traction and it just completely gummed up the legislature at the 11th hour. just listen to how tempers have been flaring this week. >> this is not gambling in a shopping center or in a rust belt city. this is gambling immediately adjacent to the capital 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 they are with school construction. let them wear that when they go home and tell their constituents. >> reporter: the problem was the gambling forces with the support of senate president mike miller refused to move on a complex tax package to pay for government until the national harbor issue got a vote. well, the brinksmanship backfired. the clock ran out and nothing got passed. thus, the doomsday budget, a default with really drastic cuts. already they're looking at a 13% tuition increase at the university of maryland to cover the shortage and that's just

one example of what's to come all across state and local government. that is unless the legislature takes a second crack at this with a special session we were talking about a moment ago. governor martin o'malley says he is not opposed to a special session, but is he not going to call for one until legislative leaders work out their differences ahead of time and they have only until july 1st to get that done. otherwise the doomsday budget takes effect. reporting live at national harbor scott broom, 9 news now. >> got to get working fast. in montgomery county there seems to be a new life for plans to charge a fee if you call an ambulance. that is despite the fact voters rejected it a year and ago in a referendum. county executive ike leggette sent the same bill to the county late last night that seeks a fee between 3 and $800 e when somebody needs to be transported by ambulance. d.c. is the best place in

the country for women to work if they want it make about the same as their male counter parts. the american association of university of women is out with its annual look at the gender pay gap and finds the smallest one is in the nation's capital. women here earn 91% of what men earn in the city. the largest gap is wyoming where women earn just 64% of what men make on average. the national average is 77%. ann romney spoke out today about the democratic strategist comments that the republican presidential candidate's wife had never worked a day in her life. >> you know, i've heard recently something, now women were being referred to as a special interest group and i thought to myself really only washington could do that. there's only one part of that phrase that's correct, women are special. [ cheering and applause ] >> democrat hillary rosen has already apologized for her criticism of the mother of

five, but we got a lot of comments on the wusa9 facebook page after we did a story on the issue last night. adrian hamilton was furious with our coverage and wrote i am offended by wusa9 trig to pit mothers who work outside the home -- trying to pit mothers who work outside the home against mothers who stay at home. it would be nice if women in america had a true choice in the matter. don't use the comments made by ann romney to try to pit american mothers against each other. you can see ken molestina's story that sparked that comment at www.wusa9.com and then hop on the wusa9 facebook page to put your two cents in. after his wife left the stage mitt romney also spoke before a gathering of the national rifle association in st. louis. the republican presidential candidate said if elected, wee fully support gun ownership -- he would fully support gun ownership rights and accused president obama of attacking those rights. >> president obama is moving us away from our founders' vision.

instead of limited government he's leading us toward limited freedom and limited opportunity. this november we face a defining decision. i'm offering a real choice, a new beginning. i'm running for president because i have the experience and the vision to lead us in a very different direction. we know what barack obama's vision of america. is we've lived it this last 3 1/2 years. >> president obama's reelection campaign says the president does support and respect gun rights. police say a drugstore manager was conscious and alert after being shot in the back during a robbery. it happened this afternoon in the 1400 block of rhode island avenue northeast. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in northeast d.c. where police now believe that they have some surveillance tape from the shooting here inside the rite aid, pictures on camera they believe that show a guy in his

late 40s, early 50s walking in and shooting the store manager in the back. >> oh, my god. i know all the managers. i hope that he's okay. >> reporter: neighbors reacted with shock at news of the shooting. >> 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 before fleeing out the door. it is not clear if he got any money. the rite aid has now hired an armed security guard who is patrolling the parking lot and inside the store sending out a warning to would be robbers and a message to customers that this is still a safe place to shop. in northeast d.c., bruce leshan, 9 news now. tonight the united nations is condemning north korea's failed rocket launch. many countries are calling the country's efforts a covert missile test, but north korean

officials insist it was really a private launch of a weather satellite. the united states government is warning there will be serious repercussions for the security council violations. a woodbridge man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for providing material support to a group designated by the federal government as a foreign terrorist organization. headed to prison is 24-year-old jew bar ahmad, a native -- jubair ahmad, a native of pakistan. he was working with the group for the deadly attack in mumbai india which killed 260 people including two virginians. a former cia officer pleaded not guilty to giving reporters classified information. john kiriakou entered that plea at the federal courthouse in alexandria. he worked at the cia from 1990 to 2004. kiriakou faces up to 45 years in prison if he is kick thed on all charges.

