thought civil unions would be sufficient. >> reporter: the vote in north carolina revved up the same sex marriage debate showing it may become a divisive issue in an election year. the white house has been flooded with questions about the president's viewpoint. republican rival mitt romney is getting those same questions. >> my view is the same as it's been from the beginning which is i don't favor civil union if it's identical to marriage and i don't favor marriage between people of the same gender. >> reporter: a gallup poll released this week found 50% of all adults say same sex marriages should be legal showing just how politically tricky this issue is in a presidential election year. late today several organizations supporting same sex marriage applauded the president's decision saying it strikes a blow for civil rights. at the white house randall pinkston. back to you, lesli. >> thanks, randall. the president says first lady michelle obama influenced change on same sex marriage. so what does this mean for the

upcoming presidential election? we have a pair of experts to debate the issue at 5:30. we move on to the idea of using craigslist to fight crime and catch crooks. that's exactly what one d.c. man was able to do snatching his bike back from the guy who stole it from him. how? well, the cops aren't saying, but our own anny hong went out and got some information. how did he pull it off? >> it took a lot of courage. we first heard about the story when we heard danny lush said his bike was stolen from a friend's front porch home sunday night. he found his bike on craigslist and came up with a scheme to reverse that bike theft. >> oh, i was furious, just i knew immediately that it was my bicycle. >> reporter: danny loesch found his stolen bike being sold on craigslist a day after it was stolen. the asking price? one hundred dollars for the cannondale hybrid bike he had bought over 10 years ago for 600. >> he started making contact

with the seller just text messaging. >> reporter: the two agreed to meet. loesch hopped a cab to meet the seller and negotiated a price. >> i asked if i could take it for a test ride. he agreed. i got on the bike. i looked at the taxi driver and said all right, i'm going to take it for a test ride and i took off. >> reporter: they agreed to meet here at fifth and longfellow streets in northwest d.c. on monday afternoon. now the taxi driver had been a victim of theft himself, so he wanted to help out and he was waiting for loesch just down the street. >> i got about 4 blocks away. i had the taxi pull up behind me. i got the bike into the trunk of the taxi and we were on the other side of town when the thief called my cell phone asking me where it was and didn't answer. so he left a message threatening to call the police on me. >> reporter: after filing a police report loesch did call d.c. metro police asking for a plainclothes officer to assist and possibly make an arrest.

after several phone calls he was told an officer wasn't available. >> i had served them a criminal up on a platter and for whatever reason they weren't able to do it. >> just two days after he got his bike back today loesch found more ads from the same guy who was selling his stolen bike. >> wow. if it's in my old neighborhood, longfellow, i'm 8 years old, somebody stole my bike off my porch. i'm still mad about it. why aren't the cops talking? >> they say they won't comment on this case saying it's still under investigation. i want to mention also that had he this cable lock on his bike, on his friend's porch, very easy to break through according to bike experts. they say these u locks are much more effective. >> there you go. thank you. like that bike thief catching guy. we have new information on the abduction of two sisters in tennessee. murder charges have been filed in connection with the killings of a woman and her teenage

daughter and the kidnapping of the two younger girls. heavily armed fbi agents in minnesota and tennessee are still searching for adam mayes now charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter adrian. mayes wife has also been charged. theresa mayes said the motive was to kidnap bain's 12 and 8- year-old daughters. >> that's why today we're announcing at decision of adam christopher mayes to the fbi's 10 most wanted fugitives list. >> both mayes' wife and mother are in police custody. surveillance video released yesterday shows mayes at a convenience store in union county, mississippi, three days after the alleged kidnapping. authorities say they are hopeful the two younger girls are still alive. plans for a permanent memorial site for victims of metro's deadliest accident is causing some controversy. some residents say they don't want the memorial park built in their neighborhood. surae chinn joins us now to

