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appliance. therefore sympathy may be wasted on you. geoff: oh, oh, him. that's just my interior designer. he's my dinosaur. i loved when you did that. craig: i thought it was good. the kind of -- i would like that. do you watch the home -- watchamacallit -- home edition, move that bus show? geoff: it's great. craig: that go into town and they design the -- ooh ooh la -- out of the house. they go move that bus, you jerk. and then they move the bus and everybody cries? that's a show. if we were doing that show, cbs would answer our calls. geoff: no, they wouldn't. craig: yeah, they might. we should do that show, me and you go on the road and we turn up on people's house and redeck
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crate -- crikey -- for them. geoff: yeah, yeah. you me and a gay dinosaur. craig: i think we have a gay dinosaur, don't we? [laughter] i think -- he apparently's in the audience tonight. rrry. we've got to go. geoff: all right. welcome back to "the drew carey show." [cheers and applause]
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. breaking news. a woman rushed to the emergency room after being shot in the head with an arrow. this happened in damascus, maryland in northern montgomery county. >> and that is where we find matt jablow right now. and, matt, this sounds odd. >> reporter: derek, the montgomery county fire department says it happened right around 9:00 tonight in
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damascus in as you guys said northern montgomery county. a woman if her 20s shot in the head with an arrow by someone practicing their ash re. the woman was taken -- archery. the woman was taken to a local trauma center. right now we're trying to get lots more information on the story. as soon as we do, we will pass it along. for now, back to you guys in the studio. >> all right. we'll wait for the additional information. matt, thank you for that. meantime, the u.s. government will not explain but we have found $30 million worth of unreported bonuses for the fiscal year 2011. the payouts went to workers at an agency already under fire, the gsa. >> these numbers should have been released in may, but it took russ ptacek to uncover them in a massive data review. russ, we understand you combed through some 10,000 payroll records to find this stuff? >> reporter: even more than
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that. 13,700 some payroll records. we put this data online today and tomorrow. it will all come out in a congressional hearing. the information should have been released by the office of personnel management in a may freedom of information act response. we knew payroll information on certain figures linked to that gsa las vegas spending scandal so we could double-check. and the numbers just didn't add up. so we filed our own freedom of information act so well known for wild spending and the bad videos. ♪ i want to be commissioner so fricking bad ♪ >> reporter: this infamous video might as well be singing about the life and newly uncovered bonuses of the commissioner ♪ when i'm commission >> reporter: congressional sources say he helped organize that nearly $823,000 las vegas gsa convention working with commissioner jeffrey neely who
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is better known for this convention bathtub shot. back in 2009, he was the acting administrator who received the death wish and warnings about kansas city workers had cancer related illnesses caused by toxins. gsa ignored the warning and he got a bonus. ♪ cash bonus >> reporter: his cash bonus? according to documents under 9 wants to know freedom of information act, in addition to the $179,700 annual salary, he pocketed over $100,000 in bonuses over the past three years. ♪ when i'm commission >> where are we going to go? >> reporter: they're humming a very different tune in this powerful republican's office. >> you helped uncover incredible
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piece of bonus system. this is very revealing. >> reporter: it's not just his bonus that shocked house transportation and infrastructure chairman john micah. it's in may we reported on this 2011 office of personnel management data base obtained by wusa9's sister publication. in it, the gsa reported out paying just over $13 million in bonuses. however, we uncovered more than $30 million in bonuses they did not release. thus bringing the actual total of gsa bonuses in 2011 to more than $43 million. >> now we can see why they didn't want to give us the details. you've helped uncover incredible beast of a bonus system. >> reporter: our analysis showed employees got bonuses in increments of 5%, as much as $79,000 in bonuses to deputy
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commissioner to john jordan. but opm reported only 1800 for him. more than 54,000 to commissioner paul proudy reported as 3200. over 51,000 to kathleen kranopolis reported as 2700. and another bonus to edward o'hare who isn't recorded as earning any base pay at all ♪ we have money for days >> reporter: the wrappers to the taxpayer doesn't win over my guy. >> it was just outrageous all put on the taxpayer's tab. there are very, very serious problems with gsa. >> reporter: senior government officials like the commissioner with his 3-year $100,000 bonus total can appeal disciplinary action against them and fight for their jobs depending on how badly they want to be commissioner. ♪ i want to be commissioner
