he was the bagman. a second close friend and deputy finance director for gray pleaded guilty earlier this week to destruction of records and making a campaign contribution in someone else's name. both pleas came with what are called cooperation agreements. the men are cooperating with prosecutors in exchange for lighter sentences and as my colleague bruce johnson reported some time ago, brooks actually wore a wire to some of these conversations that he had with other folks involved in this. brooks seemed calm in court. he was drinking water, smiling, laughing before the hearing got started. he's talking to the judge now. she's going very bit by bit through these charges against him and he is responding over and over again yes, your honor. one interesting side light, he apparently lied to federal agents with his lawyer at his side in the u.s. attorney's office on april fool's day.

back to you. >> wow, the details just keep coming, bruce, and they are stunning as you said. thank you. right now we are following new developments as well in the etan patz case. new york city police have a possible suspect in custody in connection with the disappearance of that little boy more than 30 years ago. dick brennan has the latest. >> reporter: the nypd announced a possible break in the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. the boy vanished 33 years ago on may 25th, 1979 and now a man named pedro hernandez is in custody. >> he alleges that he lured the boy, killed the boy and disposed of the body. >> reporter: cbs news senior correspondent and former deputy director of national intelligence jon miller says it's unlikely that hernandez can lead them to etan's body. >> a description of how and where he disposed of the body they say it does not appear that it was disposed of in such a way that it's going to be able to be recovered now.

>> reporter: hernandez was arresteds a his home near cam -- arrested at his home near camden, new jersey. the woman who answered the door refused to talk to reporters. etan was last seen on this block walking to the school bus alone for the first time. his disappearance still rattles people here. 83-year-old clara fortune recalls seeing etan in the neighborhood. >> i used to see him pass by. >> reporter: tom pryor was a boy when etan vanished. >> i remember all the parents where i lived were, you know, making sure their kids didn't go out and everybody was sort of freaking out about it. >> reporter: etan's parents still live down the block from where he disappeared and have kept the same phone number in case their son ever tried to call. dick brennan for cbs news, new york. >> etan patz was one of the first children to ever appear on the side of a milk carton as a missing child. his disappearance led to the may 25th date being known as national missing children's day.

another round of storms is popping up across the area this evening. topper is tracking them all on live doppler radar from the weather center. >> we have some good news, no warnings out. that, of course is, good news and around the immediate metro area many of you will get home dry. the showers and storms are further south and west than this time yesterday. let's start with live doppler 9000. we start with a wide view. around the beltway it's quiet, no showers and storms in fairfax or montgomery or the district or prince george's county right now. the showers and storm themselves are south and west of town. much like yesterday the storms that do develop will produce some heavy rain. they have that capability. we have a pretty big storm now due west of frederick, another just northwest of gold vein and not far from 29 and another severe thunderstorm just southwest of warrenton. we'll zoom out. rainfall rates are 1 to 2 inches per hour and they're in no hurry to move along. also have another storm

northwest of front royal. we'll put this into motion. where are they going in the next hour or so? they're going to drift northward through warrenton, eventually toward manassas and maybe head towards chantilly. we'll keep you posted, again no warnings, but storms are still possible tonight. we'll talk about that and we'll talk about the all important holiday weekend. on that note hundreds of thousands of people will be hitting the road this memorial day weekend. aaa projects this will be the busiest holiday get-away in five years with the majority of travelers in our area trying to reach the beach for the unofficial start of summer. those beachgoers will find plenty of new things at the delaware beaches. >> our scott broom joins us live with details from the beach. hey, scott. >> reporter: hey, what a great day at the beach. the weather is awesome. we're looking forward to a great weekend. you just mentioned all those people headed down here. one thing about this beach, it seem like each and every one of them is trying to park, what a

hassle it can be. here's something new, rohobitz unveiling a new parking system to try to make things a little bit easier. >> you go in circles and circles and circles. >> reporter: it is a frustrating welcome to rohoboth beach, no place to park with all that new wide just refurbished sand calling and if you do find a spot downtown, you feel like a lottery winner. >> it's brutal. >> reporter: not so much anymore. rohoboth unveiled an app for smartphones where you can pay for parking with a touch of a finger and be reminded when your time is up just like in downtown washington where so many of these visitors come from. do you think it will help? >> definitely. i pay a lot of stuff by phone. >> reporter: now down to dewey beach where it's partying on everyone's mind this. year the town tightened up its noise ordinance and underagers are warned this year it will be

