the a man room to the dance room which is -- from the main room to the dance room which is still standing surrounded by cinderblocks. the main room's walls has garage doors. >> as soon as that garage door went up into it the whole building fell and then it was like light. >> reporter: there were 17 people injured, two parents with serious injuries but not thought to be life threatening. >> they were just yelling everybody get in the dance room. that's when we just all ran in there. >> i'm so happy. >> it raised up. then it dropped and we fell in the floor and then the ceiling stated fall in. >> reporter: the building's roof blew into john bettis' house next-door. he and his wife who are both in their 80s were inside. >> everybody was down in there where the dance studio is and i saw his car in the yard and i knew they were in the house. so i grabbed three boys from the parking lot and asked them to come in and get them out and they did. >> reporter: the bet bettis

couple lost their home, but their fine. >> he's got guardian angels. you come over and we'll take care of you any time. god love you. bye. >> reporter: in that cheer fusion building collapse seven people were injured, four were taken to hospitals and tonight two parents remain hospitalized with broken bones and a concussion, but those paints stayed in that main room to -- parents stayed in that main room to make sure all the children went to safety. i'm peggy fox reporting live in spotsylvania. back to you, bruce. harsh words about pepco's recent performance today from montgomery county council president prisoner berliner. he said -- president roger berliner. he said the county will ask for permanency to seek power elsewhere and that was just one of the -- permission to seek power elsewhere and that was just one of the headlines today. >> reporter: i'm near the intersection of old georgetown road and north brook lane in bethesda, a neighborhood that

lost power for an entire week. so the residents here can probably relate to roger berliner's harsh words. he offered a scathing assessment of pepco on behalf of his constituents and shed new plight on why the restoration project in montgomery county and the district took so long. ♪how long can it be to clear up [ bleep ] pepco has got one job to do. ♪ >> reporter: this profanity laced music video about pepco's performance is one of many that have surfaced on youtube. the song may be amusing. the lengthy power outage during a historic heatwave was not. >> pepco's performance on every level was unacceptable. the length of the outages, the appalling communications, the computer glitches and data distortions. >> reporter: berliner says pepco needs to hire more linemen immediately. >> we need more booths on the ground.

i have been told by numerous sources that pepco has only between 120 and the 130 linemen full time. >> reporter: and that makes it harder for pepco to get aid from other parts of the country. >> if you are not able to provide mutual assistance to them, then you get less in return. so we do get less crews because we have less to offer. >> reporter: berliner also urged the state to change the way it deals with pepco. >> what we need in maryland is something that other states have adopted, performance-based rate making. it's a simple concept. if the utilities perform, they make their money, but if they fail to perform, it gets whacked. >> reporter: storm debris across the area serves as' reminor of what happened and what's -- as a reminder of what happened and what's likely to come again and so montgomery county plans to ask the state legislature for permission to

seek public power elsewhere, an issue that will be ultimately decided through referendum. now council president berliner also said pepco must be held accountable. when i asked about the public service commission fine, initial fine against pepco last december of $1 million, he called that chump change, a slap on the wrist, instead something around the neighborhood of 40 million might get their attention. finally montgomery county will hold public hearings into pepco's eight to restore power that. will be july -- pepco's ability to restore power that. will be on july 19th starting at 12:30 in the afternoon and you can imagine what an earful elected officials are expecting then. andrea mccarren, back to you. >> many headlines on the power issue today as you said. the clean-up also continues at arlington national cemetery which lost several old trees during the storm. this morning cemetery staff got help from hundreds of landscapers from around the

country. our kristin fisher has more on the project. >> this is some small way of saying thank you for people that gave their lives so that i could run my business. >> reporter: don derby runs a lawn care company in ohio, but today he's come all the way to arlington national cemetery to help keep these sacred grounds green. he's joined by nearly 400 members of the professional land scare network who are donating materials, manpower and equipment. >> we get to come here and do what we do best for the folks that gave their all and gave us our way of life. >> reporter: this clean-up really came at the perfect time. arlington national cemetery lost 30 huge trees in that big storm 10 days ago. you can see many of them still need to be cleaned up. >> some of them, three or four, were some of the older bigger trees in the cemetery that are 200, 225 years ole. >> reporter: these huge trees that date back before the civil

