by who knew some of these victims. we've met former students who were here when the shootings happened and we've also met current students who are here, today, of course, the first april 16th since the tragedy where students are going back to class and one student told us that's a good thing, but it's also good to come by and remember these people who lost their lives. >> i didn't know anyone personally, but i feel like i did and it means a lot to me that i would come here especially on this special day. i try not to think about it every time i walk by just in between classes any normal day, but spent a little more time today. >> reporter: you can see the virginia flag here at half staff. we also talked to a woman who was a freshman here when this tragedy happened and she said that the shootings changed her life forever. she knew two of the victims.

she said that she feels hike when she looks at this memorial -- like when she looks at this memorial it could have been her and that she needs to do the best job she can with her life because she is living for them carrying on. i'm peggy fox reporting live at virginia tech. back to you. >> you did not have to be a hokie to be deeply affected, peggy. >> dozens of survivors of the virginia tech shooting gathered today on capitol hill in washington using the fifth anniversary to call on congress to take action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. >> if today, the fifth anniversary of the worst shooting in our country's history, is not the time, if tomorrow when 32 more americans are going to be killed from gunfire, is not the time, which day is the time? >> of the 32 victims of the virginia tech massacre six were from northern virginia. erin peterson and rima samaha from westfield high school in

centreville, mary reed from unanimous dale high school and leslie sherman from west springfield high school, maxine turner from vienna and daniel kueva from woodbridge. our bruce leshan is live with how their families are living with the pain of loss. >> erin peterson's mom says losing a child is a bit like a really, really bad physical injury. it starts to heal and then a day like today comes along and the wound is broken open again. celeste peterson says the silence still troubles her. silence in the centreville home once filled with the joy and laughter of her daughter erin. >> when we lost erin, our world was crushed. >> reporter: erin had gone to the same high school as the tormented student who chained the doors at virginia tech's norris hall and opened fire, but while seung-hui cho was

descending into madness, erin was celebrating her freshman life at virginia tech and dreaming her international studies degree would give her a chance to make the world a better place. >> her gregarious nature, huge smile, 6' 1. her friends tell me how they miss her hugs. >> reporter: mary reed dreamed of making the world, too. she loved children, wanted to be an elementary schoolteacher. >> there's a meaning to the lives of the people who were killed. there's a meaning to the lives of the survivors who are moving on. >> reporter: her dad still wears a pin with her initials, her siblings five years older, but memories of mary, frozen in time. >> the thing that isn't different is that mary is not here and so that hole in our family is still there. >> one day is the same as any other day. we don't miss her any less. >> reporter: well intentioned

people often talk to grieving parents about closure, but the aching pain of a lost child rarely goes away. >> constantly hurt. you always know it's there. it happies over. every once in a while you -- heals over. every once in a while you may knock against it, accidentally open it back up. >> reporter: both the reed and the peterson families and many other families have created scholarships in the name of these victims, of their children at virginia tech, and so these young people continue to live. they continue to help other young people in some way, kind of living memorial to lives lost way too soon. lesli? >> one of the best ways to remember them all, thank you. well, who turned up the heat? it was warm over the weekend, but it was a lot like july instead of april out there today. of course, we don't have any rain and that's starting to take a toll. we've got team coverage of this drought in parts of maryland beginning with our

meteorologist topper shutt who is warm and sunny on the terrace. >> the calendar says april, but this feels like july. last week we showed you one rose that was out. now we've got four that are pretty much out already, early as i can remember them and why not with temps in the 80s? let's start with temperatures, upper 80s across the board, no records yet. record high today at national was 92, set back 10 years ago, the record high dulles 91. i think those will be safe but still 87 downtown, 88 gaithersburg and in frederick, leesburg and manassas 88 and 89 into fredericksburg and across the divide it's 77 and look at cumberland, 90 degrees in cumberland. for tonight here's the deal. partly cloudy, breezy, warm, an isolated shower possible. this is a cold front pushing through. it's moisture starved now, 56 and 52 for lows, winds northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. speaking of moisture starved, abnormally dry for prince george's county westward, a moderate drought along the bay