explain why the problems are so -- why people are so upset about this. >> that's right, lesli. this could be a case of not in my neighborhood or not in my backyard. the place victims' families have chosen isn't making some neighbors very happy. the mayor made a commitment to properly honor the victims and their families say it's time to have a place where they can go. >> it's always like it just happened yesterday. >> towanda considers the area around langley bridge where her daughter and eight others lost their lives sacred ground. the makeshift memorial on new hampshire avenue is right next to the plot of land where families would like to build the memorial park, but some folks in the neighborhood are adamantly against it. >> we don't want no playground up here in the park in front of our houses '. >> reporter: some residents are worried the park will attract more people which would open the door to more crime and even sex. >> we have a problem with kids in the neighborhood or the schools, the charter schools in the area, coming into the park and having sex and if there are

benches here, there are those of us that believe that's just going to make it more attractive. >> anyone that is involved in those activities, they don't need a bench to participate in those things '. >> reporter: brown says they want to work with the residents and have them understand the tragedy left 12 children without their parents, two of whom brown is raising now. >> me and the boys often go on the bridge and it's not safe to be on the bridge. >> i don't see the value added because if it was one of my loved ones, i would not want to honor the spot that took their lives. >> we do not want to disrespect anyone's place of residence, but we do know that this is a site where the incident has occurred and it will forever be a site that we will visit. >> the memorial park is only in the beginning stages. there will be many more meetings and the site could always change. the city still has to acquire the land from u.s. park service and a memorial black will be

unveiled on the third anniversary next month. >> hard to believe it's been three years already. thank you. there is a bit of rain on the radar tonight. so, top, the big question is how long will it stick around? >> well, unfortunately right through the evening rush hour. so i would allow extra time going home and waiting for folks to get home. let's start with live doppler 9000. some of it is actually in the form of heavier downpours. here's the beltway. around the beltway not quite so bad. now we see heavy activity in loudoun county around leesburg and toward front royal and everything is essentially pushing off to the east. so we'll zoom in on this storm out in loudoun county. pretty heavy storm moving off to the east, northeast. heavy rain around leesburg, nothing severe now with these storms, but when you see the reds here, this is rainfall rates of about an inch an hour. everything will cross the river, head to poolesville and eventually get to gaithersburg and olney as it goes out 108 and probably clips of rockville and moat mack. right now nothing severe -- potomac. right now nothing severe.

it will be a slow commute home. we'll come back and tell you when the showers get out of here and a look ahead to moms day. >> sounds good. meantime a full-court press is underway to try to convince the loudoun county board of supervisors to support phase 2 of the silver line. this morning a local economist told loudoun's county chamber of commerce members their economy will be stuck in the past if their supervisors turn it down. peggy fox was there and has both sides of this debate. >> reporter: in two months the loudoun county board of supervisors will vote whether to be a part of the silver line and accept the costs of millions of dollars or to opt out. today local economist steven fuller gave a presentation to the loudoun county chamber of commerce on the costs of saying no and basically he says it would be a huge economic mistake. the silver line is well underway, but whether it stops here in reston or continues to dulles is up in the air. phase 2 is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county right here along the greenway,

but loudoun's supervisors may not let that happen. >> what do you have against dulles rail? >> nothing. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i just don't think loudoun county residents will benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reed is still unconvinced after listening to gmu economist steven fuller. >> this analysis basically takes metrorail out of the forecast. >> reporter: only three of loudoun's nine supervisors came to hear fuller's dire economic projections for not building rail into loudoun. >> and tell us whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail loudoun county will attract high density development that will bring tens of thousands of high paying jobs. without rail he says by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 billion in economic

growth. supervisor ralph wino supports the project. >> it's clear-cut to me this is a once in a century opportunity for the county. >> reporter: supervisor suzanne folby is on the fence and wants it removed from phase 2. >> you want everybody to have an equal playing field and virginia is a right to work state. >> reporter: another insists he'll try to convince the loudoun board to get on board. >> we are going to have an economic impact of $272 billion to our region, how can you ignore that? >> reporter: supervisor ken reed who is adamantly opposed to bringing rail into loudoun county criticizes steven fuller's report and the numbers he uses and he says the report was paid for by property owners in loudoun county who had a stake in rail into loudoun. steven fuller resents that accusation and says that the money just goes to the foundation that he works with and not to him and the numbers he used, he says he got them from the county and that he did