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so fricking b ♪ >> reporter: we sent this information to gsa last week looking for an interview and maybe they could double-check our figures. the agency did not respond to our interview request and has not questioned any of the numbers. instead, they issued a statement saying acting administrator dan tangerleni is reviewing all bonuses. this review has already uncovered clear deficiencies of performance. by our account, we currently have more than 15 different bonus structures. there are questions about the agency's high award rate and questions about whether performance goals are set at high enough levels throughout the agency. as for the $30 million in unreported bonuses, the agency says it reports all data to opm and opm official points the finger at gsa saying it can't explain gsa's processes. finally, as for the commissioner, paul proudy, gsa
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tonight says he is no longer employed at gsa. >> okay. he's gone. but what about the other officials that got the $50,000 bonuses or more. >> reporter: yes. these people according to e gsa received a presidential award performance bonus, which is common at federal agencies for a small percentage of senior officials. >> okay. but is there any suspicious gsa purposely withheld it. >> reporter: i think that's something that may be questioned in the congressional hearing tomorrow, but so far there's no evidence they did this on purpose. there is just no logical explanation as to why this information for so long hasn't been there. >> so it's possible the system is just bad? >> reporter: right now anything is possible. all we know is there is really no clear answer as to what happened to all of that money. >> there's clear discrepancy. >>. well, we have another yellow weather alert. another one in store for tomorrow. topper shutt in the weather center. top, what do we expect in the
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morning? >> maybe some lingering showers. first things first, let's show you what is going on right now. no warnings for the storms like we had earlier. but these storms are really slow movers and we could see some heavy rain, especially south and west of town. no warnings yet. see the green, that's lighter activity to the north and west. will zoom up to the north and west first up towards frederick and parts of loudoun county. generally light activity. a little bit of moderate rain. we'll slide down to the south. and now we get some heavier activity down to the south, especially if you get south of the plains. south of 66 and pretty good rains out south of warrenton. we'll zoom back out and we'll put this into motion. where is it going into in the next hour? it is moving very, very slowly off to the south and to the east. just barely moving. now, the good news is notice all of the yellows go out. so in some ways we get some significant and much needed rain across the metro area tonight. we'll tell you, this is going to affect your morning commute. i'll tell you if we're going to have more big storms tomorrow afternoon. >> thank you, top. a big majority in the house
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of representatives voted tonight to ban all abortions in dc after the 20th week of pregnancy. however, under house rules, that big majority was not quite big enough to get the bill passed. gary nurenberg is here with all of the arguments and with what is going to happen next. gary. >> reporter: republicans were joined by 17 democrats in this 220-154 vote to stop dc abortions after 20 weeks. each said had talking points that repeatedly cited in tonight's debate. republicans argued new science shows at 20 weeks. >> unborn children clearly do experience pain. >> an unborn child feels pain. >> unborn child can experience pain. >> reporter: severe and excruciating pain. >> excruciating pain. >> reporter: and late term procedures include. >> crushing of its head. >> the skull is crushed. >> the skull is crushed. >> reporter: democrats argued -- >> the argument that a 20-week
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fetus can feel pain is a fringe one denied by the scientific community. >> reporter: and democrats had their own talking point calling the bill -- >> another example of the republican's war against women. >> war against women. >> ongoing war on women. >> the war on women is on. >> the rights of women are under attack. >> reporter: it didn't appear anyone's mind was changed. and when they went through the motions. >> 2-thirds not being in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. >> reporter: that's probably it for a while. the bill could come back or it could show off again in a session after the election. but what happened tonight gets most of the house on the record with a recorded vote on abortion less than 100 days before the election. and now groups on both sides can use those votes in the upcoming campaign. as for feeling pain at 20 weeks, there's simply no clear medical consensus. anita. >> thank you, gary. why did a father attack and kill his own family? that's what investigators are
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trying to find out tonight. sky9 flew over the scene earlier this morning. investigators say 32-year-old frank hayward killed and burned his 31-year-old wife cynthia and their 2-year-old little girl natalee before killing himself. his son, 12-year-old frank hayward iii somehow survived with a slashed throat and burns. neighbors are simply stunned. >> terrible. absolute ee horrible. >> to do this and -- absolutely. >> to do this and take a 2-year-old's life is completely ridiculous. it makes no sense. >> we do know he recently put his home up for sale and it was headed for foreclosure. police found guns they believe were used in the assault. they're still trying to figure out how everyone died. caught on tape, a violent crook puts a beat down and the store clerk happened on july 29th. this is the shell station in prince george's. detectives tell 9news the man you see here in the video tried to exchange an item he had bought. but when the clerk said no, the
