shelly zimmerman: like 155. but prosecutors say she meant $155, money raised mostly through a website for zimmerman's defense. >> i think they realized it was a mistake. they look forward to clearing that up with judge lester. >> one of the primary things is whether they ever lied to the judge before. i think he severely undermined his own credibility and i believe this has damaged his ability to win the stand your ground before the judge. >> reporter: randall spirchgston, -- pinkston, sanford, florida. >> they have set up a new website. it collects $1,000 per day. today the d.c. council is expected to vote and approve the 2013 budget for the district. the council gave preliminary

approval last month. if passed as is, next year's budget would total $9 billion. it would also double the number of traffic cameras, change parking rules and charges and extent the hours of city bars. those measures are intended to help close projected $172 million shortfall. the two most senior battalion chiefs in the d.c. fire department accuse their boss of creating a culture of fear and intimidation. now both are be being punished for speaking out. >> this whole thing started when someone wanted to thank them for saving their home. >> reporter: he brought two packs of beer to this fire station on u street to express his gratitude told by firefighters they could not accept the gift, he left it on the floor and walked away. >> they didn't exactly handle it right but there was no intentional misconduct. >> reporter: but the chief presided over two disciplinary cases when beer was found at the fire station and ordered a

letter of reprimand be put into firefighter files. >> i considered all the facts, listened to what they had to say and made a decision. apparently the fire chief or somebody didn't like my decision. >> reporter: he was demoted to the captain the fire chief writing, your failure to hold the members accountable for receipt of the beer in violation the rules of conduct brings into question your ability to exercise proper judgment in the performance of your assigned duties and responsibilities. kevin slone presided over another beer case and did not hand out a harsh punishment. his duties have been changed. >> i'm an expert in incident command, rare emergencies, hazardous materials responses. now i'm in charge of toilet paper. >> reporter: the chief denies

he's foster agriculture of fear and intimidation. >> nobody angered me. we want our employees to do what's right. >> reporter: he says he can't comment on the achieve's case because it's being appealed. >> regarding chief slone, he was not demoted. his transfer was contemplated weeks before it was effective and weeks before he made any disciplinary decision. >> reporter: but the union president says of the cases it definitely gives the appearance that our members can't get a fair hearing. but the chief maintains? >> there's no fair. definitely not any intimidation. >> reporter: gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> gary says slone and stearn are pursuing legal action. a report filed by a military instructor at morgan state university says the man you see on the screen, 21-year-

old alexander was a virginia tech waiting to happen. alexander kinyu was eventually removed from the rotc program and banned from campus. he has confessed to killing his 37-year-old roommate from ghana and eating his organs last week inside a town house. investigators still have not released a motive in this case. jurors in prince george's county took less than three hours to convict john hassle of murder. they murdered david williams last july inside his bowie home. investigators say they found this case particularly disturbing because brooks posed as a pepco employee the day before the murder so he could case the house. brooks has already pleaded guilty in the case. haston faces a maximum sentence of life plus 60 years.

a u.s. drone strike in pakistan targeted al qaeda's second in command on monday. 15 people were killed in the strike but it's not been confirmed if the number two person in al qaeda was one of them. he is the latest in a long list of al qaeda senior commanders targeted by u.s. drone attacks. he was captured by u.s. forces in afghanistan but eventually escaped from custody. president obama will spend the day at the white house after a trio of fund raising events in new york city last night with former president bill clinton. the events raised more than $3.5 million for the obama election campaign. m.i.t. romney will -- mitt romney will hold an event today. voters in wisconsin head to the polls for a recall election. labor unions and their supporters are trying to oust republican governor scott walker who succeeded in cutting benefits to unionized state