war came crashing down on top of tombstones. >> this damage to the trees definitely exceeded that from hurricane irene. >> reporter: local crews are continuing to clean up which could take weeks. at least today the rest of the cemetery grounds are tended to by the volunteers. >> we come here to arlington as a people to heal around green plants, as the grass grows, we heal a little better. for us it's a giant green blanket that's covering our heros and comforting their families and once a year we get to come here and tuck them. in. >> reporter: at arlington national cemetery, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> today volunteers donated roughly $200,000 worth of materials, manpower and equipment. a historic tree severely damaged in the storm that devastated our area was removed today. we're talking about the champion post oak in ago ton. the tree is believed to -- arlington. the tree is believed to have dated back to the mid-1700s. pieces of the post oak will now be preserved by the county's

recreation department. could there still be a chance of storms today? topper is on the terrace with tonight's forecast. >> generally good news. most of the storms are south of us. we had some breaks in the clouds and a break in the temperature. that said let me show you another storm picture from last night. this is hail in spotsylvania. big storms were sought of us last night. you can see that's about 1 1/2 inch diameter hail, pretty decent. wendy sent this in from spotsylvania, virginia. good job. the radar she's both showers and storms south of fredericksburg. we're -- shows both showers and storms south of fredericksburg. we're in pretty good shape. i think tonight they'll remain to the sought of us. temperatures -- south of us. temperatures 86 downtown, 86 manassas and andrews, in some cases 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, 84 towards leesburg. for tonight mostly cloudy, comfortable, a shower or thunderstorm in south of town,

lees 66 to 72. we'll come back and talk about how long the 80s will last and we'll graph the temperatures. pretty cool stuff. we here in the d.c. area and millions more up and down the east coast and midwest are finally getting brake from record setting heat. the heatwave is -- a break from record setting heat. the heatwave is blamed for 46 deaths across the nation. the scorching temperatures also took a toll on the nation's infrastructure. roads buckled including route 50 near i-97 in bowie and friday a u.s. airways flight out of reagan national was delayed three hours after a passenger says the plane's wheels sank into the melting tarmac. >> there was a pretty violent jerking motion as they were trying to pull back. the pilots went out. they were kind of chuckling that because of the heat the plane had sunk several inches into the faults. >> only three weeks into the summer -- into the asphalt. >> only three weeks into the summer the temperatures have

shattered 300 temperature records across the country. it was smooth sailing for the first time since friday when three cars went off the green line. it was believed extreme heat caused the rails to kink. the section of the track is now repaired. police shot and killed a man overnight in the mount vernon area just before midnight on frye road at route 1. fairfax county police tell us two services were talking with two men they thought were acting suspiciously. one of the men ran off. police chased him. the suspect got into a scuffle with the 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 hospital a short time later. police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers involved. a horse that was slashed a couple months ago near a fairfax county park is

recovering from new wounds tonight. that horse was cut over the weekend in a paddock on centreville road, the same place the same imagine was attacked last april and the paddock is next to frying pan park where three other horses were slashed back in may. a 17-year-old herndon area boy was arrested last month for the attacks. he remains in police custody. >> that's not to say that it's not someone who knew of the incident, who had knowledge of it or something like that or it could be a copycat. we just don't know, but we do need the public's help. >> detectives believe the attacks took place sometime between saturday night and sunday morning. the horse should be okay. police want your help finding this man who is accused of stealing a ring worth more than $16,000 from shaw's jewelry in manassas mall. he asked to see the ring and then ran away with it last thursday. he was last seen getting into a white done magnum speeding away from the park -- dodge magnum speeding away from the parking

lot near macy's. coming up on 9 news now at 5:00 it's going to be a longer while before visitors are allowed back inside the washington monument. >> also ahead buddy check takes a closer look at why doctors ruled out chemotherapy for our own jc hayward. >> but up next president obama urging congress to allow tax cuts for middle class americans while letting them expire for the top earners.