and a severe drought around easton and georgetown and salisbury. i think i tweeted about this last week when i went to the beach a couple weeks ago. i saw the farmers using their big irrigation system to water crops, not a good sign in april. we all know the worst of the heat and the drought now as you just mentioned on maryland's eastern shore. they've already declared a drought watch and maryland's department of the environment is encouraging water conservation in an area that depends already very heavily on its wells. scott broom is near the town of preston in caroline county where they're asking where's the water? >> reporter: here on maryland's eastern shore it is so dry now that many of the farmers have suspended putting in their all important corn crop. but the well drillers are busy. the hunt for water it taking on a new urgency on maryland's eastern shore. >> usually this is the wet time of year and it's dry. >> reporter: bill spees and his crew are punching new wells

in a farm near crest only, maryland, that needs up to 1,000 -- creston, maryland, that these up to 1,000 gallons a minute to irrigate crops and there's already fear some margin wells might go dry with no rain. >> the ones on the line now may need another well to boost the volume out of the system. >> never been this dry this early. >> reporter: standing by is justin hoffman who sells giant irrigation systems. >> i guess with the dry weather and price of gain factor, they're irrigating parts they haven't before. >> reporter: for the moment the weather wheat which has been in the ground since fall is still green, but nearby fields are bone dry, too dry to plant spring crops without irrigating first, huge plumes of dust following behind the tractors that are preparing ground where moisture is 60% of normal for this time of year. the good news here? spees and his crew hit water. the question now, will be it enough. it is way too soon to call this

a disaster. there is still plenty of time for rain to come and to get crops in the ground, but they do need rain soon. >> there may be plenty of time, but we'll note that today's high temperature at that well drilling site, 91 degrees. we are less than 24 hours away from a rare chance to see the space shuttle in our own backyard. nasa said their good-byes to space shuttle discovery today as it prepares to head to washington d.c. tuesday morning. anny hong joins us live from one of the prime viewing locations along the banks of the potomac. >> reporter: an amazing opportunity we're going to get tomorrow. nasa said one of the best spots here along the potomac river bordering d.c. and also from the main monuments including the lincoln memorial. space shuttle discovery has one last mission to complete. >> i think it's incredible. how many people get to see this?

it's probably a chance of a lifetime for some people. >> reporter: after spending 365 days in space orbiting the earth some 5,800 times and traveling more than 148 million miles discovery is ready to retire. >> it will fly no higher than 1,500 feet above the ground and at some times lower than that. it will be hard to miss. >> reporter: over the weekend the schultz was rolled off from nasa's -- the shuttle was rolled off from nasa's building in kennedy space center being prepared to be mounted on top of a modified boeing 747 ahead of its highly anticipated flight to dulles international airport in washington tuesday morning. nasa said some of the best spots to view the space shuttle discovery on what's called a ferry flight include here, bradley point by reagan national airport, the national mall, the southwest waterfront, the old town alexandria waterfront and the national harbor. >> i think it's awesome, didn't expect it until we came here today and found out. so we're definitely coming back tomorrow to watch it with the

kids. >> reporter: discovery is the first of nasa's three remaining schultzs to head to a museum. -- shuttles to head to a museum. once it lands at dulles international it will take two days to prepare for towing to the center. >> i think that the fact that all of the government agencies has approved a flyover is a real tribute to the importance of this space shuttle. >> reporter: but if you're working tomorrow morning, a nasa spokesperson told says if you're in downtown, those tall buildings and high rises, get on top, the view should be spectacular tomorrow morning between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. by the way, actual touchdown at dulles international tomorrow will not -- you won't be able to see that, but you can watch it online through nasa's website or through our special coverage. so tomorrow morning again 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. don't forget your breakfast, coffee and, of course, those binoculars. talk about the amazing forecast we have for tomorrow, couldn't be better. >> perfect timing.

