situation where they are hearing the anger and the outrage from the consumers. when they were cut off without power that they are not making a profit from the delivery that they normally get paid for. but they get to charge you a portion of what they were able to make. they first didn't have a problem with that, no regrets about enacting that. but you know, they quietly sent out this announcement of a hearing today as we just obtained this, saying they will have a hearing and they will reconsider the entire thing. meaning that the bill could be, you know, taken off the books. >> this is from the very legislatures who approved these billings back in january? >> yes, it is a board that acted on this and the very board that said this is what we want to do. now they are very proud because before they could, you know, charge you for a week's worth of a portion of the billing as they limited it to the 24 hours when most people are without that power. most people's power have not

been eliminated. they thought it was a fix. but the consumers, i don't think that they found it to be a fix. >> and i remember that you will call it with them there. and at the point you talk to, i mean, no regrets. >> this is the chairman of the public service commission. saying we went to him after a hearing where people were just outraged about it. i asked them did you hear about the people complaining? well yeah, there were a lot of people that did not speak here. he never acknowledged that he ever heard those people so upset. this hearing, he is now acknowledging that he knows about the complaints. >> he doesn't know about it more. that's for sure. thank you so much. you'll stay all over this. >> yes. one lawmaker was all set up to bring the lawmakers, during this week's special session, which beganned today. the focus is expanding gambling. our scott broom is live in annapolis with more. scott? >> reporter: and the main thing on the plate here in a special session is whether or not to

clear up the way for big time vegas-style gambling just outside the d.c. line. the gambling issue is a big distraction. today, the legislature is backing in on the unusual special session to try to put that issue to rest. but the forces for it are powerful. they are opposed to the potential new competition from a site in prince george's county. the two county executives stood side by side before one hearing in a point counter point. >> it will take add least a 40% cut away from the county if we do that. >> and that's what they are not considering that they will attract people, being in that market. it'll attract people from around the world. >> they will need to cut them from existing casinos to allow

more vegas-style statewide to sweeten their deal. the sweetener for voters in all of this, perhaps as much as half a billion dollars a year in new revenue for schools. but they remain opposed. >> we are sick and tired of legislatures that would try to take on the casino down our throats. >> whatever happens to your voters, they will need to approve that in the poll in november. >> and you have a lot of money on the line for both sides that they are pitting counties against counties, casino developers against them. and it seems like it has been going on for a decade here in maryland. the legislature, a committee this afternoon took their first step towards clearing the way. if it all happens here during the special section, over the next week or so, then even if that happens, voters need to approve it in november and perhaps, you'll see gambling as

early as 2016. it is still a long ways out. reporting live in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you, scott. maryland lawmakers are trying to get other measures added to the agenda. and already, one passed a senate panel. they address a court ruling that pit bulls are dangerous. do you remember that? regardless of breed, they made it liable for bites. a lunchtime picnic will go terrible wrong for d.c. partner services. and their employees. >> five d.c. employees were taken to the hospital after being run over by one of their own. >> we had an accident here this morning. >> reporter: the driver, also a dhs employee backed into a picnic table while four of their colleagues were sitting on it. three of them rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and a

few others, including the driver of the suv were taken to the hospital. >> and the driver, i understand that they went to the hospital on their own. >> reporter: so what happened? well, the metropolitan police department are still investigating. meanwhile most of the injured employees have been released from the hospital with minor injuries. two were still being treated, but all are expected to make a full recovery. in washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> members of the temple outside milwaukee where nine people were shot over the weekend, returned to that building for the first time today. the fbi returned that temple's keys to their leaders this morning. now members are working to clean up inside. they plan to hold a ceremony in honor of the six people killed tomorrow. the owner of the virginia discount store is in some serious trouble tonight for the way that he may have obtained some of his meat. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn, front royal, virginia, where the owner of this shop is

accused of dumpster diving, reselling bad meat. he says that is not true. >> you have never gone dumpster diving for meat? >> me? no. >> reporter: arrested, charged for selling bad meat. >> an inspector came to your store and they said that the meat was freezer burned, decomposed, unsound, unhealthful? >> reporter: i would say they did not know what they were doing. >> reporter: inside, he sells what commercial businesses would throw away because of the meat's sell-by date is about to expire. the bob evans breakfast sausage has a june 2012 sell by date. >> once it is frozen, there is no expiration date on it. >> reporter: that's true. no regulation on the sell by date with the exception of infant formula and grade a dairy. spark says he is trying to run a business to help the poor. >> to see people like me not work and to have families like this. >> what about the meat? >> i have never had any issue with the meat.

