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we think we've seen it call, cameraman and i happened to be with montgomery police on a different story when we got a tip. as you're about to see, teenage drinkers are getting younger and younger. >> a river runs back through here. >> reporter: an anonymous tip leads us on a wild walk through the woods, wading across a creek and under a bridge. >> when we approached them they started running. >> reporter: teenage partyers leave behind a backpack and beer cans in their rush to get away. >> we had a younger female hop the fence on us. we had to go after her. >> reporter: police surround the woods on all sides so the teens have no place to run. under arrest, sixteen age girls, students of frost middle school and gaithersburg high school. the 14 and 15-year-olds tell police they've been playing spin the bottle as a drinking game. >> is anybody going to be a

zero zero? >> reporter: also detained an 18-year-old boy who tried to run from police. so did this 15-year-old girl who is defiant. but wait until the preliminary breathalyzer results come in. >> she is 14 years old and she's a .17, twice the legal limit. >> reporter: another girl tries to minimize what she's had to drink. >> one beer. a little bit of vodka. >> do you have something to say? >> reporter: when the girl mouths off, police separate them. >> stand up. over here. >> reporter: the 18-year-old had rum and coke in his backpack, taken from his own home, he says. >> you didn't supply any of the alcohol, you just brought that. that's all you brought? >> yes, sir. >> if i ask any of the kids they're going to tell me that? >> that's right. >> reporter: this isn't the teen's first run-in with the law. two months ago he was busted for marijuana possession. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: only one of the

girls is visibly upset. her father is in federal law enforcement. the 16-year-old is released with a court date and one by one fathers come to pick up their underage daughters. >> shut up. don't you touch me. officer. >> reporter: some are angry, like this man collecting his twins. others appear indifferent. >> i discipline their child right then and there. others say it's the police's fault. they say, so-and-so, you violated my child's rights. >> reporter: four of the six girls were drinking. two were not, but all six will be cited. and the two girls not drinking still received alcohol citations because of something known as constructive possession. it means that they were so close to the illegal activity they clearly knew it was happening and could have easily been participating in it themselves. by the way, we did make the decision to blur the faces of

the girls' fathers since showing those faces essentially could have identified the teens themselves, and they are, of course, all minors. >> that constructive possession is a good lesson for kids to learn. now, there was girls from three schools there. will the schools do anything to these kids? >> that's another interesting question. in montgomery county, as you may know, it is up to each school administrator to decide that. in this case since the activity was not on school property, nor at a school-sponsored event, punishment is not mandatory. had it been on school property, they would have suffered consequences. we also offered the school system and the individual principals a chance to comment. they did not. >> all right. thank you for staying on this. >> then tomorrow night, you're working on another disturbing investigation parents need to know about. >> we are, anita. exposing yet another way kids are getting alcohol, working with police. we had minors order alcohol from room service at some of the area's most well-known

hotel chains. you will be interested to see just who served the kids and who did not. >> i'm blown away, andrea. we'll look forward to that tomorrow night. thanks. a showdown in annapolis. lawmakers today began a three- day special session trying to hammer out a budget after failing to do so several weeks back. >> the big issue, whether to increase taxes on the wealthiest maryland residents. matt jablow is following the story and he joins us live from the statehouse with the latest. matt? >> reporter: despite the best efforts of the loyal and vocal opposition, the tax increase battle in the state senate is pretty much over. >> enough is enough. that's right. >> reporter: dozens of tea party members joined with a handful of republican lawmakers tonight inside the statehouse in annapolis to protest a tax increase that they all describe as both unfair and unnecessary. >> anybody here want any more taxes? >> no. >> reporter: the tax increase proposed by the democratic leadership calls for hikes of anywhere from a quarter to 3/4

of a percent. households making more than $150,000 a year for a couple with a combined income of $175,000, that would mean a $254 annual tax increase. >> no big deal. >> reporter: the alternative to the tax increase, according to the democrats, would be the so- called doomsday budget. >> no way doomsday. >> reporter: automatic, significant and painful across the board budget cuts, as well as an $800 tuition increase for state colleges and universities. early this evening, the state senate approved the tax increase, which was champy oned by -- championed by this senator. another disagrees. >> there was a better way. >> reporter: calling today a bad day for maryland residents. >> i think it's very bad for working families, for job creation, and i think it sends the wrong message for people who want to come here. we want maryland to be a state where people want to be here. tax increases make it very

tough to do. >> reporter: the state is expected to formally approve the tax increase tomorrow. house delegates will then begin their debate. >> thank you, matt. 9 wants to know with the tax hike looming, where's the best place for a family to live, d.c., maryland or virginia. that story is coming up at about 11:14 tonight. new at 11:00, no equal rights to gay couples in colorado. they rejected civil union legislation during a special session. the bill had enough support to clear the house during the regular session and get to the democrat governor's desk, but republicans refused to bring it up for a vote before a key deadline. grainy video from surveillance cameras. it's not a lot but it might be enough to catch a baby killer. d.c. police say the man in this video is a person of interest in the murder of coran hunt. somebody stabbed his mother when the baby was still in the

bottom. paramedics rushed him to the hospital and the next day he was born, but the mother later died. the medical examiner says her cause of death was that stab wound. she recognized the man in this video -- if you recognize the man in this video, contact d.c. police wr in fredericksburg, virginia, police are on the hunt for this man, a child rapist. he's charged with the rape of a victim under the age of 13, forcible sodomy and abduction after incidents at a fredericksburg home. he's 5'8" tall, 175 pounds, pierced ears and a pierced eyebrow. if you know anything call the police. it's going to cost you a bit more if you want to get in on that facebook ipo. late tonight the company raised its price range to $34 to $38 a share, up from the original range of $28 to $34 a share. the social network began selling stock may 18th. six armed robberies in less than 48 hours. police in prince george's

county police the same two crooks are behind this week's crime spree targeting businesses. it started with the shell gas station in the 13800 block of annapolis road in bowie friday night. the bandits were armed with semiautomatic weapons and wearing masks. they used a newer model gray dodge charger as their getaway car. call police if you have information about them. the country's largest bank lost $19 billion in value. the stock price down more than 12%. now the white house says j.p. morgan chase's huge losses highlight the need to protect taxpayers. during his commencement speech at a college in new york, president obama called for tighter federal regulations. >> we know that we're better off when there are rules that stop big banks from making bad better with other people's money. >> it makes it more difficult for those firms to function and perform their duty for the shareholder value.

it drives competition to other places in the world. >> ceo jaime diamond says the bank lost $2 billion when it tried to hedge its better and balance financial risks. the executive who oversaw that deal is out of a job and two other high level employees at the bank will soon follow. in campaign 2012 news tonight, he is all done spending money, but texas congressman ron paul says he is still trying to make some noise in the gop presidential primary. in a message earlier today, paul says he's trying to stockpile a few more delegates so he can incite some change in the party and go to the republican national convention in august with a strong statement. but mitt romney who's way out ahead is still a tad light on the delegate front. according to the latest tally by the associated press, romney has 966 of the 1,144 delegates he needs to win the nomination out right. however, keep in mind, there are still 11 more primaries and caucuses still to be held

beginning with oregon and nebraska tomorrow. and here are the latest polling numbers. president obama and the presumptive nominee, mitt romney, and according to a cbs news, "new york times" poll conducted may 11 through the 14th, 46% of registered voters say they back romney. 43% say they would opt for mr. obama. romney's slight advantage remains within the poll's margin of error, plus or minus four points. can you picture this, alex trebek asking those men questions in a presidential debate. he would like that gig. we don't know if he's good at asking questions, because on his game show, jeopardy, he just gives out the answers that elicit the questions. >> well, questions, plenty of those in mississippi. who's shooting at drivers along the highway? is it somebody posing as a cop to pull over his victims before he pulls the trigger? in the past week, two drivers have been shot dead on two

neighboring highways. an elderly man visiting from nebraska and a woman from mississippi. >> a common denominator we have between both incidents is that we believe both vehicles were on the side of the road. you tend to look at how vehicles got to the side of the road. >> police say they have no suspects. meantime, they're telling drivers if a police officer pulls you over, it's okay to dial 911 and ask for a second officer to arrive. a setback for the defense at the trial of john edwards. the former democratic presidential candidate charged with breaking campaign finance laws. prosecutors say edwards used campaign donations as hush money to keep an extramarital affair quiet. today his attorneys tried to put on the stand a former head of the federal election commission, that's scott thomas. he believes money in question did not qualify as a campaign contribution. but the judge ruled thomas won't be allowed to say that in front of the jury. the government's star witness in the roger clemens

retrial admitted in court today he injected the former fastballer with illegal steroids. he said he knew what he was doing, that it was illegal and he wishes he could take it back. he said he injected him the first time in 1988 when clemens pitched to the blue jays. still ahead on 9 news now. >> it is time for america to go to war against something almost all of us really like. sugar. and we crunch the numbers of the maryland tax hike proposal and have comparisons to virginia and d.c., coming up. i'm meteorologist meteorologist topper shutt. i would keep this handy for tomorrow. here's your wakeup weather. another wet commute. upper 50s to mid-60s to start. rumble of thunder not out of the question either. by 9:00, 64 to 70. we'll come back and talk abou

if taxes play a role in where you decide to live, the fight in annapolis tonight could lead to you packing your bags. we decided to look at a family of two family workers with two kids. >> if the maryland proposal passes that family would be paying more than in virginia by a long shot, but surprisingly more than they would pay in d.c. as well. gary nurenberg joins us to explain. >> reporter: the proposal focuses on taxpayers at the top, make $100,000 or less as a single or $150,000 or less as a couple and the plan doesn't bite you at all. but the two gs-13's, combined income, $250,000, they get hit pretty hard. >> their income tax liability would actually go up by almost $1,000 in a year. >> reporter: that's under the plan currently being discussed in annapolis. that couple currently pays $16,786. under the new plan, that would

go to $17,775, a $989 increase. >> you can save almost $6,000 if you move to virginia under this current plan. it's definitely also $1,000 more than the district of columbia. >> reporter: the tax foundation ran the numbers. >> when we looked at this problem, we just started filling out tax forms and doing people's taxes. >> reporter: under the new plan for those two gs-13's, $17,735 taxes in maryland, $16,612 in d.c., and $11,651 in virginia, more than $6100 less than maryland. >> if you're making $100,000 a year, this proposal doesn't actually affect you. for people filing jointly that are making $150,000, the number wouldn't affect them either. this tax increase wouldn't affect them either. >> reporter: but legislatures might want to invest pension funds in moving companies in in 2008 maryland raised taxes on high income workers. the next year one in eight

millionaires no longer filed income taxes in maryland that year. >> reporter: if they are no longer in maryland to pay up, remaining residents have to make up the difference. anita. >> some interesting numbers there, gary. last week, everyone got all worked up about that kind of bizarre time magazine cover story featuring a 3-year-old still nursing at his mother's breast. while the image was shocking, derek is a lot more interested in the "newsweek" cover story and says you should be, too. >> that "newsweek" cover from last week had this roly-poly infant rocking the super-sized fries and a desperate cry for help. but it's what's inside that magazine that got me thinking as journalist and author gary tubbs asked tough questions, like how come after decades of desperate efforts by everybody from the first lady on down, we're still so fat and getting fatter? well, tubbs, who's written whole books on this says contrary to what the government says, all calories are not

created equal, that it's the refined sugars in grains jacking up our insulin levels which in turn controls the accumulation. fat. exercise, great for the heart, but sorry, mrs. obama, a 3-mile run barely burns a snicker's bar worth of calories. none of this is new but tubbs makes a convincing case it ought to be at the center of our fight against flab. his prescription is simple. almost no sugar and a lot less bread, pasta and potatoes. look, i love sugar. in fact, i once did a whole commentary on the wonders of halloween candy. but let's be real. they say the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. in other words, all those lemon heads are starting to leave behind a sour after taste. anita. >> thank you, derek. if you want to respond to something derek has to say or watch his commentaries again, head over to the web page part

of our home wage, wusa9.com. just scroll over features. >> it's true. >> it is so true. >> exercise is so important, but you cannot count on that to counter your calories. >> i've done the sugar buster diet and you're not in a pleasant mood for two weeks. >> you're not. >> giving up sugar is not an easy thing. >> and it's hidden in a lot of processed stuff. >> yes, it is. a wet commute going to work and possibly a wet commute coming back from work. but the silver lining, a fantastic finish to the week. a live look outside. temperatures haven't done much in the past couple of hours. 68 downtown. the pressure is steady, 30.03. winds are south/southeast at about 5. they will eventually turn a little bit and become more south and then eventually southwest. widen the radar out a little bit. see all the lightning south of charlottesville? that's moving essentially on the side of i-81. we could hear the rumble of thunder overnight and early

tomorrow morning. this is live doppler 9000. we will concentrate on showers to the south and west of town, down southwest of warrenton. they will move in the next hour, we'll see warrenton get hit,manassas, chantilly and eventually over to reston in fairfax county. so you probably will hear therumble of thunder out to the west and most of us will have a wet commute on the way to work tomorrow. here's a look at futurecast. 4:00 in the morning, showers across the immediate metro area, some heavy activity to the west of leesburg. but you can see, it's pretty well covered up. put this back into motion by 7:00, 8:00, everything moves through. so if you're coming down 95 tomorrow, that's going to be wet, too, between 7:00 and 8:00. then we see 9:00, a little less activity. light, all light green. then we see breaks in the clouds by noon and 2:00. so we're going to see the little sunshine tomorrow

afternoon, much nicer day than today. more showers and storms will develop by evening. in fact, this could actually be a little heavy activity south of springfield down toward fredericksburg as you go down 95. that will skirt across southern maryland into the bay. with the sunshine will come an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. a wet tuesday morning could pollute. and quite possibly you'll need your umbrella no doubt. quite possibly an evening commute that will be wet as well with thunderstorms. continued allergy relief. we got a pollen reading today, but with the showers today and tomorrow, probably we'll not see one tomorrow. so overnight looks like this. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies, comfortable. showers and thunderstorms 58 to 64. so just about perfect sleeping weather. tomorrow morning, showers and storms especially in the early part of the morning. 50s and 60s. then by afternoon, well, partly sunny and warm. showers and storms. we see a little sun. the high temperatures at 75 to about 80. next seven days, more showers

and storms on wednesday. 81. then just great, i mean, we're talking mid-70s on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. next monday, maybe some clouds but temperatures still around 80. stay with

the washington nationals have 11 players on the disabled list, including their closer, bruce storm and he has been missed but probably no more than last night when their young closer, henry rodriguez gave up a grand slam. tonight they look to rebound by beating the padres. they get off to an early lead. harper with his first career major league home run. 4-1 nats. but the injury bug bats again. sandy leon behind the plate

gets bold over. his right ankle bends awkwardly. he would have to be helped off the field. he's on the d.l. with a sprained ankle. now, xavier sends one out of the park. the nats hang on tonight beating san diego 8-5. >> i just trying to get something i could drive and went out of the ballpark. when you have guys around you hitting really well, it gets a little easier when guys are hitting the ball around you. >> the some good news on the injury front, mike moores have been out injured. felt good aft throwing today. eyeing a june 8th return for the left fielder. orioles hosting the yanks tonight. mark teixiera has been struggling at the plate lately, but not tonight. the yankees win 8-5 over the birds. dale hunter embarked on his first nhl coaching gig six

months ago. it looks like it could be his last. two days after the caps were knocked out of the playoffs, hunter announced he is stepping down as head coach with no intentions to return to the nhl. hunter will rejoin his family in london ontario where he coowns a junior hockey team with his brother. he returned to d.c., met with a lot of fanfare. he's one of just four capital players to have his number hanging from the rafters. despite the success and the changes he brought to this club, his heart was with his family. >> when i retired as a hockey player, i had to retire because i wasn't not that good anymore, i guess you want to say. but you know, this is a tough decision. >> he'll be missed. really learned a lot from him and really valued the effort that he put in. you know, i hope we see him around here again. >> so no doubt that it was a tough decision,