♪ what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? ♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: went on too long tonight. we only have time to say claws up, little monsters.

. breaking news right now. five children injured after being hit by a woman in an suv in a driveway. >> our ken molestina is live in lewis dale, maryland. and, ken, any word on the condition of those little ones? >> reporter: yes. derek and anita, unfortunately police have confirmed that the little ones are ranging from serious to very critical condition. all of them were rushed to

children's hospital earlier tonight. take a look over my shoulder. you can see a very active scene out here. let's go ahead and role the cell phone video shot by a neighbor right when the moments happen. according to police, a woman was inside of an suv. she did not know that the five children were playing behind the suv. put the suv into reverse and crushed all five children. according to police, we understand that that woman driver is the mother of at least one of those children. she could potentially be the mother of more than one. we understand the five children ranging in -- sent to the hospital ranging from serious to critical condition. take a listen to what police have to say about all of this just a couple minutes ago. >> there was a vehicle accident that occurred in the driveway of the residents down the street. the lady was in the vehicle backed up. five children were struck.

the vehicle continued and lodged into the ground in the rear portion of the house. the exact injuries at this time are unknown. the children -- all five children were taken to children's hospital in washington dc. >> all right. back out live here. a couple of tidbits to pass on to you. i was able to speak to a neighbor who rushed over to try and help these children. the five children. he tells me we're talking about two young girls and three young boys. police confirm their age ranges from about 1 and a half years old up to 11 years old. but, again, those children taken to children's hospital in washington ranging from serious to critical condition tonight. and police out here still trying to figure out exactly what happened. why this driver did not notice that the five children were behind and what led up to this tragedy out here. back to you guys. >> so many injuries. okay, ken. thank you. we also have to get ready. we are in store for some nasty weather tomorrow. topper shutt joins us.

>> we declared friday a severe weather alert day. we looked back to the west and saw a lot of thunderstorms in kentucky and tennessee. that is the same front that will generate storms here and possibly some severe weather. we're talking about damaging winds as well. there's things you can do for tomorrow. get inside if you're around tomorrow night. but before you leave the house, you can search lose objects. lower your deck or patio umbrella down and during the storms stay away from the windows. we'll come back and break it down hour by hour for you and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper. a law enforcement source tells the associated press it is unlikely the justice department will retry john edwards. he had been on trial in north carolina accused of using campaign donations to hide his extramarital affair during his run for the presidency in 2008. but today a jury found him not guilty on one count, couldn't agree on the five other counts, so the judge declared a hung jury and therefore a mistrial. after edwards talked to

reporters. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was ever doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> edwards says he hold himself accountable for the sins he committed against his family, especially his late wife elizabeth. a bill that would make it illegal to have an abortion based on the gender. the vote was 246-168. 30 votes short of the majority. 20 democrats voted for it while 7 republicans against it. now, this practice is most common in asian countries where families wanting sons abort female fetuses. >> they oppose gender discrimination in all forms, but the end result of this legislation to be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivation behind a very personal and private decision. >> for most of us, it is a girl

is cause for enormous joy, happiness and celebration. but in many countries, including our own, it can be a death sentence. today the three most dangerous words in china and india are it's a girl. we cannot let this happen or continue to happen here. >> the abortion debate is the latest thing to be used by republican and democrats to get women voters. a cannibalistic killer in hartford county. a student commits to murdering his roommate and heating parts of his heart and brain. but as kristin fisher tells us, investigators still trying to figure out why. >> reporter: 21-year-old alexander kenny wasd with first degree murder. he cut his roommate's body with a knife and then stashing the body parts in his home. >> i am just as perplexed as anybody else. i am shocked that we would have

something like this that would occur. >> reporter: detectives found a human head and two hands. but that's not all. the suspect then told them he could find the rest of the victim's body in a dumpster in a church parking lot less than a mile away. >> he admitted to cutting him up and consuming parts of his body, his brain and heart. >> reporter: they were friends and roommates . they lived together with his family while attending the university. he was reported missing last friday. now they're checking to make sure it's a match. >> it's horrible. we cannot believe what has taken place. >> reporter: him and his family are from kenya but they have lived here for the last 10 years. >> we see the family coming and going. they've always seem like really good people. they are good people. so we can't believe what happens. >> reporter: in fact, according to charging documents, it was his family that turned him in. his brother found the body parts

in the basement and the father called police. the confession came quick. but an explanation for why he did what he did never came. >> he said nothing about that and he gave no motive. >> at the time of the arrest, the suspect was already out on bond for attacking another student with a baseball bat two weeks ago. now he's being held without bond at the hartford county detention center. he's been charged with stealing funds but harry thomas junior has to repay the city more than $350,000. at the same time, though, that federal judge says thomas will not have to repay another 90,000 bucks diverted from a city drug program to pay for a 209 inaugural balance. it could have been a series of odd moments turned into a good thing. laura bush and sdwrorj bush returned to their -- george bush

