a storm alert tonight as some weather moves through the area am let's get straight to chief meteorologist topper shutt. >> we still have flash floodings in effect for loudoun, prince william and fairfax county until 7:00, so about another hour. that means flooding is occurring. if you come across a flooded street, don't cross it by car or foot. big storms, we've been watching this storm move from national airport across 95 and 395 back to the north and west, rainfall rates 1 to 1 1/2 inches per hour. it's crawling off to the north and west. get ready in great falls and reston for big time rain. big time rain between dulles and chantilly. if you're going out route 50, heavy downpours are expected there and also heavy activity toward olney, aldie and upper upperville. going out 50 this has pretty big gains, perhaps as much as 1 to 1 1/2 inches per hour. these are the storms now causing some major problems, much of the metro area does

have showers and storms. unlike yesterday and the day before, these storms are impacting the immediate metro area. yes, we still have storms back on i-81 and shenandoah valley, but these are the ones impacting the immediate metro area. look at all the lightning. any time you hear thunder, get the kids indoors. we'll come back, update the warnings and look ahead to the holiday weekend. we also have ab update on the flooding in parts -- an update on the flooding in parts of prince williams county after tuesday's storms. people are allowed back into their homes near the lake jackson dam in manassas. they were evacuated yesterday. the county says the dam was not in jeopardy and the evacuation was a precaution. lawmakers press the head of the secret service about whether there is a culture of misconduct at the agency. 12 agents were implicated in a prostitution scandal last month before the president's trip to colombia. danielle nottingham has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: secret service director mark sullivan walked

into the senate hearing room to answer for the colombian prostitution scandal. >> i am deeply disappointed and apologize for the misconduct of these employees and the distraction that it has caused. >> reporter: the hearing came just after some of the agents told the washington post they're being made scapegoats for behavior supervisors knew about and tolerated. senator susan collins pointed out the agents involved registered the women at the hotel using their own names. >> that suggests to me that they weren't worried about being caught. >> i just think that between the alcohol and i don't know, the environment these individuals did some really dumb things. >> reporter: both republicans and democrats on the committee expressed support for director sullivan, but they still aren't convinced colombia was an isolated incident.

the washington post reports four of the agents that were fired or resigned are now seeking to get their jobs back. >> our numbers contradict what was in the washington post article. we have two employees who had originally said they were going to resign that have come back and said they're going to challenge that. >> reporter: director sullivan said the agency will work to permanently revoke security clearance for those two agents. danielle nottingham, cbs news washington. >> the inspector general for the department of homeland security also testified at today's hearing and assured the committee his department will conduct its own independent investigation. dealing with the death of a loved one can be very tough, stressful, emotional, all that grief. we found out one local family is having to jump through hoops just to get a little help in what is already a very trying time. 9 wants to know why that's happening, so we sent our own surae chinn to find out. >> d.c. as a program to help low income families pay for

funeral costs. it's not as simple as it sounds because funeral homes you have to be careful which ones you pick and one family is learning the hard way. >> she was my icon. she was the heart and soul of our family. >> reporter: jamie summers was at least 101 years old. her family thinks she was older, born at a time when birth records weren't always kept for african americans. >> she was the strength. she was the joy. she was just everything. >> reporter: but there's only one thing francis mack jr. wants to give the woman who raised him, a proper burial. as much as summers was full of life in, death they feel d.c. has turned their back on her. >> you live 100 plus, most of your life in a city and when you look for assistance, they tell you they can't give it to you because she passed in another city. that's crazy to me. >> reporter: that was the

first hurdle. summers died at a nursing home in maryland after breaking her hip in october. the family was denied any assistance because they were told she was no longer a d.c. resident. when the family provided official documentation, they ran into their second hurdle, the funeral home they picked wasn't on the approved list. >> i didn't know there was a list when somebody dies. >> reporter: it's been 2 1/2 weeks since her death. the family will get to say their final good-byes to aunt summers this friday without the government's help. >> paid your taxes, live your life, can't get nothing back. it hurts. it hurts badly. >> reporter: because of our calls and because of this case, the department of human services is actually changing the way they do things. they're going to put the approved funeral home list on its website and you might be wondering how they're actually paying for the funeral. francis mack is using all of his vacation days, all four week, to pay for the $6,500 funeral. >> thank you for that.

a second key staffer from mayor vincent gray's campaign has been charged with a felony, but tonight the mayor says he's no longer commenting on the federal probe of the campaign that saw him defeat incumbent adrian fenty. we've got some new information now. >> reporter: in a surprise about face d.c. mayor gray is no longer commenting on a federal probe into his 2010 campaign for mayor. >> i've said this the last several months. we'll let this play out. >> this is the second key staffer, howard brooks, charged today in federal court with making false statements about payments to sulaimon brown. sources say brooks will enter a guilty plea tomorrow and then look to cooperate in the probe. did you know of this activity, what they were doing? >> again, i'm not going to comment at this stage. >> reporter: thomas gore, assistant treasurer in the gray campaign, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to trying to obstruct the investigation by destroying a notebook where payment to brown were recorded.

