billion phase two of the rail line, which is to run from reston to dulles and beyond. concerns over a government shutdown got to colgon. >> i had a call this morning. very concerned about the budget because they have teachers to pay and pensions to pay. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> the price tag for extending metro all the way out to dulles airport was also on the agenda at today's metropolitan washington airport authority meeting. the board members say they are concerned about the impact the budget battle in richmond could have on the bottom line. saying that delays could lead to higher costs for material and labor. the head of the project says phase one could go as much as $150 million over budget. but right now it's only running $100 million too high. the board blames most of that overrun on safety adjustments and says it may need to be made up by raising rates on the toll road. no signs of progress tonight in the battle to get a budget bill on the table in

maryland. today, several state employees helped to unveil what they are calling a doomsday clock in annapolis. it is counting down to july 1, when half a billion dollars in cuts will take effect. if no other budget deal can be reached. republicans say it's not quite accurate to call those automatic cuts a doomsday budget, since the state needs to get house in order. >> the man who revolutionized how we learn about new music is being remembered tonight. dick clark died today after suffering a massive heart attack this morning. sawn sandra endo has a look back at his career. >> dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as american bandstand in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation after it was picked up by abc one year later.

in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer and promoting african american artists. the silhouettes, the supremes, and gladus knight. an appearance on american bandstand launched many musical careers and from jerry lee lewis to janet jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. >> if you looked at the history of american bandstand, it covered everything, from popular music to 1952, and eddie fisher and so forth through the exprok roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music. heavy metal. it is everything. >> music wasn't his only beat. clark proved to be a prolific businessman and television icon. hosting the game show, the $25,000 pyramid. tv's bloomers and practical jokes and of course the annual new year's rocking eve

broadcast. he turned his productions into a multimillion dollar media empire. >> some other surprises along the way. >> clark had a hand in the global fundraiser, live aide, and in the grass roots, farm aide. he was inducted in 1993. >> from the early days of rock to the present, dick clark had a way of bringing us the tunes that had a good beat and memories of saturday afternoon sock hops. i'm sandra endo reporting. >> other celebrities took to twitter to express their feelings about clark's death. rest in peace to dick clark. you are a pioneer and a good man. thank you, sir. and producer, russell simmons writes, dick clark was eternally young. rest in peace. again, dick clark was 82. the pentagon has launched a criminal investigation tonight into the latest shocking

pictures of american troops posing with dead afghans. the white house called the behavior reprehensible. but defense secretary is worried the l.a. times publication of those photos could cost more american lives. bruce leshan is live in the satellite center and bruce, pinetta asked the times not to publish those photos. >> they published two of them. the times said it has an obligation to report vigorously and impartially on every aspect of the war in afghanistan. in one photo, a soldier, his name tag clearly visible, turns with a smile away from a bearded suicide bomber. the dead man's hand resting on the soldier's shoulder. in another, troops from the 82nd airborne combat team pose with the severed legs of insurgents who had accidentally blown themselves up. >> this is not who we are.

>> defense secretary, leon pinetta apologized. he also said troops sometimes make mistakes. >> war is ugly and it's violent. and i know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. >> the soldier who gave the photos to the l.a. times reportedly says they show a breakdown in leadership and discipline that he says compromises the safety of the troops. they were taken during a yearlong 2010 deployment during which the brigade had lost 35 men. >> i have never seen a unit badly enough led to justify this approach. >> afghanistan expert says the times and the solar who released the photo have set back the mission and hurt the troops. >> i think putting this public hurts the war effort, because

it reenforces, fairly common, which is americans don't sufficiently -- >> that prejudice may have been reenforced in the last few months by the accidental burning of koran surgeons general at a u.s. base, by the video of americans urinating on insurgent compses and by the shooting rampage by an army car sergeant who allegedly killed 17 villagers. >> thank you. tonight, we are learning that one secret service agent involved in the columbia prostitute scandal has been fired. another employee has resigned, another has been allowed to retire. and eight more secret service employees remain under investigation. as many as ten members of the military are also being questioned about the claims of misconduct. >> the party is over. it's time to clean house. those words today from a senate committee looking into the wasteful spending by the

