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against 32-year-old daniel march monday for the shooting death of patricia cook. he claims he shot cook when she closed the door of her suv and drove away with his arm still in the door. prosecutors say, however, that the facts do not support his story. >> what i'm saying is the terms trapped and dragged are not terms that i would have used based upon what i know of the evidence. >> i know what i have gone through. and the pain and anger and frustration and the tears. i don't want somebody else to have to go through that. >> march monday writes mother was trying to disturb negative information if her son's personnel file. metro says it's investigate an accident that sent a worker to the hospital. that work sir listed in

critical condition. he was struck by a slow moving truck yesterday. rescuers had to lift the train and cut parts of the track in order to free the mechanic. rail service however was not effected. metro says the n-jude worker has been with the transit agency for 28 years. the national spelling bee is under way at national harbor. laurie ann madison from lake ridge, virginia is the youngest competitor ever in the competition. she is just six years old. madison is hoping to advance out of the field of 278 spellers and the finals will be held tomorrow night. preparations are being made for the opening of a giant new casino in ann rental county. it will add thousands of slot machines and the gambling parlor will feature virtual versions of row let, block

jack, and back rat. the new casino was near the mall that is just south of the bwi marshall airport. maryland live will be one of the biggest gaming and retail destinations in the country. >> even if someone doesn't come in here and don't play the machines, will this benefit every marylander in every way or another? >> yeah. it will be the number one taxpayer but one of the top taxpayers in the entire united states. >> opening night for maryland live is next wednesday and the doors open at 10:00. it appears the people of maryland will have the last say on same sex marriages in the state. opponents of gay marriage submitted more than twice the number of petition signatures yesterday to put that issue on the ballot in november. gary has more. >> reporter: some will get thrown out but the signatures turned in tuesday will be enough to put gay marriage on

the november ballot. >> marylanders are engaged in the process. they are signing the petition and they want their voice to be heard. >> reporter: opponents want to overturn the law signed by the governor this year that permits it and they point to votes in other states. >> 32 time where is it has gone before the ballot box. people have voted to uphold marriage between one man and one woman. >> reporter: but not all reflect the vote opponents. >> we know there are people that want to go to the ballot and vote for it. >> reporter: he cites the recent support of the president of the naacp as a trend toward acceptance. opponents are also grateful for the president's support of same sex marriage. >> great. we appreciate that. because you have helped energize our crowd. >> reporter: this is just a step in a process that will become more and more visible as the summer wears on and organizers travel the state to explain their respective positions and to organize get

out the vote efforts that could well have an impact on the presidential election though in maryland not likely a decisive one. november will be the first time in 20 years that a petition drived by residence has forced a vote on a maryland law. a federal judge has ordered the ban behind the series of deceptive election day row bow polls in maryland to pay a $1 million fine. the calls were placed to the homes of tens of thousands of african american voters in prince georgia's county in 2010. the calls told them not to go to the polls because governor martin o'malley and president obama were already successful. the calls were placed on behalf of republican challenger robert you are lick. federal judge agreed with dogginess her and ordered consultant julia henson to pay

a $1 million fine. people living in the districts ward five will have a voice on the city council again because kenya will be sworn into office today. the democrat won the special election to fill the seat of harry thomas junior. he was forced from office after he pled guilty to stealing money from the city. he will spend three years in prison. the public viewing of chuck brown has to be cut short last night. police cleared a crowd at about 8:30. they didn't want anyone becoming injured in the storm. which we're moving through that area. thousands of people visited the howard theater yesterday to pay their respects and to pay attribute to the god father of go go music. chuck brown died two weeks ago. and the scene outside the theater actually resembled a street party. something people say chuck

brown would have enjoyed. >> a great man that brought the city together through music. >> rest in peace. we love you. >> there will be a public memorial service for chuck brown tomorrow at the washington convention center. the doors will open at 10:00 a.m. and the memorial begins at noon. another musical legend is being remembered this afternoon. doc watson the master of bluegrass, folk, country and gospel died at a hospital in north carolina yesterday. his career spans several decades and influenced numerous musicians. he was blind and doc watson was 89 years old. from houston comes the

