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. tonight, vicious sexual assaults in one community and now accusations the cops are keeping the people who live there in the dark. so 9 wants to know is this true? also an unforgettable day of destruction in our area 10 years later. this is 9news now. a community on edge.

a string of unsolved rapes in hyattsville has people there on high alert tonight and now some are claiming the police have not done a good enough job of getting the word out. ken molestina is live where the sexual assaults have folks very upset. ken. >> reporter: yes, derek, three of the five sexual assaults that are being investigated out here in hyattsville happened here along this trail. police say in all of these cases, the suspects have come behind unsuspecting women. they have used weapons, grabbed them from the back and dragged them inside the woods. >> we're not getting the information. >> reporter: barbara runion is a concerned resident who is up in arms. she claims police and surrounding law enforcement agencies have failed at alerting the public about these sexual assaults. >> they just wanted to sort of sweep this under the rug hoping it would go away. >> reporter: three of the five violent sex assaults happened here. the most recent attack was on april 20th. the police agency who patrols

this area is the maryland national capitol park police and they're disputing the claim that they've dragged their feet in getting the word out. >> as far as it's concerned, we've given information to the television media, the radio media as well as the news print media and it's on people's web pages and so forth. >> reporter: captain stanley johnson says he can't comment on the sexual assault that has taken place near the metro station. those cases and that information, he says, is being handled by hyattsville police. investigators have released these sketches of the suspects. of the three women attacked along the trail, two gave a similar description of their attacker. the third woman described a different man. >> he had maze hazel eyes that make it connected. -- hazel eyes that make it connect the. there is no similarity with the other two. >> reporter: women have been walking alone and have been distracted, usually by ear buds with music. authorities are sending a strong word of caution to women of all

ages not to walk alone especially during dark. meanwhile they're putting pressure on police to walk faster. >> the city government should have gone to the media immediately and put this information out there on television, had a deposit sketch of the rapist months ago and instead they didn't do any of the above. >> reporter: we reached out to hyattsville police chief douglas holland earlier today who told us he was out of town and couldn't talk to us today. whoever the suspects are, they are out there. they are on the loose tonight. and police are asking for your help in trying to solve this case. if you have any information, you're being asked to call authorities. we're live in hyattsville, ken molestina, 9news now. >> thank you, ken. new information tonight on that suspect accused of attacking folks with a hammer in a northwest dc neighborhood. this is the picture of him. michael davis courtesy of the prince of petworth blog. investigators believe davis who is the brother of nfl stars vernon and vontae davis is the one who attacked four people in

a 72-hour period in the petworth neighborhood. police have blanketed that area after the attacker killed a retired nurse from denver and allegedly assaulted two other folks within 26 hours. undercover officers stationed heard a woman cry out in pain. they ran to her and found her on the ground. she had been hit in the head. then they spotted davis. >> the officers made eye kagt with the subject. -- contact with the subject. he began running through the alley and was pursued by officers. >> he found a bag that he had ditched containing a claw hammer they believe he used in the attacks. he was being charged for last night's attack but they believe he was responsible for all four. he's expected to be in court tomorrow. the streets of dr are hopefully -- dc are hopefully to get safer. after a graduation ceremony, new officers will be on the street. it caps off a rigorous 24-week

training course where the officers learned about everything from fire arms to human relations. a local navy veteran and another man are called heroes tonight after a rescue. an elderly man fell off the platform and on to the track just as a train was coming into the station. that's when they sprang into action. they pulled him back up on the platform safely just as the train was barreling in. he tells us he didn't trice before trying to save that man -- twice before trying to save that man. >> it was just an instant. if this guy is not off the tracks, he was going to get hit and possibly killed. so sort of we just did it. there was no thought other than just to get him off the tracks as soon as possible. >> now, he did want us to mention that the other guy who helped out this afternoon deserves half the credit for that heroic rescue. >> when we travel abroad on official trips, we are

representing the people of this country and we should do so by conducting ourselves in an appropriate manner. >> yes, it sounds great. but in light of that expanding scandal, the secret service has decided expectations are just not enough. and now they have imposed new rules to govern the conduct of agents when they are abroad. those rules were established today, and gary nurenberg is here with that. gary. >> well, derek, the elite service has always been perceived and believed itself to be so special that they shouldn't act in ways above approach. a far cry from the incident overseas that have caused agents their jobs and changed the name into a punch line. cnn had investigated the maryland man one of nine agent who has since lost his job.

