life and newly uncovered bonuses of commissioner paul prouty. ♪when i'm commissioner oh, oh ♪ congressional sources say prouty helped organize that nearly $823,000 las vegas gsa convention working with commissioner jeffrey neely who is better known for this convention bathtub shot. back in 2009 prouty was acting administrator who received the gsa death list and e-mail warning about fears kansas city gsa workers had cancer-related illnesses caused by toxins at a gsa complex. gsa ignored the warning and prouty got a bonus. prouty's cash bonus? according to documents and a database obtained by 9 wants to know under the freedom of information act in addition to his $179,700 annual salary, prouty pocketed over $100,000 in bonuses over the past three years.

♪when i'm commissioner oh, oh ♪ >> where we going to go? >> they're humming a very different tune in this powerful republican congressman's office. >> we've helped uncover incredible abuse of bonuses dig further. this is very revealing. >> it's not just prouty's bonus that shocked house transportation and infrastructure chairman john mica, it's that in may we reported on this 2011 office and personnel management database obtained by wusa9's sister publication the asbury park press. 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 abuse of a bonus system. >> our analysis shows 2,500 gsa employees got bonuses in inning bonuses in increments of $5,000 or more, $79,000 or more to deputy commissioner jon jordan but only 5,400 were reported, more than 55 through to commissioner paul prouty reported as over 2,200 a nearly $52,000 bonus to assistant commissioner edward o'hare who is not recorded as receiving any base pay or award pay autism the gsa rapper -- pay at all. the gsa rapper's going on. >> there's very, very serious

problems with gsa. >> senior government officials like commissioner prouty with his three year $100,000 bonus total can appeal disciplinary action against them and fight for their jobs depending upon just how badly they want to be commissioner. ♪sing it with me now i want to be commissioner so frickin' bad ♪ >> we sent this information to gsa last week. the agency has not responded to our interview request and has not questioned any numbers. instead gsa issued a statement saying acting administrator dan tangherlini is reviewing all bonuses in this entire reward system and his review has already uncovered clear deficiency in performance of awards. by our account we currently have more than 15 different structures. the agency goes on to say there are questions about the high award rate and questions about whether performance goals are set at a high enough level throughout the agency. as for the $30 million in unreported bonuses, the agency

says it reports all data to opm and opm officials point the finger right back at gsa saying it can't explain gsa' processes. finally as for -- gsa's processes. finally as for that commissioner, paul prouty, is he no longer with the gsa. >> everything is not quite right, but did they get questioned about the big bonuses in front of the congress today? >> well, it's interesting because so far there is no admission about the bonuses, but as you heard, they're acknowledging that they are looking at the entire award program. in congress, no answers at all and tonight you're going to see at 6:00 congress grill the gsa, the gsa not give answers on the bonuses and then you'll watch an official turn her back on me. >> what's this i hear about a new convention they're having? >> there is a convention going on right now as we speak in nashville. more on that at 6:00. >> looking forward to hearing about. that thank you, russ. breaking news out of

southern california where a wildfire is threatening some very large homes. this is live from riverside county. the fire broke out early this afternoon in a rural area just west of murietta and quickly spread to 1,500 acres in. immediate word on evacuations or how the fire was started. more breaking news this time from texas where a bomb threat forced evacuation of san antonio international airport this afternoon. somebody called and said three packages were left inside a parking garage. passengers were taken out on the tarmac and arriving planes are parked away from the gates. police and federal agents are looking into this. locally at home traffic backed up on i-95 in howard county after a truck flipped over and landed right there in

the woods. there were some injuries. it happened on the ramp from i- 95 south to route 100. state police tell 9 news now crews spent 30 minutes getting the driver out of cab. we decent -- don't know about any other injuries. the maryland man accused with threatening an rather style mass shooting was prosecuted today. >> the prosecutor said maryland law has tighter hands. scott broom is in upper marlboro with a man who has an arsenal of assault rifles and called himself a joker facing a misdemeanor charge. >> reporter: the charge against 28-year-old neil prescott is a misdemeanor, telephone misauto, and that's it, prescott the -- misdemeanor, and that's it. prescott was the man who threatened to splatter his brains all over the sidewalk to go joker in the workplace recalling the mass shooting in aurora, colorado, last month at a theater and had an arsenal of

