through the window. >> reporter: but there's nothing funny about it to prince george's county police who says the intimidation displayed was directed at the cashier as well. >> he picks up a metal cup object and he threatens the life of the cashier and demands money and she opens the cash register and gives him an unspecified amount of money. >> reporter: here's one more look at the robber. prince george's county police say this video will ensure a conviction if they can get a tip on who he is. so you know the mcdonald's here open 24/7. and the store is locked up overnight. so there's not a lot of people coming in and out. the people working in the drive- thru window are only feeling pretty secure it's just a drive- thru but not anymore. reporting live in hill crest heights, maryland, scott broom, 9news now. >> that is a new one scott. thank you. the city of d.c. is preparing for thousands of people at the funeral tomorrow for go go legend chuck brown. the event set for noon at the

washington convention center. the mayor gray says the flags will be lowered to half staff throughout the describe and bruce john -- district and bruce johnson reports on the memorial unlike any the city has ever seen. ♪ >> reporter: the entertainment. he's the one of the artists preparing to salute go go legend chuck brown tomorrow. ♪ >> i've managed and developed groups such as raheem dine, tank, i've worked with tires, dru hill, puff any. >> reporter: more than 10,000 people stood in line for the viewing yesterday at the howard theater and one government source today predicted up to 15,000 could turn out for the funeral at the convention center for chuck brown. >> you had louis armstrong and jazz. you have bob marley who develops a genre and transcends that. now you have chuck brown who

develops a genre and transcends that. >> reporter: wayne bruce's music director for tomorrow's funeral paying homage to chuck brown will be a host of local stars like sugar bear, donny simpson and huggy lowdown. the chuck brown bands will also perform. >> it should change some people's mindsets. >> reporter: the people performing here at the washington convection center tomorrow tell me this town has never seen the type of musical sendoff we're going to see tomorrow. add to that the fact that much of the world still doesn't know much about go-go music and tomorrow could be one for the history books. >> gospel, jazz, blues, go-go. and especially go-go. will send chuck off. in a manner that's fitting of a king. >> reporter: doors open at 10:00. the funeral is set to begin two hours later after 14,500 people have entered the doors. the doors will be closed.

bruce johnson, 9news now. and today congresswoman introduced a resolution in the house of representatives designating chuck brown isobits day, august 22nd as chuck brown day. several streets that is around the washington convention center will be closed for tomorrow's memorial service. and once again mayor vincent gray ordered all d.c. flags flown at half staff on thursday in honor of brown. we also want to remind you 9news now will broadcast tomorrow's memorial live on the air and our website, wusa9.com. a decorated culpeper police officer now finds himself on the wrong side of the law. officer daniel harmon wright is in jail tonight charges with murder for shooting and killing ab unarmed woman back in february. a special grand jury indicted the officer and his mother yesterday. our peggy fox joins us live in fauquier county with the very latest. what's up peg? >> reporter: well, i can tell you this that special grand jury spent an entire month

interviewing 45 witnesses related to the shooting. and looked at 100 pieces of evidence. the result? culpeper police officer daniel harmon wright has been suspended without pay and is here in the fauquier county jail. >> his initial reaction was shock and horror. he was on the verge of nausea. >> reporter: he escorted his client to jail after a special grand jury indicted him for murder and three other related counts. the 32-year-old is charged in the shooting death of 54-year- old patricia cook sitting in her jeep wrangler in a parking lot february 9th. >> she had been wandsering around on the school and refused to identify herself. >> reporter: he told investigators she caught his arm in the window and was dragging him when he shot her six times. special prosecutor jim fisher says it didn't happen that way. >> and that statement was

partially accurate but the terms trapped and dragged were used. these were not descriptors that i would have used in connection with that particular press release. >> and he's being held there. he can't get -- he can't free himself. >> reporter: harmon wright's attorney says it's true, he wasn't dragged. he says it was his hand that was caught in the window and that he'd stepped up on to the jeep's running board as cook started driving away. >> there's another thing i keep hearing this thing the woman was unarmed. well, she's driving a vehicle that weighs about 4,000 pounds and she's going between 5 and 10 miles an hour. that has more kin etic energy than a bullet. >> reporter: his mother bethany sullivan is also charged relating to forging public documents in an attempt to purge her son's personnel file of negative information. >> enraged. i mean just after that incident i've seen him since. he still had the look of rage. >> reporter: jean et price wonders if her complaint against harmon wright could have been altered. this is an hospital record