the agency memoed all employees with new rules governing behavior abroad. you are expected to always conduct yourself in a manner that reflects credit on you, the secret service, the department of homeland security, and most important the united states government and the citizens we serve. it requires ethics training, ban bringing foreigners into rooms and alcohol use. moderate amounts. the new rules specifically ban agents from non-reputable establishments like strip clubs. krio is quoting a government contractor who says he accompanies secret service agents to a strip club to el salvador in advance of a trip there last year. the agents paid strippers to go to their hotel room. >> they approached the military

secret service approached them about getting a special service at the hotel. >> reporter: and the tv station reports us embassy personnel hit that strip club as well. >> we will inquire of our embassy and see what we learn with regard to that. >> reporter: but some agencies haven't pleased congress so far. on wednesday the pentagon reached congress about military personnel involved in that clom columbian raucous. the military says it will do better and will report back next week. the secret service agents traveling abroad will get chaperoned. >> very tough on them. thank you, gary. student loans have turned into another election year battle as it heats up. if lawmakers do not act by july 1st, interest rates will double. earlier today republicans pushed through a bill that will put

money from president obama's bill to pay for the extension. >> it is unconscionable that they are making us choose between education and health care. >> nobody wants to see student loans go up. people want to criticize us because it's an election year. but, my god, do we have to fight about everything. >> senate democrats will bring their version of the bill up in may. that would pay for the rate cut extension with the tax hike on businesses, a proposal they don't like. this weekend was the 20th anniversary of deadly riots in los angeles. thousands went to the streets after -- 55 people were killed in the riots. more than 2,000 were hurt. hilda johnson worked at this grocery store for nearly 30 years and she watched in horror as the original market and much of southern la burned to the ground. >> it was a disaster. it looked like a war zone. it looked like it was -- it was

terrible. it was bad to see everything burning. smoke like for days. >> the riots left a billion dollars in damage. maybe more. and nearly a year later, the four la police officers were tried in federal court and there two were convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for violating rodney king's civil rights. show me the money. that is what they're showing zimmerman who shot trayvon martin. last week he said they would have trouble raising the money so the judge set the bond at 150 grand and later found out he had raised more than $200,000 with his defense with the website that asked for donations. zimmerman's family used some of those donations to help bail him out, and now the prosecutors want the judge to raise zimmerman's bond. the judge says he's thinking about that, but first he wants to know more about the money raised through the website which has since been shut down. a tough week on the witness

stand in the edward's case. the defense today tore into young's credibility. >> reporter: the prosecution star witness anw young endured his last growling day of cross-examination in the federal case against his former boss, john edwards. this is a he said, he said case. the federal election laws haven't been mentioned much. he is accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an affair. but young acknowledged he was the one that used much of the money to build his own dream home. he told the court he feared he would be shot after a heated conversation with edwards on a desserted road in 2008. young said he wanted edwards to come clean about fathering hunter's baby. >> you thought mr. edwards was going to physically harm you? not mr. edwards personally, young replied. lowell asked young if he threatened to release a sex tape

of edwards and hunter. prosecutors objected and they tabled the discussion. they will turn the focus to edwards. >> young will help others for the prosecution's case. talking about, for example, how much the youngs helped the edwards in their attempt to gain the white house. >> reporter: he broke down when talking about his wife sherry's sacrifices. she took the stand briefly and is expected to return monday. >> and hunter is expected to testify later in the trial. like andrew young, she's got an immunity agreement with the prosecutors. still ahead tonight, a teacher who desperately wants to have a baby loses her job simply for trying to get pregnant. >> also reliving a dark day in our area 10 years later. a look back at the misery caused by the tornado. that's coming up.

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vitr-- in vitro fertilization. >> i can't even explain how traumatic it is as a woman and as a child and you think that's what you're xoekt p supposed to do and that's what you want to do for them to not be able to do that. >> now they have filed a lawsuit for discrimination. the supreme court ruled in january that people that work for the church cannot sue for discrimination. it is the monster folks still talk about. 10 years since a killer tornado carved a 24-mile path across charles county. it was moving a mile a minute. that gave folks very little time to get out of the way. the twister killed three people, destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. a family survived, but their house didn't. >> everything above it was just gone. to this day, we never, ever

found a single shingle or a truss from the main roof. >> as you can see in the aftermath of the tornado, they did rebuild their home. and la plata in general did rebuild the town. they're celebrating tomorrow what they gained rather than a memorial of what has been lost. >> that's a day that lives with me. we remember that day. howard was out there tracking the tornado. we interrupted 60 minutes. >> so it was a sunday night? >> it was. one we will not forget. now, we have good news. the rain is going to hold off a little later. okay. and i have raised temperatures on sunday. it's all good. >> it's all good. >> let's look outside. a live look outside our weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperatures downtown low 50s. dew points are still in the 20s. and, again, that's an indication of how cold it can get. winds have calmed down and the pressure is on the rise at

