. we begin with breaking news. a fire that ripped through a prince george's county house today has now taken a life. fire officials confirm a 5-year-old girl who was rescued from the burning home has nonetheless died. that fire broke out about 4:30 this afternoon in the 6300-block of carington court. that's where we find ken. >> reporter: what a

heart-breaking story this one is. the 5-year-old girl is one of three people that had to be rescued from this house that was on fire. you can see investigators still inside there right now combing through what's left, looking for clues. trying to figure out what caused this in the first place. the other two that were inside were her 24-year-old father and her 15-year-old teen uncle. both of them tonight are said to be in critical condition. >> for something like this to happen is eating me up. >> reporter: this man grew up in the house that now sits chared and in ruins. his cousins are the victims. >> i just feel real bad. i really do. >> reporter: sadly late wednesday evening pre george's county officials confirmed the 5-year-old girl who was pulled out of the house died. her father and teenage uncle were still listed in critical condition. firefighters were met with heavy smoke and large flames shooting out of the two story duplex when

they got here. >> i am so sad. i saw fire coming from the side of the house so i started screaming help. >> reporter: both the girl and her teen uncle were pulled from second floor windows according to rescuers. they were described as being unconscious and paramedics immediately started cpr on them. neighbors looked on in disbelief. >> if they hadn't have heard me screaming for somebody to come help, they wouldn't have known. >> reporter: and we're told the 5-year-old's grandmother also came out here to the scene. she collapsed after witnessing what was happening. she was overcome with emotion. we're being told by fire officials the grandmother was taken to a local hospital where she's expected to be okay but investigators are out here tonight trying to figure out what caused this fire in the first place. we're live in chapel oaks, ken molestina, 9news now. new at 11:00, an investigation. this afternoon officers knocked on the door of a home in the

6100-block of kenworth avenue. they were on a call about someone who was concerned about the man inside. the cops got no response so they forced their way in and once there they found a body of a man in his 40s dead from multiple gunshot wounds. detectives are not releasing any other details tonight. a takoma park now now facing a slew of charges from prostitution to human trafficking. they charged him with picking up hispanic woman and then dropping them off to work as hookers. some of the women are in the states illegally and are working off to pay off their debts. the susan g. komen top executives to avoid resigning. there was a decision to stop screening funding. the group later reversed that

decision. out on the campaign trail, cbs news has some new poll results with some surprising findings and the unsurprising conclusion that this presidential race could go either way. gary nurenberg is here to turn the numbers into another language that we can understand and tell us about the surprises in virginia. gary. >> well, derek, there is a big gender gap in virginia with the president ahead by 14 points among women and mitt romney ahead by five points among men. cbs news thinks with 90 days to go in the race for the 270 elect ral votes needed to -- electoral wins are leaning obama. with 11 states and their 135 electoral votes up for grabs. new poll results wednesday show the president leading in virginia by four, 49-45 and leading by six in wisconsin 51-45. with mr. romney leading in

colorado 50-45. but check the gender gap. among men, romney leads obama substantially in those states 50-45 in virginia. 53-43 in wisconsin. and a 17 point lead, 56-49 in colorado. nationally, the president leads among women. and focused on the voters in a wednesday appearance in colorado. >> when it comes to a woman's right to make her own health care choices, they want to take us back to the policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century. >> reporter: mitt romney was also on the campaign trail today targeting remarks neither towards men nor women and talking about obama administration welfare policies. there's another new poll today. it concludes that most voters have made up their minds with no more than 10% saying they are undecided or could change their minds. derek. >> like you said, down to the wire, gary. meantime, we don't know yet who is romney going to pick as

his running mate, but it will not be cobair. to do a little creative revising, cobair gave tim pawlenty's mother a new name. if you call up the front runner names today, you'll see wikipedia has locked down the pages at least for the time being. none of this in prince george's county. no slots, no dice. that is the goal of a group against gaming in national harbor and tomorrow they're holding a rally and they want to speak with lawmakers to consider approving a casino for prince george's. rally organizers say a new casino won't benefit families, just big business. and we are learning more tonight about that master inside the temple outside milwaukee. the gunman died at the scene