not invent them. i'm peggy fox at dulles airport. back to you. >> strong opinions on both sides. thanks. now washington capitals have two choices, step it up against the rangers tonight or they pack it in. the season is done if they don't win. kristen berset is live at verizon center. this is game 6, but it might as well be game forever. >> reporter: it is do or die tonight. last time the caps were in a 3- 2 series they were on the brink of moving on against the bruins, but tonight it is an elimination game. if they don't win, they pack up and their season is done. now the caps are no stranger to playing in these tough games with their backs against the walls. in fact, the caps have yet to lose consecutive games this postseason, even dating back to the end of march they haven't lost consecutive games. they are 3-0 after overtime losses, but what they haven't been able to do is win much at the verizon center. they had a quick turn holiday weekend around from new york but they are chomp being at the

-- quick turn-around from new york, but they are chomping at the bit to get on the ice. >> we're excited for an opportunity to win at home. >> i don't think we deserve to end the season right now. >> reporter: coming up at 5:50 one of the capitals players will join me here at verizon center. for now back to you guys. >> we'll hope for the best tonight. we will be watching. thank you. coming up a former miss usa learns her sentence for drunking driving. >> how would you react if you saw a car parked like this or like this? believe it or not, parking in two spaces is not illegal in maryland. how that fact got a man's drug charges dropped, what a story. >> a white house staffer takes the stand in the john edwards trial. i'll have that story coming up.

is. the prosecution wrapping up its case in the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. >> today one of president obama's advisors took the stand. dick brennan has the latest. >> reporter: frommer edwards spokeswoman jennifer palmieri, now a white house staffer, came to testify for the prosecution. she described a tense scene at an iowa hotel in 2007, an irate

elizabeth edwards had blown up at donors who were supporting her husband's pregnant mistress rielle hunter while the finance chairman tried to calm her down. >> this is the second time that the money man baron han in close proximity to john edwards where he's essentially describing that we're hiding rielle hunter. >> reporter: edwards is charged with using illegal campaign contributions to keep his affair secret. former edwards season writer wendy button testified edwards knew all along about the payments but admitted edwards never exactly told her that. >> rielle hunter is on the witness list for both prosecution and defense, but it's not clear when or if she'll be called. if she does take the stand, she may not help either side. >> almost of witness in this case is cut both ways, some good for the government, some good for the defense. i would anticipate that rielle hunter will be the same. >> reporter: hunter is expected to acknowledge receiving payments, but she's also likely to say she didn't

think the payments were illegal. the defense should begin presenting its case next week. a conviction could bring edwards 30 years in prison. dick brennan for cbs news, greensboro, north carolina. >> jennifer palmieri is now deputy communications director for president obama. a former miss usa was given community service and six months probation for drunk driving. faqi was the first arab american to be crowned miss usa in 2010. she avoided jail time by pleading no contest to driving while impaired. a dare devil is attempting to walk a tightrope above the inner harbor. this is the grandson of aerial artist carl wolinda live towing the line in baltimore. he walked a high wire in 1973 and curt is attempting to follow in his footsteps. this latest stunt is designed

to drum up interest for the june 1st interesting of a ripley's believe it or not museum opening up at the harbor place. >> didn't they used to call them the flying wolindas a couple years ago? >> you are correct sir. >> the winds are going to pick up, not want to do any type roping then. there's a couple heavy thunderstorms that we'll look at in a second. going to be a slow commute home especially westbound 66 and northbound 270 with the rain and showers. some of the rain will be hefty. here's live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. winds out of the north at 6. pressure very low, 29.67 inches of mercury now beginning to rise. a second front has to go through later tonight. here's live doppler 9000, up 270 wet, out 66 really wet and really slow. even now down 95 southward fredericksburg we're seeing

light activity beginning to cross i-95. heaviest activity, though, show you this again, very heavy storm in poolesville heading off to the east, northeast. so up in boyd and germantown, looking at heavy rain, red indicating rain 1 inch per hour. so darnestown, get ready, and also gaithersburg. we'll slide southwest back over the river. this is a pretty heavy storm down toward ashburn. this will clip dulles airport and head toward great falls as we go through the next 30 minutes. we'll back the radar out a little bit. you can get your bearings. now we'll put into motion. this little cell will hold together pretty well and roll down into gaithersburg, rockville, bethesda and northwest they'll see light to occasionally moderate rainfall in the next hour or so. it's going to be a slow go home. temperatures, well, 73 downtown but 71 bethesda, 72 toward beltsville, 71 in reston, but leesburg down to 61.