anny hong, thank you. 9 news now will interrupt programming tomorrow morning around 10 a.m. to bring you live coverage of the space shuttle discovery's flight over d.c. and into dulles airport. we have breaking news on that investigation into an embarrassing secret service probe. the secret service has revoked the security clearances of 11 employees accused in the prostitution scandal. those 11 agents and five members of the military are accused of hiring prostitutes ahead of the president's visit to colombia this weekend. the scandal broke out thursday when an agent reportedly refused to pay one of those women. washington lawmakers along with the president are waiting for answers. >> to assume that 11 people did something on a one-time basis is a little bit questionable. if one person has a failure, a personal failure, that's one thing, but for 11 people to violate the basic security premise tells us that there's a problem larger. >> prostitution is legal in colombia. the secret service agents

caught in the scandal have been placed on leave and none of them were part of the elite detail that protects the president. after two straight overtime games in boston the washington capitals return home tonight in their first round stanley cup playoff series against the bruins. i know we're glad for the win they got. you're live at verizon center. tonight the games go on. it's 1 game a police. couldn't they just blow them out and make -- one game apiece. couldn't they just blow them out and make it easious? >> reporter: they, could but the caps have a great opportunity to gain control of the series. they play game three tonight and game four thursday before it heads back to boston. so picking up that double overtime win saturday was crucial. it gives the caps the momentum coming into tonight's game where they've struggled on the road all season. they have been good at home. they were good against boston the regular season, so coming home where they have been so

good, they are 26-11-4. they're going to have the home crowd behind them. everybody is going to be rocking the red and they're hoping that could give them the momentum to keep this going and we can get out of this series and move on to the next one quickly. >> there's match-ups. there's greediness and bats and they're usually against the same guy -- battles and they're usually against the same guys and if you establish those grudges, in playoff hockey there's always scrums and pushing and shoving. that's why it's so exciting. >> reporter: coming up later in sports i'll be joined by the caps beat reporter to talk about the atmosphere in the clubhouse right now. live at verizon, i'm kristen berset, back to you in the studio. >> go caps, go. most of us remember those images of pippa middleton at last year's royal wedding ton, but coming up a new image of kate's sister could land her in trouble with the law in the uk. >> reporter: i'm manuel

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sentence. at today's hearing huguely's defense lawyers showed up late and the judge scolded them setting the tone for the court session. both sides eventually agreed to the sentencing date. jury selection underway in the second trial of roger clemens. the former all-star pitcher is accused of lying to congress about using performance enhancing drugs. the first trial was abruptly halted last july after the prosecution introduced testimony previously banned by u.s. district judge reggie walton. a sixth person is now dead from that tornado that destroyed an oklahoma town. it was one of a dozen twisters that hit the midwest over the weekend. >> manuel gallegos is in woodward now and their clean-up is underway. >> reporter: here in woodward they've been cleaning up all day today. we've been watching people sort debris on their property as they try to move forward from this storm and because six people were killed here, those who only lost homes or

businesses consider themselves lucky. he lost his family home, but woodward, oklahoma resident kyle reynolds considers himself lucky. >> this was our dream house. >> reporter: reynolds' daughter was the only person in the house when a fast moving tornado tore through the neighborhood. she survived barely making it to the shelter in time. >> just the second that she clicked that third lock on the safe room door is when it hit. >> reporter: federal and state officials surveyed the damage on the ground. as crews worked on power lines. residents spent the day cleaning up debris and rummaging through the wreckage. rochelle papandick is searching for documents in a field of jagged rubble, all that's left of a row of small businesses. >> i still have a place to sleep. ours was just a business. the homes and lives you can't replace. >> reporter: residents all say the tornado moved very fast and there were no sirens. lightning apparently took out the town's warning system as the storm hit.

