free items if it's necessary, you know. >> the idea that somebody just shot him in the back. >> the idea that they shot him in the back, that they're a coward because they didn't even look him in the face to do it. >> reporter: police continue collecting evidence. they say the shooter came in just after noon, announced a robbery and then opened fire shooting one of the employees in the back before fleeing out the door. it is not clear if he got any money. there was apparently no security guard in the drugstore at the time, but a rite aid contractor says there will be soon and he had this message for customers. >> they'll be safe. just come on in. we'll be here at 4:00. we got an armed guard coming in at 4:00 and that they will be safe and we'll make sure we do everything we can at ccs that we can cover it and make sure that the community is safe. >> reporter: neighbors say this is not the first time the rite aid has been held up. they say police have stepped up their patrols in brentwood but that they could be doing more. >> the police presence around

here is great, but it seems as though they're waiting for something to happen rather than be more proactive where i feel like there should be more bike cops or more boots on the ground. >> reporter: now medics transported the store manager to the hospital priority one, but we understand that he was alert and conscious, so we can only hope that he is okay. >> bruce leshan, thank you. we've also got breaking news from i-95 in northern virginia where tonight drivers better pack their patience and perhaps some lunch. right now there's a 30-mile backup all the way from lorton to fredericksburg and northbound traffic heading into fredericksburg is not much better. virginia state police shut down several lanes on the rappahannock river bridge because there's a suicidal person on that bridge. so if you're waiting for somebody who uses that interstate, you better know they will probably be late. after a sunny but cool week in our area mother nature is about to turn up the temps.

topper is on the terrace with some big changes in our forecast. top, this what is we're talking about. >> yes, it. is i just tweeted it's going to be more like june over the weekend. we showed you this earlier in the week. this is a carefree rose. these normally are not out until may. the earliest i've seen them out is early may, normally mid-may. this has been out now almost a week and it was so cold this morning, my peonies were up and i think the frost damaged them. you're going to love the weekend, more like may tomorrow, temperatures in the low to mid-70s and low 80s sunday and don't look now. we're talking mid-80s when you go back to work, more like may and june over the weekend. right now if you headed out, temps are nice, about average, 66 downtown, low to mid-60s in gaithersburg, manassas, leesburg and frederick and 76 in fredericksburg. tonight clear skies, a blanket or sheet will, do 38 to 48, winds southwest 5 to 10. we'll come back and talk about

how dry it is across the metro and if there's any rainfall on the horizon. george zimmerman's lawyer is hoping to get his client out of jail as he awaits his trial. the neighborhood watch captain is now charged with second degree murder for the shooting death of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. randall pinkston is in sanford, florida, where they're calling for level heads as the case makes its way through the justice system. >> reporter: this controversial case took another surprising turn today when the judge who hasn't even heard the arraignment offered to step aside. meanwhile local ministers are calling for peace and healing. florida ministers are asking for unity now that george zimmerman is behind bars for shooting trayvon martin to death. >> people in the community feel as though the process of justice is working. reconciliation and healing is fostered out of an environment where there is repentance and forgiveness. >> reporter: it could be months before zimmerman goes on

trial. the 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain says he shot the unarm teenager in self-defense. he has a bond hearing scheduled next friday. >> he said there was a bond because there's certainly questions about how this happened and legitimate defenses that may be developed and presented. >> reporter: at a surprise status hearing lawyers question whether the judge overseeing the second degree murder case may have a conflict of interest. her husband works with an attorney who had contact with zimmerman. authorities are revealing new details about george zimmerman's jail quarters where he's being held in isolation because of concerns about his safety. he cannot watch tv in his 67 square foot cell, but he has access to the jail commissary. this receipt shows he's already spent nearly $80 on items including snacks and playing cards. zimmerman is expected to plead not guilty when he's phenomenally arraigned may 29th. a -- formally arraigned may

