clemens faced 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine had he been convicted, but knew he was fighting in court not only for his freedom, but for his legacy. >> really all you media guys that know me and followed my career -- [ applause ] >> i put a will the of hard work into that career. >> and it was a career of legends. 354 career wins over 24 years, seven awards, a legend that would have been destroyed by a guilty verdict today. a legacy still tarnished by the educationals alone. but the jury verdict was clear, not guilty, less clear, the long-term verdict of baseball fans and historians. that is the verdict, derek, that has yet to be written. >> gary, did we hear from the jury as for their reasons for

not buying the prosecution argument? >> if anyone has, derek, i'm unaware of it. his attorneys came out to meet with reporters, they wanted to go back into the courthouse to talk the jurors, whether in fact they had the ability do that, not sure. >> thank you, gary. we'll hear from that jury later on in the day. rush hour is winding downright now and day one of metro's brand-new rush plus program is about in the books. 110,000 people expected to benefit from the adjustment to metro service and if things go well, the plan will improve service on the green, yellow, orange lines by adding six trains to each of the 21 stations during rush hour. >> i'm anny hong at the courthouse metro in arlington, where commuters are giving us mixed reviews about rush plus. >> we spoke to people on the orange line, they benefit the most from the changes with 2600 more seats being added per hour

during rush hour, which starts at 3:30 p.m. when we were there around that time, we saw the trains had plenty of room. come closer to 4:30 and 5:00, we saw some trains that were packed with standing room only. here's what evening commuters are saying about the changes. >> 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. >> it was probably as crowded. >> really? >> yeah. >> even though they added trains? >> it was just as crowded for me. >> metro officials estimate 110,000 people will benefit from the increase in service while 16,000 people on the blue line will be negatively impacted. in a sense that they may have to wait longer for trains. in arlington, 9news now. >> the mere mention of his name puts images, exactly how

rodney king died. the 47-year-old's body found at the bottom of the pool in his home over the weekend, a pretty puzzling turn of events and king was known to swim laps nearly every day. >> just hard for me to believe that he drowned. >> investigators say they don't know if king suffered from some medical condition or he injured himself and fell into the pool. king's beating at the hands of l.a. police was caught on camera in 1981 and deadly riots consumed part of the city when three of the four officers were found innocent the following year. defense lawyers are starting to present their side of the story in the child sex abuse trial. they are calling witnesses in to show that sandusky does have a good side and he was genuinely concerned about the welfare of kids. manuel in pennsylvania. >> lawyers for jerry sandusky are trying to show a different

side of him. first up on the witness stand, former penn state assistant coach, jake anderson. he and other coaches were around when sandusky brought young boys into the shower at penn state. he testified he didn't consider it inappropriate. a lawyer for one of the accusers says it doesn't seem like a strong defense to him. >> to persuade someone that what mr. sandusky did was right, by trying to establish that people shower all the time, i don't think takes you very far. >> sandusky is charged with 51 counts of sexually abusing ten boys on penn state's campus and his home. he met most of his accusers through his charity for at risk children. the judge told jurors it looks like the defense and prosecution will have everything wrapped up by wednesday. with closing arguments and jury deliberations starting thursday. the defense may call sandusky's wife and members of joe paterno's family and one of the last to testify could be sandusky himself. >> his lawyer has to see where

things stand as things progress. >> the prosecution wrapped up its case with one final witness, the mother of a boy sandusky is accused of raping. she testified her son had behavior problems after spending time with sandusky. she also said her son's underwear would frequently be missing when she did laundry. manuel, cbs news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> the state dropped one of the 52 counts against sandusky this morning because the law did not apply when the alleged crime took place. leaders from the 20 most powerful economies in the world are in mexico tonight. it's the g-20 summit and the global economy is the number one issue on the agenda. >> now is the time that we discussed to make sure that all of us join to do what's necessary to stabilize the world financial system. >> now the election results over in greece have members of the summit breathing a bit of a

