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new scandal. >> people watching this must just be stunned. >> so guess what the g.s.a. did tonight. they threw a party on your dime. the 9 wants to know investigation you saw her last night is already getting national attention, and congressional action. the $30 million unreported bonuses we uncovered at the general services administration sparked demands for investigations and for some accountability. >> but as russ tells us, if g.s.a. didn't send anyone to congress who could explain how their bonus system worked, or the lack of transparency. >> reporter: the official who did testify said she's not an expert in bonuses, and she couldn't respond to the increasing wave of questions prompted by our investigation. >> ms. metzler, do you know anything about the total number of bonuses, dollars that were expended? >> chairman, unfortunately, i

do not. >> reporter: cynthia mezler, g.s.a.'s chief administrative services officer said the acting commissioner couldn't be there to answer questions because he is on a previously planned family matter. >> it's absolutely outrageous. >> reporter: the committee chairman and others repeatedly focused on the 9 wants to know investigation that uncovered $30 million in unreported g.s.a. bonuses. mikah said until our report, the committee had only known about $10 million in bonuses. >> so, we have 44 million dollars in bonuses, absolutely stunning amount. >> what's the percentage of the employees at g.s.a. who have received bonuses? >> i would have to have someone get back to you with that information. i don't have it since it's not part of my responsibilities. >> it scenes as though you weren't even briefed >> she declined to answer my bonus questions, too. >> can you appreciate how this doesn't look transparent that you won't even talk to us for 5

seconds? ma'am, you represent the united states government. >> reporter: she also didn't discuss four bonuses we identified of over $50,000 a piece. one to former commissioner paul crowdey who congressional sources say helped organize that controversial $823,000 las vegas g.s.a. convention. >> not only were they giving out an incredible and inordinate amount of bonuses, but those who got them, for example, were some of the abusers. >> reporter: congress member iller in holmes norton ordered to t. inspector general to investigate the bonuses and compare them to other agencies government wide. at the capitol, 9 news now. and right now in nashville at the gaylord oprey land resort there is a g.s.a. convention going on. a g.s.a. official told congress she couldn't answer many questions about that, either, other than to say the conference is required training so employees know how to manage their credit cards. members of congress wanted to know if any g.s.a. employees were staying in

suites, and whether they had a social planned on a show boat tonight. we're checking that out as well. new at 11, three u.s. airways planes came within seconds of a mid air collision at reagan national airport yesterday, according to an exclusive story in the washington post. the commuter planes were reported on on a path to disaster after air traffic controllers became confused allowed two flights to take off directly into the path of another plane trying to land. 9 news is looking for more information on this story. we'll update you when f. we find anything new. a woman killed in a hit and run accident earlier today and tonight a body is found in a creek. now police say the two may be related, matt is live with the details. >> reporter: derek, it's terribly sad and awfully strange story apparently came to an end when police found a body in this wooded area here in herndon. herndon police say it appears the manhunt is over. >> >> while checking the area we found a body in the creek bed.

>> reporter: around 5:30 tonight police discovered a man's body in a creek 100 yards away from the scene of a fatal hit and run early in the morning. >> strange story is it not? >> yes. >> reporter: just after midnight, herndon police say a man driving a black toyota camry hit and killed a woman on center street then slammed into a row of parked cars just down the block. a witness described what happened next. >> there was smoke coming up and he made a couple of circles around the car. so and then he ran away. >> reporter: within a few hours, police named a person of interest in the case, 32 the husband of the woman who was killed in the hit and run and a woman with whom he apparently has three children. >> he was so nice to his family i think. >> reporter: while the search was going on, the man's boss at a local pizza restaurant described him as a good man who seemed to have a good marriage. >> he always, i mean oh, my girls, my wife, talk about them. he always pick up pizza for them. >> reporter: a short time after

that interview, police found the body in the creek and said it appears to match the description of fitzsum- gabertadius. >> somewhat appears to be the person of interest we're looking for. we're looking to find out what caused his death. >> reporter: police say they probably won't have a positive i. dis on the body found for about 24 hours. well, robin gardner disappeared a year ago tomorrow. last seen snorkling with a man aruba authorities detained for months but never charged. what happened to her remains a mystery. a mystery friends and family who gathered tonight in frederick want solved. gary neuremberg is just back from that. >> reporter: anita, the unsolved mystery of the missing 35-year-old received the kind of world wide attention the tabloids give to beautiful women who are presumed to be murder victims. tonight her sister said she wanted robin to be remembered as an inspiration, not as a victim. >> god bless you robin,