29th. a local business owner says she's pleased the case is in the criminal justice system but believes it will be years before the damage to the city's reputation is repaired. randall pinkston from sanford, florida. >> zimmerman's attorney said he has not decided if he will ask for a venue change. two men who confessed in a shooting spree in tell us auto, oklahoma, now face murder and hate -- tulsa, oklahoma, now face murder and hate crime charges accused of shooting four african american men and woman over easter weekend. three victims died. police believe england wanted to avenge his father's killing by a black man two years ago. frayed tempers and lots of political fallout is what's left behind from the failed 2012 maryland legislative session, that with what's been dubbed the doomsday budget. it's a spending plan with cuts so drastic college tuition would go up by double digits and there could be fewer cops on the beat. we put scott broom to work today to explain just how all this could be happening and

he's at national harbor in prince george's county. why national harbor, scott? >> reporter: why you ask? i guess you could say doomsday might have started right here. national harbor is a big traction on the potomac waterfront, but there, up there on -- big attraction on the potomac waterfront, but there, up there on the bridge is a vacant lot just waiting for a big casino that needs state approval. >> a lot closer than heading out to new jersey, atlantic city or las vegas. >> reporter: but now listen to politicians trying to keep their tempers under control. >> it's not gambling in a shopping center. this is not gambling in a rust belt city. this is gambling immediately adjacent to the capitol of the free world. >> for crying out loud, there's more important things at stake here than whether or not we have a sixth site for gambling. >> the budget in the state of maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession with gaming than school construction. let them wear that when they go home and tell their constitute

ants. >> reporter: an 11th hour bid for gambling here at national harbor effectively derailed the fractured legislature as time ran out on its 2012 session monday. the critical tax package needed to pay for state government, it never got a vote and a so- called doomsday budget of deep cut is was passed by default. >> it really, really sucks. >> reporter: at the university of maryland a surprise tuition hike as high as 13% now looms. local school worlds face shocking cuts and -- boards face shocking cuts and that lot on the top of the hill, well, it's still vacant. no gambling bill got passed either as the clock ran out on the legislature that couldn't get its act together. so the question now is what are they going to do about it? just about everybody with a dog in the fight says the legislature needs to get back together in special session. well, governor martin o'malley says he's all for that, but if and only if legislators work out their differences ahead of time and there's no guarantee

of that. they have until july 1st until doomsday hits. reporting live at national harbor scott broom, 9 news now. >> so until then we wait and we wonder. hang it you. preparations are underway -- thank you. preparations are underwear to remember the worst massacre in u.s. history, the virginia tech shooting. 33 people were killed including the deranged student gunman who took his own life, a mentally disturbed student from fairfax county and that is where five of his victims were also from. our peggy fox covered the events of that tragic day and the events that followed after that. you followed many of these family members who lost a loved 1. how are they coping five years later? >> of course, lesli, they live with this constant painful void in their lives, but many have found ways to remember their loafed ones through scholarships and also many have the continuing support from -- loved ones through scholarships and also many have the

continuing support from their communities and churches. memories from that dark day at virginia tech, april 16th, 2007, are seared into the personal tragedy of every family who lost loved ones. >> we don't go a day without talking about aaron. we talk about darren every single day. >> reporter: some parents of the 32 victims had bad feelings early on. she hadn't heard from her daughter erin and neither had her friend. >> she was calling me. so i called my husband and, you know, he is like okay. i'll meet you at the house. we're going to go down there. >> reporter: she also realized erin had been in norris hall where cho killed three people. he started the spree two hours earlier killing two students in a dorm. the petersons were only two families who sued virginia tech. >> the way i was brought up you tell the truth no matter what the consequences are. that's the way i brought erin. >> reporter: the jury found in their favor deciding tech did not give students adequate

warning after the first two students. >> students are now going to be safer and that's what erin was all about. >> reporter: peter reed who lost his oldest daughter mary says bad decisions were made at the very top. >> the current administration can continue to deny it, but it doesn't change the facts, that a jury of peers has found that what they did was wrong. >> reporter: but those feelings have not stopped him from taking his family back to tech on numerous occasions. >> didn't want our kids to grow up fearing that campus. we didn't want them to be afraid of tech and think of it as the place that mary got shot. we decided that that was something we wanted to do, so that mary's brothers and sisters would grow up understanding why she loved tech and why she wanted to be there. >> reporter: peter reed will be back in blacksburg for the anniversary of the shootings with his family to commemorate his daughter and remember all the other victims as well. he says the highlight for him is having a breakfast with the recipients of mary's scholarships, the scholarship for a student studying