mostly assault rifles when he was arrested. he's getting off too easy prince george's county prosecutor angela alsobrooks fears. >> unfortunately maryland does not have a law that makes it expressly illegal for a person to communicate generalized threats over the telephone. i believe that when people like mr. prescott threaten violence, especially in this day in age with all that we have going on right now, he ought to be facing felony charges, not just misdemeanor charges. >> reporter: alsobrooks with her hands tied said prescott's guns were all legal and there will be no charges there. >> he's in a hospital now. >> reporter: police chief mark magaw. >> so we're not walking away from this individual by any means. he'll have a lot to answer to when he is released. >> reporter: regardless of the misdemeanor charge magaw counts this case as a victory. >> it's hard to measure what you prevented, but all the elements were here that we

believe that a tragedy was averted in this case. >> reporter: one consolation for prosecutors, the charges will prevent prescott from getting his arsenal of 25 guns back and if he's convicted, he'll lose his right to possess firearms in maryland into the future. in prince george's county scott broom, 9 news now. >> also if he's convicted on that telephone misuse charge, prescott could do three years in prison even though it's only a misdemeanor. police in blacksburg, virginia, say an explosion this morning was caused by a pipe bomb. someone called to report hearing either a gunshot or explosion just blocks from the virginia tech campus in the middle of the night. several cars were damaged. so far no arrests have been made. severe weather once again within striking distance of our neighborhood. meteorologist topper shutt tracking the storm from the weather center. top. >> earlier we had severe thunderstorm warnings up into pennsylvania, franklin county

and that area. now they are discontinued. however, still some pretty big storms on live doppler 9000. pretty quiet around town. nats are in town. i think that game will be okay. at the very most we may see a delay, but we'll zoom into the northwest part of our viewing area to these storms. these are the same storms that prompted the severe thunderstorm warnings earlier in places like adams county and franklin county in pennsylvania. could be some hail in the storm around martinsburg. it's drifting very slowly south and east and possible flash flood between martinsburg and hagerstown. we'll come back and talk about the heat returning and more of these later on tonight. herndon police are trying to piece together two events overnight involving a fatal hit and run leafing a woman dead and a collision involve -- leaving a woman dead and a collision of multiple parked cars. it happened around midnight on center street in herndon.

surae chinn joins us live with details about the car registered to the dead woman's husband who is now a person of interest. help break this down for us. >> reporter: herndon police did just name a person of interest. i want to show his picture, 32- year-old fitsim tatio who is also the victim's husband. the victim was found in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she lived. you can see all the markings here. we know three small children were inside their apartment at the time and right now they are without a mother and a father is nowhere to be found. >> he was a great employee. whatever instruction we give him, he answers and he was so quiet. he was so excited when his family came over. >> reporter: pierre sahim said this 32-year-old worked as parity-time driver for him at paesano's piz that herndon. now he's a person of interest -- pizza in herndon.

now he's a person interest of in his own wife's hit and run. >> reporter: it was said the driver smashed into these parked cars. >> there was smoke coming up and he makes a couple circles around the car and then he ran away. >> reporter: ahmad called police having no idea a block away a woman lay dying in the parking lot of this apartment complex. the drive is nowhere to be found -- the driver is nowhere to be found. >> we have reason to believe perhaps the driver is involved in both events. >> reporter: police say the black toyota camry involved in crashing into the parked cars is registered to a man married to the woman who was killed. his boss said he failed to show up at work in herndon. did he ever voice any family troubles? >> not at all. yeah. he always, oh, my girls, my wife, you know, talk about them. he always pick up pizza for them. yeah, i mean he was so nice to his family i think.

>> reporter: i want to give you some perspective. the victim was found right here and just down the road you might see a bronze car just hundred dollar this white car that's pulling in president of -- behind this white car that's pulling in. that's where the five cars were smashed up because of this collision. the person of interest may have some injuries because of force of the crash over there was so impactful that he may have some injuries. so look out for that. the three children now are in protective services. back to you. coming up find out what caused a hole to be blown out of this plane. >> also ahead controversy on the badminton court. find out why eight olympic athletes have been kicked out of the competition. >> reporter: i'm kristin fisher at of a chick-fil-a in sterling.

