i'm not convinced they will make that, but it's a good idea to take it easy tomorrow, stay hydrated and we'll come back and talk about why we continued our code yellow alert. it's not all for heat. >> thanks a lot, topper. a half million dollar shoe dropped today in the wake of a 9 wants to know investigation. the general services administration, gsa, announced they are cutting bonuses for 80% of its high ranking people. russ uncovered the bonuses in the aftermath of gsa's infamous las vegas convention. we remember those videos. >> this has been a long haul and anita, our investigation showed the very gsa officials responsible were among dozens who received dozens of $10,000 a piece. we uncovered the bonuses shortly after those gsa videos with workers bragging about easy government money. with details of 2200 square

foot hotel rooms for gsa executives and 823,000 las vegas conference run by a man now infamous for his champagne bathtub shot. jeffrey was awarded $9400 no bonus money. but our freedom of information act request showed he wasn't alone and it went on for years. received 33,880 in a bonus in 2009. 15,500 in 2010, and another 22,000 in 2009 followed by 10,000 in 2010. of the most recent bonuses, documents uncovered by 9 wants to know 6700 high ranking officials splitting more than half a million in bonus money. all between $8,000 and $10,000 a piece. today's announcement would eliminate 85% of that. acting administrator said quote, i believe that these immediate changes will help the agency achieve better clarity

about our compensation and hiring process as we continue to bring the maximum level of efficiency and effectiveness to the work we do every day. >> still, there are a lot of bonus questions. gsa has not answered. identified those 10,000 and up bonuses, but government records released don't record them at all. so this hasn't shown up anywhere else if it wasn't for that request from 9 wants to know, it's unlikely anyone would know about those 67 bonuses. >> now 85% of these officials will have their bonuses cut. >> they are going away. it's likely those that get bonuses, there will be oversight. >> a lack of good judgment in those videos is astounding. thank you. >> a special session to discuss expanded gambling in maryland. governor martin o'malley met with michael busch and senate president, mike miller this morning. and after that meeting, miller says the support seems to be

there, but legislators need a little elbow grease to make it happen. >> it's only a few words in the institution and it is a done deal. thousands and thousands of jobs. increased revenue. >> the issue is adding a location for gambling at national hoer boar, which would encollude table games. >> not expected to begin service until the end of next year. today, the expansion toward dulles airport took a big step towards being all done. peggy fox is live with more on the landmark today. peggy. >> i tell you, driving through tyson's while it's been frustrating, negotiating this metro rail construction. it has also been interesting watching this aerial guideway go up. about a half mile that way where the project reaches the dulles toll road, the last piece, the 40-ton piece was put into place. >> see that higher concrete segment on the right?

it is slowly, very slowly being lowered into place. the process takes about 40 minutes. >> everything has to fit together. at the end of the day, we have to run a train across there and there can't be anything. >> it is the final piece of the concrete and steel track bed, or guideway for phase one of the dulles rail project. >> guideway is connected from end to end. from the existing orange line to the station. >> the 12 miles of phase one has been under construction for more than two years now. it includes three miles of aerial guideway, constructed with reenforced concrete segments. >> instead of using traditional cranes, which would have meant stopping traffic all the time. they have used horizontal cranes called launching gantries and walk themselves along the track. this particular one walked more than a mile to lay the track bed into place and now has

layed the final piece. applause went up when that final piece was flush with the rest of the guideway. >> whether people appreciate the area, i'll leave that to the individual. for us, it's a beautiful thing. >> and now that the guideway is completed, the workers can start focusing on completing, laying the tracks down. final completion date sometime at the end of next year. i'm peggy fox reporting live. >> we have more good news for you on the transportation front. the reconstruction project is all done. d.c. dignitaries got together to mark the accomplishments. they had a ceremony along that stretch of road in northeast d.c. that project was aimed at improving the flow of traffic along bening and making it look nice, too. the ntsb is investigating yesterday's plane crash in montgomery county that killed a local aviation legend. frank and another pilot were practicing touch and go at

davis airport when their small beach craft airplane crashed a few hundred yards from the runway. the student pilot is still in the hospital. schmidt was killed almost instantly. >> i'll try and be half as good as he was. that would be pretty excellent. >> frank died doing what he loved. in an airport he loved. doing what he loved following his life's work. >> schmidt had nearly 19,000 flight hours and he has been an instructor at davis airport for 40 years. the ntsb says they will release the findings of their preliminary investigation in about a week. pilots could be going on strike. they voted after two years of failed negotiations on a new contract. the airline pilot's association says 99% of the pilots who voted, voted to authorize a strike. now the national mediation board has not declared an impasse in negotiations. that is something that needs to happen before those pilots