elementary education. now interestingly the petersons have never been back to blacksburg since they were there that first day. they say it's just too painful for them. they prefer to remember their daughter here and, in fact, that church we were sitting in, mount olive baptist church in centreville, they'll be having a celebration of erin peterson's life this sunday at 4:00. >> you can certainly understand the range of emotions for all of them. thank you, peggy. the mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker, man, he's being called a hero tonight. you'll hear how he serves it. he rushed into a neighbor's burning house and helped pull two people out to safety. booker had just arrived home when he saw the house next-door on fire. he found his neighbor trapped in her bedroom and he talked about it on cbs this morning. >> it was a feeling of being trapped and i couldn't see anything but the flames coming out of the kitchen and i really had this moment where i thought okay, i think i'm trapped. i think we can't get out.

>> booker says he felt like he couldn't breathe after he got outside. he was treated for smoke inhalation and a second degree burn on a hand and later released. some welcome news for students in fairfax county. parents may feel otherwise. because of the mild winter students in fairfax winter will begin summer vacation early. the last day of school will be june 15th instead of the 19th. fairfax county schools only used one weather-related makeup days and the change means teachers will have two extra workdays. coming up angelina jolie and brad pitt are preparing to do something they said they'd never do. >> also ahead get ready for the shuttle shuffle. we're going to give you a behind the scenes look at what it's going to take to move one space shuttle out of the smithsonian and put another one in its place. >> but up next international leaders condemn north korea's failed missile launch as they figure out what to do next.

the united nations is condemning that failed missile test in north korea. the u.n. security council met behind closed doors today after north korean officials launched that long range rocket early this morning to commemorate the birth day of the country's founder kim il sung. the rocket survived only about 100 seconds and broke up over

the yellow sea. north korea said it was attempting to send another satellite into orbit but a lot of folks believe it was actually a test of missile technology and experts say north korea could use this same type of rocket to strike the united states and other targets. the white house calls the launch provocative and is suspending the food aid program to north korea. joining us now from here in washington, the host of cbs face the nation bob schieffer. bob, you'll have senator john mccain on your program sunday to talk about this failed missile test. is there any consensus as to what we ought to do about it? >> you know, i'm not sure that there is. i think it's a consensus what should we do about this. you know, this dealing with the north koreans is unlike dealing with any other government. in some countries you'll have a very corrupt government, but it will be some criminal element or somebody that corrupts the government. in north korea the mafia is the government, so to speak, and nobody knows what to make of it

or how to deal with it successfully. now you have this young man in his 20s who is put there by his dad and so far he is the person who seems to be making the decisions. it really is a very scary situation and i think we just have to keep watching it very closely because this really -- there's no telling what this regime is going to do, put it's something that this -- but it's something that this government and whoever is elected the next time around is going to still have to worry about. this is a very dangerous point of the world right now. >> bob, we can't let you go without talking some politics. ann romney this week, the wife of the presumptive republican nominee, became the center of controversy when a democratic activist went on tv and said ann romney, you don't know anything about working hard because you've only worked at home. you've never had a job outside the home and, of course, controversy ensued. >> yeah. you know what i find most

interesting about this whole thing, derek, is that it really does underline how crucial both sides think that the women's vote is going to be this time around. as you well know, most polls suggest that president obama has about an 18 point lead among women voters and they are very determined to keep it that way. i'm not sure who got there first, but i think the obama people were the first one to criticize hillary rosen for saying that and saying that it was unfortunate and offensive and who knows what else. i think they attacked their own reporter before the romney people got to it, but again, it just underlines both sides think the women's vote is going to be very crucial this time around and that's why the obama people were so quick to separate themselves from hillary rosen and why the obama people were so quick to attack even though i think the obama people beat them to the punch. >> absolutely. bob schieffer, we'll watch you