sigh of relief. keep that country's economy from triggering a larger european crisis. president obama is meeting with the russian president. the uprising in syria will likely be their most con contention issue. for sending weapons to the syrian government, which continues to attack its own people. efforts to bring the metro out to dulles airport and beyond have been with the bottom line. the board which is building has been under fire for lavish spending. a local congressman is introducing new legislation tomorrow that would create permanent oversight of that board and how it spends your money. >> to actually show you. >> this is 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. but members were not speaking. somebody needed to come and get members to work together. a federal review of m turned up numerous questionable expenses, such as lavish expenses. one board member, dennis ma tier, spent $9,000 flying for a conference. siting those expenses and more, ousted from the board last week. a move republican congressman, frank wolfe, applauds. >> things are done that should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done and close sessions. private sessions. >> congressman wolf is introducing 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 said 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 already been sworn in for the office, but he wants his seat back and has filed a lawsuit. peggy fox, 9news now. >> and she is expecting to be seated on the board wednesday, but the board may not let her take the seat until the court decides mateir's lawsuit. the only other time a governor tried to remove a member, the court said no. >> kind of gray outside for most of the day. starting off your workweek. topper shutt is out on the weather terrace with the word on the rain and the heat. top. >> the good news is, the clouds kept the temperatures down. it's been in the 60s and 70s.

we have showers this morning. right now, we have clouds. in fact, look at live doppler 9,000. most of the storms just getting across i-81. nothing severe, but the heavy rains down toward front royal and new market. they'll stay well west of us. if you aren't home yet, you'll get home before the roads get wet. 70 in manassas, 66 in gaithersburg and 68 in leesburg and frederick. i mean, that is a great deal. for tonight, mostly cloudy, comfortable. a shower still possible. low temperatures in the 60s. we'll come back and talk about, well, we'll talk about the heat, when the heat is going to roll in and what that means to the 9weather alert. still to come, drone strikes in pakistan. why kids may suffer the most as those u.s. led missions continue. two brothers, both want to be in the olympics, but only one can go to london. how are they going to decide? we'll have the story coming right up.

before the winner gets to take on the rest of the world in the summer olympics, a couple of brothers are competing against each other. the prize, the final spot on the u.s. trampoline team. steve knows his brother jeffrey, is the man to beat. >> my biggest concern against competing with my brother is his natural born talent. he lands so perfectly into the trampoline that if he, if

everything goes his way and perfect, he could be the best in the world. he has a very good work ethic. he comes into the gym. he trains his hardest and always puts his heart into it. >> even though the new jersey brothers are competing against each other, they are still each other's biggest supporters. the last olympic trial competition is scheduled for june 25 and the winner will represent team u.s.a. in london. we'll let you know what happens. in the meantime, we'll be back.

stop the drone strikes or no more polio vaccines for children. that's the message from a taliban commander in northwest pakistan. even though the u.s. spends millions of dollars on polio drops and kills hundreds with the drone strikes. pakistan is one of the countries yet to end polio. the voucher program. even though there's a deal, the controversy goes on. should public dollars go to low income students to help them pay for tuition at private and parochial schools? bruce johnson with the latest answers. >> nearly 900d.c. students are using public vouchers to pay tuition at city catholic schools alone. >> we are just delighted that it provides families that power to make that choice for their kids. >> we have a will the of opportunity and choice for students and we don't need vouchers in addition.

>> opportunities, scholarships divided local elected leaders. the new chairman points out, that compromise agreed to between the white house and house speaker boehner and senator jon lieber man, gives $20 million to the voucher program. that's $20 million if the president had earmarked for public and public charter schools alone. >> he proposed roughly 50% of the $60 million go to d.c. public schools and 40% go to the charter schools. which is the same as enrollment. we'll see less to charter schools and the public schools. >> one group clearly satisfied with the voucher program, parent, they point out that 94% of the students attending school on vouchers graduate from a high school. that number, 89% go on to college. >> they would never, ever meet in a public school. on top of that, they are also getting mature and getting nurtured in these schools. >> the demand is also

apparent. since 2004, there have been 11,000 applications for the d.c. opportunity scholarship program. roughly 5,000 vouchers have been awarded. president obama budgeted zero dollars for d.c. vouchers in the current budget. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> elementary school students can receive a maximum of $8,000 in vouchers. high school students can get $12,000. top, rainy, cool, just the kind of day to make you nice and depressed for going back to work. >> exactly. however, we are talking mid 90s by wednesday. you're going to wish you had some clouds. >> summer heat is okay. >> i love the heat, i tell you. let's have a live look outside. it's brought to you by michael and son. the clouds are still here, but it's dry in the metro area. 71 downtown. that's the high so far today. dew point, inching up to 62. still in the low 60s, which is okay. winds negligenceable and the

