monday? >> sometimes these matters are put aside. they're not followed up. >> reporter: the newest report on sexual abuse in the military counts lieutenant klay's accused rapist as among those punished. >> he only spent 45 days in the bringing for adultery and indecent language -- brig for adultery and indecent language. that is nothing. >> reporter: he assured orders insisting the pentagon understand sexual assault. >> it is a violation of everything that the u.s. military stands for. >> reporter: gary nurenberg, 9news now. officials at the justice department have allegedly known for years that some evidence used to convict defendants is or has been flawed. "the washington post" says prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their lawyers even when they knew the cases were flawed. problems arose in the 1990's when some criminal cases came under review and when the f.b.i. crime lab was called into

question. according to the post information about effective cases was made only available to prosecutors. possible criminal charges and even more officials under fire as the gsa scandal continues to grow. >> on monday both the acting and the ousted gsa chiefs testified at a congressional hearing of the investigative reporter russ has the outrage and new details. >> reporter: the official in charge of that las vegas boondoggle, commissioner jeefry neilly refused to answer questions. >> did you attend the 2010 western regional conference in las vegas. >> mr. chairman, on the advice of my council i respectfully decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> did you approve the funding for the 2010 western regional conference? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> reporter: martha johnson did talk making her first statement since these pictures, 2400

square foot hotel suite showing where gsa v.i.p.s stayed at the las vegas resort during the agency's $820,000 convention. videos mocked the gsa's easy spending policies in convention videos. >> i'm extremely aggrieved by the gall of a handful of people to misuse federal tax dollars, twist contracting rules and defile the great name of the general service administration. >> reporter: johnson said the white house did not ask her to quit but she resigned on her own to symbolize the need for new leadership. >> i will mourn for the rest of my life the loss of my appointment. >> thank god this time would happen in vegas didn't stay in vegas. >> reporter: members of congress expressed outrage and why the official who planned the conference who refused to testify today receive a $9,000 bonus. the inspector general who uncovered the las vegas spending spree testified he's

handed the case over to the justice department. >> we recommended criminal charges. >> reporter: the inspector general says he's now handed the entire gsa case over to the justice department. he says he's uncovered bribery and possible kick backs. at 8:30 this morning a congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing on wasteful spending at the gsa. many of the witnesses attending this hearing were also at yesterday's hearing on gsa spending practices. the secret service says it has stripped the top security clearances from 11 of its agents accused of misconduct. they allegedly hired prostitutes while in colombia preparing for the president's visit this weekend. at least ten members of the military may also be involved in this. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the incident is embarrassing. congressman daryl issa says -- daniel issa says he is considering holding hearings about the allegations. the democratic bill called

for american millionaires to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. president obama says it's not fair for middle class americans to pay a higher tax rate compared to some of the nation's top earners of the senate majority leader harry reid claims some 7,000 millionaires didn't pay a dime in taxes last year. dat virginia general assembly will reconvene to vote on an amended state budget. senate democrats are threatening to block the budget if millions to the metrorail budget isn't added. house and senate budget negotiators removed it during a special session. if law makers don't pass a budget by july 1, virginia will likely face a partial government shutdown. they want d.c. to control its own budget, not the federal government. so members of d.c. voting rights coalition will visit the offices of congressman and congress women today asking them to support budget autonomy for the district. california republican issa is the chairman of the committee

that sorry sees the district -- that oversees the district. city leaders rejected a bill that would have limbed their ability to -- limited their ability to fund local abortions. a new poll shows most of the country supports the idea of budget autonomy for the district. they believe d.c. taxpayers and elected officials should be making budget decisions for the city. 23% support the status quo or congress needs to approve the district's budget. the virginia tech university community spent money honoring the memories of 32 people who were killed on the blacksburg campus five years ago. >> 27 students and five teachers were killed in the shooting. peggy fox was in blacksburg for yesterday's ceremonies. >> reporter: instead of cursing the darkness, they shined a light. that's what governor bob