>> two tornadoes. >> reporter: officials at the national weather service say residents across the plains and midwest did pay attention to the early weather warnings. they believe the 24 hour advance notice saved lives. in wichita, kansas, school officials at trinity academy took the warning seriously. they stopped the school ramos for two hours while students rode -- school prom for two hours while students rode out the storm in the basement. oklahoma was the only state that reported deaths or serious injuries. turns out fewer than half the residents in woodward actually have storm shelters. many just take their chance says with the randomness of -- chances with the randomness of the tornadoes. i'm manuel gallegos. derek, back to you. >> a very rough spring in the midwest. a national weather service official says a month worth of tornadoes were spotted just in kansas alone this weekend. >> no tornadoes in our neighborhood, though, nothing

but sunshine. >> nice little breeze. it feels like summertime is here already. >> it's a good and a bad thing because we have a pretty brutal summer sometimes. you don't want it too early. we'll get your mind off the heat. >> listen, there's no complaints here. this is great. >> we'll take you out to colorado. >> you would do that, wouldn't you? >> of course, we will, summit, colorado, had 6 to 10 inches, snow level down to about 5,000 feet and it's going to snow tonight and tomorrow in the mountains of idaho, so still some winter going on in the rockies. let's talk about our temperatures because it's hot. it really. is saturday 75, not too bad, 83 yesterday, 88 today. temps fall as the front goes through tonight, back to 75 tomorrow and only 63 wednesday. that's going to be kind of a shock after her 88 today. so keep that in mind -- our 88 today. so keep that in mind wednesday will be our cool day of the week. tonight's forecast dark, no

camera for you, my bad. forecast 87 downtown, winds out of the south 16 and switch and become northwesterly in the wee hours of the morning when the cold front goes through. unfortunately the cold front will move through dry. that's not good. 89 college park, 86 bethesda, rockville 91, 88 great falls, 86 reston, 87 in sterling. so here's the deal. cooling off, yes, but slowly, mild and breezy tonight, not as warm tomorrow, still dry. please be careful. fire danger is still high. there's no red flag warnings out, but doesn't mean the fire danger is not high and then cooler wednesday and thursday, but wednesday will be the coolest day of the week. for tonight partly cloudy, breezy, warm. we'll keep an isolated shower in primarily west of i-81. looks like the mountains will get all the showers tonight, lows 56 to 62, winds southwest becoming northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty after midnight. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy, mild. grab your shades, 50s and 60s,

still very nice, winds northwesterly 10 to 15. by afternoon we're looking at partly cloudy skies, breezes continue, not as warm but perfectly nice, temperatures near 75 and winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15. so zone forecast, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 50s tomorrow in oakland, 66 cumberland, but i think hagerstown will make 70, winchester maybe 72, 73 warrenton, manassas and leesburg. downtown mid-70s. we'll be breezy all day, temperatures in the mid-70s into southern maryland, 74 annapolis, a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac until 2 p.m. tomorrow. next seven days, cool day wednesday low 60s and then temps bounce back up, almost near 70 getting into thursday, 75 friday and really some darn good news, pretty good chance of showers and storms late saturday night or saturday into saturday night, sunday and also into monday. sunday could actually be consistent rain with some severe weather. we'll keep you posted, but it's

our best chance for widespread rainfall in many weeks. so we're going to pin some hope on that. there you go. >> yes, we need it. coming up the complicated emergency operation that saved a little girl. >> but up next could machines soon replace tsa officers at airport security checkpoints?

the transportation security administration showed off some new technology today that's being tested at dulles airport. the goal is to identify passenger documents that have been altered or just outright fake and that includes boarding passes. the new tool scans your boarding pass and your photo id and then it automatically verifies the names on both documents. dulles airport is one of three airports across the country taking part in the pilot program. pope benedict xvi celebrated his 85th birthday today. the celebration took place at the vatican. the pope was joined by his brother along with bavarian bishops and bandy from his native land. today's celebration -- a band from his native land. today's celebration is the start of a week long celebrations for this pope.

on thursday he marks his seventh anniversary to election to that office. this picture of pippa middleton is stirring up controversy tonight. prince william's sister-in-law was riding in a car in paris this weekend when another passenger in the vehicle pointed a gun at a passing photographer, no comment from buckingham palace. still ahead the outpouring of interest in a loyal black lab who stood guard over the body of its dead companion. >> city government was shut down, people in the streets, all about emancipation day. this is bruce johnson. i'll have the story coming up. >> i look better than when i office that gurney in the hospital. >> up next our jc hayward returns to work and talks about her recovery from breast cancer surgery.