november's presidential election could determine the fate of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. today president barack obama called on congress to extend tax cuts for middle class families earning under $250,000 per year. the plan differs from that of his republican challenger mitt romney and house republicans. they're calling for an extension of all bush era tax cuts due to expire the end of the year. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rate we were paying under bill clinton. >> mitt romney said the president's plan to let tax cuts expire for higher earning americans amounts to a massive tax increase and house republicans say it's another one of the president's failed attempts to fix the economy. for a second straight month republican mitt romney has outraised president barack

obama. democrats and the obama campaign raised $71 million in june, well below the $106 million collected by the republicans. damage from last summer's earthquake could keep the washington monument closed until the year 2014. repairs will require massive scaffolding to be built because engineers have figured out most of the damage is above 475 feet on this historic structure. the national park service is now accepting bids on this monumental and important project. joining us live from the monument is robert vogel, superintendent of parks for the national mall and memorial parks. good evening. is this a setback to find out this kind of a timeline for you all? >> reporter: well, it's not really a setback. we have been anticipating pretty much the time frame that we're talking about and we're excited to announce that the bid solicitation has gone out

and i think that in september we'll have a better idea when we actually award the bid how long it will take, but we're saying it could take 12 to 14 months. >> walk us through this project once it actually begins with the scaffolding and then the repairs that high up on the monument. >> it is challenging. most of the work is fairly significant but routine work, but it's at a really high level and so that's the challenge is to put scaffolding all the way around the monument and which is going to require to us do some work at the base and take out portions of the plaza and the benches and so the scaffolding is a challenge for us, but we're up to it. >> again we understand that the damage is so high up, but that high up, is it still rather extensive? are there a lot of cracks and infrastructure repairs to be made? >> there's a fair number of cracks, particularly some large ones up in the pyramiddian area, the very highest portions

of the monument and that's why it's so challenging to get up there and do the work. >> it's good to hear at least you'll be accepting bids and getting this process started. robert vogel from the park service, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. talk about that lightning last night. i was on the road on 50. it was treacherous. it was frightening. >> it's serious stuff. i have something kind of interesting to show you from arlington texas ballpark yesterday afternoon. this scared everybody to death. take a look. >> in realtime this is what happened here. >> oh. >> they left the field. players said okay, we're done. >> sounded like a cannon going off. >> seriously. any time you hear thunder you have to take cover and neff should not have been on the field there. -- thieved not have been on the field there. -- they should not have been on the field there. >> let's talk about our temperatures, finally got a break but look at this. 100 on thursday and friday, 105 saturday, just missed the all time record high by one and 102

yesterday. i think we'll end up about 86 today, even below average. our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, 86 right now, dew point 59. that's fantastic. you could probably open the windows if you're in the burbs tonight. winds easterly at 11, pressure 29.94 beginning to rise. live doppler 9000 shows showers and a few thunderstorms south of fredericksburg. i'll keep the chance of a shower in for a little while. the frontal system is south of us. that's what triggered the storms yesterday. it will stay south of us for a while. only 80 in bethesda, 80 vienna, 83 great falls, 79 fairfax, 84 arlington, 86 in college park. so staying seasonable, an isolated thunderstorm possible tonight but mainly south, comfortable in the burbs. a lot of clouds tuesday, more sun on wednesday, but both days are still going to be pretty nice in terms of temperatures. we can't complain when highs hold in the 80s.

mostly cloudy tonight, maybe share or thunderstorm mainly sought of town, 66 to 72 and -- south of town, 66 to 72, wind southeasterly at 10. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy, pleasant, shower or thunderstorm possible primarily south, 60s and 70s, winds continuing out of the east at 10 and by afternoon we'll keep the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in, but again best chance will be south where that front is, mostly cloudy but comfortable, high temps only near 85, our average high in the upper 80s and winds easterly at 10. notice the sun 8:35. it was going down at 8:37. that's the latest the sun sets. it's now creeping backwards on the sunset time. let's talk about the next three days. good news, all code green tuesday through thursday, mid- 80s tomorrow, maybe a shower, 87 wednesday. we'll keep it dry, 87 thursday, a chance for a shower or

thunderstorm. we'll monitor that. right now i don't think it's going to warrant a change in your plans. right now we'll say all green. next seven days temperatures in the 80s, even on friday, a shower or thunderstorm possible friday. we're back in the mid-80s and it doesn't really start to get month. we go into saturday, some showers possible and then we get into sunday and monday. summer kind of makes a comeback, low 90s next sunday, isolated storm and mid-90s next monday, isolated storm but really a nice stretch of 80s. we were cramming triple digits on there. so it's improvement. >> sure is. thank you. still ahead syria's president blames the u.s. for that country's bloody civil war. >> up next today is the day a computer virus of supposed to kick thousands off the internet. we'll have the latest.