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bandit kicks the door in to the cashier's room and then goes after the man. the cook then grabs the property he was after and takes off running. call prince george's county police if you have any information. a young girl in an arlington restroom horrified tonight after catching a pervert spying on her in the mall. the little girl told the adults with her. he claims he was confused about which restroom he was in. this may be the same guy involved in two other related incidents. he's described as a white man in his 50s, grayish brown shoulder length hair. a tougher drunk driving law goes into effect tomorrow for dc motorists. here are some of the biggest changes that we're talking about. first time offenders could now be jailed for 180 days and fined for up to $1,000. first time offenders with a blood alcohol content of .20 or higher or any repeat offender
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now have a mandatory jail sentence of at least 10 days. and the limit for commercial drivers is now set at .04. still ahead on 9 news, three campaign stops overseas and three gaps for the mitt romney campaign. we'll tell you his response and where he's headed next. plus vacation is supposed to be a little r&r. instead, one popular g
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so if you were watching cbs prime time, you will know we promoted a story about the effects of the extreme heat on information on our roads. now, that story will air tomorrow night because we sent our reporter matt jablow out on breaking news that we had at the beginning of this newscast. thanks for your patience. from the campaign trail in 2012, mitt romney has wrapped up that six day three stop tour oversees and judging by some of the controversy he's probably glad to be headed home. romney questioned whether or not
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the city was actually ready for the olympics. in israel he told jewish donors their culture makes them better off than the palestinians and then at poland's tomb of the unknown soldier romney's campaign lashed out at reporters who were looking for the response for the previous comment. >> we haven't had another chance to ask questions. >> this is a whole thing for the polish people. >> romney's remarks are a reminder of the importance of being diplomatic overseas. the romney campaign is wanting to drop it. romney's next stop colorado. police in aberdeen maryland hope new video will help them find the guy who kidnapped cal ripken, jr.'s mom. this is surveillance video taken. it shows a man in an orange cap and coat entering and iting the store -- exiting the store.
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they have a sketch of the man. the 74-year-old woman was found bound but unharmed in her car and police still don't have any idea about a motive. a man swimming off of cape cod is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by what is believed to be a great white shark. >> it sounds like jaws. in real life it's only been 80 years since the last great white attack in massachusetts. but as reporter edward lawrence explains, conditions today could be right for more. >> reporter: a summer day at the beach turned into a real life horror story monday in massachusetts. >> what's the problem. >> a shark attack. he's bleeding. >> reporter: the injured swimmer made it to shore and is hospitalized with severe cuts on his legs. a witness says she saw the shark which experts say was a great white. >> it was about four feet apart and it came right up between the two and went into the swimmer on the left and kind of torqued as it went into the swimmer. >> reporter: there hasn't been
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a great white attack on cape cod since 1936, but the sharks can be found nearby. several were spotted off the coast this year and scientists say they know why. >> we think the shift in distribution of the great white shark to near shore waters is in response to a growing prey population. >> reporter: the prey are gray seals. they're about 350,000 of them living along the east coast. and since they're federally protected, the only thing that will reduce their numbers is the food chain. >> clearly we're going to have to live with the scenario of having robust seal population and white sharks responding to it. it's just a matter of whether we can learn from the experience. >> reporter: the beach where the attack occurred remains open, but swimmers are seeing the signs that they might not be alone. edward lawrence for cbs news. >> yes. i learned from experience. i'm not going swimming in cape cod. anyway, they will know more about the shark involved once they talk to the victim. he's in stable condition in the hospital. it's too cold to go anyway
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in cape cod. >> yes. >> obviously some folks are not thinking that. >> they're from massachusetts. it's warm to them. but the waters up there are a little bit warmer this time. >> are they? >> i think it's pretty darn cold. >> our weather -- >> all right. we have some storms off to the west. we have no warnings which is good news. and in fact we'll probably get some beneficial showers. kind of light activity for most of the metro area overnight. let's start with live doppler 9000. you can access this any time with our website wusa9.com or download our weather app. all right. light activity from just south of hagerstown. a little heavier cell just north of hagerstown. but by and large, heaviest activity is south of 66 and over towards warrenton. this is moderate to occasionally heavy rain as you go up 522. generally about 3-quarters -- half an inch to 3-quarters of an inch an hour. but it's moving so slowly that we're going to see pretty good rainfall from this. no flood warnings yet, if we were going to see any, they