the front is through them. cooler air is on our doorstep. here's the deal. cold front moving through, wet evening commute, windy, cooler tomorrow morning. you'll need shades and a jacket and so will the kids. breezy and cool through friday, but still a strong finish to the week. for tonight showers and thunderstorms ending by midnight, breezy and cooler, low temperatures in the 50s. winds turn northwest 10 to 15. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy and cool. grab a jacket. 50s and 60s don't sound too bad, but the wind's northwest at 10 to 20. that will add some chill to the air. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, cool, keep your jacket handy. high temperatures are near 70 and winds northwest at 10 to 20 and kind of gusty actually. next seven days looks like this. we're looking at temperatures still cool on friday, low 70s. 76 on saturday, pretty good for mom, maybe a shower but mid- 70s, better chance for showers monday and tuesday and wednesday we're in good shape with temperatures holding in the mid-70s. so a slow go tonight, but a

strong finish to the week. >> we'll take that. >> finish strong. that's all we ask for. still ahead the new steps the government hopes will keep your kids from getting too much exposure to radiation. it's our health alert. >> but first thousands of minivans made in virginia are being added to a recall because drivers are losing control. we'll tell you more up next. >> if it were anybody else, you'd say he's a madman, but he's a wolinda and can he do it. he is walking -- and he can do it. he is walking across the baltimore harbor promoting a ripley's believe it or not and look at him go. fox 5 news will be back in a minute.

we knew you were worried about the fate of curt wallenda, grandson of the great flying wallenda. apparently he's done. he's in a basket. it worked out. he's promoting the opening of the ripley's believe it or not museum at baltimore harbor june 1st. >> i guess he is kind of flying, just in biscuit.

>> make sure you go, lesli. -- just in a basket. >> make sure you request, lesli. ford is recalling 27,000 wind star minivans from virginia because the rear axles can crack and fail. those vehicles are added to a larger recall of about 600,000 wind stars in the u.s. and kansas dating back to 2010. since -- canada dating back to 2010. since that time the company learned about the same problem in virginia. so ford will either replace or reinforce the axles. ford workers can count on one last week of vacation this summer. the u.s. automaker plans to produce an additional 40,000 cars and trucks at its 13 factories. car manufacturers typically shut down their factories for two weeks in the summer, but the rising demand for vehicles is keeping ford's assembly lines revved up. law enforcement agencies across the country are sending a message to drivers tonight, click it or ticket, part of this year as he campaign to

make sure drivers and passengers buckle up. montgomery, gaithersburg and rockville police took part in a kickoff event today and also stress the importance of using appropriate child safety seats for your kids. you might have noticed more bicyclists on their way to school today. students from at least eight capitol hill area public and private schools took place in back to school day joined by the national highway traffic safety administrator and local transportation officials. there they go. >> i think i see some training wheels. still ahead one, two, three, oops. a group going to their high school prom ended up soaking wet in a chilly lake. >> up next more on our breaking news. we have an in-studio debate on the political ramifications of president obama's changing stance on gay marriage just ahead of this major election year. we'll be right back. $6 foot! slow cooked chicken in tangy, sweet bbq sauce on freshly baked bread. it's a barbeque-licious $6 footlong™ special!

