after pleading guilty on not paying his taxes, i asked his father what he had to say about all of this. and there in court, he decided that question. for the first time, he gave us an answer. he said that my father would say, you know, stand up, accept for what you have done and be responsible for your actions. >> the u.s. attorney. >> well, i think the judge was sending a message. we were certainly sending a message. this city will not tolerate unethical public officials. if you violate the trade of public trust, you know, there will be consequences. >> reporter: harry told them that the kid lectured their son, and that he had brought to his wife, family, and the

people that he served. he then pleaded for mercy. closing with the words of martin luther king, in the meantime, he said that there will be something good in the works for us and something bad and the best of us. >> and the former principal, harry thomas jr. is still a free man tonight and probably will be for some week. and they will be notified by the federal bureau of prison, when and where to report it. and probably to a minimum facility. coming up at 6:00, you know, what mayor gray and the council chairman had to say about it today and they know that they have their own issues before the u.s. attorney's office. >> but i'm interested in what he might have had to say about why he did this. >> and we're going to have more of that at 6:00. he said it was a sense of entitlement, and he said that he lost his value. he got greedy. he just got greedy. thank you, bruce. i appreciate it. >> another sentencing, this time they were a mother and they were sentenced to 18 months in prison today. the prosecutors said that they needed to mail the dry wall over the bedroom door. and to barricade the three daughters here inside.

the children, one of them, only 18 months, they were found there last march and they needed to use the mattresses to use dry wall. they claimed more for you and the father. and with the drug addicts. they needed to get three years probation. >> and the infant is recovering at the hospital after the family dog attacked that baby and nearly bit her ear off, which happened earlier this year. and they are live for you here at fairfax hospital, after suffering nearly three dozen dog bites. how is the child doing? >> well, the baby is doing much better after being bitten, be more than 30 times the baby boy, you know, just three weeks old. and he was flown here to the hospital on tuesday. we just learned that he will be out at the icu and in stable condition, after the pet dog turned on the newest family member. detectives said that they were at home in that area. and she was sleeping next when

their dog jumped in it and attacked the baby boy. the dog nearly ripped off the infant's ear. >> biting on the right side of his body, it is partially detaching the ear with some severe bites. >> the investigators say that the mother was very tired and may have been a heavy sleeper when the dog bit the baby more than 30 times. and i know that it frightened him up inside. you know, what did i do wrong? >> and the father came home and they had to pry the family dog off the child and then shot the dog here. detectives, amy russeller is a dog training expert. she said to never leave the pets no matter what breed it is along with the baby and to know that the dogs and the cats could be unpredictable. and you want to slowly introduce the baby here to the dog. not only is there a new person or a new sound, but new behaviors on behalf of the owner. i know that it is frightening them up inside. what did i do wrong? what should i have done? and that would have been, you know, very hard. >> reporter: and so just back

out here live, someone walking their dog, you know, this is loose here at the jack russell terrier. these dogs are very friendly, but it will go to show you that we don't know, you know, what dogs are going to do when a new member is introduced to the family. and so that's what the dog trainers will say to you that they are just unpredictable, they need to introduce them slowly. back to the investigation though. the detectives say that alcohol and drugs were not factors in this case and it just needs to be a very tragic accident. back to you. >> all right. tray. and let's hope for a speedy recovery. thanks. meanwhile, montgomery county police, they are looking for a pair of what they believe are police impersonators who struck in the separate incidents, raising the question once again, you know, what should you do if somebody in the unmarked car tried to pull you over. you need to bring it up again. >> and that will be a great impersonator, as they need to get it. and they will be clearly in high risk, being robbed at the

