the demand for food keeps growing and growing. afac has seen a 22% increase in the number of families visiting pantries for the first time. for more information, log on to jchayward.com. this is 9news now. >> defense lawyers are trying to convince a pennsylvania jury that sandusky is not accused of child abuse. his defense team started making his case. they are trying to prove that the former penn state assistant coach is a good person and cared for the welfare of children. shelby lynn brings us today's proceedings. >> jerry sandusky's defense attorney called witnesses to speak to the former penn state assistant coach's character and reputation. including two former coaches and a boy who participated in sandusky's charities. the coaches testified it was normal for them to shower with

children. under cross-examination, the first coach was asked if he hugged boys in the shower and he said no. >> this is what we're having a preview as to the strength of the defense, i'm not overwelmed and i think that it was a really not very strong beginning. >> earlier in the day, the defense attempted to have several charges dropped. arguing they were too vague or testimony did not support the claims. the motions were rejected, but one charge was withdrawn by the prosecution. pleaded not guilty. the prosecution rested monday after nearly a week of graphic testimony from alleged victims. on cross-examination, the defense tried to find inconsistencies in the witness' testimony. >> there's lots of money out there, lawsuits have already been filed against penn state, against the second mile, against jerry sandusky, and we are evacuating and investigating there's a possibility there's a

motivation. >> offer expert testimony from a psychologist to argue sandusky suffers from a personality disorder. the question remains whether he will take the stand in his own defense. i'm shelby lynn. >> and closing arguments in the case are expected to start as early as thursday. we are also continuing to follow breaking news from the u.s. district court in downtown d.c. that is where a jury has just found roger clemens not guilty of lying to congress about using performance enhancing drugs. gary is live outside the courthouse with the details. gary. >> well, anita. texas attorney, the legend, rusten harden started his remarks by saying wow, and concluded them by simply -- could have faced 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine had he been convicted on the charges against him. charges that alleged he lied to congress in 2008 congressional testimony about never having used human growth hormones or

steroids in a career that spans 354 wins, seven awards in 24 years. waiting to speak, clemens twisted the ring on his hand, his son's hand on his shoulder, adding to the emotion. clemens choked up as he thanked friends, colleagues, and family who stood by him. >> really all you media guys that know me and follow my career -- [ applause ] >> i put a lot of hard work into that career. >> indeed, it was a career until the accusations was a legendary career, a career that would have been destroyed in history by a conviction today. a career that will be remembered being under a dark cloud because of those allegations. today may have been the most

important win in that roger clemens career. the losers, the prosecution team whose work on the case for more than four years and the taxpayers who funded that case. when asked how much it cost, simply said, that has not been compiled. anita. >> okay. an acquittal. gary, thank you. new at 6:00, montgomery county police arrest a prisoner in texas in the rape of a silver spring woman from nine years ago. detectives had brought 30-year- old david martinez back to maryland to stand trial for first-degree rape. martinez is accused of sexually assaulting the woman back in march of 2003. as she walked from her car to her home, she's now being held with bond until trial. the university of maryland student who is the victim of a chilling home invasion and robbery in college park believes the attackers knew to target students. it happened friday in the 8400 block of 48th street and the violent burglars are out there. police are looking for it.

scott broom is at the university of maryland with a followup on a crime alert by university police. >> i don't remember anything that happened. >> meet student, ryan miller, those are staples in his head after he was attacked inside his own rental home by as many as three intruders who broke through locked doors at midday friday. >> someone kicked down my door, being woken up by whatever it was, baseball bat to the head, whatever. >> miller was hit in the head with an object while he lay sleeping in his bedroom. at the house he shares on 48th avenue north of the university campus. and the incident is a hazy blur because the blow to the head. but miller strongly suspects his home was targeted because it is rented by students. >> if it's true, it's because they have been inside before and they have been able to look around. >> perhaps because the open house style parties, common in these college rental house

neighborhoods, provide ample opportunity for strangers to select victims. >> they know there's a laptop to each person in the house. >> the attackers kicked down locked bedroom doors and cleaned out laptops. a neighbor called 911. he saw an incoherent and bleeding miller hanging out of an upstairs window. >> ryan miller and his three roommates say they plan to reenforce their doors. police have not made any arrests. in college park, scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you. university police issued five off campus alerts this year alone. >> metro's new plan to help out riders during rush hour is now here. the transit agency launched its new rush plus service this morning. it runs every weekday from 6:30 every morning. as more orange and yellow line trains during those times. metro says rush plus will increase capacity on those lines by 18%. but, how did the first day go for the commuters?