showing an injury to her wrist she says she suffered when harmon right pushed her in 2008. now those forgery charges against his mother, bethany sullivan have nothing to do with the shooting. they stem from when she was the police chief's secretary and had access to her son's personnel files. we'll stay on this story and we'll be at his hearing next friday. i'm peggy fox live in fatherrier county, back to you -- fakier county, back to you. we know the identities now of the two men who died when their plane clued in midair with some -- collided in mid area with another plane. surae chinn is here. >> reporter: very tragic all the way around. but we went to the neighborhood of these two men who died in that midair collision. on memorial day. and they are 60-year-old james duncan of bethesda. he was piloting the beach craft and his passenger, 57-year-old

paul gardella of burg, virginia. the pilot of the piper cherokee landed in a field with one wincherred off. he -- wing sheared off. he is mir rucolasly okay. the other aircraft burst into flames killing duncan and gardella. he was a flight instructor at aviation adventures in warrenton. neighbors say gardella loved to fly, loved his family and gardening. >> he was a very good man. and they're a wonderful family. his wife is a sweetheart. they have a very close family. very close-knit. and this is just shaken us all up. i can't even imagine. if that were my husband. my children's father. i can't -- you know, it's horrible. >> reporter: well, on the aviation adventures website gardella has a quote answering what was his most exciting

aviation adventure and he says any first aerobatic lesson. i can't get it out of my head. at 6:00 it's the ntsb and the canada tsb investigation part of the story and our bruce leshan is out there in fauquier county to bring us the very latest hoping to answer some of the questions how this tragedy happened. >> guys doing what they love to do. thank you. well, a soldier from springfield, virginia has now been killed in afghanistan. chief warrant officer john pratt was 51 years old and he was killed in a helicopters crash in kabul this past saturday. a soldier from maine was also killed in the crash. the pentagon says their apache helicopter crashed out on patrol and as of now there was no enemy fire in the area at the time. pratt was assigned in germany. police are out to catch if burglar or burglars who've been targeting restaurants and businesses in columbia, maryland. 11 restaurants were hit in the past couple of days most of the businesses are in the area around to be bin road and snow

den river parkway and many of the crimes glass was shattered. among the businesses targets, pizza. sushi king and l. a. boxing, at this point police are not sure how many people are responsible. a babysitter is being held without bond tonight on charges of felony child neglect. 22-year-old lasheika harmon is accused of letting three kids in her care wander a mile from home. a fast food restaurant manager found one boy, age 7 alone in the restaurant on saturday. his sibbings were found in a nearby field. she was caring for a baby inside while the older children played outside she said. the jurors at the john edwards trial went back at it today but still no verdict and tonight there's word the deliberations could stretch beyond friday the a verdict is not reached by then. and that is because some jurors want to attend family graduations. the former presidential candidate is accused of conspiring to violate election

laws to cover-up an affair. he could get up to 30 years in prison if he's convicted. edwards' attorneys argue that he did not knowingly break the law. the former rutgers student convicted of spying on his roommate with a cam will start serving the 30 day sentence tomorrow. ravi appeared in court today and he received the sentence for spying on his roommate. tyler clemente as he kissed another man in september 2010. just days later clemente killed himself. the judge said ravi doesn't deserve to be locked up with quote rapists and murders. still ahead rescue teams and italy pull a woman to safety. nearly half a day after the earthquake there trapped her beneath the rubble of her own home. >> also ahead, she's only 6 years old but can you spell potential spelling champ? the youngest ever to compete when we come back. >> well, the cold front is still to our west and we'll let you know if that's going to spawn any thunderstorms tonight

and we'll show you where tropical storm beryl is headed. >> diplomats at the syrian embassy are sent packing at the u.s. looks for day ways to stop the -- ways to stop the deadly violence in syria. i'm danielle nottingham in washington, i'll have the story coming up.