zero tolerance by police. three police calls to a rental house will mean automatic eviction. farther down the coast a dramatic new landmark to see and cross. the new $150 million indian river inlet bridge is finished and finally open this week to all four lanes of traffic relieving four long years of construction delays between rohoboth and bethany. >> it's really nice. they did it right this time. they didn't do it right the first time. >> reporter: this bridge is the result after the first attempt al building a new bridge here failed -- at building a new bridge here failed due to shifting ground. >> people travel this road from pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey like it. >> reporter: finally now to bethany where the beach is beautiful, the town is charming and the weather is great, just like always. >> no news at the beach. no news. >> reporter: that's why you're here. >> it's relaxing. >> reporter: that's right. no news at the beach in bethany

which is the way they like it there, nice and quiet. as you is up and down the delaware coast there is a lot new to look at, the bridge, the beach replenishment. here the beach is whiter and nicer than ever here as long as you can find yourself a place to park. reporting live in rohoboth beach, scott broom, 9 news now. marion barry apologized again for some remarks he made about asian businesses in ward 8 and some remarks about filipino nurses. he met today with the leaders of some asian american organizations to smooth things out and our surae chinn was there for it all. >> this was a second meeting with the council member and asian community leaders. the asian community says they are hurt by what barry had said and they wanted to smooth things over. well, it also underscores the racial tension between asian and african americans in ward 8, but both sides say they want

to work together. >> the apology is not enough if you're going to continue to do it. >> reporter: council member marion barry holds a joint press conference with asian american community leaders who have pressured barry to apologize for making recent offensive remarks such as we got to do something about these asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. >> make no mistake. the asian pacific american community is done being polite. >> reporter: hurtful comments about filipino nurses prompted barry to tweet out a picture and praise his filipino hospital staff. >> when i make a mistake about something, i'm the first to say maybe i could have said it differently. >> reporter: as he's apologizing, he uses a term some consider derogatory when describing polish people. >> the irish caught hell, the jews caught hell, pollacks caught hell. >> reporter: david chung works in the mayor's office and is a

product of ward 8 and worked in his family business today. did marion barry make it right today? >> he did make it right. he had a lot of guts. he met with us, didn't want to retract his statement but he wanted to apologize for it. i think there's truth to his words. they weren't just contrived and it takes a lot of guts to face than and the best thing to do is how to move forward and understand those words and how to make positive out of a negative. >> the city is now coordinating and working on health codes and inspections with the business leaders in ward 8 and both sides again say they took a step positive toward mending these racial tensions. >> you had a rather interesting exchange with councilman barry today. tell us a bit more. >> well, i did. after the meeting i wanted to ask how marion barry was feeling pause he just got out of the hospital -- because he just got out of the hospital. he said he was doing great but then the comment he said afterward, he said, you know, you had asked me that yesterday. the problem was it wasn't me who asked. it was my colleague anny hong

who said how are you feeling and that's how it moved forward. the whole room gasped and that was the end of the press conference. >> so he circled back to say that he intended to say you meaning channel 9. what was your sense? i mean did you get a sense that he had mistaken you for anny? >> i took it as a mistake and frankly, i wasn't offended and quite honest, this has happened to me before both professionally and personally of mistaken identity and so for me it doesn't make it right, but i wasn't offended. i don't get offended easily, but you kind of pointed out and then you move on. it was his intention, to me i took it as an honest mistake. >> all right. back into you, anita. sky 9 was over maryland's eastern shore where police made a horrifying discovery. they found three bodies in a manure pit. a 48-year-old pennsylvania man and his two teen-age sons were found on a dairy farm in kennedyville this morning. that's in kent county. the three worked at the farm and disappeared yesterday afternoon. investigators are now trying to