the owners supporters were out in full force today. i'll let you hear from both sides coming up. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

the same sex marriage debate heated up today at chick- fil-as across the country. it comes one week after the company's ceo publicly announced his op sis to same sex marriage. -- opposition to same sex

marriage. today his supporters flocked to the fast food chain for national chick-fil-a appreciation day. our kristin fisher was there and is back now. what did you find? >> there were a lot of people out there. this was all started by former rep cal presidential candidate mike huckabee. he posted this event on facebook. more than 600,000 people signed up, said they would stop and eat at a chick-fil-a location today and that includes sterling supervisor eugene delgalla. zeller supervisor eugene delgado has been at this -- sterling supervisor eugene delgado has been at this chick- fil-a in sterling for breakfast, lunch and dinner. >> i believe the ceo should have the right to express his convictions and his commitment to men and women who eat chick and are faithfully married. >> reporter: -- chicken and are faithfully married. >> reporter: today he's protesting mayor vincent gray saying on twitter given my long standing right for the lbgt, he

says in isn't about hate. it's about protecting free speech. >> no mayor or elected official has the right to tell a private company how to conduct their business and how their customers should be. >> reporter: delgado was joined by dozens, mostly conservative republicans, for chick-fil-a appreciation day. >> i think it's absurd for people trying to tell other people what they have to be believe. >> the president of this company has an opinion. they have great food. get over it, come on. >> reporter: outside the drive- thru line wrapped around the building, but i did find one person who said he was not here for pot ticks, just for the food. >> i'm -- the politics, just for the food. >> i'm not going to let the owner's opinion affect what i want and affect some good tasting food. >> god bless everybody, thank you, and eat chicken.

>> supporters of same sex marriage are now planning a counter-protest this. friday the group glad says they'll be hosting national same sex kiss day. they're urging people of the same sex to show up at chick- fil-a locations across the country and kiss each other in protest of the ceo's statement. so if there's going to be any sort of conflict, i would expect it to be this friday, not today, just supporters today. friday is when we should see the two sides going head to head. >> thank you. there was some anxious moments for passengers on board a united airlines flight out of dallas. >> it was flight no. 1475. it collided with a bird just as the plane was descending into denver airport. good news, none of the 151 passengers were hurt, but can't say the same for the plane. look at that massive hole. flew in the nose. >> nine people including a baby had to be rescued last night

near phoenix after being trapped in cars during that flash flood. at its highest the water on the highway was 4 feet. some of the drivers said it didn't look that high, but it was powerful enough to push one vehicle off the road. everyone rescued is said to be okay. wow. >> big time stuff. >> wow about today. >> a little hot today. >> a little hot. >> this is a prelude of what's to come. no triple digits, but it's going to start to get hot. >> it is august. >> final numbers are not in on july. it was not as hot as last july, but we'll probably be top five all time hottest julys. let's start with live doppler 9000. we have talked about these earlier. we do have warnings now. the storm does that hail in. it there are warnings to the west around martinsburg just south of hagerstown. we'll zoom in. looks like berkeley county in west virginia under a severe thunderstorm warning. this does have hail. i talked about that just

earlier. right around i-81 around martinsburg, we'll zoom in more and look for the purplish colors, that's sort of the hail right along state highway 45 and just to the east of martinsburg. so we're looking at a pretty heavy storm. it's a very slow mover. it will produce probably some flash flooding, but right now just severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for that storm and also now for frederick county in virginia around winchester. we'll put this into motion. where are these storms going? they're drifting slowly south and east. the computer is diminishing them a little, but we've got a ways to go before this storm clears i-81 corridor. so some flash flooding also a concern of ours as well. right now live look outside. it is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, 88 downtown, loft sunshine, dew point barely tolerable -- lots of sunshine, dew point barely tolerable 69,

pressure 29.92, 84 in bethesda, 89 ago, low 90s in springfield, 80 -- 89 arlington, low 90s in springfield, 89 in bowie. heating up with more storms, isolated storms tonight, hot tomorrow, dry commute in the morning but a few afternoon storms tomorrow evening. some of those could be severe. tonight isolated thunderstorms, a few heavy, partly cloudy, mild, 66 to 74, winds southwest 5 to 10. by morning partly cloudy, very warm by lunchtime, air quality healthy range and by afternoon partly cloudy and hot with thunderstorms, some heavy, highs 90 to 95. the next three days, yellow, yellow, yellow, hot with storms tomorrow 93, hot with storms friday 95, hot with storms saturday and 94. now it will stay hot. in fact, we're looking at temperatures in the mid-90s on

sunday accident just isolated storms on -- sunday, just isolated storms on sunday. cold front on monday may keep us under 90, but in the wake of this front just low 90s tuesday and wednesday with isolated thunderstorms. again severe thunderstorm warnings to the west. we'll put it at the bottom of your screen. anybody for a dip? coming up a camper crashes into a backyard pool. >> up next a violent fresh caught on tape. police need your help -- robbery caught on tape. police need your help to camp the attacker before he strikes about -- catch the attacker before he strikes again. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own.