carjacker or even being sexually assaulted. >> that's a real police officer in a real unmarked car used by montgomery county police. and yes, he really is pulling me over to demonstrate what a professional police dog with the unmarked car looks like. >> how are you doing? >> just great. >> reporter: and those are the minimum standards for the police stop. the captain speaks to the department. >> and now they are going to have the red and blue lights as well as the sirens. and the officer is stopping somebody in an unmarked car that should be in uniform. with the patch that will be clearly visible. >> you are doing it at 40 miles an hour and 25 miles an hour going back there. >> reporter: but there's a big problem here. and as illustrated by my colleague, derek mcginty, fakers can buy real police stuff online with no questions asked. in the case of a woman pulled over by an impersonator in silver springs yesterday, the car did not have lights or a siren, but the impersonator did

have what appeared to be a badge and a vest. and she was robbed, which is why stark says you as a motorist have some options to be safe. >> if anyone is ever uncertain that it is a police officer, trying to, you know, pull them over, stop them, get them to stop the car and asking them, you know, from their vehicle, they should ask to see the identification or simply call 911, confirm you're a police officer and then drive to a location that will be public and well lit if it is in the evening. >> so that will be a second incident reported yesterday. and that one, police tracked down a guy who was using fake police lights in a car, apparently harassing them to get them to pull over and move on. one of the drivers, the smart guy got the license plate. so state police went to go see this guy yesterday and they did not charge them and they did not have that here to make a big charge stick. but the guys will be on out there clearly. and it will be a big problem once again. i don't know if it is

springtime or what. >> clearly it was time to refresh their memory about this. you know, every year, it comes back around. >> yes, call 911 and go to a safe place and then you're good to go. >> all right, thank you for that. >> thank you, we'll get another one of those stories. it's making cyclists very nervous. we identified the woman killed while bicycling along the busy roadway today. her name was diane whitman, living in montgomery village. she was 48 years old. that crash happened during the morning rush hour right at route 108 and diane road. police say that the driver stayed on the scene and both the driver of the car and the cyclist were headed east. the driver hit the cyclist from behind and then the cyclist ran into a tree. and the driver was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. in the meantime, fairfax county police are still searching for this missing 12- year-old girl. her name is ashley o'brian. no one has seen her since friday. she left her home near mt. vernon, saying she was going

over to a friends house. if you know where she is, please contact the fairfax county police. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week, boy, it's dropped to their largest drop in nearly a year. and it could be, you know, a good sign for the jobs report that will come out tomorrow. and now the economists, they say that it will be too soon to tell if this will be a positive sign for the overall job market. >> well, i don't know, it's another sticky day, but it will be warm and sunny, and it is springtime. it's a small price to pay as you said on monday. we traded the warm air for the thunderstorm. >> no real thunderstorms today, right? only a couple? >> none in the metro area. we'll show you out to the west, derek. kind of like yesterday. we'll see how far east they will get and remember whatever form it will be, it will be hefty. these are big storms, just west of hagerstown. it's moving due east towards williamstown. we're looking at the pretty good ranges for you and at 522. this one storm, it's actually moving off to the east at about

12 miles an hour. it may have some hail in it. there's not a warning on this storm just yet. but with that said, if you are in williamsport or hagerstown or big pool or indian springs by 5:39 and 5:43, then you'll have heavy rain the very least. we'll track it. don't think that they will get across the mountains and the immediate metro area, but we have a bigger chance. a much bigger chance of the thunderstorms tomorrow and we'll talk about that coming about. >> all right, we'll be ready. thank you, topper. it's spring. a lot of us are realizing that. the trust for the national mall announced the $700 million clean up for the nation's front yard. bruce leshan has a look at the winning designs for some of the most neglected areas on the mall. >> here next of the capital at union square, designers had to balance democracy and security. so this pool will go, replaced by a big public square. and another elevated pool that

will be built up there next to third street. the kind of mirror image of the reflecting pool, way down on the other end of the mall by the lincoln memorial. >> i need all your help. >> the interior secretary says he is blown away by the designs. >> you have the best designers in the entire world. >> reporter: the former first lady, she will lead the efforts to raise the private money to pay for them. >> together, we can renew the very special national mall and leave it as a vibrant legacy for our grandchildren and our great grandchildren. >> reporter: the institution was designed as a sheltered place. a way from the wide open business by the mall. but it has become pretty darn disgusting. and the plan has, you know, this pond completely rebuilt. the model boating in the summer. and an ice rink for you in the winter. a big pavilion year with the restrooms, the restaurant, and maybe even a bar.