determine how they died. a dale city elementary schoolteacher is out on bond after being charged with assaulting a 10-year-old student. the suspect? cynthia farris hall. she's a special education teacher at kerrydale elementary. hall is now on administrative leave. police say she assaulted the boy inside the school last friday and that that boy suffered some minor injuries. five days of deliberations, still no verdict in the john edwards trial. the former presidential candidate is accused of orchestrating a plan to funnel money from two wealthy donors to cover up his affair with his pregnant mistress rielle hunter. if convicted on all counts, edwards faces up to 30 years in prison, but legal experts say a term of five years is more likely. coming up, the summer about to heat up, a new push to keep your children safer around the pool. >> also ahead just days before memorial day snow? we'll tell you where traffic

cameras captured these late spring flakes. >> it happened two weeks ago and has been on television for days, what the mother of a toddler locked in a laundromat washing machine says she just found out about it yesterday.

there's a new twist in the case of a toddler who was put in a washing machine at a laundromat in camden, new jersey. >> there was surveillance video of a man literally putting the child in the washing machine, shut the door, the door locks and the machine starts running. there's a mad scramble to get the little boy out. even though this all happened two weeks ago the boy's mother and grandmother apparently just found out yesterday. >> i said you can't tell me -- i said that's my baby and that's her. that's what i said. that's her and that's my baby. that's ail said, but she just said it wasn't her. so i took it like all right, then it might not be her, but when the cops came this morning

to my house and told me to come outside, i was like oh, that was my baby. >> turns out a friend of the child's baby-sitter is apparently the one who put him in the washer. the child was taken to the hospital, checked out and is completely okay. a new jersey prosecutor says while what the man did was "not an intelligent choice" it was not a crime. >> luckily that little one didn't drown because of an unfortunate decision. but each year more than 400 children under the age of 15 suit up to jump into a pool and they don't make it out alive. now a huge campaign is underway to educate communities that need to hear the message about water safety the most. 11-year-old jamie dallard started swimming classes three years ago. a scare with her older sister, made lessons a top priority. >> when she was 2 years old we went to a family reunion and she almost drowned at the pool. >> reporter: jamie is one of hundreds of children who get

free lessons and learn the basic water skills that can save their lives, but consumer product safety commission is pushing for more programs like this one in minority communities. research shows black children between the ages of 5 and 14 are three times more likely to drown than white kids. >> 70% of african american children and 52% of hispanic children do not know how to swim and that is alarming in this country. >> reporter: about 400 children younger than 15 die every year in pools and spas and 3/4 of those deaths involve children under the age of 5. >> to conquer whatever fear they might have of the water, especially for the ones who don't start as young as they possibly can. so the younger, the better. >> reporter: joseph reyes wants to make sure his son gavin knows the basics from the beginning. >> i've been teaching my kids to swim since they were very little. >> reporter: and children can start to learn how to stroke as

young as 4 months old. now if your child is learning to swim, a life jacket is a must whether you're at the pool or the beach. you want to check to be sure it is u.s. coastguard approved. if you look on the inside there, it literally says u.s. coastguard approval. there will be a number. also the single most important thing parents can do while your child is in water of any type is to always, always have a designated pair of eyes straight on them at all times. advice that a lot of people need this weekend because the weather will be great. >> absolutely. the pools are opening. it's steamy. i left the jacket inside. >> it's going to be humid and like midsummer this weekend, which is actually good because we've had some cold, nasty, not so good memorial day weekends. speaking of cold, we'll take you out to the suburbs of denver. you ready? check this out. >> i'm ready. >> a little snow around loveland pass i-70. there was actually quite a bit of snow north of that up into idaho, wyoming. it can snow pretty much through

july 4th. in fact, out west some areas above 11,000 feet will have snow cover up through july 4th. different story here, a live look outside. it's our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. very nice in the immediate metro area. the storms are setting up south and west of us now, 82, winds south, southeast at 11, still got that easterly component to the wind and that is keeping temperatures down a bit and also fueling these storms every evening and every afternoon with some pretty good humidity. here's live doppler 9000. around town we're quiet. this is nothing right here in fairfax county. the storms themselves are down to the south and west. we'll start down 95 south on the west side of 95 right around wilderness. this may have some hail in it, quite frankly. we'll zoom in a bit more on this storm. you see the magenta or the purple here? this is highway 601. there's wilderness, so just north of 601, north of 3 you could have some hail. the very least you get rainfall, 1 to 1 1/2 inches per