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[ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. caught on tape a violent crook beating a store clerk july 29th at 11:15 p.m. at the shell station in the seed pleasant area of prince george's county. detectives are telling 9news the man you see in the video tried to exchange something he brought. when the clerk refused, the bandit kicked in the door to the cashier's man and attacked the man. the crook grabbed the property he was after and took off running. please call prince george's county police if you have information. police in baltimore are investigating the shooting of a man by police in a home. visitors say it happened last night after an officer responded to a report of a

domestic disturbance. they say that officer got into a confrontation with the man inside and when a second officer spotted a knife near the man, investigators say the officer opened fire. the man was pronounced dead on the scene. here's something you don't see every day in a backyard swimming pool in massachusetts. it's an rv. it came crashing through into the pool in brockton. firefighters got the driver out and had to use a crane to get the camper itself out of a pool that belongs to a neighbor. coming up a pack of coyotes attack a dog in northern virginia and now there are warnings to the people there to take some precautions. >> also ahead a little girl drawing with sidewalk chalk lands her mom in court. >> but up next the olympic badminton controversy, local players react to whether athletes should have been

kicked out of the competition for trying hard enough.

more controversy at the olympics, this time in badminton. angry crowds booed as eight players from south korea, china and indonesia made mistake after mistake and fans said it became clear the doubles players were purposely trying to lose. >> it's a shame for the sport and in my eyes they should be

stop order thrown out. >> officials disqualified those players saying they played poorly to guarantee a better spot in the competition's elimination round. back at home you might be surprised to learn there are badminton clubs in our area where athletes at elite levels coach. >> you're right, i'm a bit surprised, but peggy fox visited 1 in loudoun county and got reaction to what some folks are calling a bad case of bad sportsmanship. >> reporter: i'm here at t-2 badminton in sterling and i've -- k-2 badminton in sterling and i've been talking to some of the kids and older players and they aren't happy about what those eight players in london about. jana was a professional badminton player in india and now she coaches. >> badminton was always my love. >> she and other lovers of the sport are angry the best badminton athletes in the-week- old would play to lose to line up an -- in the world would

play to lose to line up an easier final opponent. >> i'm disappointed because i feel like it's not fair to all the other players. >> it's good they got disqualified and now people will be playing the original game and that will be strong. >> reporter: playing to lose may be a strategy accepted elsewhere but not at the olympic level where giving everything you've got is expected. >> on a sporting level probably you could say it is not the best thing for badminton to be recognized as, but then again somebody is talking about badminton and no publicity is bad. >> the sad irony is that it may bring the fact that badminton is even in the olympics to more americans. >> reporter: badminton is attracting older players like ken meyercord who plans to compete in the second badminton senior olympics next month. the owner of k-2 badminton is hoping this new spotlight makes

people aware the sport is not just for the backyard, that it's a serious sport people of all ages can pick up. i'm peggy fox in sterling. >> the northern virginia senior olympics gets going on september 23rd including badminton. spoiler alert time, so if you do not want to know the results from the biggest events in london, turn away for 45 seconds and turn down the sound. some redemption for the usa men's gymnastics team winning brock in the all around competition -- bronze in the all around competition. in the pool adrian won gold in the 100-meter free, while franklin, smith, volmer and shannon freeland win gold with an olympic time in the 4 by 200 freestyle relay. in cycling american women's kristen armstrong took home the gold in the individual trial. here's the total medal count,

china leading with 30 total medals, usa with 29 followed by japan, france and germany. fairfax city police are warning people about a prowler tonight, but it's noted kind you usually think of. -- it's not the kind you usually think of. bruce leshan tells how a pack of coyotes attacked a woman's dog in a city park. >> reporter: coyotes, raccoons, possums, all wild critters that adapted well to life in suburbia and experts expects as the coyote population grows around here, we may well see more of these kinds of close encounters. monday a woman playing ball with her 6-year-old yellow lab at the park. >> after a couple tosses she heard a commotion which sounded like a fight between her dog and something else. there were three coyotes fighting with her dog. >> reporter: the 85-pound dog was badly hurt but alive and