if you saw today's noon show, then you know our colleague and friend jc hayward is back at work after having a lumpectomy last week. andrea roane has more on jc's first day on the job as a breast cancer survivor. >> hello and thank you for joining us. >> jc hayward back where she belongs at the anchor desk for fox 5 news at noon. >> so good to see you. >> reporter: her on set return followed a rousing welcome back

to work from her broadcast family. jc looked and sounded the same just as if nothing new had happened in her life, but we know that is not the case. on april 11th, one week after she learned she had invasive ductocarcinoma breast cancer jc had a lumpectomy at sibley hospital. >> i'm a breast cancer survivor. >> you think you're going through something by yourself and then you find out wow, a lot of other people have gone through it. >> reporter: that day surrounded by her peeps she faced the challenge with typical jc humor, a strong faith in god and confidence in her medical team led by breast surgeon dr. collette magnate dr. magnate felt good going into surgery because she had a good patient who made her job a little easier. jc discovered her cancer early through a breast self-exam and mammogram. even after an mri detected a second mass that wouldn't have been picked up by standard mammography its early detection also resulted in good news.

>> benign! oh, great! oh, my god. >> praise god. >> reporter: and that happy news changed how jc planned to fight the cancer. now instead of a double mastectomy she chose the breast conserving lumpectomy. >> all right. thank you all. >> reporter: less han 90 minutes after surgery began jc was on her way back to recovery. >> her lymph nodes were fine. i made one incision around the arreola to take out atypical cells and nothing unexpected was found, but we have to wait for the microscopic. >> when you came out of surgery and woke up from the anesthesia, what were you said? >> i said a couple things. i think i of looking for a young rich -- i was looking for a young rich doctor. >> but her colleagues at tv 9 remembered. >> can i have a tube of lipstick. >> and gave her a bowl filled with tubes of lipstick. >> this is what a survivor looks like. this is what early detection can mean in your life as well. andrea roane, 9 news now.

>> we love that. surviving cancer takes work and jc is not quite finished. andrea says jc will have her first post op meeting with dr. magnate later this week. they'll go over her pathology report and discuss radiation therapy and, of course, the appropriate hormone therapy for her type of cancer to prevent a recurrence. we are going to continue to follow jc's progress and you can keep up with her, too at jchayward.com and also on the buddy check page under health on www.wusa9.com. welcome back, jc. tonight's health alert also focuses on a rare and risky surgery to help a little girl who is fighting cancer. 5-year-old gabrielle decarlo had a cancerous tumor in her abdomen that was so big it ballooned into her liver and heart blocking the blood vessels of her lower body. the surgical team took out gabby's right kidney, liver,

gallbladder and appendix and then they had to open her chest. >> the vein that connects the liver and the heart that we had to replace was also something that we don't often do at all. >> how come you love the doctor? >> because he got this out of me. >> gabby lost her kidney, gallbladder and appendix, but surgeons repaired her liver and put it back in and doctors say her type of cancer is treatable. here's something that may or may not shock you. one in five adults doesn't use the internet and of those who don't surf the web half say it's because they don't think it's relevant to them or that it's a waste of time. the pew internet project found senior citizens and people without a high school education are among the least likely adults to have internet access and nearly 40% of people with an annual household income under $30,000 also are the ones who don't go online. today was a legal holiday in the district. city offices were closed and

the parade and street festival were held to celebrate emancipation day that celebrates the freeing of the slaves 150 years ago in the nation's capital. bruce johnson reports it was also a time to lobby for full voting rights for d.c. citizens. >> reporter: it was 150 yearsing that then president abraham lincoln signed the -- years ago that then president abraham lincoln signed the act that freed the slaves in the nation's capital. that was nine months before the emancipation proclamation. there are a lot of people in the district determined that we not forget. >> the blood, sweat, four and death has provided opportunity for us to be here -- tears and death has provided opportunity for us to be here today. >> reporter: emancipation day parade, a chance for young people to strut their stuff down pennsylvania avenue. the elders know much of the history is lost on the young and the not so young. >> they paid our masters for our freedom and those who