hour, and the problem is the storms are moving very, very slowly just like yesterday. this storm now west of warrenton straddles looks like 211 and also west of 29 also has some very heavy rain, perhaps some small hail in it as well. we'll widen back out a bit and put this into motion. where is it going to go in the next hour? they're going to drift to the north. it's going to go through warrenton and these storms may come right back up and hit warrenton and chantilly. poor chantilly has been hit two times in the last three nights. again we aren't done with storms, but they are fewer and farther between than they were the last couple nights. 79 arlington, 83 college park and 80 up in beltsville. here's the deal. heating up, no doubt about that. isolated storms tonight, late fog possible again, warmer friday, hot on saturday, but the good news is fewer storms

in the afternoon and evening both of those days. for tonight partly to mostly cloudy, mild, isolated storms, some more late fog, lows in the 60s. now tomorrow morning returning partly cloudy, warm. grab the sunglasses, 60s and 70s and by afternoon a little bit warmer, a few storms possible, thunderstorms are still possible, high temps around 85, winds out of the southeast at 10. next seven days, begins to really heat up, saturday 88, isolated thunderstorm possible. we're looking at temperatures around 90 sunday and on monday memorial day just isolated storms, better chance for storms tuesday into wednesday because of a cold front, although it doesn't knock down temperatures very far, 85 wednesday and 81 on thursday. look at this picture. this is an osprey with dinner or lunch. we were trying to decide in the newsroom if it's a snack or what. is that cool? this is lake meadwood and mike

connor caught that. >> what an awesome shot. >> did everything right. that's posted on our website, too. once we show it to you here it's on our website. go to our website www.wusa9.com, click on weather and include your name, location and a description and you'll be on. it's a great picture, though. coming up elton john canceled some of his las vegas shows after he winds up in the hospital. we'll tell you why. >> up next the navy is investigating a fire aboard one of its nuclear attack submarines parked in a maine shipyard. we'll be right back.

firefighters are being hailed as heros for their actions aboard a burning nuclear submarine. the flames broke out aboard the uss miami when it was in dry dock yesterday at portsmouth nail shipyard in maine. the nuclear reactor was not in jeopardy and the damage could have been worse. >> the fire spread to spaces within the submarine that were difficult to access. the heat and smoke contained in these confined spaces made it challenging for firefighters to combat the blaze.

i want to emphasize that the heroic actions of the firefighting teams averted what could have been a much more severe situation. >> several firefighters were actually treated for exhaustion. the navy is trying to determine how the flames started. it was called the most anticipated event of the month in the town of bryan, texas. today workers gutted the old plaza hotel. work has been going on at that site for weeks. there was so much interest that a viewing stand was built to allow people to watch it all come down. the hotel was built some 32 years ago. coming up, ladies, are you rocking the newest shade of luminous lip gloss or maybe you bought some sparkly stuff for your daughter? in today's health alert how that shiny look now could have dangerous consequences later. >> also ahead caught on tape, a man with a knife breaks into a tv station and goes on a rampage.

>> and a young woman's heartbreaking but inspirational story, one especially important to consider this time of year. we'll introduce you to a brave college student when we come back after the break.

we have breaking news out of prince george's county. several suspects are in police custody after allegedly firing some beebee guns at a school

bus. the shooting happened around 4:00 this afternoon on pier mont drive near bend tree road on ft. washington. that bus was carrying 11 students from fort elementary school, but none of them were hurt. 9 wants you to know this memorial day weekend signals the start of what is often referred to as the 100 deadliest days of the year. car crashes surge dramatically between now and labor day weekend, many of them involving impaired driving. >> andrea mccarren is here with one young woman's story that will make you really think. >> alexandria lundberg's situation made us realize what can happen if you're hit by an uninsured driver who is in this country illegally. she is now struggling physically, emotionally and financially because of the decision made by a stranger. look closely at these crash scene photos. you may think the driver of the pickup truck on the left was the lone survivor. he was not. >> i wouldn't wish this on