from shooting himself in the head. but the fbi says an officer first shod page in the stomach. they also say there is no evidence anybody else beyond page was involved in the shooting. detectives still unsure of a motive despite page's connections to white supremacists. >> we are reviewing volume nus ing vo loom ou -- records. >> three of the injured, including a police officer, is still in the hospital. just a while ago, supporters signed a giant banner to stand up against hate in the united states. mourners held up signs of the victims to help put a face on this senseless tragedy. and now we take you to silver springs maryland where

mourners lit hundreds of candles. young and old banded together for a ceremony to pay tribute to the lives lost. tonight the second of 8 meetings getting public feedback on our power company's handling of the power outages during the june month. dozens gathered in prince george's county. and just like last night's meeting, the focus tonight was on pepco. they have six more hearings scheduled to talk about the power company performance. that's all over the next few weeks. well, a few thunderstorms out there today. we have the yellow alert lined up for tomorrow. so, topper, what does it mean for the rush? >> well, i think it's going to be okay for the rush hour. we're looking for showers off to the west. they should stay away from the metro area through tonight and tomorrow. let's talk about temps. we were 91 today. that's the 45th day we've hit higher than 90. 77 in leesburg and 72 out towards frederick. your wakeup weather looks like this. it should stay dry.

68-78 to start. 68-78 by 7:00 and then by 9:0074-83. it will be in -- and then by 9:00, 74-83. we'll talk about a cold front heading our way on friday and we'll maybe learn how to dog ee paddle. >> all right. looking forward to it. a dc man orders a flat screen tv through amazon, so imagine his surprise when he sees an assault rifle on his doorstep mailed to him instead. >> as i opened it, there were some metal parts. i thought maybe these go with the tv. and then, of course, as i opened the foam up a little further, it was kind of a huge shock to see that this was a military-grade rifle. >> that definitely does not go with the tv. he's still trying to figure out how this sort of mixup could have happened, especially in a city where these sorts of guns are illegal. he called the police to come out and take care of the weapon. they did that. so far nobody is taking responsibility for this

potentially deadly mixup. right now arlington police are investigating their third and fourth homicides of the year. yesterday the deaths of keith sprigs and karl moton were being described as -- now possibly coming to an intersection near you, stop sign cameras. that's right. the tiny city of maryland is leading the charge because cars are not stopping at a key intersection. and though it seems small, 200,000 vehicles a year go through it. dc in the mean time in the process -- meantime in the process of setting up its own cameras. after the break, how something that's supposed to do good is making some upset. arlington national cemetery is turning visitors into artist. that story straight ahead. plus the shopper who bears all. 9news has a video and a little scary if you're the owner of the

store. we'll tell you about it coming up.

caught on tape, what's more fun than a bowl in a china shops? perhaps a bear in a candy store.

a faulty lock lets this bear walk in at this shop in colorado and he really satisfied a sweet tooth. let's see, i'll have some peanut butter cups over here. toffee. and don't forget the rice crispy treats. the owner says now all of his customers want exactly what he had. and here is a health alert. the bear doesn't want you to hear but you should. your kitchen cupboards are probably full of stuff that contains an ingredient that according to researchers might be linked to alzheimer's. that ingredient is diathefil. it's in pet food. researchers at the university of minnesota says high exposure to the chemical could put people at a greater risk for alzheimer's. an art exhibit at the arlington cemetery is getting rave reviews. hundreds of people have been so moved, they have been inspired

to create their own art. here is matt jablow. >> i'm having the time of my life. and this feels like important work. >> reporter: for the past 15 months, artist chris demerest has been working at arlington national cemetery. >> i come here six days a week. >> reporter: on a project entitlemented the greatest -- entitled the greatest generation. a detailed look at the men and women that served in world war ii. >> for me it has more meaning doing something about people. >> reporter: he said the exhibit which he's doing for free began in part as a loving tribute to his father, a world war ii veteran who is buried at arlg tonl. >> it seemed like the -- arlington. >> it seemed like the right thing to do. >> reporter: it far surpassed even his own expectations, largely because of a 6-year-old girl. >> this is the drawing that started it all. >> reporter: you see, soon after he started the project, that 6-year-old was with her parents here at arlington watching him paint. >> i finally turned to her and said do you want to draw. >> reporter: he said the girl