well, some warnings popping up throughout the day, prompting the weather team to declare this a code yellow aall right day. >> reporter: yeah, all the severe thunderstorm warnings have been over, but replaced by flash flood warnings. let me show you -- show you doppler radar in effect for you and also for frederick county in virginia around winchester. we'll zoom in to this storm, a pretty heavy storm that we talked about this half an hour ago, right on the border there for you and monroe county. and you've got the heavy rain headed towards dickerson. the storm is trying to move off to the south and east, but not too much movement for any of these storms. that's why they are flood aringing out to the west as these storms are still producing heavy rain from frederick, winchester, all the way up here. we'll come back and talk about whether or not they will last all night and a better chance of severe weather tomorrow. >> you're the man, top. coming up tonight, googling to graduate.

why virginia will soon require a sign on for you to get that diploma. >> all right, but the redskins, they will get their first real test of the pre-season tonight. >> live at ralph wilson stadium. the pre-season game number one, which also means that they will make their debut. hear what he has to say about the big game coming up in sports. and the candidates, they trade jabs on the campaign trail. we'll be back.

they show us where they spent their time today. president obama stopped for a bowl of chili at a diner in pueblo, colorado, where they are trying to sway the middle class voters. at a campaign event, the president went after mitt romney's tax plan. there and they have tried to tell us about the trickle down tax cut plan before. but they did not work. they will not work then and it will not work for us now. >> reporter: colorado is a key swing state, showing the middle class is split. romney is in new york raising more cash for his campaign. on went wednesday, he criticized the president's plan to change welfare. >> we must restore and i will restore work into welfare.

>> reporter: romney has hinted his choice for running mate is coming soon, the gop convention will be less than three weeks away. >> and i see dead people. that's a famous line from the movie of the sixth sense, but it kind of applies to voter rules in virginia too. as you'll see the state board of election's review for their list of registered voters. they found the names of 10,000 people who passed away. a cross check with social security that turned up the names, so now they will need to be removed from the voter rules. a dire report today as they said they lost $5.2 billion in the third quarter. the postal service is being heard for retiring benefits and declining mail volume. despite that crash crunch though, they say that there will be no plans to cut back on day-to-day delivery service. some of the events that the

olympics are raising eyebrows in our newsroom as we want to know, is it a sport or not? your chance to weigh in, that's coming up.

with where remote controlcars are something at the olympic games. specifically they are carrying the shot put and the hammersused

by the athletes. those cars are designed to look like mini coopers. speaking of olympics, there are efforts underway to get yoga and pole dancing on the olympic sports. peggy fox will take us to a local yoga studio for some reflection. >> bend your knees and roll your hips open. >> reporter: yoga mite become an olympic sport, consider this. it may be more physically challenging than some sports like table tennis or race walk. >> they got really into it and there is form and stuff. it is really cool. i mean, i would try it out. >> reporter: some question why rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming are a port. >> how about shooting? >> i'm not a big fan of guns, but you know, they could be my bodyguard any time. [ laughter ]

>> reporter: pole dancers may need bodyguards after their routines, but is it a sport worthy of formal competition at the highest level? >> is dancing an olympic sport? i don't think it is. it is more of an art form, an entertainment form. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the international federation of pool sports along with yoga are both working towards getting in the official games. the owner of dancing mind yoga in falls church would love to see her passion brought to the world's stage. >> let's bring it on if it means more people understanding about yoga and getting a chance to see o how beautiful a practice is, why not? >> if yoga becomes an olympic sport, it could mean yogies competing against one another. and that is really not what it is all about or is it? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >> had so what sport would you like to see eliminated from the

olympics? what would you like to see added? join the conversation on our wusa facebook page. up in atlantic city, thousands of gamblers put away the dice for a while and just went outside to watch a high wire act. the daredevil was at work and he walked a tight rope between the tropicana and the atlanta club casino. 130 feet up, no harness if he fell and we are happy to report that he stayed up there. and nobody is happier about that than him. all right, it's been a little busy. flash flood warnings right now as they needed to replace them out on the panhandles of virginia and winchester in frederick county, virginia. but we'll start with live doppler radar. you can access this on our website on wusa9.com. if you have it, download the weather app, it's pretty cool. search the radar. all right, the heaviest