wherever you are. i miss and love you forever. >> reporter: that's her sister at a candlelight service where a grieving mother thanked the community of robin's friends for their year long support, where a favorite nephew remembered his aunt. >> you always used to have fun together and stuff. and she'd always look after me. you know, she was a really good aunt. >> reporter: he disappeared in aruba a year ago after snorkling with a traveling companion who has since tried to collect a life insurance policy he bought when they left maryland. he was detained for months while authorities investigated but was eventually released. the service in frederick on this anniversary was specifically said not to be a memorial service. the idea was -- >> to have a vigil for someone that's missing, with the hope that possibly she is still alive. >> reporter: her friend and former roommate. >> she would have done anything for anyone, therefore we're doing 134eug for her. >> reporter: and what happened. >> only one person knows what

happened to robin. that's gary jiordano. the answer will come out some day. >> reporter: and at the one year mark, the answers haven't come yet. anita. >> thanks, gary. now he is accused of threatening to carry out an aurora colorado style mass shooting at his former workplace. but today in upper marl borrow, maryland, neil prescott was charged only with telephone misuse. that's a misdemeanor. the prosecutor in the case not happy at all. >> unfortunately, maryland does not have a law that makes it expressly illegal for a person to communicate generallyized threats over the telephone. >> prescott will face no charges for his arsenal of 25 guns, as they were all legally purchased. if he is convicted on the telephone misuse charge, he could do three years in prison. president obama will be in leesburg tomorrow. he's scheduled to speak at the loudon county high school about

7:40 p.m. meantime, mitt romney will be campaigning in colorado tomorrow. a new cbs news poll, new york times poll shows the president is leading romney in three swing states, up by 6 points in florida and ohio and 11 points in pennsylvania. another yellow weather alert is in effect tomorrow. tom joins us now. he will bring us more about the story and of course, if question for most of us is how is that morning commute going to be looking? >> good shape in the morning. most of the showers are dying out. a couple of these were heavy, just an hour ago, down to the south in charles county and across the water there into the northern neck. now they're dying out. i think by morning we'll be ok but still some showers and sprinkles are possible down into southern maryland and over into southern sections of st. mary's county. here is the deal: we're looking at the wake-up weather, 68 to 74 to start. pretty nice. and then 66 to 76 by 7:00. going to be dry for the morning commute. grab your shades, and then 74

to 80 by 9:00. we'll come back and talk about even hotter air moving in thursday and friday. we'll give you the 9 weather alert codes and tell you if more storms are on the way. >> topper, thanks. win a medal and pay your taxes. perhaps not for long. marco rubio introduced a bill today that would exempt olympic winners from paying taxes on their medals or the cash that goes with them. medal winners take home between 10 and $25,000 in addition to their bling. u.s. winners in london will be taxed 35% this year. d.c. police cracking down on litter bugs tonight. if department is expanding its littering enforcement pilot project to the sixth district. through august if an officer sees you throwing trash around you'll be given a warning. beginning in september you will be given a $75 fine. give the officer a hard time about the fine your troubles get worse. the montgomery county woman shot in the 4ed with an arrow is out of the hospital.

that according to the washington post. you remember this happened last night up in damascus. apparently people were taking target practice when the arrow riccochetted off o a bail of hey and hit the woman in the head >> this is overkill. it's pushed to the nth degree for the sole purpose of generating additional revenue. >> if your commute tomorrow morning includes a drive through d.c., they have 11 new speed cameras and they went live today. as you can imagine, some drivers aren't so happy about it. one place to watch out for, southbound in the 4300 block of texas avenue southeast. another one for you, the 200 block of new york avenue northeast. we have a map with all of these new camera locations on wsa9.com. on to tonight's health alert. insurance companies must now offer women eight new healthcare prevention services at no cost. the most controversial is the contraception mandate that includes access to the morning

after pill which some groups claim is the same thing as abortion. >> to force women who are -- women of religious views and values and certainly pro life to subsidize whether it's contraception or abortion- inducing drugs, it's wrong on many levels. >> the other covered services in the affordable care act are annual well visits, breast- feeding support and supplies, screens for gestational diabetes, counseling for domestic violence, and screening for s.t.d.'s and h.p.v. whether you believe in climate change or not, one thing is for sure. our infrastructure isn't holding up against soaring temperatures. >> and are you pro or anti- chick-fil-a? both sides had their say in our area today. and i've got