story of a texas sized kip. because greg has worked at an italian restaurant for 16 years the customers know him and one couple actually left a tip of $5,000. well the generosity came after the couple learned that his car had actually been destroyed in a thunderstorm. he said the couple told him to buy a car with that money. and that's exactly what he's going to do. coming up on 9 news now at noon a judge clears the way for wikileaks founder julianest sang to be extradited to sweden. world leaders scramble to find an end to the escalating violence in syria. i'll have the story coming up.

there was another grizzly discovery today in syria. united nations observers found the bodies of 13 more executed victims. this comes days after another massacre that left more than 100 people dead. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: the united nations observers say they have discovered 13 more bodies in syria. the victims had their hands bound and appeared to be shot

at close range. u.n. envoy met with syrian president to discuss an end toes violence. >> we are at the tipping point. the syrian people do not want a future. their future to be one of blood shed and division. >> reporter: hundreds of united nations monitors are trying to salvage a cease fire between president assad's forces and opposition fighters. u.n. investigators say 108 people were killed in hula last friday. including 49 children. the u.n. report blames the syrian governmentover its agents. the killings prompted the u.s. and allies to expel syrian diplomats and renew calls for president assad to step down. >> the world would be better off with the assad family out of there. the question is what comes next? >> reporter: the white house says all options are on the table but it's trying to work through diplomatic channels to stop the violence.

>> we do not believe further militarization of syria is the right course of action. >> reporter: finding consensus will be hard. russia and china have opposed tough action against syria. >> syrian government denies any involvement in the massacres blaming them on terrorists. italy's prime minister is pledging to do whatever it takes to get parts of the earthquake ravaged country back on its feet. a 65-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble after being trapped for more than 12 hours. at least 17 people were killed. dozens more injured when the 5.8 earthquake rocked northern italy on tuesday. it was the second quake to hit that region a little more than a week. britain's highest court has cleared the way for julian assange to be extradited to

sweden. that is where he is wanted on rape and sexual molestation charges. he maintains once he is in sweden, he could be extradited to the united states to face charges that he leaked state department documents on the internet. his defense team has two weeks to respond to that court order. well mitt romney appears to have the republican nomination because he easily won yesterday's primary in texas. and according to usa today, that gives him the delegates that he needs in order to secure the nomination. mitt romney has 1183 which is 39 more than he needs. earlier in the day the republican was in las vegas talking about the economy. >> we need to have presidents who understand how this economy works day-to-day small business, middle size business, big business, i do i want to use that experience to get us

to work again. >> well president obama's campaign wasted no time going on the attack. they criticized romney's reluctance to distance themselves from donald trump. trump is once again questioning whether president obama was born in the united states. despite his hawaiian birth certificate. coming up on 9 news at noon no propeller no problem. we'll tell you about an experimental plane and it's unconventional landing. i'm meteorologist howard ben. we are dry here but relatively cloudy. let's take a look at the allergy update. the mold spores have gone crazy. trees and grass are moderate. moles high over 31,000 grains per cubic meter. we'll have the full forecast looking toward the weekend.

just changing my shoes. sitting at the end of my bed. and i heard a loud crashing noise. and i ran outside and i saw the debris in my pool. i looked up and saw there was a propeller. just lying on the top of my roof. >> a pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in california yesterday when his small experimental plane lost its propeller. the aircraft landed in a field but the propeller landed on that man's roof.

incredibly no one was injured. by the way the pilot had just bought the plane. >> hopefully he got a warranty on that. >> luckily he didn't get injured. how are you? >> i'm well. nice outside. still have clouds out there. but you know had a nice soaking rain down in southern maryland the eastern shore. we've been dealing with the early sprinkles that have been going on for several hours now. we may see an isolated shower or storm as a cold front heads this way. it will bring us a nice stretch of weather later on today and tomorrow. here's the forecast. we have clouds out there now. we will see sunny breaks. temperatures will rise in the low 80s. might see 84-85 even here in town if we can get enough sunshine if the winds will turn eventually toward the south. this evening we will be dropping to the upper 70s. comfortable wise with you may have to dodge a couple showers.