workers. the democrat walks against walker is milwaukee mayor tom barrett. the four-day diamond jubilee marking queen elizabeth's four decades on the thrown wraps up today. the queen and the royal family will attend a religious service, a luncheon and then they'll ride in a carriage procession through the city to buckingham palace. we have more. >> reporter: it truly is a celebration fit for a queen. the four-day diamond jubilee marking queen elizabeth's six decades on the british thrown wraps up today. they'll extend a service at the st. paul cathedral before taking a trip through the city in three horse drawn carriages. but one member of the family will be missing, the queen's husband who turns 91 on monday was hospitalized yesterday with a bladder infection. hundreds of thousands have turned out to celebrate the

diamond jubilee. after 60 years the queen is more popular than ever with approval ratings of over 80%. >> i've watched the coronation. and i've watched her through everything. i think she's amazing. >> reporter: last night the queen attended only part of a star attituded concert featuring stevie wonder -- studded concert featuring stevie wonder, elton john, and paul mccartney. but she was there to enjoy the cheers of the crowd initiated by her son prince charles. >> three resounding cheers for our majesty the queen. hip hip. >> hurray. >> hip hip. >> hurray. >> hip hip. >> hurray. >> reporter: the night ended with a kiss on the hand and a smile and a massive fireworks display. lighting up the sky above buckingham palace, cbs news,

london. our time right now coming up on 4:38. are we in store for a wet cool june day? howard will give us a quick preview of the forecast. it seems the economy isn't enough to stop people from enjoying a classic american meal. facebook may soon change its policy restricting children younger than 13 from its network. >> keep it here. your weather first in two minutes.

4:40 on this tuesday morning, june 5, 2012. we've had showers overnight, especially south and east of town. we'll get rid of those in the next hour or so. going to be a partly sunny day. the temperatures topping out in

the low 70s. we'll have heat in the end of the seven-day forecast of the. right now monika with time saver traffic. police continue to investigate a deadly sing vehicle accident in dickerson in maryland. here in rockville it's incident free. in my next report, an update on area roads at 4:47. this t is time for the first your money seg -- it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. good morning, jess. >> the u.s. is showing signs of slowing. more countries in europe may need a bailout. that has many investors waiting to see if the federal reserve plans to step up with new measures to boost the economy. angel berroa fan key may make an -- ben bernanke may make an announcement on that. the dow standing this morning 12,101.

finished the day down again 17 points but still that wasn't so bad. we did see some green arrows. nasdaq up by 12.5 and the s&p 500 finished flat. samsung's new smartphone is about to hit the market with the four big wireless carriers. verizon, at&t, sprint and t mobile. they'll start selling the galaxy s3 later this month. the new phone will retail for about $200 with a two-year contract. the galaxy is the most popular alternative to apple's iphone. the iphone looking over its shoulder right now. the tough economy isn't hurtding the sales -- hurting the sales of hot dogs. nathan's famous. the hot dog eating contest. the 4th of july hot dog eating contest in new york doubled profits in the fourth quarter. everyone looks like they're getting sick. the fast food chain has more than 300 restaurants across the

world. more than $60 million in revenue last year. i think we should-- >> is it over? >> yes, it's over now. >> they're all red. >> maybe it's ketchup. maybe he needs that -- maybe that's the secret to success. >> no hot dogs for today. that did it for me. thanks for reminding me what green looks like on wall street. >> made me happy to do so. she was one of d.c.'s most revered social advocates. >> when we return in two minutes, we'll look back at the life and legacy bishop shoe water. -- bishop stewart.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 4:45. we know what red means around here. that's a severe weather alert. we have some other colors to talk about. >> good days are green. nuisance days where it may impact some of your plans, that

would be a yellow day. today is going to be a green day but we have a couple of yellows in the next three. this morning the bus stop forecast, there's some isolated showers off to the south but they should be out of here in another hour, hour and a half. i'll leave it out of the bus stop forecast. unless you're leaving in the next hour you'll see them. otherwise mostly cloudy, cool. temperatures in the low 50s and 60s. sunrise not until 5:43. as far as the day is concerned, we start out with some clouds. i do believe we'll see sunshine midday but really unseasonably cool day. averages should be in the low #s on for the highs. today we'll be lucky to make the low 70s. by 4:00 around 70. we have a raindrop here. spotty showers this afternoon. best chance will be west of town in the higher elevations as you get toward the blue ridge and west of there. at 8:00 still should be partly sunny and 69 with the transfer of venus late this afternoon in front of the sun, if you're going to try to watch that, don't look directly at the sun,

