to carry out official business. one of his first items on the agenda was answering questions on a news talk show this morning. >> when checks were given to me, it was very clear and open about what happened with those checks. i turned them in at the campaign office and they were recorded by the folks who were developing the campaign finance reports. >> in ward 8 area, the majority of people here voted gray into office. >> i voted for mayor gray and i think it was a mistake. >> give him a chance. yeah. >> we are just getting this tweet from our bruce johnson. he is saying from his sources that jeff thompson's niece and personal assistant is cooperating with federal investigations during this entire probe of this campaign scandal of 2010. so of course this is on going and we could expect to hear things, maybe possibly next week because of this cooperation. >> and the trickle of information keeps coming out.

thanks. back to you guys in the studio. >> bad joke or serious threat? that's the question tonight after a d.c. police officer was reassigned from being a white house motorcade escort to desk duty. for comments he made about the first lady. another officer is accusing a 17 year veteran of making threats against michelle obama. but chief kathy lanier cautions this investigation is in its early stages. >> there's no place for jokes of a nature that could be perceived as threatening to the president, the first lady, or anybody else. that's not funny and police officers get that. this is not something that you joke about. and when i talked earlier about the process. if it is determined that the statement was made is not criminal threat in nature, it is still possible that in the administrative investigation, that the statement was extremely unprofessional and conduct unbecoming of a police officer. so you know, it's going to be one of those tracks. >> the secret service issued a

statement today saying it is aware of the incident and is taking the appropriate followup steps in this case. 12k3w4r-9 9 wants to know is breaking news on why local utilities is able to charge you even when you don't have power. russ found out the program wasn't originally intended for storm outages. it was intended to encourage energy efficiency? here's the deal. >> it was designed to encourage the utilities to encourage energy conservation. to help them make it to the bumps when people use less energy and charge less for delivering that energy to your home. we conserved a lot after that storm. we have spoken to regulators and the utilities and read the order. virginia and the district don't allow it. even in maryland, they had a hearing six months ago and whether this was manipulating the system. instead of eliminating it, they cut it back to the first 24 hours that they are billing you that they can bill you now.

this is the official maryland public service commission order that put the charge into law in january. and take a look at this wording. right there on the original intent of this payback, it was to encourage ewe utilities. spoke against utilities using the order, supporting energy conservation, reimburse utilities where no energy is going through your meter. >> it adds insult to injury to say to a customer, just keep in mind, you lost power for six or seven days. you have thrown out all the food in your refrigerator and being told you are boing to pay extra because you weren't buying electricity, because they weren't delivering any electricity. >> the bill stabilization adjustment eliminated the incentive to restore lost service. but the order did limit the reimbursement to cover only the first 24 hours. prior to that, it was open ended. allowing pepco to get nearly

1.4 million for july 2010 blackout. dell morva more than 35,000. and bge more than $81,000. in a statement tonight, pepco emphasizing that you're not being billed for the electricity you didn't use. consumer advocates say you are being charged for the delivery charge of what they didn't deliver in that power. and tonight, the maryland public service commission is saying that the cost could be just 15 cents, 12 cents, 8 cents a customer. no response when we asked the governor for a comment tonight. you know, i know you were curious about what public officials are asking and right now, people don't want to talk about this. >> i can imagine because one penny could be too much. it's about the principle. >> it is. even if you are green. >> repealing it, it's not likely? as far as that's concerned? >> well, you know, mum is the word. this is a volatile subject right now and there is an

investigation into this current storm. we'll see what happens. >> thank you, sir. new information tonight about the call for more juice for the operator of our regional electric grid. you may recall that tjm interconnection has been asking to build a new high transmission power line from west virginia to maryland. the $2 billion project would help supply utilities in 13 states. but today, it doesn't think it needs that path anymore because conditions have changed. word that the uniforms the u.s. olympic team will wear to the opening ceremonies are made in china is causing an uproar on our facebook page and on capitol hill. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. they should be embarrassed. i think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a pile and burn them and start all over again. if they have to wear nothing but a singlet that says u.s.a. on it, that's what they should

wear. >> he hasn't commented on the controversy, but we caught up with the man that has been printing the logo for the swim team for the past 24 years. this year's u.s. swim team suits are made in portugul, but printed in virginia. >> these are the guy suits. bob york, owner of swim and sport in chantilly has been printing the logos on the u.s.a. olympic swim team suits since 1988. >> these suits are, as we looked, are made in portugal, but printed right here. >> this is one of the girl laser elites from speedo. >> he preheats it. >> he sent most of his suits on to london, but he would receive them so late that they had to work like mad to get the suits to the games in the nick of time. >> stuff that you are watching on tv could have been in this shop two or three days prior to