international outrage continues to grow as the violence in syria today. u. n. officials found more bodies shot execution style. >> and they are points the

finger squarely at the sir i can't government. danielle nottingham has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: lesli world leaders are renewing their calls for syria's president to step down and the united nations is scrambling to find a diplomatic solution to keep a cease fire agreement intact. syrians gathered in the street to bury another victim of the violence. now spinning out of control. wednesday, united nations' observers discovered 13 more bodies apparently shot execution style. that follows the massacre of more than 100 people in hula last week. u. n. investigators say the syrian government is responsible. the security council met wednesday to talk about what action to talk against syrian president bashar al-assad. >> the syrian government made commitments. it's blatantly violated those commitments and i think it's quite clear from many weeks if they continue to do so there

should be consequences. >> reporter: white house officials say although the options are on the table for now they're increasing the diplomatic pressure on the assad regime. the treasury department is putting new sanctions on a key syrian bank. and here at the embassy diplomats have been given 72 hours to leave the u.s.. several u.s. allies have also expelled syrian diplomats if their countries. -- from their countries. hundreds of monitors are trying to salvage a cease fire between president assad's forces and opposition fighters. >> i've said 15 months of violence. only very strong signals will have an impact. >> reporter: the syrian government denies any involvement in the hula massacre. saying armed terrorists were behind the killings. syrian rebels gave assad a 48 hour deadline to abide by the united nations' peace agreement or the rebels say the regime will face consequences. at the white house, danielle

nottingham, lesli, back to you. >> danielle. thank you. russia and china have been the roadblocks inside the council so far and they have rejected any tough action against syria. the former president of liberia charles taylor was sentenced the 50 years in prison today. the judge in the case says taylor is guilty of aiding, abetting and planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history. taylor helped rebels murder and mutilate thousands during their country's civil war. the sentence was handed down in an international criminal court near the hague. britain's supreme court has given the go ahead for wikileaks founder julian assange to be extradited to sweeten. he should be -- sweden. he should be sent to sweden to face sex crimes allegations. he was not in court when the ruling came down. >> the request for mr. assange's extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is

accordingly dismissed. >> now julian assange did send a tweet to his online followers saying -- his lawyers immediately appealed. assange is accused of sexually assaulting two fall wikileaks -- female wikileaks volunteers in 2010 on a trip to sweden. he claims the allegations are political payback for his leaking thousands of document -- u.s. documents that are secret on his website. the death toll from yesterday's earthquake in italy is now up to 17. and rescue workers removed the bodies of the last victims from a factory this morning in the town of modola. but just last night a woman was pulled out of the rubble alive after she'd spent 12 hours in the ruins of her own home. the quake in northern italy injured 350 people and left 14,000 homeless. this would be the second deadly quake to hit italy in just the last two weeks. meantime a popular oklahoma city restaurant up in flames this morning. look at that. the flames swept through the red rock canyon grill in the

middle of the night. nobody hurt but the damage number, $1 million. and tonight investigators say lightning strikes may be to blame. topper's always warning if you hear thunder you can be struck by lightning. >> and it's rough out there in the southern plains and oklahoma. much quiter here thankfully tonight. >> tonight. >> we're going to have show you some pretty cool video in oklahoma city. this is taken by a cbs station and this is some serious hail. big as softballs, that one goes through your windshield and again, if you were to cut that in half, you could see the rings and that's how many times it's circulated up into the thunderstorm. >> that's even some very little softballs and boy that's a different -- >> no, they say -- well, they all weren't the same size as softballs, that's fairly large. maybe small ping ball ball? a live look outside. okay. here's our live weather cam brought to you by michael & son. lots of sunshine and much quieter tonight. temperatures 83 in fact that's as warm as it has been so far. and the winds -- not showing up