i think most of us will be able to check that out. here's a look at the temperature letters oaf -- at the dopplers over the last six years. right down coastal areas along the bay and around d.c. and points south seeing a few showers. we still have showers in north beach and solomons. out to the west the heavier showers now southeast of fredricksburg pulling away. but a couple of sprinkles here and there and a little bit of drizzle. the temps are in the 50s north to a couple of low 60s at fredricksburg or the lone low 60 i should say in fredricksburg. 55 in winchester. good visibility. had some drizzle and light sprinkles on the hour at national, 59 degrees with a north, northeasterly wind at 7 and humidity high at 82%. the big picture we still have this upper storm spinning here in the northeast just off the

atlantic coast. it's dragging down the little pieces of energy that are going to come through every now and then enhancing our rain chances. the heavy stuff is across tennessee. by midday we're okay here but notice out west. a little bit of upslope with the northeast winds on the mountains. that will help give them and up in pennsylvania a better chance of showers this afternoon while we should be all right for the transit. things quiet down tonight. then again tomorrow afternoon we're going to pop some more showers and thunderstorms. looks like the best chance tomorrow could be north and west but even thursday we're still going to have that. right now in our next three days a good day today. slight chance of a shower. made tomorrow yellow but if the shower chances still look north and west, we'll downgrade that to a green day. back mainly in the 50s tonight with 75 tomorrow. afternoon showers and thunder thursday. that could be a problem for some so another yellow alert day on thursday, 77. as we head toward the weekend,

we dry out. we warm up. 80 on friday. 84 saturday. here comes the heat. sunday and monday up around 90 if not the low 90s with a chance of storms on monday. it is 4:48. here comes monika santami with time saver traffic. >> good morning. here's what it looks like on 270. things are fine as you come out of frederick down into clarksburg and the point where the lanes divide on 270. but west of 270 in dickerson, maryland i want you to be aware on route 2 at mount efron read there was a serious deadly question and crews are still there investigating the scene right at the entrance of the marc station. keep that in mind for your travel plans and we'll keep you posted on that situation. 270 itself looks fine as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look and show you how quiet it is. there's a truck resting on the showedder. no big deals. this -- shoulder. no big deals. coming up from dale city to woodbridge, some issues as you head up toward the beltway or

395. we'll take a live look on 395 at duke street and it's nice and quiet both the main and hov lanes to the 14th street bridge. in my next report, another look around the area at 4:55. washington pays its last respects to bishop stewart, the revered social advocate died last week after a two-year battle with breast cancer. >> kristin fisher caught up with her children and they said goodbye to a woman in action. >> reporter: when martin luther king, jr. marched on washington in 1963, she was there. she followed him from georgia and never went back. nearly ten years later she became the first african- american woman to find a homeless shelter in washington. >> there's women and their babies who come here, knock on my door all night long, imagene, i need help. that's what i'm here for. >> reporter: for the next 45 years she ran the house of imagene and a shelter for women

and children. two years ago the shelter burned down around the time she got the diagnosis that it would ultimately end her life. she lost her battle with cancer last wednesday. two days later her son michael johnson picked out her final resting place at the fort lincoln cemetery. >> it hurt my heart so bad because she tried so hard to please and make sure that everybody around here was okay. from her death bed she was still making phone calls trying to make sure everything was okay. >> reporter: the memorial service is set for next saturday at the sell actions lodge. its -- at the elks lodge. it's a fitting site because she helped save it ten years ago. >> she will give her last dollar to make sure somebody had a smile and food in their mouth. >> reporter: imagene went from being homeless to helping the homeless. she was a pastor, mother of to and a social advocate for anyone who needed help. >> my mother always had society