wanted to leave the country were given 100-dollar to leave the country. so my -- $100 to leave the country, so my people decided we wanted to stay. >> if we hadn't continued to remember the holocaust, we might have another one at some point. i think if we don't continue to remember the real tragedy and the real devastation of slavery, then we can repeat it. i mean it's still being repeated in parts of the world. >> i can't tell you how many people stopped us on the street, big names and small names, to tell us this 60 just about the 3,100 slaves -- this isn't just about the 3,100 slaves freed in d.c., it's about the full voting control up on capitol hill. jesse jackson, while living here, has 1/3 of the district's unpaid and unofficial state senator. >> it's joy and pain. the joy is the emancipation from slavery. the pain is not emancipation to democracy. the citizens of d.c. are living in the colony. >> reporter: opponents to d.c. voting rights say it's just not

meant to be. it's not in the constitution. others are more political and say it would merely allow d.c. residents to send more progressive democrats to the hill. this is bruce johnson reporting from downtown washington for 9 news now. >> we will note the emancipation day festivities end with a fireworks display set for later this evening. still ahead amazing video of a massive sandstorm that covered saudi arabia's capital in a blanket of dust. >> yeah, that will get your attention. right now the pollen is getting our attention. we'll show you the pollen reading, very high for tree pollen and right up there with grasses, still low for weeds and mold spores. we will come back, talk about a cold front moving through, what that may mean for our temperatures and our rain chances. >> plus attackers rough up a customer during a raid on a nightclub. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

caught on tape, dramatic video of armed robbers holding up a club in australia. the gunman ordered the bartender down onto the ground with his customers and everybody complied about the robbers left with the contents of what was in the cash register. the bartender is credited with making the best of a bad situation by not panicking and

keeping everybody calm. an inspiring story of a dog's devotion, a loyal black lab was found guarding the body of a yellow lab that was killed in traffic last week. the driver who shot the video put traffic cones around the animals to alert other drivers. now the black lab named grace is now in a shelter. workers say she seems to be about 1 year old and well cared for. at least six people have asked to adopt her. >> good girl. a penguin now back with his seaworld buddy following a bit of a harrowing ordeal. the penguin named dirk, not derek, but dirk was stolen from the australian theme park during a late night prank. after the theft became big news the youngmen who stole him panicked and put him in a local river. somebody saw dirk the penguin, called the cops. they rescued him. the three pranksters who stole him apparently caught and face a variety of charges including stealing and unlawfully keeping a protected animal.

>> i think dirk is a derek wannabe. what do you think? >> some people in this area might say -- they would call you dirk, but you're derek. >> why do you think i put the correction in there? still ahead tonight they are feeling the heat in boston for today paris thon, the rare offer -- today's marathon, the rare offer for today's organizers. >> but the man who admits to killing 77 in norway last summer gets his day in court. ♪

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survivors and families packed a courtroom today in norway. it is the first day of a trial for the man who admits he killed 77 people in that country last summer. tina crouse has more. >> reporter: anders behring breivik smiled as a guard removed his handcuffs, then gave a defiant closed fist salute as his trial began in a packed oslo courtroom.

breivik told the court he killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting spree in norway last summer, but he pleaded not guilty to criminal charges saying he acted in self-defense to save the country from a muslim takeover. breivik wiped away tears when prosecutors showed an anti- muslim video he posted on youtube before the killing spree. lawyers showed a man of the island and detailed breivik's movements as he attacked teenagers at a political summer camp. victims and their families sat behind a thick glass barrier in a courtroom built specifically for the trial. >> the last time i saw him in person i saw him shoot and kill my friends. so it's very -- it's tough, but it's also important to get through it. >> reporter: breivik posed as a police officer as he hunted down and killed dozens on the island after bombing a government building in oslo.