anybody. >> reporter: alexandria lundberg was buckled into the driver's seat of the car on the right. the man who hit her head on was drunk more than three times the legal limit. he died instantly. remarkably she survived. >> i still can't do everything like a normal 20-year-old. it's really hard. >> reporter: the drunk driver was a 26-year-old uninsured illegal immigrant from guatemala. >> it will be two years this summer since that happened to me. >> reporter: when alexandria speaks to teenagers, they listen. she relives her pain in hopes that others will never have to experience it. >> i broke both of my femurs. do you know how hard those are to break? here like concrete, both of them. my ankle, my arm. i have scars that i have to live with for the rest of my life. if i can change the life of one person my age to stop them from being him or being me, then it's worth it. >> reporter: so after all her suffering alexandria must pay

the more than $200,000 in medical bills that have piled up. >> just last week i picked a piece of glass out of my hand from when my hand went through the window. how many of you have ever gotten drunk? you're in a situation like that. >> reporter: alexandria is changing lives one teenager at a time. >> how many of you have ever used drugs? >> reporter: if there is a silver lining to her tragic story, it's that she met devin stove while she was bedridden -- stover while she was bedridden. he's been at her side ever since. alexandria told us she now has two medical bills sitting on her desk, one for $9,000, the other for 4,000. as a working college student she can only afford to pay about $10 a month on each. >> it's something we don't really think about, but we should. >> we should. in tonight's health alert perpetually chapped lips, they could be a precursor to cancer. tonight the signs you need to look out for and why lip gloss

could contribute to the danger. laura meyers spent years dealing with irritated lips. >> my lips always looked chapped and it was red and sometimes flakey. >> but she didn't think she had anything to worry about until visiting dermatologist dr. noel sherber. >> i just thought i had chapped lips. i had no idea it could be cancer. >> she was diagnosed with precancerous sun damage of the lips, a condition becoming more common. >> people who use a lot of lipstick, lip gloss, went to the beach a lot when they were teenagers are now coming into their 40s and we're seeing a lot of sun damage on the lips. >> the doctor says many women don't realize lip gloss can increase helps. >> the shine just accentuates uv rays like a reflector. >> the doctor wants to remind them to protect their lips with an sbf along with sun blocking their bodies. one in five americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime and while most people are looking for lesions or

black spots -- >> many skin cancers don't look like that. sometime it's a little red area that doesn't heal properly. maybe it bleeds easily and in her case it was chapped lips. >> precancerous lip damage can be treated in a few days with a topical cream. this is her during too. and just two weeks later she's healed. today she's just thankful her doctor caught things early. >> without her it could have gotten a lot worse. >> we should stress laura had a precancerous condition that was caught early, so the cream was a good option for her treatment, but if it gets to full blown cancer of the lip, radiation, surgery, chemotherapy are called for. for prevention every day wear a lip balm or lipstick with the highest spf possible and children should wear an spf of at least 45. >> good information. illness is forcing elton john to cancel three las vegas shows this weekend. the move comes after he was hospitalized yesterday with a respiratory infection. the 65-year-old musician is out of the hospital now, but

doctors have said no performances for a week and he has to take some antibiotics. we've seen many school systems locally cut programs because of budget woes, but in fauquier county the decision to cut competitive sports in middle schools is not only about the budget. peggy fox explains. >> reporter: this is warrenton middle school here in fauquier county. unlike other counties, fauquier has competitive sports programs in their middle schools, but they won't next year. in part it's because the superintendent is not a fan. competitive middle school and freshmen sports in paw square county schools include soccer, softball -- in fauquier county schools include soccer, softball, volleyball, basketball and dance, but the school board has cut funding for all those programs. >> they're very upset. >> i feel that we're promoting more of a complacent versus