>> so you can have a martini on the mall and that will be unusual. >> yes, and very difficult right now. it's impossible. it's stuff that you could get going. >> reporter: the plan is to tear down the old theater where they have 4th of july concerts, reorienting the stage so people are looking back at the washington monument. and then they will be building up the walkway for you that will connect the washington monument and to the title basin and the jefferson memorial. the national trust is already helping to rebuild that from third to 7th street. which they hope to break down on the latest work in two years and cut the first ribbon by 2016. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> 25 million annual visitors have battled it greatly, deferring maintenance. they are pushing for a hard escaped area where organizers could stage things like the festival and the solar decathlon without doing so much damage. coming up, the blind

chinese activist who left the u.s. embassy in beijing just yesterday is now begging for asylum today. and plus, the alcohol pall, the scandals, and some of the other tricks that they will be using to get up there. but up next, a new collection of osama bin laden's letters reveal new plots by the terror leader. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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just days after the one- year anniversary of osama bin laden's death, the public has a chance to read some of the final written words. they released the documents seized in the raid a year ago in pakistan that killed the al qaeda leader. acing monoother things -- among other things, they were upset to win the public support and also about the poorly planned attacks that he believes killed too many innocent muslims. and he also wrote up the goals to carry out the attack aimed at killing president obama in order to elevate the utterly

unprepared vice president joe biden into the presidency. and the chinese activist that took refuge it in beijing now made a dramatic turnaround. we have a report for you coming up. the activists now say that he wants to leave china. one day after being reunited with his family and accepting a deal to stay in his country. he said in a phone interview that he has changed his mind and fears for his safety. it surprised u.s. officials who said that he never mentioned that he wanted to go to america. >> and he talked with his wife, twice, and then made that decision on his own to come out of the embassy. >> the blind activist has been outspoken by the forced abortion policy. he took refuge in the u.s. embassy after escaping house arrests, suffering injuries. the situation has created a tense diplomatic standoff between the u.s. and china. they accuse the u.s. of

interfering with their internal affairs. the secretary of state, hillary clinton, is in china for high- level trade talk, and says that they must protect the human rights. >> as a part of our dialogue, the united states raises the importance of human rights and fundamental freedom. >> chen now wants to leave china with clinton who is in beijing until saturday. the state department has stopped short of saying whether or not they would reopen thenegotiations. cbs news. they brought him there yesterday. the autopsy plan today, on the body of the former star. the friends, families, fans, are still in shock over the suicide. the charger star was found dead yesterday in his ocean side california home of the self- inflicted gunshot wound. his girlfriend found his body in bed. tonight, many are wondering if it may have caused brain damage

to contribute to the death. and a florida family woke up to a massive sink hole. that will be in the orlando area. they swallowed up for the trees, the family is now out of the house. and look at that thing as they need to continue to monitor the threat of the home. >> that is a great view for you here of the sink hole. >> yeah, not great. >> that is pretty nice. i mean, man! that's the way it should be. and that is the deal. you know, we'll have a chance for a few thunderstorms. a couple for you mainly west of town. and tomorrow, it could get interesting. we'll keep you posted. and then off to the west, almost exactly like that yesterday, and the storms are developing. we're not so sure if they will get as far to the east as they did yesterday. in fact for the most part, they will need to stay west of i-81, maybe just a little bit

creeping over here. but we'll zoom in. we showed you that earlier. but not particularly big. that one will be moving east, and just head towards williamsport. now, we'll zoom back out here a little bit. and we'll see where these will be going for you in the next hour as they had track them for the next hour. we'll see if they will weaken a little bit. they will cross i-81. still holding together pretty well for you. then they need to weaken it a little bit as they go towards middletown and make it into fredericks. we'll keep you posted. the warm air will be further north. so you know, more likely they are able to stay here, intensely for a little bit longer. the warm front will be to the north. pretty good storms with these as well. we talked about it yesterday. you'll need to go indoors. right now that's a live look outside. brought to you by michael and son, 80 degrees, that's pretty