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would be down to the southwest of us. where will it go in the next hour? the yellow has disappeared. it moves very, very slowly east. and, in fact, even in the next hour, everything is going to be west of i95 but you may get some significant rain or at least some rain from frederick over to looez burg down to warrenton -- leesburg down to warrenton and fredericksburg late tonight. right now we're looking at some clouds. 77 downtown. so live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. dew point 68 and winds out of the south, southwest at about 10. pressure still falling a little bit. so we do it all over again tomorrow. kind of like groundhog's day. maybe a late morning shower. mr. bernstein will be here at 4:25 in the morning. more afternoon storms, those could be hefty. and then on on thursday. more afternoon storms and some of those could be hefty as well. so overnight, we're going to say showers and thunderstorms slowly diminishing and mild. low temperatures 68-74. he bumped up temps a little bit. winds out of the southwest by
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10. by morning cannot rule out a shower or thunderstorm primarily late in the morning. 70s and 80s. and then by afternoon, very warm tomorrow. almost hot. thunderstorms possible. some of those could be hefty. high temperatures near 90 and winds out of the southwest at 10. so the next three days 9 weather alert codes will be yellow, yellow and yellow. big storms possible. 89. heat returns on wednesday with more big storms possible. 93. more storms on friday. temperatures in the mid 90s. big storms possible again. the heat remains with us for a while. over the weekend it stays relatively hot. afternoon storms friday and saturday. monday a much better chance of showers and thunderstorms. low 90s. in the wake of the cold front, not exactly colder but a little less humid. 90 next tuesday. >> it is funny when you say cold front and it drops down to 91. >> it's a wind shift is what it is. [ laughing ] >> thanks, top. nats back in action tonight. . >> back in action. a little rough outing. not really what you would expect from the best team in baseball
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right now after getting their first day off since the all star break. a look a little rusty. a rough outing for the al mighty as their rival comes to town. we have highlights. plus rgiii struggling at camp. hi
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woman: where's my husband? how's she doing? she was the passenger. car was t-boned on the passenger side. this shouldn't be happening. we just had some wine. i wasn't even drunk, i was just buzzed. what? you were just buzzed? well, sir, you didn't tell us that. in that case, she's just fine. yeah, i'm fine. really? no, not really. announcer: buzzed driving. maybe we should stop acting like it's no big deal.
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now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> the nationals remained quiet for the best -- for the team with the best record in baseball, there wasn't really too much that needed changing. the phillies, on the other hand, traded. so the nats facing a different team as they open a homestand against their rivals. not a good night for steven strasburg. he gave up a season high six runs. two innings later it got worse. jimmy rollins gets a shot to right. bryce harper can't get it as it bounces off the wall. rollins with an inside the park homerun. that was the last inning for strasburg. now, despite the trade rumors, the phillies did keep cliff lee. he responded with seven scoreless innings as the phillies shut out the nats. afterwards, they responded to the ace's trouble.
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>> so he's fighting himself. just the young pitcher. it's part of growing up. >> part of growing up. orioles taking on the yankees in the bronx. birds got in a 500 run hole in the beginning but more of them made up for it in the second. chris davis with his first career grand slam to cap off a seven run second inning. orioles win this one. they're now five and a half games back of new york. despite the hype, the fan excitement, all of the off season accolades, we must remember that robert griffin iii is still a rocky in the nfl. that being -- rookie in the nfl. that being said, we're going to see some of those mistakes. for the first time, they interrupted redskins practice today but rgiii was able to get in plenty of work with his receivers. he showed off his straimgt and his speed but -- strength and
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his speed but continued to struggle when rolling out to the left. afterwards shanahan addressed the issue. >> there is some growing pains that is natural with the position. he's doing a heck of a job. he's come in. like i said, we've had the off season. we've had a lot of time to meet. he's picked things up very quickly and i'm sure he's looking forward to playing some pre-season games. >> the skins today also trying to fill the void on offensive lines. the right tackle had his hip examined today by specialists in new york. the redskins still awaiting word on that. the fab five lives up to the hype in london today capturing the gold medal. it's the first gold for team usa since the magnificent seven got it 16 years ago in atlanta. and today michael phelps swam into history becoming the most
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decorated olympian of all time. >> why not make it 20? >> yes. >> just keep

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