environment for excellence. >> reporter: they believe parents will be willing to pay for their kids to play at competitive level, but the decision wasn't only because of budget issues. >> they want everyone to have a trophy and i don't believe in that philosophy. i think it's a lesson that needs to be learned starting in middle school that not everybody wins and gets a trophy. you have to work hard and you have to try hard. >> reporter: the superintendent jonathan lewis says he and his staff have been wanting to cut out competitive sports in middle school for some time am the need to cut 3 mill -- time. the need to cut $3 million from the budget presented a good opportunity to do it. >> i think when you're 11 or 12, you want to be included, valued and find out more about who you are. i think when we begin to exclude students from programs, that doesn't happen well. >> reporter: he wants to start an after school intramural sports program that all students can join. >> there are many opportunities in our community for students to engage in these same sports. >> reporter: but parents say enough opportunities don't exist in fauquier county and they think doing away with

competition in middle school sends a bad message. >> they may feel bad about not making the team and that's also a life lesson as well in that you don't get everything you like in life. >> reporter: the parents of the athletes say an intramural program won't be about the sport, but more of an extended daycare program. the superintendent says wait until it gets started before criticizing it. in warrenton peggy fox, 9 news now. the keys to success are on the keyboard in one montgomery county school. see how students are composing by computer in tonight's cool schools report. >> but up next frightening dashcam video of a big truck toppling oh, oh, and crashing into an oncoming suv. >> don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

fasten your seatbelts, a dramatic crash captured by a d.a.s.h. camera in russia. a large truck rounds a bend too fast and look at the results. the truck topples and narrowly misses another car. the truck then slides into the suv of the here you see it coming, whoa! toppling over, wow. amazingly neither person involved in this was seriously hurt. that is amazing video. >> that sure. is. two men are recovering from injuries they received when a man went on a violent rampage at a kansas television station. 48-year-old ray miles described as a homeless veteran broke through the front window in topeka yesterday at the station exchanging punches with several employees before they brought him down. when he appeared to be subdued, miles produced a knife. >> then all of a sudden i felt a pain in my side and i twisted to see and i could see a knife

being pushed in. a knife in somebody's hand that kind of changed the odds in his favor and people can get hurt. >> additional co-workers jumped in and kicked away the knife. court records show miles has a history of run-ins with the law. >> we don't know why he targeted that tv station. >> have no idea. you know the part of the miranda rights that say anything you say or do may be used against you in a court of law? >> a wisconsin man is about to learn it the hard way. >> this is my house, yes. and it's a stolen camera that i stole, but it's okay. the cop won't figure it out. >> because you're just a dumb criminal, right? >> wow, that's bright. >> police say yang not only stole a video camera and recorded a tour of his home but admitted to taking it. we got to see his face there. that's right, turn it around, show yourself. not only will that video be

used by the prosecution. investigators say there's surveillance video of yang actually stealing the camera from a car. >> he's just not bright. still ahead we wrap up our look at concussions in the nfl with a look at the dangers younger players face on the field. >> but first having fun in the sun safely, a look at a way to keep people safe on the potomac next as we head into the unofficial start of summer.

the u.s. park service is teaming up with a kayaking group and hiking club to try to keep people safe along the potomac river this year. they are working to stop what they feel are some preventible drownings. >> reporter: from a rescue boat heading through mather gorge the potomac river is beautiful. >> the river is just about normal stage for us. this is a very calm section of the river through here. >> reporter: moments later this same river can make you tremble. >> i didn't know what to do. i prayed and i called 911. >> reporter: betsy train's husband and best friend went

kayaking last summer and almost didn't make it home. >> jack was floating on debris and our friend was clinging onto a tree that had overturned. >> reporter: the pair were rescued by these same firefighters from montgomery and fairfax county. sadly, others aren't so lucky. last year this section of the potomac claimed two lives. in the past 10 years 22 have drowned. >> lots of debris you can't see, lot of rocks you can't see and you never know how deep it is or how swift it's moving from the top of the water. >> reporter: now comes renewed fear that more may die this season. why? because more young people are diving off these tall canyon walls. >> this behavior is highly careless, reckless and life threatening. >> reporter: just like other years signs are up everywhere in the park warning of danger. rescuers in these boats and in this helicopter just hope the people heed the warning.