activity still. we'll zoom in to a couple of storms that just popped up really in the last half an hour. this storm between great falls and reston is not crazy heavy, but building a little bit with yellow there, indicating about half an inch, some rain here for your lawns. that is just drifting to the east very slowly as we need to move back out. it this storm intensifying in the southwestern county. the west side of 270 not too far. but that will be pretty heavy rain for you down to winchester. where will all these go in the next hour? they don't move very far too fast, but it is kind of moving off to the north and the east. this had kind of sit and eventually diminish. but you are under flash flood warnings. lightning, still not much of a

factor as it was as they first developed, still pretty intense. the lightning out in that corner of frederick county as you can hear thunder to get the kidsindoors. a live weather look for you. 93 downtown. dew point at 63. that's pretty nice. relative humidity at 37%. you can't complain about that. 94 at great falls. 90 in arlington and 93 over in bowie. a cold front headed our way tomorrow. big storms are possible tomorrow. those that develop could be hefty. a better chance tomorrow. still a pretty decent day. less humid all weekend. we'll get a break on saturday and sunday and isolated storms are possible and muggy. low temperatures in the 70s. winds are out of the south at about 10. by the morning, a chance for a thunderstorm in the morning. temperatures in the 70s and the

80s. a much better chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon. some heavy, some severe. 86 to 90. the next thee days. code yellow tomorrow. we're on alert for big storms. 89 and then green on saturday and sunday and morning showers on saturday, but less humid. nice on sunday. temperatures are also in the upper 80s. it will warm up next week. around 90 on monday. low 90s on tuesday. okay isolated storms. right now wednesday and thursday will be dry for you with temperatures from around 90 to the low 90s. >> all right. >> all right. we're taking a look at buffalo, new york. i know that's a lot of excitement going on for sure? t >> sure >> reporter: there definitely is, lesli. rg3's debut, one that the redskin nation fans have been waiting for. what does he expect from

himself tonight? we'll hear from him coming up next in sports. 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. governor romney's plan would cut taxes

for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

welcome back. we're live here at ralph wilson stadium. rg3 just came out of the field not too long ago with a nice round of applause. not just from redskins fans, but bill's fans as well.

a lot of people are anxious to see the heisman winner make his debut tonight here in new york. and now, they will not give us the complete analysis because he is only playing a couple of series, but it will still give us an idea on how he has progressed since being drafted. and he just doesn't want to make those rookie mistake. >> you need to be hard on yourself to make sure that you don't do those types of things. i know everybody on out here on this time wants to -- team wants to be successful. so i don't want to be the one to go on out there to make rookie mystics. >> the past two weeks at camp have been brutal. the skins, they are just happy to hit other playerser other than their own. >> you really get to kind of run through some guys, get physical, kind of be united on the field as far as against an opponent and just get after

them. obviously you're excited about the pre-season game getting started because you know you are closer to the regular season. >> but again for me, the pre- season is bittersweet for them. >> the baltimore ravens kick off their pre-season tonight. down at the georgia dome, taking on the atlanta falcons. all right, let's go over here to london. a really good soccer match on the pit together. the americans in a rematch with japan, trying to overcome the heartbreak that they suffered just a year ago. a much happenner with are ending, thanks to two goals. united states wins gold, 2-1 over japan, making up for that world cup loss. all right. and we had be seeing the

redskins might behind me, the fans filling the state yum here. rg3 has been working hard all afternoon. we'll have complete highlights from today's game coming up at 11:00 in sports. for now, live at ralph wilson stadium for you. lesli, back to you in the studios. >> all right, the excitement is brewing already as they still have a little bit of time before the game. >> and yes, much more comfortable there than what it was last winter. >> i'm sure. >> i know that she is hot. >> she is quite happy that she has the time now. >> yes. very quickly, your seven-day forecast, a better chance for storms tomorrow. some of those could be hefty. essentially a nice weekend. less humid. maybe some showers early. but upper 80s. not too bad. >> not at all. we'll take it. we don't have a choice. >> not at all. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. derek will see you at 7:00. don't forget to wake up early in the morning with the morning games starting at 4:25 a.m. have a great night.