tight. it'll be 63. notice the winds are out of the south right now. and that will allow them to go further north. because of that warmer. and we'll throw that out here in the lower 80s. 80 in reston and sterling and even 84 out towards leesburg. so unsettled, but it will be okay. just the isolated thunderstorm. and a much better chance for the thunderstorms tomorrow. a few showers on saturday. isolated shower on sunday. there will be lots going on for the most part. the weather will cooperate. for tonight, partly cloudy and warm and isolated thunderstorms. it will be possible. they could develop that there for you in the low 60s. all right, the next seven days. again, we have lots going on. we're looking at the view here for you. anita brikman couple procedures, but not a big deal. you have the festival on

saturday and sunday and for the most part, it's going to be okay. that'll be a small price to pay for sunday and monday and now tuesday and wednesday, different story. showers and thunderstorms and the high temperatures in the low to the mid-70s. it'll be thursday. this is cool. we've been talking about thunderstorms. these are the clouds that will develop and go up in the atmosphere. to the top of the clouds, that's where it will stop. the higher you go, the more intense that you will go. it will be a nice job. if you want to submit something, go to our website, click on weather. and yes, please include your name and descriptions. that's just the way it is. >> okay, a great cloud, thank you. >> yeah. well now this man, he was left in jail without food, water, toilet for four days. he is now preparing for a $20 million lawsuit. but up next, a shootout that leaves one immigration

dead, three others hurt, and a boy under investigation.

they were shot today while serving warrants in the san francisco area. it happened early this morning. investigators say they were shot during the operation that will be a part of the ongoing criminal investigation. the agents are expected to be okay. a suspect is in custody. and another ice agent though, they will be dead and the accused shooter is his own 14- year-old son, which happened last night in carson, california. police believe that the agent's son called 911 after shooting his father. and the teen was taken into custody. the los angeles sheriff's department is investigating, no word yet on any possible motive. >> and the arizona investigators now say that the shooting rampage left four people dead and it is a case of domestic violence. not political. they will blame a former marine, blamed for the killing. that man right there, they later killed himself. and the victims range in age from the 16-month-old to a 47- year-old grandmother. he was the founder of the u.s. border guard and had ties to

new nazi and minutemen groups. he was left in the holding cell without food, water, and a toilet for four days. now they are preparing for a $20 million lawsuit against the drug enforcement agency. he admits that he was smoking marijuana when dea agents raided a university city home back on april 21. and the spokesperson says that he was one of nine people detained in separate brooms. he was told that he would be released. but for four days, no one came. he says he was convinced that he was going to die. and you know, i was there for my own hand. and thinking that they could get there that way. >> they claimed that it shows torture on to the law where they will be seeking damages for pain and suffering, future medical and psychiatric treatment and loss of future

earnings. the dea issued a statement yesterday apologizing. and more of this incredible video for you is coming up. >> how do you protect your children from being molested at the sleepover or at the summer camp? i'm peggy fox at the center for missing and exploited children with some important information coming up. but first, this is the alcohol brawl that will be made for boozing on the down low. just one way that they will be using it to sneak the booze into proms. we'll show you some of the newest tricks that parents will need to know.

