everything else dispated. we are looking at, this is about where it was around 231, but again, nothing in terms of damage or injuries now. but it did because all these counties come together, prince georges, and st. mary's, and charles. that's where all four counties were lit up. no worries. we'll come back and talk art earnesto and talk about our threat for bigger thunderstorms later in the week. derek. >> thank you, top. tonight, a maryland man is under arrest in prince georges for abducting and sexually assaulting young girls. police made that arrest earlier today and the details. >> a prince georges county police officer is being called a hero tonight and for good reason. after coming to the rescue of a six-year-old girl who allegedly had just been kidnapped and sexually assaulted. it happened around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. that's when the officer nearby

park, where i am right now, holding hands with the man who allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted her. >> as i approached the little girl, all she had was nothing but tears, reminded me of my daughter, who was three years old and she seemed very desperate and the only thing coming out of her mouth was, i want my daddy. i want my daddy. >> tonight, 25-year-old charles is under arrest. police say in addition to yesterday's kidnapping and sexually assault, he was responsible for the july 9 kidnapping of an 8-year-old girl also in hyattsville. matt jablow, 9news now. >> police are looking for a killer who attacked a young mom and dumped her body in a creek in fort washington. the victim, 22-year-old phillips who lived in d.c. this security video shows her july 30. she's dropping off one of her kids at a daycare. they found her body and late yesterday, they identified that body. the medical examiner will perform an autopsy to figure

out what killed her. arlington county police are looking into two suspicious deaths that could be the county's third and fourth homicide in just the last couple of weeks. these two bodies were found by a maintenance worker this morning. kristin fisher catches us up on the investigation. >> this has been a slow moving investigation. it took police almost three hours to get a search warrant to get inside. police aren't saying much. they don't have much to call these homicides. for now, these deaths are simply suspicious. suspicious deaths or homicide? it is splitting hairs for these family and friends. all they care about is that their loved ones are dead. >> oh no. oh no. >> this woman, dianne thompson, knew both men. 31-year-old carl moten, who was a chef at a restaurant in falls

church and 59-year-old kiefer sprigs who lived at the apartment. >> we went to school together. >> two men knew each other. they were friends, and their bodies were found together by a maintenance man this morning. >> two bodies were discovered in the residence. there was blood discovered on scene. we are continuing the investigation at this time. >> police say they are trying to determine the cause and nature of death. they found blood in the apartment, but no witnesses. >> i couldn't imagine why anybody would want to see him dead. >> they don't bother nobody. >> police are calling this an isolated incident, but people can't wonder that there's a killer on the loose. >> we are investigating two suspicious deaths. >> if these two suspicious deaths turn out to be homicides, it would be a very big deal for arlington county. up until two weeks ago, the county hadn't had a single homicide in almost 2 1/2 years. but there's been two homicides over the last two weeks and now

with this, there could be two more. in arlington, i'm kristin fisher, 9news now. >> a mishap this morning on a metro escalator, five passengers injured, three in the hospital, and it happened at lafonte plaza. how a metal panel ripped off the escalator so easily. >> i'm bruce leshan, metro spokesman suggests that when the woman's bag or clothing got caught in a gap, she actually yanked the piece of metal audiotape off the side of the escalator, but a witness says tas not what happened. the metal was hanging out over a second escalator and that she and everyone behind her were driven right into that sharp metal. >> a transit worker mopped up the blood left behind after the sharp nasty piece of side panel sprang all the way across the

escalator steps, one escalator worker suggested that someone must have forgotten to screw down the panel. >> that's real dangerous. metro needs to do better. they really do. >> it makes you wonder about your safety here on metro. >> two years ago, worn and oily brakes sent an escalator crashing toward the platform until an emergency system kicked in, bringing it to a sudden tumbling stop injuring a half dozen people. >> pile of bodies, a lot of screaming. a lot of panic running around. >> bruce leshan, 9news now. >> check this out, a maryland man wants the metro to adjust its fares on the days it has service problems. jonathan wright lost a petition drive at change.org titled, ramada metro service minimum fair. he fails with all those delays and closings. so, he is proposing that