that. >> doesn't just do the printing, but they have an art department and have designed some of the olympic swim team logos over the years. >> amy, who was on the cover of the washington post and u.s.a. today, we designed this suit here at ardvark. >> local olympian donated his full body suit they printed. they are now banned. you can see the history of the suits. most are not made in the u.s.a. and bob york takes issue with the current controversy. >> i think it'sridiculous that our olympic outfitting was made in china. then make it more conducive to have it done here in the united states. >> in chantilly, peggy fox, 9news now. >> he has been a swim team coach and now has a year round team with 600 swimmers to be fully transparent, peggy's children swim with the york team. you can join the conversation about the uniforms on our wusa9

facebook page. well, you may want to make some other plans if you are trying to use metro to get to national airport. that's this weekend. that's because the reagan national airport in crystal city stations will close tonight at 10:00 p.m. shuttle buses will be provided between the bradock road. everything expected to be back open monday morning. tonight at 7:00 on 9news, will he or won't he? governor martin o'malley sets a time line when he'll make a decision on a special session to add a casino at national harbor. and still to come, a hide away gutted by fire. we'll take a look at the investigation going on. and i'm meteorologist, topper shutt, despite all the cloud cover, we managed to make it to 90s today. 90 and 75 goes in the books. 88 and 71 are the averages. 100 is the record high set in 1954. picked up a trace of precipitation today. we'll come back and talk about

the 90s rolling in and when the storms will become heavy and possibly severe. and up next, the president starts a two-day swing in the old dominion.

president obama spending the next two days campaigning in virginia. including a stop in chicago. his trip started this morning and he called on voters in the battleground state to help move the country forward. >> this election is about more than just two candidates or two political parties, virginia. this is about which direction we take this nation. >> the president swept through hampton roads, virginia, the governor was something up i-64 for mitt romney. he says the obama campaign's focus is an unnecessary distraction. >> all that record of hope and change and uplifting language that we heard in 2008 has now turned into a campaign this

year of division and misrepresentation and really focusing on the something small things. when america needs to get back to work. >> governor romney was not on the campaign trail today and he did sit down interviews and you'll be able to see part of them coming up at 6:30 tonight on cbs evening news. >> jp morgan chase reveal today that if losses from a bad trade are actually closer to $6 billion. that did not keep the bank from posting a $5 billion profit in the second quarter. that news is enough to help the dow end the week with a 200 point rally. the s & p 500 was up 22 points. still ahead, a teenager carries quite a burden more than half way across the country. we'll tell you why he did it coming up next.

we are following breaking news out of pennsylvania now. penn state announced it will renovate the shower and locker room where jerry sandusky assaulted a young boy years ago. the announcement comes one day after the lui free report found that penn state missed several opportunities to stop that abuse over a decade's time. sandusky was convicted last month on 51 charges. the teenager from texas has reached the white house carrying quite a burden. he walked all the way here carrying a cross. his name is junior garcia. he has been walking on behalf of a charitable campaign. it's nationally assemblies of god program that raises money to buy cars for missionaries. well, more than 17 people needed to be rescued this morning after a fire broke out in a burtonsville apartment building. >> helping dozens of residents

displaced by an early morning fire that flaired up. hours after this early morning three-alarm fire was apparently extinguished. firefighters had to rush back and do it all over again. cleanup crews and residents had been trying to salvage anything they could. >> anything i could get out. >> instead, they had to scramble to safety a second time. while firefighters tried to douse the stubborn pockets of fire under the rubble. the original fire began at 7:30 this morning in this resident's apartment. dozens of people were trapped on their balconies and had to be rescued by firefighters. >> one of the last people we got her out, the balcony was engulfed in flames. >> i had to be helped over the balcony because it was too much fire. >> in burtonsville, 9news now. >> the cause of a house fire in chicco, california, blame it on charlotte's web.

the homeowner didn't like cobweb in the yard. what to do? grab a blow torch, of course. the cobwebs caught fire, then the plant, then the house. nobody was hurt. but the damage is estimated at $25,000. what were you thinking? unusual circumstances also surround a fire earlier this week in bethany beach, delaware. firefighters put out a small fire at a home wednesday night and a few hours later, they were called back to the same home. the fire that time gutted the house and damaged several others. one obvious question, did the remnants of the first fire lead to the second one if. >> not only do we tear apart the wall looking for fire, we use thermal imaging cameras, which is using for heat sources, and we look for that. we are confident that fire was out. >> fortunately, no one was hurt in this. the case is under investigation. now, just a bit off the beach in california. you could see a goat into the waves. two goats have been taught to