30.19 inches of mercury. satellite picture radar combined, here is the next system. it looks potent and it will be in the plain states. big thunderstorms in south dakota headed over towards iowa and minnesota. as far as we're concerned, a little lighter piece of energy will roll eastward. it's not a big storm like last week. we're looking at a very light event late tomorrow, tomorrow night and that is it. we are clear right now. we may have a few high clouds by dawn. but that is about it. in fact, here is a look at our future cast. 6:00 in the mornings, lower clouds are back to the west. but they roll in pretty quickly. but notice by lunch time, there is no green blobs around the metro area. that is good news. by 5:30, some showers moving through. it's all green. light activity. this is not going to be a big rain event by any means. so we may get lucky. we may see the rain roll in. it will continue this time tomorrow night. some heavier activity down to

the south through culpeper and fredericksburg, but it will be on the way out this time late tomorrow night. so here is the deal. maryland day runs from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and howard will be there in the morning. i'm be there in the afternoon. we'll show you how to make a weather cast and burn you a dvd. bring a jacket. you may not bring the umbrella, but bring a jacket. you will need that. light rain now about 3:00 p.m. to midnight. that's our window. that's good. a little earlier to the west. a little later to the east. and bright but brisk on sunday. we raise temperatures a bit. still a little below average, but not bad. all right. overnight looks like this. clear skies. cold. a few high clouds by dawn. 1-2 blanket night. 32-44. winds dying out now northerly at about 5-10. by morning increasing clouds with a cold start. we took rain out of the forecast in the morning. 30s and 40s. by afternoon light rain develops. probably mid to late afternoon. high temperatures 56-60. winds east, southeast at about 10. next seven days, on saturday -- on sunday we raise temps into

the mid sof. pretty nice -- 60s. pretty nice. a chance for sprinkles. warmer on monday in the 60s. and look what happens, derek. wednesday, thursday, friday we are back in the 80s. >> back into spring. >> and tuesday it will feel like may. >> we with can put the win -- we can put the winter suits away. >> i think so. redskins fans remain all worked up tonight about the arrival of their brand new shiny franchise quarterback robert lee griffin now to be known as rg3. but amid all of the hoopla, there is that nagging question that just won't go away. will he be savior or goat? peyton manning or jamarcus russell. a whole lot of guys you've already fore goat en. comment taye -- forgotten. commentators love to talk about failure rate for quarterbacks drafted so high, but they go down when you subtract out the players that have obvious flaws

but some team decided to ignore them because they fell in love with his big rock et arm or something. -- rocket arm or something. this is the in testimony gens, leadership -- intelligence, leadership, you can see those things and he has all of it. will he still stumble, yes, but he's unlikely. is he really a good guy stuff? i'll just say this. i met robert griffin late last night after the draft. the man is exhausted and surrounded by pushy reporters that he takes the time to give generous 1-on-1 interviews to all of the local dc reporters who made the trip to new york to see him, including yours truly. let's be real. that was something he did not have to do. and for the record, number one pick andrew luck

rg3 touchdown in dulles around 3:30 this afternoon. an hour later, his caravan storming into redskins park. welcome, man. here is your play book. get to work.

after he left the facility, the twitter world was buzzing as he was spotted in georgetown having dinner. a man under the microscope can't get a meal without people looking at him. get used to it. it's part of the territory. can the man from copper cove, texas adjust to the area. griffin says, hey, no need to worry about me before the distraction. i have two army sergeants for parents to thank for that. >> it will be cool, you know, the facility is actually not in the dc. and the stadium is not in dc. so we'll see what happens. but you have to be able to adjust to different atmospheres and the military taught me that having to live in a lot of different places so i'll be open to it. >> official press is tomorrow at 2:00. redskins addressing their offensive line. josh lebreus was honorable mention. this was not the plan.

mike rizzo wanted to take his time with bryce harper before exposing him to the bright lights. injuries and the need to generate offense have forced to call up, and that call up starts tomorrow. the 2010 number one draft pick will join the nats in la. he replaces ryan zimmerman who was placed on the dl with an injured shoulder. not sure if harper will start, but they said we didn't bring him up here to sit him on the bench. >> this is a kid that has played above his peer group. we feel he has the confidence level and he's self assured us to not be affected by any kind of struggles he has. this guy was a special skills set. >> can the caps take down the number one seeded rangers? well, records haven't meant much this post season. the 2, 3 and 4 seeds all gone from the eastern conference. the win is possible, but no overconfidence here. brooks and green know what

they're facing. >> last year the series was 4-1 but it was very close. i remember after that series i thought that is going to be a good hockey team. >> they're a good team. we're not going to hang our hat on anything. but we're prepared. >> all right. tomorrow at 3:00, they drop the puck. two undefeated game of the week, sherwin taking on damascus. making it into our highlight package for the first time this year. this is megan mcdonald. she says i'm going to supersize this hit. the ladies -- >> oh. >> can't squeeze it. two more score. the lady warriors win. undefeated. 8-4 today. rg3 here tomorrow at 2:00. looking forward to see

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