but winds are out of the southwest now they're going to turn and become northwesterly when the front goes through. the front itself will probably go through later on this evening. the winds will turn northwest and pick up. there's the cold front. still to our west. and there's beryl. it's kind of unusual to have not one but two named storms before the beginning of the hurricane season which this is going to move offshore. it's actually now extra tropical moving northeastward. it is kind of clipping the delmarva. not a great day at the beach. hope everybody had a book there today because it was kind of rainy and showery and cool today. for us 81 now arlington. 80 bethesda. 83 great falls and going to throw that number out. 83 college park. 82 beltsville. a cold front moving through. clear and cooler tonight. mostly sunny and pleasant tomorrow. friday, some heavy storms are possible again. and we'll mortgage tour that situation carefully and beryl, yep, just showed you beryl moving offshore. all right, for tonight, clearing breezy and cooler open

the windows. give the ac a rest and acs have been humming the past few days. 58 to 68 and winds turn northwest at 10 to 15. by morning mostly sunny and pleasant. air quality forecast to be code yellow which is moderate. quite frankly code green tomorrow i think. 60s and 70s and winds calm down northwest at 10. still a refreshing wind though. and then by afternoon, mostly sunny and beautiful. you'll need the shades. high temperatures in the low 80s and wind still northwesterly at about 10. really almost a perfect day tomorrow. we'll break it down. 58 to 678 to start and then 75 to 80 by noon. full sun and mostly sunny by evening 78 to about 83 just beautiful. now the next three days, again clouds come back on friday. showers and storms possible by early afternoon on friday. temps will struck toll get to 80 and then we're back to pleasant on saturday with temperatures in the upper 70s. in fact next seven days, sunday some showers are possible again only in the mid 70s.

not a washout though. i know the braves are in town friday, saturday and sunday monday and tuesday and wednesday we are still unsettled and this is a big change from yesterday. increasing chance of showers and maybe even a few thunderstorms by tuesday into wednesday. and cooler. i mean temps in the low 70s. but tomorrow rejoice. a fantastic day. and right now, a fantastic evening. i know the front's still west of us but i think it's going to move through now and dry. >> move through dry. >> yeah. >> sounds positive. >> it does. >> thanks topper. coming up -- the smithsonian is bringing a little funk to this year's folk life festival on the mall. >> up next why one city's new parking meters aren't sitting well with short people. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.

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those through lanes will be shut down. and they'll stay that way until monday morning. delays are expected to begin on the maryland side of the bridge so unless you'd like delays you might want to stay away from the area over weekend. there's an outcry tonight in chevy chase, maryland to spend $6,000 to buy some land because some residents claim there's a conflict of interest in the deal. the land is next to zimmerman park. the town council approved the plan even after a barrage of negative comments from residents. they're pointing out the property owner is the wife of the former mayor who used to be on the council. a metro workers is still in critical condition tonight. the accident happened yesterday at the shady grove rail yard. the worker became pinned under a train for about an hour. surgeons were called into the scene to help get him out. no passengers were on board. metro says the victim is a mechanic who's worked for metro for more than 25 years. well, short people in louisville, kentucky having a

bit of a problem tonight. you see there are parking meters that they just can't see. >> so the parking authority installed these new meters as part of a pilot program. here's the problem though. the screens showing you how much time you have left is at 5'5." so if you're a lilt challenged, and you come in around 5'0," there's a chance you might not see it. and there is one height impaired gentleman who found a way around the problem. >> and what i do is get up. and now i can see exactly what i'm putting in and the amount. >> doesn't it seem a little bit ridiculous. >> it sure does. >> i feel for him. the parking authority admits its pilot program is a bust and it will remove those meters and make sure that the future ones are installed a little lower. >> you think they'd have thought of that. >> yeah. that just seems like a no- brainer. still ahead folks you know i really wanted a chew la pa. taco bell with one really

dissatisfied customer left a mess behind. >> i'm kristin fisher in mclean where students got a real life civic lesson today. one of the teachers just became a ostosises. i have the full story -- a u.s. citizen. i have the full story coming up. >> hi lori anne. >> but first she's the youngest speller ever to reach the national spelling bee. did she make it to the finals? the answer is coming up next. it's time to get going.

