yesterday afternoon officers received a call from a home in the 6200 block of kenilworth avenue. they arrived to find the body of a man in his 40s who had been shot several times. detectives are not releasing any other details about this case. a takoma park man is facing charges ranging from prostitution to human trafficking. 27-year-old freddy leguisamon is accused of picking up women in prince george's county and dropping them off to work as hookers in annapolis. some of the women are allegedly in the country illegally and working as prostitutes to pay off debts. arlington county police say a suspicious death case has turned into the county's latest homicided. the bodies of 59-year-old keith spriggs and 31-year-old carl moten were found in an apartment. these are the third and fourth murders in the county in less than a month after nearly two and a half years with no

murders reported. d.c.'s police scandal is growing. the high speed ride given to actor charlie sheen has resulted in a $12 million lawsuit against the city. the police officer who was demoted and transferred has filed a whistle blower lawsuit against d.c. hilton burton says he was punished for testifying to the d.c. council that high speed escorted for celebrities were a common practice. chief cathy lanier says she disagrees. she says the sheen escort broke the department protocol. >> lost my rank, lost my pay, been pretty much exiled off the police department. here i stand. >> chief ran near would not -- lanier would not comment right now but is on record saying burton's demotion was about his job performance, not his testimony on the charlie seen escort case. maryland lawmakers will begin meeting for a special session to discuss gambling in the state. the senate convenes today in

annapolis. the house of delegates will meet on the issue tomorrow. maryland currently allows slot machine gambling at five locations. lawmakers will consider expanding it to include table games such as blackjack and a new casino site in prince george's county at national harbor. law makers may also consider the possibility of internet gambling in the free state. today members of the group prince georgians against gaming at national harbor are scheduled to hold a rally outside the state house. organizers want to meet with lawmakers. they don't believe a new casino will have any benefit for county residents, just for big business. maryland lawmakers will also have another issue to discuss. a bill is scheduled to be introduced to address the state's controversial court ruling which says pit bulls are inherently dangerous. the measure would remove landlord liability for dog bites. it would place all liability for bites by any type of dog on the dog's owner. the f.b.i. says they still have no clear

motive for the deadly shootings at the sikh temple in wisconsin on sunday, but investigators did release some new information on the shooter. they say wade michael page killed himself. a police bullet that hit him in the stomach stopped him in his tracks but the f.b.i. said he ended his own life with a gunshot to the head. she also revealed page's ex- girlfriend was arrested on a weapons violation the same day on sunday but that was not connected to the temple shootings. last night in northwest d.c., members of the sikh community were joined by people of other religions in a ceremony to honor and remember the victims. supporters signed a giant banner to stand up against hate in the united states. mourners also held up signs of the victims as well. mourners in silver spring lit hundreds of candles to honor the dead in that shooting. they held a ceremony to pay tribute to the lost lives as well. in campaign 2012, the obama and romney campaigns are battling each other over health

care. >> a new ad is drawing some sharp criticism from the opposing campaigns as well as the fact checkers. manuel gallegus has more. >> reporter: president obama is in colorado for a second day of campaigning. >> we win colorado, i get four more years. >> reporter: the latest poll shows the president trailing mitt romney in the rocky mountain state. the president is hoping his health care stance will increase support among female voters and put him over the top. >> 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 1950's and colorado, you've got to make sure it does not happen. >> reporter: in the corn fields of iowa, romney also focused on health care. >> at the top of my list of programs we don't need is one that costs $100 billion i'm going get rid of it and that's obama care. >> reporter: president obama is embracing obama care. >> i actually like the name because i do care. >> reporter: a new ad from a pro-obama super pack is drawing

criticism from the romney campaign and independent fact checkers. >> i don't think mitt romney understands what he's done to people's lives by closing the plant. >> reporter: it features former steele worker joe talking about his wife's death. the implication is she died because he no longer had health insurance after bane capital shut down his company. >> my wife became ill. >> reporter: "the washington post" gives the ad four opinion gnocchi crows, its highest -- pinocchios, its highest rating for a wrong ad. manuel gallegus, cbs news, washington. >> the romney campaign takes issue with the obama camp's claim it doesn't know the specifics surrounding the joe soptic story. they say it was featured in an ad the obama campaign aired back in may. there are some new developments in the federal probe into d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign.