he told investigators he was part of a far right militant group, but police believe he acted alone. the 33-year-old will testify tuesday. lawyers say he will not apologize for his actions and wants to prove he is sane. tina crouse, cbs news. >> if he is found competent to stand trial, breivik could face up to 21 years in prison. the d.c. department of transportation is taking on potholes for the rest of this week. the city's annual potholepalooza campaign gets started tomorrow and during that time the crews will be work to repair any reported potholes within 48 hours instead of the typical 72 hour response time, but you got to figure not much snow and ice this winter. so there shouldn't be that many out there. >> march was not bad. >> neither was february or january. >> if i ever were to run for public office, that would be one of my platforms, no potholes. i'd be a nut. i'd fill them myself if i had

to. >> i believe him. i do. >> we actually had a day like july here. we talked about severe weather in the plains states over the weekend. check out this. it's a different type of severe weather. this is a dust storm and it is actually producing winds as strong as hurricane force winds. if i saw this coming, i'd put my car on recirculate. yes. >> you're just full of ideas today, topper. >> yeah. actually this hit -- one person of caught in it and said it shook his car like it was a piece of paper. that's how strong it was. that will get your attention. >> yes, it will. >> here's also what will get your attention, temperatures, very nice outside, temperatures still in the 80s. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son brought. great night for baseball. we have baseball and the caps in town, lots going on. winds out of the south at 16. they'll be south, southwesterly

until after midnight. then the cold front goes through and that will change the winds back to northwest and eventually cool us down, especially by wednesday. 89 now in college park, 86 bethesda, 91 rockville, are you kidding me? 88 great falls. we're looking at temperatures in the mid-80s in reston, 89 college park, 88 beltsville. we will cool off slowly but surely. mild and breezy tonight, not as warm tomorrow, but still above average actually, still dry and cooler wednesday and thursday. wednesday will be the coolest day of the week. partly cloudy, breezy and warm, isolated shower possible. i think the showers will stay west of i-81, low temperatures 56 to about 62, winds becoming northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. by morning partly cloudy, breezy and mild. grab your shades, 50s and 60s, a pretty nice morning, winds out of the northwest 10 to 15. the winds will be with us all day tomorrow, partly cloudy, breezy, not as warm but nice, high temps near 75. don't think we'll see too many

complaints about that. winds continue northwesterly at 10 to 15. your zone forecast, upper 50s for oakland, upper 60s for cumberland. that's a big change. you were 90 today in up canland, 70 hagerstown, 73 warn -- cumberland, 70 hagerstown, 73 in warrenton. 74 for annapolis, small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac until 2 p.m. tomorrow for you boaters. next seven days, there's the cool day wednesday, 63, 69 on thursday. at least temps are going back up, mid-70s friday and really a pretty good chance, best chance we've had in weeks for some organized rain and showers and thunderstorms, especially sunday. highs are around 70, some of those showers lingering into monday with highs in the mid- 60s. don't get too excited, the best chance we've seen in quite some time. the heat was the story at today's boston marathon. instead of the usual 50s or 60s runners had to deal with temperatures in the 80s for the

26.2-mile trek. wesley coreer of kenya won with the second slowest time record and organizers encouraged everybody to take it slower and even offered people a spot in next year's marathon if they felt it was too warm to run. an estimated 4,300 runners took them up on that offer. the stanley cup run shifts tonight to the verizon center. >> the series is tied at a game apiece. the caps are hoping the home crowd rocking the reds will give them an added boost. kristen berset is live with more. >> reporter: it's quiet now. they're prepping the ice getting ready for tonight's 7:30 game, but in about an hour when those doors open it's going to be loud in here, like you said rocking the red. the win they picked up saturday in boston was crucial because it tied the series up at one game apiece. they were able to get a win on the road where they've struggled all season. now they have a chance to break

open the series as they bring it home where they have done well all season long, plus having the crowd here. joining me now is sky kiersten from 106-7 the fan, caps beat writer. we're talking about the home crowd. can you just talk to us how important this home ice advantage is going to be for them. >> it's crucial. you have to take advantage of the next two games. you definitely don't want to go back to boston down 3-1. you have to get one win at least, probably two if you have a chance in the series and they'll be partying here tonight. first 10 minutes will be critical because the caps will have all that energy coming out while the bruins will have to weather the storm. if the caps can take advantage in the first 10 minutes, they should have a lot of success here tonight. >> reporter: you were at morning skate this morning. we just heard from coach dale hunter. what is the atmosphere like in that locker room? how confident is this team? >> they're confident but very loose and that's good. the last couple years they weren't so loose and we saw what happened. dale hunter said he's going with the same lineup as the