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she's only 6 years old and one of the biggest attractions at this year's scripps national spelling bee lori anne madison did well against about what, 276 contestants, many of them twice her age. and she's getting a whole lot of attention around here. anny hong was there and you got to see her s. p. e. l. l. her heart out right? >> yes, we did lesli. in fact we know every contestant who's made it this far is special in their own way but boy when you saw little lori anne get to the stage at the harbor you can feel the anticipation. the excitement and even i was nervous for her. but little lori anne made it pretty far and seize been creating national -- she has been creating national spelling bee history. lori anne madison may be the smallest at the scrippings national spelling bee but she's the biggest buzz this year as the youngest ever to qualify for the contest. >> dirigible. >> may i have the definition please? >> dirigible is an adjective

that means fearable. >> and wednesday morning's preliminaries, the 6-year-old from woodbridge, virginia bravely took the stage which she shared with contestants twice her age and she had no problem with her word. spelling it with confidence. >> dirigible. d. i. r. i. g. i. b. l. e.. dirigible. [ applause ] >> as you can imagine, lori anne's been getting a lot of media requests for interviews and she wasn't available today. she is only 6 years old and she is overwhelmed. regardless she has become a little celebrity around here. >> i've seen a lot of people just going to her and getting her autograph. >> i know that when i was 6 years old i would not be able to spell those words so it's really inspiring and i don't know her but i'm really proud of her. >> reporter: lori anne is homeschooled and recently won the prince william bee with the

word vaquero which means cowboy. >> v. a. q. u. e. r. o.. >> reporter: while nobody is expecting her to win at the national spelling bee, her fellow contestants are still rooting her on. >> chestiest not afraid. she's just really -- brave and to show like that she can spell and she's proud of it. >> lori anne misspelled her second word and it was a tough one. we all had a tough one with it here. i guess it's a medical term. now the semple finals are tomorrow -- semifinals are tomorrow and about 50 contestants will take place and lori anne's press conference will be tomorrow morning. because she's been getting so many requests. but i'm sure lesli she will be back for years to come at the spelling bee. >> after all this prep for a spelling bee i think he'll be -- she'll be okay at a press conference. thank you. back into the studio. >> i loved it. she was turning down media interviews today. >> right. >> too much. >> too much. >> couldn't handle it. okay. we have a civics lesson and it comes the life with a

students at kent garden elementary. >> reporter: kristin fisher has more from the naturalization ceremony this morning in mclean. ♪ >> reporter: these are the final moments before richard gordon becomes is u.s. citizen. it's a moment that's been nearly 20 years in the making. >> i came to america in 1993 and had a place at the embassy. i brought my wife and two young daughters. >> reporter: the australian has been teaching sixth grade english and history at kent garden elementary for 11 years. >> mr. gordon is a really great teacher. >> he always makes learning fun. >> reporter: but his students have had a special assignment. help mr. gordon pass the naturalization test. >> we went through the questions. they quizzed me. i quizzed them. >> he had to bring us doughnuts and he only got one wrong out of like 100 questions. >> i passed the test and here i am today. a new american citizen. [ applause ]

>> it was enormously touching. i had no idea it was going to be this big. it's a wonderful country and i hope i can give back to america what they've give on the me and my family. >> reporter: he was the star here today but there were 18 other people from 18 different countries that also became citizens at the ceremony. >> to see the other cultures that were represented and you looked through that audience and you saw students who maxed out with the people who were inducted today. it is actually living history. and it is awesome. >> all right -- girls. i hope these kids take away how special it is and don't take the citizenship for granted. it is something to be cherished and loved. thank you guys. americans are a different way. some are naturalized and some are born but we're all american citizens. thank you honey. thank you sydney. >> reporter: in mac lean, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> last year the u.s. welcomed nearly 700,000 citizens through the naturalization ceremonies

across the country. the polish prime minister is demanding an apology for this comment from president obama while he was presenting the medal of freedom to a polish resistance fighter who alerted the world to the nazi holocaust. >> before one trip across enemy lines, resistance fighters told him that jews were being murdered on a massive scale. and smug ld him into the warsaw ghetto in a polish death camp to see for himself. >> that was the phrase. polish death camp. rather than nazi death camp in poland. that's what is sparking so muchager in poland -- much anger in poland. that is considered hugely offensive there where nazi germany murdered poles and others and germans during their war. the prime minister calls the words an outrageous mistake and the white house says the president did misspeak. today i had the chance to help the class of 2012 make a pivotal moment in time. i was their commencement speaker this morning. this is the shot of me with the