on her mind. she wanted to leave the world the way -- better than the way she found it. >> reporter: and that she did. in brentwood, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> imagene was 69 years old. a viewing is going to be friday, 6:00 p.m. at the bacon tune recall home on 14th -- funeral home on 14th street northwest. in health news, researchers have been studying the benefits of soy for improving mental function in women after menopause. but a new study finds soy supplements do not make much of a difference. the stanford school of medicine looked at hundreds of women over the age of 45. they found there was no difference in mental abilities two those who took soy and those would didn't. doctors have found a possible link between childhood trauma and skin cancer. researchers at ohio state looked at cancer patients whose childhood included periods of neglect or maltreatment. they found those nations are at much greater risk for their canners to return if they go through a very stesful event.

the -- stressful event. doctors say those patients should be extra vigilant about their health. another new study warns parents to be careful about giving their children correct doses of acetaminophen. the medication is widely available over the counter but overdosing can cause liver failure and be life- threatening. researchers in ontario are suggesting better labeling and dosing information. they also recommend that pharmacists keep aseat menino behind the -- acetaminophen behind the counter so pharmacists can counsel parents on the correct dosage. "the wall street journal" says the social media site is developing a few new features for kids pages. the technology would allow parents to control who their kids friend and what applications they can use on the site. many children already lie about their ages anyway to get access to a facebook page.

4:53. time for the question of the morning. >> here it is. according to good housekeeping, the more money you make, the less like will you you've done one of these things in the last year. is it a, go bowling, b, brew your own coffee or c, clean your home. >> i'm still in my walk-in closet if i ever get one. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

weather wise 4:56 on this thursday morning. -- tuesday morning. wishful thinking. we have a couple of sprinkles still south of town. we are looking like we're going to have a decent day as temperatures get into the low 70s. that's it with a spotty shower west this afternoon. we'll have that seven-day forecast, some heat during 9news now at 5:00 a.m.

right now here's monika with time saver traffic. looking good in the district right now and the u street corridor. here at 16th and u nice and quiet as you can see. no issues to report. as you travel through this area. all the potomac an anacostia crossings are also ?eents free. coming -- also incident free. coming up in my next report, a loot a 501. a wreath laying ceremony was held yesterday to commemorate the 70th anniversary the battle of midway. it is credited with changing the course of the pacific campaign in world war ii. during the four-day battle, the u.s. navy decisively defeated the japanese and prevented them from capturing midway island. it also ended a string of japanese victories which had begun at pearl harbor six months earlier. some of broadway's biggest stars are getting ready for the tony awards. >> betty white gets whacked at madam tusseau's. we have those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: the stars are

taking the stage at tony awards. ♪ >> reporter: the tony's air live on cbs next sunday night. marvel studios has started production on iron man three shooting in wilmington, north carolina and the movie is scheduled to come out on may 3, 2013. in hollywood,90-year-old bet we white broke records as she unveiled her new wax double. she's the oldest ever to be honored. >> i have a continue except she's a little more pulled together than i. >> reporter: white still has morsel greating to do this week. wednesday night fans can catch the season sin naturally of her sitcom hot in cleveland. the network has already signed on to bring it back for a fourth season. jane don today hit the new york premier for her new movie.

she plays a marijuana smoking hippy grandmother who tries to help her uptight lawyer daughter get over a divorce. >> she's much more the hippy than i am. it was fun to play a part that was so different than me. >> because it was so fresh for her, i think that grace had this tremendous, you know, zeal for life. >> reporter: the movie opens in limited release on friday. that's your eye on entertainment. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. happy tuesday. >> second day of the week. we're starting off well. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. >> we start the countdown first day of the week. >> we're smiling all the way. mr. bernstein, over to you. >> good morning. glad you're -- glad we're cool outside. open the windows and enjoy it although in some spots