could legally walk off the job. one of the most ride lee read black journalists is being remembered tonight. william raspberry was a columnist for the national post. he wrote his opinion column for nearly 40 years. more than 200 other papers carried it. raspberry won the prize in 1-9d 94. his wife, sandra, said he died at his home this morning after a battle with prostate cancer. coming up at 7:00, fire them all. the maryland politician calls for heads to roll over those power outages from last month's storms, but guess what? he's not talking about the power companies. we tell you who he does want kicked out at 7:00. >> a man shuteds his mom and stepfather before turning a gun on himself. we'll take a closer look at the investigation into the violence. >> but first, an update on that couple caught on camera in

an intimate moment at a local memorial.

back now with an update on the search of a couple of photographers thought she captured getting engaged. we showed you these pictures last night. angela thought she captured a special moment on camera and posted a video on youtube to track these folks down. today, the couple issued a statement asking for privacy. they say they had actually gotten engaged two weeks earlier and were walking through the memorial as a possible place to exchange vows, still a beautiful picture. a small plane from the buckeye state is raising quite a rucus. the plane is towing a banner that reads, take the statue down or we will. presumably the statue of the late football coach, joe paterno, caught up in the sex abuse scandal. there is a debate whether the

school should remove statue. turns out that plane belongs to an ohio company and the faa once grounded one of those planes after they taunted tiger woods during a golf tournament. virginia's governor said he didn't mean to offend anyone. phil was giving the republican response to one of the president's campaign stops in richmond when he told a reporter that people who think president obama has done a good job with the economy should quote, vote for him and check themselves into a mental hospital. the head of the national alliance on mental illness is calling for an apology. he is running for governor in 2013. still ahead, a major car company has a recall tonight. we'll tell you all about it coming up next. which way is the economy heading? we have a frank assessment today from the chairman of the federal reserve. we'll have that tonight on the cbs evening news.

back on 9news now with a consumer alert andnissan owners, this is for you. nissan is recalling suv's from model year 2012. a weak weld can cause the rear seat back to break loose in a crash. it will let you know about if you have one of these vehicles and of course, the dealers will make the necessary repairs. the chief compliance officer of the big international bank, hsbc, says he is stepping down from that position. this after an investigation found that lack controls at the bank allowed mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars to its u.s. operation. that compliance officer and other hsbc executives got grilled today by senate during a hearing on the matter. new information tonight about virginia's attorney general's decision not to seventy certify new guidelines for abortion clinics. that means that the department

of health has to re-examine its provision requiring existing clinics to comply with standards for new building construction. today, abortion right supporters announced they plan to attending the attorney general's public appearances to try and press him on this issue and protest what they call his antiabortion agenda in virginia. it turns out for the past two years, the boy scouts have been reviewing. excluding homosexuals is the best policy for the organization. that policy was upheld by the u.s. supreme court back in 2000. a woman and her husband are recovering after her son shot both of them before turning the gun on himself. >> i'm scott broom in waldorf where a former high school librarian and her husband were shot and wounded by her own 33- year-old son. from sky 9 this morning just after dawn, charles county

authorities in an armored vehicle prepared to assault the home where the shooting happened. once inside, they found the body of 33-year-old shay proctor who had apparently shot himself with a handgun after un explain belie wounding his mother and his stepfather, jeff el wills. from the suspect's page, this photo confirmed by friends as the family all together in happier times. >> really nice guy. >> neighbors said jeff wills is regarded as a mechanic who has a side business, landscaping neighborhood properties. >> great person. wonderful family. never have any trouble around here. >> online, the dead suspect, 33-year-old shay proctor called himself always real, but rarely showed himself outside of the home ask didn't appear to have a steady job, neighbors say. so tonight, the gunman is dead and his mother and stepfather are both hospitalized with serious wounds. in waldorf, 9news now. >> an update tonight on a

missing 76-year-old in prince georges county and this is a happy ending. oscar washington was last seen sunday morning behind his daughter's house in bowie. a group of police cadets found him in a wooded area. washington's family say they are grateful for their work. the whole team was good. they were all good. they made the whole family happy. >> police remind you if you have a loved one who goes missing, you should contact them right away. the family waited 24 hours because they thought that was proper police procedure. >> glad to see him hope. top, this is the 110th anniversary of the creation of the air conditioner. >> you are correct. >> how would we live without it today? >> engineering students in cornell. they did it to control humidity because paper would change size as humidity truck chew

