apparently referring to a remark from romney earlier that he likes firing people when he was talking about service industries that don't go his way. well, for president obama the day started with a mix of

politics, prayer and pancakes. the president attended the annual national prayer breakfast here in d.c. and there he told the audience of 3,000 religious leaders his policies are grounded in his christian beliefs and he talked about what he called the moments of prayers. >> they remind us that no matter how much responsibility we have, how fancy are titles, how much power we think we hold, we are imperfect vessels. we can all benefit from turning to our creator, listening to him. >> vice president joe biden, secretary of state hillary clinton and other top administration officials remember also there for the big breakfast -- were also there for the big beck fast. virginians will not -- breakfast. virginians will not get to keep those incandescent bulbs, after all. a bill was tabled today that would have kept them on the shelves after the new standard

energy measure takes effect. they said the measure was unconstitution a. heads up for virginia drivers. southbound route 123 to the inner loop will be shut down. drives will be detoured towards the tysons galleria and back on northbound 123 to get on 495 north. the ramp will reopen by 5 a.m. just south of there three lanes on both loops of the beltway will close tonight at the oak street overpass. that also starts at 9:30 and drivers ought to expect full road closures for up to 30 minutes sometime after midnight. crews are installing an overhead sign for the express lanes project. those lanes, too will reopen 5 a.m. the day may have started off gloomy and rainy, but actually it was pretty nice out there, top. we hope the same thing happens tomorrow. >> we're going downhill in temps a bit when we start at 72 yesterday. our 58 was nice today. if you're headed out tonight, a light jacket a good idea,

downtown 48, 43 gaithersburg, frederick and mid-40s in leesburg and manassas, still 52 in fredericksburg. you jump the divide it's only 32 in oakland. for tonight partly cloudy, a little bit colder, maybe a one or two blanket night, winds northwest at 10 but downtown another night with temperatures above freezing. we'll come back and talk about punxsutawney phil and our weekend forecast. coming up you already know it's groundhog day, so what do all the furry forecasters have to say about the upcoming winter? a consortium of results from all eve the contrivement but first the fall -- over the country. but first the fallout continues over susan g. komen foundation cutting funding to planned parenthood.

about two dozen democrats in the senate are calling on breast cancer charity susan g. komen for the cure to reconsider its decision to cut the funding to planned parenthood. those senators note that komen's helped fund about 170,000 breast exams that planned parenthood provided to low income women. meanwhile the person in charge of distributing those grants of komen has reportedly resigned over the cutoff of the funding. komen said it ended its funding because planned parenthood has come under congressional scrutiny. d.c. police say they received a lot of tips, but so far no or almost no information about that newborn baby that was left on the sidewalk last

month. a neighbor found that baby girl in the 3000 block of channing street northeast on january 15th. investigators say the child had no clothes on and was bundled up only in a actual and she later died at the hospital a towel and she later died at the hospital. police are still waiting for the autopsy results. however, chief cathy lanier says they may never know exactly what killed that baby. >> a very young infant. there was no obvious cause of death. i know that there's still a lot of toxicology and pathology and other things that are testing underway, but we may never know the what the cause of death was. >> last night police did release this photo of the towel the baby was wrapped in when she was found. recognize it? have any information? police say if you do, call 202- 727-9090. the rainy morning gave way to a pretty nice day, but is there any chance the warm weather will be around this weekend? our fate lies in the hands of topper's forecast.

it's coming up. but first undercover sting, a teenager tells why she works with police to catch stores selling booze to underage kids. that's up next.

9 wants you to know every year thousands of young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. after covering way too many alcohol-related tragedies our

andrea mccarren started investigating where some of these kids are getting all that booze. last night at 11:00 using a hidden camera andrea showed kids buying alcohol illegally at a northwest washington store. obviously that's not the only place selling to minors. so tonight andrea is with an undercover volunteer working with the cops to see just how easy it can be to get underage booze. reporter: this isn't going to stop underage drinking, but this is just going to make it harder for them to get. watch what happens when 19-year- old jen attempts to buy alcohol at this gaithersburg beer and wine store. >> it was way too easy. reporter: she bought a bottle of wine, no questions asked. >> if it was my first time, i would have been like wow, that really just happened? reporter: jen is known as a uv, an undercover volunteer working with montgomery county police and the county's liquor control board, to see if licensed establishments are complying with the law. >> i know some people think it's narcing or, you know,

going and ratting on people and it's not. they ask me how old i am, i tell them. i give my real id. reporter: on this night we watched as jen walked into liquor stores, restaurants, even a convenience store. >> i usually check everyone's id, but this time i thought she was legal and she came every time. it's my fault. i know that. reporter: and she made successful buys 50% of the time. >> we want to protect their identity so that there won't be any repercussions from the clerks or the store owners. reporter: at restaurants jen orders beer or wine and if she's served, she'll contact authorities waiting outside via phone or text. they go in, photograph her with the alcohol and issue a citation. >> the girl is not allowed to use heavy makeup or provocative clothing. if we use a male uv, they cannot have facial hair. reporter: in fact, they're so fair that once an undercover

volunteer turns 20 they will no longer be used even though the legal drinking age is 21. andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> here's something you might not know. for a first offense a licensed establishment is fined 1,000 bucks for selling to someone under 21. of that they would have to go before the lick -- after that 3 have to go before the liquor -- they would have to go before the liquor control board. for more information on all that go to our website www.wusa9.com and we are determined here at 9 news now to put a stop to underage drinking or at least but a big dent in it and we want your help. if you have a tip we should check out go, to our website www.wusa9.com. click on wasted young and using. hey, everybody, pay attention! is everybody clear now? >> tonight at 11:00 andrea will show you what can happen when underage kids get a lot of alcohol, drugs and access to a