general services administration. spending, like a conference in vegas, it costs more than $800,000. the scandals led to several people in the gsa stepping down, and of course there is the outrage factor. it brought these comments today from speaker, john boehner, speaking on behalf of american taxpayers. >> taking their hard earned money and sending it to washington and this is outrageous. that their tax money is getting wasted in this fashion. >> acting gsa chief says he is taking steps to improve central oversight at the agency. however, a top to bottom review is expected to take months. and coming your way tonight at 7:00 on 9news now, we continue to remember the life and legacy of the late dick clark. hear there a local film maker who had the chance to work with the legend. >> and i'm topper shutt. here's the high and low today. the high occurred around

midnight. we may improve over the weekend. we'll explain. and up next, new details on that jet blue pilot who had a bizarre mid flight meltdown.

it appears the jet blue pilot who was subdued after a bizarre meltdown last month will pursue an insanity defense. he remains jailed awaiting a court order exam. osmond's behavior caused the co- pilot to bar him from the cockpit. the plane made an emergency landing. his lawyer filed court papers saying he was insane at the time of the incident. new at 6:00 tonight, a crucial free trial decision in the upcoming child sexual assault case against michael gardner. the husband of former falls

church mayor, robyn gardner is charged with three counts of child sexual abuse. an auralling tennessee county judge denied a prosecution motion to prevent admission of dna evidence. the alleged victims, nine and ten years old, say they were sexually abused during two sleepovers at the gardner's falls church home. the trial is set to begin on monday. for the fir time since george huguely was convicted of murdering his exgirlfriend, yeardley love's mother spoke out about her daughter's death. >> as hard as it is to realize that nothing will bring yeardley back to us, that same realization is our driving force to keep mer memory alive. >> sharon love's comments came at an event to urge congress to reauthorize the violence against women act. the foundation works with experts to address the problem of domestic violence. still ahead tonight, a wrong turn lands a driver inside a building that is not a

garage.

it is a busy night in our newsroom. we have more breaking news for you. bruce johnson joins us on the phone with details of a break in at the d.c. inspector general. bruce, what is going on? >> we just got this information a short time ago. late monday afternoon, between 5:30 and 5:45, emancipation day, a local holiday for the d.c. government and d.c. residents. somebody broke into the offices of the d.c. auditor. the d.c. auditor conducts inspections and anything and everything that the auditor deems fit to be looked at. somebody broke into the offices, which are in suite 900. that's 717, 14th street northwest. also point out this is the same building that houses the

offices of the d.c. inspector general who has been investigating alleged corruption. now, according to my high ranking sources, this person was to the 9th floor. went into the offices of the auditor and took at least one, possibly two computers. i'm told there may be video tape of this. metropolitan police have a report on file that may have video tape of a suspect. at this point, my source identify the suspect as somebody wearing a mask. d.c. police are investigating. lesli. >> bruce, is it a leap to say that this is probably connected to one of those investigations that is going on or should we hold back on that right now? >> obviously, we hold back, but you can't ignore the fact that there is very, very sensitive information on the computers, on these hard drives in the office and the inspector general's office. any kind of burglary at these establishments is going to draw

the attention not only of police, but the u.s. attorney, high ranking city officials and everybody else. not to mention, you know, including the media. >> wow. well we know that you're going to keep us up to date and if you have anything else, let us know. bruce johnson reporting of a break in. anita. >> we have breaking news coming out of northeast d.c. where there are allegations of sexual abuse against a daycare worker caring for a three-year- old child. ken is live from zion baptist church with more on this story. ken. >> some serious allegations. d.c. police not giving too much information about it, but they are confirming they are allegations. now, according to d.c. police, the u.s. attorney's office is also investigating these claims. they say a staff member from the church approached them a couple days ago to report the alleged sexual assault. it's been since that time they

have been investigating this. who this child is, they are not saying or what the extent of the allegation is. they are also not saying. here's d.c. police commander, george kuzic, take a listen. >> our focus is on the incident that occurred with the child. you know, everything will be looked at, but our foe focus is dealing with the assault on the child. >> church remains closed. i tried to get comment from somebody, but nobody answered the door. here's what the police are saying. the police youth division is investigating this and right now they do not have any information to provide to us, suggesting there are other children involved. right now, the allegation is exclusive to one child, of course this is an investigation that is still on going. a will the of details are expected to come out of this one. ken molestina, 9news now. >> thank you. sky 9 flew over a landmark prince georges county restaurant today where an out of control car slammed into the building just before the