district tax collectors have filed a lien now against gene clark harris' company, the pr executive last month that compleeded guilty to shadow -- pleaded guilty to shadow campaigning. our time is 4:36. more fallout from the militant attack in egypt. egyptian president mohammad morrissey has hired the head of the intelligence agency. the chief said his agency knew about a warning from israel that an attack was imminent. however, he didn't believe it would happen during the holly month of ram dan. gunman killed 16 soldiers, stole armored vehicles and drove into israel to attempt an attack there. the united states is now cleaning the remains of agent orange from vietnam. this comes 50 years after the first american planes sprayed that chemical into the

country's jungles. it's used to get rid of foliage. a dioxin is a byproduct of the chemical which causes birth defects, cancer and other illnesses. in the decade since the war, it has been found in vietnam soil and watersheds. changes are coming to the leadership at susan g. komen for the cure, a leading breast cancer advocacy group. the c.e.o. and founder nancy brinker and koeman's president elizabeth thompson are stepping down as two board members who are resigning. the resignations come after the group made a controversial decision earlier this year to stop funding breast cancer screening grants to planned parenthood. the decision was changed after a firestorm of public outcry. time now is 4:37. we are in store for yet another hot steamy day. it is august of course. howard is going to let you know what to expect. airline pilots reject a contract in an attempt to force a merger. >> maryland requests federal aid for farmers who are suffering from the drought

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thursday morning. 4:40. muggy out there once again. we've got some patchy dense fog in a couple of spots, especially south and southwest of town. we'll heat up quickly. sunny today. 90 by noon. isolated strong storm can't be ruled out. highs between 90 and 95. i'll be back in five minutes looking ahead to the weekend. talking about some storms before we get there. right now over to beverly farm we are a look at timesaver traffic. we're looking pretty good. we're checking out the ride for folks who may be heading up i- 95, heading out of fredricksburg to quantico, into dumfries, look at the nice

volume each way between fredricksburg and springfield. no active work zones or problems to report. there's good news. your next check of timesaver traffic at 4:47. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. at 4:41, time for the first your money segment ever the morning. here's jessica doyle. >> did you hear the new music? pretty exciting. it's sassy. your new money music debecausing this morning -- debuting. high drama in the skies. american airlines pilots have rejected the company's final contract offer. analysts say many pilots hope bankrupt airlines will be forced into a merger with u.s. airways. others think a contract would have strengthened the position of management and made a merger less likely. checking wall street, the rally losing some steam. the dow starts at 13,175 after climbing 7 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was off by 4 and the s&p 500 was pretty much flat on the

day. toyota plans to roll out a hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicle in three years. this is a technology that most automakers think is about ten years away from being marketable marketable. they're definitely leading the charge on this technology. >> i've actually driven a few of those cars. a bmw one 7 series. it's so quiet, it's absurd. it's fast. you might think it's an alternative. no, it's really cool. >> it's happening. >> it's happening. >> thanks, jess. there's a new device and it's proving to be a life saver for babies who have heart failure. >> we're back with more on that story and your weather first when we return in two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now.

coming up on 4:45. thursday morning. closer to the weekend and maybe closer to a change in the hot, sticky forecast you've been giving us? >> we'll get a front tomorrow into saturday which will give us drier, cooler air. >> no derecho? >> no, but we could get some strong storms. i'm tired of people saying derecho? derecho? it was really bad. i get that but it was such a severe event. but every time we say it may be bad, is it going to be another derecho? it's so overused now. i just want to warn you. don't walk up to me and say derecho. the day planner for you this thursday morning, we'll heat up quickly. sunny out there once we get rid of a little fog. by noon 90 degrees.