pressure is steady. 30.07 inches of mercury. here's live doppler 9,000. i forgot my live doppler 9,000 clicker. we better not do that. thunderstorms off to the west. and a couple warnings out earlier. we're going to zoom in between winchester and front royal. that's a heavy storm. red, indicates rain fall rates of an inch an hour. right around middletown and up toward the city. we'll put this into motion over the next hour. it is going to work its way through front royal. it will weaken and head upperville. so we have showers in tonight, but i think the heavy thunderstorms will weaken as they push off to the east and to the south. temperatures are still a bargain. 66 in reston. 67 in great falls. still 71 in college park. and we're looking at 69 in beltsville. so, gradually heating up. showers still possible tonight.

warmer tomorrow. just an isolated thunderstorm possible tomorrow and then hot by wednesday. kind of works out okay, because summer officially arrives wednesday evening. for tonight, mostly cloudy, low temperatures in the 60s. winds out of the southeast at 10. now tomorrow morning, skies turn partly sunny, mild, temperatures 60s and 70s. by afternoon, it will be warmer, but it will be seasonal tomorrow. high temperatures 84 to 88. just an isolated thunderstorm possible. so just isolated storm possible. now, break it down for you. very comfortable in the morning. 62 to 70. nice by noon. want to walk to lunch, no worries. by evening, temperatures 84 to 88. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. next three days, our weather alert code, green and yellow and yellow. primarily because of storms on wednesday and storms on thursday and also heat. temperatures in the mid 90s. you may have to alter your plans. next seven days, it stays hot on friday and saturday, but

temperatures back around 90 as opposed to the mid 90s. a little better. low 90s on sunday. we'll keep saturday dry, maybe a shower late sunday with another front. and a little cooler next week. temperatures in the mid 80s and reminder, we're giving away tickets at the at&t nationals next week. go to our website. not a contest, just go ahead and fill out and register. you have until saturday to do it. we'll announce the winners. >> the differences between contests. >> southwest airlines has now apologized to a passenger who was told by the staff to cover her cleavage for the takeoff. this was a flight out of vegas to new york. before boarding, take a look right there. you can see if it's inappropriate. an airline representative told this passenger she was dressed inappropriately and would need to cover herself. as you can see, the woman is wearing a scarf and a flannel shirt over her sun dress and

you can make the decision for yourself whether or not that was going to be too distracting for the pilots or something. >> doesn't look too much. >> okay, that's why they had to apologize. we'll be back. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. 9news now will be right back.

in the mail bag tonight, outrage over president obama's decision to stall deportations children brought illegally by their parents. dan from rockville says regardless of all that, the law is the law. since when does the president think he can end run congress and change the policy of enforcing existing u.s. laws just to get reelected? if he wants to change the immigration loss, there is a procedure to do that. just changing the enforcement policy is not the way to make a change. i cannot support this latest attempt to get reelected by granting amnesty to illegals. an iowa democrat, you know what, dan, you're not alone. harold from germantown with similar sentiments. president obama has once again proven his unworthiness to be president. his willingness to allow

illegal immigrants regardless of their age to be granted nondeportation status smacks in the faces of those trying to enter this country legally. i realize he is trying to win over the latino vote, but this is not the way to do it. illegal immigrants are just that, illegal. just because these individuals have gone to school and graduated does not change their status. you know what, the president says this is not about changing their status. he is trying to give them two years to work things out. this does feel like more politics than good policy. we'll see how the president makes a case for it over the next few weeks. make your own case inside mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. the facebook has already begun on facebook.com. >> the heat is on. >> we have code yellows coming up. tomorrow, we'll make it green. but 87, nothing crazy warm. and looking at hot, mid 90s wednesday and thursday. isolated thunderstorms, better

chance of storms as we end the week. temperatures around 90 and nats are back in town tomorrow. >> and the weekend does not look too shall by. >> not yet. not that confident just yet. >> we'll wait and see. that is our report. i'll be back at 11:00 along with this guy. don't forget, log on any time to wusa9.com. bye bye.

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