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updating tonight's breaking news, president barack obama says he now supports same sex marriage. it was in an interview with abc news and the president says he came to that conclusion over the course of several years while talking to family and friends. the announcement ends months of equivocation on a subject with some powerful election year implications. joining us now to talk about them, david fishback, advocacy chair of metro d.c. parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays and conservative talk show host chris plant from wmal radio.

welcome. david, you've got the presidentially on your side, but some complain it's too little too late considering the vote in north carolina yesterday. >> this is a great day for gay people and their families and for the whole country. president obama has been on a journey so many americans have been on in recent years, understanding more and more about what sexual orientation means, that it's not something people choose, that people's essential humanity and about people's simple desire to have stable happy lives. >> it sounds like you're taking him at a words it was a journey and not a political calculation to try to stay out of that fight. >> i would think almost everyone in this country has been on some sort of a journey in recent years. >> so has chris plant. what do you think? >> i'm still evolving. i'm where the president was three hours ago. the president flip-flopped. this is entirely political, of course. the president as you doubtless know was in favor of same sex marriage in 1996 before he was

against it and then he was against it until he was for it again and that's today. the washington post today talks about the fact one in six of president obama's bundlers are openly gay. the head fundraiser for the dnc gay, one of the lead fundraisers for his reelection campaign is gay. this is purely political. it's getting a lot of pressure. you know money is being withheld, people are holding money back and the president made this decision. it will free up the fundraising and money, but it does create a political problem, not just with north carolina, but with virginia, florida, nevada, with the black and hispanic community and that's the calculus the white house has made. >> now they're saying the majority supports gay marriage. aren't people who are like that against it sort of standing in the school house door saying segregation forever at this point? >> no. even president obama said it's not a civil rights.

it's a social issue. it's being battled out. it's not seeing president obama arrive at the position vice president cheney has had for about seven years now. >> fair enough. >> it would be very nice if the rest of the republican party would follow vice president cheney on that. >> and president obama has finally done that. >> you should congratulate him for that, chris. >> let's talk about mitt romney for just a second. he's basically said i'm still where i was and i don't like gay marriage, but he's pretty quiet about it. there's got to be a reason for that as well. >> civil unions is in the minds -- >> he's against that, true. >> i'm not sure. i don't think that he's actually stated his opposition to civil unions, but civil unions is where president obama was this morning, mitt romney and president obama shared a position on this at lunchtime today. now president obama has flip- flopped for the second time on the same issue. everybody knows it's about fundraising. the washington post made clear

it's about fundraising. don't give him too much credit. it's situational morality. >> let me stop you quick and say this. suppose it cobses the president key votes and ends up being the ralph nader of the 2012 election. will you be happy he made this decision? >> it is always hard sometimes in politics to do the right thing, but i think the best thing to do for any politician is to do two things in situations like this, do the right thing and more importantly, explain why it is the right thing. >> in other words, make the case. we got to stop is right there. thank you, gentlemen. good conversation. appreciate it. now nothing can make the blood boil, you pull into a super crowded parking lot and somebody is intentionally taking up two spaces. >> that's right. you think there ought to be a law, it turns out there isn't in maryland. our scott broom has been working on this story and has more on a surprising twist on

all this. >> reporter: yeah. believe it or not, this is a big enough deal that it has gone all the way to maryland's highest court. bruce w. gilmore, ii was sentenced to four years of prison after police found a knife and drugs on him in 2008, but he got off anding it was all about parking. that's -- off and it was all about parking. that's because gilmore took up two parking spaces like this one which is why police said they started questioning him which led to the search, the arrest and the conviction. but the courts threw out the evidence after discovering that there's no law against parking like a jerk. >> takes up two spaces. >> you know, everybody did that, there would only be half as many places to park. >> i don't think anyone likes it. >> obnoxious, yes. >> reporter: hey, buddy, what's the story, you're taking two spots up here? i don't want jerks like you parking next to me scratching

up my car. >> i'm not the jerk. you're the jerk taking two spots when people need them. you're being selfish you bone head. bottom line, this jerk isn't breaking any laws and unless the property owners threat knows to tow, there's not much this jerk can do about it. so there you have it. even if you're busted for carrying drugs and a weapon, it won't stick in court if the police originally contacted you for parking like a jerk because in maryland it's not against the law. reporting live in silver spring scott broom, 9 news now. >> which scott broom is it because we saw two of you in that piece? i'm just wondering, okay. it's the real scott broom. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's the real one. well in, tonight's health alert time to cut back on radiation when it comes to kids. that's the message from the fda when it comes to ct scans and other x-rays specifically on children. the fda is urging manufacturers