new information from sources say the payments to sulaimon brown amounted to nearly $1,800 in roughly 20 money orders. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically, mayor vincent gray, gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses and attack then mayor fenty. >> reporter: sulaimon brown says he was also promised a job. he got a position in the administration, but then was fired for alleged in competence. in a statement today brown said mayor gray should resign from office. prosecutors meanwhile are giving both gore and brooks time to cooperate in the investigations. in other words, name names. bruce johnson, 9 news now. coming our way tonight at 7:00 on 9news identity crisis. police are now warning people fake ids bought online could have some real life consequences. learn more in the latest 9 wants you to know report at 7:00. still ahead in this half hour, remembering the godfather

of go go, the latest on the plans to honor the late chuck brown. >> but first is he a dare devil or just plain dumb? we'll let you decide next.

back on 9 news now mix one part evel knievel with one part johnny knoxville you get jerry connery. he just jumped out of a helicopter at an altitude of nearly 1/2-mile, no spare chute, just a suit with wings and darn if that did not glide perfectly to the landing strip of cardboard boxes and yes, he's got a wife and yes, she lets him do this. >> we've got another daredevil for you. >> a boy from india only 7 years old has become the youngest person to climb the

southern base camp of mount everest, an altitude of nearly 17,600 feet. his parents prepared him for the extreme conditions by taking him on vacations to chilly places. >> every holiday we used to go to a cold place so that his body gets used to the temperature. >> the boy's parents accompanied him on that historic climb. still to come tonight the sugar hill gang is heading to capitol hill. ♪motown motown holiday's here ♪ >> why rapper's delight is getting a place at the library of congress. >> the top stories from around the world plus the bottleneck on mount everest, why so many are risking their lives to climb it. that's tonight on the cbs evening news.

d.c. council member marion barry says he feels fabulous today after being in the hospital for a blood clot this weekend. barry spoke to 9 news now this afternoon as he headed back to work. says that clot developed while he was waiting on a -- he says that clot developed while he was waiting on a plane in memphis. he was waiting to attend a shopping conference. the former d.c. mayor says he's human. he's met with other health issues including prostate cancer and he's doing fine. >> god just blessed me with finding it. i was at the hospital the next day. >> barry is 76 and says he's staying on blood thinners and doctors told him to get plenty of exercise. we're getting a sense of the funeral arrangements for the godfather of go go. chuck brown's daughter told the washington post there would be a viewing at howard theater tuesday, but now that's still

being firmed up. the funeral may be one week from tomorrow at either the verizon or convention centers. bruce leshan spent the day in petworth where people are waiting for word. ♪funky funky funky >> reporter: at temple hills studio of gogoradio.com they are still jamming to chuck brown's never ending beat. the dee-jays are pushing mayor gray to declare the go go king's birthday an annual rite. ♪white folks, black folks, asian, chinese, japanese ♪ >> reporter: the funeral arrangements still not confirmed, but the dee-jays are already urging a big turnout at the howard theater for the viewing possibly tuesday and an even bigger turnout for his funeral whether that ends up being at the verizon center or the convention center. >> one of his songs, whatever

you do, do it well or don't do it at all. >> reporter: that uplifting message is one repeated in paint by a dozen students from mcfarland middle school in d.c. >> i think it's going to become a landmark like people will be saying that mural. >> reporter: in light blue and fluorescent green the students' mural is like a magnet on this busy corn. >> thank you guys for being positive -- corner. >> thank you guys for being positive in the neighborhood. >> they're always going to remember chuck. we love him. he'll always be in her hearts. >> a lot of celebrities or legends -- in our hearts. >> a lot of celebrities or legends pass on, but when chuck passed, i think everybody knew it was time to celebrate. >> love that music. the library of congress is adding some songs, disco, country, even blues to its collection tonight. ♪ i'm a man, i spell m-a-in

>> that's bo diddley's 1955 record of i'm a man, just one of 25 recordings added to the national recording registry today. his self-titled song is also on the list as well as parliament, mothership connection, donna summer's i feel love, dolly parton's coat of many colors, prince's purple rain and you know this song. sugar hill gang's rapper's delight. we have the whole list at wusa9.com. >> watch that. she's going to start rapping here any second. >> i like that song. you all know i like to move. >> they always pick good songs to go into the recording library, so it's great. >> we have some big thunderstorms, still. they are diminishing a little, which is good but still kind of a tough drive home especially out toward virginia out route 750 or even route 56.