a nasty virus left hundreds of thousands of internet users hanging on when you tried to connect today. the malware called dns charger redirects an infected user's web, searchers to spoof sites

with malicious advertisements. to give people time to get rid of the virus the fbi set up temporary servers, but today the fbi turned off those servers after giving people time to check their computers for the virus. the fbi's latest estimates showed nearly 211,000 computers still have the virus. about 42,000 of those are height rear in the u.s. now if -- right here in the u.s. now if your computer is infected and is not connected to the internet, first you'll have to contact your internet service provider for help reconnecting to the internet. second, insist on guidance to also delete the malware. if it's not taken off, the criminals will be able to criminal to control your machine. internet service providers will try to help keep victims online, come car, for example, sent out e -- comcast, for example, set out e-mails to customers whose computers appear to have been affected. being called the most widely anticipated overhaul of microsoft windows since 1995, today microsoft announced the official launch of windows 8 in

late october. analysts had been predicting a fall shipping date. that's to ensure the new computers will be available, you get it, just in time for the holiday shopping season no. word on the exact launch date. some d.c. cab drivers staged a protest today over a proposal to modernize the cab system. the rally took place at freedom plaza this morning. under the plan drivers would be required to take credit cards. the proposed legislation would also require cab drivers shell out more money to add gps and drivers would have to retrofit their cabs with new fuel efficiency equipment. charles county launched its speed cram program today. the cameras are post -- camera program today. 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 submit. after the 30 day warning phase it's a 40 -- speed limit. after the 30 day warning phase it's a $40 fine. witnesses threw punches

when a brawl broke outside a florida courtroom in the stand your ground case. tonight the tests our own jc hayward took which helped determine whether or not she needed chemotherapy. >> but first a local lawmaker moves to pull out the power lines and put them underground, details coming up next. ?gw?qyjw

we've got new was in about last week's power outages in the district. d.c. council member mary cheh tells 9 news now she'll introduce a bill tomorrow to force pepco to start installing some of its power lines underground. the fear is that power outages after every major storm have become status quo for customers. mary cheh says the time to seriously consider underground lines for at least some parts of the pepco service area is now. >> we know that process will cost an awful lot of money and be disruptive, but unless we begin to do it we'll never do it. >> reporter: she'll introduce a bill during tomorrow's final legislative session before summer recess that would require pepco to set aside funds to put some lines underground. >> we would place an assessment on pepco which inevitably they'll probably pass on to the rate pair, but still an assessment -- rate payer, but still an assessment, create a special fund through which we

could begin to identify the areas and underground the i woulds. -- wires. >> reporter: it's been charged that pepco put profits over service some years ago and it's now up to the public service commission to force pepco make changes. >> the only thing pepco responds to is the threat of financial loss of penalty. >> reporter: it's already been reported many times pepco is a big player in d.c. politics. the utility company has an army of lobbyists who were paid more than $400,000 dating back to the year 2003. i also been reported that pepco's lobby -- it's also been reported that pepco's lobbyists have visited the d.c. council members more than 100 times last year alone. >> has the public service commission done its job? >> no. >> the maryland public service commission even fined pepco $1 million for past performance. we have heard nothing remotely

resembling that level of vigorous regulatory oversight in the district of columbia. >> we've put in calls to the public services commission and to chairman betty an king. she got back to us a short time ago and says it's true, pepco has not been fined by the public service commission but she says pepco since 2005 hasn't violated any of the city's rules or regulations. it's the 9th of the month. don't forget to remind your buddies to do their monthly breast op exams and schedule a mammogram if it's time. if breast cancer is found, what are your chances of a recurrence of the disease down the road? will you need chemo? lots of questions and there are tests available to answer. that this one is called onco type dx and our buddy jc hayward had it at the time of her surgery. andrea roane explains. >> reporter: in march jc was diagnosed with the most common form of breast cancer. in april she had a lumpectomy to remove the tumor.

now to prevent a recurrence jc is undergoing radiation and will take the harmony therapy drug tamoxifen but no chemo. her treatment plan was determined in part by a diagnostic test ordered by her surgeon. it's called onco type dx. >> it's basically a dna fingerprint of their tumor. >> reporter: dr. victoria crug is the radiation oncologist. >> it tells success this a tumor that needs additional treatment beyond hormone therapy to keep it from coming back or is this tumor one that would not respond to chemo at all and it's going to get the most benefit just from the hormone therapy? >> reporter: the onco type dx test takes place on the pathology specimen taken 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 0 and 100. jc's score was 13. >> below 17 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: onco type dx not for every woman diagnosed with early stage invasive ducto carcinoma. >> there's not a one size fits all. it's really very personalized and will back more and more as the field progresses. >> reporter: andrea roane, 9 news now. >> great new tool. for a list of questions to ask your doctor about onco type dx log onto mybreastcancertreatment.org. if you want to see this report again go to www.wusa9.com and

