hello and thank you for joining us. i'm j.c. hayward. after a weekend of computer glitches that shut down train service, there were more problems this morning for metro. hundreds of commuters were

evacuated from trains at dupont circle around 8:30 this morning. metro says a train broke down and that caused a massive back-up at the station, which is only operating with one entrance due to escalator repairs. everyone got out safely, but passengers were left frustrated and late for work. >> it smelled kind of like burnt rubber and smoke. in the station there is not a lot of ventilation coming through and it was so packed. it took another ten minutes to get us all out of there. >> it was like a wall of people and luckily no one panicked, no one pushed. but you had that sense of you are in a packed station, the smoke, and it was scary. >> it is unclear why the train broke down and there is no word from metro about saturday's computer glitchs. today the montgomery planning board will hear a proposal on a light rail

service for chevy chase lake. the line would run through the lake and unite 380 acres between east west highway and jones bridge road. planners say the rail service would unclog traffic along connecticut avenue. the proposal also calls for the creation of a new town center with highrise, office and residential buildings. and also a new park, playground, bike trails and pedestrian crossings. president obama continues to build his argument that mitt romney sent jobs overseas as the head of a private equity firm. and now mitt romney is pushing back. danielle nottingham explains why romney wants the president to drop what he calls negative and false charges. >> reporter: president obama is back on the campaign trail, heading to the battleground state of ohio with a stop in cincinnati. the president is expected to continue his attacks on mitt

romney's business records. the president's campaign launched a tv ad suggesting romney shipped jobs overseas as head of bane capital. obama supporters are also slamming romney for not releasing more than two years of tax returns. >> the only person who has seen them is john mccain and he took one look at them and picked sarah palin. >> reporter: the president said his campaign is focused on helping the middle class. >> which vision, mine or mr. romney's is most likely to deliver for those folks? that is where the majority of american people live. >> reporter: romney is pushing back today, charging that the president is running a negative campaign to avoid talking about his record on the economy. >> what does this say about a president whose record is so poor that all he can do in his campaign is attack me. >> reporter: romney's campaign advise ors say the ads are flat

wrong. >> fact check after fact check, investigative journalist after investigative journalist has shown governor romney left bane in 1999. >> reporter: mitt romney is in the south today raising money for his campaigns. danielle nottingham cbs news the white house. >> we are awaiting the next development in the corruption scandal surrounding dc mayor vincent gray. genie clark harris is awaiting sentencing after admitting she helps to -- helped to run a shadow campaign which raised more than $650,000. 9news now has confirmed that harris met gray on january 10th to discuss what to do with vouchers that remained from the shadow campaign. the mayor has told associates that when he first learned about the shadow campaign, he immediately contacted his attorney. council members are split over whether the mayor should step

down. the u.s. attorney said we had a tainted election. there was election fraud. in my mind when there is cheat not guilty an election there is a whole question about legitimacy. >> mural bowser is one of three council members who have called on gray to deryan. legal observers say the case will most likely hinge on when the mayor found out about the shadow campaign and when he took any action to try and cover it up. police are looking for suspects in a bizarre and deadly attempted carjacking that occurred in fairmont heights, maryland. two armed men, wearing masks, approached a car that was full of people on oak street just after midnight on sunday. they ordered the people to get out of the car, to get on the ground. one of the passengers got on the ground, and police say the

driver became frightened, took off and accidentally ran over the passenger on the ground, killing him. the two gunmen got away. if you have any information about this crime, please call police at 1-866-411-tips. an arlington man is recovering after being attacked by two pit bulls. his son saw what happened in front of him yesterday afternoon. it happened near walter reed drive in south oakland street. the 40-year-old man was getting out of his truck when the dogs jumped him. a neighbor called 911 after hearing the man's son scream for help. police found the dogs in a nearby town house. one of the dogs as shot and killed after it charged a police officer. the other dog was captured and taken to the animal welfare league of arlington. we are told that the man suffered bites to both arms. officials have declared the

