hello. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. police are investigating a homicide that occurred in northeast washington. police were called to the 700 block of h street northeast just before 7:00 this morning. they found a woman.

kristin fisher joins us live from the scene with more information. >> reporter: this is still a very active crime scene. five hours after the body of the owner of the grace deli was found inside the store just across the street. police did not confirm her identity, still will not. they're being very tight lipped about this entire investigation. but i just spoke with her son who is absolutely broken up. the woman's name is june le. she was in her very early 60s. she has owned this deli for eight years and she's a beloved member of this community. she's the kind of woman who knows all of her clients' names and has their order ready by the time they arrive at the store for lunch. she loved everybody, lostled her job. she was -- loved her job. she was about to retire. she had a grandchild on the way. she was about to move to the eastern shore to retire with her husband, was very excited about life and now it seems that her life was cut tragically short today. in terms of the investigation, what we know is that she

arrived -- this is her car. you actually can't see t. eight right on the other side of that police van. but it is a red toyota corolla. she arrived around 6:00 this morning and was unloading lots of supplies her son said. that was pretty much her morning ritual, unloading stuff for the rest of the day. and the working theory and this is just a theory at this point in time is that somebody approached her at some point during this unloading process and attempted to rob her. this is a theory that the son heard from police, but again just a theory. we still don't know exactly what happened, what the motive was, or what happened inside the store. her body was found by another employee just before 7:00. police arrived on the scene shortly after and they've been here ever since. that entire block right there is still secured by crime scene tape. detectives have been seen

brushing for fingerprints, going through trash cans, seeing if they can find any shreds of evidence. her body was removed from the scene. it's been taken to the medical examiner where they're going to be conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. that's sort after mystery here. june le's son who i just finished talking to says there is no real clear sign of trauma to the body which had at first had them thinking that maybe she had died of natural causes. but whatever police found inside that store led them to believe that there was foul play and that's why they're investigating this as a homicide. i'll have more coming up at 5:00 in our evening news. back you to, jc. >> kristin fisher reporting live. thank you very much. well, the prosecution could wrap up its case by tomorrow in the jerry sandusky trial sex abuse trial. one witnesses that given graphic testimony. while the former penn state

assistant coach listens with very little emotion. manuel gallegus reports now from the courthouse from bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> reporter: jerry sandusky headed back into court to face yet another accuser. >> how you holding up so far? >> reporter: a soft spoken 25- year-old man known as victim number six took the stand. he said he met sandusky in 1998 when he was 11 at a charity picnic. he claims the former assistant football coach then invited him to work out at penn state and later coaxed him into the shower. the accuser says sandusky lifted him in the shower to get the soap off his face and then he said, that's the last thing i remember. it's kind of black after that. the man testified they were both naked but he did not remember sandusky ever touching his private parts. when the boy came home with wet hair, his mother went to the police but no charges were filed at that time against sandusky. during cross-examination, the witness acknowledged staying friends with sandusky and his wife, dottie till just last user -- last year, going to

their home on football days, borrowing their car, even going on a fishing trip with sandusky when he was 23 years old. the man testified that his perception of sandusky changed as investigators began questioning him and he thought more about how inappropriate it was to shower with sandusky as a boy. scan dusky is charged with -- sandusky is charged with 52 criminal accounts of sexually abusing boys. the defense is looking for inconsistencies in the witnesses' testimony and suggesting they are out to make money. manuel gallegus, cbs news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. 68-- >> 68-year-old sandusky could take the stand in his own defense next week. we're turning our attention to campaign 2012. former virginia governor george allen received a key endorsement in his run for his old u.s. senate seat. allen was joined by florida senator marco rubio at company flowers. that's the family-owned small business in arlington. >> that's what our campaign is

about. it is to motivate and inspire people towards our blueprint for america's comeback, to reinvigorate the entrepreneurial spirit of our country. >> reporter: you have someone to elect someone like george allen to the senate. >> he's not going to have to take the orientation course. >> thank you, guys. >> well, allen now faces former governor tim kaine in november. and senator rubio has quickly become a leader in the republican party and he's on the short list for mitt romney's possible vice presidential pick. phil mendelson is the number two man in the district now. he is interim chairman of the d.c. city council. the council selected the at large democrat as its leader, and mendelson will now replace kwame brown. brown resigned last week before pleading guilty to bank fraud. mendelson will serve as interim chairman through the year and then voters will select an official new chair in november.