seemed a little bored so he offered her a pencil and paper and when she was finished he taped one of her pictures on then what was an empty wall next to his work station and soon thereafter went on vacation for a week. >> and i left some material here and added a note feel free to add to the wall. >> reporter: when he got back, that once empty wall was literally covered with all kinds of pictures and messages to u.s. troops past and present from people of every age and from all over the country who would stop by the exhibit when he was gone. >> it's spreading. >> reporter: he said the pictures and messages have kept oncoming. and so far about 500 people have contributed to what he now calls the wall of thanks. >> tributes to people who have died. >> reporter: a wall that he says turned an incredibly rewarding project into perhaps the most rewarding of his career. >> no question. no question. yes. this has been amazing. >> reporter: the artwork and all of the messages will be on display through september at the

women and military service memorial at arlington national cemetery. after that, he is hoping to take the exhibit on a nationwide tour. derek. >> thank you, matt. well, new pictures tonight from the mars rover curiosity. now, these amazing snapshots give us a magnificent view of the red planet's krater. now, another shot captures actually part of the curiosity. you can see the shadow of its robotic on there with the image. most of the photos so far are low resolution thumb nails. nasa says we'll get some more high resolution images and color versions very soon. tonight there is outrage at least in some quarters over reports that the tiny maryland town of glenn echo would like to install cameras to give out tickets because drivers routinely ignore the stop sign, so why are some of us upset about it. tonight i think i have an answer, but you may not like it. the charge is good old fashion

driver hypocrisy. i'm going to be arguing for the prosecution. we all claim to want the rules of the road enforced, but then we say to ourselves, hey, i almost stopped at that stop sign. i looked both ways. surely i don't deserve an automatic ticket. and that light was yellow. i swear. yes. whatever. look, i'm out on the gw park wear early monday morning before rush hour. traffic was at warped speed. 70 miles an hour. the speed limit is 50. but if you are taking a poll, i bet most of the drivers would have harsh words for anybody that went 20 miles over the limit. how dare they put us all in danger. but that morning they just had somewhere to be, right. what nobody wants to acknowledge or admit that as americans, not all of them, but a lot of us figure it's our birth right to drive like we want to drive and we'll take our chances on getting busted. except with the speed rams and red light cameras, getting busted becomes almost a guarantee. it's like having grandma back

seat driving, except this grandma is handing out $50 citations. it's really, really annoying. but let's be real and remember this, out on the road there are a lot worse things than being annoyed. top. all right, derek. we're in the weather terrace. we're so lucky to have the gold weather medal of the 800. >> thank you. >> reporter: thanks for hanging out. does it still feel like 7:00 a.m. in the morning. >> 4:00 a.m.. >> reporter: we have a picture of you swimming. we can only use the swim. local gold. no doubt about it. now, 800 free. my question is i saw that race. it was amazing. when you were finished, you didn't seem like you were winded that much. were you really tired when you were done? >> i was a little tired, yes. >> reporter: a little tired. >> i guess i must conceal my heavy breathing. >> reporter: yes. you looked fine. and the announcers were like, oh, my goodness, she's starting out too fast. did you have any conscious effort to slow down, or you just went out? >> i was supposed to be a little control and i felt like it was

pretty easy speed. it didn't take too much out of me. so i was able to come home hard. >> okay. you breathe every stroke or every other stroke. >> like every other stroke. >> okay. >> so you're only 15. so i guess we're going to see you in four years. >> hopefully. >> do you see yourself in a third olympics? >> i haven't really thought that far. >> okay. >> your fans have. i'll just tell you that right now. listen, i have to go do weather. can i have your gold medal. >> no. it's sort of bad luck. >> oh. >> if you can swim 800 meters, i might consider. >> i can't do that. you wait here. i'll go in and do weather. >> okay. sorry. >> let's go in and talk a little bit about weather. live look outside. it's a live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 91 today. we're still toasty outside. 81 outside. dew points in the 70s. that means it's a little uncomfortable. winds light. that's not going to provide any relief. and the pressure 29.97 inches of mercury rising a little bit. satellite picture radar