on face the nation with jerusalem this sunday. >> all right. thank you. -- with john mccain this sunday. >> all right, thank you. some high anxiety with some workers in new york. three men were left on collapsed scaffolding on a skyscraper in manhattan. the workers were able to scramble to safety through a window. the incident happened outside the 15th floor of 21-story building. vienna police got a call from a frightened woman who reported hearing strange voices as she walked around in her house. officers searched the home on maple avenue and it turned out a computer had been left on. the woman was actually hearing a broadcast of the easter service in latin from the vatican. >> the good news is she can be assured that she's okay. >> she's okay, but that could freak you out. >> i'm hearing voices, but in latin. >> it's all greek or latin to me, one of the two. we have a live picture now. this is from norman, oklahoma.

i got to tell you it's a tornado on the ground. norman is about 30 miles south of oklahoma city on essentially interstate 35. you can see the wall cloud there. they're going to have severe weather today, tomorrow and also sunday. in fact, a high risk of severe weather there tomorrow and the irony here is norman, oklahoma, is where the severe storm prediction center. is they issue all the watches and warnings. >> what are they going to do? >> well, they're horningerring down, but they won't stop doing what -- hunkering down, but they won't stop doing what they have to do. notice just south of oklahoma city and i would not be in a helicopter doing this, put they do it all the time, this -- but they do it all the time, this is 35, the storm essentially in between norman and oklahoma city. everything is pushing north and east. it's going to be rocking all weekend in the plains. not going to be a problem here, but in the plains a little

different story. here's what we can look forward to. right now is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, very nice, 66, clear skies, winds finely light out of the west at 7, dew point still 29 but not as cold tonight. we are looking at a chilly night, no frost or freeze warnings. temperatures 60s, 64 bethesda, 66 rockville, 64 great falls, 63 reston, 64 down into manassas and 66 in fort belvoir, mid-60s also college park 65, 64 at andrews. temps pretty uniform. here's the deal. more like may and june, not as cold tonight. if you're going out tonight, temps will not go below 50 unless you're out really late going crazy, tomorrow breezy and milder, breezy and mild saturday night and breezy, quite warm sunday. it's going to feel like june sunday. here's the problem. we don't like to go into summer dry. it's just not a good thing for us in the metro area. we're just dry in the immediate metro area, but you get over toward the eastern shore and

anne arundel county and parts of southern arizona. you're in a moderate drought or in some -- parts of southern maryland. you're in a moderate drought or in some parts of southern maryland more severe. clear and not as cold tonight, 38 to about 48, winds out of the southwest at about 5 to 10. look what happens the next seven days. it just gets better really, 82 sunday, 84 monday and we're looking at temperatures even as we get into the next week, is a frontal system approaching, maybe a shower tuesday. notice, we backed down the showers tuesday and wednesday. this front may have moved through dry and that is not something you want to see. front's going through dry this time of year, okay in the summer, not so good in the spring, lowers temps a bit back to around 70, we get into 75 with sunshine next friday. really a picture perfect weekend from the mountains all the way to the coast. back to you guys.

>> love it, topper, thank you. coming up scientists have come up with a novel new way to treat parkinson's disease. >> but up next find out how metro riders may be able to get themselves a free, as in free, smarttrip card. dinner's ready.

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montgomery county's keeping it say coalition gave reporter andrea mccarren an award today. >> when andrea called me and she says i'd like to meet with you, wusa9 wants to take an active approach to stopping the problem. we're tired of reporting all the tragedy says associated with yard age drinking. we sat down -- with underage drinking. we sat down with her, came up with a couple suggestions and thought we had a small idea that maybe would possibly work. we had no idea that it would blossom to what it has. >> and blossom it did. also honored with awards today montgomery county police chief thomas manger and whitman high school principal alan goodman. for more information on keeping it safe and the coalition, you can go to our website