customers pay the minimum fare. hoping 5,000 people will sign on to his pee cigs. so far, only 40 have joined. but, what do you think about this idea in why should riders have to shell out full fare when metro isn't holding up to its side of the bargain. might we be sticking it to ourselves? big repairs need big money. no charge for your thoughts in mcginty's mail bag. send them to mail bag. faa -- investigators say those three jets got too close because of miscommunication while air traffic was reversed at the airport to dodge some thunderstorm winds. the agency is stopping that practice until it figures out a national standardized plan to keep everybody out of trouble. >> the construction is

officially underway on the virginia latest attempt to alleviate traffic congestion. brand-new express lanes. today, all of the state's vip's were out there to break ground on the $940 million project. that project will convert the existing hov lanes into lanes used by car poolers and those willing to pay a toll. now the project will add a third express lane to prince william county and it will extend the current lanes nine miles south all the way into stafford county. >> this may be the beginning of the end of one of those for our area, one of those titles that i think will all be happy to shed. we say no more will we be worse congestion in the nation. >> i'll believe that when i see it. funding for construction is a mix of public and private money. the rest will be privately financed by the contractors and they will recoup their costs by

collecting tolls for the next 73 years. and the drivers will already be starting to feel the side effects of that construction tonight. in less than an hour, vdot closes down i-95 hov lanes. all the traffic will have to get on the regular lanes instead. the hov lanes will reopen at 5:00 in the morning, but drivers can expect this same closure every night through friday. >> still to come, a new billboard in d.c. encourages people in the district to take their first shot. we'll tell you what that's all about. but first, a new contract to keep horse racing in prince georges county could derail plans for the casino at national harbor. details of the ultimatum. that's up next. i got the chance to start my own business.

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maryland special session on gambling may also decide the future of horse racing at the raceway. that's because of conditions in a two year contract extension

to keep them racing. owns rosecroft announced that deal today and under it, racing would only continue if lawmakers approve a sixth maryland casino at rosecroft, or if it's voted down. the deal would be avoided. now the special session gets scheduled to get going on thursday. >> here's an unusual sight in d.c. where handguns were outlawed for so many years until the supreme court stepped in. it's a large side in northwest reading hey d.c., it's time for your first shot. that sign promoting gun use and gun safety for beginners and it was posted by a group calling itself the national shooting sports foundation, which is hosting free classes at shooting ranges in virginia and maryland. >> the storms are all heading out, but don't get too excited. the heat is coming in behind it. topper's forecast is right after this. but first, he wrote some of the most famous and movie scores of

all time. tonight, fans are mourning the death of marvin. a look at his life and career comes your way next.

he wrote some of the most well known screen music in the last 40 years. tonight, america is mourning

the loss of one of its great composures. marvin hamlet. he was 68 years old, he had a brief illness. teresa garcia is taking a look back at his life and legacy. >> few composures left behind a bigger musical legacy than marvin hamlish. he wrote barbra's romantic hit, "the way we were." >> you think to yourself, what is it going to be like? when you find out it's beyond what you could have imagined. >> and there were dozens more from the family drama, ordinary people, to the post war, sophia's choice. one of his biggest hits, rag time music for the sting. in a career of more than four decades, marvin composed, conducted, and arranged more

than 40 film scores, but one of his greatest successes was on stage. the long running landmark musical, a chorus line. >> he was born into a musical family. his first job was as a rehearsal pianist for barbra streisand's, funny girl. marvin's work earned him every major entertainment award, including three oscars, four emmy's, four grammy's, plus a pulitzer prize, and long after the lights came up, audiences were still humming the tune he wrote. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> and marvin also performed with the national symphony o tray orchestra.