now police are warning people to look out. >> had the dog been on its leash and they stayed on the trail, there probably wouldn't have been this encounter. >> reporter: kevin larson is a little more protective of 10- year-old sadie now, but he says there have been coyotes in daniel's run for years. >> when they have their pups on the other end of the park here, that's where they get protective and you don't want your dog to run around here. >> are there coyotes in this area? >> reporter: apparently three of them attacked a dog. coyote attacks on humans are extremely rare. at a nearby playground a group of moms talked about their own wild ones. >> safety in numbers. you have enough kids to scare way any wild animals. >> reporter: but they -- away any wild animals. >> reporter: but they were happy to hear the warnings about the coyotes. >> it's good to be cautious.

i'm not worried. >> reporter: coyotes officially labeled a nuisance animal in virginia, but they do do some good things. experts suspect they eat the eggs of those canada geese that have overpopulated the area. they also eat mice and rats. in fairfax bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> i like how bruce said that rats. police are urging people to leash dogs, stay on the trail and at home bring in your dog food. tie down the garbage, all that to not attract the coyotes in the first place. one, two, three. >> that is a bald eagle that has been in distress for months soaring wide tonight. it was released this morning in mount vernon. >> one of the most gratifying parts of our work in wildfire medicine is to take an animal that for whatever set of circumstances has lost its freedom and restore that

freedom. >> another bald eagle that was treated for an infection has been rescued. it will be released at berkeley plantation on the james river tomorrow. coming up if you're still thinking about taking that summer trip, a late decision could get you a better bargain. >> severe thunderstorm warnings now for berkeley county, west virginia and for frederick county, virginia. here's live doppler 9000. storms are very slow to move heading towards frederick and loudoun county in leesburg. we'll track these live coming up. >> up next airport security agents credited with saving a woman from kidnappers. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. stick around. we'll see you in a minute. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country.

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caught on tape tonight tsa agents save a woman from an alleged kidnapping. this is surveillance video from miami international airport earlier this month. the tsa says a group was going through security when the agents noticed something strange about a woman there who seemed uncomfortable. you cannot see her in the video, but the agents say that that woman was hiding her face. she had some scars and she was trembling. when agents first spoke to her, she said she was fine, but when security came back at her again, they say she broke down

crying and said she'd been kidnapped. two people in that group were arrested. >> wow. a woman says her trip to an auto repair shop led to days of harassment. >> she contacted police after she began getting dozens of obscene text messages. investigators say shortly after having her car serviced at a toledo auto shop the woman got more than 40 texts over four days, most asking the 24-year- old for sex. one was a naked picture. the victim said she repeatedly told the person just stop, but the messages continued. investigators traced them to 32- year-old stanley wilburn, the auto shop manager. police said he told them he thought he'd be able to get a date with her. >> mr. willburn admitted to sending the text messages and point and stated he obtained her phone -- picture and stated he obtained her phone number

from records at the shop. the information was use i understand appropriately. >> -- inappropriately. >> the manager pleaded not guilty to telephonic harassment and he was fired. a virginia mother sentenced for 50 hours of community service for letting her 4-year- old daughter use some chalk to draw on the rocks at belle isle park in richmond. susan mortonson admits what happened but doesn't believe it's a crime. the officer who cited her testified when she confronted her about the chalk, she said you must hate your [ bleep ] job. >> i don't think i should comment on that. but the outcome all in all was actually something i would agree with. >> ironically the same officer wrote her a ticket two years ago for painting on the rocks with her daughter in the same park. if mortonson has six months to complete her 50 hours of community service.

until then they told her don't come to any city parks. still ahead not quite a man on a wire but a man stuck on a wire. one mayor's high flying predicament is coming up. >> first more provisions of the president's healthcare overhaul take effect today. we'll talk you through some of them next. i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget.