www.wusa9.com and we'll be featuring some award winning student videos on alcohol prevention posted later tonight. bruce springsteen is coming back to d.c. and this time outdoors. the second leg of the boss' u.s. concert tour will make stops at nationals park friday, september 14th. tickets go on sale two weeks from today, april 27th. the last time springsteen played a stadium concert in our area was at fedex field in september, 2003. it looks like brad pitt and angelina jolie are finally ready to tie the knot. after several years together they're engaged. pitt's manager confirms the engagement but says a date hasn't been set yet. the couple already has three biological as well as three adopted children and the kids are said to be very happy with the news. if you have children with special needs, you're going to want to meet this inspiring local coach. coming up why parents say he is a miracle worker. >> up next you know that scene

in top gun where the tower gets buzzed? that's exactly what space shuttle discovery will do when it flies over the d.c. area next week. we'll have a preview after the break.

only on 9 tonight a preview of one of the most impressive aerial displays to ever fly over our nation's capital. next tuesday space shuttle discovery will make a low altitude flyover before landing at dulles. >> from there it will be transported to its brand-new

home at the smithsonian's center. kristin fisher with more on what we can expect to see when nasa and the smith sonia do the shuttle shuffle. >> reporter: it's -- smith sonia do the shuttle shuffle. >> reporter: it's the -- smithsonian do the shuttle shuffle. >> reporter: next tuesday the faa will shuttle the ferry from florida. >> it's something to see when it fly overs you. >> reporter: the flight path was scouted out by two nasa jets last week. the exact route is secret due to security, but weather permitting it will include d.c.'s most famous landmarks. >> it will fly no higher than 1,500 feet above the ground and at some times even lower. it will be hard to miss. >> reporter: 1,500 feet off the ground, just three washington monuments up and it's over the most tightly controlled airspace in the country. >> i think the fact that all of the government agencies have

approved a flyover is a real tribute to the importance of the space shuttle. >> reporter: dr. valerie neil is the curator for the smithsonian's air and space museum. >> we've been working heavily for the last year and we have all the pieces in place now except the one we cannot control and that is the when. >> reporter: this is the gate that discovery will come through. on this side the center, on that side dulles airport. it will take discovery about an hour to go just a mile and a half. it will then replace the museum's current crowned jewel, the enterprise. this will be discovery's final resting place after 39 spaceflights and one final flight over the nation's capital. >> this will never happen again. this is your chance to see a space shuttle in your own backyard. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> and if you want to take advantage of that opportunity and see a space shuttle in your own backyard, the smithsonian just released its list of the best places to watch the nyeover. they include the national mall

-- flyover. they include the national mall, georgetown waterfront, alexandria waterfront and national harbor. birthday tributes to our country's third president today on the national mall. the national park service and some local organizations laid a wreath at the jefferson memorial this morning. they're celebrating the 269th anniversary of jefferson's birth. our third president was an architect, musician and scientist and is also the founding father credited with draft the declaration of independence. a radical new treatment for parkinson's disease could improve the lives of millions of people. it is a single injection therapy. the shot delivers the enzymes responsible for producing dopamine directly into the brain. the tremors and other movement disorders of parkinson's happen when the cells that make dopamine are destroyed. this replaces it. the prosabin treatment has only

been tried on 14 people around the world, but early results are positive. >> it should give patients a better quality of life through their day because of less ups and downs through the day. >> i can see a glimmer of person i used to be now, which is really exciting. >> doctors need more studies involving hundreds of patients to prove the treatment is safe and works long term. april, autism awareness month and we've been talking a lot about the higher incidence of this developmental disorder and how important early diagnosis is. today we're profiling a special coach who focuses on improving these kids' physical skills with some pretty amazing results. >> dealing with autism there can be a lot of anxiety. he really is somebody who has been able to break through that barrier. >> reporter: performing what many parents describe as small miracles, to aaron anderson this is everyday life. he makes house visits around the beltway to help children

with special needs improve their motor skills. >> yes! i teach a lot of basic skills that we take for granted, running, jumping, climbing. i always bring a small baseball bat because the kids think it's funny. >> reporter: parents say with coach aaron these kids make tremendous strides over short periods of time. little danny tried for months to ride a bike in the past. others gave up on teaching him. >> we worked with other places that they said they taught autistic kids how to ride a bike and it was very heartbreaking and frustrating. >> reporter: then danny met coach aaron and things changed. >> in three days he had danny riding a bike without training wheels and without anxiety or fear. >> tag. you'd be surprised how many kids can't ride a bike and not because they don't want to, but their bodies are not physically able to move. >> reporter: paul took months of swimming lessons before working with aaron. >> he was making progress, but i would have to say minimal.