principal, eric harrison and their theme in year was the beginning -- this year was the beginning of the end. i talked with them about how to begin their futures with the end in mind. they steamed to listen. nobody boo -- seemed to listen. nobody booed and they were all smiles which of course as you all know is a welcome sign for a speaker. >> . great job lesli. the organizers of the smithsonian folk life festival plan to bringback the funk. they have plans for a special concert on june 27th. among the featured musicians george clinton and ivan neville. the national museum of african- american history and culture will host it. coming up on 9news now, a pressure packed oxygen treatment used in an unconventional way. it's fighting lyme disease. topper? >> well, wed had the showers and thunderstorms -- we had the showers and thunderstorms break on the pollen except for the mold spores. here's what we mean. moderate for trees and grasses

and low for weeds. but temperatures going down and the prospect of more thunderstorms before the week is out. >> but up next see what happens when the cops spot a man on a lawn mower and he may have had a few beverages. we'll talk about it. >> a little bobbing and weaving there. don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. ?eñ

caught on tape. police dashcam video of a drunk man driving a lawn mower. >> i had my lights on. hit my siren a few times to try to get his attention and he just kept saying go around, go around. >> go around. >> directing traffic. >> not the kind of traffic stop they expect even in jackson, wisconsin. that was officer kyle henning as he came across 69-year-old charles gray who's sort of weaving down the road going probably 6 miles an hour on the tractor. eventually he did get -- pulled in the parking lot there. >> instead of putting it in park he drove forward and hit the curb and then as the curb stopped him from going any further. >> charles, how much you had to drink tonight? >> one beer. >> just one beer? >> one beer. >> what kind o --

>> one beer. >> because the field sobriety test .219. that's like three times the legal limit. what's even worse the license was already suspended because of the three prior drunk drying arrest -- driving arrests! that's not funny. >> so now from driving to drive- thrus it. ed can be frustrating when the order is messed up when you pull up there. >> yeah but police say a man in hubber heights gets so angry when the workers fort the taco -- forgot the taco he drove through the front door of the restaurant. >> we've had all kind of vehicles and into houses and businesses. but it's always been an accident on impairment but usually people don't run into taco bell intentionally for a missing coo -- taco. >> are you surprised a little

bit? >> pretty much. >> no one inside the restaurant was hurt and if man was arrested at his house for making what you saw was a real mess of the place. >> #eu think they did him a favor. still ahead tonight some star power coming to fedex field. we'll have a preview of tonight's match-up between the united states and brazil. but first, a warning tonight for users of a popular drug. what you need to know about buying adderall online. that's next.

in tonight's health alert federal health officials have a warning for consumers and doctors about counterfeit versions of the drug adderall that are being sold online. the fda says the fake versions of the 30-milligram dose of the drug have the wrong activity ingredient -- active ingredient. the fake pill is ineffective and could be harmful. they are round, white and don't have any type of markings. which is letters or numbers, that's a warning sign. this drug is made by teva

pharmaceuticals and others and it's been in shortage since at least last year. which makes ate target for -- it a target for rogue websites and distributors. may is lyme disease awareness month. this is the time of year our region sees an explosion in the tick population. and unfortunately that can mean more cases of lyme. tonight, an unorthodox treatment for cases that can't be cured. 27-year-old valley mckenzie is -- valerie mckenzie is gliding into the hyperbaric chamber. she'll be surrounded by -- surrounded by pyrogen. >> we're allowing 100% oxygen under pressure supersaturate the body and that a able to go into all tissue within the body. >> dr. shore says the oxygen therapy is often used to stimulate healing of stubborn wounds. but in this case, valerie's illness is invisible. she says she got lyme disease while hiking over memorial day

weekend two years ago and the symptoms she developed baffled her doctors. >> i couldn't stand. i couldn't walk. i couldn't walk -- i walked like a duck and i had spasms like i was having a seizure all the time all day long. and i couldn't get them to stop. if you imagine a fish out of water just kind of flopping around. >> after repeated blood tests some specialists thought she was imagining her symptoms and even taking them. >> they just kind of dismissed it and just said sorry. we can't help you. >> dr. shore says the organism that caused lyme can hide in the body and several different courses and come bunnias may be needed to -- combinations may be needed to fight it. the oxygen therapy can simply make the drugs work better. dr. shore says oxygen therapy has always been shown to help with other conditions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, ms, even autism and cerebral palsy. >> this technology has the potential to improve the immune function and to improve healing of the nervous system.