buddy .9 and features oar text buddy check 9 to 25543 for a monthly early detection alert thanks to our sponsor washington radiology associates. new details about the three boys who drowned in a creek on maryland's eastern shore. the pastor tells the star democrat of easton that the two 12-year-old cousins and an 8- year-old friend did not know how to swim. the pastor says the children were part of a small haitian community in caroline county. he said they'd never been in the water before. investigators believe the children went into the water to escape the extreme heat saturday. the boys' parents were at work at the time. the remains of six airmen who disappeared during a combat mission 47 years ago in laos were buried today in arlington cemetery. they received full military honors. it was christmas eve in 1965 when their plane took off from vietnam for a combat mission. the crew later sent out a

mayday signal. the remains were not recovered until the last couple of years. the six airmen have now been identified. a new peace plan is in the works for syria tonight. kofi annan said he and president alba sharia sad agreed to end -- al basad agreed to end the 16 month old crisis. earlier he acknowledged that plans to bring peace to the region had failed. assad for his part blames the u.s. for syria's crisis saying the u.s. is fueling the uprising. palestinian president ahmadinejad has given permission to exhume the remaybes of yassir arafat -- remains of yassir arafat. traces of radioactive elements were found on his belongings. experts say they need to test arafat's remains for a

conclusive finding if he was poisoned. anade says it appears arse -- an aide says it appears the autopsy will happen. campaign attorneys for asking for a preliminary injunction against the owners of the website dem store.com staying their logo in fringes on their trademark. the store says many other companies make obama style projects and they're the only ones being targeted. a fight broke outside a courtroom of a hearing of a stand your ground law case in florida. the brawl involved witnesses to a killing outside a st. cloud nightclub last year. officers stepped in arresting several people. one person left on a stretcher, possibly with a broken jaw. an officer was also hit in the back of the head during that fight.

coming up on 9 news now at 5:00 an acrobat plummets some 700 feet to the ground during a high wire act. we'll show you the heart stopping video. >> up next caught on tape an out of control truck slams into a busy gas station. >> don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

a shocking tractor trailer accident caught on tape. this is surveillance video taken last thursday at gas station in akron, ohio. watch the top of your screen. as the truck's brakes give out causing it to overrun and overturn coming to rest right against deface pump. inside workers and customers just couldn't -- against a gas pump. inside workers and customers couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> we heard a big noise. it almost felt like the roof came down. >> this is my first reaction oh! >> workers quickly shut off the pumps before they could blow and a customer helped a passenger out of the truck while the driver escaped on his own. some of the vehicles in the truck's path were suffering heavy dang, but nobody was seriously hurt -- damage, but nobody was seriously hurt. now the bulls got a little payback today in pamplona

spain. three people were gored today. >> none of the injuries were believed to be serious. this is the third day of the festival. you know how this goes, people running side by side with the bulls in the northern spanish town. a total of seven people were hurt today. the festivities run through saturday. a chinese acrobat somehow walked away from this death defying fall in china. he was attempting to walk backwards and blindfolded on a tightrope when he fell 656 feet down a ravine. the daredevil took no safety precautions other than a pole to help with balance. despite the steep fall he only had minor injuries. wow. some say they've been doing it all along, but men carry their we'ves on their backs during a contest in finland this weekend. three obstacles on the 277-yard course including one pool of water. rules say the woman has to be at least 108 pounds. she doesn't necessarily have to be the runner's wife.

what? the couple won for the fourth consecutive time. their prize? the wife's weight in beer. >> that could be significant. >> that's when you want a big wife. well, leave that alone. still ahead tonight action from ddot after all those complaints of plans to charge for ez pass. >> but first on tests that could be good for your kids health. we'll be right back.