home not supervised by anyone's parents. anatomy of a party bust comes your way tonight at 11:00. well, every february 2nd folks wait with baited breath to find out if a groundhog sees its shadow. the old wives tale said if it does, that's six more weeks of winter. if not, spring is right around the corner. cities all over the country have gotten into the act. we'll start with the most famous, punxsutawney phil in pennsylvania. did he see his shadow. then general lee did not see his shadow and declared an early spring. jimmy in wisconsin, chuckles in connecticut and staten island chuck in new york agree with him. so that makes it 4-1 with spring being right around the corner, but the only opinion that matters, of course, is of that our chief meteorologist, topper shutt. >> well, have we had winter yet? not much of one.

six more weeks of this, we can live with that in a heartbeat. >> looks like we'll have another week of it? >> a little cooler but nothing like we said 10 days ago talking about arctic air. >> the arctic air stayed home? >> it stayed home. let's talk about the tradition of groundhog day. this was the one hundred twenty- sixth one for punxsutawney phil. he sees his shadow and six more weeks of winter. he only hasn't seen his shadow 16 times. most of the time he goes i'm going back in, six more weeks of winter. >> that looks like a beaver to me. >> by the way, we used the wrong varmint to actually decide whether or not spring is around the kerne. for more on that go to our website www.wusa9.com and click on my blog. right now our live weather camby michael and son -- cam by michael and son, very nice evening, falling a bit but we're way ahead of the game. 48, dew point 29 and pressure 30.22 continues to rise, winds out of the north at 22, but

they will calm down after midnight. mid-40s in the burbs, 44 bethesda, 45 rockville, mid-40s in great falls and reston and 46 college park, 45 beltsville and 43 up in laurel. so very nice through friday, a little colder tonight but still above freezing downtown. grab your sunglasses tomorrow. you'll need a light jacket and the clouds will return for the weekend as we get a little storm from the southern plains. for tonight partly cloudy, a bit colder, probably a one blanket night, winds out of the northwest at 10. by morning mostly sunny, chilly, 30s and 40s, light wind, need your sunglasses. by afternoon mostly sunny, pleasant, high temperatures in the low 50s. i think a light jacket will do you and the good news is winds will be light tomorrow afternoon. so those low 50s will feel rather comfortable. let's talk about the day planner. we'll break it down. 30s to start at 6:00. you'll need a light jacket to

start, noon sunshine, 47 to 51 and by evening 49 to 54, another nice day. next three days clouds start moving in on saturday, some light rain possible saturday evening, temps around 50, rain saturday night into sunday morning, temperatures holding near 50 on sunday. some indication of colder air coming in we talked about yesterday. if this storm moves further north and has more oomph to, it we could see a -- to, it we could see a couple wet snowflakes north and west of town sunday morning. we'll be back to the mid-50s and sunshine monday, a little cooler mid-40s tuesday and wednesday and by next thursday we're back up around 50 with sunshine. so if nothing else, it looks quiet this week, no big storms. >> this is the second week of february coming up here? you know what i'm thinking. let's get to our weird news because the winter is weird enough as it is. you know how folks were all up in arms saying flip-flops were bad for you and don't have style or class? forget those folks.

to the internet where a company known as kusa is selling these green foot creatures flip-flops with fake grass stuck to the soles there. what does this do? the whole idea is you'll get the sensation of walking along barefoot on a stretch of fresh limod lawn. the company website says why -- on a freshly mowed lawn. the company website says why not have that feeling anywhere any time? these can be had for about 30 bucks, certainly worth it and probably good for your athlete's foot or something. >> does it smell like cut grass, too? >> i don't know that. that would be good. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back.

in the mailbag tonight more reaction to our story yesterday regarding efforts in maryland to stretch out the time between license renewals for drivers. the mva says that will save them some money, but some are worried it might also allow older drivers with failing skills to stay on the road longer, perhaps even a little too long. sharon from frederick shares

that concern. our family had made the hard decision to tell our mom she could no longer drive and needless to say mom was not happy and weeks went by with the silent treatment. if the states would require older drivers to take a test after the age of 80, it would help prevent accidents. i'm 62 and when i get to the ripe older age of 80, i'd welcome some sort of testing to prove to my kids i'm still capable of driving or to wake me up to the fact that i'm not. we get similar sentiments from john down in lorton, virginia. operating a motor vehicle is a privilege, not a right. older drivers have to be able to demonstrate they can still respond to all of the inputs of modern cars and properly navigate all the hazards of the road today or they should stop driving. local motor vehicle departments have to budget their services to cover testing as it's needed. expecting grown children to parent their parents is abdicating a serious responsibility. it will cost lives. after a couple days of this i'm thinking the message from a lot

of you to the state of maryland is. this there are a lot of ways to save money safely. cutting back on driving tests, probably not one of. this our address is mailbag at wusa9 -- one of them. our address is mailbag at wusa9.com. join the conversation on the wusa9 facebook page. that's our report for tonight. i'll be back here at 11:00 with anita brikman. log on any time you like to www.wusa9.com. have a great evening. we'll see you a little later. bye bye.

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