he served as the principle pops conductor from 2000 to 2011. people in montgomery county are getting their chance to weigh in on pepco's performance. right now, the state public service commission is holding a public hearing at the county office building. anybody who signs up outside the hearing room can weigh in. we'll have full coverage of what folks had to say about pepco tonight. 89news now at 11:00. of course tonight, i'll show you that picture. that's what prompted the tornado warning for those four counties. let's start with that picture. i tweeted it out at topper's weather. there it is. it's clear as day. it's a waterspout. that's a tornado over water. in this case, the river. don't think it reached the ground. near benedict and this was a courtesy. april sent this in. it's april nosek, we appreciate

that. it probably was there for a matter of minutes and dispated. we never picked up anything on radar. now, here is the radar and we're going to put this into motion. and we're going to zoom in right to benedict and this is the storm. i'm going to stop at 6:00 and that's the storm that prompted the tornado warnings. all these counties converged. no injuries, no damages, much to do about nothing, quite frankly. right now, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 85. dew point 69. still a little bit sticky. pressure now falling at 29.95 inches of mercury. first glance, pretty comfortable. 85 rockville. 83 in fairfax. but still sticky. a little humid. 84 in college park. 83 up in laurel and 84 up toward latensville. we're looking at, it's going to heat up a little bit. isolated storms are over with now. somewhat hot tomorrow.

hot on thursday, no doubt. no one will argue that. and scattered storms continue each afternoon and evening. they become more prevalent as we go through the week. tonight, early thunderstorm possible, some heavy. mainly south of town. 68 to 74. winds out of the southwest at 10. now tomorrow morning, very warm, 70s and 80s. flirting with 90 by noon. light wind, but dry. air quality will be in the moderate range, which isn't bad for us. by afternoon, partly cloudy, almost hot. some isolated storms. some could be hefty. high temperatures around 90. winds out of the south at 10. next three days, our 9 weather alert codes will be yellow, yellow, yellow. storms possible tomorrow, 91. hot with storms on thursday, 93. and even a better chance for big storms on friday, 89. and that is with a cold front. next seven days, problem is, a cold front will not kick us out. we thought it might give us a nice saturday and sunday. looks like a wet bike ride for

mr. mcginty. will be nice on sunday. temperatures fall back into the upper 80s. near 90 on tuesday. >> are you telling us that friday night it will rain all night and keep raining? >> that's not what i'm saying, there will be showers and storms friday through saturday evening. >> there may be rain off and on at any time. >> yes. >> okay, i'm just trying to get the story. >> rain means everywhere. showers means rockville, but not great falls. it's one of those things. >> it's good to know. >> rain is a technical word now. >> no, but rain means more than three hours continuously. if i say rain, if you're out there watching, it should rain at your house. if i ashowers, it may not shower at your house. >> okay. let's get to the weird news. hopefully a little weirder than that. in fact, we have more evidence that dogs are not people except when we want them to be. just the other day, pets were united.

a place called the wedding shop held its annual dog wedding event and many dressed up in all kinds of sunday best, tuxedos, things we all know that dogs love to put on. there are some unique couples here. big huge monster dogs that might fit in your glove compartment. you'll get no answers here. i point out that doggy divorces cannot be far behind. >> my dog is a person. >> oh, he is? >> yes. >> that's not the manliest name i have heard. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back.

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about avengers2. gsa workers taking home $200,000 a year, most in overtime. is there really a scandal here? can wusa prove there's an overtime cap in place? can they prove any of these workers somehow patted the payroll with fraud? until then, consider that an employee who is willing to work that long and hard is likely doing the work of two or three people, saving the taxpayers benefits. i'm disappointed that a hometown station is reducing anchors to tabloid status by jumping on the let's hate the federal workers sensationalism bandwagon. first of all, federal workers are our friends, too. he points out a couple of things. first of all, while we don't allege anything illegal, these overtime payments are an anomaly that at least deserve some kind of explanation. something gsa failed to provide

us. secondly, the salary data should have been in gsa's public reports and it was not. many of the questions we are waiting for answers to. but you don't have to take my word for it. we put our data base online at wusa9.com and the e-mail address is mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be back at 11:00 along with topper. don't forget, log on any time to our website. we'll see you later. bye bye.

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