9 wants you to know they are cracking down on parents that host the drinking problems. the fairfax county board of supervisors and the school board has claimed them as parents who will host and they lose the most, hoping to draw some attentions of serving alcohol to underage teenagers. >> take a look at the eye opening statistics related to the increase of the deadly drunken driving crashes last year. the average blood alcohol confrontation was .17. that is more than twice the legal limits. but under the age of 21, the average was a .24, three times the legal limit and the equivalent of consuming about 15 drinks. and with the prom season now underway, montgomery county police are out in full force,

trying to keep our kids safe. andrea mckaren shows you how some teenagers have gotten down right clever when it comes to sneaking the alcohol into the nights festivities. >> we do make all the backpacks and everything, no matter what. >> the fancy dresses are not the only signs that the prom season will be here. >> there is a new alcohol brawl that has the dual apartments down it. >> reporter: every year, montgomery county police will alert the limo drivers to the latest trend. the alcohol brawl appears to have replaced another fad, sandals with a built-in flask. >> last year i would say hey, do you mind talking to this kid? he's got the mintiest fresh breath that you have ever seen.

sure enough, they were drinking scope. >> and some mouthwash will contain as much as 40% alcohol. >> they are very creative. >> reporter: the limo driver, they remember one prom night when the kids made what sounded like an innocent request, a brief stop at the convenience store. >> i told them that two of the boys need to get out. they will run in and come out with two huge big bags of snapple. >> it seemed odd six it was stocked with water and soda. but he listened closely and he did not hear the popping noise that usually comes when bottles are open. i said hey, you have snapples, why don't you pop me up one? that's great stuff. well, you should see the look, you know, the teens had planned in advance with a friend who worked at the convenience store. each bottle had been opened and pre-filled with alcohol. >> i pulled over. i grabbed the snapple and he said we're going back to mom and dad.

and we did. >> reporter: and now whether in the standard limo or in this 32- passenger deluxe model, his company has a zero tolerance policy for underage drinking or drug use. >> parents put their trust in us and we need to bring them back. in maryland, andrea mccaren, 9news now. >> we have a warning for parents. look, don't book the limo simply based on price. make sure the company is licensed and has the right insurance. check out the safety records for you and this prom season, go to our website on wusa9.com, look under local news. coming up at 11:00, an in- your-face reality check. they accompany them on to the visit where they have learned from the inmates, how the alcohol and the drugs derailed their lives. jailed straight. that's tonight at 11:00. the guilty verdicts in the sex abuse trial are raising questions for many parents

about who they could trust. the father and the former mayor, they were convicted yesterday of molesting girls during the daughter's slumber party last summer. he followed the trial and now she has some important questions for you that parents should ask to help ensure that their children are safe. >> the disturbing thing about the gardner case is that the victim's family, they all knew michael gardner. they were friends for years, they trusted him and they knew that he was going to be there that night. but he did not know that they would molest their children in the middle of the night. >> reporter: what turned into a night of terror for two girls because they spoke out immediately. but the girls will never forget. >> in a sense it's a life sentence because their innocence has been stolen from them. their childhood has been taken away. they thought that they did everything right. >> we thought that we were

extremely careful it was a very warm relationship. >> reporter: at the center for missing and exploited children, the executive director says that sexual abusers are usually someone you know. >> even if it is dad's best friend or mom's best friend or the uncle harry or the guy next door, they have the right to say no and they will need to get away from it. >> reporter: parents will need to ask the questions before sending their children to a sleepover. who will be in the house and supervising throughout the party, during the night. what entertainment, movies, games will take place, are there any guns in the house? you should have a plan with the supervision in place and limit the number of the people in the house. always have two adults present. for the summer camps, check first to see if there were complaints, and ask those questions. >> you wouldn't take your car somewhere to be prepared

without checking the references. you should do no less for your children. peggy fox, 9news now. >> they point that out such as the girl scouts that now have policies in place, requiring two adults to always be present with the children. the rule also protects adults against the false accusations. and the smithsonians natural history museum has received the single largest gift in their history. the vice president has donated $35 million. and that was the party's vice president candidate in 1980. he has seen a major donor to the conservative clauses. >> one of the world's most famous areas has sold for a high 119.9 -- $119 million for a picture. it's the highest paid for a single work of art. it's held here in manhattan

last night and the unidentified phone bidder took home the painting. the 1895 is one of four versions of the famous art work. coming up, how the information you put on facebook could be be used against you. and also up next, caught on tape, officers used a baton to beat a man to the ground. the video shot moments before explains why. don't forget that we are always on wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back.

caught on tape, an ordinary traffic stop turned into a high- speed chase. he took off after the officers ordered him. and it ended up going over 100 miles per hour. at one point they made a u-had

turn from the far left lane where he will head up to the turnpike, briefly stopping here at the toll booth where you can see the officer ramming them from behind with the cruiser. eventually he uses the pit maneuver to bring that chase to an end where they found cocaine and marijuana in the car and the 36-year-old driver now faces three felony charges. >> we are also caught on tape. that's chilling video. police is using the batons to take on a man here in stockton, california. and now, they were right there when the officers needed to beat the fleeing unarmed suspect, almost a dozen times. and they will raise their hands as you can see there. that's when they needed to restrain and handcuff them and they show you the home video just shot moments before. so the suspect was being drunk and disorderly and when the officer told the man to leave that there will be a scuffle and the suspect, they reach for his gun. >> what we know is that the suspect tried to grab one of our officer's gun -- to grab

one of our officer's gun. we need to use any force necessary to make that arrest. >> the suspect was treated and released from the hospital. now he's in jail, facing several charges including resisting arrest. >> wow. thank goodness for protective glass. video of a lion pawing at a tiny baby boy at the oregon zoo. it goes viral, of course. >> the child was dressed in black and whites and barely noticed what was going on behind him. but something sure got that lion's attention. clearly it wanted to get at the little boy. his mother is looking for him. saying she was never worried about the child's safety. >> and some people are like oh my gosh, move him out of there. but he was not scared. if he was scared i would have picked him up. we didn't notice that he looked like a zebra until someone told us on that on facebook that he looked like a little tasty zebra. >> yeah, all righty. the zoo workers say that lions also interact with youngvisitors and the glass

barrier keeps them safe. this same video of the same thing, it happens at the colorado zoo last year. and just like the oregon lionist, this female seemed eager to get her paws on a real cute little kid. >> i'm real hungry. why can't i get to you? >> and now to a kitten, they must be feeling a little drained. the firefighters responded when a passer-by heard the frightened cat, mooing loudly from the storm drain as they tried to coax it out and they said they needed to flush them out with the water and cats don't like that. they pulled that little kitty from the manhole. >> all right, coming up, the republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, he picks up a big endorsement. this time from one of his former rivals. but first, the department of agriculture launches a new way for you to make sure that the foods you buy will be safe to eat. >> that is making me hungry.

tonight, the usda is rolling out a new tracking method to keep the food you buy safe. the department of agriculture set up their new regulations that will change. how they trace that in the food chain and allow inspectors to move more quickly to get that tainted food off the store shelves. meat and poultry processers will also be required to notify

the feds within 24 hours of finding something contaminated. facebook will raise $10.6 billion in their highly anticipated ipo offering. in the u.s. alone, nearly half of us will have a profile page and we share a tremendous amount of personal information on the social website every day. but security experts, they caution that in the wrong hands, your information could be used in ways you could never imagine. >> reporter: the attorney was shocked when he found someone had created a fake facebook page in his name to send messages to friends. >> he portrayed me as a very flamboyant gay man who wanted to share his sexual desires in a very, very graphic way. >> reporter: jolly quickly contacted facebook, but says that it took several e-mails, nearly a month before the bogus profile was removed. >> their security department was horrible. >> reporter: the problems with

facebook were up 30% in the last year. and according to a survey conducted by the consumer reports, national research center. more than 2,000 online households participated. >> we estimate that 7 million facebook users ran into trouble in the past year. and everything from someone using their log-in without their permission to them being harassed or threatened. >> reporter: and the personal information you post on facebook can come back to haunt you. an estimated 4.8 million posted where they would be on a certain day. and a tip to burglars. 4.7 million liked pages about medical conditions or treatments. and details of health insures that they might use against you. >> they can also look for clues in wall posts, photos, that may play into whether or not you get hired. >> reporter: they say that the government is even peeking at your data. this 2009irs training manual shows how to use social networks like facebook to assist in resolving a taxpayer's case. and you can restrict your facebook wall posts and photos by updating the privacy