in today's health news, word that the family pet actually has concrete health benefit for younger children. researchers from finland show newborns who live with a cat or dog during their first year have fewer respiratory issues and infections contrary to many beliefs. doctors say the animal's effect on an infant's immune system as it develops served to protect better against certain childhood infections. the study which followed 400 kids will be published in full in next month's issue of pediatrics. now late this afternoon we learned a d.c. public relations executive is facing felony

charges for campaign finance violations. jane clark harris was an associate of jeffrey thompson. thompson is the prominent businessman and contractor who is already being investigated for his ties in contributions to several local politicians including d.c. mayor vincent gray. harris is due in court tomorrow. bruce johnson has been following this whole corruption thing from start to finish. this is a bombshell. >> this is amazing. you may not know the name jean harris, but you do know the name by now of jeffrey thompson. his house was raided late last year by fbi. this comes very close to the mayor because this involves his campaign. we're talking three charges, two federal, conspiracy charge and fraud and false statement charge against jeannie harris. those are felonies. she apparently has agreed to some kind of deal with prosecutors. that's why they filed an information and not an indictment. it's the third charge that we're looking at here because

that involves what goes on locally. it's a misdemeanor charge, but apparently what prosecutors are saying is jean harris got money from family, friends and co- workers who in their names made donations to the mayor's campaign. we're talking $38,000 worth. she was reimbursed for that money. jeff thompson who is identified as co-conspirator no. 1 in these documents, he then paid her back that money. so in other words, it was an illegal contribution from jeffrey thompson if you follow this. he reimbursed her to the tune of $44,000. that's money that went into the mayor's campaign. so jean harris due in court tomorrow for a plea hearing. >> what's next? will this point towards the mayor or thompson? >> obviously jeff thompson is the next step in this ladder here. he's co-conspirator no. 1. jean harris probably as part of her plea deal agreed to cooperate with authorities and will probably give them testimony against jeff thompson. jeff thompson would put them

that much closer to the mayor and others in his campaign. >> what has the mayor said up to this point about his relationship with thompson? >> the mayor quite some time ago said he was going to stop commenting on this due to the advice of his attorney. >> thanks, bruce. new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation -- new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation's plan to start oozing ez pass users -- charging ez pass users a fee. this was for new customers only, people who already have the transponders will face a 50 cents a month charge for any new transponder that they order. here's a law that's overdue, lighting up to smoke on the shore can soon be a distant memory in orbs city. the dispatch reports the mayor -- ocean city. the dispatch reports the mayor and city council says they have a consensus to create a smoke free area at the beach this

summer. finally whether we really want to be outside, led to the beach, my goodness. >> i had some friends at the beach. >> was it better there? >> as long as you're right at the water's en. about 100 feet inland you're -- edge. about 100 feet inland you're 100 degrees. we'll have a streak now of four or five days in the 80s. let's start with our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. it's live shot of the base of the monument, a little breeze there, some breaks in the clouds, quite pleasant even downtown tips only in the upper 80s. take -- temps only in the upper 80s, 86 right now, dew points in the 50s, winds east at 11, pressure steady 29.94 inches of mercury. dew points in the upper 50s and humidity 40%, that's a pretty good air mass for us. lots of showers and thunderstorms from the texas along the gulf coast because of a frontal boundary to our south and it's going to stay to our south and consequently most of the showers and storms will

stay fredericksburg south. we'll have to wait and see if these showers of west virginia work their way into our viewing area. the evening commute will be fine. all big showers and stops are south of fredericksburg. temperatures, 80 bethesda, 84 arlington, 87 in college park and laurel a little warmer. out to the west low 80s, 81 vienna, 79 reston. 83 in sterling, 84 leesburg and looking at 82 down to manassas. we're looking at a nice stretch of weather. the 80s will be with us probably through the week, maybe an isolated thunderstorm tonight south accident comfortable in the burbs. you might be able to turn the ac off and open the windows. a lot of clouds tomorrow, more sun on wednesday. so for tonight mostly cloudy, shower or thunderstorm possible mainly sought of town, 66 to 72 -- south of town, 66 to 72, winds out of the southeast at

10. tomorrow morning a lot of clouds, pleasant, showers and thunderstorms possible, 60s and 70s, a better chance south. by afternoon mostly cloudy, comfortable, shower possible, thunderstorm possible south, high temperatures near 85 and winds easterly at 10. souct 6 to 74 to start -- 66 to 74 to start, 83 to 86 by evening, maybe a shower. good news 9 weather alert codes stay green tuesday, wednesday, thursday, 84 tomorrow, 87 wednesday, 87 thursday. we'll monitor thursday. we might slip it to code yellow. next seven days friday mid-80s, mid- to upper 80s saturday, still unsettled with showers and storms and hotter sunday, monday, back in the low to mid- 90s again but a nice break. talk about good news, what about the nats fans? we got a few players going to the all-star game. >> we sendai and this weekend