i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

starting today the affordable care act requires insurance companies to start offering millions of women eight new healthcare prevention services at no cost. tonight's health alert focuses on what they are including the controversial contraception mandate. expectant mom christine kimmel tested negative for gestational diabetes and starting today most private insurance companies will have to cover screenings for gestational diabetes with no cost to the patient. it's one of eight preventive healthcare services for women mandated under the affordable care act. >> i think it's just a huge win for women's health in general. >> the covered services include contraception, annual well

visits for women, breastfeeding support and supplies, screening for gestational diabetes, counseling for domestic violence and testing for stds and hpv. the contraception requirement includes access to the morning after pill which some groups claim is the same as abortion. >> to force women of residence views and values and certainly pro life -- religious views and values and certainly pro life to subsidize this is wrong on many levels. >> reporter: but christine appreciates the new rules, especially the breastfeeding support. most women won't get free benefits today. the new regulations kick in only when their insurance plan is renewed. so an estimated 47 million women are in health plans that must cover those services without copays or deductibles. certain religious organizations such as churches and schools are exempt. under the healthcare law there are he also free preventive

services -- there are also free preventive services for men and kids. baltimore's national aquarium is getting ready to overhaul one of its a man attractions, that -- its main attractions. that massive tank at the center of the facility will be drained this fall and when it opens next summer the stingrays in the wings and water exhibits will be joined by the black tipped reef sharks and a coral display. the overhaul is expected to cost $12 million. nasa is counting down to its next landing on mars. the curiosity rover is set to touch down early sunday morning and nasa plans to show the entire thing live on the big screens in new york's times square. check out this picture from the hubble telescope. nasa releases one image each day and this is today's. this mass is hundreds of thousands of stars that are thought to be millions of years

old. >> that is gorgeous. >> you will not see that in the night sky over d.c. >> especially to the west. we have some big thunderstorms now. we still have the warnings out in berkeley and frederick county in virginia around winchester and i saw a little wind sheer, maybe 35, 40 miles per hour. put down your umbrellas. we'll start with live doppler 9000 and we'll tell you where these storms will head. we're looking at severe thunderstorm warnings till 6:00 berkeley county and frederick county in virginia. we'll zoom. in we've been following these all afternoon. these were up in pennsylvania earlier and these were rather heavy up into franklin county and fulton county and adams county, pennsylvania. they've now moved slowly south and east. these are still heavy kind of right through the i-81 corridor between martinsburg and winchester. now they're on the other side over towards charlestown by 340. we'll zoom in. these had hail earlier. i think they still vital hail.

the last scan is -- still had a little hail. the last scan is showing very heavy rains, 1.25 inches per hour. they're drifting off slowly south and east. get ready in charlestown for a big storm, leesburg, frederick, middletown. the storm will slowly work its way south and east. it will hold together at least through charlestown as it crosses 340, weaken somewhat heading towards frederick and western montgomery county. live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. downtown it's great, generally clear skies. 88 right now, dew point 69. not that comfortable, winds east, southeast at 11 and the pressure steady, 29.82 inches of mercury. temperatures 85 arlington, 84 bethesda and gaithersburg, pretty nice for the first start of august, 88 springfield, 86 college park, 88 in bowie. heating up with more storms, isolated thunderstorms tonight,

hot again thursday. the morning commute will be dry, but then afternoon storms tomorrow afternoon and evening and again much like today. those that develop may be heavy, a few severe. tonight isolated storms, partly cloudy and mild, 56 to 74 for lows, winds southwest 5 to 10. tomorrow morning dry, very warm by lunchtime, 70s and 80s, air quality into the unhealthy range for sensitive groups. if you have a respiratory problem pore you're very young, limit your out-- or you're very young, limit your outdoor time. by afternoon, partly cloudy, some thunderstorms heavy, some severe. next three days, alert codes all yellow, hot with storms thursday, 93, hot it storms on friday 95 and we have -- hot with storms friday 95 and we have isolated storms on saturday, 94. it stays hot through of the weekend, mid-90s sunday, cold front monday, better chance for showers and storms, may hold at

89. that would be a victory. low 90s in the wake of the cold front with isolated storms tuesday and wednesday. london's mayor made the most of some pretty scary moments this morning. boris johnson got stuck riding a zip line. it was all part of the olympic celebrations and he dangled about 66 feet from the end holding two union jack flags for about five minutes until he was rescued with a rope. that must have been the longest five minutes ever. >> i think there's a lesson in there for all of us. they say a young quarterback's best friend is a good rubbing game. >> sadly, the -- running game. >> sadly, the redskins best option for running the football is still hurt with his knee not quite right. >> kristen berset is live at training camp with more. >> reporter: that's right. we've been talking a lot about the players lost to injuries, but there are some key players