here's the big picture here. showing the moisture streaming in from eastern north carolina, south eastern virginia and it has been effecting the northern neck. you can still see reedville seeing light to moderate showers. extending up into delaware. the lower eastern shore seeing it. down into st. mary's county and solomon you are still seeing the light showers. the rest of us we are dealing with mostly cloudy skies. a little sunnier out west. more clouds in cambridge. it's 72. 73 at the packs river station. shoepacking a big difference. even 81 in petersburg. and looking outside on our cameras a little cloudy in washington. good visibility. temperature 78 degrees. the air is drying out a little

bit. humidity at 54%. much drier air. that will be moving in later tonight and tomorrow. a lot of that dry air it's up over ohio and indiana this afternoon. we will see that tomorrow. by friday see this activity? we will see showers and storms back here later friday night. off the carolina coast that is beryl. and beryl is getting back close to wear. it will strengthen a little bit. but it's losing its tropical characteristics. it will likely become a storm but not a tropical storm. a post tropical storm. and the good news here beryl continues to move off toward the east. winds at 35. this will stat l the outer banks -- this will stat l the outer banks and go out to sea and not be too much of a problem. we are still seeing a little bit of that rain south eastern virginia moving up our way. as we look at the future cast you will notice the showers still effecting the eastern shores and out toward the beaches today. by 3:00 notice north and west a

thin line of broken showers will come through. maybe a second one this evening. that will be it. that's the front coming through ringing in the drier air. it will cool us down in the 50s and 60s tonight. thursday looks spectacular. then we will get more rain. more rain by midday friday. friday night we could be talking about strong weather. so as we look at the forecast, about 84 today. couple of sunny breaks. maybe a late day shower or storm. tonight 50s and 60s with 80s tomorrow. friday 80 we'll have to watch the afternoon and evening for potentially strong thunderstorms heading our way. saturday looks nice. upper 70s. could see a late shower around 80. we're going to the kitchen when 9 news at noon returns.

i want you to meet my new bestest friend. chef wes morton. he's with art and soul on new jersey avenue northwest on capitol hill. it's across the street from another hotel. heart and soul has fabulous food. he's from louisiana so it's great food. he's making an asparagus salad. i want to tell you what is happening on wednesday as he deep fries the egg. because it will be a crab boil. okay.

and i asked him okay chef what is the largest size crab you will be serving and he said jumbo. so if you see me there every wednesday you will know why. this crab boil will begin add 5:30. you get three crabs for $21 and they also have corn on the cob and sausage and potatoes at art and soul on new jersey avenue at the liason hotel. we are doings a spare gus -- asparagus. okay you are frying an egg. >> what we have is the local asparagus radish salad. all comes from a collection of our local farms out of virginia. >> i like that. you really believe in being loyal to local farmers. >> big time. >> you are frying an egg. what does the egg have to do with it? >> asparagus and eggs my favorite combination this time of year. >> what are you putting on the

aspire gas? >> we have dressing made. >> that sounds delicious. >> and here we have the bottom parts of the asparagus with an egg dressing. we basically have eggs two different ways. the egg dressing is made with hard boiled eggs and then capers and lots of herbs and then we will dress the bottom. >> that sounds wonderful. you gave me the recipe it's on my website. i don't think i can do it as well as the chef. it looks delicious. >> filet on hot and cold here. what we will do next is take the egg and go right to the plate. >> you have about 30 seconds. >> 30 seconds. >> okay. again art and soul is on new jersey avenue on capitol hill in the liason hotel and this chef believes in family and food and so he has great recipes, great entrees, but on wednesday for the whole summer

they are having a crab boil. if you see me, just wave. i will be banging on the crab until my heart is content. okay that looks good. say hello to the chef when you see him. thank you.