combined, here is what we're hanging our hat on, if you will. a cold front out in the midwest, and this is fairly close to us, but it's not going to get to us until friday. and we think as it rolls through on friday, it may give us a pretty good chance of severe weather. we'll keep you posted on that. there are showers dying out into western maryland and west virginia. they're not going to make it over the divide. it looks like a dry commute tomorrow. just some clouds and just kind of humid. a little closer view of some showers. they have weakened considerably just in the last hour. headlines then, another humid day tomorrow. no doubt about that. hotter on thursday than it was today. we're talking mid 90s tomorrow. isolated storms tomorrow. some of which could be heavy. but the main event may be friday. severe storms are possible friday and we will certainly keep you posted on that. so overnight looks like this, partly cloudy, muggy, low 68-76. most areas will hold in the 70s tonight. certainly inside the beltway and downtown. now, tomorrow morning partly

cloudy. very warm. 72-92. that's by lunch time. and winds out of the southwest at about 5-10. by afternoon, partly cloudy, hot. isolated storms. any storms that develop could be heavy. high temps near 95 and winds out of the southwest at 5 to about 10. so your day planner looks like this. warm to start but dry. humid by noon. and then by evening, 90-95. perhaps a thunderstorm. all right. next three days, code yellow tomorrow. code yellow friday. code green saturday. . hot tomorrow with a few storms. big storms possible friday. and then 88 on saturday. we should clear out in the afternoon. next seven days, we're going to keep it in the upper 80s on sunday. and even next week we're in pretty good shape. we're looking at temperatures around 90. as we get into monday, isolated storm possible. isolated storm possible on tuesday. and low 90s on wednesday. we will keep it dry on wednesday. that is it. katie, do me a favor. just say back to you, derek. >> back to you, derek. >> thank you, katie.

>> thank you, katie. i appreciate that a great deal. now, nationals looking good. >> looking good. taking a page out of katie's book. that's for sure. [ laughing ] >> winning. we like that. roger bernedina was the star the last two days. tonight it was about dehl. plus rgiii looks ahead to his start as a redskin. we'll have that next.

now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> roger beradina has had his share winnings the last two nights. another star emerged tonight, and he's the best pitcher on the nationals roster. gonzalez going for his fourth win of the season. he gives up one run in the second but fixes that with his first at-bat tonight. his first career homerun. a 2-run shot puts the nats up 3-1. then go getting it done on defense. nats up 3-2. in the 9th geo going -- nats win their fifth straight. he picks up his 14th win and his second career complete game.

orioles going for the sweep tonight in seattle. in the 4th mark reynolds makes it 5-0 birds with this shot to right. and then just two batters later, nick markakis goes yard as well. birds sweep the mariners 9-2 the final. all right. the much anticipated and talked about debut of robert griffin iii is almost here. i know derek is excited. tomorrow night the qb will make a debut in a game. he's only going to play a couple of series and considering the amount of injuries on the offensive line, that's a good thing. less chance for injury. kyle shanahan hopes rgiii simply enjoys the experience. >> i just hope he goes out there and has fun. we're going to go out there and hopefully try no not put too much pressure on him. gives a chance to give everybody the ball. but hope he can go out there and have some fun and go against the defense that he hasn't seen. >> it's going to be fun.

first pre game even if it is a pre-season game, first pre game, first travel with the team, so it will be an eye opening experience and i look forward to it. >> all right. to london we go, third times a charge forerunner alison felix. she got her first individual gold today in the individual meters and the queens of the beach did it again. they win gold for the third straight time in beach volleyball. great falls in the little league regional semifinal. george's team gets on the board first. jason popacheli with a wild pitch. a single to the right. two runs score. warner robbins wins. great falls runs end. >> no world series action this year. >> no world series this year. >> that's okay. we'll be back anyway.

redskins play at 7:00 tomorrow night. >> 7:00. >> we have a newscast at 7:00. >> you're going to be watching it -- >> i'll be in buffalo. i'll be reporting from buffalo so i'll get to watch the game. >> we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye.