it. bussed through 42 cities in 40 days. hoping to mobilize college students to force a compromise through congress. >> it is $6 billion per year, that's a lot of money for the taxpayers. >> absolutely, $6 billion is a lot. that's how much we spend on throw weeks in the war in afghanistan. >> even for a congress bitterly divided by party politics, the senate debate was remarkably nasty. >> what matters now for democrats is they found a way to drive a wedge between republicans and a constituency that they are looking to court ahead of the november election. >> democrats want to pay to keep college student loan rates low by raising tax rates on the wealthy. republicans want to raid an obama care fund for preventative health. >> sending a clear message and protect wealthy tax dodgers. help promising students to achieve their dreams. >> 52 aye and 45 nay.

too little to even start debating the bill. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> the president is pushing congress to agree to something before rates go up in july. congress needs to keep student loan rates from doubling for students who are here and all across the country. >> at george washington university where college costs are approaching $60,000 a year, freshman, joshua, is left to wonder how he is going to pay his bills four years from now. >> even if the interest rates are high, i'm going to do what i can do. it's going be rough. >> this was the 21st time in this congress that senate republicans have successfully filibustered a democratic bill. at this point, it is not clear when or if there will be any compromise to move this student loan rate freeze forward. >> and we're talking massive amounts of money here. you said the t word.

trillion. >> yes, the total student loan debt in america approaching $1 trillion and there is a whole other crisis we'll have to deal with. >> if you don't have a student loan, you know someone that does. thank you, bruce, back into the studio. the polls are open in three states, holding primaries today. west virginia has 31 delegates up for grabs. north carolina 55. indiana has 46. if mitt romney sweeps all three as expected, that will bring the delegate total to 989. just 155 shy of what he needs. romney did pick up an endorsement from one of his strongest rivals. rick santorum's backing came in an e-mail just before midnight, not your typical method of support. governor romney will be the nominee and he has my endorsement. support to win this most critical election of our

lifetime. >> the presidential primary isn't the only thing on the ballot in a lot of states. in north carolina, voters are being asked to weigh in on the constitutional amendment that would define marriage as solely between a man and a woman. allow civil unions. california is a question mark because they questioned proposition 8. meantime, long time indiana senator says he is counting on independent voters to get out there and help keep them in office. the six term incumbent is facing a tough challenge from richard in the dais republican primary. the polls are also open in wisconsin today, but there's no primary. instead, voters are so glecting. the winner of today's contest will face republican governor scott walker june 5 in a general election. hosts the g8 summit next

week at camp david and people living around the area and that presidential retreat are hoping they don't see the same sort of repeat of the protests that have plagued the global gathering in the past. our scott broom takes a look at security. >> economic summit will be happening in camp david 21 miles from here. it's a place that protesters simply cannot get to. so they are planning on making a stand here in frederick instead. g8 protests can be remarkably violent, like this one in germany in 2007 or they can be a lot tamer, like this one at sea island, georgia, at 2004. in frederick, there is no doubt it's coming one way or the other and residents aren't sure what to expect. >> as long as they are peaceful. if it's going to be radicals, no, we don't need that in frederick. >> protest organizers with a peaceful occupy movement announced plans online to flood the city. city leaders will decide on

issuing rally permits for the city's baker park tonight. the frederick county school system decided to close for the day fearing clogged streets and closed roads. and frederick police have warned merchants to bring in sidewalk signs and decorations that could be turned into projectiles. lieutenant clark pennington speaks for the police department. >> if you don't feel comfortable, you can close down. >> downtown, some merchants will close. >> just in time there's a brick through the window, we don't want our valuable coins out there for someone to take. >> reporter: some others are planning to be open for business. >> new folks in town and tourists, we're excited tact. >> police underlined that peaceful protesters have every right to be here and will be respected. but police say they'll be ready if things cut the other way. in frederick, scott broom, 9news now. help for homeowners with under water mortgages is on the way. bank of america announced it

will reduce the principle balance on homes of 200,000. they must owe more on the mortgage of what the property is worth and be at least 60 days behind on their payment. the write off will help homeowners save up to 35% on their house. the principle reduction offer is part of the $25 billion mortgage settlement agreement reached in february. the man accused of attacking a woman in petworth with a hammer was in court this morning. the court learned that the mental evaluation of michael davis is complete and set a date for a competency hearing. police believe he may be connected to three others including one that killed a tourist from denver. we're learning more as well tonight from a woman charged in a hit-and-run that left another woman dead. >> i'm peggy fox. left one woman dead and another woman in the fairfax county

jail. 32-year-old gloria mcmillen is charged with felony hit-and-run in the death of 21-year-old arrington. police say she unintentionally ran over and crushed arrington and fled. >> nothing good is going to come of that either. we'll keep looking. >> witnesses say arrington pulled out in front of the suv in a tan lexus. police believe arrington and mcmillen got out of their vehicles and confronted each other. mcmillen is known for police facing dozens of charges in the past ten years and a conviction of reckless driving. law enforcement sources tell us there is video of the incident showing mcmillen on the ground bleeding. mcmillen had an arraignment this morning, she is being held without bond in the fairfax county detention center. peggy fox, 9news now. >> we have learned that gloria was not alone in that car. police tell us there were two others with her. an adult male and a child. today, the fairfax county

police department is remembering two officers shot on this very day back in 2006. a gunman opened fire on those officers in the parking lot of the sully district police station. detective died that day. michael was critically injured. he died nine days later. that gunman was shot and killed by return gunfire in the police department parking lot. and federal security agencies say they don't see any immediate need to change the screening procedures at airports. this despite the discovery of a new type of underwear bomb. the cia got its hands on that bomb during an operation. it is said to be an upgrade from the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jet liner over detroit in christmas 2009. this new version has a more sophisticated detonator and contains no metal. bomb experts are studying the device figuring out if it could have slipped past airport security. coming up tonight on 9news now at 7:00, cutting out part of the ten commandments?

a federal judge does just that. a display in a virginia high school. we'll talk about it 9news now 7:00. >> we'll see you then, derek. coming up in this half hour, the godfather of go go is in the hospital. we'll tell you more on chuck brown's health. top. i just popped the umbrella up. a couple light showers. we'll show you the almanac and close to average. 75 and 61 go in the books. 74 and 54 is the average. only .2 officially at national. north and west of town we had a tenth of an inch of rain. when we come back, we'll talk about when we can put the umbrellas away. >> a startling scene on tape. we'll show it to you and show you the happy ending. that's next. ♪

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scene with a good outcome. you might not want to watch at first. police in buffalo released this surveillance video early thursday morning, one 18-year- old is hit and flying head over heels in the air. police say he was injured and is already out of the hospital. the 19-year-old driver has been arrested and charged. police in fort wayne, indiana, arrested a man and a woman who allegedly drove three blocks with four children strapped to the hood of their car. a witness called police last night after seeing the couple strap the kids to the hood in a liquor store parking lot and started driving away. a u.s. marshal stopped them. the kids weren't hurt, they are ages 4, 5, 6, and 7. the man is charged with drunk driving. the woman with neglect. all right, now to a commuter alert tonight for people planning to use branch avenue near the beltway. the maryland state highway administration is planning to close parts of route 5 for paving tonight. if the weather holds, you want to watch for signs between off

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canceled some live appearances for the past few months, which prompted big time rumors on the internet that he did die. our bruce johnson confirmed that 75 years of age, brown is being treated in the intensive care unit for pneumonia. a source says he went into the hospital complaining of arthritis, but doctors discovered and removed a couple of blood clots in his legs. local radio stations are asking listeners to offer up prayer who's have been entertaining live crowds. >> everyone loves chuck brown. and they want him to have a speedy recovery and i think we have some level of relief now that we know exactly what's wrong and that we know that rest is the most important. >> chuck brown's manager has not released an official statement on the musician's health. the heavens above fascinated mankind for centuries and in 1923, the first planetarium opened in

germany. there's one of those facilities in the d.c. school system and it has been used for storage for the last two decades. today that all changes. the planetarium reopened to the public. it will become part of a science technology and engineering and math wing at the school. pretty cool. >> absolutely. and there's some great apps out there that let you track the stars on an ipad. we are teaming up with the university of maryland to give you a chance to win one of those tablets. log on to facebook facebook and like our page. you have until friday night to enter. we'll announce the winner next week. you really cannot make this stuff up. 23-year-old man in nebraska has changed his name. he entered a courtroom on monday as tyler gold and left it with the name. gold says as an entrepreneur, name recognition is important and the new name is more