mendelson says he plans to run in that race. kwame brown and harry thomas, jr. have both resigned in disgrace if the city city council in the last six months. the entire council got a lecture yesterday from councilman marion barry. >> the majority in the community has lost confidence in this council, has lost trust in this council. we're at the bottom of the barrel in terms of credibility. we were 60. but we'd probably be 10. this is serious. this is no game. >> marion barry went on to say, quote, this is the greatest governmental crisis since home rule. i can't think of anything except 9/11 that's been more horrific. well, d.c. mayor vincent gray officially kicked off the

facelift project along u street northwest. the ddot construction project will address blocks from 9th street to 14th street. roads will be repaired and repaved. sidewalks will be widened, and new landscaping will be installed. the $5 million renovation project is scheduled to be completed by next spring. still to come when 9news now continues, more details of what some thought was a ufo sighting. we'll have an explanation when we come back. cycling legend lance armstrong is in deep trouble after allegations of doping resurface.

today i'm one on one with rahl andrews, the regional vice. with aarp. aarp was a major sponsor of the innovation in aging conference held a few weeks ago at the national harbor. so it's my delight to be one on one with him today to talk about aarp and what the major issues are that this organization is tackling right now. thanks for being with me.

>> thank you, jc. it's always a pleasure to be with you. certainly the two most important irks for people 50 and older and their families right now would be questions about social security and medicare. whether you're a current beneficiary of st. and medicare, which sometimes people are much younger than 50 because their parents have passed away and so forth. there are a lot of people really concerned about is it going to be there and is it going to be there for them. >> should you take it at an early age when you get 66 or should you wait till you're 70 or older? >> all those are issues on the table. the second issue at a national level which aarp is very interested like many people in the country is what is the supreme court going to do with the affordable care act, because that also has implications for medicare and the donut hole in terms of prescription benefit. the last one particularly at the local level in this area, utilities has been on the minds of a lot of our members and 50 plus and those not 50 plus. and we've been working with and

sometimes at odds with pepco and washington gas to make sure they are affordable services and reliable services. those would be the three major areas where we're putting a lot of time and attention both at the volunteer and staff level. >> at the expo, at the national harbor, i know you know we had a job fair. channel 8 was cost -- channel 9 was co-sponsor with aarp. a lot of seniors need a job, they need the money. >> these are tough times. nobody is immune from our recession. people are either working longer or found they got out of work life and have to go back. we're going to be working with linked in on a work renational ginned campaign that's -- reimagined campaign that's going to start this month. the expo was a great opportunity and a perfect location right at national harbor to bring folks together from d.c. and maryland and virginia to talk about those issues, about how to get reconnected if you need to. >> thank you, rawle andrews,

regional vice president, aarp. we're going to take a break. howard will be back with the forecast. stay with us. >> still pretty nice out here. the allergy count came in with the rain. not surprised everything is up in a big way. grass is high. weeds and molds moderate. i'll be back with the seven-day forecast and talking about some building heat next week when 9news now at noon returns. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business

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the u.s. antidoping agency plans to bring formal charges against retired cyclist lance armstrong. armstrong won the tour de france a record breaking seven times but he has been facing ak saixes of using -- accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. now the antidoping agency says it has uncovered new evidence against armstrong. showing that he used a variety of substances from 1996 through 2004. agency officials say ten former teammates testified against armstrong. >> really no difference between lance armstrong and i'd say the majority of the -- [indiscernible] >> armstrong says that he has competed for 25 years without having a spike in his performance and he says that he has taken more than 500 drug tests and never failed one. in february federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal

investigation, but the antidoping agency only has to prove that armstrong took drugs, not whether he committed a crime. we'd like to set the record straight. this is not a ufo picture that was tweeted out. it is actually a military caravan taking a military aircraft to southern maryland. state police tell us the permit for the vehicle in the tarp was only described as "other." it did look a little strange. >> i believe that was a military drone. how are you? >> i'm fine. and the weather is going to get hotter. >> yes, but not until next week. so we've got good weather the next few days. generally drie. it is flag day. >> i like -- dry. it is flag day. >> i like your tie. >> flag day, end ens day, a couple -- independence day, a couple of chances i only get. keeping our temperatures in