tonight, a protest against chick-fil-a appreciation day at the restaurant location in crystal city. former arkansas governor mike

huckabee urged opponents of same sex marriage to come out and support the restaurant across the country today. now, supporters of gay marriage are encouraging people to flood chick-fil-a's with a kiss in on friday. ok. the debate over gay marriage is even hotter than the local asphault, thanks in part by the recent statements by the c.e.o. of chick-fil-a. derek says when it comes to that issue, get ready for a long hot issue. >> all you have to do is listen to the debate over gay marriage and you realize the people on owe poagz sides are actually speaking two different languages. those who favor same sex marriage, always talk about fairless and equality. that's civil rights talk. those opposed use words like god, tradition, biblical. that's the language of religion and motor. you know -- morale tee. you know, it not an argument if you're just shouting past each other. no doubt americans have come a long way on this issue but the chick-fil-a problem reveals what i believe is an enormous

push-back. not only do we have chick-fil-a appreciation day. in north carolina a local wendy's was taking sides and in colorado a baker named jack phillips said he'd rather close down his shop than compromise his values and make a wedding cake for a gay couple. not to mention the fact that each time the issue comes up for a referendum, gay marriage gets voted down even in liberal california. it's easy to dismiss the gay marriage opponents as bigots or homo phobic. but i am starting to see a lot of these people are actually true believers. people of faith. they're not going away. if you want to start changing their hearts and minds you better learn how to speak their language. and of course that does go both ways, anita. >> certainly does, derek. if you want to respond to something derek has to say or just watch any let's be real commentary one more time head to the let's be real web page. it's part of our home page wusa9.com, and you'll find it under features. ok. we all know it's been a long hot summer here in d.c. long

and hot, not only for those of us who live here but for the roads and rails that get yous we need to go. as matt tells us, a series of weather-related incidents in the past month have some people calling for major changes to our infrastructure. >> reporter: so far this sumner washington there have been 33 days over 90 degrees or hotter. 50% more than normal for june and july. >> too hot to hit the pool. >> reporter: the intensely hot weather has been toughest of course on d.c. area residents, about 2 million of whom had no power, and therefore, no air conditioning, in the warm wake of the devastating derecchio. >> the heat is terrible. >> reporter: but the scorching temperatures have taken a serious toll on the area's infrastructure. earlier this month extreme heat buckled four eastbound lanes of route 50 in bouy and kinked a rail track in hyattsville. maryland. vicki arroyo is executive director of the georgetown

climate center in washington. she said given all the recent examples of climate change negatively affecting everything from tarmacs to roads to nuclear power plants. >> you can't get enough cool water or can't get the water cool enough. >> much more attention needs to be paid to adapting the area's infrastructure. >> our infrastructure has been built for conditions that have been relatively stable for 10,000 years. but the conditions are no longer with us. >> reporter: aroy arroyo said in the long term the country's infrastructure will benefit from a world wide reduction in the amount of greenhouse gasses produced. >> we are likely to see more intense storms. >> reporter: short term, she believes local governments in the northeast have to fundamentally change the way they build roads and bridges and railroad tracks, essentially anything made of concrete or steel, to meet the demands of a warmer world. >> we have to look at our electricity infrastructure, our transportation infrastructure. and really, recognize that the future is going to look different than the past. and plan accordingly. >> now, according to the

federal government, the average temperature over the past 100 years has gone up about three degrees in washington. two degrees in maryland, and a little more than half a degree in virginia. let's talk about tomorrow, because you know -- >> we don't want to talk about global warming with you. >> i'm not going to talk about that. the climate does change. that's redundant, sorry. >> let's move on. we had thunderstorms that were pretty big today. we had them tuesday, probably have them again tomorrow and a better chance friday. i'm concerned about friday. let's start with a live look outside. high temperature, it didn't stay below 90 today. 91 today. i think it was day 33 or 34 with temps in the 90s since june 1. 80 right now, dew point 70. that is never a good sign to see dew points in the 70s, a little uncomfortable. winds out of the south vast southeast at 5 and the pressure 29.87. it's steady over the past hour. satellite picture radar combined, big storms in the plain states with the frontal boundary that will take a few days to get here. we'll still have chances for