anny hong is at the courthouse station with what riders had to say. i know there was worry about confusion here. >> there was. and the people that we spoke to said there wasn't a lot of confusion. especially if you're on the orange line. i asked about both the morning and evening commutes. i asked if their trains came by quicker and less crowded and we got mixed reviews. now of those reviews, quite a few good reviews, especially the people we spoke to here on the orange line. they benefit the most with 2600 more seats per hour during rush hour, which starts at 3:30 p.m. and that's when we got here to the courthouse metro stop. around that time, i saw plenty of space on those trains. frequency is pretty good, but by 4:30, 5:00, you still saw a lot of packed people in those trains. standing room only. here's what commuters are saying about the changes and what transit officials say in response. >> it was much nicer because you could get on the train and

lots to see and the train came as quickly as possible. i mean, as soon as i got on the track, the train was there. >> less crowded and more trains, which helped a lot. >> it was probably less crowded. >> really? >> even on the added trains? >> it was just as crowded for me. >> just like a change in traffic patterns on a highway. it does take a few days for customer behavior to catch up with a service change t. will smooth out even more as we go through the rest of this week. >> now metro officials estimate about 110,000 people will benefit from the service. 16,000 may be somewhat negatively impact in a sense they may have to wait longer for trains and that is for the people on the blue line. we are live at the courthouse metro station in arlington. anny hong, 9news now. >> new patterns to get used to. thanks a lot, anny. the fallout continues over the resignation of university of virginia president, teresa

sullivan. the school's faculty senate is demanding the resignations of the two top members of the board of visitors and that sullivan be reinstated. that coms as the board met behind closed doors to discuss an interim successor. the board announced sullivan's removal last week. agreed to step down on august 15. coming up on 9news now at 7:00, drone strikes in pakistan. why children may have the most to lose if those u.s. led missions continue. that's 9news now at 7:00. >> thanks, derek. still coming up in this half hour, the head of montgomery county's council takes aim at pepco's tree trimming. topper. >> the clouds did, they kept temperatures down. dulles never made it to 70. here are the numbers on national. 71 and 53. averages are 86 and 67. picked up a quarter inch of rain and showers this morning. we'll come back and talk about what codes we'll issue and talk about the heat around the corner. but first, the national

park service pays special tribute to some local world war ii veterans. you're going to hear their work for their country up next.

well today, the national park service and park conservation association hosted a reunion of world war ii veterans who worked at camp richie near frederick, maryland. these vets were working to gather intelligence and it was critical stuff. they attempted to learn the nazi's advances and tackty call decisions about what the forces were planning to do or not pursue in the war. from enemies to allies. maryland marks a 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 with an international bisen bicentennial. signed a decloration of war on great britain. today's ceremony took place

during the spar spangled celebration. from the navies of a dozen countries are in baltimore for the event. coming up next, a local congressman takes aim at the metropolitan air force authority and how it spends its money. we'll tell you more about his proposal when we come back.

an ousting on the air force authority board. questions about the board itself. there's one thing both republicans and democrats seem to agree on. that spending is out of control. >> to actually show you. >> business consulting, gregory shay helps organizations struggling with leadership and challenges. the metropolitan washington air force authority hired shay over a three-year period paying him $173,000. board member, tom davis, said he was well paid, he wasn't

cheap. members were not speaking. somebody needed to come and get members to work together. a federal review was extended turned up numerous questionable expenses, such as lavish lunches and travel costs. one board member, dennis, spent $9,000 flying to progue for a conference. a move republican congressman, frank wolfe, applauds. >> things were done that should not have been done. travel is done that should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done in closed sessions. >> congressman wolf introduced legislation that will put a permanent inspector general overseeing them. democrat, gerry connolly, agrees with that move, but disagrees with the ouster of board member, dennis ma tier. he says that was purely political and not justified. >> that's a smoke screen for

getting at a labor union member who happens to be a member of the board. >> vice president and regional manager of the laborers international union of north america. he was appointed by governor tim kaine. the governor appointed karen merck, cofounder of webb methods. she tells 9news now, she has been sworn in for the office. but he wants his seat back and filed a lawsuit over his ouster. peggy fox, 9news now. >> this could get messy. she is expected to be seated at the meeting this coming wednesday, but the board may not let her take a seat until the court decides on the lawsuit. tree trimmings performed by metro. it's a sore subject with residents. county council resident plans to move ahead with a bill that gives property owners some say in the matter. but based on information from a county attorney, he plans to rework the bill so the new rules would apply to all companies, not just pepco.