settings. but 17% of membered surveyed said they did not use them and they are particularly important for kids on facebook to head off stalking. now nearly 800,000 young people will experience some type of cyber bullying in the past year. children under 13 are not even suppose to be onfacebook and although they closed thousands of those accounts, consumer reports calculates that more than 5 million underage children are still registered on the site, anita? >> staggering numbers. okay, lesli, thank you. pop chips pulled their new web commercial featuring ashton kutcher after saying it was racist and defensive. the "two and a half men" star played in this commercial. and his face is painted brown, speaking in a fake indian accent. the ad is now removed from their website, facebook page. they issued an apology saying that it was not intended to

offend anyone. women living right here in d.c. apparently made the right call in finding a place to live. a new study says that washington is the best city for women's overall well being. the research is a part of the project called measure america. and it compares the cities based on a woman's education, salary, marital status, and life expectancy. women here in d.c. will earn the most money and they have the highest levels of education. so there you go. >> you go, girl. >> yeah, that's right. >> go us. >> and that is more than us. and it does not matter what city you're in. >> we still love you. >> yeah, we do. >> i told you about the rule. you know, we have three girls. they rule and boys drool. and that was our rule. >> yes. and boys drool in the shutter. >> there you go. we have a couple storms. nothing severe. pretty quiet around the metro area. we'll zoom in, doppler 9000. you can access this on our website by the way on wusa9.com. if you have not already, you can check out the weather app. it will be pretty good. people unsolicited come up to

me and say hey, great weather app. check it out. we showed you these earlier. and you know first, we'll take a look down to the south and look at this storm, right here. 81. it's kind of straddling 81, just to the north. this will move off to the south and the east, just south of front royal. and that has the heavy rain in it. it does not have any hail. about three quarters of an inch an hour. these have weakened a little bit. these are the ones we showed you earlier, now these are the heavier cells to the east of i- 81. we'll put this into motion for you and these too will be moving off to the south and the east and they will head towards here. maybe middleton in frederick county, crossing the river here as this will be holding up pretty well. and now we'll keep you posted again, few and far in between and thankfully nothing severe just yet. we do have some lightning with them. remember if you hear thunder, you'll need to go indoors. all right, live look outside. still a beautiful evening, a great night for baseball too. 80 downtown. dew point at 63.

pressure is steady at 30.03 inches of mercury and winds are out of the south at about 6. temperatures, much warmer than this time yesterday. 79 in bethesda. 80 in arlington. 81 in gaithersburg, 83 in great falls and 83 also in college park. so here is the deal. unsettled, but okay, not enough activity to change your plan really. isolated storms tonight. warmer on friday, a much better chance for thunderstorms. some of those could be hefty. a couple showers are possible on saturday. we have a real busy weekend, the flower mart at the cathedral on friday and saturday and the festival here for you as well on friday, saturday, sunday. we've got the cold cup as well. for the most part, the weather will cooperate. maybe just an isolated shower on sunday. and sunday, probably the better of the two days. partly cloudy tonight for you and warm and isolated storms. that's about it. low temperatures in the 60s. almost like summertime for you tonight. all right, the next seven days. we'll keep a much better chance for the showers and thunderstorms in tomorrow and some of those could be hefty. we'll keep you posted. high temperatures in the mid-

