hello. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. president barack obama is calling for an extension of middle class tax cuts, and he's trying to highlight his differences with republican

presidential hopeful mitt romney. meanwhile romney wants tax cuts extended for all income earners. danielle nottingham has more now from the white house. >> reporter: president obama is drawing a line in the political sand challenging congress to renew bush era tax cuts for the middle class. >> i think it's good politics clearly. take it to the congress. show the congress isn't reacting. >> reporter: the president's proposal would only apply to americans making less than $250,000 and would extend the tax cuts for just one year. >> we ought to do something about this deficit and we ought to protect middle class tax cuts. the best way to do that is let the upper end tax cuts expire. >> reporter: as he fights for a second term, the president is trying to portray himself as a defender of the middle class, and imply his republican challenger mitt romney wants to protect the rich. romney and congressional republicans argue the tax cuts need to be extended for every

one. >> we ought to keep those rates exactly the same for at least a year, something that governor romney supports because he believes that will stimulate the economy and provide certainty out there in the job market. >> reporter: republicans are already calling this another one of the president's failed attempts to fix the economy and a tax hike on small businesses. >> the president would like for us to keep doing more of what he was able to do the first two years when he had total control of congress. the american people have looked at the results of that. it clearly has not worked. >> reporter: president obama will take his tax cut extension plan to voters tuesday with a campaign trip to iowa. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. police shot and killed a man overnight in the mount vernon area. it happened just before midnight on frye road. fairfax county police tell us that two officers were talking with two men that they thought were acting suspicious. one of the men ran. police chased him and investigators say the suspect

got into a scuffle with officers and pulled out a gun. >> the suspect produced a handgun and fired toward the officers. one of our officers was able to return fire striking the suspect. >> the suspect died at a nearby hospital. police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers involved. fairfax county police are investigating another attack on a horse. this attack happened at a horse facility on centreville road which is near frying pan park. the horse was moved from frying pan park because it was attacked last april. police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old from herndon, virginia in the first attack. experts say that the horse's injuries are not life- threatening and police are looking for a suspect. russian officials say that they are halting arm exports to syria till the situation there

calls down. the announcement comes after the united nations special enjoy kofi annan made a surprise trip to syria. annan is trying to revive the peace land he brokered which has mostly been ignored since it was agreed to three months ago. today he will meet with the syrian president who blames the united states for the violence. >> they give an umbrella and political support to those gang -- [indiscernible] >> the future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime, the days are numbered. >> syrian opposition groups say the death toll from the uprising has topped 17,000. meanwhile secretary of state hillary clinton says that assad will be removed from power. some republicans say the obama administration is not doing enough to make that happen. assad is vowing that he is

going to stay in power. well, we're waiting for authorities to release the identities of three boys who drowned over the weekend on the eastern shore. authorities pulled the bodies of two 12-year-old cousins and their 8-year-old friend from marshy hope creek in federalsburg, 'maryland in caroline county. investigators say the boys were playing basketball in a church parking lot before they disappeared yesterday morning. it is believed that the boys went into the creek to cool off and then drowned. rescue dogs helped lead authorities to the bodies. the third body was recovered with the help of a dive team. charles county has launched its speed camera program. the cameras are posted at nine school zones. there is a 30-day warning phase. speeders will get warnings in the mail if they go over 12 miles an hour or more over the speed limit and the speed limit

will cost them a $40 fine. hollywood right now is mourning the death of actor ernest borgnine. borgnine first became famous on the big screen when he beat frank sinatra to death in "from here to eternity" but it was his role as the love sick butcher in "marty" that earned him an academy award. in the 1960's borgnine was on the television comedy "mcheal's navy ." he even had a recurring voice role on "sponge bob square pants and became the oldest actor nominated for a golden globe. he died yesterday. he was 95 years old.