check is the wind. they'll go swerm next week and we'll -- southwesterly next week and we'll be off to the races. today temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80, some swr in that neighborhood for -- somewhere in that neighborhood for a hie. with a bit of a breeze out of the northeast, 10, maybe 15 miles per hour, it's feeling good. humidity levels are down. do expect later this afternoon toward the evening hours we'll see more sunshine and north of d.c., it's a whole other game out there. the closer you get to i-70, the clearer skies are getting. satellite picture tells the story beautifully w. he have a northeasterly flow. you can follow the clouds coming from here, from long long, delaware, the even shore. and from d.c. south, look at all the clouds here. north of town and out toward the seen dough ya valley, -- the shenandoah valley, they have a lot more sunshine. temperatures up there very comfortable. low to mid-70s right now. we've got baltimore at 77. the boats are out there, the big sailabration going o. go to baltimore for a chance to check

that out. cloudier down here. northeast winds in reidville bringing more sand to the beach for jan down there. here in town, we've got skies which are mostly cloudy. we're looking at the michael & son's weather camera looking to the south. the skies mostly cloudy. there have been some breaks in the overcast. 76 degrees with the humidity at 58%. so that's pretty comfortable and an east wind right now at 9 miles an hour. our weather headlines this noon hour, not too warm today. we already know that. cool again tonight. 50s and 60s. another night to open the windows and enjoy mother nature's air conditioning. nice weather will be with us through sunday. maybe into monday. but monday is going to start to warm up and even hotter as we get into tuesday and wednesday and maybe thursday next week. we're talking temperatures potentially in the middle 90s. nationally very quiet in the middle of the country here, especially the ohio valley. that's what's moving in for us. we've been watching big storms across minnesota into wisconsin. scattered strong storms also

across the gulf coast. right now things are relatively quiet. at the front that went through us a couple of days ago it's off shore. you can see this thing spinning right there in the atlantic. that's what's helping to bring our northerly and northeasterly winds and keep some of the clouds around. not going to see the showers here. the computer is a little overzealous with that. we'll see some of the clouds return late tonight and tomorrow morning and then they'll push away and we'll end up with a good deal of sunshine for your friday, your saturday, your monday. be next week before we see any real showers around here. 79, pleasant this afternoon. 50s and 60s tonight. tomorrow nice. saturday nice, 80, 81. by father's day 83, if not 84. then next week gets hot. warming up monday and tuesday and wednesday those isolated storms and the heat, highs in the 90s. somewhere officially begins wednesday at 7:09. we are going to the kitchen when 9news now at noon returns. stick around.

i am today one on one with niki nellis. she's now become my best girlfriend and i'll tell you why. she's going to show us how to cool out. the weather is going to get very hot in the next couple of days, according to howard and she's brought these delightful desserts made with ice cream and sorbet. >> and gel lat toe. >> she's a foody and is a publisher of the list.com.

she also has a radio show on sundays at 11:00 a.m. she's a co-anchor on foody and the beast. >> i'm the foody. my husband, david, is the beast. >> what did you bring today? >> summer is heating up but there are tasty ways to chill out. these are what some of the restaurants and ice cream shops are doing. i just wanted to give you a little sampling. first tango gellato tries to stay local as possible. all their fruits, sorbets are sourced locally and they're seasonal. for example, this gorgeous red sorbet is a rue barred which is -- rhubarb which is tangy and really good but you can mix can and you can put different flavors together. they have classic italian flavors which you'll -- which they import from italy so you have the boccio here which is a

chocolate with pistachio in it. >> that sounds delightful. let's move to the lovely little cones. they're so cute. >> in dupont circle, this place has a glorious outdoor patio. if you want to people watch, this is one of the best places to watch d.c. go by. they're doing an ice cream social on wednesdays, thursdays and fridays, sort of happy hour time. they have this fabulous ice cream menu so they're making all these ice creams. you have have nil la, -- you virginia nil la, blueberry and strawberry. it's a taste of summer. very nice. >> what do we have here? >> these are a real twist on a classic. these are ice cream sandwiches down by allenson reed at sugar magnolia which is a new bakery and restaurant. they're so glorious. this is a coconut macaroon with a coffee ice cream. this is an oatmeal stewsle cookie with blueberry ice cream and this is my favorite. this is a waffle cookie with

maple bacon ice cream. >> what she says is -- i asked her would has the best ice cream and she's saying, you know, restaurants have great ice cream. >> restaurants are doing really creative flavors and creative treats. i'll show you this because this is very cool. this is a beer float. are we out of time? >> out of time. >> no. okay. >> join us at 5:00. have a great day.