fluxuated. we needed it today. 100 today. the sixth time we hit 100 degrees and the fiction time this year. no records today. let's start with a live look outside. it's actually nice. at least by that picture until i put up the numbers on top of it. 99 right now. humidity only 28%. the dew point is 61, which is not that bad. the humidity is under control. winds are calm and the pressure 29.81 inches of mercury. so, we're looking at not much in terms of the heat index. here's a look at the satellite picture, radar combined. we'll zoom in and there's a cold front north of detroit, north of chicago. and right around minneapolis. this eventually is going to get to our south as we go through the week. by friday afternoon, it should be to our south. because of that, we are running the risk of showers and thunderstorms. especially tomorrow and thursday and even friday to some extent. right now, we have clear skies,

a few thunderstorms back in west virginia. i think they are going to stay out of the immediate metro area. 99 downtown. 97 in leesburg. and also manassas. now, we'll factor in the humidity. change temperatures? just a little bit. national up to 100. still 97 in manassas. it's hot out there, but not terribly humid. we have one scorcher on the way. we'll keep an isolated thunderstorm in the forecast. strong storms on wednesday and strong storms again on thursday. we'll have two days we could see big storms. early isolated thunderstorm in for a little while longer. otherwise, partly cloudy and muggy. lows around 80 downtown. not a good thing. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, hot by lunchtime. 74 to 94. winds southwest at 10. and then by afternoon, partly cloudy, very hot, scattered

thunderstorms. some are going to be heavy. some could be severe. high temperatures near 100. next three days, going to go code yellow. tomorrow because of the heat and storms. thursday because of strong storms. temperatures go down. low 90s, and friday, strong storms, temperatures go down further. next seven days, keep the chance of a shower on saturday, primarily south of town. i think the cold front will stay south of us over the weekend. really, upper 80s saturday, not bad. 90 on sunday. that's doable. hot again on monday, briefly isolated storm and back to the low 90s with an isolated storm on tuesday. at least it hasn't been a prolonged heat wave. >> still, caw does to the creator of the air conditioner. way to go. >> you have heard of hot yoga. today it's going to be hot tennis. >> he tells me i look a little hot and melted. it is warm out here at castle stadium, but a great event here tonight and one of the players

playing is redskins hall of famer, coming up, we'll hear from him and what he thinks about this year's team. that's coming up next in sports.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> we are live at the castle stadium. their charity classic tonight, featuring some celebrities on

the court. including some current castles and their head coach. all proceeds benefiting some local charities here in d.c. a little bit earlier, i was warm enough on the court with redskins hall of famer, darrell green. he is playing tonight. but you know, got a hall of famer there, i have to ask him. what were his expectations and thoughts of rg3 and the redskins? >> one of the keys, what kind of veteran and coaching leadership you have around him. that position is automatically a leadership position. but now the leadership means leadership. that's going to be the key. >> after a rough series finale, the nationals are back home. they open up a long home stand with the mets followed by the braves. a good chance for them to increase their lead in the nl east standings. right now, they are 2 1/2 games ahead of atlanta. however, they are going to have to do it again without ian desmond. he is out again because of a

sore oblique. he is getting aggressive therapy and not yet headed to the dl just yet. the nats turned. his last outing, july 5, that he had was a rough one. he gave up three runs and 11 hits to san francisco. they will face, but he is 2 for 4 against the mets. new york will send jonathan to the mound. davey also added that closer, dew, get some work in a rehab start. he will most likely rejoin the team or hopefully rejoin the team in the next week or two. that is great news for the nationals. and after seven years in d.c., andre andre blatch will still get paid, but not be in a wizards uniform anymore. and finally tonight, former redskin, charles mann, helps pass over 2,000 backpacks with school supplies today. those backpacks going to children of military families.

he was also joined by new redskin, pier. so, lots of redskins doing great work in the community. tonight is the washington capitals charity classic. and we have some castles behind us, people warming up, getting ready for this event tonight. a wonderful event, and i'm going to go join them. i have to warm up. i have a big match tonight. live from castle stadium, i'm kristen berset. back to you. >> i hope you got some water out there with you, because it is hot. >> melting weather. >> you walk out, you have warmed up pretty much. you don't have to do much. here's the next seven days, heat advisory goes into effect at 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. 99 tomorrow, but the big news really will be showers and storms wednesday, thursday, and friday. some will be heavy. we'll talk about that at 7:00. >> that's it for us, the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back with the area's only local newscast at 7:00. don't forget to join mike, andrea, and howard tomorrow

morning starting at 4:25 a.m. >> have a great night.