to design new scanners with children's safety in mind. the concern is that too much radiation exposure over time could increase the risk of cancer later in life. now parents, the agency is also telling you to ask doctors if the test is really needed and if there are radiation free alternatives. celebrity hairstylist vidal sassoon has died. sassoon's 1960s wash and wear cuts freed woman from the endless teasing and hairspray. the easy maintenance cuts fit right in with the fledgeling women's liberation movement. sassoon developed a popular line of styling products and shampoos bearing his name. his slogan was if you don't look good, we don't look good. sassoon died of natural causes. he was 84. focused on the fight, not the fear, ahead a young air force captain shares her secret to surviving breast cancer. >> but first a purse snatcher goes on the attack until a good

samaritan steps in to save the day. in fact, there was more than one. >> don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

caught on tape a good thing, some good samaritans grab a purse snatcher.

surveillance video from this cleveland gas station shows a man in a blue shirt ask a customer for a light and tries to grab her purse. the gas station attendant runs out of his booth and she and the victim and other folks are holding down that robber. >> i just sat down on him and tried to help him. the guy was holding him. >> reporter: you were sitting on his head. >> i was sitting on his head. he said please, i can't breathe. i said well, you should have thought about that before you tried to rob that lady. >> that's what i'm talking about. the attendant and station owner tied the man's hands and legs with a phone cord and yellow caution tape and held him till the cops got there. prom night, something teenagers dream about for years and something they spend lots of time and money getting ready for. >> for 1 group of high schoolers they had the perfect prom plans, the perfect prom outfits and then the perfect looks got all wet. there are a dozen of them. they came to the shore of a wisconsin lake over the weekend

planning to take a group picture. lovely, isn't it? except little did they know that as they stood on the wooden pier they were about to make a lifelong memory when they heard it crack and suddenly it collapsed underneath them. some of them stayed dry. others had to climb out or be pulled. can you imagine? they weren't going to let that little mishap dampen their prom night. >> a lot of hair driers and fans. >> it was like a half hour of blow drying. >> we had tuxedos and prom dresses in the driers. >> we're laughing at it now and it's hilarious and i'm sure my kids will laugh at it. it will be remembered a long time. >> the blow drier, but you never knew it could be used in that way. >> those are great pictures actually. >> i have heard the tuxedos don't come out of driers all that well. >> well, you could be right. >> not wash and wear. >> nobody of hurt and they got to the prom -- was hurt and they got to the prom. so they're telling people before you take a picture at

the pier, just make sure it's secure. the caps are good at one thing this postseason. that is giving us all heart attacks, a preview of the must win game tonight coming up. >> but first what's your sexual orientation? kind of a forward question. a look at who is really asking it of their employees next.

in the last 24 hours we've heard president obama change his stance on same sex marriages and we've seen north carolina strengthen its ban on them. now the u.s. government appears to want to know your sexual orientation. we'll hear about the federal employee viewpoint survey. >> reporter: the office of personnel management is conducting the survey advocates for gay rights seeing it providing useful information. >> when discrimination might be happening in the workforce, when teams might not be functioning as well as they could because there could be some again discrimination. >> reporter: but asking a

worker about sexual orientation? the federal center southwest metro. >> i'd say to stay out of that. >> i don't think it's a bad idea. i think it's a good idea, okay to, find out as long as it's used in the proper fashion. >> i think it would probably be a good idea to get the information, but i would keep it optional. >> reporter: we asked the office of personnel management why it's asking the question but it issued this statement. the specific question at issue here will provide information about the level of satisfaction that employees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender experience with respect to their work environment or employing organization. employees are not required to provide their sexual orientation and can select i prefer to not say in response. what are the benefits of asking this question? we do not know exactly what it will tell us because we've never done this before. what we would think it would tell us is what is their level of satisfaction with their employment situation and does

that differ from other employee groups? gay advocates see another advantage of collecting the information and cite the defensive marriage act which prevents the feds from offering spousal benefits to same sex couples. >> once we have sexual orientation data it would help us get a better handle of how many people actually do need those benefits. >> reporter: that survey is underway now and should be completed next month. >> the survey is designed to gauge employee perceptions about working conditions, what works, what doesn't and how organizations can do a better job. nearly 2 million federal employees will be asked to participate before the end of june. >> a nice midweek day. >> well, yeah. it's a slow going on the way home, rain on 66 and 270, down 95, but it will pay dividends. it will set us up for a strong finish to the week and for the most part a nice weekend, still questions about the latter part of mother's day. let's start with live look

outside at our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son brought to you by michael and son, some showers pushing through but nothing severe. 73 downtown. remember that number. winds now out of the north at 6. one front is through as pressures rise at 29.67 inches of mercury. let's talk about the radar. the heaviest activity by far now is well south of us into the northern neck and southern maryland. you folks will have heavy rain around westmoreland and maybe just clipping st. mary's county. we'll zoom in. these storms thankfully have weakened a little bit, still pretty heavy rain around seneca and dulles and backside of route 50. everything is pushing off to the ease, northeast. we'll put this -- east, north east. we'll put this into motion. it's going to cross 97 into bethesda and wheaton and eventually cross 650 and everything weakens which is good, but showers remain well

to the west of us. we aren't clearing out any time soon. temperatures, remember that 73 downtown? look at this. 61 in sterling. it's 59 already in leesburg, so yeah, the cold front is through and the cool air is on our doorstep. 73 in rockville, but 66 in gaithersburg. as cool as it's going to be tonight it's still going to be a bit above average. the cold front moving through, a wet evening commute, windy, cooler tomorrow morning. you'll need your shades and jacket and the kids need a jacket, too. breezy and cool friday. two nice days, but a little bit on the brisk side. showers and thunderstorms ending by midnight, breezy and cooler, partial clearing late, low temperatures in the 50s, wind northwest 10 to 15. by morning partly cloudy, breezy, cool. you'll need a jacket, 50s and 60s. that sounds okay, but wind northwest 10 to 20 will make it feel on the chilly side. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy and cool. keep the jacket handy.

high temperatures will struggle to get to 70 and winds northwesterly at 10 to 20. you're a golfer, that's about a two club wind. we'll break it town. in the morning 50s to start, cool, noon in the 60s and by evening only 67 to 72. nice but you'll need that jacket all day. let's talk about the next three days. friday nice but still breezy and 71, gorgeous on saturday and milder, temperatures in the mid-70s. now for mom, well, a shower possible, nice, though, temperaturewise in the mid-70s, not a washout and then we're looking at a better chance for showers monday and nice tuesday and wednesday with temperatures in the mid-70s. mid-70s is about average for this time of year. if you're going out tonight, grab an umbrella and jacket because temps are tumbling to the west. >> okay. we've been warned. beer and baseball, we know they all go together for some people. check out what happened last night in san diego. it's a foul ball into the

stands and it lands right in this guy's beer cup. yeah. no kids around to give the ball to, so after toasting the crowd he leaves the ball in cup and drains it dry. okay. he didn't catch the ball, but, you know, it added a little flavor to the brew. you know that stadium brew is expensive, but not necessarily tasty. it needs all the flavor it can get. >> now i'm not sure a hockey puck in the beer would taste anywhere near as good. >> yeah, but kristen berset is at the verizon center for tonight's crucial game 6 for the caps and the rangers. it's on. >> reporter: yeah, a puck in a cup would probably make a mess of things and probably hurt a little. caps fans are hoping the only place a puck goes tonight is in the rangers net, the caps down 3-2 after that heartbreaking loss monday night. it's do or die night for them. they lose, they go home. they win and force game 7. joining me now is keith aucoin.

big game tonight for you guys. what's the mindset now in the locker room as you prep for this game? >> the same as it has been the whole playoffs. our back has been against the wall the last month, even before the playoffs started. our mindset is the same and we've been happy with the way we've played and we could easily be up three games to two as well. we'll go out there and work hard and get as many pucks in as we can. >> reporter: you talked about your back against the wall. would it be an honest statement to say you guys thrive in that? that's what it seems to be since march. you guys have yet to lose consecutive games. >> i think we look forward to the challenge. i think a lot of people counted us out toward the end of the season and we took that to heart. that's when we play our best. hopefully we can do that tonight. we're usually pretty lazy and goofy in the morning. this morning we were pretty serious. i know we're ready. >> reporter: when you look back at game 5, i have to ask

about alex ovechkin. he didn't have a single shot. when somebody struggles like that on the ice, what does that do for the rest of the team? >> i thought he's playing against the top defensive forward and top defensive dmm, but other guys have to step up and that's what made our team successful throughout the playoffs is everybody stepped up and contributed, but he lives for these big games and he's going to go out there to play. >> reporter: being superstitious. you got a baby named what? >> braden. >> reporter: please tell me he's going to be here tonight. >> he's going to be here tonight. he came to game 2 and game 5 in boston and of our last game here. if we win tonight, somehow we'll try to get him to go to new york for game 7. >> reporter: good luck charm. maybe before you go out everybody should rub his head or something. >> we have to do something. we talked about it.

he'll be here. hopefully he's the good luck charm and we win tonight and get him to new york city for his first time for our game 7. >> reporter: good luck tonight. thanks so much. that's keith aucoin joining me live at the verizon center. at 6:20 we'll talk more about the game. back to you in the studio. still ahead, folks, voter dissatisfaction manifesting itself in a very interesting way in west virginia. a closer look at last night's primary results. >> then later bank of america hears how some americans really feel about its business. >> but first focusing on the fight and not the fear, some word of wisdom from a breast cancer survivor to share with you next.

it's the 9th of the month, time to call your buddies to remind them about the importance of doing a self- breast exam, scheduling a mammogram if you're over 40 and a clinical exam. as andrea roane reports, that buddy can be your spouse, relative, friend, co-worker or an active duty captain in the u.s. states air force. >> overall i think cancer has made me a better person. i don't think it knew what kind of enemy it was dealing with basis certainly kicked its butt.

picked the wrong lady. >> reporter: that lady is captain candace adams, a nine- year veteran of the united states air force. she's one of the 11,000 women under age 30 who are diagnose every year with breast cancer -- diagnosed every year in breast cancer. like a lot in her age group, cancer never crossed her mind and she didn't do routine self- exams. >> i would be in the shower and wash, you know, my chest and things like that and that would be about it. >> reporter: she of 29 when she learned the marble size lunch she felt in her breast was -- lump she felt in her breast was one of the most aggressive cancer strains, triple negative. >> finding out i was triple negative was worse than finding out i had breast cancer. a large possibility from a doctor's perspective was it wasn't going away and it had a huge reoccurrence. i was paralyzed with fear. >> reporter: there to lift her up were her parents and brother and and fiancee ryan.

from then on she would fight cancer her way. what came out of her taking control of her high of was this film on her website. >> you're serious and i respect the gravity of you because you take life, but chaises to minimize you because you are never going to -- i choose to minimize you because you are never going to take mine. >> reporter: she shared her intimate sometimes disturbing often funny emotional journey. >> the shirt laid flat on my chest. i felt like a boy. i'll do it again anyway. i'll get up tomorrow and i'll find goodness in my day. >> reporter: it was her chance to celebrate life and a way to educate and empower other young women. >> you have to be aware of your body and if you notice anything wrong, do something about it because you can control it if you do something about it. >> reporter: andrea roane, 9 news now. >> what an amazing story. to keep yourself and your buddy in check, text buddy check 9 to

25543 for a monthly early detection alert. the alerts are sponsored by washington radiology associates. this is 9 news now. it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> a bold move today from president barack obama as he throws his support behind same sex marriage. his interview with abc news comes after days of headlines on the topic. our kristin fisher is live in the satellite center tracking the developments. >> what a week it's been. first you had the vice president coming out announcing he supports same sex marge. then just yesterday voters in north carolina banned gay marriage in their state and now president obama has just become the first sitting president in u.s. history to come out and say i support same sex marriage. >> i have to tell you, as i said, i've been going through an >> it's an evolution that started 16