last two games. it should be fun to see how these guys react in this home crowd because it's braden hopi's first ever home playoff game and also dale hunter. >> we've seen braden on the road. he did pretty well, 1-1 in his first ever playoff appearance in the pros. you think maybe any added nervous pressure tonight because he's at home or can he keep this up really? >> he hasn't been rattled yesterday. that's been really -- the boston bruins wanted to rattle hill. they're not rattling him. hopi stopped 72 of 74 shots, but he's had a lot of help. the caps defensemen are clearing it out so he can see the puck and they blocked 27 shots last game and alexander semin was there sacrificing his body to block shots. you don't see that every day with the capitals. >> real quick alex ovechkin only has one assist so far. is that any reason to be

worried? >> i wouldn't say. so he looked better last game. he was more instead of hitting people in the first game, he was shooting the puck. brooks laich and troy brower will free him up and with the caps having the last pairing to go onto the ice tonight, they get to match their lines more and he'll be away from seidenberg for at least the beginning of the ice time after the face-off tonight. >> reporter: we'll hear from the players and dale hunter coming up later in sports. we're live at the verizon center. back to you guys. not sure, why but a lot of people like to read the obituary pages. >> michael blanchard had some definite feelings about his life, so before he died he wrote a draft of his obituary. >> now the colorado man's blunt obituary to say the least is become being the talk of the web it. reads in part he enjoyed booze, guns, cars and younger women until the day he died and then it goes on to say he died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follow doctor's

orders and raising hell over six deck. blanchard's memorial service is this coming saturday and the owe -- six decades. blanchard's memorial service is this coming saturday and the obituary asks people to tell his stories and says if you're under 18, don't come because this will contain some adult material. >> this is interesting because some people lay out their plans, lay out the outfit and say what songs they want to sing. >> he wants a party. still ahead this is not the kind of party congress want to hear about. they are getting its first crack at gsa issues in the midst of a growing scandal. >> then a little later a red light camera that's seen some better days. we'll tell you what neighbors think happened up. >> next helping the homeless get back on their feet, meet some local heros coming your way up next.

a question in tonight's hero central report, how does someone who graduated from college and worked as an electrical engineer for almost 30 years become homeless? jc hayward introduces us to a man who was on top, fell to the bottom and is now realizing dreams he never thought possible. >> reporter: james clark was cruising through life. he had a great job in georgia until he fell on hard times. his company downsized, a flood struck destroying all of his belongings and later he endured a tornado. >> when i first lost everything, i felt hopeless. i felt empty. i felt to the point to where is it really worth living? >> reporter: clark came to alexandria to rebuild his life. good shepherd housing was the

answer. >> i used to do it all. >> reporter: for 37 years they have reduced homelessness, increased community support and promoted self-sufficiency. >> they assisted me in moving to this apartment, which i truly love. i've taken care of and it's also given me a foundation that i can start to experience life as a prosperity versus looking at where the loss was. >> we help equip people with the skills and with anything that is going to help them stablize their current situation and then learn how to continue that into the future and so that they don't need good shepherd housing forever and always. >> reporter: not only does clark have a home, he has a new business. he makes organic spray body cleansers. they are called god's gift, a name that could easily describe good shepherd housing. >> just the fact of knowing

that i have a stable environment is really what's helping me today and thanks to good shepherd housing that stable environment is truly something that i really look forward to each and every day i come into this apartment. >> reporter: i'm jc hayward, 9 news now. >> good shepherd housing hosted its annual sailing home gala this past saturday in alexandria. it helped raise a quarter million dollars so that more people like james clark is get back on their feet. you can learn more about the program and how to keep helping at jchayward.com. this is 9 news now. possible criminal charges and even more officials under fire tonight as that gsa scandal just gets wider. today for the very first time both the new and the ousted gsa chiefs were on the hot seat in front of a congressional committee. our own investigative reporter has more on the outrage and some new details. >> today the acting administrator says he's looking at these problems and testified he's going to force these official