it's the 9 fght the month. don't forget to call your buddy to do a sferl breast -- self- breast exam. if detected what is your chance of a recurrence of the disease? will you need chemo? there's a test to answer that. our buddy jc hayward had it at the time of her surgery. >> is this me? >> that's you. >> reporter: in march jc was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. in april she had a lumpectomy

to remove the tumor. to prevent a recurrence, she's undergoing radiation and will take the hormone therapy drug tamoxifen but no chemo. her treatment plan was determined in part by a diagnostic test ordered by her surgeon. it's called unco type dx. >> it's basically a fingerprint of the tumor. it tells us is this the type of tumor that needs some additional treatment beyond the hormone therapy in order to keep it from coming back or is this tumor one that would not respond to chemo at all and is going to get the most benefit just from the hormone therapy. >> reporter: the dx test takes place on the pathology specimen taking at the time of surgery. it looks at a group of genes within that sample to see how active they are. the results of the test are scored between zero and 100. jc's score was 13. >> below 17 then you're

considered in a risk category where chemotherapy would have no impact. and you have a well behaved, less aggressive cancer. in the mid-30s and above, that's considered a high risk range where we know that chemotherapy has a significant impact on your outcome. >> reporter: dx is not for every woman diagnosed with early stage invasive ductal carcinoma. it's primarily intended for those who are estrogen receptor positive and post menopausal. >> it's not a one size fits all. it's very personalized and will become more and more as the field progresses. >> jc, how are you feeling? are you finished with radiation? >> i have one more week. this is my last week. i cannot believe i've had six weeks of radiation. and it wasn't that bad. i would tell you if it was. >> did you think you were going to have to have chemo? everyone was asking, is she

worrying about this, that and the other? >> i was concerned. chemotherapy is a lot stronger than radiation, but the radiation they say you lose energy. i didn't because i canceled all of my appointments. i went to bed early. some days i was in bed at 5:30, 6:00. i woke up energized every day. it didn't bother me as it did some other women. >> what follows now? what will you do? >> now i'll take that super breast cancer drug. tamoxifen is for women who are premenopausal. because i'm post menopausal -- i take one pill a day for five years and i get a mammogram every six months for the first year or two. and then we'll see how things go. but i'm feeling great. >> we see you're looking great, too. >> thank you so much for your buddiness. >> you're welcome. always keep you as my buddy. whether we come back, howard is going to have the

forecast. stay with us. >> out here right now it's warm. it's a little muggy but not nearly as hot as it has been. we have some allergens that may be bugging you on this monday. we'll show you when we go to break. tree pollen low but the grass and weed pollen are moderate. mold also moderate. we'll talk about the rest of the week's weather when 9news now returns. ?gw?qyjw

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and our own monika samtani is here to talk about launch network. launch network is a group that she started and actually they're here in the studio. >> they are. >> i'm so happy that they're here. tell me about this. why did you start this organization? >> what i saw was that there are south asian women in d.c. and across the country just making amazing strides in their professions from the traditional professions like medicine and law to now becoming c.e.o.s of their companies, owning restaurants, it, you name it, they're in it right now. so i decided why not bring everybody together, strengthen our community but also have a common goal of giving back to charity. >> that is a great goal. that really is. so what are some of the projects that you've country? oo that you've done? >> we've given back to organizations sum as autism speaks. we -- such as autism speaks. we also gave to an organization for leadership of girls in india who want to get into it.

a bunch of my friends from launch network are here today. we'll be talking about breast cancer awareness and giving back and we have a bunch of our members here today. i wanted to give them the chance to say hello as well. there they are. you can say hi, everybody. >> there's one special lady. there she is right there with the red hair. spread forward. the pretty lady. the very pretty lady. >> hi, mom. come on out, mom. >> she is my inspiration. she's run a restaurant for 13 years and works 24/7 to make it work for the whole community. i admire her so much. >> she is an incredible woman. we thank her for coming and we thank you for starting this organization. we're going to be talking this afternoon. i'm coming up to speak to them. >> you are an inspiration to us, too. today is all about breast cancer awareness and you were diagnosed recently and you've been an amazing, strong force for young women who have it as well and also andrea roane with