a study -- convicted on all charges. an understudy of the calling card for the anti-gay movement says his original findings were wrong. robert spitzer made the findings he said that homosexuals could change their orientation through what he called ex-gay therapy and now he says his original findings are being distorted by some anti-gay groups. >> my study i think does indicate that some gays can change, but it also does suggest that it's probably pretty rare. so the gay who is thinking about entering some kind of a program to change should know that the likelihood of success is probably quite small. >> in his interview with american prospect magazine dr. spitzer specifically refers to the group focus on the family. he says the group's use of his research makes him uncomfortable. >> okay. i got to move on and work on the 7:00 news. >> we'll see you then. still ahead in this half hour of 9 news now four counties, four wildfires, the latest on

all that's burning in virginia. >> we'll take you out with the numbers today, about average but a beautiful derek 57 the high, low this morning in the 40s, low at dulles 34, average 56 and 46, record's 90 and 26. we'll come back, talk about the weekend. going to feel like may, then june, but is there any rain on the horizon? >> up next what's in a name, a lot when it's associated with a hurricane. you'll find out what name is being retired from the list up next.

the world meteorological organization's hurricane committee will no longer name any storm irene. hurricane irene last year killed 49 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. the meteorological organization retires any name linked to a storm that causes extensive damage and death. the name irene will be replaced

with irma. the federal for the says an oil sheen off the louisiana coast might be nothing more than natural seepage of oil and gas from the floor off the gulf of mexico. the bureau of safety, environmental enforcement says the sheen is near an area where seepage has happened before. it was spotted wednesday and measures 10 miles long and 1 mile wide. the coastguard says it's much smaller now and is breaking up about 130 miles southeast of new orleans. thousands of people are expected to get a little dirty to help clean up the potomac river tomorrow. the 24th annual watershed clean- up includes more than 300 different sites in d.c., maryland, virginia, pennsylvania and west virginia and it's all coordinated by maryland's also ferguson foundation. that foundation says last year's clean-up netted more than 450,000 pounds of trash. that is roughly the weight of 35 average size elephants. 2,000 tires were among that trash and if you were to lie them end to end, you would have

enough to stretch across 7 1/2 football fields. that's a lot of trash. the smithsonian is getting ready to shuffle around some shuttles. we'll tell you how to get a glimpse of discovery before it reaches its new homecoming up.

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more than a week after the d.c. primary we have a winner for the at large seat on the city council. incumbent vincent orange was officially renominated today after the d.c. board of elections counted nearly 5,000 absentee and provisional ballots. he was facing sekou biddle. here's the final tally. he beat biddle by 1,700 votes and there will be no recall since the difference is greater

than 1%. orange will face two challengers in the election. back with the 9 news now update, according to the washington post a susan g. komen foundation for the cure is issuing grant money to planned parenthood. the two organizations are seeking to rebuild their relationship after a controversy in february over the komen foundation's unsuccessful attempt to defund planned parenthood grants. the washington post says at least 17 manned parenthood affiliates will be -- planned parenthood affiliates will be funded this year, about the same as last year. next monday marks five years since a gunman shot and killed 32 student at virginia tech before turning the gun on himself. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox. monday, april 16th, is the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. six of the 32 victims were from northern virginia and they all leave behind legacies. the worst mass shooting in u.s. history left 32 victims, five from fairfax county, leslie

sherman, maxine turner, mary reed, rima samaha and erin peterson. >> had a gregarious nature, a huge smile, 6' 1. her friends miss her hugs. >> reporter: the petersons will remember their own daughter at their church in centreville where a celebration of her life will take place sunday at 4:00, mount olive baptist. the petersons and one other family recently won a lawsuit against virginia tech which found the school failed to warn students. >> the outcome demonstrated what many of us felt, that there was, you know, bad decision making at the very top. >> reporter: the reeds will travel to tech monday to remember mary and all the victims. peggy fox, 9 news now. on tuesday we are in for a rare sight here in our area, a space shut flying over the nation's capital on the back of a 747. it's how discovery will get to the smithsonian. >> i think the fact that all of the government agencies have

approved a flyover is a real tribute to the importance of this space shuttle. >> nasa scouted out the route last week. it will never be more than 1,500 feet off the ground, about the height of three washington monuments stacked together. firefighters from across the country are in virginia helping battle wildfires that have burned more than 20,000 acres across the commonwealth. the fires are burning in shenandoah, page, craig and allegheny counties. as photojournalist craig guy shows us, the deceptively dry weather is partly to blame. >> it started up here at the campgrounds and it moved north. >> reporter: richard fultz gazes at towering plumes of smoke from his backyard. >> i think it's burning on the other side of the mountain now. >> reporter: over 500 acres have been scorched on wolf gap mountain, a popular recreational area in the george washington national forest. >> the fire was burning since