crisis in syria a civil war. randall pinkston shows us why residents caught in the cross fire say the violence is getting worse. >> reporter: intense gunfire can be heard across damascus in new video posted online from syria. residents say it is the worst fighting since the uprising against president assad began 17 months ago. assad's forces controlled the capital but residents are battling his troops in the suburbs. the international red cross classifies the escalating conflict as a civil war, which means war crime prosecution's could follow. in the area residents are still mourning after dozens were reportedly killed last night. united nations observers say syrian troops with heavy weapons went door-to-door. >> we have seen a number of burned out buildings and

remnants of killing bullet holes, et cetera. >> reporter: the syrian government insists the military is not targeting civilians, and denies using tanks and helicopters. randall pinkston, cbs news. hollywood is mourning the death of an actress whose career spanned more than half a century. stage and screen star celeste holmes found fame on broadway in oklahoma and she won an oscar in 1947 for her portrayal of a lonely secretary in gentlemen's agreement. holmes appeared in another son returns and the king and i. she fell ill a couple of weeks ago after a fire occurred in the manhattan apartment building where she lived. celeste holmes was 95 years old

a violent landslide was caught on tape. cameras were rolling on the second landslide in johnson's landing, british columbia. crews were there because four people were buried by a slide that happened earlier. right now crews are using search dogs looking for victims. at least three homes were crushed. and in northern poland an

amateur photographer captured this deadly tornado in action. one person was killed when the twister touched down yesterday. coming up next, annie has the forecast. >> reporter: j.c., it is humid out here and is heating up once again with even hotter temperatures coming this way. also i have been sneezing lately. i'm happy to report that we are looking at the only medium. there we go there is the graphic. if you are sneezing, that may be why. we are back with the forecast after the break.

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box case. you are going to save $155 when you buy this one today at sears.com. if you have an offer you have seen or if you are a local merchant for a deal with our viewers i would life to -- love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. i have to tell you the summer of 2012 has been scorching hot. and the heat, at times, has been practically unbearable. in today's extra mile report, there is one advantage to the rays emitting from the sun. free energy for electric vehicles. monika samtani reports. >> reporter: if you drive along route 355 in bethesda you may have noticed these tall futuristic looking panels high in the sky along the road. they are called solar car chargers, giving electric vehicle owners a way to refuel cars with clean energy. >> this is actually the first solar car charger panel in the world that actually tracks the

sun. >> reporter: the panels move every ten minutes with the sun, and stay still at night, saving the stored energy. the charging process is pretty painless, once you find a car charger. >> pretty simple. grab a handle and press this button. take it cord over here to the car and plug it in. >> reporter: the maryland-based manufacturer says it is a way for businesses to attract the greenest consumers. >> drivers understand energy, that is why they are driving an electric vehicle. so they get it. when they see they can charge with renewable energy resources, they understand that, they like that. >> reporter: to get a sense what have it feels like to drive gas lean-free and on the sun's energy, i took a spin with long time eb, advocate dave goldstein. >> when you step on it, it takes off like a rocket. >> reporter: although he agrees the $45,000 for the car is steep, dave is convinced being

green and clean is worth the price tag. >> reporter: this is the ultimate green. there is absolutely no energy coming anywhere from the sun. >> it might cost me for example, $1.30 a day to plug in my electric car. that is less than $10 a week. compare that to your gasoline bill and you'll see what i'm talking about. this particular car has a range of 380 miles. the gasoline kicks in after about 40 miles. of course you will be seeing more of these high-tech solar car chargers in our area. especially around businesses who want to attract eb, drivers. what do you think? saves monday any. >> $46,000 is a lot of money i think. >> he made the point that it is taking less than $10 a week to run it. all right going to get hot