recognizable. t rex. hey t-rex. crazy. >> tr, not t.o., but t.r. i don't know. it's goofy. >> more than a little. >> is that an employable name? >> you wonder how he came to that realization. : all right, 75 today is average. and looking at temperatures generally average until we get to the end of the week and cooler weather rolls in, but nice. strong finish to the week. let's start with a live look outside. we're showing you the white house. this is our live weather cam. and temperatures are not bad if you are at the district and south. temperatures in the low 70s. pressure is still falling. 29.81 inches of mercury and the winds out of the south at 11. we eliminated that east rally component. that allowed temperatures to crawl higher than yesterday in some spots. here's a satellite picture, radar combined. you can pick out the frontal

boundary. it stretches through ohio and back into arkansas and oklahoma. the front itself will not roll through until tomorrow evening. that's why we think this is going to be the best chance for showers and storms. in the meantime, there are still some showers and storms back in west virginia and a little bit of activity around parts of the metro area right now. we're going to keep the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in tonight. heaviest activity by far and away will be tomorrow afternoon. so here's a look at live radar. some activity up 270 and out toward winchester on the west side of i-81. everything is light. we'll zoom in to the immediate area and a little bit of shower activity out toward the airport. a couple sprinkles here in northwest going out connecticut avenue, nebraska, and that's about it. a little bit of activity toward alexandria. everything is light. temperatures, 67 in bethesda. 73 downtown. and 69 in great falls and 74 in college park.

now, here's the deal. more showers on the way. wet evening commute for some. mainly a dry morning commute and then showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. good news, a strong finish to the week. now for tonight, mostly cloudy, breezy and mild. shower or thunderstorm possible. 58 to 64. winds south, southwest 10 to 15. by afternoon, by morning, returning partly sunny, breezy and mild. got to keep the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in tomorrow morning. 60s and 70s. by afternoon is the best chance as the front moves through. partly sunny and warm. showers and storms. high temperature 75 to 80. next seven days. looks like this. a nice strong finish. partly cloudy, a little breezy. low 70s. around 70 or near 70 on friday and mid 70s over the weekend. it looks okay for mom. you might want to make a contingency plan to duck inside for half an hour in case a stray shower rolls through. >> okay. that's better than an all day rain. >> i'm going have brunch inside. a little flowers.

you have it all planned out. all right girl. all right. let's talk about the caps. they could still do it. >> they could still do it. lick you just said. they have been in this situation before. this is the top seed that they are playing. so might be a little more difficult this time. it still does hurt a day later. the caps now facing elimination and have a short turn around before going at it again. but was that enough to shake their confidence? today the guys respond. plus, the nationals back in action. the latest on the injury front when sports returns.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> you may have felt like you were having a nightmare, but unfortunately, it really happened. despite being out played and out shot, the caps were this close from stealing one from new york and bringing a lead back to d.c. but joe ward, the hero in game seven made a critical mistake, getting called for a high stick penalty, giving the rangers a 6 on 4 power play. despite the heartbreaking loss, the caps say it hasn't shaken their confidence. >> we are a confident bunch. we know what we can accomplish and it's just a matter of going out there and doing it. >> we have a good hockey team. never get too high, never stay too low. >> caps fans frustration took a nasty turn last night taking a

page out of the bruins play book. fans, including caps fans this time unleashed racist tweets directed at joe ward. the same thing bruins fans did when ward scored this game winning goal in game seven. the washington nationals officially put jason worth on the disabled list today while he recovers from a broken wrist. they got one of their stars back. ryan zimmerman will return to the lineup as the nats visit pittsburgh. because of inflammation in his right shoulder. he was hitting 224 before he went on the d.l. time to reveal our high school game of the week poll. some of your choices, most of them on the diamond this week. robinson at renn don. go to dc.highschoolsports.net to vote. and fresh from missing the cut. tiger woods hoping for a better showing at the player championship.

he hasn't won this tournament since 2001. >> you're not going to play well every week. there are times when i have felt awful over a golf ball and i still somehow won a golf tournament. doesn't mean i'm comfortable, but i'll figure out a way. >> all right, we have some urgent news to get to. >> about that disruptive bomb plot. officials are saying that would be bomber actually worked for the cia all along. the l.a. times says it showed agents were able to infull trait al- qaeda and get their hands on a sophisticated underwear bomb before it could be used. waiting to learn more about this story and bring you the latest at 7:00. >> other stunning development in a stunning story for sure. that is it for us. the cbs evening news will have more on this up next. : and derek is back at 7:00 and we'll be back at 11:00. good night.