let's start with a live look outside. we're looking at temperatures -- if you've had rain, you're in the 60s. if you haven't, you're kind of in the low to upper 70s. 72 national. you're rebounding after your heavy shower. pressure over the past hour is actually going up, 29.90 inches of mercury, winds north, northwest at 7. we're looking at kind of a counterintuitive in terms of movement with these storms. they're moving southeast to northwest. heaviest activity is out to the -- pushing out of the district into loudoun county and also into extreme northern sections of fauquier county. the problem with these storms, a, they have a lot of moisture and b, they don't move fast. so they really produce some big time rains. this storm is now covering much of vienna and mclean and will roll out route 7. get ready in great falls and when you see the red on doppler, that's 1 inch per hour, which is normally not a problem if storms move their normal 20, 30, 40 miles per hour, but

these are not moving. this could be a little hail, this particular storm now, just to the west of annandale. we'll highlight some of the roads. that's woodburn road. if you're on woodburn, you might have some pea size hail. you do, snap a picture and send it to our website at www.wusa9.com. this will essentially move down 234 off to the west and north and west. we'll back out, show you the other storms in loudoun county and also northern fauquier county. these have really been heavy. they haven't moved much either, just kind of drifting, middleburg still getting hit good, upperville, big time rains and down towards the plains 1 to 1 1/4 inches per hour. they have lightning. so if you hear thunder, you need to get indoors. temperatures, 69 bethesda, 66 arlington and down to the south, 77 fort belvoir, 68 leesburg, 76 in college park,

75 beltsville. you haven't had any showers, so you're in the mid- to upper 70s. still warm and humid, some thunderstorm tonight, some with heavy rain, shower and storms again tomorrow. friday is good news, more sun, fewer storms. we like the sound of that. tonight partly to mostly cloudy, mild, showers and storms, somewhat heavy rain, low temps in the 60s, winds out of the southeast at 5 to 10. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy, mild, got to keep a leftover shower or storm in, 60s and 70s, a little fog possible early in the morning. by afternoon partly cloudy, warm, more showers and storms, high temperatures again around 80. next seven days it's warmer friday but again with fewer storms, mid-80s, almost 90 saturday with a couple storms and then a few storms sunday, isolated storm on memorial day, but look at this, 90 sunday, low 90s on memorial day and some more storms tuesday into wednesday with a cold front. it's the unofficial beginning of summer, but it's going to feel like mid-summer which is a

good thing. >> thanks. the redskins are doing this getting to know you thing with rg3 a little better. >> they're trying to get close to him, kind of figure out the man behind the moniker kind of thing, that he's not all football and kind of put that facade aside. i'm not really sure they're glad of everything they're getting to know about him. we heard mike shanahan and his team sing the praises of rg3's football skills, but apparently he's a man of many talents and not afraid to share and annoy his teammates. >> plus as the nats go for the sweep in philly, can bryce harper exact revenge on cole hamels? ♪

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now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> when robert griffin, iii was drafted by the redskins, the only thing his new teammates really knew about him was he was a talented football, heisman trophy winner and son of a military man. now they're getting to know rg3 as a jack of many trades. we saw him last week on the jay leno skill showing off his skills, not surprising considering rg3 used to sing solos in church when he was in middle school, but now much to the chagrin of his new teammates he's sharing those talents with them as well. >> he thinks he's a singer. he's always singing.

he doesn't sound bad, but i guess he really thinks he can sing. >> oh, always fun in the locker room. we also heard this weekend rg3 doesn't shy away from the controversial topics. when asked about playing with homosexual teammates, rg3 said he'd played with them before and wouldn't care if he's playing with one now. a day after the redskins salary cap arbitration was denied the nfl players association filed a $3 billion lawsuit against the league arguing the nfl imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season ultimately costing players $1 billion. when the nationals hit the diamond at citizens bank park tonight, the no. 1 topic won't be the possible sweep of the phillies. instead a rematch between bryce harper and cole hamels. you remember back on may 6th hamels welcomed harper to the league by beating him in the back by his first at bat later

admitting he meant to do it and seeing a five-game suspension. harper responded by stealing home. here's a look at the starters tonight, hamels for the phillies going up against the nats edwin jackson looking for his first win since a 14th. baltimore orioles playing afternoon ball against the red sox, boston up one in the 8th. scott podsednik adds insurance with his first home are since 2010. red sox win -- homer since 2010, red sox win 6-5. nationals starter gio gonzalez has won over fans and teammates with his impressive arm and leads the league in strikeouts. to sweeten the deal with his fellow pitchers, gio got each one personalized headphones with their name and jersey number on them as a nice gift, nice gesture. >> wow. >> topper, i think the three ladies deserve a nice personalized piece of jewelry. >> handbag would work, too. we'll take it monday -- or tuesday. you're off monday. >> i'll get right on that,

ladies. >> they got sales this weekend, too. >> that's it for us.