>> i did it and definitely immediately noticed some difference. and now i'm in remission. >> now hyperbaric treatments are considered off label by the fda and each session costs $200. derek? ticks unfortunately not the only bucks this time of year. summer sunshine also brings out the wonderful mosquitoes but don't worry. there's an app for that. iphone and android users can use their phones to thwart away the blood suckers. it uses ultrasonic sound waves but parentally the bugs can -- apparently the bugs can and they don't like it. just search mosquito in the marketplace but it may scare away your dogs and cats too. >> where's fido? >> in the back going like that. poor dog. all right well a cold front to the west. it's going to move through dry and also we have beryl and it's kind of unusual to have two

named storms before june 1st. you certainly didn't know this year we had albedo and beryl and now moving off the east coast. this is very heavy rain from beryl at a place called carolina beach. anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain and some areas a tropical storm warning. it is moving out to sea and it will move away from north carolina and away from our shores. it even brought some rain to the delmarva today believe it or not. all right let's take a live look outside. got a new look for you. this is high atop the headquarters in gannett. you can see a few clouds back to the west. this is brought to you by michael & son and there are going to be a few clouds associated with it will comfort. i think it's going to -- with the cold front. i think it's going to move through dry and then clear out again after midnight. i don't know why it isn't putting up observations. it's 81. you can see that? i can't. 81 right now officially. winds are still out of the southwest at about 12 and the pressure is falling just a little bit until the front goes

through us. all right satellite picture radar combined. couple of things to point out. this is our next little system. this is going to provide a cold rain to places like chicago tomorrow. and eventually into indianapolis. into our area by friday. and then really affect our weather going to become a stalled cutoff low and it's going to affect our weather saturday, excuse me, sunday, and monday and tuesday of next week. the second feature is beryl we'll zoom into beryl. not exactly barreling off the coast but it's moving off the north carolina coast. pretty good rains though. again, anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain coastal sections of north carolina and also southeastern virginia. and you see how it's just kind of clipping the delmarva. not heavy rain today in ocean city and rehoboth and bethany but kind of cold. temperatures held in the 60s most of the day. this is where the front is just entering now western maryland and it's going to be a while before it rolls through. when it does we'll notice the winds turning northwest and we'll notice some drop of

humidity and really a spectacular day tomorrow. so the clouds on their way out. these clouds may return with the front and then they will clear out after midnight. so talk about temps. very nice. 81 arlington. 80 bethesda. this is about average in terms of temperatures, 83 college park. 82 beltsville. 84 up in laurel and 82 out the stirling and 81 fairfax. okay here's the deal. the cold front moving through. probably clear us by midnight. clearing and keeler tonight. mostly sunny and pleasant tomorrow. now friday, that storm out in the midwest. some heavy thunderstorms are possible late in the day on friday. we'll keep you posted. and beryl we showed you beryl moving offshore. off the north carolina coast. so for tonight, clearing breezy and cooler. open the windows. i mean the acs have been hutting the past four or five days and give them a break. upper 60s downtown and winds will become northwest at 10 to 15. by morning mostly sunny and pleasant. 60s and 70s. air quality forecast to be

moderate i think it's going to be green tomorrow. either way that's pretty good for us. winds northwest at 10. and then by afternoon, mostly sunny and beautiful. grab your shades but what a great day. high temps low 80s and low humidity and wind out of the northwest at 10. and that's about deadon for average. our average high is now about 81 or 82. all right zone forecast and all the six zones are on the website. wusa9.com. 65 oakland. 74 cumberland. i don't know why the numbers are up a little bit. it's that software upgrade. i can't wait for the next one next week. 77 hagerstown. 79 winchester tomorrow. low 80s culpeper. crack it next week and going to go back down. 80 leesburg and mans is tomorrow for a -- manassas tomorrow for a high. downtown probably 81 or 82. 81 gaithersburg and low 80s into southern maryland. a little cooler by the coast by the shore. the temperatures in the upper 70s but there's not a small craft advisory tomorrow. we'll break it down. 58 to 68 to start. kind of cool. by noon 75 to 80 and then by