her buddy check program. we welcome all women to join us. our website is launchnetworkdc.com. you can go on there and find out more about us. >> monika, wonderful. thank you. you are special, too. thank you. let's go to howard and get another look at the weather. >> a lot calmer, a lot cooler than yesterday. had the storms roll through. want to take you and show you some of the video from southern areas down toward spotsylvania south of fredricksburg where they got hit very, very hard from these storms yesterday. i believe we have that video where we can show you the damage. the storm damaged several other buildings in spotsylvania county. at least 20 people were inside the gym when sunday's storm hit. seven girls suffered minor injuries. authorities say the storm caused the building's woof and cinder -- roof and cinder block walls to collapse. that's fairly significant

damage down there from sunday's storm. thankfully the storms are gone and a much calmer, cooler weather regime. can't get over those pictures for the next week or so. let's show you the forecast for this afternoon. our day planner calling for temperatures to be climbing toward the mid-80s. we may even get a few spots in the upper 80s. partly to mostly cloudy skies. isolated showers for a few more hours. a high about 86 here in town. northeast 5 to 10 miles an hour. 9:00 still in the low 80s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. there are the heavy showers we hadder this morning. in west virginia coming out of elkins, trying to get in towards virginia, we're looking at showers there. maybe a rumble of thunder. this is just starting to cross the state line here. here's harrisonburg. here's luray, woodstock, straussburg. this is moving toward the east. this will probably go across virginia generally south of i- 66 though we can't rule out a few other showers.

where the sun has been out up north, it's warmer. hagerstown 83. more sun in the tappahannock area 86. more cloudiness we've got 70s. still a little wet on the lens from this morning although starting to see past some of that. 79, cloudy skies reported at reagan national on the hour with a light north wind at 3. still very muggy out there. humidity at 69%. big picture front a.m. boundary right across -- frontal boundary right across us. this will be the focal point for some showers and storms. i think it will be drifting slowly off to the south. the futurecast, the moisture will be sinking south. we'll head toward the evening hours when things start to settle down. south of town quiet although again south fredricksburg, you may get a shower toward tomorrow morning. this may clip parts of southern maryland and south and west of d.c. better chance of storms

here in town for tuesday and wednesday looks like a pretty decent day. temperatures going to stay generally in the 80s. so looking at the forecast, we've got 86 today and tomorrow. pretty good days here. isolated showers today. a couple of storms tomorrow. wednesday looks good at 87. then as we head in toward the thursday period, too, 88. friday, saturday and sunday looking at a chance of some showers and thunderstorms scattered about with highs staying in the 80s. jc, back to you. imagine being a high school student without parents, without a home, or enough money to support yourself. high school graduation would seem like a distance dream but in fairfax county, a nonprofit organization is helping homeless youngsters find shelter. today on hero central, i'm saluting the homeless youth initiative of alternative house. >> i have my own place, do my

own things, go wherever i want to go. go to school, come back. >> reporter: santigie kargbo came to the united states 18 years ago. he was supposed to live with a family in texas but because of financial stress, he had to move in with an adult cousin. he was reduced to being a live- in nanny or house boy just doing chores and not going to school. that's when he realized his education was a top priority. >> i don't want things to go wrong with me and i focus on my education. >> reporter: when he enrolled in public high school in falls church, the school social worker realized he was homeless. he was referred to the alternative house and through their homeless youth initiative, he now shares a home with three roommates.

>> my roommates ask about my education. i know they care about me. >> the rent is partially subsidized. he pays $150 a month with the money he turns while working at sears part-time. >> my manager always care about me. >> last year the homeless youth initiative helped 17 high school students earn their diplomas. >> it's been phenomenally successful. it takes kids who probably would have to drop out of school to feed themselves and gets them the high school diploma and the support they need to go on to education and employment. >> in africa, he was a competitive soccer player. now with a stable live-in situation, he has big plans for his next chapter. >> education. i want to become a lawyer. >> the homeless youth initiative is the most recent program of alternative house. if you would like more information on this program, go to my website jchayward.com.

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hundreds of landscaping volunteers began working on the arlington national cemetery. for the past 16 years landscape professionals have performed this day of service. volunteers spend the day mulching and pruning and planting. the $2 million worth of improvements are double at no cost to the sell -- done at no cost to the cemetery or taxpayers. >> a great way to honor those

people. >> we thank them. thanks for being with us. please come back and join us at 5:00 p.m. of course you can go to our website wusa9.com all day. have a great day. bye-bye.