the first time that aaron worked with paul, the first lesson within 15 minutes, i'm not exaggerating, he had paul's freestyle stroke totally mastered. >> reporter: and aaron is personally familiar with some of the challenges these families face and it makes his work even more rewarding. >> i'm so happy i'm doing it. i grew up with add myself with special needs and now i'm giving back to kids who i know how i felt growing up. i just get this warmest feeling. >> we have olympic coach aaron's website on the health page of ours, www.wusa9.com. >> what a fantastic story. thanks. coming up a tax deadline is right around the corner and we've got some safe and secure strategies you can use when you file those taxes online. >> up next caught on tape a naked man breaks into a goodwill store, but he swipes a red dress and some high heels. police say he was just getting started. you'll want to be around for that. >> don't forget we're always on

www.wusa9.com. we'll pull it together after the break. ó

caught on tape, a bizarre robbery of a goodwill store in north texas. it starts out sounding kind of funny, but it's really not.

surveillance video shows this naked man stealing a red dress in high heels. what's more, though, he was bleeding badly. then dressed up as a woman he spattered blood all over thousands of dollars of merchandise. >> oh, come on. >> yeah. >> we had like eight barrels of donations that hadn't been processed and every one of those had to be thrown out. >> just makes you wonder what the heck somebody can do just for one person to tear up what he tore up? i mean it kind of looked like a war scene in here. >> what the heck is right. the man in the dress identified as 33-year-old adam mayberry, a convicted sex offender just out of prison. now he may go back. he faces a slew of new charges. his bloody romp through that goodwill store caused an estimated $30,000 in damage. >> that is just crazy, the whole thing, crazy. here's a dog tale from kansas. it's got a dramatic happy ending, but it didn't look like that was going to be the case for a while. >> a man was walking his labrador when it suddenly bolted for a creek and disappeared under the water.

rescuers were called in. divers searched blindly in the dark murky water while rescuers hammered away at a concrete embankment. >> for a minute we thought it was over and we had lost the dog and then we just decided to -- the captain said i just want to search one more place and we did and we saw him with the camera. then we found him alive. >> wow. the dog named taz escaped unhurt and is seen with his very grateful owner. >> still don't know why they were banging on the embankment. anyway a new study says beer may be good for your brain, fellows. you will stick around to find out. >> and if you're unhappy with your cell phone carrier but don't know where to turn, there's a new app for that. i'm going to tell you about it coming up next.

can i get a signal here or maybe a signal here? oh, well, if you're an iphone owner and are at wit's end with your carrier because you can't get a signal, now there's an app for that. it's called carrier compare and the app tells you which of the three national mobile companies actually provide better service. it sizes up your signal

strength, response time and network speed. there is a free and paid version and an android app will be out soon. april 15th is right around the corner, but don't worry. this year there's a little tweak to the deadline for your federal income taxes. so they aren't due until next tuesday, which is april 17th. that's because the 15th is a sunday and the 16th is emancipation day here in the district. so for those of you scrambling to file your tax return on your laptop or tablet, you've got a little more time, but we've got some important tips you may want to jot down to keep your personal information safe and secure. online tax prep and mobile apps make it easier than ever to complete your return on the go, but that means wherever you go so does your personal information and that can be a scammer's dream. >> the main pieces of information that an identity thief would need are name, address, social security number, date of birth, telephone. they've got everything that's the keys to your kingdom.