monday night. >> reporter: actually since last sunday when 50 firefighter started to battle the blaze. >> i thought it was out. it wasn't smoking here the other day and it's picked up steam again. >> reporter: five days later it's only 50% contained. that's forced the national forest service to close several roads. spring came early to virginia, but with little rain leaving shenandoah county bone dry and prompting this warning. >> just don't use fire in any form, no campfires no, debris burning, no open air fires. >> reporter: because it really is dry. >> it really is dry. >> reporter: for now it seems -- >> looks like it's going to take a good rain to get it out. >> what we're hearing is the cause of that fire not totally determined, but they're saying maybe hot coals left in a campfire is what started it. >> this weekend everybody will want to go out and drive around and camp. you got to really be careful because there's no rain coming. it's going to be dry and

humidity low and the winds will be picking up again. we'll show you a drought map in a minute. right now a live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 65 degrees, winds northeast at 6, dew point in the upper 20s. that's a little troubling, but it will end up being more humid tonight which will keep temperatures up. it won't be as cold tonight as the past couple nights. 60s now, can't argue with that, 63 arlington, 64 bethesda, 66 rockville, 63 great falls and reston and also leesburg, 66 manassas and we're looking at 66 fort belvoir and also in college park. headed to the game tonight, game time temps in the 60s. they'll fall into the 50s but never lower than that. more like may and june, not as cold tonight, breezy and milder tomorrow, breezy and mild saturday night, almost like june and breezy and quite warm sunday. we will top the 80-degree mark

on sunday about everywhere. we showed you this about an hour ago. we'll put this on the web for you. it's really worrisome to have a dry spring in the metro area. we got some very good rains in the springtime. we had no snow melt. so obviously we have some problems, ab naturally dry soil for most of the -- abnormally dry soil for most of the metro area. calvert county is classified as moderate drought and across the bay bridge into eastern maryland in the delmarva, moderate to severe drought and if you've down any driving to the ocean resorts, they're already watering their plants. that's not a good thing. it's okay in july, but to see it in april is again worrisome. we don't see anything on the horizon for a while, maybe a shower tuesday with the front. clear tonight, one blanket or sheet tonight, 38 to 48 for lows, temperatures in the upper 30s in gaithersburg and rockville right around 40, but 46 arlington, 47 downtown and

40 in fairfax and also reston. tomorrow morning sunshine, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, winds southwest 10 to 15 and by afternoon we are looking great, sunshine, just a few clouds late, breezy and warmer, more like may, high temperatures between 70 and 75. next seven days, notice all we have is a drop. that's it. so this front may move through dry on tuesday, which is very unfortunate. it will lower temperatures a bit as we get into wednesday, thursday and friday with highs in the 70s. no cigarette butts out the window, no camp coals, be chafe. tough loss for the caps. >> -- be careful. tough loss for the caps. >> it was a rough one, but despite not getting the win, the caps did show us they are ready to compete in the playoffs this year. we'll take a look at a very important game two. >> plus redskins nation got some big news they've waited for. find out what next in sports

now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> redskins fans and players have been extremely vocal the past several weeks about the importance and need to resign london fletcher. today the good news came directly from the horse's mouth. just moments ago london fletcher tweeted this statement. redskins fans, your captain is

back. hail to the redskins. fletcher hasn't missed a game since coming into the league. he's started every game since 2001. this summer fletch organized several players only practices for the redskins during the lockout and despite being 36 years old fletcher led the league in tackles last season. welcome back. the skins today added another body to the defense signing denard jackson. thank goodness for the bruins held scoreless in regulation thanks to hopi and they blocked 22 shots, but the bruins' defense was better. the capitals mustered only 17 shots on goal. you won't score or win that way. what last night's performance does tell success this caps squad is confident hopi is the right guy for the job, good

news heading into game two. >> the 3rd period, they never knew what happened. i think that was great thing. we could have had a couple goals, pretty close. we've got to be -- could do more of that. >> wen this is a huge game and -- we know this is a huge game and i've game for us to go back home and carry some momentum going back into our building. the nationals squeaked out a win yesterday in their home opener beating the reds 3-2 in 10. tonight they have a chance to make it two in a roy. join zimmerman on the round, first pitch -- row. join zimmerman on the round. first pitch is at 7:12. we'll also have highlights from our game of the week poll. about 49,000 of you voted and tonight we head to the baseball diamond, mcgruder visiting blake. thank you all for voting. >> good night for baseball. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. good night, everybody.