80s tomorrow. 80 on saturday, few showers. more to the south, maybe a sprinkle on sunday and monday and not bad, mid-70s. then tuesday and wednesday, more concentrated areas of showers and storms. we could still use the highs. >> all right, that's not a bad looking forecast, huh? >> not too bad. >> all right. well, talk about the good stuff. the washington capitals have put on quite the performance last night in game three of the eastern conference semifinals. >> so they eventually lost to the new york rangers, but the fact that the game went into triple overtime that has everybody buzzing. kristin bursett is here with more and there were plenty of tired eyes here at work this morning. >> that's for sure. majority of the fans stayed for the game's entirety. metro was open until 1:00 a.m. but what a game it was. we've gotten used to the overtime games in this playoff series, especially since there is no shootout. they played about five games it this went to extra periods. last night it was just epic. when the regulations ended, many of the media folks, including myself headed downstairs to be ready to head into the locker room to get the

interviews as soon as the game was over. but instead, we all got real comfortable in the media lounge, waiting for the game to end. i want to break down the numbers for you to give you a better idea of how ethic they were. in all, the total ice time of 114 minutes and 41 seconds. the guy basically played two games for you over the span of two different days. with only one victory handed out. and now in all -- and now in all, the game lasted about four hours. the longest playoff game in 1996 and to give you a better idea of how long that was, compare it to a flight from jfk. a one-way flight will be about an hour and 15 minutes, so you could go up to new york and back to new york and all in the time that it took to finish last night's game. you can also take your s.a.t. or win the boston marathon. now this post season, the average time that the player has been on the ice, 22 minutes and 32 seconds. the rangers were on the ice

last night for a game high of 53 minutes and 21 seconds. and almost an hours worth of skating. alex ovechkin played a career low, 13 minutes on monday night and game two. they are probably happy right now because they have the freshest legs of them all. spending 14 minutes on the ice. i'm getting tired of just talking about it. all right, now they said that the hockey players will be burning your averagehere. the goalies as well, both teams, equally impressive, logging over 114 minutes. the cap's young net minder has now logged more ice time for you than any other goalie by far. and 681 minutes, 24 seconds over a full period more than the next closest goalie. and oh to have the energy of the 22-year-old. that will be no surprise for you that they had the day off. and only he spoke to the media today, we'll have his reactions for you coming up at 6:00. i'll take it up for you. >> and i would much rather

watch that game to get a root canal. thank you, kristin. and still ahead, they will plan to kill the president just one of the madmen's post 9/11 objectives. what else was in the documents found after the raid that lead to bin laden's death. plus, a long-time supervisor, they have been sentenced today here at federal court for stealing thousands of audio recordings, and he was suppose to maintain it. i'm matt jablo, that story is straight ahead. but first, local signs that wiz kids are making delivering the news a whole lot easier. see the winning conventions in this week's school cool's report -- cool school's report.

as we found out, these high school juniors proved that they could have a heart. and to make someone's job easier. >> they took me to see the workers to see the process.

and we definitely saw problems that we wanted to fix. >> in this case the workers had autism, muscular dystrophy and they are blind. their job, try folding that newspaper. slide it into a plastic bag so it will be ready for deliveries. >> there are a few of them to take the bag and then to have the coordination. >> now, after the visit, they took their design to the next level. >> so we ended up with a traffic cone and just pieces of here for you. >> and they did the trick and then they had the field tested and it worked. >> some of them were just like well, this is helpful. and others were like, we love it. >> yes, now it is time to present the national competition for you in virginia, but not before the teachers made them rehearse it in the other schools. >> we told them to make sure that you know your products and you know what you have done. you have spent weeks and weeks

with this product. and now just talk about it. >> and now did they ever? well enough to win the whole contest. >> that's pretty awesome. we were a little hysterical. >> reporter: they got a lot more than just the $5,000 prize. the mother approached them after the presentation. >> had she was saying that richard loves it to help them. >> when you are working hand in hand and seeing how, you know, it affects their lives, it improves their lives. it will be a real cool thing and then you'll want to go out and do it again. >> reporter: in another moment, it occurred as well. after this project, designing the medical devices is where she would like to make a living. >> just being able to know to help others, you know, to really, well, realize that there. and that's what we all strive for in life to help others. >> mike hidak, 9news now. >> mike clearly wants to know about it. send it to him.