>> reporter: identity theft prevention experts say if you're going to use your laptop, your tab health or smartphone to file your tax -- tablet or smartphone to file your taxes, make sure it's secure. never use an open wireless network even if you think you can trust the connection and take protections in case you leave your device behind. >> make sure you have a service that allows you to wipe that device if you lose it, right? so if you lose it, you want to be able to remotely go online and say wipe all the data out of my device so if somebody get their hands on it, they can't get your information. >> reporter: be mindful of strangers lurking over your shoulder while you enter information and choose a password that is tough to crack. a recent nielsen survey found more than 53 million people visited an online tax-related website during the month of february. irs.gov was the most visited site with over 28 million tax filers. now you know it's really

important to protect your personal information. speaking of taxes, the white house released the first family's tax records today. the obamas paid more than $160,000 in taxes last year. that covers an adjusted gross income of about $790,000 last year. about half of that is the president's salary. the rest comes from sales of the commander in chief's books. the first family also donated more than $172,000 to charity. guys, listen up. are you stuck trying to solve a tough problem? a drink might help. i can't believe i'm saying this. really. new research shows men became better at problem solving after having a little bit of alcohol. guys, little bit. >> that's the problem, little bit. >> researchers at the university of illinois gave 40 men some brain teasers and varied measures of alcohol within legal limits. not only did those who drank come up with more correct answers, they aned more quickly, but the moderation thing i think here we have to keep in perspective, guys.

>> yes. i can understand how that might -- >> water, water. >> that's what i want them to believe. >> that's right. your plan is working. >> working well. i'm thinking so much more clearly. >> thinking about what he's going to do over the weekend. >> this is like a comedy skit, you two. >> what a weekend, really this will be nice for may, a nice weekend for june quite frankly. let's take a live look outside with our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. i think we recognize that house. clear skies, not a cloud, 66 degrees right now, winds westerly at 7. so we're looking at finally the winds calming down and notice they're turning direction to westerly right now. they'll be southwesterly later tonight and tomorrow. that will pump in warmer air going through the weekend. now we're looking at 66 in college park, 64 bethesda, 67 up through 70 to rockville, 63 gaithersburg and leesburg as

well. we're looking at 64 great falls and 64 in arlington. temperatures pretty uniform and pretty nice. more like may and then june as we get into sunday, not as cold tonight. you'll go to the nats game, temps won't fall by low 55 by the end of the game, but a light jacket is a good idea. breezy, milder tomorrow, breezy and mild saturday night, everybody in the upper 50s and breezy and quite warm sunday. we'll have to check the calendar. we'll think we're in june with temperatures in the low 80s. tonight clear skies, not as cold, one blanket or sheet should take care of you, 38 to 48, winds southwest 5 to 10. lows tonight if you're inside the beltway we're looking at temperatures in the upper 40s, 46 arlington, 47 downtown. you get in the burbs, 39 gaithersburg, 40 rockville, 40 reston and fairfax, 41 college park. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, breezy, pleasant. you'll need your sunglasses, 40s and 50s. winds increase southwest 10 to

15, but that's warm wind. partly cloudy, breezy and warmer, more like may in the afternoon, highs low to mid- 70s, winds out of the southwest at 10 to 15. so the zone 4 forecast, gorgeous from the mountains to the coast. 60 in oakland. they had snow earlier in the week, 68 cumberland, 72 warrenton and manassas and leesburg and downtown looking at 73 for a high. winds kicking up, a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac saturday. we'll probably see it issued again sunday. the next seven days, 82 sunday, 84 monday. got a cold front coming through tuesday, kind of not good news here, maybe a shower. it may move through dry unfortunately. we need some rain. right back to about 70 wednesday, thursday, back up to about 75 on friday. so really a near perfect may weekend. back to you guys. we often hear stories about foreign students coming to this country looking for a better education. >> what about joining in school athletics? that's where things get a bit

murky. >> kristen berset it here to tell us about a young man's struggles to too just that. >> emanuel maloney in fairfax county found himself in the middle of a hot button issue. how is it ensured disingenuous family aren't taken advantage of by loopholes? >> reporter: emanuel hopes this won't be the extent of his high school playing career, all alone on a field. his parents moved him from italy to fairfax with the hopes of taking advantage of american academics. >> when i come here i just think about the school and the experience. >> reporter: but for the boy who played soccer nearly all his life it didn't take long for the itch to return. >> because of my passion. >> reporter: he won't be able to carry out that passion at w.t. woodson. here's why. a student can be transfer and be eligible without a corresponding change in the residence of his parents or legal guardians.