south winds picking up 5, 10 miles an hour. maybe gusting more than that. highs 90 to 95. while we don't have the symbols on the board, there's going to be an isolated storm at worst. it doesn't look as nearly as active as the last couple of days. manassas reporting quarter mile visibility. on the delmarva toward salisbury, they're also looking at half mile visibility. patchy ground fog i saw as i was coming down from the upper part of montgomery county. i'm sure some rural areas you're dealing with patchy ground fog. watching some thunderstorms out across ohio andeanian. one lone -- and indiana. one lone thunderstorm in southwestern pennsylvania and somerset county. it's lost its lightning as it's moving toward the east. this is weakening straddling the border with maryland and pennsylvania. not out of the question places like la veil, cumberland you see a little bit of this if it sticks farther south the next 20 or 30 minutes. 62348 win chester and

cumberland. 72 baltimore. mid-70s in southern maryland and the delmarva with the fog as well. fredricksburg 72. fog in your neighborhood. here in washington we're looking outside on our michael & son weather camera in northwest d.c. looking north toward bethesda, good visibility under clear skies but humid once again, 84%. storms all out to the west in indiana and ohio. there's a front about to come in toward northern minnesota. that is what we're looking at. that's going to get here tomorrow night into saturday morning. it's going to change things. right now we have this very moist air mass on top of us. we're going to be dealing with it today. we'll probably bubble up an isolated storm here or there. this is at 7:00. isolated storm later this afternoon. can't rule out an isolated shower overnight. tomorrow looks to have more clouds and more showers and thunderstorms, even by the middle of the day. there's that cold front starting to march off toward

the east. by 5:00 scattered showers and storms, especially out toward west virginia. some of these could be on the hefty side with the front coming through. by mid-night still some scattered showers and storms around. this front is going to try to get through us saturday morning. so some drier air moving in for saturday afternoon and evening. looking pretty good on sunday. checking out the forecast, today 94 degrees. annual isolated thunderstorm. -- an isolated thunderstorm. that's a code yellow up for the couple that will be impacted by that much more likely to be impacked tomorrow. this is a yellow alert now. we'll watch it. it might be a severe weather alert today. saturday morning showers, especially east of town could slow you down. we cool down to only 86 saturday. sunday looks great, upper 80s. monday high 80s and -- high near 90 and tuesday 92. you mentioned the foggy start for some areas. somebody 270, take a look at that ride as you head down into

hyattstown out of frederick county. fog is more at tree top level but nothing to obscure you. the volume just building. no brake lights heading to hyattstown to the beltway. prince george's county beltway incident free. check out the ride on 66. folks coming in toward manassas, front royal and making your way eastbound past sudley road into fair oaks, into vienna, looking good here. visibility is good. no problems heading on into falls church in ross lynn. no early troubles for the 95, 395 corridor either. they're looking good. 59 to head past the beltway, passing edsall road, landmark and on towards shirlington, the pentagon and 14th street bridge. your next timesaver traffic check at 4:55. mike, back to you. >> bev, thanks a lot. just about 4:50 now. maryland governor martin o'malley is asking for federal aid to help the state recover from the 2012 drought. he's sent a request to the u.s. department of agriculture asking that 13 counties

maryland be designated disaster areas. and that would provide federal drought aid. the request includes the entire eastern shore in anne arundel, charles, calvert and prince george's counties. farmers in those areas have lost up to 54% of their crops. every year thousands of children suffer severe heart failure and need heart transplants. >> as randall pinkston reports, a new study shows a device can help young patients who are waiting for a new heart. >> reporter: as a baby this active 4-year-old baby, heard failure had her fighting for her life. >> they said she won't make it for a heart transplant. >> reporter: the wait for a new heart could be months so doctors at texas children's office gave her a device called the berlin heart. it helped pump blood through her body keeping her alive till a heart became available. now a new study shows the device provides a life saving

option for babies and small children with serious heart failure. >> in those patients that are enrolled in the study, more than 90% of them survived to receive a heart transplant and recover. >> reporter: several thousand children develop serious heart failure in the u.s. every year. right now there aren't many options for those waiting for a transplant. researchers say some patients recovered enough that their heart pumped blood on its own after they stopped using the device. >> that of course is the very best scenario. >> reporter: researchers caution some children can suffer serious side effects, including major bleeding, infection, and stroke. leonna didn't have any problems. she used the berlin heart for five months before she finally got a new heart three years ago. >> she loves outdoors a lot and she does mostly everything that any other kid can do. >> reporter: her mom is grateful the berlin heart gave her daughter a chance to live. in new york, randall pinkston,