mcdonald told the massive crowd of students who lit up the darkness one candle at a time. >> but what we do know is some things with great certainty, and that is the incredible love, compassion, and concern of the virginia tech community. >> reporter: five years ago today, a deranged student killed 27 students and five teachers, and injured 16 others. >> the passage of five years has done nothing to diminish our great sorrow. >> reporter: though most of the current students were not here then, they came by the thousands to pay tribute to the victims and learn about the horrific tragedy from those who lived through it. >> in the midst of our darkest day, we refuse to defined by an act of violence. >> reporter: after hearing a short life story on each victim, the students were moved. >> each is about them. it was very moving just to hear all the things about them. it made it more real. >> all of them did -- it's like every single one of them led a

more extraordinary life than i could even imagine. [ playing taps ] >> live for 32. >> reporter: in just three and a half weeks, virginia tech will hold its commencement. it will be the first class to graduate that wasn't here during the massacre. in blacksburg, peggy fox, 9news now. >> the former university of virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing yeardley love will be sentenced on the 30th. george huguely was convicted of murder. at yesterday's hearing, his defense lawyers showed up late and were scolded by the judge. both sides finally greed to the august 30th sentencing date. on monday 13 potential jurors were screened for the

roger clemens retrial. clemens is accused of lying to congress during a drugs and sports hearing back in 2008. the former cy young winner has denied ever using performance enhancing drugs. it is 4:38. coming up in about four minutes, no more mail on saturday? it could happen if massive budget issues are not addressed at the post office. drought conditions on the eastern shore are only getting worse. we'll have more on that coming up at 4:50. >> we're back with your weather first in two minutes. when a cooldown is on the way.

. 4:40 on this tuesday morning. not as warm today. we're not going to be in the upper 80s. we're in the 70s in spots. we're going to dip down. upper 60s at noon. a mix of sun and clouds today.

temperatures should make it back to 75. maybe a little rain tomorrow in spots. more on that in a few minutes. here's monika with time saver traffic. thank so you much. here's 270 southbound at old georgetown road in bethesda. a good indication of what 270 looks like coming down from frederick. route 355 is pretty much the same story. coming up in my next report, a closer look at maryland roads at 4:47. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> the lovely jessica doyle is back for some time off. so is the dow, at least a little bit. >> not so bad. really a mixed picture yesterday. investors hunting for direction. big picture we have the u.s. economy looking better. but global investors are worried spain might need an expensive financial bailout. apple shares have lost ground for five days in a row now. that is dragging down the nasdaq. check be the numbers on wall street, the dow stands this morning just under 13,000 afterricking up 72 points but as i said, a mixed picture overall. the nasdaq fell 23 and the s&p 500 finished pretty much flat

on the day. >> time's up. today is the day that the taxes are due if you owe money to the tax man but you still have some options if you have some time. look into electronic filing. the free filing system at irs.gov. this could work for you if you have an income of $57,000 or less. it helps you pick a tax software provider and you electronically file the federal return for free. also this year there's a new fresh star program with the i.r.s. it gives you a six-month break for unemployed taxpayers to pay the taxes but you're still going to want to file today even if you can't pay the bill. >> the senate is expected to take up a bipartisan bill this week which could save the struggling u.s. postal service. the bill would offer buyouts to senior employees, cut worker compensation benefits and phase out saturday mail delivery over the next to years. the house will start work on a different postal bill next month. if congress does nothing by may 15, the agency will start closing or consolidating over

220 post offices. big deal. >> you're talking about our credit card payments, due dates and things of that nature won't get mailed out. >> more and more people are going to be shifting online. thanks, jess. did you know your favorite meal from the popular fast food spot may not be the same all over the world? >> we'll explain when we return in two minutes. plus, howard will have your weather first. you're watching 9news now.

. good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 4:45 on this tuesday morning. everybody is back at work and school and maybe we can turn down the air conditioner just a bit. >> you probably won't need it today. i'm going to apologize for my voice right now. between cold and allergies t is what it is. >> nobody said it is. >> i'm just going to apologize in advance. >> you're wok. >> we need some rain, too. that's a big problem. need to clear some of that

pollen out. wash things down. i think we're going to get some. maybe a little bit tomorrow. maybe more than that over the weekend. sunday could be a washout. >> the way things have been going, we're worried the washout could be a really guller washer. >> right now looks like a good soaking rain potentially coming n. let's talk about the deficits, though, with the rain numbers. these are the annual numbers in green. and in white, those are the deficits. we have some totals now 5, 6 inches but the deficits are approaching 5 inches. so 55, 60% of normal. this month so far we've only had about a tenth of an inch. only about 9% of our total rainfall for april. it has been bone dry out there. today no exception. your bus stop forecast. we're looking at clear to partly cloudy conditions. temps mainly in the 60s. a few exceptions to that. some spots will zip into the 50s with your sunrise at 6:28. looking at your day planner, high clouds going to muddy up the sky. we'll see a lot of high clouds

mixing in with the sunshine. by noon could be mostly cloudy. we'll get back till near 70. northwest winds 10 to 15 today. a 4:00 p.m. temperature of 73. very comfortable with highs in the mid-70s. not upper 80s to even 90. yesterday baltimore tied the record set in 2002. they get to 90. we got to # 9, missed -- to 89, missed the record by 3 degrees. you'll notice culpeper is in the 50s. lots of low to mid-60s in the then dough v.a. valley. -- in the shenandoah valley. 67 at the pacs naval air station. locally still in the 60s and even 71 in rockville right now. columbia mild, 69. andrews 69. over the next two, three hours you'll see the temperatures drop quite a bit as cooler air is starting to move in. you're looking at wisconsin avenue here in northwest washington. clear skies. it's a quiet morning out there. 75 officially at national. winds now west, northwest at 9 so the dew point starting to drop into the low 50s.

we'll see the barometer also start to rise as high pressure builds in. your weather headlines just not as warm today. in fact great viewing for the shuttle. discovery is coming to town, the flight in town about 10:00 this morning. we're going to carry it live for you right here on wusa so stay with us. temperatures will struggle to get toward 60 with a chance of showers tomorrow, but it looks like a much better chance of rain as we head into the weekend. late saturday into sunday. we're still watching a bunch of rain down along the gulf coast. this is primarily going to stay south of us. as we go into tomorrow afternoon, even late morning, we'll get some showers getting close to d.c. south of town much better chance of seeing a few showers on wednesday than up north of town. today, though, the high clouds, quite of few of them i believe through the afternoon and evening hours. then tomorrow we'll watch some of these showers skirt along our southern suburbs. this is 1:00 on wednesday. notice the green down to the south passing across the region, especially during the

afternoon. we'll take the rain. we certainly need t. looking at the forecast, today 75 miles. a mix of clouds and sunshine. tonight we're dipping into the 50s, even upper 40s. only around 6 on on wednesday. chance of -- 60 on wednesday. chance of showers south of d.c. for the most part. wednesday or thursday, sun returns nice, about 70. as we head toward the weekend friday 75. saturday a chance of storms in the afternoon, 73. sunday could be a washout 65. maybe even cooler than that. monday still a shower possible and 61. it's 4:49. good morning, monika. good morning, howard. good morning, everybody. things are looking pretty good outside all overnight construction beginning to get cleared up. no problems to report on the beltway north of town really between college park and bethesda. there had been construction in place on the inner loop between route 1 and kenilworth avenue. i think that should be cleared up shortly as well. let's take a look outside live right now. if you're planning to head to the american legion bridge, the west side of the beltway between 270 and tysons corner

is also looking good and light volumes to report right now across the river. back over to the maps this time all the way down to southern maryland, route 210 out of accokeek into oxon hill no problems. traving well around the andrews air force base and inside the beltway as well. taking a look live new york avenue at bladensburg road in northeast d.c., nobody's there. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 66 at 4:55. >> thank you, monika. monika, you're supposed to read this i think. the d.c. department of transportation begins its annual pothole pa lose today campaign. crews will be working to repair any potholes which you report to them within 48 hours instead of the typical 72-hour response time. the transportation security administration showed off some new technology which is being tested at dulles airport. the goal is to identify passenger documents which have been altered or are fraud lent. this includes boarding passes.