coming back from injuries. that running back tim hightower, he was en route to such a great season his first year with the redskins last year, but he only played five games before he tore his acl. now he's been rehabbing and real estate tried to get healthy -- and really tried to get back, get healthy and contribute to the team this season, but it's tough. torn acl is a tough injury to come back. he sat out most of camp. he of able to do a few thing, but -- he was able to do a few things, but hightower is chomping at the bit to get back out there. >> i could do a few things and practice, but it wasn't full strength. i told the guys and my coach if i'm not 100%, i'm not going to be on that field. somebody else needs to be in there who will give the team the best chance to win. >> reporter: i'm joined now by jared bell, an nfl beat writer for usa today who has been to

all these different training camps, first day here at redskins park. give us your thoughts on the offense today. >> i saw rg3 on the move a lot and weekend if that's going to be a huge part of the plan as far as his running and if it is, how many hits can he take? with this offensive line i think protecting rg3 is so essential to whatever happens with this offensive season. >> reporter: how concerned are you with the line since they lost a couple players? >> very concerned. i think that's one of the key questions of camp, you can put those weapons around him. if you can't protect him, you put so much more pressure on him to do it with his legs. when you do that, you risk those hits i talked. about. >> reporter: you were in new orleans, which is rg3's hometown, and it's the strines first opponent for the regular season -- redskins first opponent for the regular season. >> it's who dat nation there rather than rg3 mania.

a lot of them are acutely aware he is coming home to new orleans for that first game. you talk to the players and they'll tell you a rookie quarterback, he's going to see a lot more than he's ever seen. that's going to be quite a test and it's a test for this defense to come off the whole new bounty schedule, new defense and new coordinator. that's going to be an intriguing subplot, but the things you hear from fans and the radio talk show, they say hey, this kid will never play in a stadium as loud as the superdome. years ago with the 49ers they said was the toughest place to play. the redskins had better get that silent snap count together. >> reporter: they got some work to do. we're looking forward to seeing your report tomorrow. back to you guys. still ahead tonight it is make or break for the u.s. postal service. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson. coming up we've got 11 new

locations for speed cameras in the nation's capital put out by the police department. we'll tell you what the aa has to say about all this come -- aaa has to say about all this am cog up. >> hotmail users -- coming up. >> hotmail users will soon get a new e-mail address thanks to one tech giant.

toyota just announced another recall for rav4 suvs and lexus hf 250 sedans.

the bolt nuts in the rear suspension, there have been reports of nine crashes and three minor injuries. this recall covers the 2006 to 2011 rav4 and the 2010 lexus model years. toyota is developing a fix and will let you know when to take your car to the dealer for repairs. microsoft plans to push the boundaries of e-mail. hotmail.com is changing to outlook.com. current users will test or some of them will test the new e- mail service in the coming months. they'll be connected to facebook, twitter, google and skype from their new e-mail account. the new system will organize your inbox and clear out your junk mail. twitter is making it easier to track your portfolio. they created the cash tag so that users can follow their stocks. put dollar signs in front of the stock ticker symbol and click on it to read what the

twitterverse says about your investment. i. >> bargains will be coming up in air fare. this year you'll pay 10 to 20% less on domestic flights and you'll save more if you book your trip on a tuesday, wednesday or saturday. now while the boss is on summer get-away, you might not put in the kind of effort you would if they were sit negotiate office next-door. well -- sitting in the office next-door. microsoft is sitting on a new robot that could stand in for your boss even if he's on vacation. >> this is one of a kind. bruce, go ahead and say something. >> reporter: what would you like notice say? >> literally -- me to say? >> literally it's as if he is in the meeting room. >> reporter: literally robots will go to work for us in the future? >> absolutely. >> basically this thing set up a monitor that can be wheeled

into any meeting with two cameras so the boss can stay engaged. now this is just in the development stage. this is 9 news now. >> if you can't manage conferences and bonuses, how do you expect that congress is going to allow you to handle billions of dollars worth of leases? >> huge bonuses exposed by 9 wants to know at the general service administration and now congress wants to know, too, what we found. our russ ptacek broke the story last night. we're talking about $30 million in unreported bonuses and there was strong reaction at a congressional probe sparked by all this. >> there was shock, anger, exasperation and the hearing didn't start out well at all because the man in charge of gsa was a no-show. the officials at gsa couldn't or wouldn't answer the committee's bonus questions. >> do you know anything about the total number of bonuses,