showers and storms but nothing widespread until the early part of next week. meantime we had pretty good thunderstorms in the mountains earlier. warnings to the west of us. by and large are the heaviest activity by far and away south towards west virginia and into tennessee. everything is pretty much overnow. a couple of left over showers we showed you in southern maryland but nothing is heavy. everything is diminishing. you'll have a dry commute to work tomorrow. a hot finish to the week. no doubt about that. 91 today. we'll get even hotter tomorrow and hotter still on friday. morning commute will be dry. grab your shades. more afternoon storms tomorrow, and again those that develop could be hefty. some could be severe. hotter on friday with a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. maybe more widespread activity on friday. so overnight, we'll say showers and thunderstorms ending. mild, 66 to 74. i suppose mild in the burbs and muggy downtown. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, very warm. 70s and 80s. air quality jumps into the

unhealthy range. that means if you have respiratory problems you need to limit your time outdoors. by afternoon, partly cloudy, hot, with thunderstorms, some heavy, a few of which could be severe. high temperatures 90 to 95. and winds out of the southwest at 5 to 10. we deemed tomorrow a code yellow day. zone forecast, if you are in the mountains you're in the 70s with showers. 86 in cumberland and upper 80s to near 90 for hagerstown, martin and winchester. maybe 94 in culpepper, but 90 in warnton and around fairfax. downtown, low to mid 90s. 93. low to mid 90s into southern maryland. no small craft advisory but boaters need to be aware of storms. the next three days, code yellow code yellow code yellow. hot with storms tomorrow. 93. better chance for storms on friday. 95. more storms possible on saturday. also near 95, but isolated. the next seven days it stays

hot on sunday, isolated storms. there is the best chance for storms on monday. but still in the low 90s on tuesday and wednesday. kristen will

this season, we've seen quite a role reversal in the national league east. the nationals in first, 2 and a half games ahead of atlanta while the phillies are deep in the basement. that being said, though, the nats struggling to get past their rivals this home stand. they got off to a good start tonight, bases loaded in the 1st. adam laroche drives in bryce harper. and that's 1 more that inning, but that was it for them. top of the 5th. edwin jackson still on the mound. first batter jimmy rollins, gone. next batter, nate schierholtz, gone. back-to-back homers for the phillies. they win it 3-2. nats look to avoid the sweep tomorrow.

orioles going for the sweep in new york but starting pitcher zach britton didn't even last three innings. kevin gregg on the mound gives up a grand slam to robinson cano. yankees scored seven runs in the 3rd inning. they avoid the sweep. yankees beat the orioles 12-3. n.f.l. training camp is all about coaches eavessing the talent on -- assessing the talent on the field and players fighting for a spot on the final 53 man roster. for running back tim hightower, he'll be one of those last standing, but the real question is will he be the starter? he was enroute to a great season last year when he tore his a.c.l. in week 5. now, he has spent most of camp watching from the side lines, able to do a few drills here and there. seeing his competition thrive and just dieing to get out there and practice. >> coach is doing a great job coaching those guys up and having them prepared. they're getting a lot of reps, guys are going down and making the most out of it.

sitting back here as a competitor i got my hands full. they're doing a great job. >> and the talk of today's camp was the rookie skip by q. b. kurt cousins. according to players he did a spot-on impersonation of head coach mike shanahan last night, a risky move but one that really seemed to pay off. >> cousins came out in his loafers, and the short little khaki shorts, and collar, hair slicked. i mean cousins was great. >> any time you rip the head coach you have to be careful but it was fun. >> i was scared we were going to get crooked. laughing the way we did, i didn't know what to do. i had to wait for the laughter to die down before i hit my next joke. >> rg-iii has yet to perform. another up and down day for the united states in london. if you don't want to know the results avert your eyes and ears for a few seconds. we'll start in the pool. missy franklin, allison schmidt and company captured goal and the 4 by 200 free reel lay. like the men they did it in

convincing -- that's venus williams. all right. her first. she actually got ousted today, the third round of the olympics by germany's angelique kerber. she has a shot at a fourth gold medal in the doubles with her sister. back to the pool. the girls 4 by 200 free relay got the gold and just like the men in convincing fashion. also nathan adrian won the gold in the 100 free by .01 of a second. lots of great races again tonight. >> nothing as impressive as kristen's ability to move to venus wh