returned to their old home for the unveiling of their portrait. it reminded them of the significance of these presidential pictures. >> when the british burned the white house in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [ laughing ] >> now, michelle, if anything happens . [ laughing ] >> there is your man. [ laughing ] >> good stuff. now, president obama has spent a better part of his presidency blaming mr. bush for leaving the country in an economic mess when he inherited it, but both sides set apart political differences today for today's portrait ceremony. ♪ music playing ♪ don't mean a thi >> the washington convention

center rocking it today as family, friends and fans celebrated the life of chuck brown. the godfather of go-go died two weeks ago. today local leaders and a lot of musicians turned out to honor the man who put the dc music scene on the map. bruce johnson takes us there. ♪ music playing >> reporter: who can take his place? no one. >> i love chuck brown. he has been an idol of mine since i was 10 years of age. >> reporter: in fact, the washington convention center put the memorial service which from the beginning seemed more like a revival or go-go concert than funeral. >> what would he say about this crowd? about the show of support? >> he would be -- he is so humble, he would be smiling and saying i love you all. >> he gave dc their own identity. >> i have been playing with chuck for 12 years. since about the year 2000. >> reporter: in '75, chuck

brown had been the founder of go-go music. it's biggest star. >> to me it's not a bad event. it's a blessing. because you get to realize how strong and powerful go-go is. >> reporter: where does go-go go from here? >> he's inside of all of us now. he's inside all of us. >> all of the groups that are coming behind him, i think they're very well prepared for this spotlighting moment. and it's a beautiful thing to see chuck, his music and legacy being celebrated in this way. ♪ music playi >> reporter: the memorial service lasted for just over three hours. it ended with chuck brown's significant song dusty leu. ♪ i feel like dusty leu ♪ get on up >> the thing i liked about it was he was never compromised. he didn't sell an album to try to get it to the world, the

world had to come and get it. it was for dc, and it stayed in dc. ♪ music playi >> what an amazing send off for a musician who meant so much to so many people. in fact, everybody today, including mayor vince gray, jumped up and boogied. take a look at him. how would you rate his skills? fred estair, carleton from the fresh prince. head on over to wusa9.com and vote. 26 bus operations shut down tonight. they called them eminent hazards. >> one of them, new century travel with a new location in china town. 9news went down to investigate and the business was all locked up. it operates a network of smaller carriers. the idea is to prevent tragedies like this one last spring. 15 people were killed as they returned to new york from a

casino trip. the crack down is the largest in department of transportation history. >> by ignoring safety rules, these operators put both passengers and other motorists at serious risk and shutting them down will save lives. >> it also affects i95 coach and apex bus. the companies are accused of using drivers without licenses. and using buses that are not been properly inspected and repaired. still ahead. >> expert advice on intimacy. it doesn't matter your age. there's still plenty of ways to keep spice in your sex life. plus one city wants to put the kabosh on super sized soda, but does the government need to mind its own business? and we're still getting more information on the five children run over by an suv. ken molestina will have another live report, including more cell phone video from the scene. that's

who doesn't want a satisfying sex life, even years and years into a relationship. a researcher has penned a new book about re igniting the spark if it's sizzled and keeping it burning for a lifetime. >> you have to do the right thing for one another. respect one another. and make it last. >> we're best friends. we have been married for 25 years. >> reporter: that's what the johnsons told our news crew tonight about lasting love and intimacy. the book" sex made easy" says they've got it right. good communication and closeness are the secret of couples that make it last. but that doesn't mean there won't be speed bumps in your sex life along the way. >> i can't answer the question.

with toddlers, you fall asleep. >> exhaustion from child rearing. health problems like knee or back pain. erectile dysfunction and hot flashes for women can affect libido. don't avoid the issues. talk about them head on. that can keep the rest of the relationship from crumbling. and be open to new ways of doing things in the bedroom. she has a chapter called sexploration. >> you travel to saint martin and saint barts. we just got back. >> keep an open mind. try new things, like he said. and just have fun. >> studies done at the institute show there is no cutoff age when people shouldn't expect a good sex life. they interviewed people in 80 that are still active. there is a move to ban the

sugary soft drinks. anything larger than 16-ounces would be illegal. the mayor says it's all about the obesity epidemic, but tonight derek says he has a better idea. >> what we really need is a war on sugar. sure. cutting folks back from the 20 and 32-ounce megasodas they have gotten used to may make some of us drink a bit less. but in a free society, soda bans for consenting adults, that ought to be a last resort. instead i propose an anti-sugar ban. put pictures like this on the sides of the bottles. how about this guy is behind on spandex on a box containing your favorite honey bun. and just when you have to have that bag of triple double oreos, how about a written warning that says have you looked in the mirror? put those back. talking about a literal war on sugar designed to change hearts