>> i'm lucky and i'm grateful. >> reporter: at great falls national park in virginia, greg giese, 9 news now. >> these are important things to keep in mind. >> on friday i looked up a blog about boating safety and that includes the bay and the beaches. my favorite blog, don't want on give it away, is the comparison to water temperature memorial day and thanksgiving. >> oh. >> that's all i'm going to say. >> that is going to be good. >> the weekend ahead? >> a little bit. we showed you snow about a half hour ago. now we're going to show you a funnel cloud. it technically did not touch down as a tornado. it actually kicked up some dust. this is in steward county, nebraska, wednesday evening, yesterday. that's pretty impressive. look at the dust it's picking up. it was a small funnel cloud thought to be a tornado, but it was not, but there was some rotation in the clouds there. look at that. that's pretty impressive, isn't

it? >> yes, it is. >> that will make you go to the basement. >> it should. >> okay. let's have a live look outside. we are looking at temperatures upper 70s, low 80s depending where you are, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 82 right now, winds south, southeast at 11 and the pressure steady 30.04 inches of mercury. we'll show you live doppler 9000. remember you can access this any time, wusa9.com. might want to download our weather app if you have it before the holiday weekend, good thing to have, track weather anywhere you travel, just go to the app store and search for wusa9 radar. we will zoom in watching two storms, one to the northwest of fredericksburg. we'll zoom in down here. this could have some hail. right now there are no warnings, certainly very heavy rain, rainfall rate 1, 1 1/2 inches per hour. if you're headed on 17, you're getting hammered now with a tremendous amount of rain between gold vein and it looks

like morrisville up toward bilton. we'll move further north and northwest. there's another storm we're watching. this is a pretty heavy storm from warrenton stretching up to 66. we're looking at rainfall rates here 1 to 1 1/2 inches per hour, don't see any hail with that, but really if you're on 66 once you get past the plains to manassas, you're looking at heavy downpours, kind of slow going if you're heading that way going home. we'll widen out and put this into motion. where are these going in the next hour or so? they'll still drift northward. unfortunately they're headed for some of the same places that have had 2 to 6 inches of rain in the past four days, warrenton, chantilly area, prince william, fauquier county and maybe up into loudoun county the rest of the evening. right now nothing severe but some pretty darn hefty rains. 81 in great falls, 79 reston, 80 arlington, 79 in bethesda and 83 in college park. here's the deal.

it's going to be heating up and feel like july by the time we get into the weekend, but that's a good thing, though. isolated thunderstorm tonight, late fog possible, warmer friday, hot on saturday, but the good news, fewer storms both afternoon and evenings. partly to mostly cloudy, mild tonight, isolated thunderstorms possible, some with heavy rain, some late fog, lows in the is beings. tomorrow morning -- 60s. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, grab the sunglasses, 60s and 70s and by afternoon partly cloudy, warmer, a thunderstorm still possible, high temperatures around 65. next seven days, here's what i mean about heating up, 88 saturday, 90 sunday, isolated storms, 90 memorial day, again just isolated thunderstorms, best chance will be tuesday into wednesday. the frontal system approaches, even behind the front doesn't really get that cool, 85 wednesday and 81 thursday. it's not going to be storm free this weekend, but i think all in all a pretty darn nice weekend. >> we plan to enjoy it.

in the last couple week we've heard a lot from present and past nfl players about the residual dangers of concussions and the state of the game. >> what about your kids? what's being done to protect them? kristen berset has some expert insight on the topic now. >> we continue the concussion discussion today by diving deeper into youth sports. joining me to talk about this today in studio gary mahokis from usa today and from university of north carolina dr. kevin guscowitz, a member of the nfl's head, neck and spine committee. thank you for joining me on this topic today. the reported number of concussions are on the rise in both pro and youth sports. kevin, are sports getting more dangerous or are they doing a better job of detecting them? >> i think we're doing a much better job today of detecting them. the state concussion laws around the country, about 40 now combined with efforts by the nfl, the nhl and a number of other groups, the ncaa,