surf by their owner. the surfer says he originally got goatee to eat weeds, then he thought, they might enjoy surfing. he brought them to the beach and apparently he was right. >> of course he did. because it's california. >> because that's what you do. yeah. i have a friend that was from the east coast, great story. from the east coast, used to work for ups. went out there, worked in san diego. and said you know what? if surf is up, nobody is going to show up. he's like come on. showed up, surf was up, he was the only one there. >> seriously? >> yeah. got to love it. all right, not so hot today, mike, but the heat is going to be building over the weekend and looking at really some very, very hot weather next week. all right, let's take a live look outside. brought to you by michael and son. high temperature 90. we are down to 87 at the airport. the dew point is 58. relative humidity 37%. i'm telling you, that is fantastic. winds east, southeast at 7. it's dry air despite the east, southeast winds and pressure is

steady, 30.18 inches of mercury. a little bit of light activity toward front royal and winchester. notice it's all light green. a couple sprinkles north of frederick and up into fullton and franklin county. and that's about it. that said, we'll keep the chance of an isolated shower in tonight, but not a big deal. 81 bethesda. 81 also in great falls. 79 in vienna and reston. 83 in springfield. 86 in college park and 83 toward laurel. the heat is going to return over the weekend. a few showers tonight. almost hot tomorrow with some storms. it will be hot on sunday with strong storms and some storms could become severe. and very hot next week. we're talking about near triple digits. all right, tonight, partly cloudy and mild. isolated showers and storms. 66 to 74. winds out of the south at 10. do not change your plans tonight. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, warm, a shower possible even in

the morning. i would keep the tee times. by afternoon, partly sunny, almost hot. scattered showers and storms. much more numerous. winds southwest at 10. still, we'll break it down for you. 68 to 76 to start with left over clouds and by noon, warm, 83 to 88 and by evening, warm, 88 to 92. good chance of afternoon storms tomorrow. now, 9 weather alert codes green, yellow, yellow. we're going yellow on sunday and monday because of heat and potential for big storms, 93 on sunday. scattered storms 95 on monday. isolated storms. next seven days. it stays hot. mid 90s on tuesday. then wednesday, we're talking about temperatures near 100 degrees. on tuesday and wednesday, upper 90s. next friday, send it back into the low 90s. and isolated storms possible tuesday through friday. >> why didn't you put a 100 on the map?

>> it doesn't look too good. >> chicken? >> yeah. >> are you superstitious about friday the 13th? well, some of you are, go to our website and check out my blog. had i known, i would have taken you in a different direction. >> how about some baseball? second half, here we go. wait until you hear what the nats have to say about the second half. i'll put it this way, confidence brimming by the boys. that's not all. maryland kevin anderson strong words directed toward football coach, randy etzel. he was pretty good. we'll be back in a second.

and now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> 83 down. 79 to go. that's how many games the nats have left in the regular season. regular season. the implication there is that there may be a post season. good chance. they need binoculars to see the nats. but they are four games ahead of the pack. it is tied for the second largest lead that any team has. the second half begins tonight. jordan zimmerman pitching. meaning he is actually pitching two regular season games in a row. four-day vacation over. let's go. >> we have a heck of a first

half. we know we can play with anybody right now and we have to stay strong. the games are going to get fun in the second half. >> this is where it counts, second half. hopefully we can focus up and stay where we're at. we're going to continue to play nats baseball. >> nothing says long summer like nba summer league. wow. bradley beale, this is a reason to watch. rejection notice right there. then a little offensive scoot to the hoop. he played well. 22 points. and a nice little drive here. we remember him, pick from last year, still dunken. the thing about him, 11 points, he fouled out. they give you ten fouls in summer league ball. how did he do that? kevin anderson's first year on the job. his signature hire, randy goes 2-10. numerous players leave the football program, budget crisis. seven sports get cut. not all his fault, but all on his watch. he has some damage control to get to and he has been doing

it. randy is anderson's guy, so he has to defend him and his poor record and defections. on xm sir us radio, the cards were stacked, especially considering the love fans had for his predecessor. take a listen. >> whoever i was bringing in here was going to have difficulty unless it was jesus christ, to be honest with you. what happened is that gary goes out a hero and endorses mark and mark comes in under a different circumstance and i don't think it was fair for randy from the very beginning. >> i'm not really buying that. but we'll see. season is right around the corner. >> he's not popular, but he did clean up a program at uconn. >> agreed. all right, no triple digits. >> not for a while. >> that's all for 9news at 6:00. keep it here for the cbs evening news. and at 7:00, your only local

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