and minds and most importantly our habits. make overusing sugar uncool in society the same way smoking is today. the sugar lobby probably won't think much of my plan. but they're not our friends. because as much as we love the stuff they sell, let's be real, too much sugar is making most of us much too fat. now, the idea of banning big sodas infringes on our freedom of choice, and i don't think much of that. but even worse than that in some ways it just doesn't go far enough. anita. >> thank you, derek. and if you want to respond to something derek says or just watch some more of his let's be real commentary, head over to let's be real web page. it's part of our home page on wusa9.com and roll over features. what are you doing? >> it's happiness. >> sugar is happiness. >> chocolate is anyway. i don't know. i'm just saying. >> i can see a little bit of chocolate versus a big old thing of sugary soda pop. >> oh, no.

stick with chocolate. all right. on a serious note, we have a severe weather out look tomorrow. a slight risk of severe weather which could be moderate and we have declared friday a severe weather day. let's look at the weather brought to you by michael and son. 85 was the high. it didn't feel like it because the humidity was so low. the dew points are in the 50s. that's great. when they're in the 50s, you can open up the windows. but don't open them up all the way. you might get a little chilly by the morning. winds east, southeast at 9. the pressure steady 2.9 inches of mercury. by 7:00 tomorrow, we're dry. the morning commute should be dry. we'll have some clouds come in. and we'll put this into motion. get into the lunch hour 12:00, 1:00. a warm front actually goes through which is not a good thing. that's going to make our air more unstable in the afternoon. but still not much happening at 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. now we begin to advance it. now we get the bright colors, the red, the oranges, the

moderate activity. this is about 5:45. big thunderstorms to the west of us. leesburg on the east side of i81. they extend all the way down to culpeper and past orange. another hour about 7:45. now we see a straight line of thunderstorms east of hagerstown and west of frederick due south right through manassas and right through loudoun county. now, we get to 8:45. now we're getting into portions of montgomery county. we're crossing the river and getting into the district and also crossing over into charles county. and then by 9:45, 10:00, it's big time thunderstorms from the district now east of 95 into prince george's county and charles county. probably take until 10:00 to get everything across the bay. i think this is a little bit slow. but we have widened our window of critical times a little bit. in fact, we widen it a little bit from 4:00 to now 10:00. so severe weather alert day tomorrow. a dry morning commute. that's the only silver lining i have for you tonight really.

critical times now 4:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. and hail and damaging winds are possible. all right. next seven days, once we get through tomorrow, we're in pretty good shape. low 80s. and then we're looking at temperatures going down. we're back into the 70s on saturday, sunday and monday. we have a lot of drops here. nothing severe after tomorrow. a little bit unsettled but nothing heavy. and temperatures actually running a little bit below average. so, again, severe weather alert day tomorrow. put your umbrella down.

and now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> it's been just over a week, but robert griffith iii says he feels like home. building some strong relationships with his offense. most importantly with the guys whose job it is to keep him upright. usually a quarterback will treat his o line to a nice dinner or

some gifts to help strengthen their bond. rg3 says he hasn't had a chance to take the guys out yet, but the chemistry is building and has a tasty offer for the regular season. >> we're creating bonds every day with jokes and stuff like that. but my family is from new orleans, louisiana, and i know how to cook binas. so for every no sac victory, they'll get them. and i think they'll love those. >> we're working on getting him to give it to the media too. kirk cousin signed a contract with the redskins and the terms of the deal weren't disclosed. we'll compete with rex gross man for that number two job. a scary moment at belmont today. i'll have another. the horse going for the triple crown was almost -- almost lost his other win when a loose horse came screaming up the rail. came within inches of him. we don't have the footage but

there he is okay. i'll have another just fine. went about his day. close call, though. first round of memorial in dublin, ohio. decent round for tiger woods. 13 footer here on 17 for a birdie. he finishes 2 under. not too shabby. much more safer from nicholson. bogey putt on 15. phil with draws from the tournament citing mental fatigue. he shot a 7 over 79. not a good day for phil. and finally tonight, okay, guys, i want to put you guys to the test. >> all right. >> the spelling bee finals were tonight. >> right. >> the winning word, let's see if you can spell this. >> getapau. >> i was thinking i'm a dog but i need to get a paw. >> gettapaw. >> that would have been my guess. >> i forgot my bell. >> wrong. >> all of us.

>> how do you spell it? >> g-u-e-tan-a-p-u-n-s. >> there is your winner tonight. a 14-year-old 8th grader. went 13 rounds. she said she had actually seen that word before. >> wow. >> so she was pretty confident. >> they are unbelievable. it