we learn -- certainly do and this weekend we learned bryce harper is making the trip, too. kristen berset is here now with more on some natitude. >> that's right. despite finishing third in the final fan vote a couple last minute scratches means bryce harper is headed to kansas city as an all-star, the fourth nationals player to get the nod this season. harper becomes the youngest position player to ever play in the mid-summer classic and the third youngest of all time behind bob seller and dwight gooden whose manager back in '84 was also davey johnson. this morning on 106.7 the fan bryce harper tells the guys how the team broke the big news. >> after the game davey called me in and everybody was standing there. so i just walked in and he said hey, congratulations, you're going to the all-star game. it's a pretty exciting time. i just tried to take in that moment and really just try to

enjoy it. this is a great experience and it's a blessing to be able to go to the all-star game definitely. >> joining me in studio to talk about all-star week sky kiersten from 106.7 the fan. bryce doesn't get to go home to see the fans, but they'll have to come meet him in kansas city. two days after failing to get that fan vote harper is in the all-star game. did you have any doubt that somehow that rookie phenom would be in the big classic? >> no, no. of course, i didn't. i didn't think he was going. can you picture being 19 years old and going to an mlb all- star game? i was a freshman in college just trying to figure out my life. good for him. hopefully he'll get an inning oar two, but -- or two, but just being there and getting to learn from all these guys is a heck of an experience. >> the maturity and growth we've seen since he's come up to the bigs. he'll be joining gio gonzalez

who is tied in the lead for most wins and stephen strasburg who was greeted with so much fan fare a season and a half ago and he finally makes his first all-star game, but it's all about bryce harper. is this how electric that rookie is for washington? >> yeah. it's not only at bats, but in the field he's making all these spectacular plays and then running bases. we see him steal bases all the time. we see him take singles and make them into doubles. he's been absolutely terrific and he's had this hype forever. you should see his old youtube clips. yeah, it's a lot of excitement and who's that stephen strasburg guy again? >> i know. we've got to talk about ian desmond quick. pulled from the all-star game because of a strained oblique. he was handed picked by tony larussa, but he's been playing with this injury for a month. i know you were surprised by the injury. i was. >> he hit a home run on

saturday. he hit a home run sunday, too and he's going the other way with the ball. so yeah, i think we were all very surprised by this because we all thought he was healthy. i guess he's hitting .340 and eight home runs since supposedly the injured happen. >> thanks so much -- injury happened. >> thanks so much. still to come tonight, the president makes his pitch to extend some of the tax cuts. >> why repairs to the washington monument may take a lot longer than first expected. >> but first teenagers struggling to survive find an alternative to dropping out of school next on hero central.

getting through a typhoon can be fun, but it can be rough at times. >> it can and imagine trying to do it with no home, no parents, no money. jc hayward takes us to a fairfax nonprofit that is lending a hand to those kids. >> i own my own place, do my own things, go wherever i want to go to school, come back. >> santigie kargbo came to the united states nine months ago from sierra leone africa. the 18-year-old was supposed to live with his family in texas, but because of financial stress he had to move in with an adult

cousin in virginia. >> things did not work well, so i move out. >> kargbo said he was reduced to being a live-in house boy just doing chores and not going to school. that's when he realized his education was a top priority. >> that's when i didn't want things to go wrong with me and i focus on my education. >> when he enrolled in public high school in falls church, the social worker realized he was homeless. kargo was refused to the alternative house and through their homeless youth initiative he now shares a home with three roommates. >> my roommates usually ask me about my education, how i got my education. i know they care about me. >> reporter: the rent is partially subsidized by alternative house. kargbo pays $150 a month with the money he earns working at sears part time. >> my manager rafael, he always care about me. >> reporter: 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 gives them the diploma and support they need to go on to education and employment. >> in africa kargbo was a competitive soccer player. now with a stable living situation he has big plans for his next chapter. >> education is my destiny and i want to become a lawyer. >> reporter: i'm lay hey, -- jc hayward, 9 news now. >> for more information on the entire program you can visit jchayward.com. this is 9 news now. >> pass a bill, extending the tax cuts for the middle class. i will sign it tomorrow. pass it next week. i'll sign it next week. >> president obama calls on congress to extend tax cuts for middle class americans while letting them expire for the nation's top earners. ni