cbs news. >> wow. the food and drug administration approved the berlin heart for children late last year. a food additive which could be linked to alzheimer's is in things we eat every day. the ingredient is called diaitil in all kinds of food from margin to beer to baked goods, even pet food. researchers at the university of minnesota have conducted tests which shows high exposure to the chemical could put people at greater risk of alzheimer's. a vaccine to prevent ataturk may help people -- prevent disturb disturb may help people with type 2 diabetes. larger studies are now under way. doctors are hoping they can eventually figure out how to use the treatment to reverse type 1 diabetes. a new study finds gum disease is four times more common in people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. researchers in india say the type of gum disease is also

severe for those patients. doctors aren't sure why the two illnesses are connected. just about 4:53. time for the first look at the question of the morning. >> the question is statistics from tech world today suggests this item outsells the ipod. is it a, iphone, b, hearing aids or c, flat screen tvs. >> this one is easy i bet. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. we'll want to hear your response. we'll have the answer in the 6:00 show.

welcome back. your weather first. muggy out there this morning. south of town we have patchy dense fog. stafford, warrenton, those areas. eight going to be a sunny day today. a couple of clouds and isolated thunderstorm or two later this afternoon. it's going to be hot, highs 90 to 95. we'll talk more about what you

can expect for the rest of the week into the weekend coming up on 9news now at 5:00 a.m. here's beverly farmer. talking traffic. not too much to tell you about. pick up all the overnight construction barrels out of your pact making the drive on the beltway in maryland between andrews and landover, here's a shoft the beltway just south of route 50. everything okay. remember all the drama we had yesterday on the maryland beltway? we would like not to repeat that looking g. the next timesaver traffic comes up after 5:00 a.m. >> thanks, beverly. a move is underway to preserve civil war sites in maryland. governor martin o'malley is committing $1987,000 to -- $987,000 to preserve battle grounds in frederick county. he says the private civil war trust will match the funds for a total of just under $2 million. frederick county is home to the national battlefield and parts of south mountain state battlefield that's on the boarder with washington county. there will be some ceremonies this weekend

celebrating the ap latch chen trail. the two-day event will mark the 75th anniversary. the appalachian trail stretches from georgia all the way to maine. there will be a parade, music, workshops, everything from hiking to wild flowers, children activities, hike and climbing wall. 4:57. an art exhibit at arlington national cemetery is getting rave reviews. >> hundreds of people have been so moved by the exhibit, they've been inspired to create their own art. matt jablow explains. >> i'm having the time of my life. this feels like important work. >> reporter: for the past 15 months, artist chris has been working at arlington national cemetery. >> i come here six days a week. >> reporter: on a project titled "the greatest generation: a visual tribute." a detailed look of the men and women who served in world war

ii. >> it has meaning doing something about people. >> reporter: the exhibit he's doing for free began in part as a loving tribute to his father, a world war ii veteran who's buried at arlington. >> it just seemed like the right thing to do. >> reporter: according to chris, the project has far surpassed even his own expectations largely because of 56-year-old girl -- of a 6-year- old girl. 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 some paper and a pencil. >> she drew for half an hour. >> reporter: when she was finished, he taped one of her pictures on what was then an empty wall next to his work station and soon thereafter went on vacation for a week. >> 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 friend,

from people of every age and from all over the country who had stopped by the exhibit when he was gone. >> it's spreading. >> reporter: he said the pictures and messages have kept on coming 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 said turned an incredibly rewarding project into perhaps the most rewarding of his career. >> no question. no question. this has been amazing. >> sure is. that was matt jablow reporting. the artwork and all the messages will be on display through september at the women and military service memorial at arlington national cemetery. good morning again. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. it's buddy check 9 day. don't forget to call your buddy. get them to do a self-exam t. could save their life. monika samtani is off. beverly farmer is in with traffic. make some lifestyle changes too. howard and i re