evening 73 to -- 78 rather to 83 with full sunshine. just a beautiful day. now the next three days, okay clouds come back on friday and temperatures around 80 but pleasant again on saturday and cooler and temperatures only in the upper 70s. next seven days temperatures go down even more than that. a few showers possible on sunday. not a huge deal. 75 monday a few showers. better chance for showers on tuesday and wednesday. yes it's going to be that same storm system out in the midwest to sit and hang around for a little while can cooler. got the soccer game at fedex tonight. it will be great for that. >> thanks great. and on that note -- >> that other kind of football it's coming to fedex field tonight. >> team usa hosting soccer powerhouse brazil out in landover. >> our kristen berset is there live with the preview. kristen. >> reporter: hey guys it's gorgeous out here right now. perfect for a soccer match tonight. you see behind me the field

here at fedex field is now a soccer pitch. pretty soon all of the seats are going to be filled over 60,000 tickets sold for the rare chance to see usa brazil play here in d.c.. it's going to be a great match for any of the fans that come tonight or that are watching it on television. it has well surpassed. it's the largest for a u.s. men's or women's national team in the area. a tough test for the u.s. team though. brazil is a five team world champ and stillion of the best teams -- still one of the best teams in the sport. the u.s. national team has won just one of 17 matches but they're on a roll right now. they've won the last five and they hope it doesn't end tonight. >> it's brazil. yeah we -- a lot of -- we've all played brazil and we know what playing game against them means. with the ball their ability. >> we want to do good against them. players for them and all these

guys coming in. that's big. >> there's always a sense of urgency and pride when you play for your country. these games are vitally importanttous. we're a bunch of -- to us. we're a bunch of prideful guys who have a job to do and we go do it no matter what the end result is. >> reporter: now guys, u.s. soccer fans will get a chance hopefully to see deafen see on the field tonight. now the question is whether he will start after he hurt his groin on saturday against scott land. but we're live at fedex field, back to you guys in the studio. >> gorgeous night. thanks. still to come tonight, measures designed to force drivers to slow down may instead be bringing them to a complete halt. >> then a little bit later on, hear from a witness from the deadly plane collision in fauquier county.

in tonight's consumer alert, a way you can make some cash off that old inefficient refrigerator or freezer in the home. now one local utility wants to pay you some real green to help you save on the energy costs. >> reporter: her 40-year-old up right freezer no longer does what she needs it to do. >> it didn't freeze stuff very well. >> reporter: but instead of carting it off to a dump. the bethesda homeowner called

on them to take it away and reap a cash reward at the same time. >> we'll pay you $50 and take your appliance. >> reporter: they have just launched the appliance recycle program. maryland residents can earn money when they get rid of an old refrigerator, freezer or window air-condition unit. the goal? to get customers to upgrade to more energy efficient appliances and that in turn will reduce their costs. >> when there are those older appliances in homes they're using three times the energy of appliances that are -- that are energy efficient for recycling their appliances. they can save up to $150 a year on their energy bills. >> reporter: pepco partnered with a local recycling company to come to the home as a scheduled time to remove the unwanted appliance. workers snap a picture, slice the seal, cut the cord -- and load it up. to be recycled. >> we know that they're being taken care of and taken away and disposed of properly. >> this copy is for you. >> reporter: for her it's a

win/win. she'll receive her rebate in the mail in four to six weeks. the pepco program is currently only available for maryland residents. and to learn more about the program, you can go to our website. wusa9.com. . new information tonight about that deadly memorial day midair crash of two planes in fauquier county. today, the office of the medical examiner identified both of the men who died. 60-year-old james duncan was piloting the beach bonanza that collided with the piper pa-28 and 57-year-old paul gardella of burke was his passenger. he was rechecking duncan's skills. >> he was a very good man and they're a wonderful family. his wife is a sweetheart. they have a very close family. very close-knit.