lunchtime rush. and tonight, it's raising new questions about safety concerns associated with elderly drivers. >> i'm scott broom where driver competency is being investigated after a 91-year- old man lost control of his car and slammed into jerry's seafood restaurant before lunchtime. >> he came and rode right through our dining room. >> caught on tape inside the restaurant, the impact looks something like an explosion. >> almost felt like it was an earthquake. >> look carefully and you can see a waitress leaping out of her seat. police are looking for a cause. >> he was taken to a local hospital to be examined. we don't know if there was a medical condition or not. >> driver competency became a big issue. legislators approved extending the license renewal period from 5 to 8 years to save money. for a driver aged 82, that means no renewal test until age 90. the accident here remains under

investigation with no conclusions yet about driver and and compedency. it's a prelude of a bigger event over the weekend. so still looks like sunday is going to be -- we're putting a lot of hope on sunday. >> temperatures 54. that's a low so far today. temperatures have done nothing but go down all day, or hold steady. winds are calm and the pressure is still steady at 30.18 inches of mercury. here's the radar. most of loudoun county covered up and frederick county covered up with rain as well as the northern half of montgomery county. down to the south, you're heading down 3 or 5 into southern maryland, it's not as bad. the roads are drying out. live doppler 9,000, this is what we're seeing now.

heavier activity popping up out to the west. south of winchester and front royal. this is heavy activity. this popped up around middletown. everything is pushing off to the north. you folks could get some heavier showers. temperatures, 50 in gaithersburg. 50 in rockville. 50 in bethesda. feels like march, doesn't it? 53 in college park. so, here's the deal. a nice finish to the week. a which wily, more showers tonight. milder tomorrow. warmer on friday and rain for the weekend probably mostly on sunday. now tonight, mostly cloudy and chilly. light rain and showers. 46 to 52. light winds. now tomorrow morning, maybe some clouds early and returning partly cloudy. 40s and 50s. grab your shades. by afternoon, looking at partly cloudy skies and milder. in fact, average, which is nice this time of year. high temperatures between 65 and about 70. all right, next seven days,

warmer on friday, 75. warmer on saturday with showers and thunderstorms. the whole day will not be a washout, but sunday could be a washout and we need that. temperatures will struggle to get to 60 on sunday. more showers on monday. tuesday wear in the 50s and go back into the 60s next wednesday. >> like you said, we have to have it. >> it is what it is. >> have to do it without backstrom. >> yes, one of their top scorers since coming back. it's going to be a tough road for the caps. going into game four, prepping for game four without nicholas. that's not the only thing the capitals are trying to fix. plus, a legendary basketball coach says it's time to say good-bye. sports is nebs. ♪

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and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> less than one year since being diagnosed with early on set alzheimer's. tennessee women's head basketball coach is stepping down. after 38 years at the helm, summit is the all-time wins leader among ncaa basketball coaches. at the time of her diagnosis, summit hoped to coach for many more years, but in a statement today, she said it was time to move on. summit's assistant for the last 27 years, holly, will take over as head coach. as offseason workouts continue in ashburn, one redskin player was asked not to

join in. jabar was told the team is looking to trade him. that news came as a surprise saying he wants to remain in washington. this season's nhl playoffs has become one of the most physical in recent history. this old school kind of hockey resulted in one player being ejected, another taken off the ice in a stretcher and 11 misconducts have been handed out. nicklas backstrom was one of them. but this bruins series has gotten more physical every time they see each other. on monday, 35 minutes worth, which is more than the first two games combined. that's something they are trying to fix. >> you can't do, i mean, stupid penalties. >> we have a will the of guys, extracurricular, whatever you want to call it. we can't get caught up.

>> the nationals make the post season, which is a ways away, they could be without stephen strasburg. mike rizzo said that the pitcher will be shut down once he hits his inning limit regardless of the nats playoffs situation. time to take a look at this week's high school game of the week. some of your choices in lacrosse, softball, and soccer go to d.c..highschool.net. >> that's always fun stuff. >> all right, and that is it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> stay with wusa9. derek is here with your only local newscast at 7:00 and don't forget to join andrea, mike, howard, at 4:25 a.m. >> and wusa9.com is always on. have a great night and stay dry.