again today? >> i know you already feel t it is really humid out there and with the humidity factor, feeling like we are already in the 90s, and it is going to get hotter the next couple of days. get ready, we have been dealing with this kind of weather. lots of sunshine out there, we do see some passing clouds at times, temperatures will get up into the near mid 90s in the next couple of hours. by 7:00 we'll be around 90 degrees and a chance for a shower or storm this afternoon. right now doppler is really quiet around the dc metro area. it is looking like we see plenty of sunshine out there with clouds passing through. we saw showers and storms go through last night. but by this morning they cleared on out and even the clouds cleared out too this morning. right now temperatures are 91 in downtown, cumberland 86, atlantic city 89, ocean city

around 87 degrees. around the beltway 87 arlington, 89 in college park. bethese do is 90. fairfax you are 89 degrees at this hour. here's a look at your 9 futurecast. put this into motion. here's the clock right above my head. keep your eye on that. we stopped this for monday this evening around 5:30. we can see maybe a spotty shower or thunderstorm is possible. overnight things are quiet and by tomorrow morning lots of sunshine and get ready for an even hotter day tuesday, pushing close to 100 degrees in some locations. wednesday morning also starting out plenty of sunshine. but then we have a cold front coming in and that is going to trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms for wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening. it is also going to be hot wednesday, so i'm concerned any storms that do bubble up could be strong or severe. we'll have to watch out on wednesday so keep that in mind. the good news is, once the front

comes through, we'll get in cooler air and it won't be as hot. here's a look at your forecast. starting in western maryland, lower 80s for today. cumberland 89. hagerstown 89. leesburg 92, culpepper pushing close to 95 degrees. in downtown 94 annapolis lower 90s. easton and cambridge you should also get into the lower 90s. your next three days 9 weather alerts yellow because of the heat for today. tuesday even hotter. wednesday also 98 but a better chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. check out your next seven days. thursday mostly cloudy, showers and storms, temperatures in the lower 90s. we break from the heat. friday and saturday into the 80s, the chance for a shower friday and saturday. and then sunday temperatures around upper 80s. j.c., back to you. >> thank you annie. you know due process is the right of every person in this nation but not everyone can afford it. the washington legal clinic for

the homeless educates and gives legal aid to the poor. so today i'm saluting this nonprofit organization. >> i was given a letter of termination by the director because i had overstayed my time. >> reporter: in 2002 lajuan brooks and her three children were living in an emergency shelter. after one year the working mother faced being homeless again because her time at the shelter had run out. but she could not afford to move. >> i didn't know what my rights were as a client of the shelter or what steps were supposed to be taken. >> reporter: the working mother needed legal advice and she needed it for free. she learned about the washington legal clinic for the homeless. >> i was impressed. i didn't know there were attorneys out there specifically working with clients no my position. >> reporter: brooks visited one of the clinic's seven intake centers and she got a lawyer. >> without a lawyer's intervention her family would have been back out on the

street. and that is something we are not willing to tolerate. >> reporter: because of the help of the washington legal clinic, brooks was able to extend her stay at the shelter long enough for her to move into stable housing. now brooks works at the clinic as the first point of contact for the homeless. the washington legal clinic for the homeless also helped brooks with a mice problem at the shelter. the lawyer fought for her to keep a cat at the shelter as protection. the washington legal clinic operates with over 200 volunteer lawyers. if you would like more information, go to my website, j.c. hayward.com. we'll be right back. ?gw?qyjw

i'm one-on-one today with susan soriano co. if you want the best ice cream in town go to more renck co-s. on georgia avenue. 8030 georgia avenue. they make about 70 flavors of ice cream. about 25 flavors of sore bay. she has over ten years experience of doing this and guess what? she has incredible flavors that she has brought here today. tell me what they are. >> well we thought we'd take a spin on summer salad because it is so hot. this is a tomato sore bay that

can be served in the tradition of tomato and basil. i put this together with a tomato and watermelon salsa. and up here we have a spicy beet ice cream that is exactly the color that comes out of beets with balsamic glaze. here we have my favorite sweet corn ice cream. we have paired it with fresh blueberries. if you let the ice cream melt a little bit, you have the berries in the cream. >> you do incredible flavors, very different. a little different than just vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. don't forget it is so hot. try some of the new flavors. you just create them in your

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