just the same, from an interview conducted today, it is clear pepc o is the chief mote ration for the measure. >> trees have become collateral damage in the fight for reliable electric service. having trees are somehow in conflict, no, they're not. >> some montgomery county residents accuse the utility of being too aggressive in trimming trees awe from power lines. dodge some rain drops this morning, getting the dog out for a walk. >> again, only 69 at dulles, that's great. now it's going to warm up tomorrow and then heat rolls in by the middle of the week. kind of on cue, because summer officially begins wednesday afternoon. let's start with a live look outside. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we have clouds, but it's dry. 71 right now. high so far today. dew point creeping up just a little bit. 61. winds out of the south at 7.

pressure down a notch at 30.07 inches of mercury. the dew point in the low 60s. that's still not bad for us. wait to see where the dew points go wednesday and thursday. live doppler 9,000. we are watching this area of showers and thunderstorms, still primarily west of i-81. no warnings now. but we are still looking at heavy rain from the bridge southward. again, the red, rain fall rates of an inch an hour and also to the southwest of woodstock. we'll zoom back out and show you where this is going to go. this isn't going to make it to loudoun county or fauquier county in the next couple of hours. we'll put this into motion. it is going to move off to the south and east. heavy rains for front royal and maybe against the warrenton, but by that time, it will be in the form of a shower. temperatures still in the 60s. this is great, 66 in reston, 67 in great falls and in bethesda. 71 in college park and 69 in

beltsville. so here's the deal. gradually heating up. shower still possible tonight. warmer tomorrow. and then just hot by wednesday. but again, summer rolls in wednesday evening. for tonight, mostly cloudy, comfortable. lows in the 60s and winds southeasterly at 10. and for tomorrow morning, returning partly sunny and mild. 60s and 70s. winds southeast at 10. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warmer. just an isolated thunderstorm possible, highs 84 to 88. now, break it down for you. 52 to 70 to start and 80 to 84 by noon and an isolated thunderstorm possible. now the next three days, 9 weather alert codes, green tomorrow and then yellow and yellow because of the heat and because of the thunderstorms. mid 90s wednesday and thursday. next seven days, we're going to hover around 90, but the real heat will subside a little bit.

90 friday and saturday. we'll keep saturday dry. maybe a late shower on sunday. a little cooler next monday with temperatures in the mid 80s. reminder, go to our website. want to win tickets, they are free. do the at&t classic, it's next week, and you can go any day, go to our website, wusa9.com or our facebook page and the sweep stakes. not a quiz or anything. it's easy to do. you have until saturday to do it. >> got it. you can see tiger in person there or watch him on television. hopefully it's going to be better next week than it was this weekend. >> it was ugly for a lot of people. that was a really tough course, but yes, especially tiger. hopefully he'll do better. he was up, he was down, and he was way down. tiger woods falters at the u.s. open. what is it that is getting in his way? we'll talk about that. plus, nats subjected to the bronx brooms this weekend. find out why this isn't a reason to worry.

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now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> the olympic club in san francisco lives up to the hype of being an extremely tough course this weekend at the u.s. open. everyone struggled. the number one player in the world didn't make the cut. neither did last year's u.s.

open champ. tiger woods got off to a promising start, only to crash and burn at the end. he shares the lead heading into the third round, ended up finishing up tied when it was all said and done. tiger said his game was a tad off. in the discussion earlier today, frank hanrahan from 106.7, the fan, says tiger's heel is still the mental game. >> you guys are on my back. you are talking about the media. just won't let it go in terms of chasing 18. he is coming out and admitting that he is talking about the media, talking about him. that's where he is distracted. he has to get focused on his golf game and not what people are saying about him. >> like we said, tiger comes to town next week. the at&t national takes over the course at congressional. we'll be live all week long, starting wednesday night. turn into our clubhouse report starting at 11:30. the washington nationals, rough weekend for them as well, getting swept for the first time this season. their offense not existent.

we saw his slump deepen, but there are just as many positives to take from this weekend as negatives. the nationals are still in first place by four games in the nl east. the rest of the division continued to struggle as well against the american league. although things didn't go the way they wanted this weekend, the feeling in the clubhouse afterwards, hey, it's only three games. >> we have some work to do. tough series, but you know, we got outplayed, we got beat. >> season isn't over just because we got swept. >> things that roll our way a little bit and got to take the good with the bad and try to improve and try to win some games this coming week. >> they get a chance to rebound. the tampa bay rays come in town tomorrow and the battle of the beltway is this weekend. got a chance to improve. >> that's it for us, the cbs evening news is next. derek will see you at 7:00. have a great night. >> good night, everybody.