we're closing the gaps on the reported and unreported concussions. so i think this is actually good news because we're diagnosing them today. >> gary, you agree with that, the protocol in place now more protection and doing a better job of detect concussions? >> i would agree, but i think kevin would tell you there aren't really great stats for youth football, which is the vast majority of football played in the united states, but i definitely think there's a lot more awareness in these newspaper headlines about the nfl do nothing but encourage that awareness. >> kevin, you have two sons that are playing football. what can you tell us is being done to make this sport safer at the youth level? >> i think we're learning a lot about proper helmet fit, better helmet designs. helmets will not prevent concussion, but they certainly help if they're the new modern helmets in terms of trying to help protect against

catastrophic injury. there are rules changes being considered and put in place in terms of the amount of contact time. it's going to be a different game i think. there's certainly more awareness and attention being paid to this issue. coaches need to do a better job of teaching better tackling and blocking techniques. so i think there's a lot of positive that will come from all this. >> gary, we were talking earlier that pop warner is trying to be a little more proactive. what have you seen in youth sports that they're trying to help prevent these quonkings? >> pop warner is going -- concussions? >> pop warner is going to make an announcement next month that they are going to limit the amount of hitting in practice. i've heard some concussion experts say one group of football players has really been asked how much they want to hit in practice. that's the nfl. in their union agreement they shortened it. >> what should parents know with their kids going into sports? >> i think there's plenty of information on the internet, but i'd talk to coaches in meetings and wouldn't be afraid to ask them about techniques.

i'd ask my child how do you tackle and if he came at me with his head down, i'd go and have a conversation with his coach just like i would a bad teacher. >> kevin, what should parents know going forward? >> they need to really emphasize to their kids it's their responsibility to report any signs or symptoms of concussion and the dangers of playing while still symptomatic even be it a small light headache. those are important signs and symptoms and when in doubt we need to sit them out and always err on the side of caution. >> thanks so much for joining us, kevin and gary. back over to you. still to come tonight the candidates head to battleground states as the race for president gets a little tighter. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher at orbital sciences dulles headquarters and this local company is competing with spacex to resupply the international space station. i'll take you inside their operations coming up next.

>> also up next a cool school that's music to our ears.

in this week's cool schools report we thought the students at loiterman middle school in silver spring were so talented they deserved an encore. it's a performance they composed by computer. mike hydek takes us to the school's music lab.

>> reporter: the key to success? >> now to the beat. try again. >> reporter: practice, practice, practice. bethany argetta knows that from her family. >> my dad plays the piano. my grandpa sings. >> reporter: so she decided it was time for her to learn, too. >> you had an extra one to begin with. >> reporter: keys, quarter notes and computers all come together at loiterman middle school in silver spring. her teacher liz carson also has things like youtube at her disposal. 32 computers are all connected to professional keyboards and the whole room is networked together. >> i see about 1/3 of you have it open. >> reporter: she can see every student's workstation from her desk. >> if i doubleclick on it, i can see what they're doing. i can actually control their computer and do things for them if i want to show them how to

do something. you need to add your measure. >> reporter: which means if you're a beginner like bethany or have been playing for years like elijah cole, ms. carson can follow your every note. >> you're the one that connects through all the way to the bottom. >> reporter: using programs like garage band students get a chance to compose their own music and then play it, too. >> walking up, hold that one. >> reporter: which can be a little intimidating at first according to bethany, but with practice, practice, practice -- >> good job. >> reporter: it really comes together for her. and for elijah. >> i think it's just the easiest way to have fun expressing yourself and in an artistic way. >> reporter: now that's cool. mike hydek, 9 news now. >> if you have a cool school, send mike an e-mail at mhydeck

at wusa9.com. this is 9 news now. a guilty plea tonight for a second person involved with vincent gray's successful mayoral campaign, all part of a federal probe into wrongdoing in the 2010 race. our bruce leshan is live at u.s. district court with more on howard brooks. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lesli, a bad day for howard brooks and the city and potentially for mayor vincent gray. look at the videotape. this is video we shot a short time ago of howard brooks leaving the courthouse and the big question, of course, is whether mayor gray knew ha howard brooks was up to. he -- what howard brooks was up to. he has said for months now he didn't know these checks were being passed along to sulaimon brown, this other candidate in the race who was haranging mayor at the time adrian fenty. the allegation, that those checks were passed