maloney's parents still reside in italy. that rule is obviously waived for exchange students, but here's the kicker. maloney is not an official exchange student. >> it's i have difficult to find an interpretation. it's clear that i am like a normal student. >> reporter: but the virginia athletic association doesn't see it that way. in fact, they're ad plant about preventing student athletes -- adamant about preventing student athletes from transferring specifically for athletic purposes, even spelling that out in maloney's waiver request. >> i'm not here to cheat. >> reporter: he simply wants to play soccer with the friends and coaches he's met at woodson. >> i'm friends with him, and yes, it would help my team. >> reporter: wouldn't that open a pandora's box with solely athletic agendas for other. >> the rule is right, but the interpretation is wrong if you want to play soccer. you go from the united states to italy. >> reporter: turns out emanuel

may have to do that. >> the family has enlisted the help of a lawyer. their first two appeals have been denied. they're submitting a third and final a peeler but we've yet to receive word on that -- appeal, but we've yet to receive word on that ruling. it's the proposal that won't seem to i do, the attempts to -- seem to die, the attempts to start charging an ambulance fee. >> but first why is our colleague andrea roane showing off pictures of her underarm? we'll explain next.

when you go into the drugstore, you see a dazzling array of new products on the shelves every time. >> but are they really worth your money? jessica doyle asked our morning team to put some of these products to the test. >> better homes and gardens recently sent the 9 news now newsroom a number of consumer products it named best new products for 2012. beauty editor rebecca george. >> better homes and gardens along with brand spark, an independent market research firm surveyed over 66,000 consumers to find out the products that they love and would buy again. >> but we like to make up our own minds, so we had some of our own tests. come get a product guys.

enter several producers and our morning anchor time. >> i'm andrea. you know what i do here. >> she chose the dove go sleeveless antiperspirant. >> if you have a product with razor burn this, product promises to take care of that. >> digital executive producer manny took the gillette antiperspirant and they the two-hour white strips were chosen. >> i'm choosing the shampoo for fine hair from pantene. >> i'm definitely seeing volume, but it's dry. >> to the crest white strips. >> i felt some improvement, not quite as much as perhaps from professional or longer usage.

>> the gillette odor shield. >> the final verdict for me is that it was good. i smelled good. i didn't sweat through my shirt. so i liked it. i would buy it. >> the gillette fusion moisturizer. >> i probably wouldn't change for a couple reasons. one, this gillette fusion had some perfume in it and i'm not the kind of person who enjoys that. it actually gives me a headache after the day. also it doesn't have any sunscreen in it which i find valuable. >> andrea put us all to shame taking her testing to a whole new level. here is a before picture that andrea took of her own armpit. after she started using the dove go sleeveless anti -perspirant and five days later no real hair growth. the proof is in the picture. >> sleeveless in five days, two thumbs up. >> really? >> i would buy it. i think the results are good.

>> jessica doyle, 9 news now. >> andrea reports that after more than a week she still hasn't had to shave under the old arms. does it work on heads? that would be the question i'd have to ask. i am told all the women on our morning team say they plan to buy that deodorant and they're really glad that manny started using that stuff as well. this is 9 news now. >> maryland's governor says he plans to meet with the state's house speaker and senate president in the next few days to try to make some progress on the budget. the general assembly ended its 90 day session monday with just a doomsday measure in place. scott broom is live at national harbor and i gather that development has really been the sticking point. >> reporter: well, this has been part of it. it's an old truism that money makes people crazy and when you talk about gambling money, i guess they get a whole lot crazier, especially in maryland. national harbor tonight is where there was an 11th hour proposal to bring a casino to this location, a proposal a lot of people