the new tool passes a passenger's boarding pass and photo i.d. and automatically verifies the name on both documents. dulles airport is one of three airports across the country taking part in the pilot program. dry, sunny days may be nice for picnics but for farmers in eastern maryland, it is causing problems already. the entire eastern shore except for cecil county is now in a drought. rainfall totals are several inches below normal for the year so far. now farmers are putting off planting their spring crops. instead they're drilling for water. >> we're right on the border line now. may need another well to boost the volume out of the system. >> never been this dry this early. >> maryland's department -- excuse me, maryland's department of environment is encouraging residents on the eastern shore to conserve water now and the water conditions are close to normal, though, in the rest of the state. the number of children accidentally dying has dropped 30% during the last decade. a government report finds fewer

kids and teens are dying in car accidents. experts credit better car seats and new rules which limit how much teens drive, but unfortunately death rates for infant suffocation and teenager drug overdose are on the rise. new mothers with depression may be keeping their babies up at night. researchers at pennsylvania state university found depressed moms tend to worry more and are more likely to check on a sleeping child and pick them up. doctors believe depressed mothers may also want to spend time with their children at night for emotional comfort. the amount of salt in fast food may depend in which country it's sold. an international team of researchers looked at more than 2,000 products sold at six popular fast food chains. they found sodium levels very wide -- varied widely between countries. fast food in the united states and canada has much more sodium than the same foods sold in france and the united kingdom. >> sad but i love salt. just do. time for the question of the morning this morning.

>> instead of our normal trivia format, in honor of the space shuttle discovery's arrival this morning, we want to know what is your most memorable moment of nasa's shuttle program. >> as always, you can find the question posted on our wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response and we'll post some of them throughout the morning. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 4:556789 your weather first. still mild out there. 50s and 60s. temperatures will be dropping. we'll drop into the mid-60s the next few hours and recover back to the 70s. one thing that could limit our heating, high clouds around that will mud gi up the skies but -- muddy up the skies but still not bad. let's go to monika with time saver traffic. 395 on the northbound side very light between the beltway

and the 14th street bridge. here at duke street you can see traffic it moving well in the main and hov lanes. we'll take a look at virginia roads at 5:00. back to you. the last winner of the record $656 mega-- $656 million megamillions jackpot has come forward. the identity the single winner will be revealed in illinois. the other two winners have wisely decided to remain anonymous. >> even now my heart picks up every time i hear that. congress is preparing to honor the golden bear. the u.s. house of representatives has voted to present a gold medal to jack nicklaus. he's being recognized for winning a record 18 major championships and for his humanitarian work. he heads the nicklaus children's health care foundation and has raised more than $12 million to support

pediatric programs. it goes to the senate where it's expected to pass. ryan o'neil is thanking his fans for their prayers and support as he battles prostrate cancer. he says it was detected early and doctors expect a full recovery. he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1998 but beat that his long- time partner farrah fawcett died of cancer about three years ago. strict bail conditions are set for singer bobby brown. >> a new movie coincides with a somber anniversary in u.s. history. teresa garcia has those stories and more in this morning's look at entertainment. >> reporter: a los angeles judge has reportedly ordered bobby brown not to drink any alcohol. brown's lawyer entered not guilty pleas to drunk driving and other charges. brown could face up to six months in jail if convicted. his next hearing is set for may 16. stars of the new gothic thriller "the raven" hit the red carpet for the film's new york premiere. it's a deadly game of cat and mouse. the pow wet helps pursue a

serial killer whose murders mirror's poe's stories. >> okay, that's the scary halloween guy with the little mustache. then when you read it again, it's quite intense and layered and really brilliant, brilliant stuff on so many different levels. >> reporter: it opens in theaters april 27. former white stripes rocker jack white is kicking off his first solo album with a live concert. actor gary oldman is directing the show which will be streamed live on april 27. white's new album blunder bust goes on sale april 24. a major motion picture is in the works to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> i do not shrink from this responsibility. i welcome it. >> reporter: based on "the new york times" best selling book the kennedy detail, the movie will look at president kennedy's security detail on the day of his assassination in 1963. the movie is set for release late next year.

and that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. happy tuesday. i'm thinking it's friday. no, it's tuesday. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. here's monika santami. she will have terrific traffic momentarily. >> howard bernstein is here. he has weather. we're turning down the temperature. >> only in the 70s today. we're in the 70s now in spots. we're going to drop and come back. one thing different than today, it's not going to be hot. it's not going to be 90 like yesterday afternoon. winds will be out of the northwest so that's going to cool us down. we'll have a lot more in the way of clouds in the sky, especially some high clouds that could muddy up the picture for you and keep us only in the 70s. here's a look at our day planner for you this tuesday morning, this terrific tuesday morning as monika said. we've dropped five degrees from the last hour. now down to 70. mid-60s by 9:00. a mix of clouds and sun